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Cage
278
Baker, Paul E.
Paul E. Baker
Papers
1952-1956
5 containers.
.5 linear feet of shelf space.
275 items.
Manuscripts, drafts, notes,
correspondence, clippings, etc., concerning the preparation, publication and
sale of Baker's monograph:
The Forgotten Kutenai, Boise, Mountain States Press,
1955. A copy of the manuscript is included.
Collection materials are in
English
Professor Baker, 1893-, studied under Dr. Franz Boas at Columbia
University; taught five years at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee; four
years at Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia; and six years at Kamehameha
Schools for Boys, Honolulu, Hawaii; and in 1953 had been at Boise Junior
College for six years.
The collection consists of manuscript of Baker's monograph
The Forgotten Kutenai; Boise: Mountain States Press, 1955,
and the correspondence, notes, and pamphlets gathered in connection with his
writing and publishing it. A printed copy is also included.
Aside from the manuscript, probably the most useful items for Pacific
Northwest history are the lists of persons concer ned with Indian culture in
Container 1B-C; correspondence concerning U. S. Indian policies in Container
2A; pamphlets, notes, and clippings concerning Indians in Container 4A-C.
One letter from Simon Francis, an Indian, giving suggestions or
statements regarding Indian culture made in rough draft of book, describes
Indian customs in solemnizing marriages; taking sweatbaths; etc.
Materials consist of letters, lists, pamphlets, clippings, and the
manuscript copy of the monograph. Inclusive dates are 1952-1956.
This collection is open for research use.
[Item Description]. Cage
278, Paul E. Baker
Papers. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Professor Paul E. Baker, Chairman of the Sociology Department at Boise
Junior College, Boise, Idaho, gave these papers to the Washington State
University Library in 1957.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online
catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or
places should search the catalog using these headings.
Baker, Paul Earnest, 1893- --Archives
Kutenai
Indians
Native Americans
Idaho
Montana
Washington (State)
The Forgotten Kutenai
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection.
Correspondence conerning Indian
culture and pertaining to facts about Indians gleaned while Mr. Baker worked on
The Forgotten Kutenai.
100 items.
1 / 1A
Correspondence concerning Field
Work
1 / 1B
Persons Concerned with Tribal
Culture or Welfare
1 / 1C
Bibliographies; List of
informants.
Correspondence concerning U. S.
Indian policies with Kutenais.
50 items.
2 / 2A
Correspondence, clippings, and
bulletins regarding U. S. Indian policies
2 / 2B
Recommendations for aid to
Kutenais.
Correspondence concerning mechanics
of publication.
100 items.
3 / 3A
Correspondence with possible
publishers
3 / 3B
Correspondence concerning
illustrations and copyright for book
3 / 3C
Correspondence concerning book
orders with comments on book
3 / 3D
Correspondence concerning
suggestions for changes in manuscript
3 / 3E
Correspondence giving author
permission. to quote desired passages.
Pamphlets, notes, and clippings
concerning Indians.
25 items.
4 / 4A
Pamphlets on Indian culture
4 / 4B
Newspaper clippings concerning
Kutenais
4 / 4C
Notes on Interviews with
Indians.
Manuscript of
The Forgotten Kutenai