Myaamia Collection: Stewart Rafert Interviews
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of two interviews done by Stewart Rafert with members of the Miami Nation of Indiana. The first was completed on August 7, 1977, in Peru, Indiana with Oliver Godfroy. This interview is on two audiocassettes and copied onto two compact discs (CD’s). The second interview was with Eva Bossley and Susan Hunter on August 10, 1978, also in Peru. It is on one audiocassette and copied onto one CD. These interviews were done for Rafert’s book, The Miami Indiana of Indiana: A Persistent People, 1654-1994.
Dates
- Creation: 1977 - 1978
Language of Materials
Materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
This collection is under the rules and regulations of the Walter Havighurst Special Collections and University Archives, Miami University Libraries. The Walter Havighurst Special Collections and University Archives, Miami University Libraries, owns the property rights to this collection. Learn more about our policy here: https://spec.lib.miamioh.edu/home/permission/
Biographical / Historical
Stewart Rafert is a graduate of Earlham College, and received a Ph.D. from the University of Delaware in 1982. He is also the first recipient of a graduate fellowship for studies in Midwestern history from the Indiana Historical Society. He has worked for the Indiana Miami tribe in its bid for federal recognition and teaches at the University of Delaware and Wilmington Friends School.
Biographical note adapted from The Miami Indiana of Indiana: A Persistent People, 1654-1994.
Extent
0.46 Linear Feet
1 Boxes
Arrangement
Series I: Audio Recordings
Custodial History
Stewart Rafert donated the collection to the Walter Havighurst Special Collections and University Archives.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed 2015-01-27 by Johnathan Cooper. Finding Aid revised 2019-09-17 by Tiffany Dogan and Cody Sprunger.
Cultural context
Topical
- Title
- Myaamia Collection: Stewart Rafert Interviews
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- 2019-09-17
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Walter Havighurst Special Collections Finding Aids Repository