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COLLECTION SUMMARY
Title:
Harold W.
Shunk papers
Dates:
1911-1993
(bulk 1911-1914)
Creator:
Harold W.
Shunk
Physical
Description:
1.26 linear feet—3 containers, 1 artifact
Collection number:
MA 3
Language:
Collection
material in English.
Repository:
South
Dakota State University Archives, Hilton M. Briggs Library, South Dakota
State University, Brookings, S.D.
Abstract:
Collection
is composed of collected stories, publications, speeches and typewritten
transcripts of Wahehe Heirship hearing. Also included are notebooks and
manuscripts containing lists, definitions and transcriptions of many
events related to Lakota history. Many stories told to Shunk when he was
a United States Bureau of Indian Affairs agent are also rewritten in
Shunk’s own hand.
ADMINISTRATIVE
INFORMATION
Provenance:
Harold W. Shunk Papers, South Dakota State University Archives, South
Dakota State University, Brookings, S.D.
Access Restrictions:
This collection is open to research without restriction.
Items in this collection do
not circulate and may be used in-house only.
The papers in the
Wahehe Heirship Hearing [photostat copy] series is restricted due to
their fragile condition and poor quality. Preservation photocopies have
been made of these papers and are available for researcher use. Please
see Box 3 Wahehe Heirship Hearing [preservation photocopy].
Copyright Status:
Copyright 2008 by South Dakota State University and SDSU Archives.
Please credit the SDSU Archives if you copy or reproduce material from
this finding aid.
It is the
responsibility of anyone reproducing material to determine the copyright
holders and obtain permission from them if necessary. Archives staff
will provide available copyright information on request. Please note
that most collections, especially those received before 1997, may not
have complete information on file. (Revised 15 SEP 2003)
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of item]. Harold W. Shunk papers, MA 3, South Dakota
State University Archives, South Dakota State University, Brookings, S.
D.
Processing
Information:
The papers in the Wahehe Heirship Hearing [Photostat copy] series are
photostat copies of the original transcripts. Preservation photocopies
were made of these photostat copies because of their fragile condition
and poor quality. The original photostat copies were retained.
This collection was
processed by Crystal J. Gamradt, 2 September 1998 with revisions on June
24, 2008 (cjg).
SELECTED SEARCH TERMS
The following
terms have been used to index the description of this collection
in the subject guide.
They are grouped
by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by
occupation and listed alphabetically therein.
Names:
Subjects:
-
Cities and
towns—South Dakota.
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Dakota Indians.
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Indians of North
America—South Dakota.
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Indians of North
America—North Dakota.
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Indians of North
America—Folklore.
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South
Dakota—History—Sources.
BACKGROUND NOTE
Harold W. Shunk was
born in Philip, South Dakota on July 25, 1907. He married DeLilah E.
Wood, a former classmate at Colome High School, in 1929. After
graduating from Southern State College, Shunk taught school in Tripp
County and later on the Rosebud and Cheyenne River Indian reservations.
During World War II, he served as a tank driver in the South Pacific.
He worked for the Bureau of Indian Affairs as superintendent of the
Sisseton, Turtle Mountain, Standing Rock and Rosebud Indian agencies
beginning in the 1950s.
Upon retiring in 1968,
Shunk devoted himself to public service. He was active in many civic
and fraternal organizations and served on the governing boards of the
Rapid City schools, South Dakota State University, University of South
Dakota, and Black Hills State University. He was also a member of the
South Dakota Board of Pardons and Paroles, Lower Brule Irrigation Board,
and Pennington County Housing Board.
Shunk had a special
interest in history, and in addition to his service to the South Dakota
State Historical Society, he hosted radio and television programs in
Rapid City.
Harold Shunk died on
April 18, 1998 in Rapid City.
SCOPE and CONTENTS
NOTE
The Harold W. Shunk
papers are composed of collected stories, publications, speeches and
typewritten transcripts of Wahehe Heirship hearing. Collection also
includes notebooks and manuscripts containing lists, definitions and
transcriptions of many events related to Lakota history. Many stories
told to Shunk when he was a United States Bureau of Indian Affairs agent
are also rewritten in Shunk’s own hand.
ARRANGEMENT of the
RECORDS
This collection is
arranged into three series:
SERIES I: General,
1913-1987
This series is
composed of several stories and histories on Dakota Indians and towns in
South Dakota, publications, notebooks with hand-written notes, and a
small amount of data about Shunk's time spent with the Bureau of Indian
Affairs. The artifact included in this sub-group is mounted steer
horns. Folders are arranged in alphabetical order.
Box 1.
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Bureau of Indian Affairs—Retread Newsletter, [n.d.]
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Bureau of Indian Affairs—Role with a Tribe, [n.d.]
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Collected Stories—"Elizabeth Winyan's Addresses"
American Missionary Association, [n.d.]
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Collected Stories—"How Crow King Stopped the Medicine
Man" by unknown, [n.d.]
-
Collected Stories—"The Last Buffalo Hunt" by Thomas
L. Riggs, [n.d.]
-
Collected Stories—"Renegades: The Second Battle of
Wounded Knee" by Susan L. M. Huck, [n.d.]
-
Collected Stories—"Rodeo Memory Trail" by Jake
Herman, [n.d.]
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Dakota Indians—Beliefs, [n.d.]
-
Dakota Indians—The Brule, Teton or Lakota, Dacotah
(Sioux), [n.d.]
-
Dakota Indians—Collections of the Minnesota
Historical Society, [n.d.]
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Dakota Indians—Tiospaye System, [n.d.]
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Harold W. Shunk Writings as BIA Superintendent,
[n.d.]
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Harold W. Shunk Writings—Notes, Historical Lists,
Stories, [n.d.]
