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Walker River oral history audio recordings

 Collection
Identifier: A1308

Scope and Contents

The Walker River oral history audio recordings contain interviews conducted by Ed Johnson with people from Walker River. This collection is available for viewing in the reading room.

Dates

  • 1974

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English.

Conditions Governing Access

Materials must be used on-site; no use of original material, access copies will be made available for viewing. All items have been digitized and are available. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law, condition of the material, or by donor.

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.

Historical Note

The Paiute tribe at Walker River have lived there since long before their first contact with white settlers in the 1820's. These interviews were conducted in 1974 to document the tribe's fight to regain lost lands, preserve their culture, and establish rights that have been denied to them.

Extent

21 Items

Abstract

The Walker River oral history audio recordings are a collection of interviews conducted in 1974 with people from Walker River NV. The interviews were conducted by Ed Johnson for his book "Walker River Paiutes: A Tribal History". This collection was previously part of the Ethnic archives oral history audio recordings collection(A0853).

Arrangement

The materials have kept their original numbering.

Related Materials

This collection was previously part of the Ethnic archives oral history audio recordings collection(A0853).

Processing Information

Processed by Elizabeth Shuput in 2008 and Deborah Landis in 2018.
Title
Guide to the Walker River oral history audio recordings 1974
Status
Completed
Author
Finding aid created by Deborah Lanids
Date
© 2018 (last modified: 2023)
Description rules
Finding Aid Based On Dacs (Describing Archives: A Content Standard)
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid encoded in English in Latin script.

Repository Details

Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository

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