Biographical Note:
Paul A. Olson, professor emeritus, retired from the University of Nebraska in 2006. He taught in the Department of English and began his teaching career at the university in the 1950s. Also in 2006, Olson received the Nebraska Writing Project Carol MacDaniels Teach of the Year Award. Olson’s career focused on literary studies and rural teaching and schools. He participated in projects such as the Study Commission on Undergraduate Education and the Education of Teachers, the Nebraska Tri-University Project in Elementary Education (TTT). The Paul A. Olson Seminars, which focus on topics associated with the Great Plains, are named in his honor.
Box 1.
Item: 1. Richard Fool Bull [last survivor of Wounded Knee], Undated
Item: 2. Richard Fool Bull [last survivor of Wounded Knee], Undated
Item: 3. Recording of Rabbit Dance Music and Dancing, Undated
Item: 4. John's narration tape--Dakota Tribe', Undated
Item: 5. Omaha Flag Song/Round Dances, Undated
Item: 6. Omaha Flag Song/Round Dances, Undated
Item: 7. Omaha Flag Song/Round Dances, Undated
Item: 8. Omaha Indian Pow Wow with Omaha Singers, Undated Item: 9. Omaha Flag Songs, Undated
Item: 10. Omaha Flag Songs, Undated
Item: 11. Omaha Flag Songs, Undated
Item: 12. Vine Deloria - Ellen Yates, Undated
Item: 13. Vine Deloria - Ellen Yates, Undated
Item: 14. Ponca Stories - Pete LeClaire, Undated
Item: 15. Rosebud - Shaw's [professor] commentary on slides, Undated
Item: 16. Round Dances, Flag Songs, Undated
Item: 17. Vine Deloria at Neihardt Museum in Bancroft, Nebraska, 1982 May
Item: 18. Vine Deloria at Neihardt Museum in Bancroft, Nebraska, 1982 May
Item: 19. Treaty of Battle Mountain, Undated
Item: 20. Sitting Bull's History lesson, how Buffalo Bill used Indians in Wild West Show', Undated
Item: 21. Harold Littlebird - Laguno Pueblo Singer, Undated
Item: 22. Sitting Bull's History lesson, how Buffalo Bill used Indians in Wild West Show', Undated
Item: 23. Singing of Allen Yaetes, Undated
Item: 24. Race to Revolution slides, Undated
Box 2.
Item: 1. American Stonehenge, Undated
Item: 2. Junior League Project, 1979
Item: 3. Junior League Filmed Winter count, 1979
Item: 4. John Fire, Undated
Item: 5. Little Britches Radio, Undated
Item: 6. Sioux Arts and Crafts - Set of Slides, Undated
Item: 7. Native American Slides, Undated
Item: 8. Omaha Tribe Slides, 1988 February
Item: 9. Omaha Tribe Slides, 1988 February
Item: 10. Omaha Tribe Slides, 1988 February
Item: 11. Slide Shows of Santee Art, Undated
Item: 12. Commercially produced tape of Navajo song, Undated
Item: 13. Edgar Monatachi, Indian MD, Undated
Item: 14. Omaha Tribe Net consortium for higher education, Undated
Item: 15. John Turner-Son of Little Chief, 1972
Item: 16. John Turner-Son of Little Chief, 1972
Item: 17. John Turner-Son of Little Chief, 1972
Item: 18. John Turner-Son of Little Chief, 1972
Item: 19. John Turner-Son of Little Chief, 1972
Item: 20. John Turner-Son of Little Chief, 1972
Item: 21. John Turner-Son of Little Chief, 1972
Item: 22. Leslie Silko's Running on the Edge of the Rainbow, Undated
Item: 23. Contemporary Sioux Art Slides, Undated
Item: 24. Sioux Reservation, Rosebud and Others, slides made by Webster Robbins Paul Olson and Irv Goldenstein, Undated
Box 3.
