Wheat, Margaret M.
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Catherine S. Fowler Papers
Collection
Identifier: 2015-11
Abstract
Catherine S. "Kay" Fowler (1940- ) is an American anthropologist whose research has focused on Paiute and Shoshone peoples of the Great Basin. The collection contains Fowler and Margaret Wheat's research on Sarah Winnemucca, duplicate tapes of Great Basin indigenous music collected by Dr. Tom Vennum of the Smithsonian Folklife Program and items for research in Paradise Valley; and duplicate tapes of Ghost Dance music from Shoshone women made by Dr. Judith Vander in Wind River, Wyoming.
Dates:
circa 1965-2010
Thomas Woodnutt Miller Papers
Collection
Identifier: NC441
Abstract
Thomas Woodnut Miller was a republican and native of Delaware. He was appointed Secretary of State for Delaware, 1913-1914, U.S. Representative from Delaware, 1914-1917, served in World War I as lieutenant colonel, and helped establish the American Legion. He moved to Nevada 1934 and became active in state and civic affairs and the Republican Party. He also served as the First chair of Nevada State Park Commission and served on many other boards and commissions. Primarily correspondence and...
Dates:
1890-1977
Margaret M. Wheat Papers
Collection
Identifier: 83-24
Abstract
Margaret M. Wheat (1908-1988) was an ethnologist, geologist, and photographer who worked closely with the Numu peoples. Collection includes papers collected and created by Wheat throughout her career as an ethnologist and geologist, among other things. Of note are files on Ichthyosaur State Park and Dr. Charles L. Camp; controversies within the State Park Commission; Numu linguistics; a scrapbook compiled by J. D. Oliver as Superintendent of the Nevada Indian School; Sarah Winnemucca...
Dates:
1879-1981
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- Paiute Indians 2
- Personal correspondence 2
- Photographs 2
- Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park (Nev.) 1
- Business correspondence 1
- Delaware -- Politics and government 1
- Diaries 1
- Excerpts 1
- Ghost dance 1
- Indians of North America -- Great Basin 1
- Indians of North America -- Music 1
- Indians of North America -- Nevada 1
- Indigenous peoples 1
- Interviews 1
- Nevada -- Politics and government 1
- Paiute Indians -- Languages 1
- Parks -- Nevada 1
- Shoshoni Indians 1
- Shoshoni language 1
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1901-1953 1
- Veterans -- United States 1 ∧ less
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