The Charles and Patricia Buser Collection of Research Materials on Native American Cultures
A Guide and Inventory
Spec.RARE.CMS.319

INTRODUCTION

The Story of the Collection

Charles Aubrey Buser (1922-2010) and Ardis Patricia Anderson Buser had a strong personal interest in Wyandotte language and culture. They traveled widely, throughout the United States and Canada, making many enduring friendships along the way. They explored the history and traditions of the Wyandotte, as well as other indigenous peoples, gathered genealogical information, and sought to record as much as possible of various Iroquoian languages, especially Mohawk, speculating on the character of the Wandat language. Charles Buser's research proved to be valuable to the Wyandotte people on more than one occasion, and he was honored for his contributions.

Stephen Buser, former faculty member of the Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University, recognized the research value of his parents’ papers and offered to permit the OSU Libraries to scan the collection before the materials were donated to the Wyandotte Nation. He graciously contributed financial support for the scanning project. Scanning commenced in November of 2008, and the project was completed in July 2012, although students and outside researchers were able to access the collection as the finding aids began to appear on the web.

For the early history of the collection before it was transferred to University Libraries, please read Dr. Brian Joseph's account of work done within the Linguistics Department.

Content and Description

The Buser collection, which is now held, and rehoused, by the Wyandotte Nation in Oklahoma, originally consisted of 13 boxes of photocopies, notes, books, pamphlets, scanned government documents, clippings, audio recordings, and a great deal of personal correspondence. The finding aids maintain the order in which the collection came to us for scanning, and thus they are divided into box and folder categories, arranged in two main alphabetical sequences that seem to reflect the contents of two separate filing locations rather than a clear categorical division. Additional binders and boxes of note cards were used to track historical events and form the beginning of a dictionary. The collection contains a wealth of information that will be a useful introductory resource for historians, linguists and genealogists. The contents are of value for researching the history of the Wyandotte people in general, and individual families in particular. Buser, who also documented cultural practices and details about clothing design, was at times consulted by the Wyandotte because of the extent of his research in these areas. Buser's handwritten language materials are the most readily available, as they may be retrieved directly via links in the finding aids for box 5.

How We Processed the Collection

In evaluating the collection and its potential research value, Rare Books decided to scan every item, except for books, pamphlets and journals, or clippings that include citations of their sources. These were only mentioned in the finding aids so that researchers can pursue those references if they wish to do so. This means that some more obscure clippings were scanned, as well as hand-typed and mimeographed newsletters. All of the notes and drawings of Charles and Patricia Buser, including the history and language note cards, are available on the web to interested parties connecting from any location. Official and personal correspondence and photographs were also scanned, and are listed in the finding aids. However, images of these items may only be viewed in the OSU Libraries, since the correspondence is relatively recent, and the individuals, or their immediate family members, may still be alive.

OSU Rare Books and Manuscripts would welcome contact from anyone who corresponded with the Busers or whose family members collaborated with the researchers and are willing to have the scans of their letters made public. These have been of particular interest for genealogical investigations.

If viewing the files in the Jack and Jan Creighton Special Collections Reading Room in Thompson Library the filenames will each include the box number, folder name, and item number as listed in the inventory. All of the digitized files are available on a single flash drive if one wishes to browse the images without the finding aid. This approach may be preferred for multi-page documents, which have now been converted to PDF files. The flash drive may be used in the reading room.

Please use the search function within your browser to search each finding aid for particular subjects or individuals.

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Overview of the Collection:

Repository:	Rare Books and Manuscripts Library
Identification:	Spec.rare.cms.319
Creators:	Charles and Patricia Buser
Title:	The Charles and Patricia Buser Collection of Research Materials on Native American Cultures
Dates:	1700s (in photocopies) through 2005
Quantity:	13 boxes
Description:	The collection includes audiotapes, transcriptions, notes and research on the Wyandot language. In addition, there are many articles, as well as complete newsletters or other publications related to their study of the Wyandot tribe and other Native Americans. There is a significant amount of correspondence, both professional and personal, and a number of photographs.

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Note to researchers from Wyandotte Nation:

Charles Aubrey Buser, a friend to the Wyandotte Nation, helped usher in an era of research conducted by Wyandottes, rather than just about Wyandottes. Buser defied the common logic of his time by recognizing the inherent value of our culture. His physical location near Washington, D.C. enabled him to monitor our cases before the Indian Claims Commission at a time when money for travel by Tribal officials was scarce. As a motivated amateur historian, he reassembled some of the missing pieces of our past otherwise lost in our long history of dispersal and removals, always willingly sharing what he found. He viewed his work in service to the Wyandotte Nation, and even encouraged and mentored several citizens in our early Tribal Heritage efforts. We at Wyandotte Nation view the Buser Collection as a symbol of hard work and allyship. The limitations of Buser’s research as a non-Wyandotte including problematic language in use at the time require another step. Alongside these archival records, researchers today should consult contemporary scholarship and contact Wyandotte Nation regarding our research protocols prior to any formal publications. This digital age may have changed the research landscape, especially when it comes to access, but it cannot diminish the appreciation we hold for his hard work, enthusiasm, and friendship.

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Box and Folder Listing:

Box 3

Folders: Migrations through Tanner

Folder: Migrations
(folder)

1. handwritten notes on migration, (leaf1),(leaf2),(leaf3),(leaf4),(leaf5),(leaf6),(leaf7),(leaf8),(leaf9),(leaf10),(leaf11),(leaf12),(leaf13),(leaf14),(leaf15),(leaf16),(leaf17),(leaf18),(leaf19),(leaf20),(leaf21),(leaf22),(leaf23),(leaf24),(leaf25),(leaf26),(leaf27),(leaf28),(leaf29),(leaf30),(leaf32),(leaf33),(leaf34),(leaf35),(leaf36),(leaf37),(leaf38),(leaf39),(leaf40),(leaf41),(leaf42),(leaf43),(leaf44),(leaf45),(leaf46),(leaf47),(leaf48),(leaf49),(leaf50),(leaf51),(leaf52),(leaf53),(leaf54),(leaf55),(leaf56),(leaf57),(leaf58),(leaf59),(leaf60),(leaf61),(leaf62),(leaf63),(leaf64),(leaf65),(leaf66),(leaf67),(leaf68),(leaf69),(leaf70),(leaf71),(leaf72),(leaf73),(leaf74),(leaf75),(leaf76),(leaf77),(leaf78),(leaf79),(leaf80),(leaf81),(leaf82),(leaf83),(leaf84),(leaf85),(leaf86),(leaf87),(leaf88),(leaf89),(leaf90),(leaf91),(leaf92),(leaf93),(leaf94),(leaf95),(leaf96),(leaf97),(leaf98),(leaf99),(leaf100),(leaf101),(leaf102),(leaf103),(leaf104),(leaf105),(leaf106),(leaf107),(leaf108),(leaf109),(leaf110),(leaf111),(leaf112),(leaf113),(leaf114),(leaf115),(leaf116),(leaf117),(leaf118),(leaf119),(leaf120),(leaf121),(leaf122),(leaf123),(leaf124),(leaf125),(leaf126),(leaf127),(leaf128),(leaf129),(leaf130),(leaf131),(leaf132),(leaf133),(leaf134),(leaf135),(leaf136),(leaf137),(leaf138),(leaf139),(leaf140),(leaf141),(leaf142),(leaf143),(leaf144),(leaf145),(leaf146),(leaf147),(leaf148),(leaf149),(leaf150),(leaf151),(leaf152),(leaf153),(leaf154),(leaf155),(leaf156),(leaf157),(leaf158),(leaf159),(leaf160),(leaf161),(leaf162),(leaf163),(leaf164),(leaf165),(leaf166),(leaf167),(leaf168),(leaf169),(leaf170),(leaf171),(leaf172),(leaf173),(leaf174),(leaf175),(leaf176),(leaf177),(leaf178),(leaf179),(leaf180),(leaf181),(leaf182),(leaf183),(leaf184),(leaf185),(leaf186),(leaf187),(leaf188),(leaf189),(leaf190),(leaf191),(leaf192),(leaf193),(leaf194),(leaf195),(leaf196),(leaf197),(leaf198),(leaf199),(leaf200),(leaf201),(leaf202),(leaf203),(leaf204),(leaf205),(leaf206),(leaf207),(leaf208),(leaf209),(leaf210),(leaf211),(leaf212)
2. map of historical locations, (leaf1),(leaf2),(leaf3),(leaf4),(leaf5),(leaf6),(leaf7)
3. translucent map overlays, (leaf1),(leaf2),(leaf3),(leaf4),(leaf5),(leaf6),(leaf7)

