MS 408- James Canan Collection
Scope and Contents
This collection includes 105 folders that contain federal governement publications, newspaper clippings, publications of scholarly articles, materials from conferences, photographs, maps, and personal notes that James Canan collected during his years working for the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Dates
- Created: 1956-1994
- Other: Majority of material found in 1958
- Other: Date acquired: 01/18/2010
Creator
- Bureau of Indian Affairs (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
McCracken Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials. Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation or publication. Contact McCracken Research Library for more information.
Biographical or Historical Information
James Canan was born in 1926 in Pennsylvania. He fought during World War II, and in 1949 he joined the Bureau of Indian Affairs. During his time at the BIA he was the director for the Rocky Mountain Region from 1962-1979, afterwards he retired for two years. Then he was appointed as the Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs from Janurary to May of 1981. He passed away in 2009.
Note written by Hunter Old Elk, Annie Stratton
Extent
11.00 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection contains the personal papers of James Canan. James Canan worked for the Bureau of Indian Affairs between the years of 1956-1994. The collection has a mixture of publications, personal notes, and federal governement records all pertaining to the Bureau of Indian Affairs and issues that affected that line of work. The pieces in this collection are helpful when researching the Bureau of Indian Affairs during the civil rights movement.
Arrangement Note
The collection is broken into seven series; government documents, publications, United States Department of the Interior Field Executives Management Conference, Social Programs and Economic Opportunities Conference, notes, correspondence and awards, and photographs. Within the series the folders are organized by year.
Source of Acquisition
MaryAnn Canan
Method of Acquisition
This collection was a gift from MaryAnn Canan.
- Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation of Montana
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Crow Tribe of Montana
- Department of the Interior, 1912-
- Fort Belknap Indian Community of the Fort Belknap Reservation of Montana
- Fort Peck Indian Reservation (Mont.)
- Indians (Native Americans)
- Montana
- Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation (Mont.)
- Rocky Boy's Reservation (Mont.)
- Wind River Indian Reservation (Wyo.)
- Wyoming
Creator
- Bureau of Indian Affairs (Person)
- Department of the Interior, 1912- (Person)
- United States. House of Representatives. (Person)
- United States. Senate (Person)
- Clifton, James A. (Person)
- Graves, Theodore D. (Person)
- The Atlantic Monthly (Person)
- Canan, James (Person)
- Author
- AS, 2019
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Eng
Repository Details
Part of the McCracken Research Library Repository