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Papers about the life and career of Molly Spotted Elk

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Identifier
NA 2573 (local)
Summary

 consists of papers belonging to or relating the life and career of Molly Spotted Elk and her family. They document her accomplishments as a professional dancer and also as a writer and chronicler of traditional Penobscot tales and legends. Papers include correspondence, legal documents, handbills and flyers relating to her stage career and especially the the movie “The Silent Enemy,” handwritten notes and music, newsletters relating to Penobscot and Abenaki affairs and Indian Island, Maine, a small scrapbook relating to the Penobscot Indian [Brass] Band, and extensive unpublished drafts and typescripts of Indian legends. There are also diaries of Molly Spotted Elk (ca. 1923-1959?) which detail her daily life during the 1920s-1940s. One folder contains material relating to the published biography of Molly Spotted Elk by author Bunny McBride, published by University of Oklahoma Press in 1995.

Creator and/or Contributor
Molly Spotted Elk (creator)
Language
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Other Subject Headings
Molly Spotted Elk life and career (Local)
Materials Designation
manuscripts
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Molly Spotted Elk (creator)