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Interview with Mamie Blue Adams conducted by Dr. Thomas J. Blumer, 1989 April 18. Includes audio interview and transcript.

Interviews with Robert Heber Ayers conducted by Dr. Thomas J. Blumer in 1982.

A series of interviews with Major Sam Beck and/or Lula Beck conducted in 1982, 1983, and 1987.

26 folders.

30 folders containing materials dating from 1992-2005.

Contains:
-Assistant Chief Buck George’s old monogrammed long-sleeve polo shirt, along with a USNS Catawba T-ATF 168 naval service baseball cap and a Catawba Bingo baseball cap.
-A July 1990 manual on the Catawba Indian Nation’s Personnel Policies and procedures from the South Carolina Indian Employment, Training and Development Division
-1st Quarter 2014 Catawba Nation Newsletter on new bingo location in Rock Hill
-Various booklets, newsletters, and newspaper clippings relating to the Yap Ye Iswa Festivals and some potential legal trouble with the tribal bingo parlors
-Also includes a 1989 Covenant Not To Sue between the Tribe and the Transamerica Title In- surance Company of Tampa, FL
-Several newsletter magazines from Duke Energy, the USET, and the Seminole Tribe dating from 2003-2014
-Several short books on the history of the Catawba Indians and on the maintenance/creation of Native American community museums
-Some correspondence, newsletters, and lists of regulations concerning economic develop- ment, educational services, public works, health service, a newly proposed constitution in 2001, and a brief history on the tribe since regaining its Federal Recognition status in 1993
-Some newspaper clippings about students from the area/tribe who received regional recogni- tion for their excellence from the early 2000s
-miscellaneous papers/sheet music/booklets, 1993-2006
-Several newspaper clippings relating to Indian affairs in south Carolina, 1989-2006
-An old binder entitled Artifacts: Volume II, FY:91 containing candid photographs of the tribe, important newspaper clippings, and other correspondences from 1990-93
-miscellaneous papers/documents pertaining to the terms of property use when renting the Catawba Cultural Center grounds
-A large packet of papers entitled “06-07 Programs, Contracts, and Calendars” containing cor- respondence, contract terms, and program proposals from 2006-2007
-miscellaneous documents/memorandums/correspondence/newspaper articles, 1992-2002
-A mostly blank 2010 calendar
-A 2007 calendar as well
-miscellaneous documents outlining the rules of property use from 2007
-A March 2008 calendar, and an October/December 2004 one as well
-A copy of the Catawba Nation Constitution from 2002
-Miscellaneous calendar portions, newsletters, and correspondence from 2002-2015
-A corporation budgetary report on a 2000 “Green Earth” development project in a folder enti- tled “ISWA Development”
-A folded Catawba Indian Nation flag
-A variety of newspaper clippings, [n.d.]
-Miscellaneous correspondence, form letters, brochures, [n.d.]
-Some DVDs, VHS tapes, and CDs on the history of the tribe
-Evans McClure George’s Education certificate from Dale Carnegie Courses
-A pen bearing then-president Bill Clinton’s signature
-Two 1998 award pedestals
-A rolled-up poster

65 folders, 6 loose booklets.

Contains 9 items:

1. Small hand drum with black and white drumhead, illustrated with diamond-shapes and painting of a face in profile. Octagonal, 12” (30.5 cm) edge-to-edge, wood & hide, joined with nails, brass tacks for decoration. Undated.
2. Clay pot, potter unknown. Undated.
3. Broken spiral seashell, 2 pieces 10.5 cm and 3 cm long
4. Turtle pendant necklace. Pony beads, Peruvian brass & clay beads, deer-hide trailer decorated with symbols having special meaning to the maker, silver turtle pendant in southwestern US native style.
5. 3”x5” index card describing Turtle pendant necklace.
6. Cassette tape, labeled Oral History Class Tape #1
7. Cassette tape, labels Oral History Class Tape #2.
8. Medicine bundle. Hide, decorated with stylized sun and water in paint.
9. 5”x8” index card detailing medicine bag purpose and meaning.

