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Indian mythology -- North America

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Doris Duke Indian Oral History Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: WHC-M-1931
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Oral history collection. Typescripts of interviews conducted with hundreds of American Indians in Oklahoma regarding the histories and cultures of their respective tribes. Included are accounts of Indian ceremonies, customs, social conditions, philosophies, and standards of living. Members of every tribe resident in Oklahoma were interviewed.

Dates: 1967-1972

Marriott-Rachlin Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: WHC-M-1230
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Anthropologists. Correspondence, research materials and manuscripts of Alice Lee Marriott and Carol Rachlin assembled during their collaboration on several essays and manuscripts relating to Native American society, mythology and peyotism.

Dates: 1963-1975

William Elsey Connelley Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: WHC-M-126
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Author. Correspondence (ca. 1923) regarding the Bender family of Kansas, and the genealogy of families in Big Sandy Valley, Kentucky; notebooks (ca. 1854-1913) concerning the American Civil War, linguistics, William Quantrill, Kansas Indians, and Kansas history prior to the 20th century; clippings (ca. 1855-1900) concerning Kansas Indians and history; manuscripts (ca. 1902) concerning politics, Indian mythology, folklore, linguistics and Kansas history; pamphlets (1857-1925); and diaries (1858-1911) of Henry William Ela recounting his Civil War experiences, and of Connelley.

Dates: 1854-1925