Indian Reserves collection MSS.011 This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit August 23, 2012 Describing Archives: A Content Standard Ball State University Archives and Special Collections Alexander M. Bracken Library 2000 W. University Avenue Muncie, Indiana, 47306 765-285-5078 libarchives@bsu.edu Indian Reserves collection MSS.011 Table of Contents Summary Information ................................................................................................................................. 3 Historical Note............................................................................................................................................... 4 Scope and Contents....................................................................................................................................... 4 Arrangement...................................................................................................................................................4 Administrative Information .........................................................................................................................4 Related Materials ........................................................................................................................................ 5 Controlled Access Headings..........................................................................................................................6 Collection Inventory...................................................................................................................................... 7 Series 1: Indian Reserves publications, 1942-1975................................................................................ 7 Series 2: Bureau of Indian Affairs records, 1824-1889.......................................................................... 7 - Page 2 - Indian Reserves collection MSS.011 Summary Information Repository Ball State University Archives and Special Collections Creator Johnson, Ross S. Creator Lahrman, Delores M. Creator Tipton, John, 1786-1839 Title Indian Reserves collection Date 1832-1975 Extent 0.3 Cubic feet 1 box Language English - Page 3 - Indian Reserves collection MSS.011 Historical Note This collection contains information on Indian land claims in Delaware County based on the Treaty of St. Mary’s signed in 1818. In 1973 Delores M. Lahrman donated materials on the land claims of Indian Samuel Cassman. Lahrman asked Ball State Archives and Special Collections librarian Ross C. Johnson to help her write an article on the land battle between Cassman and Goldsmith Gilbert, an early settler in Muncie. After completing this project, Johnson wrote to the National Archives for information on other Indian land claims in Delaware County. He received photocopies of land records for Jacob Dick, Rebecca Hackley, Elizabeth Petchaka, Solomon and Benoni Tindall, and Isaac Wobby. Scope and Contents This collection includes an article by Dolores M. Lahrman and Ross S. Johnson describing Indian landholdings in Delaware County and subsequent claims filed in regard to sale of those lands. It also provides an overview for the rest of the collection, which consists primarily of supporting documentation in the form of photocopies of records held at the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, DC. Arrangement This collection is arranged in the following series: Series 1: Indian Reserves publications, 1942-1975 Series 2: Bureau of Indiana Affairs records, 1826-1891 Administrative Information - Page 4 - Indian Reserves collection MSS.011 Publication Information Ball State University Archives and Special Collections Conditions Governing Access This collection is open for research. Copyright Notice 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 from Delores Lahrman in 1973. The Bureau of Indian Affairs records were copied from the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, DC on 1974/03/18. Accruals No further additions are expected. Processing Information Collection processing completed 1982/01/13 by David Tambo. Finding aid created 1982/01/13 by David Tambo. Finding aid revised 2007/04/27 by Maren L. Read. EAD finding aid completed 2009/09/18 by Maren L. Read. EAD finding aid revised 2012/11/17 by Bethany Fiechter. Existence and Location of Originals Original records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs are in the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, DC. Related Materials Related Materials Materials relating to this collection may be found in the following collections in Archives and Special Collections, Ball State University Libraries, Muncie IN: - Page 5 - Indian Reserves collection MSS.011 MSS.004: Miami Indians collection, 1970-1971 Controlled Access Headings Corporate Name(s) • United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs. • United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Genre(s) • Documents Geographic Name(s) • • • • Delaware County (Ind.) Muncie (Ind.) Muncie (Ind.)--History--19th century--Sources Muncie (Ind.)--History--20th century--Sources Subject(s) • Indians of North America • Stoeckel Archives of Local History - Page 6 - Indian Reserves collection MSS.011 Series 1: Indian Reserves publications, 1942-1975 Collection Inventory Series 1: Indian Reserves publications, 1942-1975 Lahrman, Delores M. and Ross S. Johnson, A Delaware Indian's Box Folder 1 1 1 2 Box Folder 1 3 1 4 1 5 1 6 1 7 Reservation: Samuel Cassman vs. Goldsmith Gilbert, Indiana Magazine of History, 71 (June 1975), 103-123. Robertson, Nellie Armstrong and Dorothy Riker (eds.), The John Tipton Papers, (3 vols., Indiana Historical Collections, Vol. XXIV-XXVI, Indianapolis, 1942), scattered pages. Series 2: Bureau of Indian Affairs records, 1824-1889 Cassman, Samuel documents, 1832-1889 Dick, Jacob documents, 1827-1855 Hackley, Rebecca documents, 1826-1891 Petchaka, Elizabeth documents, 1824-1885 Trindall, Solomon and Benoni documents, 1826-1858 - Page 7 - Indian Reserves collection MSS.011 Series 2: Bureau of Indian Affairs records, 1824-1889 1 Wobby, Isaac documents, 1827-1884 - Page 8 - 8