MSS-141
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Overview of the Collection | |
| Creator: | Parker, Dorothy R. (Dorothy Ragon), 1927- |
| Title: | Dorothy Parker Papers |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1976-1991 |
| Bulk Dates: | 1990-1991 |
| Quantity: | 1 Box (0.5 Linear Feet) |
| Abstract: | The Dorothy Parker Papers contain publications, transcripts, documents, a student-published yearbook (The Redskin), and 28 photographs. Although the collection dates from 1976 to 1991, the bulk of the materials were created in 1990 and 1991 and document the closing of the Phoenix Indian School and the subsequent archaeological study of the site. |
| Identification: | MSS-141 |
| Language: | Material in English |
| Repository: | Arizona State University Library. Labriola National American Indian Data Center P.O. Box 871006 Tempe, AZ 85287-1006 Phone: (480) 965-4932 E-Mail: archives@asu.edu Questions? Ask An Archivist! |
Dorothy Ragon Parker was born in New Jersey but lived in California for most of her life. She graduated with a BA degree in History from the University of California at Berkeley in 1969 and received a MA degree from California State University, Hayward in 1970. In 1979 she moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she worked for several years as a tour guide before enrolling in the PhD program at the University of New Mexico in 1983. She received her doctorate in 1988 and her dissertation was published in 1992 as Singing an Indian Song: A Biography of D'Arcy McNickle. She then taught United States and New Mexico History at Eastern New Mexico University in Portales until retiring at the rank of associate professor in 1996. She lives in Santa Fe and teaches as an adjunct professor for the University of New Mexico, North in addition to conducting private research and writing.
Parker's research on the Phoenix Indian School was funded by the National Park Service and came about through her acquaintance with Professor Robert Trennert at Arizona State University. Trennert had published his research narrating the first fifty years of the school's history and was contacted by the National Park Service to write about the later period of the school's existence. The National Park Service was involved in the final disposition of the Phoenix Indian School property in a rather complicated real estate exchange. Trennert was by that time involved with other research, so he asked if Parker was interested in taking on this project. Some of this is information is indlucded in the Acknowledgements of her book Phoenix Indian High School: The Second Half Century.
Early in Parker's research she discovered that Glenn Lundeen and his wife were still living in Phoenix and they became interested in her project. Glenn Lundeen came to the Phoenix Indian School in 1947 as principal. In 1952 he was appointed superintendent, overseeing the entire school operation, and held that position until 1965. He and his wife participated enthusiastically in the subsequent interviews and produced artifacts and written material of considerable historical value.
The Dorothy Parker Papers contain publications, transcripts, documents, a student-published yearbook (The Redskin), and 28 photographs. Although the collection dates from 1976 to 1991, the bulk of the materials were created in 1990 and 1991 and document the closing of the Phoenix Indian School and the subsequent archaeological study of the site. The photographs document student life and activities at the School. Parker used the research materials to write Phoenix Indian High School: The Second Half Century (Washington, D.C.: The National Park Service, 1990).
To view this collection, please contact Ask an Archivist or call (480) 965-4932 at least five days in advance. Appointments in the Wurzburger Reading Room at Hayden Library (rm. 138) on the Tempe campus are available Monday through Friday. Patrons can also arrange to view this collection at the Labriola National American Indian Data Center (rm. 305) at Fletcher Library on the West campus. Check the ASU Library Hours page for current availability.
Arizona State University does not own the copyright to this collection. We recognize that it is incumbent upon the researcher to procure permission to publish information from this collection from the owner of the copyright.
Arizona State University holds two of Dorothy Parker's works, Singing an Indian Song: A Biography of D'Arcy McNickle (PS3525.A2844 Z83 1992; available in the Arizona Collection, the Labriola Center, the general stacks, and online) and Phoenix Indian High School: The Second Half Century (E97.6.P4 P3x 1990; available in the Labriola Center).
[Identification of item], Dorothy Parker Papers, MSS-141, Arizona State University Library.
Dorothy Parker donated these papers in 1997 (ACC# 1997-01900). She obtained some of the material from the Bureau of Indian Affairs Office in Phoenix and at the National Archives at Laguna Nigel, California, and in Washington, D.C. The National Park Service provided funding for her work.
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Phoenix Indian School History, 1990 | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Phoenix Redskin, 1990 (Final Edition) | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Phoenix Indian School, 1991 | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | U.S. Army, 1976, Undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Glenn Lundeen Interview, 1990 February | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Glenn Lundeen Interview, 1990 February (Draft) | |||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Glenn Lundeen Interview, 1990 April | |||||||||
| 1 | 8 | Glenn Lundeen Interview, 1990 April (Draft) | |||||||||
| 1 | 9 | Photographs of Phoenix Indian School | |||||||||
| 1 | 10 | Photographs of Phoenix Indian School | |||||||||
| 1 | 11 | Photographs of Phoenix Indian School | |||||||||
| 1 | 12 | Photographs of Phoenix Indian School | |||||||||