June K. Lyman papers

Collection

Identifier: ACCN 2466

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The June K. Lyman papers contain correspondence, diaries, news clippings, memorabilia, scrapbooks, and manuscript drafts related to the lives of June and Stanley D. Lyman and their work with the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Dates

1930-2013

Creator

Lyman, June K., 1912-2011 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Conditions Governing Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Biographical Sketch

Catherine June was born in 1912 in Sykeston, North Dakota, to Martin Edward and Susan Monahan Kremer. After graduating from Sykeston High School, she attended the College of St. Catherine in St. Paul. She graduated from North Dakota State University and received her M.A. from Columbia University in New York City. She taught school in Sykeston for five years prior to being hired as a teacher by the Bureau of Indian Affairs in 1938, where she met her future husband, Stanley Lyman. The couple married in August 1942 and subsequently had two children, Mary Lee and Martin Edward. The Lymans worked for the BIA for more than twenty years, including stints at Fort Duchesne, Utah, and Fort Peck, Montana. Stanley was superintendent of the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota in 1973, when American Indian Movement militants occupied portions of the reservation at Wounded Knee. After Stanley's death in 1979, June was instrumental in getting the eyewitness account of the occupation published as "Wounded Knee 1973." She also continued to work as a consultant in the field of education.

Extent

4.25 Linear Feet (9 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The June K. Lyman papers (1930-2007) contain correspondence, diaries, news clippings, memorabilia, scrapbooks, and manuscript drafts related to the lives of June and Stanley D. Lyman and their work with the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by June K. Lyman in 2009. Box 9, folders 1-5 anonymously donated in 2017. Box 9, folders 6-7 donated in 2013.

Related Materials

Forms part of the Aileen H. Clyde 20th Century Women's Legacy Archives.

Processing Information

Processed by Karen Carver in 2009. Box 9 processed by Kristina Barksdale in 2024.

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