Elizabeth Clark Rosenthal Collection
Scope and Contents
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Anthropologist. Correspondence and research materials (1876-1999) of anthropologist and Indian advocate Elizabeth "Betty" Clark Rosenthal, and her parents, Episcopal missionaries the Rev. David W. Clark and Elizabeth Mann Clark. The collection includes correspondence and records of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the USA, including the dioceses of South Dakota, Navajoland Area Mission, Massachusetts, Minnesota, and various ecumenical work with Native Americans. Elizabeth Rosenthal served as program director of the Intercultural Studies Group / Society for Intercultural Education, a regional association concerned with the interrelationships between Indians and non-Indians with respect to education, the arts, and community services. She was the founder of United Scholarship Service, Inc., which brought American Indian and Mexican-American students to study at New England schools and colleges. The collection also contains information on Indian organizations with which Rosenthal worked, such as the American Association on Indian Affairs, and the Indian Rights Association.
Dates
- 1876-1999
Creator
- Rosenthal, Elizabeth Clark (Person)
Restrictions on Access
Available for public access.
Extent
84 ft. (84 ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Papers: Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--2000.
- All Saints School (Sioux Falls, S.D.)
- American Association on Indian Affairs
- Clark, David W., 1889-1970
- Clark, Elizabeth M., 1892-1978
- Clark, Winifred E.
- Cook Christian Training School
- Crow Creek/Lower Brule Missions (S.D.)
- Deloria, Vine
- Deloria, Vine, Sr., 1901-1990
- Episcopal Church
- Episcopal Church in Navajoland
- Episcopal Church. Diocese of Massachusetts
- Episcopal Church. Diocese of Minnesota
- Episcopal Church. Diocese of South Dakota
- Episcopal Church. Missionary District of South Dakota
- Episcopal Church. National Committee on Indian Work
- Episcopal Church. Niobrara Deanery (S.D.)
- Fort Thompson (S.D.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Good Shepherd Mission (Fort Defiance, Ariz.)
- Indian Rights Association
- Indian art -- North America Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Indian reservations. -- South Dakota Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Indian youth. -- North America Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of North America -- Education Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of North America -- Religion Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Intercultural Studies Group
- National Congress of American Indians
- Navajo Indians. -- Missions Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Pierre Indian School
- Samuelson, Clifford Leroy, 1908-
- Santa Clara Community Foundation
- Society for Intercultural Education
- United Scholarship Service
- United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs
- United States. Department of Agriculture
- W.H. Over Museum
- Walker, Tillie
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Western History Collections Repository
630 Parrington Oval
Room 300
Norman Oklahoma 73019 United States
westernhistorycollections@ou.edu
