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Angus McDonald Letter, 1914
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- McDonald, Angus P. (Angus Pierre)
- Title
- Angus McDonald Letter
- Dates
- 1914 (inclusive)19141914
- Quantity
- 1 item
- Collection Number
- Mss 172
- Summary
- The collection consists of a letter from Agnus McDonald to Secretary of the Interior Franklin Knight Lane, stating his status as an American citizen.
- Repository
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University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections
Archives and Special Collections
Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library
University of Montana
32 Campus Dr. #9936
59812-9936
Missoula, MT
Telephone: 406-243-2053
library.archives@umontana.edu - Access Restrictions
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Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of Archives and Special Collections, the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, and The University of Montana--Missoula.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Angus Pierre McDonald was the son of Hudson’s Bay Company trader Angus McDonald and a Native American wife (Okanogan tribe) that McDonald took for a year in the absence of his wife, Catherine. He was born about 1861. In his later years, along with many of his siblings, he had to fight to establish his status as a U.S. citizen in order to keep his land in Niarada, Montana, after allotment of the Flathead Reservation.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The collection consists of a single manuscript letter and a typed transcript of same. McDonald writes to the Secretary of the Interior in 1914 to argue that he is an American citizen, and therefore entitled to his homestead on the Flathead Reservation, even though he is of mixed blood. He gives details of his birth and subsequent life activities as well as arguments for his case.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. and any other applicable statutes. Copyright status unknown.
Preferred Citation
[Name of document or photograph number], Angus McDonald Letter, Archives and Special Collections, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, The University of Montana—Missoula.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Indians--Mixed descent
Personal Names
- McDonald, Angus, 1816-1889
Corporate Names
- United States--Dept. of the Interior
Geographical Names
- Falthead Indian Reservation (Mont.)
Finding aid prepared by Jodi
Allison-Bunnell
1999
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