Also in folder, not scanned:

1. clipping, “Chief-Union”, Upper Sandusky, Ohio, July 12, 1983
2. clipping, The Washington Post, June 26, 1977, “America, Before Christ’: A New Chapter in History?” by David Haskell
3. pamphlet, Reading Room Collection Locator, Law Library, Library of Congress
4. pages from Kansas Historical Quarterly by the Wyandot Exploring Delegation, “The Report of the Wyandot Exploring Delegation, 1831” pp. 248-262

Folder: Misc Correspondence

1. letter to Buser from Stedman Prescott, October 1972,
2. letter to Stedman Prescott from Buser
3. letter to Charlie Meyers from Buser, August 1974
4. letter to Doris Ward from Buser, February 1976
5. letter to Marie Walker, December 1975
6. letter, “list of Wyandots Ohio Probably about 1840,”
7. holiday card from Mary Woodruff, December 1975
8. letter to Pat and Aubrey Buser from Jeanette Volz, December 1976
9. letter to Buser from Martha Wright
10. letter to Robert Smith from Buser, March 1972
11. letter to Buser from Robert Smith, March 1972
12. letter to Robert Smith from Buser, October 1977
13. letter to Buser from Robert Smith, October 1977
14. letter to Joseph Simpson from Buser, November 1973
15. letter to Buser from Joseph Simpson, November 1973
16. handwritten letter to friends from Helen York Rose, October 1980
17. handwritten letter to Buser from Helen York Rose, December 1980
18. letter to Buser from Gladys Reppell, December 1969
19. letter to Buser from Helen York Rose, September 1980
20. letter to Helen York Rose from Buser, September 1980
21. letter to Claude Killion from Buser, July 1975
22. letter to Buser from Claude Killion, June 1975
23. misc notes(leaf1), (leaf2), (leaf3)
24. letters to Peacock from Buser, August 1978, September 1978, September 1979, January 1979
25. letter to Mrs. Elvis McCoy from Buser, April 1977
26. letter to Horton from Buser, September 1978
27. letter to William Pulte from Buser, April 1972
28. letter to Buser from William Pulte, April 1972
29. letter to Buser from William Pulte, January 1972
30. letter to William Pulte from Buser, January 1971
31. letter to Buser from James Kellar, February 1973
32. part of unknown pamphlet with map(recto), (verso)
33. postcard from Florence Voegelin, February 1973
34. letter to Buser from Robert Warner, June 1980
35. letter to Robert Boehm from Buser, December 1975
36. letter to Buser from Robert Boehm, December 1975
37. correspondence between Buser and Mrs. Bigler, March 1971
38. letter to Helen Long Dowis from Buser, June 1972
39. letter to Buser from Helen Long Dowis, May 1972
40. letter to Durbin from Buser, September 1978
41. letter to Buser from Mary Woodruff, January 1975
42. letter to Buser from Lane, January 1968
43. letter to Mary Harris from Buser, Americans for Indian Opportunity, February 1975
44. letter to Buser from Jeanette Volz
45. letter to Buser from Wooliver, December 1975
46. letter to Buser from Wooliver, January 1975
47. letter to Friends from Wooliver, January 1973
48. letter to Zane from Buser, May 1976
49. letter to Whitecrow from buser, March 1977
50. letter to Marie Walker, January 1974

Folder: Missionaries
(folder)

1. various notes on missionaries (copies of originals), (leaf 1), (leaf 2), (leaf 3), (leaf 4), (leaf 5), (leaf 6), (leaf 7), (leaf 8), (leaf 9), (leaf 10), (leaf 11), (leaf 12), (leaf 13),
2. "Brebeuf’s Instructions to the Missionaries”, The Council Fire, Fall 1995, (leaf)
3. The Jesuits in North America by Francis Parkman, (leaf1), (leaf2), (leaf3), (leaf4), (leaf5), (leaf6),
4. The Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 36, No 2, 1958, (leaf1), (leaf2), (leaf3), (leaf4), (leaf5), (leaf6), (leaf7), (leaf8), (leaf9), (leaf10), (leaf11), (leaf12), (leaf13), (leaf14), (leaf15), (leaf16), (leaf17), (leaf18), (leaf19), (leaf20), (leaf21), (leaf22), (leaf23)
5. The Chronicles of Oklahoma, Vol 29, No 1, Spring 1951, “Jeremiah Hubbard, Hoosier Schoolmaster and Friends Missionary Among the Indians”, (leaf1), (leaf2), (leaf3), (leaf4), (leaf5), (leaf6), (leaf7), (leaf8), (leaf9), (leaf10), (leaf11)
6. Jesuit Martyrs Remembered by Harvey Shepherd
7. draft letter to friends from Buser, June 1987

Also in folder, not scanned:

1. booklet, Our North American Martyrs, by John J. Wynne, S.J.

