Iroquois Indians: A Documentary. History of the Diplomacy of the Six Nations and Their League. Jennings, Francis. Woodbridge, CN: Research Publications, 1985. 

MIC FLM E 99 I7 1735X 1984 50 reels. 35mm. 

SCOPE:  

            Documents in the collection span a period from the earliest surviving sixteenth-century texts throughout the year 1842. They include formal meetings, and a broad range of background materials useful for interpreting motives, procedures, and effects. Selection was based on the relevance to the diplomatic history of the Iroquois nations. 

            Most of the documents are manuscript or printed   texts arranged in chronological order. Tests in languages other than English are presented but only rarely translated. Photographs of wampum belts included.  Published for the D'Arcy McNickle Center for the History of the American Indian at the Newberry Library.

      ARRANGEMENT:

      REEL  DATES

      1 n.d. through December 13, 1665 (II)

      2 1666 through 1684-1688

3 February 8, 1684 through December 27, 1689 (III

      4 1690 through [between February 1694 & March 1699]

      5 February 2-9, 1694 through August 17, 1798

      6 August 22, 1698 through November 14, 1703

      7 1704 through December 14, 1713

      8 1714 through September 8, 1722 (III

      9 September 10, 1722 (II) through December 27, 1727

      10 1728 through September [27, 1736]

      11 September 28, 1736 through December 26, 1743

      12 1744 through December 24, 1745

      13 1746 through November 18, 1748

      14 1749 through November 25, 1751

      15 [1752-1754] through February 3, 1754 (II)

16 February 13, 1754 trough December 15, 1754

      17 [after December 15, 1754 before March 26, 1755]   through October 16, 1755

      18 October 15, 1755 (II) through May 26, 1756

      19 [after May 28,1756] through November 17, 1756 (III) 

      20  November 19, [1756] through June 21-23, [1757]

      21 June 22,1757 through [March 11-14, 1758]

      22 March 11-15, 1758 through November 27-December 2, 1758

      23 November 30 [1758] through June 25, 1762

      24 June 27, [1761] through July 25, 1763 (II)

25 [August?] 1762 through June 25, 1763 (II)

      26 June 28, [1763] through July 17-18, 1764 (II)

      27 [July 17-August 4,1764] through May 8, 1765 (II)

      28 [May9-11, 1765] through February 29, 1768

      29 [March 1-3, 1768] through [February 1-2, 1769]

      30 February 13, 1769 through December 28,1773

      31 [January 5-15, 1774] through August 6, 1775

      32 August 7, 1775-May 17, 1784 through [Ca. August 11,   1776] 

      33 August 13, 1776 through March 7-9, 1778

      34 March 9, 1778 through September 7-10, 1779

      35 September 7-11 [1779] through December 14, 1780

      36 February 7. 1781 through May 29, 1783 (III

      37 June 2, 1783 through [August, 1784] (II)

      38 August 3, 1784 through December 18, 1786

      39 January 29, 1787 through 1790

      40 [1790s (?)] through July 10-11, 1791

      41 July 11, 1791 through April 19, 1793

      42 April 22, 1793 through March 26, 1794 (II)

      43 April 21, 1794 through December 23, 1796

      44 February 6, 1797 through [after May 25, 1807]

      45 May 30, 1807 through [November 30, 1818]

 46 December 1818 through January 15, 1830

      47 January 20, 1830 through 1837 (II)

      48 [between February 8, 1837 & April 5, 1839] through   November 30, 1840

      49 [1841 or later] through December 9, 1921

      50 Photographs 1 through 163 (Wampum belts)

FINDING AIDS:

MIC FLM E 99 I7 1735X 1984 GUIDE

Materials are indexed in Iroquois Indians: A Documentary History: Guide to the Microfilm Collection. A calendar of documents is included. Treaty names, signers, subjects, and places are indexed and cited by date.

 SUBJECTS:

            D'Arcy MicNickle Center for the History of the American Indian--Microform catalogs Iroquois Indians--History--Sources--Microform  catalogs  Indians of North America--History--Sources--Microform catalogs