INDIAN CRAFTS OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN MINNESOTA An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society Finding aid prepared by Lara Friedman-Shedlov Minnesota Historical Society
St. Paul MN.

Manuscripts Collection

 Finding aid encoded by Lara Friedman-Shedlov, January 27, 2000.Finding aid written inEnglish August 2008Converted from EAD Version 1.0 to Version 2002 by Monica Manny Ralston, Daniel Sher, and Joyce Chapman. OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION Minnesota Historical Society Indian Crafts of the Episcopal Church in Minnesota. Organization records. 1952-1977. Records of an Episcopal Church project started by Karen Petersen to help the Indians in northern Minnesota become self-supporting. 0.75 cu. ft. (1 box). 149.B.18.14F SCOPE AND CONTENTS OF THE PAPERS

The collection includes historical information, minutes, correspondence, financial records, clippings, craft patterns, and other records of an Episcopal church project started by Karen Petersen in the early 1950s to help the Indians in northern Minnesota become self-supporting.

 RELATED MATERIALS

An extensive collection of records of the Minnesota Diocese of the Episcopal Church is separately cataloged in the Minnesota Historical Society manuscript collections.

 CATALOG HEADINGS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics: Indians of North America -- Minnesota -- Economic conditions. Indian business enterprises -- Minnesota. Church work with Indians -- Minnesota. Handicraft. Persons: Petersen, Karen Daniels. Organizations: Episcopal Church. Diocese of Minnesota. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here] Indian Crafts of the Episcopal Church in Minnesota Organization Records. Minnesota Historical Society

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Accession Information:

Accession number: 12,509; 12,959; 15,614

 Processing Information:

Processed by: Lara D. Friedman-Shedlov, November 1999

Catalog ID number: 09-00042497

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION 149.B.18.14F 1 Historical background and minutes, 1952-1964.

Includes minutes of the Deanery Committee on Indian Handwork and the Indian Crafts Board and an essay on the origins of the Indian Crafts project by Karen Petersen.

 Committee and staff lists, 1953-1956. Ideas for utilizing traditional skills.

Notes and clippings on baskets, dolls, and other items that Petersen collected as a source of ideas.

 Petersen correspondence with Indians, 1952-1964. 4 folders. Petersen correspondence, 1956-1962.

Mixture of Karen Petersen's correspondence with Indians and with individuals who purchased Indian crafts. The letters also reveal the relationship developed with several Native American women.

 Petersen correspondence with non-Indians, 1952-1962.

Petersen's correspondence with individuals who purchased Indian crafts and with members of various church organizations and committees about administrative matters.

 Craft patterns. Financial records, 1952-1956..

Invoices, inventory lists with prices, and other financial records.

 Ledgers, 1953-1955, 1964-1977. 2 volumes. Miscellaneous.