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Here are detailed file-by-file descriptions of the contents of specific fonds and/or links to scanned documents.


Jacket design for the book, Long Lance, 1928
M 690, file 13

Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance fonds

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Inventory

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Series 1 Textual records. - 1911-1932
M-690-1Correspondence. - 1927-1930, nd. - Includes letters from Fannie Hurst, U.S. author.
M-690-2Notes and drafts of articles by Long Lance. - nd. - Consists of First Nations stories, some included in autobiography.
M-690-3Manuscripts of First Nations stories by Long Lance. - nd
M-690-4Manuscript fragments. - nd
M-690-5Partial typescript of article Effects of White Civilization on Indian Life. - nd
M-690-6Notes-Shuswap Indians. - nd
M-690-7Poem "Death Song of Long Lance". - nd
M-690-8Poem "Canoe Song". - nd. - In "Indian" and English.
M-690-9Passes and invitations. - 1920-1928, nd. - Consists of Canadian Pacific Rail passes (1923, 1924, 1926) and a membership card for the New York Explorers Club.
M-690-10Pamphlet "When the Crees Moved West". - 1923. - Reprinted from The Archeological Report. Three copies.
M-690-11Canadian Pacific Rail menu. - nd. - Contains print of Chief Running Rabbit, with biography by Long Lance. Two copies.
M-690-12Press releases. - 1929, nd. - Regarding Long Lance.
M-690-13Mock-up of jacket design and title page, Long Lance. - 1928
M-690-14Periodical articled by Long Lance. - 1923- 1926. - From Maclean's Magazine (1923, 1926), Hearst's International Cosmopolitan (1926), and The Mentor (1924).
M-690-15Clippings and articles by Long Lance. - 1924- 1926. - Includes article on Almighty Voice, interviews with Duke of Alba and Harold Lloyd, and report of Carpenter-Gibbons fight.
M-690-16 Clippings and articles. - 1927-1932. - Regarding Long Lance, his appearance in "The Silent Enemy", and suicide. Scanned Document View now.
M-690-17Bylaws- Explorers Club. - nd. - Also includes billfold, cardholder, and page from Indian Teepee
M-690-18Article by J. W. French, Kamloops, BC. - nd. - Regarding Grizzly hunting in Columbia Valley.
M-690-19Articles by Emma Newashe. - 1927. - Includes "The Flaming Jewel" and "The War Angels", stories adapted from First Nations legends.
M-690-20Sheet music by Anita Baldwin. - 1927-1929. - Includes music from play "His Blossom Bride" by Richard Walton Tully. Hopi romantic drama.
M-690-21 Articles by Canon S. H. Middleton. - 1932-1933. - Consists of articles after death of Long Lance and for preface to memorial book edited by Roberta Forsberg. Scanned Document View now.
M-690-22Scrapbook and clippings. - 1911-1927. - Consists of articles by and about Long Lance.
M-6240 Scrapbook. - 1915-1932. - Includes articles by and about Long Lance, membership cards, photographs and some letters. Scanned Document View now.
M-690-osX-ray negatives-spinal column. - April 12, 1928. - Includes seven views of Long Lance.
M-6426 Clear Sky and Spotted Calf interview. - [ca. 1920s]. - Consists of the notebook in which Long Lance took notes during the interview.
M-6348 Walter Long's address book. - [ca. 1920s]. - Walter Long was the brother of Long Lance.
Series 2

Photographs and slides. - [1920s-1930s]

Many of these photographs have been scanned. Scanned Document View now.
PA-1086 Portraits of Long Lance and First Nations views. - 41 photographs
PB-310 Portraits of Long Lance and First Nations views. - 17 photographs
PE-38-1 Grand Loge of Alberta anniversary celebration group. - 1930. - 1 photograph
NA-1811-(1-22) Views of Long Lance and th "Silent Enemy" movie set. - 22 photographs
NA-3264-1 Cartoon from the Toronto Star Weekly, depicting Long Lance throwing a bomb into Calgary city hall. - 1925. - 1 photograph
NA-3771-(1-3) Joe and Sallie Long, parents of Long Lance; Abraham Long, brother of Long Lance; Jim Thorpe, First Nations athlete. - [ca. 1920s]. - 3 photographs
NB-25-(1-2) Long Lance at the Calgary Stampede, and a sketch of Long Lance in a feather headdress. - 1925 and 1927. - 2 photographs
S-28 First Nations views. - [ca. 1920s]. - 50 slides
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