HISTORY NEBRASKA MANUSCRIPT FINDING AID
RG0946.AM: William Wallace Dennison, 1821-1863
Research materials: 1857-1971
Otoe County, Nebraska Territory: Otoe Indian agent
Size: One folder
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
The collection consists of research material about William Wallace Dennison. Dennison served as an Otoe Indian agent in the late 1850s to early 1860s. The research material consists of photocopies from various sources including Proceedings and Collections of the Nebraska State Historical Society; Nebraska News articles; Otoe County Pioneers by Raymond E. Dale; Illustrated History of Nebraska by J. Sterling Morton; and “Reports of the Secretary of the Interior,” 1857-1860. Also included are photocopies of the probate papers for Helen A. Dennison, wife of William Wallace Dennison, and a list of Otoe Agency letters held on microfilm by the National Archives. Mrs. R.L. Spangler compiled the research materials, and correspondence regarding her research is included.
ADDITIONAL OR RELATED MATERIALS
Most of the publications from which these research materials were copied are available in the Library collections.
Subject headings:
Dennison, Helen A., -1862
Dennison, William Wallace, 1821-1863
Indian agents — Nebraska
Indians of North America — Government relations
Otoe County (Nebraska) — History
Spangler, (Mrs.) R.L.
Revised TMM 05-16-2008