Folder: Museums

1. instructions from National Archives and Records Service, (leaf)
2. answer to request, The Library of Congress, National Archives, (leaf1), (leaf2), (leaf3), (leaf4), (leaf5), (leaf6), (leaf7), (leaf8), (leaf9), (leaf10), (leaf11), (leaf12), (leaf13), (leaf14), (leaf15), (leaf16)
3. Smithsonian Institution, Office of Anthropology, “Bureau of American Ethnology Collection of North American Indian Photographs”, (leaf1), (leaf2), (leaf3), (leaf4), (leaf5)
4. conditions for photocopying at Library of Congress, (leaf)
5. list of sources for recordings of Indian songs and music, (leaf)
6. Indian index, U.S. Department of the Interior, (leaf1), (leaf2), (leaf3), (leaf4), (leaf5), (leaf6), (leaf7), (leaf8), (leaf9), (leaf10)
7. note about reproduction of illustrations, (leaf)
8. library maps, Milton S. Eisenhower Library, (recto), (verso)
9. outline of Library of Congress classification of books, (recto), (verso)

Folder: Nebraska

1. letter to Judith Wigton from John Carter, Nebraska State Historical Society, October 1996
2. letter to John Carter, Nebraska State Historical Society, from Buser, December 1996
3. letter to John Carter, Nebraska State Historical Society, from Buser, January 1997
4. letter to Buser from John Carter, Nebraska State Historical Society, December 1996
5. letter to Buser from John Carter, Nebraska State Historical Society, February 1997
6. list of libraries holding complete sets of draper microfilms (Leaf 1)(Leaf 2)

Folder: Nicolas/Orontony
(folder)

1. copy of handwritten notes, (leaf)
2. copy of map of northern Ohio, (leaf1), (leaf2)
3. copy of unknown document, (leaf1), (leaf2), (leaf3), (leaf4), (leaf5), (leaf6), (leaf7), (leaf8)

Also in folder, not scanned:

1. pages from Indians of Northern Ohio and Southeastern Michigan, An Ethnohistorical Report, Garland Publishing, Inc, 1974 pp. 46 - 49

Folder: Ohio
(leaf)

1. letter to Buser from John Barsotti, May 1987
2. letter to John Barsotti from Buser, September 1994
3. handwritten letters to Buser from John Barsotti, October 1978, April 1990, October 1987, August 1987
4. essay, “Wyandots in Ohio” by C.A. Buser (leaf1), (leaf2)
5. essay, “Leatherlips” by C.A. Buser, (leaf1), (leaf2)
6. pages from “Blockhouses and Military Posts of the Firelands”
7. postcard with “Abstracts of Obituaries”
8. letter to Buser from John Barsotti, February 1984
9. map of region around Scioto river, (leaf1), (leaf2)
10. miscellaneous notes, (leaf1), (leaf2), (leaf3), (leaf4), (leaf5), (leaf6), (leaf7)
11. letter to John Barsotti from Buser, October 1978
12. treaty with the Wyandot, 1842
13. "The Lebanon Star," July 1843 editorial, (leaf1), (leaf2)
14. “What Happened Here”, by Leonard U. Hill
15. letter to Blum from Buser, June 1987
16. letter to Blum from Buser, January 1988
17. letter to Blum from Buser, January 1988
18. letter to Buser from Blum, January 1988
19. letter to Pat and Aubrey Buser from John Gulick, June 1987
20. letter to Lucy from Armstrong, Aug 29th, 1837
21. letter to Friends from Buser, June 1987
22. booklet, Keepers of the Council Fire, A brief history of the Wyandotte Indians by Robert E. Smith
23. misc notes (leaf2), (leaf3)
24. Ohio Cues, October 1987, “The Legend of Forest Rose”, by Lillian Carroll
25. page from Journal of a Volunteer Expedition to Sandusky, map, (leaf)
26. Squire Grey Eye’s Farewell address, July 1843, (leaf1), (leaf2)
27. letter to Ed, Heidelberg College, September 1993
28. clipping, “Sisters weave stories, In words and wool, they serve up history”, by Bill Monaghan
29. page from unknown book, (leaf)
30. copy from Lebanon Western Star, August 4, 1843, (leaf)
31. “Speech on the futility of fighting the Americans in the War of 1812”, (leaf)
32. postcard to Buser,
33. letter to Buser from Furlay, May 1966
34. letter to Buser from Ray and Sally Gotfried, August 1996
35. letter to Buser, June 1987
36. letter to Roger Frain from Buser, February 1990
37. letter to Buser from Christina and Isabel Smucker
38. essay titled "Ohio Indians," (leaf1), (leaf2), (leaf3), (leaf4), (leaf5), (leaf6)
39. letter to Michael Maul from Buser, September 1987
40. letter to John Gulick from Buser, April 1987
41. letter to Buser from John Gulick, April 1987
42. letter to Bearskin from John Gulick
43. letter to John Miles from Buser, January 1998
44. letter from Andrew Jackson, August 1832
45. A Look Back in Time, A History of the Woodland Indian, Volume II 1990
46. Two business cards
47. Copy of a page from "Adjusting to the white man," (leaf)
48. Typed pages about Wyandot tribe in Ohio, (leaf1), (leaf2)
49. Letter from Buser to Roger Frain
50. Envelope to Buser
51. Typed pages about Leathertips, a Wyandot Indian, (leaf1), (leaf2), (leaf3)
52. Newspaper clipping, article titled, "Indians Depart 140 Years Ago"

Also in folder, not scanned:

1. clipping, “Chied-Union,” Upper Sandusky, Ohio July 12, 1983

Folder: Ohio 2
(folder)

1. letter to Buser from Lucy Lovett, April 1990
2. copy from unknown publication, “Christians – true and false (1837)”, (leaf)
3. “Wyandots in Ohio”, (leaf1), (leaf2)
4. map, “Ohio Indians, about 1776”, (leaf)
5. “Ohio Indians” paper, (leaf1), (leaf2), (leaf3), (leaf4), (leaf5), (leaf6)
6. letter to Buser from Isabel and Christina Smucker, Christmas 1988
7. letter to friends from Christina Smucker, November 1989
8. letter to Jim from Buser, July 1990
9. letter to Buser from Joe Blum, February 1988
10. letter to Buser from John Gulick, October 1987
11. letter to Buser from John Gulick, May 1987
12. letter to Thelma from Buser, April 1987, includes phone numbers
13. letter to Buser from John Gulick, March 1987
14. letter to Buser, from Lucy Lovett, November 1990
15. letter to Buser from Roger Frain, February 1990
16. letter to Roger Frain, February 1990
17. letter to friends from Buser, February 1990, includes attached portraits of historical figures, address lists
18. letter to Buser from Roger Frain, February 1990
19. letter to Roger Frain from Buser, February 1990, includes attachment of references
20. letter to Friends from Christina, Isabel Smucker, January 14th
21. Ohio map, manuscripts at Gilcrease, handwritten notes and drawing (leaf 1)(leaf 2)(leaf 3)
    “Indians in Ohio History” map and chronology, (top left)(lower left)(top right)(lower right)
22. letter to Sara Lee Marchand from Buser, January 1999
23. letter to Buser from Sara Lee Marchand, January 1999
24. letter to Timothy Manos from Chief Floyd Leonard, January 1999
25. historical map of parts of Ohio, (scan)
26. brochure, Zanesfield, Chamber of Commerce, 1958 (outside) (inside)
27. copies of pages from unknown publication about Zanesfield, Ohio describing various sites(leaf1), (leaf2), (leaf3), (leaf4), (leaf5), (leaf6), (leaf7), (leaf8), (leaf9), (leaf10), (leaf11), (leaf12), (leaf13), (leaf14), (leaf15), (leaf16), (leaf17)
28. Pages from unknown book with "important events in the history of ohio," (recto), (verso)

Folder: Orontony – Nicolas

1. page from Dic of Can. Bio III, (leaf1), (leaf2)
2. handwritten notes on Nicolas, (leaf1), (leaf2), (leaf3)
3. copy of pages from The Rise and Progr…An American State (poor quality), (leaf1), (leaf2), (leaf3), (leaf4)
4. pages from The Western District, Papers from The Western District Conference