Item: 1. Junior League Indian Project, 1978
Item: 2. Santee Tribe - Paul Robertson and Edna Panitska, 1979
Item: 3. John Turner and Felix White, 1974
Item: 4. Felix White Junior League Indian Project, 1978
Item: 5. Truman Daly and Eddington Peter, Junior League Otoe Recording, 1978
Item: 6. Indian Report - Jim Kohler, Rough Rock Demonstration School, 1972
Item: 7. The Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge Film, Undated
Item: 8. Novel Ox Bow Incident, Undated
Item: 9. Sioux Medicine Men, R. Fool Bull, John Fire, Henry Crow Dog, 1976
Item: 10. Slides about Siouz Culture, Undated
Item: 28. Felix White - Storyteller in Winnebago Tribe (moved from box 2), 1978
Item: 29. Felix White - Storyteller in Winnebago Tribe (moved from box 2), 1978
Item: 30. John Turner - Junior League Indian Project, 1979
Box 4.
Item: 1. Tapes of the Turners John and Suzette , 1978
Item: 2. Tapes of the Turners John and Suzette , 1978
Item: 3. Tapes of the Turners John and Suzette , 1978
Item: 4. Tapes of the Turners John and Suzette , 1978
Item: 5. Santee Materials , 1979
Item: 6. Santee Materials , 1979
Item: 7. Santee Materials , 1979
Item: 8. Winnebago Art Slides, Undated
Item: 9. Winnebago Art Slides, Undated
Item: 10. Pictographic History Ogallala Sioux Tribe, Undated
Item: 11. Omaha - extra slides, 1988
Item: 11. Omaha - extra slides, 1988
Item: 12. Omaha - extra slides, 1988
Item: 13. Sundance Slides, Undated
Item: 14. Sundance Slides-3 boxes, Undated
Item: 15. Traditional and Modern Sioux Art, Undated
Item: 16. Traditional and Modern Sioux Art, Undated
Item: 17. Complete set of slides of Omaha Tribe, Art, Traditions, Earth Lodges, Cultural Tradition, Undated
Item: 18. Complete set of slides of Omaha Tribe, Art, Traditions, Earth Lodges, Cultural Tradition, Undated
Item: 19. Complete set of slides of Omaha Tribe, Art, Traditions, Earth Lodges, Cultural Tradition, Undated
Item: 20. War Dance, 1979 June 30
Item: 22. Felix White - Final Tape, Undated
Item: 23. Felix White telling stories at Indian Center, Undated
Item: 24. Slides of Santee Reservation put on videotape, Undated
Item: 25. Traditional and Modern Sioux Arts and Crafts, Undated
Item: 26. Felix White, 1983 September 1
Item: 27. Felix White at Home, Undated
Item: 28. Richard Fool Bull Reminisces - Lakota Elder, Undated
Item: 29. Richard Fool Bull Reminisces - Lakota Elder, Indian Tales, Undated
Item: 30. Richard Fool Bull Reminisces - Lakota Elder, Undated
Item: 31. Richard Fool Bull Reminisces - Lakota Elder, Undated
Item: 32. Richard Fool Bull Reminisces - Lakota Elder, Undated
Item: 33. Felix White, Undated
Item: 34. Felix White - Winnebago Oral Tradition, Undated
Item: 35. Felix White, Undated
Item: 36. Felix White - goes with the Hallow of Echoes, Undated
Item: 37. Felix White, Undated
Item: 38. Felix White, Undated
Item: 39. Felix White, Undated
Box 5.
