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Iowa Nation Historical Records Collection

Iowa Nation Chief White Cloudca. 1600—1961

Microfilm Rolls MF 161—MF 163

 

Introduction

Abstract

Pedigree charts and related genealogical records, including photos, of members of the Iowa (Ioway) nation, primarily in Kansas and Nebraska. Included are the Pickens, Luntsford, Harris, Hight, and Robidoux families among others. Copies of annuity payroll records; treaties; Indian census rolls; and related documents such as maps, a list of first chiefs, and chronological sections documenting tribal history & the Iowa tribe in Oklahoma.

Dates

ca. 1600—1961

Quantity

3 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.

Title

Iowa Nation historical records collection

Identification

Microfilm rolls MF 161—MF 163
Ms. collection no. 5028

Notes

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Repository

Kansas State Historical Society (Topeka)

History

Herbert Jesse Neff, father of the collection’s lender, William White Cloud Neff, compiled these records. It should be noted that the name Neff was originally Nave or Knave and was changed to its contemporary form sometime between 1840 and1850 during the life of James Neff.

Scope and Content

In its original form this collection consists of pages measuring 8.5 x 15 inches in plastic page protectors. These pages are bound in two large post binders. The microfilm shows the collection in its original order. There is some duplication of material from the first book to the second.

This collection is organized into two distinct series. The first contains pedigree charts and related genealogical records. The first page of the first series is not only a pedigree chart, but also has the photographs of nearly everyone listed on the chart. Subsequent pedigree charts, arranged alphabetically by individuals’ names, list people with their life dates, birth and death places, and other pertinent information dating back to Manuel Robidoux (born ca. 1600) of St. Germain, France. Though Herbert Neff's research delved mainly into Iowa tribal genealogy and history, Series 1 does contain a considerable amount of genealogical information on the following families: Pickens, Luntsford, Harris, Hight, and Robidoux, among others. Also included in the first series are color illustrations of some of the chiefs of the Iowa Indians, dating back to Chief Mahaska I (White Cloud), born in 1784.

The second series consists largely of copies of annuity payroll records, treaties, Indian census rolls, and related documents. Annuity payroll records are records of cash payments made by the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs to Indians living on reservations. This volume is organized topically with general information at the beginning, followed by maps, a census list, a list of first chiefs, and chronological sections documenting tribal history & the Iowa tribe in Oklahoma. It is these two latter portions of the volume that contain most of the annuity payrolls and census records, although there is also information on treaties, removal to Kansas, land, head – money, and allotments.

There are a number of color portraits of some of the Iowa Indian chiefs included in this collection; color that had to be sacrificed to black and white microfilm. The original color prints have been returned to the collection's owner.

Contents List

Arrangement

Arranged into two series reflecting the two volumes in the collection.

Contents

v. 1. Pedigree charts and genealogical notes — v. 2. Genealogical notes and U.S. Office of Indian Affairs annuity payroll records.

Microfilm List

Archival records are typically organized by series, a group of records that has a common element or function and a distinct organizational structure of its own, for example Correspondence Files, arranged chronologically, or Registers of Military Enlistments, arranged by regiment.

This finding aid divides the collection into 2 series. Each of the two volumes constitutes a separate series. Volume 2 is divided into sections, and these are noted on the contents list below, as the volume is on more than one roll of microfilm.

The 2 rolls of microfilm are available on a self - service basis in the Research Room or may be borrowed from the Kansas State Historical Society through interlibrary loan.

Roll #

KSHS microfilm #

Series (vol.) #

Section # of vol.

Description

1

MF 161

1

 

Pedigree charts and genealogical notes

Contents: [General]-[Surnames A-Z]

1

MF 161

2

 

Genealogical notes and U.S. Office of Indian Affairs annuity payroll records

1

MF 161

2

1

[General]

1

MF 161

2

2

Maps

1

MF 161

2

3

Census list

1

MF 161

2

4

List of 1 st chiefs

1

MF 161

2

5

History : [general]

1

MF 161

2

6

History : from 1492

1

MF 161

2

7

History : treaties, 1815 - 1861

1

MF 161

2

8

History : treaties : 1824, Washington, D.C.

