This collection contains the research notes, correspondence, and related materials of William H. Kelly. The bulk of the materials in this collection were collected while Kelly conducted research on the Cocopah Tribe's lifeways for this PhD Thesis and during his time as an anthropology professor and President of the Bureau of Ethnic Research in Tucson, Arizona.
Collection Number:
ASMMS 6
Language:
Materials are in English
Repository:
Arizona State Museum
University of Arizona
Arizona State Museum Library and Archives
PO Box 210026
Tucson, AZ 85721-0026
Phone: 520-621-4695
Email: larc@email.arizona.edu
URL: http://www.statemuseum.arizona.edu/
Biographical Note
William Henderson Kelly was born in 1903 in Arizona and died February 9, 1980 in Tucson, Arizona. He worked as a newspaper editor and owner from a young age, including the editor and publisher of the Tombstone Epitaph after taking over from his father, also named William Kelly. Kelly Jr. worked in newspapers until he attended the University of Arizona to pursue a bachelor of arts degree in anthropology with a specialty in the American Southwest which he earned in 1936. In the early 1940s, Kelly attended Harvard University pursuing his PhD in anthropology. His thesis, "A Preliminary Study of the Cocopa Indians of Mexico," was written using historical research and ehtnographic research gathered while Kelly and his wife worked with members of the Cocopah tribe who live in the southwest United States and northwest Mexico.
After successfully defending his thesis, Kelly worked as a professor of anthropology at Harvard before returning to Tucson, Arizona in 1952. Once Kelly returned to Tucson, he continued working as an anthropology professor at the University of Arizona and founded the Bureau of Ethnic Research in Arizona.
Kelly was a member of various national and international organizations related to the study and well-being of Indigenous populations including the Inter-American Indian Institute (IAII) and the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI). Following the founding of the Bureau of Ethnic Research, Kelly participated in a number of studies and reports on the Indigenous Peoples who lived within the borders of the modern state of Arizona until he retired six years before his death.
Scope and Content Note
Arrangement
This collection contains 39 boxes of manuscript materials, two boxes of sound recordings, and one oversized flat box organized into four series. The first series is organized into five subseries.
Access to specific information about the nature and location of archaeological resources may be restricted
pursuant to the United States Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979 (ARPA) and Arizona Revised Statutes, Title 39-125. ARPA includes
a specific exemption from the the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requirements for information about the nature and location of archaeological
resources (16 U.S. Code 470hh: Confidentiality of information concerning the nature and location of archaeological resources).
Copyright
The Arizona State Museum may not own copyright to all
parts of this collection. It is the responsibility of the user to obtain
permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the
creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or
literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Arizona
Board of Regents for the University of Arizona, Arizona State Museum, its
officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person
asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright.
Contains materials related to Kelly's research on the Cocopah Tribe, drafts and final manuscripts, and correspondence concerning research pertaining to the Cocopah Tribe.
Notecards pertaining to information gathered from Cocopah Tribemembers including language information. Also includes notecards of scholarship references used in Kelly's research.
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Bibliographic Notecards I 1949
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folder
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Bibliographic Notecards II 1949
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folder
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Bibliography C+P
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folder
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Informational Notecards
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folder
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Tewa Linguistic Notes
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Field Notes 1940-1944 P. 1-117
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Field Notes 1940-1944 P. 118-222
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Field Notes 1940-1944 P. 223-258
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1946-47 Books 17-21 pages 312-353, 46-47. Plus Categories Pinon and Celebrations
Includes correspondence with fellow anthropologists on Southwest anthropology, Indigenous Peoples lifeways, and Kelly's search for a teaching position during World War II. Also includes correspondence between Kelly and members of the Cocopah Tribe during WWII.
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Sor. 220 - Lillian Sargo 1934, 1939, 1940
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H 1937-1940, 1941-1942, 1944
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B 1938, 1941, 1942
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C 1938-1939, 1941, 1944
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Correspondence, etc. 1938-1939, 1940, 1941-1943
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Field Correspondence Cocopa 1940-1941, 1943, 1946
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Cocopa Letters 1940, 1941-1944, 1948
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Correspondence 1940-1946, 1950, 1976
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K 1940, 1942, 1944
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P 1940, 1942, no date
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D 1941, 1944
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Cocopa - Letter 1941-1943, c. 1944, 1945-1948
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G 1941, 1944
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L 1941, 1942, 1944
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T 1941-1942, 1943, 1944
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M 1942
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N 1942, 1943
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S 1942, 1943, 1944
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Cocopa Letters - 1949 1943-1945, 1949, 1951
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Correspondence - Nov.-Dec. 1943 1943-1944, 1946
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O 1944
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L Correspondence 2 1945, 1966, 1968-1973
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Unfiled Letters. Cambridge Correspondence 1945
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W.H.K Correspondence with Al Freuenfelder 1945, 1952, 1954
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Correspondence. May to November - 1946. Chebeague Island, Maine 1946
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Kluckhohn Correspondence 1946, 1947-1948, 1949
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Botanical Identification 1947, 1948, 1949-1950
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Cocopa Correspondence 1946-1949, 1950, 1951-1952
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S Corresponcence 2 1947, 1968-1973, 1977-1978
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Kluckhohn 1951, 1952
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WHK - U of A Appt + Benefits 1952-1968, 1973
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U of A. Arizona State Retirement System 1953-1970, 192-1974
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H Correspondence 2 1962, 1970-1971, 1972
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Rumler [sic?] Diary July-Dec. 1964
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C Correspondence 2 1966-1969, 1971, 1973
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J Correspondence 1966, 1970-1971, 1973
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U of A Anth. Dept. Directory c. 1966
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D Correspondence 2 1968, 1971-1972, 1973
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F Correspondence 1968, 1970-1971, 1973
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G 1968-1969, 1971, 1972
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R Correspondence 1968-1969, 1971, 1973
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Devereux 1969
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Goodenough 1969, 1970, 1971
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Mc Correspondence 1969, 1971
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V Correspondence 1969, 1971, 1972
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W Correspondence 1969, 1971-1972, 1973
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Wallace 1969, 1971
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O Correspondence 1970, 1971, 1973
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P Correspondence 1970, 1972, 1973
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T Correspondence 2 1970, 1971, 1973
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Amnon Orent Research Proposal 1-11-71
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Esber Letter of Recommendation 1971
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N Correspondence 2 1971
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Opler 1971
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Financiera Bancomer 1976
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Correspondence - Nov.-Dec. 1943 1977
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The Papago people: At home in the desert, Newspaper Article 1977
Meeting notes, brochures, and official findings of groups related to Indigenous Peoples both within the U.S. and internationally of which Kelly was a member.
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IAII: Reports: Int'l Convention 1940
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Professional Contributions + Programs Inter-Amer. Indian Conference 1949
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(Nat'l. Ind. Org.) American Indian Development, Inc. 1950s, 1960-1964, 1969
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Arizona Indian Education. Ariz. Dept. of Public Instruction 1951-1953, 1958, 1960
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Arizona State Health Dept. (Public). Ariz.: Indian Health 1953, 1956
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N.C.A.I. (Nat'l Ind. Org.): Indian Legislation + Point 4 Program 1954-1955, 1956-1957, 1958-1959
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Inter-American Indian Conf. 1954
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Arizona Dept. of Public Health. Arizona. Indian Health 1955, 1956
