Query: *
Archival Materials
Hazel Hertzberg recorded Interviews of Frank W. Parker and Helen L. Peterson
Creators:
Parker, Frank W.
Hertzberg, Hazel
Hertzberg, Hazel
Dates:
1975 June 17
Size:
2 Sound cassettes
Collection ID:
NMAI.AC.082
Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
Includes Parker's recollections of preliminary efforts in the 1940s to plan a representative and effective pan-Indian organization; of the creation of the National Congress of American Indians and highlights of its history, 1952-1962, when Parker was actively affiliated with it, and Recording Secretary; and of a number of people involved in its initial and continuing stages. Also includes remarks by Helen Peterson, 1953-1961 Executive Director of the organization, concerning the threat of internal pressure to it.