Folder: Ottawa

1. letters to Buser from Linda Denton, October 1983, August 1983
2. photographs from Ottawa tribe
3. photograph of Denton family, October 1988
4. handwritten letter from Buser, October 1971
5. card from Linda and Ed
6. letter to Allan Hull from Buser, January 1972
7. letter to Buser from Allan Hull, February 1972
8. letter to Chief L. H. Barlow, April 1972
9. letter to Chief L. H. Barlow from Allan Hull, April 1973
10. letter to Allan Hull from Buser, June 1972
11. letter to Chief L. H. Barlow from Buser, June 1972
12. letter to Buser, date unknown
13. letter to LaDonna Harris from Buser, September 1973
14. letter to Eddie and Linda King from Buser, July 1974
15. letter to Buser from Eddie King, September 1973
16. letters to Eddie King from Buser, January 1974, December 1973, November 1973

Folder: Peace Medals

1. miscellaneous notes, (leaf)
2. photographs of medals in the Museum of the American Indian
3. letter to Roy Goodman, Curator of Printed Materials, Library of the American Philosophical Society, from Buser, July 1997
4. letter to Museum of the American Indian from Buser, June 1997
5. note card to Buser, July 1997
6. receipt for domestic insured parcel, November 1997
7. printout, "National Museum of the American Indian – Haye Foundation", (leaf)
8. pages from Bibliography, Indian Peace Medals in American History, (leaf1), (leaf2), (leaf3), (leaf4), (leaf5), (leaf6), (leaf7), (leaf8), (leaf9)
9. portrait of Red Jacket, Indian Peace Medals in American History
10. letter to National Museum of the American Indian from Buser, July 1997
11. pages from Indian Peace Medals in American History, George Washington Medals
12. pages from Indian Peace Medals in American History

Folder: Pennsylvania

1. copies of handwritten notes, (leaf1), (leaf2)
2. brochure, Venango County Historical Society, (recto), (verso)
3. letter to Faye Smith, Venango County Historical Society, from Buser, January 2000
4. newspaper clipping, November/December 1982, Wassaja “Jim Thorpe, His Medals Restored, Justice, Done at Last” by Rupert Costo, (leaf1), (leaf2)

Folder: Plants and Crops (Medicinal Included)

1. notes of Cherokee Medico-Magical Beliefs, (leaf1), (leaf2)
2. pages from unknown publication explaining plains Indians food, (leaf1), (leaf2), (leaf3), (leaf4)
3. copy of handwritten notes, (leaf1), (leaf2), (leaf3)
4. A New Leaf by William Moessinger, March 1975

Folder: Point Pleasant

1. letter to Buser from Glen Strock, January 1998
2. document, “Libraries holding complete sets of draper microfilms”, (leaf1), (leaf2)
3. letter to Glen Strock from Buser, January 1998
4. newspaper clipping copy, Detroit Free Press, November 3, 1977, “Patricia Burton Makes Revolutionary Point” by Louis Cook, (leaf)
5. notes on the early settlement and Indian wars, (leaf1), (leaf2), (leaf3), (leaf4), (leaf5), (leaf6), (leaf7), (leaf8), (leaf9), (leaf10), (leaf11), (leaf12), (leaf13), (leaf14), (leaf15)

Folder: Pontiac

1. “Pioneer and Historical Society, The Pontiac Manuscript”, (leaf1), (leaf2), (leaf3), (leaf4), (leaf5), (leaf6), (leaf7), (leaf8), (leaf9), (leaf10), (leaf11), (leaf12), (leaf13)
2. miscellaneous notes, Pontiac
, (leaf1), (leaf2), (leaf3), (leaf4), (leaf5), (leaf6), (leaf7), (leaf8), (leaf9), (leaf10), (leaf11), (leaf12), (leaf13), (leaf14), (leaf15), (leaf16), (leaf17)

Folder: Population Est.

1. letter to Barbara from Buser, August 2000
2. copies of notes on population, (leaf1), (leaf2), (leaf3), (leaf4), (leaf5), (leaf6)
3. pages from Bureau of American Ethnology, Ethnography of the Huron, (recto), (verso)

Folder: Potier
(leaf)

1. misc notes, (leaf)
2. Potier’s Essex County Census, (leaf1), (leaf2), (leaf3), (leaf4), (leaf5), (leaf6)
3. “33 Cabins or Lodges, The Small Village”, (leaf1), (leaf2), (leaf3), (leaf4), (leaf5), (leaf6), (leaf7), (leaf8), (leaf9), (leaf10), (leaf11), (leaf12), (leaf13), (leaf14), (leaf15)

Folder: Pottery

1. handwritten notes, “Roebuck”, (leaf1), (leaf2), (leaf3), (leaf4), (leaf5), (leaf6), (leaf7), (leaf8), (leaf9), (leaf10), (leaf11), (leaf12)
2. select pages from The Birth of Huron, (leaf1), (leaf2)
3. pages from “Indian Life in the Upper Great Lakes”, (leaf1), (leaf2)
4. letter to Buser from Charles Dailey, August 1984
5. letter to Buser from Mary B. Davis, June 1984
6. Gallery invitation, New Works by Al Qoyawayma, (recto), (verso)

Included in folder, not scanned:

1. Arizona Highways, May 1986, Volume 62, No. 5
2. Santa Fean, Celebrating the Best of the Southwest, August 1988

Folder: Powell, J. W.

1. Wilderness, Fall 1987, pg 16, (leaf)

Folder: Pow Wow

1. letter to friends from Buser, September 1997
2. letter to Larry Hamilton from Buser, September 1997, includes handwritten notes
3. various photographs, (leaf1), (leaf2), (leaf3), (leaf4), (leaf5), (leaf6), (leaf7), (leaf8)
4. newspaper clipping, unknown publication, “Indian lore led to lifetime pursuit” by Gaildene Hamilton, (leaf)

Folder: Projectile Points

1. booklet, Projectile Point Types of the American Indian, Price Guide by Robert K. Moore, 1970
2. pages from Indian Arrow Heads, Etc”, (leaf1), (leaf2), (leaf3)
3. newsletter, Echos, July 1978, (recto), (verso)

Included in folder, not scanned:

1. page from New World Beginnings, "The Record of Bone and Stone" pp 15 – 16, (leaf)

Folder: Provisional Government

1. pages from Kansas State Historical Society, First Provisional Constitution of Kansas pp 102 – 113, (leaf1), (leaf2), (leaf3), (leaf4), (leaf5), (leaf6)

Folder: Quapaw

1. letter to Whitebird from Buser, January 1977
2. misc notes, (leaf)
3. Quapaw Pow-Wow, Oklahoma’s Original Pow-Wow, July 4-5-6, 1975, (leaf1), (leaf2), (leaf3), (leaf4), (leaf5), (leaf6), (leaf7), (leaf8), (leaf9), (leaf10), (leaf11), (leaf12), (leaf13), (leaf14), (leaf15), (leaf16), (leaf17), (leaf18), (leaf19), (leaf20), (leaf21), (leaf22), (leaf23), (leaf24), (leaf25), (leaf26), (leaf27), (leaf28), (leaf29), (leaf30), (leaf31), (leaf32),