-
Historical Lists—Big Foot Massacre at Wounded Knee,
1890, [n.d.]
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Historical Lists—Ration Roll Cheyenne Agency, 1886,
[n.d.]
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Military Posts—Fort Laramie, [n.d.]
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Military Posts—Fort Totten, July 17, 1867, [n.d.]
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Personal Histories—Cheyenne River Students, [n.d.]
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Personal Histories—Colombe Family, [n.d.]
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Personal Histories—Harold Jones, [n.d.]
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Personal Histories—Harold W. Shunk on the Cheyenne
River Indian Reservation, [n.d.]
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Personal Histories—Plenty Horses, [n.d.]
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Personal Histories—Spotted Tail, [n.d.]
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Publications—"1985 Hall of Fame Inductees" Dakota
West, Vol. XI, No.4—Harold Shunk on Pp. 14, 1985 December
-
Publications—"Chauncey Yellow Robe" by Harold W.
Shunk Knight Templar, Vol. XXXI, No. 1, Pp. 5-8, 1985 January
-
Publications—“Chief Crazy Horse, His Career and
Death” by E. A. Brininstool, et al. Nebraska History Magazine, 1929
December
-
Publications—“A Rosebud Review”, 1913
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Publications—“Harold Shunk’s Four R’s: Reading,
writing, ‘rithmetic and ranching” by Bernie Hunhoff, South Dakota
Magazine, 1986 September
-
Publications—Spalding’s Athletic Library National
Collegiate Athletic Association Official Intercollegiate Football
Guide—Mention of Harold W. Shunk Pp. 214, 1931
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Reservations—Allotment System, [n.d.]
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Reservations—Rosebud – C C Camp, [n.d.]
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Reservations—Standing Rock, [n.d.]
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South Dakota Hall of Fame, [n.d.]
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Speeches—Hot Springs Historical Society, 1987 October
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Speeches—Northern State College, 1970 February
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Town Histories—Agar, S.D., [n.d.]
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Town Histories—Miller, S.D., [n.d.]
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Town Histories—Onida, Eureka, Wewala, Bison, LeBeau,
Murdo, Forest City, and Wasta, [n.d.]
-
Town Histories—Onida, S.D., [n.d.]
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Five Spiral Notebooks—Miscellaneous Historical Lists,
Notes, Stories, [n.d.]
-
Mounted Steer
Horns; 15” x 32 ¾”,
[n.d.]
SERIES II: Wahehe
Heirship hearing [photostat copies], 1911-1917
This series is
composed of the Wahehe heirship hearing testimony transcripts. These
hearings were held to determine the descendents of Wahehe, a Dakota
Indian and ancestor of Shunk, at a trial held in the early 1900's. The
papers in this series are photostat copies of the original transcripts.
The papers in the
series are restricted due to the fragile condition and poor quality.
Preservation photocopies have been made of these papers and are
available for researcher use. Please see Box 3: Wahehe Heirship Hearing
[preservation photocopy].
Folders are arranged
in alphabetical order.
Box 2.
-
Correspondence, [n.d.]
-
Index to Testimony, [n.d.]
-
Note from Harold W. Shunk, [n.d.]
-
Question of Divorce, [n.d.]
-
Testimony Pp. 00001 – 00020, [n.d.]
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Testimony Pp. 00021 – 00053, [n.d.]
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Testimony Pp. 00054 – 00094, [n.d.]
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Testimony Pp. 00095 – 00147, [n.d.]
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Testimony Pp. 00148 – 00194, [n.d.]
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Testimony Pp. 00195 – 00232, [n.d.]
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Testimony Pp. 00233 – 00277, [n.d.]
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Testimony Pp. 00277 – 00306, [n.d.]
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Testimony Pp. 00307 – 00334, [n.d.]
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Testimony Pp. 00335 – 00360, [n.d.]
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Testimony Pp. 00361 – 00400, [n.d.]
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Testimony Pp. 00401 – 00422, [n.d.]
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Testimony Pp. 00423 – 00439, [n.d.]
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Testimony, 1911 May 1-June 20
-
Testimony, 1912 May 22-23
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Testimony, 1914 February 24
-
Testimony, 1914 May 20
SERIES III: Wahehe
Heirship hearing [preservation photocopy], 1911-1917
This series is
composed of preservation photocopies made of the photostat copies of the
hearing papers. Due to the fragile condition and poor quality of the
photostat copies, these preservation photocopies were made for
researcher use. Folders are arranged in alphabetical order.
Box 3.
-
Correspondence, [n.d.]
-
Index to Testimony, [n.d.]
-
Note from Harold W. Shunk, [n.d.]
-
Question of Divorce, [n.d.]
-
Testimony Pp. 00001 – 00020, [n.d.]
-
Testimony Pp. 00021 – 00053, [n.d.]
-
Testimony Pp. 00054 – 00094, [n.d.]
-
Testimony Pp. 00095 – 00147, [n.d.]
-
Testimony Pp. 00148 – 00194, [n.d.]
-
Testimony Pp. 00195 – 00232, [n.d.]
-
Testimony Pp. 00233 – 00277, [n.d.]
-
Testimony Pp. 00277 – 00306, [n.d.]
-
Testimony Pp. 00307 – 00334, [n.d.]
-
Testimony Pp. 00335 – 00360, [n.d.]
-
Testimony Pp. 00361 – 00400, [n.d.]
-
Testimony Pp. 00401 – 00422, [n.d.]
-
Testimony Pp. 00423 – 00439, [n.d.]
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Testimony, 1911 May 1-Jun. 20
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Testimony, 1912 May 22-23
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Testimony, 1914 Feb. 24
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Testimony, 1914 May 20
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