Item: 1. Otoe, Missouri - Junior League Project, Undated
Item: 2. Otoe, Missouri - Junior League Project, Undated
Item: 3. Otoe, Missouri - Junior League Project, Undated
Item: 4. Otoe, Missouri - Junior League Project, Undated
Item: 5. Otoe, Missouri - Junior League Project, Undated
Item: 6. Film of The Give Away, done by students in POS class 1979
Item: 7. Otoe, Missouri - Final, Undated
Item: 8. Richard Fool Bull, 1972
Item: 9. N. Scott Momaday Talk - Alan at UNO, Way to Rainy Mountain, Undated
Item: 10. Videotape of Crow Dog, Undated
Item: 11. Tribal Historians Garland Blaine Part I, Undated
Item: 12. Tribal Historians Garland Blaine Part II - letter, Undated
Item: 13. Pawnee Tape - all Garland Blaine, 1978
Item: 14. John Niehardt - reading from A Journey Home, Undated
Item: 15. Felix White, Undated
Item: 16. Indian Language Promotion, Undated
Item: 17. John Turner - tape, Undated
Item: 18. Ghost Dance Tragedy at Wounded Knee- audio tape with slide is missing, Undated
Box 6.
Item: 1. A True Story: An Oral Tradition of the Omaha, Undated
Item: 2. Joe Washington, Undated
Item: 3. Joe Washington, Undated
Item: 4. Units for Junior High School - Winnebago Tribe, Undated
Item: 5. Garland Blaine - Pawnee Junior High Unit, Undated
Item: 6. Pawnee raw tapes - 1978 Junior League, 1978
Item: 7. Pawnee raw tapes - 1978 Junior League, 1978
Item: 8. Pawnee raw tapes - 1978 Junior League, 1978
Item: 9. Pawnee raw tapes - 1978 Junior League, 1978
Item: 10. Joseph Brown - Wrote book on Black Elk, 1980
Item: 11. Otoe Recording, Undated
Item: 12. Teaching in 1979, 1979
Item: 13. The Upstican People, Undated
Item: 14. Gerald Onefeather, Undated
Box 7.
Item: 1. Otoe Missouri Tapes, Junior League, 1978
Item: 2. Otoe Missouri Tapes, Junior League, 1978
Item: 3. Otoe Missouri Tapes, Junior League, 1978
Item: 4. Otoe Missouri Tapes, Junior League, 1978
Item: 5. Otoe Missouri Tapes, Junior League, 1978
Item: 6. Otoe Missouri Tapes, Junior League, 1978
Item: 7. Otoe Missouri Tapes, Junior League, 1978
Item: 8. Otoe Missouri Tapes, Junior League, 1978
Item: 9. Fool Bull Tape, Junior League, 1978
Item: 10. Fool Bull Tape, Junior League, 1978
Item: 11. Fool Bull Tape, Junior League, 1978
Item: 12. Fool Bull Tape, Junior League, 1978
Item: 13. Santee, Undated
Item: 14. Santee, Undated
Item: 15. Santee, Undated
Item: 16. Santee, Undated
Item: 17. Felix White 1 of 2, Undated
Item: 18. Felix White 2 of 2, Undated
Item: 19. Interview with Garland Paine, Pawnee, Undated
Item: 20. NETCHE - Reservation film, Undated
Item: 21. Interview with John Turner P.O. Class, 1974
Item: 22. John Turner, 1979
Box 8a.
Item: 1. John Turner, Undated
Item: 2. John Turner telling an Omaha Fable, Undated
Item: 3. John Turner - Deer Woncon Stories, Undated
Item: 4. Five Hours of Edited John Turner, Undated
Item: 5. John Turner - Red Bird Stories, 1972
Box 8.
Item: 1. Five Hours of Edited John Turner, Undated
Item: 2. Dick Cavett's show on Wounded Knee with Richard Fool Bull, Undated
Item: 3. Tape recording of Ted Hibler - Lakota Ogallala Sioux, Undated
Item: 4. Joe Washington, 1980
Item: 5. Joe Washington, 1980
Item: 6. Fool Bull, Undated
Item: 7. Joe Washington, 1980
Item: 8. Two Lectures - T.E. Mails - published books with lecture, Undated
Item: 9. T.E. Mails, Undated
Item: 10. Dr. Ed Young - Institute Lecture, 1979
Item: 11. Dr. Ed Young - Institute Lecture, 1979
Item: 12. Susan Arkeketa interviewed by Liz Grove-Smith, Undated
Item: 13. Ed May, Undated
Item: 14. Indian Institute Teacher, Undated
Box 9.