Folder: Rankin

1. misc notes, (leaf1), (leaf2), (leaf3), (leaf4), (leaf5), (leaf6), (leaf7)
2. document on James Rankin, (leaf1), (leaf2), (leaf3), (leaf4), (leaf5), (leaf6)
3. note to researchers, Bowling Green State University, (leaf)

Folder: Reid, Ramona

1. letter to Reid from Buser, November 1997 includes notes
2. letter to Reid from Buser, October 1997 includes Adam Brown Family history
3. card to Buser from Reid, October 1997
4. letter to Reid from Buser, October 1997
5. letter to Reid from Buser, August 1998 includes family histories
6. postcards to Buser from Reid, 1998
7. letter to Reid from Buser, May 1998

Folder: Religion

1. notes on religion, (leaf1), (leaf2)
2. letter to Earlene from Sallie Andrews, September 1992
3. “The Lord’s Prayer translated into the Wyandot Language”, (leaf)
4. letter to Ed from Buser, May 1987
5. draft letter to Ed from Buser, September 1987

Folder: Revolution on the upper Ohio, 1775 – 1777 Included in folder, not scanned:

1. The Revolution on the Upper Ohio, 1775 – 1777, Edited by Reuben Gold Thwaites, LL. D. Secretary of the Society and Louise Phelps Kellogg, PH. D. Editorial Assistant on the Society’s Staff, Madison Wisconsin Historical Society, 1908, Draper Series, Volume II,

Folder: Robitaille

1. letter to Wolford Robitaille from Buser, July 1975
2. letter to Wolford Robitaille from Buser, January 1975
3. letter to Buser from Robitaille, July 1975

Folder: Roundhead

1. notes from Draper collection, Univ. Of Wis., (leaf1), (leaf2)
2. pages from War-1812, (leaf1), (leaf2), (leaf3), (leaf4), (leaf5), (leaf6), (leaf7), (leaf8), (leaf9), (leaf10)
3. misc notes, (leaf1), (leaf2), (leaf3), (leaf4), (leaf5), (leaf6), (leaf7), (leaf8), (leaf9), (leaf10), (leaf11), (leaf12), (leaf13), (leaf14), (leaf15), (leaf16)
4. letter to Walter from Buser, April 1998

Folder: St. Clair

1. pages from The St. Clair Papers, (leaf1), (leaf2), (leaf3), (leaf4), (leaf5), (leaf6), (leaf7), (leaf8), (leaf9), (leaf10), (leaf11), (leaf12), (leaf13), (leaf14), (leaf15), (leaf16)
2. pages from Colonial Office Records
3. St. Clair’s Defeat Retold in Papers of Early Ohioans, (leaf)
4. notes on St. Clair Papers, (leaf1), (leaf2)

Folder: Seneca

1. letter to Te Nona Kuhn from Buser, April 1994
2. clipping, unknown publication, “A legend in her own time” by Minnie Thompson (leaf)
3. misc notes (leaf2), (leaf3), (leaf4)
4. letter to Buser from Josie, October 1974
5. letter to Jim from Buser, March 1977
6. letter to Buser from Josephine Cata
7. letter to Watt from Buser, October 1975
8. airbill receipt from United Air Lines
9. letter to Buser from Minnie Thompson, July 1970
10. letter to Josephine Cata from Buser, September 1974
11. letter to Buser from Josephine Cata, July 1974
12. letter to Buser from Josephine Cata, August 1974
13. letter from Josephine Cata, October 1974
14. letter to Minnie Thompson from Buser, December 1975
15. handwritten notes on Senecas (Leaf 1)(Leaf 2)(Leaf 3)
16. letter to Buser from Harry and Myra
17. letter to Minnie Thompson from Buser, June 1975
18. second page of letter from Josie
19. letter to Buser from Minnie Thompson, September 1974
20. letter to Minnie Thompson from Buser, September 1974
21. letter to Minnie Thompson from Buser, September 1973
22. letter and Christmas card from Minnie Thompson
23. letter to Buser from Minnie Thompson
24. Christmas cards from James Allen
25. Christmas cards from Myra and Harry Watt
26. clipping of news story on Minnie Thompson, (leaf)
27. letter to Buser from Myra Watt, January 1994
28. letter to Buser from Myra Watt, May 1994
29. newspaper clippings, “Tribal Council Overcomes Constitutional Obstacles” by Sharon Turano, (leaf)
30. letter to Myra Watt from Buser, May 1994
31. letter to Myra Watt from Buser, March 1995
32. notes by Myra Watt
33. letter to friends from Myra Watt, March 1995
34. letter to Myra Watt from Buser, July 1995
35. newspaper clipping, “Gaming, Indians chafing under new rules” by John Kolbe, March 1995
36. clipping, “Laura Cedar, Royal Interpreter, Fosters Seneca-Cayuga History” June 1957, (clipping)
37. clipping, “Three die in reservation shootout, Feud between Seneca factions erupts into violence in New York” Washington Post, March 1995
38. letter to friends from Myra Watt, Mary 1995
39. letter to Buser from Myra Watt, August 1995
40. Christmas cards from Myra Watt

Folder: Seneca Rolls
(folder)

1. notes on Seneca Rolls, (leaf1), (leaf2)
2. Seneca Roll 1885
3. Seneca Roll 1888
4. Seneca Roll 1890
5. miscellaneous Seneca roll documents

Folder: Shawnee

1. notes on Shawnee, (leaf1), (leaf2)
2. letter to Buser from Velma Nieberding, November 1969, includes newspaper clipping
3. excerpt from transcript of hearing before the Indian Claims Commission on Friday, May 6, 1977

Folder: Shinkle

1. “Minnetrista Council for Great Lakes Native American Studies”, October 1997, by Tom Schuman
2. “Always a People, Oral Histories of Contemporary Woodland Indians” postcard
3. “Always a People, Oral Histories of Contemporary Woodland Indians” Forward
4. letter to Abigail Crampton from Buser, June 1999
5. letter to Abigail Crampton from Buser, June 1999
6. letter to Buser from Shinkle, June 1999
7. letter to Floyd and Pat from Buser, June 1999
8. post card, Minnetrista Cultural Center, (recto)
9. letter to Buser from Nicholas Clark, Museums at Prophetstown, July 1999
10. Preliminary Governance Structure for Minnetrista Council of Great Lakes Native American Studies
11. letter from Abigail Crampton, May 1999
12. letter to Michael Shinkle from Buser, June 1999
13. Prophetstown Dispatch, May/June 1999,
14. Flyer, “Prophetstown Conference on Woodland Culture To Be”, (leaf)
15. media release, March 1990, (leaf1), (leaf2), (leaf3), (leaf4), (leaf5)
16. A Brief History of the Minnetrista Council for Great Lakes Native American Studies, (leaf)
17. news clipping, “Feds still sloppy with Indian records”
18. map of Indian tribe locations, (leaf)
19. Museums at Prophetstown brochure, (leaf1), (leaf2), (leaf3), (leaf4)

Folder: Sioux

1. Rosebud Sioux Country featuring St. Francis Mission and Sioux Museum, (leaf1), (leaf2), (leaf3), (leaf4)
2. Big Foot Trail, map, (leaf)
3. Declaration of Purpose
4. “The Dilemma of the Non-Indian World”, an essay by Ed McGaa of the Oglala Sioux that discusses respecting Mother Earth.