3 folders, unarranged materials, including:
Various newspaper clippings and copies relating to the Catawba Nation from The Herald, YC Magazine, Indian Country Today, and The State. Date range 1997 – 2013.
Copies of York County, SC visitors guides and brochures 1995-96, 2002, 2010, 2011, 2 undated.
Milti-Culture 201 Video: The Catawba Indians (SCETV)
2 copies CCPP Programs Department Brochure [n.d.].
2010 Catawba Pow Wow program
2 Copies Fall 1994 Clemson World Magazine.
Program from 2012 USET Annual Meeting
Sept/Oct 1997 issue of Charlotte magazine.
Application packet for FY 2009-10 Community Services Block Grant.
Application Packet for FY 2009-10 Community Services Block Grant Recovery Act Plan.
2011 research paper by Chrystal Hair: “Nutrition in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: Care of Infants Based on Prematurity.”
CCPP 2003 financial statement.
Program from 2004 Jean Laney Harris Folk Heritage Awards (honoring Evelyn George).
Programs Department brochure, 2011.
2002 incoming loan & insurance agreement from DAR Museum for loan of silver gorget from CCPP.
Correspondence and let of support around USCL grant applications.
Various memoranda, agendas, and minutes from CCPP department meetings.
Rack cards for Catawba Cultural Center.
Programs, PowerPoint copies, rules, memos, etc. for various CCPP programs.
9 laminated 8.5”x11” color copies of photographs of Catawba in traditional costume (pictured: Kris Carpenter, Ashley Sexton, Cory Totherow, Beckee Garris, Bree Wurdeman, Lynn Wurdeman).
Framed certificate of appreciation from Winthrop University Multicultural Student Life to the Catawba Indian Nation.
1999 CCPP Archaeology Department program brochure.
Administration for Chidlren and Families Community Service Block Grant The Catawba Spiral-bound grant packet: “Preservation Project’s 2009 Amendment to the FY2008 Plan submitted by Iswa Children, Youth, and Families.”
Copy of spreadsheet: “DEIS Conflicts with the catawba-Wateree Comprehensive Relicensing Agreement.”
2 Copies of pamphlet: “Ethnobotanical Knowledge of the Catawba Tribe: Plant Uses & Applications.”
2 Print copies of PowerPoint presentation from SC Dept. of Parks, Recreation, & Tourism: “Tourism Product Development Concept for the Catawba Region: Strategy and Plan.”
Flyers and programs from various CCPP events.
Copy of the April-June 2010 edition of the Catawba Indian Nation Newsletter.
2005 Institute of Museum and Library Studies (IMLS) “Tribal Archive, Library, and Museum Directory.”
5 digital audio tapes (DAT). 4 labeled “Seniors Interviews,” 1 unlabeled. (Listed & numbered interviewees: #27 Sylvia Caudle, #28 Mary Ann Gibson, #29 Phillip George, #33 Margaret Smith, #34 Etta Teaster, #35 Melvin Howard Harris, #36 Josephine “Pat” Threatt, #37 Nola Campbell, #38 Charles “Charlie” George, #41 Claude Byers).
1 cassette tape labeled: “WRHI AM 1340 WRHM FM107 11/29/96 Claudia H. Priest Lang. Talk.” [moved to cassette tape collection]
Business cards for Carson T. Blue and Ruby Vincent.
Optimist Club of Catawba Charter member card for Evans “Buck” George.
4 copies of photographs of unidentified Catawba.
Photograph of male Catawba dancers [n.d.].
Photograph of Indian head pot (notes on back: “83/4 tall, 6” [rim], 7/12 bowl, University A, neg 17a, 222-9).
Photograph of Dr. Wenonah G. Haire at signing ceremony for relicensing of Duke Energy, [n.d.].
Program of memorial service for Evelyn Brown George.
Copy of autumn 2007 issue of “Friends of the Museum” newsletter.
Copy of article “Museums and Native People,” by Karen Coody Cooper.