1

MF 161

2

9

History : treaties : 1837, Washington, D.C.

1

MF 161

2

10

History : 1837 : census & removal

1

MF 161

2

11

History : 1842

1

MF 161

2

12

History : 1848

1

MF 161

2

13

History : 1854

1

MF 161

2

14

History : half-breed tract, 1857

1

MF 161

2

15

History : 1857

1

MF 161

2

16

History : 1858

1

MF 161

2

17

History : 1860

1

MF 161

2

18

History : Civil War, 1861 - 1865

2

MF 162

2

18

History : Civil War, 1861 - 1865 (continued)

2

MF 162

2

19

History : 1861

2

MF 162

2

20

History : 1862

2

MF 162

2

21

History : 1863

2

MF 162

2

22

History : 1864

2

MF 162

2

23

History : 1865

2

MF 162

2

24

History : 1866

2

MF 162

2

25

History :1867

2

MF 162

2

26

History : 1868

2

MF 162

2

27

History : 1869

2

MF 162

2

28

History : 1870

2

MF 162

2

29

History : 1877

2

MF 162

2

30

History : 1878

2

MF 162

2

31

History : 1879

2

MF 162

2

32

History : 1880

2

MF 162

2

33

History : 1881

2

MF 162

2

34

History : 1882

2

MF 162

2

35

History : 1883

2

MF 162

2

36

History : 1884

2

MF 162

2

37

History : 1885

2

MF 162

2

38

History : 1886

2

MF 162

2

39

History : 1887

2

MF 162

2

40

History : 1888

2

MF 162

2

41

History : 1889

2

MF 162

2

42

History : 1890

2

MF 162

2

43

History : 1891

2

MF 162

2

44

History : 1892

2

MF 162

2

45

History : 1892 allotment

2

MF 162

2

46

History : 1893

2

MF 162

2

47

History : 1894

2

MF 162

2

48

History : 1895

2

MF 162

2

49

History : 1896

2

MF 162

2

50

History : 1897

2

MF 162

2

51

History : 1898

2

MF 162

2

52

History : 1899

2

MF 162

2

53

History : 1900

2

MF 162

2

54

History : 1901

2

MF 162

2

55

History : 1902

2

MF 162

2

56

History : 1903 head - money

2

MF 162

2

56

History : 1903 head - money (continued)

3

MF 163

2

57

History : 1905

3

MF 163

2

58

History : 1906

3

MF 163

2

59

History : 1907

3

MF 163

2

60

History :1908

3

MF 163

2

61

History :1910

3

MF 163

2

62

History :1930 - 1931

3

MF 163

2

63

History : 1937

3

MF 163

2

64

Iowas of Oklahoma : [general]

