Indian Reserves collection
MSS.011
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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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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
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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
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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
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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:
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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
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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
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Indian Reserves collection MSS.011
Series 2: Bureau of Indian Affairs records, 1824-1889
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Wobby, Isaac documents, 1827-1884
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