Thomas Abler Papers
Mss.Ms.Coll.277
Series I: Correspondence | ||||
Abler, Thomas S. (Thomas Struthers), 1941-2019.
Correspondence #1 | 1964-11-1965-06 | ca. 35 p. | Box 1 | |
Concerning applications for grants to the American Philosophical Society and New York State Museum and Science Service. Correspondence is largely with William N. Fenton. | ||||
Abler, Thomas S. (Thomas Struthers), 1941-2019.
Correspondence #2 | 1965-06-1966-06 | ca. 80 p. | Box 1 | |
Abler, Thomas S. (Thomas Struthers), 1941-2019.
Correspondence #3 | 1966-1967 | ca. 80 p. | Box 1 | |
Includes manuscript draft "Seneca Factionalism: The First Twenty Years". | ||||
Abler, Thomas S. (Thomas Struthers), 1941-2019.
Correspondence #4 | 1968-1973 | ca. 30 p. | Box 1 | |
Series II: Research Materials | ||||
Abler, Thomas S. (Thomas Struthers), 1941-2019.
Calendar for 1966 | 1966 | Box 1 | ||
Partially filled wall calendar. | ||||
Abler, Thomas S. (Thomas Struthers), 1941-2019.
Constitutions of the Seneca Nation | 18 page(s) | Box 1 | ||
Copies of constitutions between and 1848 and 1964, including a full copy of the 1964 constitution. | ||||
Abler, Thomas S. (Thomas Struthers), 1941-2019.
"Factional dispute and party conflict in the political system of the Seneca Nation (1845-1895): An Ethnohistorical Analysis" | 1969 | 274 page(s) ; 2 folder(s) | Box 1 | |
PhD dissertation submitted to the Department of Anthropology, University of Toronto (274 p.). Images include photomechanical prints of Senecas in New York State, their councils, community buildings, and a flow chart of the Seneca political system. Fieldwork conducted at the Allegany Reservation, New York. Provenance: Accession 1971 944.b ms Other Descriptive Information: Freeman and Smith guide entry #4709. Subject(s): Seneca Indians -- History; Seneca Indians -- Politics and government | ||||
Abler, Thomas S. (Thomas Struthers), 1941-2019.
Fieldwork expenses #1 | 1965 | 1 notebook | Box 1 | |
Abler, Thomas S. (Thomas Struthers), 1941-2019.
Fieldwork expenses #2: Phillips Fund expenditure | 1965 | 1 notebook | Box 1 | |
Abler, Thomas S. (Thomas Struthers), 1941-2019.
Fieldwork expenses #3: "1966 Field Season" | 1966-1967 | 1 notebook | Box 1 | |
Abler, Thomas S. (Thomas Struthers), 1941-2019.
Iroquoia Meeting, July 9, 1965 | 1965-06-1965-07 | 21 page(s) | Box 1 | |
Abler, Thomas S. (Thomas Struthers), 1941-2019.
The Kinzua Planning Newsletter: Vol. 1 | 1961-1962 | Box 2 | ||
Nos. 2, 5, 9, 10, 11. | ||||
Abler, Thomas S. (Thomas Struthers), 1941-2019.
The Kinzua Planning Newsletter: Vol. 2 | 1962-1963 | Box 2 | ||
Nos. 1-3, 5-9, 11-13. | ||||
Abler, Thomas S. (Thomas Struthers), 1941-2019.
The Kinzua Planning Newsletter: Vol. 3 | 1963-1965 | Box 2 | ||
Nos. 1-8. | ||||
Abler, Thomas S. (Thomas Struthers), 1941-2019.
List of presidents of the Seneca Nation of Indians, 1848-1896 | 2004 | 17 page(s) | Box 2 | |
Includes sources, corrections, and correspondence with Jack Ericson (Reed Library, State University of New York College at Fredonia). | ||||
Abler, Thomas S. (Thomas Struthers), 1941-2019.
Maps of Jimersontown and Steamburg-Quaker Br. relocation areas | 4 page(s) | Box 2 | ||
Handdrawn maps with key to residences. | ||||
Abler, Thomas S. (Thomas Struthers), 1941-2019.
Newspaper clippings on the Seneca Nation of Indians election, 1968 | 1968 | 6 page(s) | Box 2 | |
Seneca People's Party elected all candidates. Clippings are from the Salamanca Republican-Press. | ||||
Abler, Thomas S. (Thomas Struthers), 1941-2019.
"Research Report: Seneca Nation Ethnohistory" | 1966 | 5 page(s) | Box 2 | |
Other Descriptive Information: Report (5 p.) on research into the Seneca Nation's history since the revolution in 1848, mostly conducted with the Council Records of the Seneca Nation, Allegany Reservation, New York. Subject(s): Seneca; Seneca Indians -- History; Seneca Indians -- Politics and government | ||||
Abler, Thomas S. (Thomas Struthers), 1941-2019.
"Research Report Summer 1965", Political history of the Seneca Nation | 1965-1966 | 5 page(s) | Box 2 | |
Other Descriptive Information: Report (5 p.). Research was conducted in Salamanca, New York, on the political history of the Seneca, involving attending councils, committee meetings and informal gatherings. Subject(s): Seneca; Seneca Indians -- History; Seneca Indians -- Politics and government | ||||
Abler, Thomas S. (Thomas Struthers), 1941-2019.
"Seneca Nation Election Tickets, Election Results" | ca. 1968 | ca. 40 p. | Box 2 | |
Notes on elections of 1854-1894, with list of sources. | ||||
Abler, Thomas S. (Thomas Struthers), 1941-2019.