3

MF 163

2

65

Iowas of Oklahoma :1878

3

MF 163

2

66

Iowas of Oklahoma : 1882

3

MF 163

2

67

Iowas of Oklahoma :1883

3

MF 163

2

68

Iowas of Oklahoma : 1884 - 1885

3

MF 163

2

69

Iowas of Oklahoma : 1885 - 1886

3

MF 163

2

70

Iowas of Oklahoma : 1886 - 1887

3

MF 163

2

71

Iowas of Oklahoma : 1888

3

MF 163

2

72

Iowas of Oklahoma : 1889

3

MF 163

2

73

Iowas of Oklahoma : 1890

3

MF 163

2

74

Iowas of Oklahoma : 1891

3

MF 163

2

75

Iowas of Oklahoma : 1891 allotment

3

MF 163

2

76

Iowas of Oklahoma : 1892

3

MF 163

2

77

Iowas of Oklahoma : 1893

3

MF 163

2

78

Iowas of Oklahoma : 1894

3

MF 163

2

79

Iowas of Oklahoma : 1895

3

MF 163

2

80

Iowas of Oklahoma : 1896

3

MF 163

2

81

Iowas of Oklahoma : 1897

3

MF 163

2

82

Iowas of Oklahoma : 1898

3

MF 163

2

83

Iowas of Oklahoma : 1899

3

MF 163

2

84

Iowas of Oklahoma : 1900

3

MF 163

2

85

Iowas of Oklahoma : 1901

3

MF 163

2

86

Iowas of Oklahoma : 1902

3

MF 163

2

87

Iowas of Oklahoma : 1903

3

MF 163

2

88

Iowas of Oklahoma : 1904

3

MF 163

2

89

Iowas of Oklahoma : 1905

3

MF 163

2

90

Iowas of Oklahoma : 1906

3

MF 163

2

91

Iowas of Oklahoma : 1907

3

MF 163

2

92

Iowas of Oklahoma : 1908

3

MF 163

2

93

Iowas of Oklahoma : 1909

3

MF 163

2

94

Iowas of Oklahoma : 1919

3

MF 163

2

95

Iowas of Oklahoma : 1930

3

MF 163

2

96

Iowas of Oklahoma : 1932

3

MF 163

2

97

Iowas of Oklahoma : 1940 [empty]

Related Records and Collections

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Indian Mission Schools history collection, microfilm MS 1296, available through interlibrary loan; finding aid available on the microfilm and in the repository.

Indians history collection, no. 590; finding aid available in the repository.

Samuel M. Irvin, Diary and Journal Kept at Ioway Mission, 1841-1849; microfilm MS 89, available through interlibrary loan.

Samuel M. Irvin collection, no. 403.

Robert S. Johnson collection, no. 194.

Edmund McKinney collection, microfilm MS 1175, available through interlibrary loan; finding aid available on the microfilm and in the repository.

George Nuzum, Biography of Iowa Indians of Kansas and Nebraska from 1880, microfilm MS 984.03, available through interlibrary loan.

Other finding aid

Copies of this finding aid are available in the Research Room of the Center for Historical Research, on its web site, and on each microfilm roll.

Index Terms

Access Points

The terms listed below may include names, places, subjects, occupations, titles, and other words describing this collection. These terms are used in the ATLAS catalog used by the Kansas State Historical Society and affiliated libraries in Topeka, http://lib.wuacc.edu, as well as libraries and archives subscribing to OCLC, a national library/archives database. Searches on these words should produce a description of this collection as well as other books and collections that may be of interest.

Family names

Harris family.

Hight family.

Luntsford family.

Pickens family.

Robidou family.

Geographic names

Great Plains.

Kansas.

Nebraska.

Oklahoma.

Subjects

Federal aid to Indians — Great Plains.

Federal aid to Indians — Kansas.

Federal aid to Indians — Nebraska.

Iowa Indians — Archives.

Iowa Indians — Biography.

Iowa Indians — Census.

Iowa Indians — Genealogy.

Iowa Indians — History.

Iowa Indians — Kings and rulers.

Iowa Indians — Photographs.

Iowa Indians — Treaties.

Iowa Indians — Great Plains.

Iowa Indians — Kansas.

Iowa Indians — Nebraska.

Iowa Indians — Oklahoma.

Genre/Physical characteristics

Census.

Maps.

Photographs.

Treaties.

Occupations

Genealogists — Kansas.

Additional Information for Researchers

Restrictions on Access

None

Restrictions on Use

Notice: This material may by protected by copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code).

The user is cautioned that the publication of the contents of this microfilm may be construed as constituting a violation of literary property rights. These rights derive from the principle of common law, affirmed in the 1976 copyright act, that the writer of an unpublished letter or other manuscript has the sole right to publish the contents thereof for the duration of the copyright. Unless he or she affirmatively parts with that right; the right descend to his or her legal heirs regardless of the ownership of the physical manuscript itself. It is the responsibility of an author or his publisher to secure permission of the owner of literary property rights in unpublished writing.

The Kansas State Historical Society does not own literary property rights to this collection. As this collection came to the Kansas State Historical Society as a loan, copyright remains with the lender, William White Cloud Neff.

Alternate Form Available

Available in the Research Room or through interlibrary loan.

Preferred Citation

Cite as: Iowa Nation Historical Records Collection, Kansas State Historical Society microfilm MF [roll number].

Acquisition Information

Loan: William White Cloud Neff, 1995.

Processing Information

Prepared for microfilming by Robert A. McInnes, 1995.

Accruals

No additions to this collection are anticipated.

Notes

Microfilm of originals in private hands.