Valerian Three Irons American Indian Oral Histories Microfiche

Finding Aid

MA 104

Title

Valerian Three Irons American Indians Oral Histories Microfiche

Creator

Material collected by Valerian Three Irons

Dates

1978

Extent

0.42 linear feet (1 document case) 145 microfiche sheets

Language

English

Repository

South Dakota State University Archives and Special Collections
Hilton M. Briggs Library (SBL) Room 241, Box 2115
1300 North Campus Drive
Brookings, SD 57007

Access Note

This collection is open to researchers without restrictions. This material does not circulate and may be used in-house only.

Preferred Citation

Name of item, MA 104, box #, folder #, Valerian Three Irons American Indian Oral Histories Microfiche, South Dakota State University Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library, Brookings, South Dakota.

Valerian Three Irons, was an American Indian Studies professor and Diversity Association at South Dakota State University from 1997 to 2011. He donated the Listen to Indians microfiche to the Archives in 2004.

The “Listening to Indians” project which was planned executed, and directed by Mr. Samuel I. Meyers as part of the New York Times Oral History Program. The project was funded by the New York Times Oral History Program and completed in 1978. Members of many American Indian tribes are represented.

This collection contains transcripts of 144 interviews with American Indians from across the United States. The interviews were all conducted in the 1970s.

• Indians of North America -- Personal narratives

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