Item: 1. Omaha tribal slides, Undated
Item: 2. Miscellaneous Tribal Slides, Undated
Item: 4. Sundance, Undated
Item: 5. Felix White telling Winnebago Stories, Undated
Item: 6. Felix White telling Winnebago Stories, Undated
Item: 7. Felix White telling Winnebago Stories, Undated
Item: 8. Felix White telling Winnebago Stories, Undated
Item: 9. Felix White telling Winnebago Stories, Undated
Item: 10. Felix White telling Winnebago Stories, Undated
Item: 11. Webster Robins, John Arbuckle, Karen Buler, Undated
Item: 12. Various 1960s and 1970s Indians speaking on Indian Rights, 1960-1980
Item: 13. Life of Omaha People-printed materials in English Department, Undated
Item: 14. Life of Omaha People-printed materials in English Department, Undated
Item: 15. Traditional and Modern Sioux Arts and Crafts- Print Materials, Undated
Item: 16. Traditional and Modern Sioux Arts and Crafts, Undated
Item: 17. Chris Chrislieh narrating a pow wow, Undated
Item: 18. M. Scott Momaday, Undated
Item: 19. M. Scott Momaday, Undated
Item: 20. M. Scott Momaday, Undated
Item: 21. Unit on Giveaway - Rosebud Filmed it, Undated
Item: 22. Unit on the Sawtee, Undated
Item: 23. Life of the Omaha People - unit, Undated
Item: 24. Life of the Omaha People - unit, Undated
Box 10.
Item: 1. The Give Away - unit, Undated
Item: 2. Santee Unit, Undated
Item: 3. Santee Unit, Undated
Item: 4. Santee Unit, Undated
Item: 5. Santee Unit, Undated
Item: 6. Santee Unit, Undated
Item: 7. Santee Unit, Undated
Item: 8. The Give Away - unit, Undated
Item: 9. The Give Away - unit, Undated
Item: 10. The Give Away - unit, Undated
Item: 11. The Give Away - unit, Undated
Item: 12. The Give Away - unit, Undated
Item: 13. The Give Away - unit, Undated
Item: 14. The Give Away - unit, Undated
Item: 15. The Santee VHS unit, Undated
Item: 16. Miscellaneous Box of Slides, Undated
Item: 17. Traditional and Modern Sioux Arts and Crafts VHS-Ethnic Studies and National Humanities Council, Undated
Item: 18. Traditional and Modern Sioux Arts and Crafts VHS-Ethnic Studies and National Humanities Council, Undated
Item: 19. Traditional and Modern Sioux Arts and Crafts VHS-Ethnic Studies and National Humanities Council, Undated
Item: 20. Life of the Omaha VHS Unit, Undated
Item: 21. Life of the Omaha VHS Unit, Undated
Item: 22. Life of the Omaha VHS Unit, Undated
Item: 23. Slide Show - Winnebago Art and Audio Recording, Undated
Item: 24. Recording of John Turner and Felix White, Undated
Item: 25. Raw Tapes of Santee - Edna Peniska and Paul Robertson, Undated
Item: 26. Raw Tapes of Santee continued, Undated
Item: 27. John Turner - Umonhon, 90 years old, raised with Traditional Culture, Undated
Item: 28. Ted Hibler - young man in Lakota, Undated
Box 11.
