Miami Indians collection
MSS.004
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Ball State University Archives and Special Collections
Alexander M. Bracken Library
2000 W. University Avenue
Muncie, Indiana, 47306
765-285-5078
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Miami Indians collection MSS.004
Table of Contents
Summary Information ................................................................................................................................. 3
Historical Note............................................................................................................................................... 4
Scope and Contents....................................................................................................................................... 4
Arrangement...................................................................................................................................................4
Administrative Information .........................................................................................................................5
Related Materials ........................................................................................................................................ 5
Controlled Access Headings..........................................................................................................................6
Collection Inventory...................................................................................................................................... 7
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Miami Indians collection MSS.004
Summary Information
Repository
Ball State University Archives and Special Collections
Title
Miami Indians collection
Date
1790-1971
Extent
1.0 Cubic feet 1 box
Language
English
Preferred Citation
Miami Indians collection, Archives and Special Collections, Ball State University Libraries
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Miami Indians collection MSS.004
Historical Note
The Miami Indians were one of the small groups of tribes comprising the Illinois division of the
Algonquian linguistic family. Primarily located in present day Indiana, the Miamis emerged as a pivotal
tribe during the French and British imperial wars of the seventeenth century. The Miamis reached their
peak of political power in the Indiana confederacies that blocked expansion into the Northwest Territory
in the 1790s and later during the War of 1812. Their claim to large amounts of Indiana territory enabled
them to conclude several advantageous treaties with the U.S. government and delayed emigration until the
late 1840s. The tribe`s emigration in 1846-47 produced two branches: the Indiana group and the KansasOklahoma group. Both branches have managed to maintain political cooperation despite deep seated
cultural antipathies.
Scope and Contents
The collection was donated by Dr. Bert Anson, a professor of history at Ball State University who wrote a
history of the tribe titled, The Miami Indians (1970). Much of the collection consists of items used by Dr.
Anson for research of the book and includes notes, photocopies of treaties and legal proceedings, tribal
genealogies, correspondence, and other materials relating to the Miami Indian tribe.
A separate photo collection, P.002, contains approximately forty items and includes photographs of
groups and individuals, as well as photos of areas once inhabited by the Miamis.
OVB.002 contains four oversize items, all photo-reproductions: a 1778 map of western Virginia,
Pennsylvania, Maryland, and North Carolina, by Thomas Hutchins; an undated War Department map
of lands assigned to emigrant Indians west of Arkansas and Missouri; letters received of the Bureau of
Indian Affairs, Fort Wayne agency, 1842-46; and the La Cygne Journal, 1871.
The collection also includes three maps: MAPS.068, the Mitchell Map of the British and French
Dominions in North America, 1755; MAPS.069, Ottawa County Oklahoma, Allotment Map, undated;
MAPS.070, Location of Historic and Prehistoric Tribes in Indiana, drawn by Larry Vizard, undated.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged by subject.
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Administrative Information
Publication Information
Ball State University Archives and Special Collections
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Archives and Special Collections, Ball State
University Libraries, Muncie, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to
Archives and Special Collections.
Custodial History
This collection was received by Archives and Special Collections as a donation on 1979/08/06 and
1979/12/12.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed 1996/01/30 by M. Seelinger. EAD finding aid created 2011/06/22 by
Bethany Fiechter.
Related Materials
Related Archival Materials
Materials relating to this collection may be found in the following collections in Archives and Special
Collections, Ball State University Libraries, Muncie IN:
P.002: Miami Indians photographs, undated
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OVB.002: Miami Indians oversize materials, undated
MAPS.068: Miami Indians maps, undated
Controlled Access Headings
Genre(s)
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Correspondence
Documents
Maps
Newspapers
Photographs
Geographic Name(s)
• Indiana
• Indiana--History--19th century--Sources
• Indiana--History--20th century--Sources
Subject(s)
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Genealogy
Legal documents
Miami Indians
Stoeckel Archives of Local History
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Collection Inventory
Miami Indians bibliographies, undated
Correspondence, 1949, 1959, 1963-1968
Bowie, John B. genealogy, 1966
Cassman, Samuel genealogy, circa 1971
Genealogy correspondence, 1966-1971
Genealogy resource sheets, undated
Badin correspondence, 1834
Kinzie, J. to Forsyth, T. correspondence, 1822-1824
St. Clair, Governor to Knox, Secretary War correspondence, 1790
Godfrey Reserve correspondence, 1959
Mississinewa expedition correspondence, undated
Miami Indians notes, circa 1829-1831
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Miami Indians notes, 1834-1836
Treaty of 1818/10/06 amended petition, circa 1951
Indian Claims Commission legal documents, 1954/03/26
Indian Claims Commission legal documents, 1957
Indian Claims Commission legal documents, 1958/04/14
Indian Claims Commission legal documents, 1960 June
Indian Claims Commission legal documents, 1961 April
Indian Claims Commission legal documents, 1961/11/21
Indian Claims Commission legal documents, 1965/01/15
Indian Claims Commission legal documents, 1967
Indian Claims Commission legal documents, circa 1967-1969
Indian Claims Commission payment rolls documents, 1969/06/25
Indian Claims Commission legal documents, 1959/07/13
Linguistics word lists, undated
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Miami Chiefs documents, circa 1747-1858
Miami Tibes of Indiana reference materials, undated
Miami Tribes of Kansas reference materials, undated
Miami Tribe of Oklahoma constitution, by-laws, and corporate charter,
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Miami Tribe of Oklahoma reference materials, undated
Miami Indians paintings notes, undated
American Fur Company research notes, circa 1839-1840
Chicago Agency notes, 1824-1847
Fort Wayne Agency notes, 1824-1850
Indiana Agency notes, 1824-1850
Leavenworth Agency notes, circa 1846-1850
Miami Agency notes, 1824-1853
St. Louis Superintendency notes, 1824-1851
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Mohr Federal Indian Relations notes, circa 1774-1788
Royce notes, circa 1803-1840
Indian Affairs notes, circa 1846-1894
Schools documents, circa 1839-1840
Treaties documents, circa 1752-1873
Miami Indians clippings, undated
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