National Algonquin Indian Council records
Content Description
Correspondence, minutes, membership cards, printed material, and other records by or relating to the National Algonquin Indian Council (NAIC) and photograph albums and loose photographs belonging to the Perry and Farrow families of Rhode Island, 1924-1980s. Founding documents, correspondence, minutes, and treasurer's notes of the NAIC kept by secretary Annie Frances Perry Farrow, daughter of Narragansett chief Alfred C. A. Perry. Also present is a cast-iron hand-press notary seal of the NAIC. Records chronicle the membership and activities of the council as it sought to practice ancestral traditions, engage in community building, and secure equality through political action. There is also a scrapbook assembled by Barbara Farrow, containing newspaper clippings, photographs, correspondence, and documents acquired from her mother, Annie Frances Perry Farrow, with materials dating between the 1920s and 1980s. In addition, there are 3 photograph albums containing 118 photographs, some with manuscript captions; 3 negatives; 10 tintype photographs (2 framed); and 44 loose photographs of the Perry family and family farm as well as the Farrow family, who are of both Native American and African-American descent. There are 2 photographs of NAIC members, 1923 December 13 and circa 1920. There is also a file of research on the Fayerweather family.
Dates
- 1850-2017
- Majority of material found within 1924-1980s
Creator
- National Algonquin Indian Council (Author)
- Gross, Barbara Hall Farrow, 1922-2016 (Compiler)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The National Algonquin Indian Council Records is the physical property of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the appropriate curator.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
From the collection of Barbara Hall Farrow Gross, granddaughter of Narragansett chief Alfred C. A. Perry. Purchased from Robert H. Rubin Books on the Walter McClintock Memorial Fund, 2018.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by format.
Extent
6.92 Linear Feet (8 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Abstract
Correspondence, minutes, membership cards, printed material, scrapbook, and other records by or relating to the National Algonquin Indian Council (NAIC), a pan-Indian organization founded in New England in the 1920s. Materials chronicle the membership and activities of the council as it sought to practice ancestral traditions, engage in community building, and secure equality through political action. Also present is a scrapbook assembled by Barbara Farrow, daughter of NAIC secretary Annie Frances Perry Farrow, as well as photograph albums and loose photographs (including tintype photographs) belonging to the Perry family and Farrow family--the latter being of both Native American and African-American descent--of Rhode Island, circa 1905-1960, undated.
Biographical / Historical
The National Algonquin Indian Council was founded in 1926. It was preceded by the Algonquin Indian Council of New England, which was founded in 1923. A Pan-American Indian movement, its purpose was to validate the ancestry of descendants of approximately 30 different Algonquin tribes. Alfred C. A. Perry, Narragansett chief, was among the council's founders. His daughter, Annie Frances Perry Farrow, served as the council’s secretary.
Processing Information
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- African Americans -- Rhode Island
- Algonquin Indians -- New England
- Farrow family
- Farrow, Annie Frances, 1894-1978
- Indian councils -- New England
- Indians of North America -- Civil rights
- Indians of North America -- Ethnic identity
- Indians of North America -- Rhode Island
- Minutes (administrative records)
- Narragansett Indians -- Rhode Island
- New England -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- Perry family
- Perry, Alfred C. A., 1861-1931
- Photograph albums
- Photographic prints
- Photographs
- Racially mixed families -- Rhode Island
- Scrapbooks
- Tintypes (prints)
Source
- Robert H. Rubin Books (Bookseller)
- Title
- Guide to the National Algonquin Indian Council Records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Sarah Lerner
- Date
- July 2019
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository
Location
121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
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