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Collection Overview
- Creator:
- Baldeagle, J. Paul (Joseph Paul), 1897-1970
- Title:
- J. Paul Baldeagle Papers
- Repository:
- Manuscripts Division
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/xk81jk43w
- Dates:
- 1915-1970
- Size:
- 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (scamss): Box 1
- Language:
- English
Abstract
Consists of a small group of papers of J. Paul Baldeagle (Princeton University Class of 1923), a South Dakota-born Sioux, who was a schoolteacher for 35 years at William MacFarland High School in Bordentown, New Jersey, as well as a Native American rights activist.
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Description:
The collection consists of a small group of papers of J. Paul Baldeagle (Princeton University Class of 1923), a South Dakota-born Sioux, who was a schoolteacher for 35 years at William MacFarland High School in Bordentown, New Jersey, as well as a Native American rights activist. His papers include correspondence regarding speaking events and honors, land sales, and family matters; letters from elementary school children at the Riverside School in Princeton following class visits; writings, including poems and essays about Sioux cultural traditions and religion; photographs of Baldeagle, his students, family members, and friends; printed material, such as invitations and programs; and newspaper clippings about Baldeagle, including articles about his activism and obituaries.
- Collection Creator Biography:
Baldeagle, J. Paul (Joseph Paul), 1897-1970
J. Paul (Joseph Paul) Baldeagle was a South Dakota-born Sioux and grew up on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. He was a direct descendant of Chief No-Flesh, who defeated General George Custer. Baldeagle attended the Carlisle Indian School, and later, Princeton University, graduating in the Class of 1923. Baldeagle was a schoolteacher (1924-1960) and head of the English Department (1934-1959) at William MacFarland High School in Bordentown, New Jersey. After retiring from teaching, he worked at Princeton University's Firestone Library. Throughout his life, he was an activist on behalf of the rights of Native American people. Baldeagle bequeathed his extensive collection of Native American artifacts to the New Jersey State Museum in Trenton.
Collection History
- Acquisition:
Gift of Cecile Wright Baldeagle in 1974 (AM 21482).
- Appraisal
No appraisal information is available.
- Processing Information
Folder inventory added by Nicholas Williams '2015 in 2012.
Description updated by Kelly Bolding in December 2018.
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.
- Credit this material:
J. Paul Baldeagle Papers; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/xk81jk43w
- Location:
-
Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (scamss): Box 1
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- Subject Terms:
- Dakota Indians -- 20th century.
High school teachers -- New Jersey -- Bordentown -- 20th century.
Political activists -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Sources - Genre Terms:
- Clippings -- 20th century.
Correspondence -- 20th century
Memorabilia -- 20th century.
photographs -- 20th century - Names:
- William MacFarland High School
Baldeagle, J. Paul (Joseph Paul), 1897-1970
