"Indian Symbol" - Articles 1920's - 1960's
Description
Includes newspaper clippings, articles, transcriptions, a football schedule, an Alumni fund post card, photocopies of photographs, letters, a cartoon, and numerous examples of the use of the symbol ranging from cartoonish stereotypes to the stereotype of the noble savage dating from ca. 1920 to ca. 1929. One ad put out by the College bookstore also includes a hyper-sexualized representation of an Indigenous women. Notable is a copy of an article from the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine written by Walter Beach Humphrey, the artist who painted the Hovey Murals, titled "The Real Dartmouth Indian." In the article Humphrey claims that a design he produced in the 1930s was a true representation of what Samson Occom would have looked like and declares it the new official insignia of all sports teams.
Dates
- 1900 - 2018
Conditions Governing Access
Unrestricted
Extent
From the Collection: 119 linear ft. (File drawers)
From the Collection: 225 Digital File(s)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Reparative Description Change(s)
- This file was assessed for reparative description. The term "Indian symbol" was retained, with quotes added to indicate that it is the commonly used name for the symbol as reflected in the primary sources. This file contains material from the "Indian Head Insignia" file, which was reorganized and merged with the "'Indian Symbol'" files, as the insignia is considered a form of the Dartmouth "Indian symbol." This description was last revised based on the Harmful Content And Reparative Description Statement workflow on 2024-10-19.
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