Wilma Pearl Mankiller Interview Collection
Scope and Contents
One interview took place March 20, 1986. Interviewers were Margaret Nelson and Nuala Archer, who were both faculty members in the English Department. Transcribed by Jill Holmes, librarian at Edmon Low Library. Subjects include Mankiller’s family, her growing up in Adair County, Oklahoma, relocation to California, marriage and divorce, return to Oklahoma, and her illness (muscular dystrophy).
The second interview took place May 8, 1991, and was done for an Oklahoma State University graduate seminar taught by Stephen Hinds. This talk provided an overview of past tribal-federal relationships and the present independent manangement of tribal economy. She also talked about her consideration of the appropriate role of the federal government and Indian tribes in higher education and in economic development.
The third interview, which does have a transcript available, was conducted on April 13, 1989 and was done as a part of the Angie Debo Native American Lecture series.
Dates
- 1986 - 1991
Conditions Governing Access
Conditions Governing Use
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Biographical Sketch
Extent
0.009 Linear feet (2 folders, 2 cassette tapes)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Location
Provenance
Processing Information
Updated by Tawny Taylor, September 2010; Sarah Coates, February 2017.
- Title
- Wilma Pearl Mankiller Interview Collection Collection Number 1995-080
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Susan Walker
- Date
- 1995
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Oklahoma State University Archives Repository
204 Edmon Low Library
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater 74078-1071 USA
libscua@okstate.edu