Mabel Blacksmith Collection
Content Description
The collection consists of information including letters, correspondence, and receipts of Mrs. Mabel (Frazier) Blacksmith of Huron, SD. She married Raymond Blacksmith in June of 1938. The collection includes two letters from her son Walter, written in Idaho during WWII. There are also two letters from her son Bud. There is also a letter from the Office of Indian Affairs and form the Charles Mix County Clerk of Courts listing the births of her children. There is also an obituary for Leonard Blacksmith who died during WWII from wounds sustained during the Normandy invasion. A second folder contains miscellaneous materials including a report card for Sandra Powers, Huron Public School, 1950/ Constitution and By-Laws of the Yankton Sioux Tribe/ Congressional Record concerning the Bureau of Indian Affairs/ small program for the funeral of Lyle William Poitras of Timber lake, SD killed April 23, 1944.
Acquisition Type
Transfer
Restrictions Apply
No
Dates
- ca. 1940s
Extent
0.1 Cubic Feet
- Birth Records -- South Dakota Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Blacksmith, Leonard
- Huron (S.D.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Obituary Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Powers, Sandra
- Receipts Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Report Cards Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- South Dakota -- Charles Mix County Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Letters (Correspondence) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Source
- Blacksmith, Mabel (Person)