Included in folder, not scanned:

1. “Should we give the U.S. back to the Indians?” Time , April 11, 1977
2. The Atlantic Monthly, December 1999

Folder: Slavery

1. letter to Buser from Claudia Ruedi, May 1976
2. paper, “The Indian and the Negro” by Claudia Ann Ruedi
3. letter to Claudia Ruedi from Buser, May 1976
4. notes on civil war, (leaf1), (leaf2)
5. pages from The Journals of Governor Walker, (leaf)
6. pages from The Provisional Government of Nebraska Territory, (leaf)

Folder: Smith, James
(folder)

1. handwritten notes, (leaf1), (leaf2), (leaf3), (leaf4), (leaf5), (leaf6), (leaf7), (leaf8)
2. page from Echos January 1978

Included in folder, not scanned:

1. "Remarkable Occurrences in the Life and Travels of Col. James Smith, during his captivity with the Indians, in the years 1755, ’56, ’57, ’58, & ’59.”

Folder: Smith, Ken
(folder1), (folder2)

1. handwritten copy of letter to Connelley, April 1899
2. letter to Buser from Kenneth Smith, April 1984
3. letter to Smith from Buser, April 1984
4. letter to Buser from Kenneth Smith, June 1984
5. line of descent – Isaac Williams and the Wyandots, (leaf1), (leaf2)
6. letter to Buser from Ken Smith, August 1984
7. letter to Buser from Ken Smith, September 1984
8. letter to Buser from Ken Smith, September 1984
9. letter to Ken Smith from Buser, September 1984
10. letter to Buser from Smith, September 1984
11. letter to Buser from Smith, October 1984
12. letter to Ken Smith from Buser, August 1984
13. letter to Ken Smith from Buser, April 1984
14. letter to Buser from Ken Smith, June 1987
15. note card with Ken Smith contact information
16. letter to Buser from Ken Smith, May 1990
17. misc notes
18. pages describing Tarhe “The Crane”, and diary of Rev. Stephen Williams, Jr., (leaf1), (leaf2)
19. letter to Buser from Kenneth Smith, November 1992
20. letter to Buser from Kenneth Smith, June 1993
21. the young families of the Wyandots prepared by Kenneth Smith, (leaf1), (leaf2)
22. letter to Ken Smith from Buser, August 1996
23. letter to Ken Smith from Buser, June 1998
24. notecard to Buser from Kenneth Smith, October 1998
25. holiday card to Buser from Kenneth Smith, date unknown
26. letter to Buser from Kenneth Smith, August 1996
27. letter to Buser from Kenneth Smith, June 1998
28. letter to Buser from Kenneth Smith, November 1996
29. letter to Buser from Kenneth Smith, January 1998
30. letter to Buser from Kenneth Smith, November 1996
31. letter to Buser from Kenneth Smith, September 1996
32. letter to Buser from Kenneth Smith, September 1996
33. paper, “Sandusky”, (leaf)
34. document, “Kentucky Ancestors in Pioneer Days”
35. newsletter, map and directions to “1492-1992” event, (leaf1), (leaf2)
36. Bowling Green State University, note to researchers, (leaf)
37. pages from Ohio Historical Collections, "Frontier Ohio", (leaf1), (leaf2)

Folder: Speeches
(folder)

1. Speech given by Chief Seattle, (leaf1), (leaf2)
2. council – speech of Major De Peyster, (leaf1), (leaf2)
3. pages from Relations with the United States and Britain, Blue Jacket (Shawnee) pp 131-132, (leaf)
4. pages from Great Documents in American Indian History, (leaf1), (leaf2), (leaf3)
5. Draper Collection, Round Head Speech, (leaf)
6. pages from Vol. V, Sir William Johnson Papers, (leaf1), (leaf2)
7. notes on speeches, (leaf1), (leaf2), (leaf3), (leaf4), (leaf5), (leaf6), (leaf7), (leaf8), (leaf9), (leaf10), (leaf11), (leaf12), (leaf13), (leaf14), (leaf15), (leaf16), (leaf17), (leaf18), (leaf19), (leaf20)

Folder: Splitlog
(notes on folder)

1. Season's greeting card with two photos inside
2. Article titled "TA-YAW-NO-KA", (leaf 1a), (leaf 1b), (notes)
3. name from an envelope(scan))
4. copies of "Visit of Prince of Wales" from book at Hiram Walker Museum (leaf 1), (leaf 2 recto), (leaf 2 verso)
5. letter to Lil from Buser, Dec 1997, TS
6. letter to Pat and Aubrey from Lil, Dec 1985, MS
7. Newspaper article about Robert Splitlog, Feb 1997, (leaf)
8. Letter to Pat and Aubrey from Lil, Sept 1991, MS
9. Newspaper article with notes, "Famed Tribe Slowly Dying Out," Feb 1949, (leaf 1a), (leaf 2)
10. photocopies from manuscript, with occasional notes on verso (leaf1), (leaf2), (leaf3), (leaf4), (leaf5), (leaf6), (leaf7), (leaf8), (leaf9), (leaf10)
11. letter to Lil and "what's his name," Sept 1991, TS
12. list of Splitlog family names and family tree of Mary Jemison
13. letter to Pat and Aubrey from Lil, July 1992, MS
14. Six Nations Tourism brochure, (leaf1a_recto), (leaf1b_recto), (leaf1a_verso), (leaf1b_verso)
15. letter to Pat and Aubrey from Lil, Dec 1992, MS
16. letter to Lil and Bob from Pat and Aubrey, Jan 1997, TS
17. letter to Lil and Bob from Aubrey, Jan 1997, TS
18. photo copy of page from book, "Chapter X, Some Noted Indians,"
19. Photo copy of page from Michigan Education Journal, March 1930
20. Letter to Lil and Bob from Pat, June 1991, TS
21. Letter to Pat and Aubrey from Lil, May, 1991, MS
22. Letter to Lil and Bob from Pat and Aubrey, June 1991, TS
23. Photocopy of book, Impressions of Detroit, (leaf1), (leaf2)
24. Newspaper article about Indian camping grounds, (leaf1a), (leaf1b)
25. Photo copy of letter to Bob from Aubrey, Aug 1984, MS
26. Handwritten page finishing previous letter
27. Photograph Dec 2000, photo copies of articles (leaf4), (leaf5), (leaf6), (leaf7), (leaf8), (leaf9), (leaf10)
28. letter to Juanita and Lil from Pat and Aubrey, Oct 1998, TS

