Susette La Flesche, Letter
Scope and Contents
The Susette La Flesche letter is seven pages in length, written on two leaves of paper. La Flesche writes to Annie E. Howe in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Her letter references a school centennial and memories of her school friends. She writes about her brother being on a buffalo hunt and the ages of her sisters and where they are living. She mentions the Winnebago Tribe, experiences of children and the missionary school, and chapel on Sundays. The letter may have been written in 1877 as the postmark date on the envelope reads 1877, Jan. 16.
Dates
- 1877, Jan.
Creator
- La Flesche, Susette, 1854-1903 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The letter is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Property rights reside with the University of Nebraska. Copyrights are retained by the creators of the papers or their designees. For permission to reproduce or to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections.
Biographical / Historical
Susette La Flesche, later Susette LaFlesche Tibbles and also called Inshata Theumba, meaning "Bright Eyes" (1854–1903), is a Native American writer, lecturer, interpreter, and artist of the Omaha Tribe in Nebraska. La Flesche was inducted into the Nebraska Hall of Fame in 1983 and the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1994.
Extent
0.01 Linear Feet (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
- Native Americans Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Omaha Tribe of Nebraska Subject Source: Local sources
- Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska
- correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Sarah Glover, 2022.
- Date
- (cc) 2022
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries Repository
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