Provenance

Gift from Louis F. Burns, August 1999 and February 2001

Ownership and Literary Rights

The Louis F. Burns Collection is the physical property of the American Native Press Archives, University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the appropriate curator.

Access

The Louis F. Burns Collection is open for research.

Citation Format

Louis F. Burns Collection. American Native Press Archives.

HISTORICAL NOTE

Louis F. Burns, who descends from the Little Bear/Strike Axe band of Little Osages, is a member of the well-known Tinker family. He holds a B. S. degree in education and an M. S. degree in history from Kansas State University, Emporia. He also did work toward a doctorate at the University of Southern California. His interest in Osage history has been life-long, and his scholarship spans fifty years. His publications include numerous articles and ten books, including Treaties, Constitution, and Laws of the Osage Nation (reprint ed., 1967); Turn of the Wheel (1980); The Osage Annuity Rolls of 1878, 3 vols., (1980-81); Osage Indian Bands and Clans (1984); Osage Indian Customs and Myths (1984); Osage Mission Baptisms, Marriages, and Interments, 1820-1886 (1986); A History of the Osage People (1989); and Symbolic and Decorative Art of the Osage People (1994). The collection relates to Burns�s research for, and writing of, the last five works.

DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

The Louis F. Burns Collection contains holographs, typescripts and galley proofs, original artwork, and research notes related to Burns�s books on Osage history and culture written between 1984 and 1994. Burns�s extensive notes represent information on various aspects of Osage life and culture from contact to the contemporary period: contact and culture decline; economics of the Trans-Mississippi West from the fur trade to the opening of the Osage oil fields; religion, both traditional and peyote; social structures; art; and tribal politics. The ANPA library contains a copy of Burns�s bibliography of Osage history and customs, An Osage Bibliography (2001).

Box	Folder
Osage Indian Customs and Myths (1984)
1	Third draft, Front Matter Third draft, Chapter 1, The Little Old Men Third draft, Chapter 2, Government Third draft, Chapter 3, Religion Third draft, Chapter 4, Marriage, Child Naming, Adoption, Education Third draft, Chapter 6, War Third draft, Chapter 7, Mourning Third draft, Chapter 8, General Customs Third draft, Chapter 10, General Myths Typescript, Front Matter Typescript, Chapter I Typescript, Chapter 2, Government Typescript, Chapter 3, Religion Typescript, Chapter 4, Marriage, Child Naming, Adoption, Education Typescript, Chapter 5, Hunting, Planting, Gathering Typescript, Chapter 6, War Typescript, Chapter 7, Mourning Typescript, Chapter 8, General Customs Typescript, Chapter 9, Myths Typescript, Chapter 10, Myths
Osage Indian Bands and Clans (1984)
	Typescript, Miscellaneous Pages Needing Correction Typescript, Cover Page-Page 148 Typescript, Pages 149-301 Typescript, Cover Page-Page 73 Typescript, Pages 163-301
2	Production Copy, Cover Page-Page 108 Production Copy, Page 109-Page 215 Production Copy, Pages 216-End
Osage Mission Baptisms, Marriages, and Interments, 1820-1886 (1986)
	Volume 1 (Kansas and Missouri), Pages 1-121 Volume 1 (Kansas and Missouri), Pages 122-145 Volume 1 (Kansas and Missouri), Typescript, Pages 1-205 Volume 1 (Kansas and Missouri), Typescript, Pages 206-411 Volume 1 (Kansas and Missouri), Typescript, Pages 412-566 Typescript, Cover Page-Page 100
3	Typescript, Pages 200-380 Typescript, Pages 381-561, Page 672 Osage Mission Register, 1st Index, Manuscript # 1 Osage Mission Register, 1st Index, Manuscript # 2
A History of the Osage People (1989)
	Miscellaneous Research Notes Chapters 1 and 2, Research Notes Chapters 3, 4, and 5, Research Notes (Part 1) Chapters 3, 4, and 5, Research Notes (Part 2)
4	Chapters 3, 4, and 5, Research Notes (Part 3) Chapter 6, Research Notes Chapters 7 and 8, Research Notes Chapter 9, Research Notes Chapter 10, Research Notes Chapter 11, Research Notes Chapter 12, Research Notes Chapter 13, Research Notes Chapter 14, Research Notes Chapter 15, Research Notes Chapter 16, Research Notes Chapter 17, Research Notes
5	Chapter 18, Research Notes Chapter 19, Research Notes Chapter 20, Research Notes Chapter 21, Research Notes (Part One) Chapter 21, Research Notes (Part Two) Chapter 22, Research Notes (Part One) Chapter 22, Research Notes (Part Two) Chapter 23, Research Notes (Part One) Chapter 23, Research Notes (Part Two)
6	Chapter 23, Research Notes (Part Three) Chapter 6, Research Notes (Part Four) Appendix, Research Notes Resource Notes Chapter 3, The Osage Empire Chapter 4, Osage Relationships with Euro-Americans, 1675-1803 Chapters 8 and 9, The Effects of Removal and Osage Culture and U. S. Policy Chapter 11, Pestilence Strikes the People Chapter 15, The End of Indian Treaty Making Chapter 16, The Drum Creek Treaty Chapter 17, The Osage Removal Chapter 18, The Final Move Chapter 19, Farewell to the Past Chapter 20, Blue Stem and Cattle Chapter 21, Constitutional Government and Allotment Chapter 22, Black Gold Chapter 23, Indian Influence and the Modern Indian Chapter 24, Epilogue: Survival Factors, Nature of Change
7	Galley Proofs, Chapters 1-3, Pages 1-144 Galley Proofs, Chapters 4-9, Pages 145-298
Symbolic and Decorative Art of the Osage People (1994)
	Source Copies, Notes Source Copies Source Copies, Symbols Unpainted Drawings, Artwork Unpainted Drawings, Black and White Originals Unpainted Drawings, Black and White Originals Unpainted Drawings, Black and White Originals Artwork, Black and White Copies Color Artwork Color Artwork Copies Color Artwork and Captions Chapter 2, Illustrations, Captions (extra) Chapters 2 and 3, Captions Chapter 3, Illustrations, Captions, Part 1 Paste-ups Chapters 1 and 2, Paste-ups Chapter 3, Illustrations, Captions, Part 2 Paste-ups Chapter 2 (Rough Copy) Chapter 3 Old Manuscript Galley Proofs, Title Page-Page 66 Galley Proofs, Page 66-End