Folder: Splitlog (a second folder with the same name)
notes on folder

1. clipping: "Wyandotte Indian history: Mathias Splitlog" a selection pulled from The Amherstburg Echo, Jan. 31, 1957
2. clipping: "'Huron Reserve Treaty' Was Cause for Snub,"
a selection pulled from The Amherstburg Echo, May 10, 1956
3. photocopies of a paper with various clippings taped to it: "Marines Win Bloody Hill: Find Japs Shackled to Guns on Peleliu" by Frank Tremaine, Detroit Free Press, Wed. Sept. 20, 19--, a newspaper photograph and two death notices (scan); "Leathernecks Storm Beach at Peleliu" (scan)
4. photocopy of article on Janet Splitlog: "Picked by peers: Trenton student becomes Dorsey's top secretary," Heritage Newspapers, May 4, 1988
5. letter to Pat and Aubrey from Lil, June 5, 1984 MS
6. letter to Pat and Aubrey from Lil, July 23, 1988, MS
7. photocopy of a photograph of an Army serviceman, Robert Dashner
8. photocopy of a photograph of a Navy serviceman, Earl Dashner
9. photocopy of document 18818, June 21, 1890, Office of Indian Affairs, related to Mathias Splitlog, 4 pp
10. photocopy of document 14875, May 13, 1890, Office of Indian Affairs, related to Mathias Splitlog, 4 pp
11. photocopy of document 22457, August 10, 1887, Office of Indian Affairs, related to Mathias Splitlog, 3 pp
12. photocopy of document 22457, August 26, 1887, Office of Indian Affairs, related to Mathias Splitlog, 5 pp
13. cover letter to Charles Buser from National Archives and Records Service, July 7, 1977
14. photocopy of letter to Lil from Pat and Aubrey, Oct. 2, 1986, MS
15. letter to Lil and Rob from Pat and Aubrey, Sept. 21, 1986, MS
16. photocopy of articles sent by The Amherstburg Echo regarding the death of James CLark, in 1895
17. carbon copy of letter to Lil from Pat and Aubrey, July 2, 1986, MS
18. photocopy of a transcript from The Amherstburg Echo of Jan. 29, 1897 regarding the death of Mathias Splitlog
19. photocopies from a book used in researching Mathias Splitlog (pages 34-35)
20. photocopy from a book used in researching Mathias Splitlog, with genealogical notes on verso (page 193-194)
21. carbon copy of letter to Lil from Pat and Aubrey, June 8, 1984, MS
22. photocopy of typed notes pulled from the "Israel Splitlog Bible" on deaths and marriages
23. letter to Mr. and Mrs. Splitlog from E. J. Lajeunesse, C. S. B., no date, re: marriage records, MS
24. large note card, perhaps intended for chiefs file, on Splitlog
25. carbon copy of letter to Lil from Pat and Aubrey, Feb. 8, 1984, MS
26. carbon copy of letter to Lil from Aubrey, Jan. 11, 1984, MS
27. carbon copy of letter to Lil from Aubrey, Dec. 22, 1983, MS
28. letter to Pat and Aubrey from Lil, Feb. 23, 1977, TS
29. carbon copy of letter to Lil from Aubrey, March 4, 1978, MS
30. carbon copy of letter to "friends" from Aubrey, May 16, 1978, MS
31. carbon copy of letter to Mrs. Splitlog from Aubrey,July 7, 1977, MS
32. carbon copy of letter to Lil from Aubrey, July 16, 1977, MS
33. carbon copy of letter to Lil from Aubrey, July 30, 1977, MS
34. carbon copy of letter to Mr. Robert Splitlog from C. A. Buser, Feb. 17, 1976, TS
35. letter to Pat and Aubrey from Lil, Mar. 1, 1978, MS
36. Christmas card from Bob, Lil and Janet Splitlog, with note on verso
37. notes from the Archives of the Chronicle of Oklahoma, Spring 1954, MS
38. notes from Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Kansas
39. notes on Splitlog, labeled "CHIEFS" on the top corner, MS
40. carbon copy of letter to Lillie M. from Aubrey, April 4, 1984, MS
41. carbon copy of letter to Lil from Aubrey, April 18, 1984, MS
42. letter to Aubrey from Lil, July 21, 1984
43. letter to Pat and Aubrey from Lil, May, 20, 1987, MS
44. letter to Pat and Aubrey from Lil, Oct. 29, 1986, MS
45. letter to Pat and Aubrey from Lil, July 8, 1987, MS
46. carbon copy of letter to Lil and Bob from Aubrey, July 11, 1987, MS
47. photocopy of a program for a debate at the University of Windsor, Jan. 20, 1988: "The Battle of the River Raisin: A Glorious Victory or a Tragic Massacre?"
48. letter to Pat and "Old Jar-Head" from Lil, Feb. 4, 1988, MS
49. photocopy of clippings related to death of Cpl. D. J. Dashner, Sept. 17, 1944
50. letter to Pat and Aubrey from Lil, April 6, 1990, MS
51. letter to Pat and Aubrey from Lil, Aug. 9, 1990, MS
52. photocopy of "Chapter X: Some Noted Indians, Statement by Matthias Splitlog, 1892," found in the Horn Papers (pp. 306-307, 308-309)

Folder: Steckley, John

1. John Steckley, “Tying the cord with the southern bear” in Arch Notes March/April 1992
2. John Steckley, Untold Tales, a publication of The Ontario Archaeological Society Inc. - title page and three chapters
• Joseph Chihoatenhwa: the forgotten martyr
• Eustace Ahatsistari: the bravest of the braves
• Estienne Annaotaha: the unwanted hero
3. John Steckley, "The Clans and Phratries of the Huron, Ontario Archaeology, no. 37, pages 29-34
4. notes on Steckley,
5. Charles Garrad and John Steckley, Craigleith and the Birth of the Historic Wyandot Tribe (Collingwood and North York, Ontario: Petun Research Institute, 1998) - full booklet (ISSN 1208-0217)
6. John Steckley, "Why Did the Wenro Turn Turtle?" in Arch Notes May/June 1985

Folder: Sultzman, Lee

1. letter to Judy from Pat and Aubrey, 24 August, 1999
2. photocopied map of "Huronia" with annotation "until 1649" (scan)
3. printout of an article on "Huron History" by Lee Sultzman, from web site, new URL as of May 23, 2016: http://www.tolatsga.org/hur.html

Folder: Tales of the Bark Lodges

1. Hen-Toh (Bertrand N. O. Walker),Tales of the Bark Lodges (Oklahoma City: Harlow Publishing Company, 1919) - photocopy of title page through p. 107. (only later reprints listed in OCLC Worldcat catalog)
2. notes on Tales of the Bark Lodges, especially on vocabulary, 3 pp, MS (PDF)