Item: 1. Pictographic history of Ogallala Sioux book by Amos Bad Heart Bull, Undated
Item: 2. Winnebago Slides, Undated
Item: 3. Traditional and Modern Sioux Arts and Crafts VHS Unit, Undated
Item: 4. Traditional and Modern Sioux Arts and Crafts VHS Unit, Undated
Item: 5. Traditional and Modern Sioux Arts and Crafts VHS Unit, Undated
Item: 6. Traditional and Modern Sioux Arts and Crafts VHS Unit, Undated
Item: 7. Traditional and Modern Sioux Arts and Crafts VHS Unit, Undated
Item: 8. Traditional and Modern Sioux Arts and Crafts VHS Unit, Undated
Item: 9. Life of Omaha People VHS unit, Undated
Item: 10. Life of Omaha People VHS unit, Undated
Item: 11. The Santee Reservation VHS unit, Undated
Item: 12. The Santee Reservation VHS unit, Undated
Item: 13. The Santee Reservation VHS unit, Undated
Item: 14. The Give Away, Undated
Item: 15. The Pawnee Rough Edit, Undated
Item: 16. Liz Grobsmith-Anthropologist at UNL, Undated
Item: 17. Pawnee Elementary Unit - Garland Blaine, Undated
Item: 18. Rough edit Santee unit, Undated
Item: 19. Gerald One Feather Tribal Chairperson for Ogallala Sioux, Undated
Item: 20. William Powers - Lectured at the Institute, Undated
Item: 21. William Powers - Lectured at the Institute, Undated
Box 12.
Item: 1. Pawnee - Junior High Pawnee tapes - rough edit, Undated
Item: 2. Karen Berman's version of Felix White', Undated
Item: 3. Long Walk of Fred Young, Undated
Item: 4. santee Tape - preliminary edit, Undated
Item: 5. NETCHE - Omaha Tribe - The People and the Family, Undated
Item: 6. Forest Spirits, Undated
Item: 7. Richard Fool Bull, Undated
Item: 8. Felix White - Winnebago Storyteller and linguist, Undated
Item: 9. Pawnee - Junior High edited tape, Undated
Item: 10. The Upstream People, Undated
Item: 11. Myrna Novaks version of Fool Bull, Undated
Item: 12. Santee Stories, Undated
Item: 13. Santee Stories, Undated
Item: 14. Felix White telling Hollow Echo Stories, Undated
Item: 15. film of the Return of the Sacred Pole - Omaha People, Undated
Item: 16. Richard Fool Bull, Undated
Item: 17. Richard Fool Bull, Undated
Item: 18. Richard Fool Bull, Undated
Item: 19. Hollis Stabler and Elmer Blackbird, 1989
Item: 20. Winnebago Oral Traditions, Undated
Item: 21. Winnebago Oral Traditions, Undated
Item: 22. Felix White, 1989
Item: 23. Felix White - Winnebago People, Undated
Item: 24. Richard Fool Bull, Undated
Item: 25. True Story of the Oral Tradition of Omaha, Undated
Item: 26. Indian Stories about birds - Alan Yates, Undated
Item: 27. Indian Self Rule, Undated
Box 13.
Item: 1. Santee Slide Unit 67D, Undated
Item: 2. Santee Slide Unit 67E, Undated
Item: 3. Felix White 11 and 12 Junior League, Undated
Item: 4. Felix White 15 and 16, Undated
Item: 5. Felix White 15 and 16, Undated
Item: 6. Felix White, 1989
Item: 7. M. Scott Momaday, Undated
Item: 8. Felix White - Winnebago - Hollow of Echoes - Ethnic Notions, Undated
Item: 9. Felix White NE Indian Tales, Parts 1 and 2, Undated
Item: 10. Felix White Tales - American Indian Movement , Undated
Item: 11. Felix White 4/10, Undated
Item: 12. Turner - A True Story - Oral Tradition of Omaha, Undated
Item: 13. Native American Culture in Museums and Art Centers, Undated
Item: 14. Winnebago Corn Traditions, Undated
Item: 15. Young Crow Dog - AIM Medicine Man, Undated
Item: 16. Defective Richard Fool Bull, Undated
Item: 17. Junior League - Indian Language Department, Undated
Item: 18. Unknown Miscellaneous Slides, Undated
Box 14.
Item 1. Paper Materials and Audio Tapes, Undated