- Collection Overview
- Collection Description & Creator Information
- Access & Use
- Collection History
- Find Related Materials
Before the Indian Claims Commission, Docket No. 158, The Sac and Fox ... vs. The United States ... Proposed Findings of Fact by Petitioners ..., dates not examined
Collection Overview
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Arrangement
The collection retains the form it received at the hands of the firm of McCarter & English for transmission to Princeton. It was organized in 75 sections, with section numbers indicated in brackets prior to the description. Sections are identified by docket numbers before the Indian Claims Commission. These categories are retained, with their original titles and numbers presented in the following guide (i.e. [10] DOCKET 138 - VALUATION - PLAINTIFF'S EXPERTS). With this listing came the following instructions: "The materials are listed in the numerical order in which it is suggested that the papers be read. Generally, the effort has been made to group together the papers related to each separate case before the Indian Claims Commission. The cases are set forth in the order in which they were tried (except for Docket 79-A, which is unrelated to the other cases). The reason is that certain exhibits from the earlier cases were transferred bodily to the files of the cases that were tried later; there are references to this circumstance in the folders containing the petitioner's exhibits.
"With respect to each case, the first files relate to the trial on the issue of liability, or the question of what land did the Indians own. Then come the papers dealing with the subsequent trial on the issue of valuation.
"At the end are grouped certain files that contain general material not actually made a part of the record in any of the trials."
Researchers should supplement the container list in this guide with the lists and digests of exhibits which are at the beginning of many of the sections. These exhibit lists provide far more detail than the container listing in most cases.
The 75 categories and the pages of the container list on which they begin are as follows:
Collection History
- Appraisal
No appraisal information is available.
- Processing Information
This collection was processed by Alfred L. Bush in 1993. Finding aid written by Alfred L. Bush in 1993.
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research use.
- Conditions Governing Use
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. For quotations that are fair use as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission to cite or publish is required. For those few instances beyond fair use, researchers are responsible for determining who may hold the copyright and obtaining approval from them. Researchers do not need anything further from the Mudd Library to move forward with their use.
- Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
For preservation reasons, original analog and digital media may not be read or played back in the reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality standards prior to use. Audiovisual digitization requests are processed by an approved third-party vendor. Please note, the transfer time required can be as little as several weeks to as long as several months and there may be financial costs associated with the process. Requests should be directed through the Ask Us Form.
- Credit this material:
Before the Indian Claims Commission, Docket No. 158, The Sac and Fox ... vs. The United States ... Proposed Findings of Fact by Petitioners ...; McCarter and English Records on U.S. Indian Claims Cases, WC030, Public Policy Papers, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Location:
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Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library65 Olden StreetPrinceton, NJ 08540, USA
- Storage Note:
- Mudd Manuscript Library (mudd): Box S-000320