Folder: Tanner - Ohio, Wyoming history notes on folder

1. carbon copy of letter to Dr. Helen H. Tanner from Mr. & Mrs. C. A. Buser, Aug. 19, 1974, TS
2. letter to Mr. and Mrs. Buser from Helen Hornbeck Tanner, September 8, 1974, TS
3. carbon copy of letter to Dr. Helen H. Tanner from C. A. Buser, September, 10, 1974, TS
4. letter to Mr. Buser from Helen Hornbeck Tanner, Feb. 10, 1975, TS
5. carbon copy of letter to Dr. Tanner from C. A. Buser, Feb. 20, 1975, TS
6. letter to Busers from Helen T., June 28, 1975, TS
7. photocopy of letter to Mr. Edwards at Edwards, Edwards and Bodin, from C. A. Buser, March 11, 1978, TS
8. Helen Hornbeck Tanner, "Historical Report for Appraising Value of Wyandot Reservations in Ohio" (publication history unknown)
9. copy of letter to Rebekah Tanner, from C. A. Buser, Sept. 20, 1988, TS
10. letter to Chief Leaford Bearskin, Wyandotte Tribal Office, from Rebekah Tanner, Aug. 12, 1988
11. handwritten notes on Tanner history, MS
12. carbon copy of letter to Dr. Tanner from C. A. Buser, June 16, 1975, TS
13. carbon copy of letter to Dr. Tanner from C. A. Buser, July 15, 1975, TS
14. photocopy of letter to Dr. Tanner from Pat and Aubrey, Jan. 14, 2000

Envelope: Addressed to Mar. and Mrs. C. A. Buser from the National Museum of Canada (recto, verso)

Contents not from the National Museum, and do not fall into the alphabetical ordering of this box. The envelope contains correspondence in French from Edgar Gros Louis and his wife, Antoinette Vincent Gros Louis, of the Huron Nation.

1. funeral memento for Antoinette Vincent Gros Louis, with portrait photograph card enclosed (card exterior, card interior, photo card recto, photo card verso)
2. historical photograph - group portrait of American Indians (recto, verso)
3. letter to "Chire Amie from Antoinette and Edgard, Nov. 4, 1972, 2 leaves, MS
4. note in a card to "Chire Amie" from Antoinette and Edgard, Oct. 7, 1974, MS
5. small slip of paper with notes on contacts and telephone numbers
6. 1978 Christmas card from Jeanne and Vern MacFarlane and the boys
7. Christmas card from employees of "Conseil de bande" (ext, int)
8. color photograph of Edgard with friends
9. note to "Chire Madame et Monsieur" from Antoinette and Edgard, Feb. 8, 1976, MS
10. letter to "Chire Madame et Monsieur" from Antoinette and Edgard, Nov. 1, MS
11. note in a card to "Chire Amie" from Antoinette and Edgard, Sept. 9, 1976, MS
12. thankyou note re: 60th anniversary celebration of Antoinette and Edgard, with a holy card enclosed, including prayer for beatification of Kateri Tekakwitha (recto, verso), MS
13. note to "Chire Bon Amie" from Antoinette and Edgard, July 10, 1976, MS
14. letter to "Chires Amie" from Antoinette and Edgard, Feb. 2, 1975, MS
15. empty envelope addressed to the Busers from Mr. & Mrs. Gros Louis, MS
16. empty envelope addressed to the Busers from Mr. & Mrs. Gros Louis, MS
17. note in a card to "Chires Amie" from Antoinette and Edgard, Sept. 13, 1976, MS
18. holy card with prayer in English for beatification of Kateri Tekakwitha - two copies (recto, verso)
19. empty envelope addressed to the Busers from Mr. & Mrs. Gros Louis, MS
20. note in a card to "Bien chire Amie" from Antoinette and Edgard, March 25, 1976, MS
21. note in a card to "Chire Amies" from Antoinette and Edgard, Aug. 21, 1975, MS
22. note in a card to "Chire Amies" from Antoinette and Edgard, June 5, 1975, MS
23. Christmas card from Brother Gilles Hardy
24. holy card with prayer in French for beatification of Kateri Tekakwitha (recto, verso)
25. hand-drawn map on a large note card
26. letter to "Chires Amie" from Antoinette and Edgard, June 16, 1971, MS
27. Christmas card from Brother Gilles
28. 1975 color photograph of four children, ID'd left to right Brian, Melissa, Emily, Amy
29. color photograph of young girl, Melissa
30. color photograph of three children and a young woman: Amy, Melissa, Brian, Peggy
31. 1975 color photograph of three children, left to right: Melissa, Emily, Amy
32. color photograph of Peggy and husband with Brian and Melissa
33. thank you note from Antoinette and Edgard, with letter, diagram and color photograph of baby enclosed, Jan. 10, 1975, MS
34. note on a scrap of lined paper that on Aug. 19, 1976 a copy of some Wyandot rolls were sent to Antoinette and Edgard Gros Louis
35. note on a small slip of paper re: Lorette Hurons (scan)
36. 1968 color photograph of Antoinette and Edgard in regalia standing next to grave markers in a church
37. 1975 color photograph of feet in mocassins - grandparents and grandchildren
38. color photograph of Edgard seated, shaking hands with standing man
39. letter to "Chire Amies" from Antoinette and Edgard, April 26, 1970, MS
40. letter to "Chire Amies" from Antoinette and Edgard, April 20, 1971, MS
41. letter to "Chire Amies" from Antoinette and Edgard, April 26, 1971, MS
42. 1979 Christmas card from Max Gros-Louis
43. note in a card to "Chire Amies" from Antoinette and Edgard, May 25, 1972
44. note in a card to "Chire Amies" from Antoinette and Edgard, Nov. 13, 1972, MS
45. letter to "Chire Amies" from Antoinette and Edgard, Jan. 26, 1974, MS
46. letter to "Chire Amies" from Antoinette and Edgard, Jan. 20, 1973, MS
47. letter to "Dear Friends" from Antoinette and Edgard, Jan. 30, 1972, MS (no indication where translated, Canada or U.S.)
48. letter to "Chire Amie" from Antoinette and Edgard, May 19, 1971, MS
49. note in English translation to Charles Buser from Edgard Gros-Louis, April 29, 1968, MS
50. Christmas card from Antoinette and Edgard
51. Christmas card from Antoinette and Edgard
52. letter to "Chire Bon Amies" from Antoinette and Edgard, Dec. 15, 1970, MS
53. letter to "Chire Bon Amies" from Antoinette and Edgard, April 24, 1975, MS
54. empty envelope from Conseil de Bande, Reserve Indienne, Village des Hurons, Canada; postmarked 1978
55. letter to "Chire Amies" from Antoinette and Edgard, Jan. 31, 1977, MS
56. letter to "Chire Amies" from Antoinette and Edgard, Sept. 10, 1972, and Oct. 25 & 29, MS
57. letter to "Chire Bon Amies" from Antoinette and Edgard, Feb. 9, 1971, MS
58. letter to "Chire Amies" from Antoinette and Edgard, March 5, 1973, MS
59. letter to "Chire Amies" from Antoinette and Edgard, Sept. 28, 1971, MS
60. letter to "Chire Amies" from Antoinette and Edgard, undated, not finished
61. letter to "Chires Madame and Monsieur Buser" from Antoinette and Edgard, Sept. 12, 1970, MS
62. Christmas card from Grand Chief of Huron Nation Max Gros-Louis
63. title page and verso of Indian News, vol. 17 no. 3, Summer 1975 (published in Ottawa, Canada)
64. photocopy from a Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. III, with e ntry on "Vincent, chief of the Huron Indians at Lorette, fl. 1740-45" (scan)
65. undated, brief note from Monsieur and Madame Edgard Gros Louis in thanks for an Easter card, looking forward to seeing the Busers in the summer
66. letter to "Chere Amies" from Antoinette and Edgard,Jan. 4, 1976, MS