Harriet H. Price Papers
Scope and Contents
Collection contains Harriet Price's papers documenting her work with Maine's Native American population and her activities as a citizen opposed to the war in Vietnam. Includes material from her work with the American Friends Service Committee, the United States Commission on Civil Rights and the American Indian Policy Review Commission as well as from her membership in the Hancock County People for Peace in Vietnam Now. Collection contains correspondence, reports, background material, transcriptions of hearings and newspaper clippings from Price's service with these organizations. Also contains publications on Maine Indian laws and legal issues and a collection of articles from Maine newspapers concerning Maine Indian land claims, 1977-1987.
Dates
- 1970-1995
Creator
- Price, H. H. (Harriet H.), 1940- (Person)
Access Restrictions
Collection kept at Fogler Library's offsite storage facility. One week's notice required for retrieval.
Use Restrictions
Information on literary rights available in the repository.
Biographical Note
Harriet Price of Portland, Maine, is an author and social activist with an emphasis on peace and Maine's Native American people. She was coordinator for the Hancock County People for Peace in Vietnam Now and a delegate to the Citizens Conference to End the War in Indochina held in Paris in 1971. She was Maine consultant to the United States Commission on Civil Rights in 1972-1974 and to the American Indian Policy Review Commission in 1976. She has also done research on the Underground Railroad in Maine and is the co-author of "Maine's visible black history: the first chronicle of its people"
Extent
3 linear feet (4 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Collection contains Harriet Price's papers documenting her work with Maine's Native American population and her activities as a citizen opposed to the war in Vietnam. Also contains publications on Maine Indian laws and legal issues and a collection of articles from Maine newspapers concerning Maine Indian land claims, 1977-1987.
Organization and Arrangement
Organized into two series: I. Files on Native American Activities. II. Papers as Peace Activist.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Harriet H. Price in 1993 with additions in 2009 and 2017.
- American Friends Service Committee
- Audiotapes Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Clippings Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Hancock County People for Peace in Vietnam Now
- Indians of North America -- Maine -- Claims Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of North America -- Maine -- Legal status, laws, etc. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Motion pictures Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Peace movements -- Maine Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Reports Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Scrapbooks Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- United States Commission on Civil Rights
- United States. American Indian Policy Review Commission
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Maine -- Protest movements Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Women social reformers -- Maine Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Guide to the Harriet H. Price Papers
- Status
- Box And Folder List Available
- Date
- 2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English.
Repository Details
Part of the Raymond H. Fogler Library Special Collections Repository
5729 Raymond H. Fogler Library
University of Maine
Orono ME 04469-5729 United States
207-581-1686