The Seneca Nation Newsletter | 1967-1968 | Box 2 | ||
Vol. V Nos. 6-8, 10; Vol. VI Nos. 1-2. | ||||
Abler, Thomas S. (Thomas Struthers), 1941-2019.
The Seneca Nation of Indians Report | 1966 | Box 2 | ||
Vol II No. 3. | ||||
Abler, Thomas S. (Thomas Struthers), 1941-2019.
Small field notebooks #1 | 4 notebook | Box 2 | ||
Includes contact details and brief notes on interviews, places, etc. | ||||
Abler, Thomas S. (Thomas Struthers), 1941-2019.
Small field notebooks #2 | 2 notebook | Box 2 | ||
Includes contact details and brief notes on interviews, places, etc. | ||||
Abler, Thomas S. (Thomas Struthers), 1941-2019.
Various publications on the Kinzua Dam | 1962-1969 | Box 2 | ||
Abler, Thomas S. (Thomas Struthers), 1941-2019.
Various publications on the Seneca Nation of Indians | Box 2 | |||
Abler, Thomas S. (Thomas Struthers), 1941-2019.
Series III: Photographs | 1965-06 | 73 photograph(s) 37 black and white prints; 36 negatives ; 1 notebook | Box 2 | |
Locations are between Allegany Indian Reservation near Salamanca, NY, and Kinzua Dam (Warren, PA) to the southwest. Includes images of the construction of the Kinzua Dam. Rolls A, B and C are present in both print and negative form. Rolls D and E are described but not present. Image B-3 is missing from the prints. Also contains portrait, likely of Abler. | ||||
Index | 5 page(s) | |||
Negatives of rolls A-C | ||||
A1. "View of Salamanca from Allegany State Park" | ||||
A2. "Allegheny Valley from Allegany State Park" | ||||
A3. "Seneca Nation Housing Construction just outside of Salamanca" | ||||
A4. "Seneca Nation Housing Construction just outside of Salamanca" | ||||
A5. "Seneca Nation Housing Construction just outside of Salamanca, Home Face Route 17" | ||||
A6. "Seneca Nation Housing Construction just outside of Salamanca, Home Face Route 17" | ||||
A7. "Seneca Nation Housing Construction just outside of Salamanca, Home Face Route 17" | ||||
A8. "Seneca Nation Housing Construction just outside of Salamanca, Home Face Route 17 (mail box, L. Jennerson?)" | ||||
A9. "Construction on community building, tract near Salamanca" | ||||
A10. "Construction on community building, tract near Salamanca" | ||||
A11. "Construction on community building, tract near Salamanca" | ||||
A12. "Houses (public housing?) looking west(?) from community building" | ||||
B1. "Red house (junction NY 17 & NY 382) abandoned houses (or is it abandoned?)" | ||||
B2. "Red house (junction NY 17 & NY 382)" | ||||
B4. "Old longhouse (on NY 280, now (6/16/64) closed for construction)" | ||||
B5. "Old longhouse (on NY 280, now (6/16/64) closed for construction)" | ||||
B6. "Old longhouse (on NY 280, now (6/16/64) closed for construction)" | ||||
B7. "Bridge construction for new highway across Allegheny River" | ||||
B8. "Burning of land for Kinzua res." | ||||
B9. "Burning of land for Kinzua res." | ||||
B10. "New longhouse (Steamburg)" | ||||
B11. "Steamburg house" | ||||
B12. "New longhouse (Steamburg)" | ||||
C1. "Kinzua Dam Construction" | ||||
C2. "Kinzua Dam Construction" | ||||
C3. "Kinzua Dam Construction" | ||||
C4. "Kinzua Dam Construction" | ||||
C5. "Kinzua Dam Construction" | ||||
C6. "Kinzua Dam Construction" | ||||
C7. "Kinzua Dam Construction" | ||||
C8. "Kinzua Dam Construction" | ||||
C9. "Kinzua Dam Construction" | ||||
C10. "Kinzua Dam Construction" | ||||
C11. "Kinzua Dam Construction" | ||||
C12. "Kinzua Dam Construction" | ||||
Portrait | ||||
Two identical prints of a portrait. Likely Thomas Abler. | ||||
Series IV: Transcription files | ||||
Abler, Thomas S. (Thomas Struthers), 1941-2019.
Index cards | Box 3-4 | |||
Contents include: Indexes to Seneca council minutes, election results, etc.; Signatories to the 1848 Seneca Nation constitution; Field notes, 1965-1966 and some 1970, including interviews with George Heron, Cornelius Abrams, and Leroy Bennett; Transcripts of letters and other pages from microfilm (see Microfilm, also deposited here); Transcripts of minutes, 1850s-1900; Newspaper clippings, especially Salamanca Republican Press and Salamanca Inquirer, 1965-1969; | ||||
Series V: Microfilm | ||||
Abler, Thomas S. (Thomas Struthers), 1941-2019.
Microfilm | 27 microfilm_reel(s) | Box 5-7 | ||
National Archives of the United States reels 234.583-234.597 (15 reels); selection of the Ely Samuel Parker Papers at the American Philosophical Society,Mss.497.3.P223(1 reel); Buffalo Historical Society (1 reel); Harvard University Library reels 66-2838 45, 58 and 59, also titled ABC: 18.6.3 v2-v3 (3 reels); reels 3-7, 9 and 12 of most likely the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Indian Committee Records at the American Philosophical Society (Mss.Film.824). |