During a time of social upheaval and awaking cultural identity, in 1967 Princeton University Library began to actively collect periodicals and newspapers for and by Indigence Peoples. In January of 1971, Alfred L. Bush and Robert S. Fraser, set about making Princeton’s collection available to a wider audience of scholars and the public. The American Indian Periodicals in the Princeton University Library collection allows one to view historical events and every day concerns thru the publications for them and by them. The initial collection was based on the collection of periodicals and newspapers held by Princeton University Library. Later additions came from the collections of the Huntington Free Library’s Museum of the American Indian, the Newberry Library, the Smithsonian Institution, and the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. OSU Libraries’ holdings consist of 2690 microfiche and 4 microfilm reels produced by Clearwater Publishing Company between 1981 and 1983. Coverage from the early Nineteenth thru the Late Twentieth Centuries, primarily from the 1960’s and 1970’s. The collection includes not only periodicals published by Native Americans for themselves, but also by outsiders concerning Native Americans. The earliest title – Society for the Propagation of the Faith dates from 1839, while the earliest native language piece – Iapi Oaye (The Word Carrier) in Dakota dates from 1871. The material is in English, with some items in French and various native languages.
“American Indian Periodicals in the Princeton University Library”. The Princeton University Library Chronicle. Autumn 1971, v.33(no.1): p.65-66. [JSTOR, https://www.jstor.org/stable/26409943. Accessed 14 November 2022]