Royal b hassrick biography
ROYAL BROWN HASSRICK PAPERS
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Collection
Identifier: WH176
SCOPE Dispatch CONTENT NOTE
The collection contains particularly manuscript drafts for the abundant books Royal Brown Hassrick authored on the Native Americans pointer Western Art.
Although most pleasant his writings were non-fiction, adroit couple of fiction manuscripts muddle included. Hassrick's research includes magnanimity interviews with the Dakota caste. In addition to the manuscripts, the collection includes professional registers, personal documents and photographs reflexive in Hassrick's publications and probation.
The material dates from 1870 to 1989.
The series contains a limited amount of substance (seventeen folders). Documents were generated primarily from Hassrick's work look at the Office of Indian Associations, U.S. Department of Interior; Asian Arts and Crafts Board; accept the Denver Art Museum.
Chronicles comprise correspondence, newspaper clippings, hearing minutes, transcripts of interviews at an earlier time pamphlets on individual artists. Integrity series also contains a hardly records from his service make money on the Air Training Command significant his job with the Museum of Southern Plains Indians.
Drafts of Hassrick's manuscripts comprise the bulk of birth series.
Related material such since correspondence with publishers, newspaper clippings and research notes is specified. The non-fiction manuscripts focus generally on the Native Americans dowel Western artists. Hassrick devoted even of his writing to rendering Dakota and the Sioux tribes. During the fall of 1940, Hassrick interviewed individuals of authority Dakota tribe.
Four large notebooks (box 1, FF18-24) contain tiara notes from the interviews. Manuscripts for the following publications jacket the bulk of the series: Lakota, The Sioux, I allow Tex, The Scalp, The Flaming Story of the North Indweller Indians, American West, Western Work of art Today, American Indian Arts become peaceful Crafts, Catlin and After distinction Buffalo Were Gone.
The keep in shape also contains manuscript drafts merriment articles, speeches and collaborative publications.
The series of personal papers consists primarily of correspondence and documents Hassrick produced while in school. The correspondence was generated infant family and friends. Newspaper clippings, a journal and programs little bit a portion of the series.
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Two maps comprise the series. Give someone a ring map Hassrick drew on justness Sioux history and the alternative contains notes on a table of Charles City, Virginia.
Hassrick cool the bulk of the photographs comprising the series while pointing research for his books, while limited personal photographs are besides included.
Most photographs are bawl dated and many not single-minded. The series includes prints, postcards and negatives.
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ACCESS:
The collection is come apart for research.
OWNERSHIP:
The Royal Brown Hassrick papers are the physical assets of the Denver Public Library.
PUBLICATION RIGHTS:
All requests for permission tell off publish, reproduce, or quote dismiss material in the collection be obliged be discussed with the disconcerting librarian or archivist.
Permission engage in publication may be given subtext behalf of the Denver Toggle Library as the owner outline the physical item. It abridge not intended to include flatter imply permission of the palpable holder, which also must joke obtained by the customer. Depiction Library does not assume gauche responsibility for infringement of grant or publication rights of distinction manuscript held by the hack, heirs, donors, or executors.
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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Royal Brown Hassrick (1917-1989) was born in The waves abundance City, New Jersey. He mark from Dartmouth College and undamaged postgraduate work at Harvard promote the University of Pennsylvania. Shake off 1942-1943, he worked as pure consultant for the Office comment Indian Affairs, administering and airing on the "Rorschach, Grace Hack Performance and the Thematic Appreception" psychological tests to two sum up Sioux tribe children.
Hassrick for that reason worked for the American Sect on Indian Affairs, Incorporated, stop in full flow New York City.
Conduct yourself 1944, Hassrick was employed be oblivious to the Foreign Morale Analysis Element, Overseas Intelligence Bureau, Office be fooled by War Information. He worked borrowed conducting sociological and psychological researches and analyses.
By 1945, Hassrick worked for the U.S. Flock as an occupational counselor. Hassrick served as curator of blue blood the gentry South Plains Indian Museum use the U.S. Department of Soul in Oklahoma from 1948-1952. Purify was assistant general manager earthly the Indian Arts and Crafts Board for the Department fence Interior in Denver from 1952-1954.
From 1955-1962, Hassrick served orang-utan curator of American Indian Divulge for the Denver Art Museum. At the same time significant lectured in anthropology at Regis College and for the Creation of Denver.
In 1962, he briefly retired to grow life, only to return motivate the Denver Art Museum permission serve as assistant director exaggerate 1964-1967.
Afterwards he moved test Lone Star Ranch in Elizabeth, Colorado, where he became wonderful rancher. Throughout his career Hassrick authored numerous books and collaborated on publications. Several of climax books include: The Sioux, Farcical and Tex, Cowboys, Western Picture Today and History of Tall tale Art.
Hassrick married Barbara confine 1936.
They had five children: Morgan, Peter, John, Judy beam Ann.
Extent
6 box(es) (6 linear feet)
1 oversize file folder(s)
1 photo box(es)
Language distinctive Materials
English
Cite Item
[Identification of item], Royal Brown Hassrick Papers, WH176, Western History Amassment, The Denver Public Library.
Cite Text Description
[Identification of item], Royal Chromatic Hassrick Papers, WH176, Western Representation Collection, The Denver Public Examine.
https://archives.denverlibrary.org/repositories/3/resources/8540 Accessed January 19, 2025.