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Austin A. Sam Autobiography and Houck Chapter History,
Collection
Identifier: MSS-656-BC
Abstract
The collection contains a typescript photocopy of "Sam's Story: The Autobiography of Austin A. Sam" which details the life of a Navajo Indian living in a "white environment." The collection also contains descriptive materials about the Houck Chapter of the Navajo reservation and material related to Sam's schooling and military service.
Dates:
1952-2010; Majority of material found in 1983-1992
William Dean Wilson Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1085-BC
Abstract
William Dean Wilson was a Navajo Code Talker in World War II. The William Dean Wilson Collection contains papers; photographs and negatives; correspondence; pay stubs; government memoranda, circulars, and pamphlets; newspaper clippings; magazines; handwritten notes; military postcards; photographs, negatives, and slides; powwow dance regalia; Navajo dance regalia; rattles; cassette tapes; memorabilia; and military related pins and medals. The photographs include his early childhood, World War...
Dates:
1923 - 1999
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