Sister Marie Flaherty, OP Papers
Content Description
The collection contains a transcript and grant proposals for the Young Indian People’s Extended Education program, as wells as the Young Indian People’s Extended Education program’s weekly newspaper, “The Yipee Times”, and photographs. The materials in the collection are representative of Sister Marie Flaherty’s work with the Indians of northwest Oklahoma. The materials in the collection cover the period from 1982-1985.
Dates
- 1982 - 1985
Biographical / Historical
Sister Marie Flaherty is a member of the Amityville Dominican community in Amityville, NY. Sister Marie began work at Las Casas in 1980. She provided educational services to the Cheyenne Arapaho tribes of Northwest Oklahoma. Sr. Flaherty worked for Title 4A, which is a program sponsored by the federal government to provide support services to Indian children.
Extent
.5 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
- Title
- Sister Marie Flaherty, OP Papers
- Author
- Brendan Vizza
- Date
- November 20, 2013
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Mary Nona McGreal, OP Center for Dominican Historical Studies Repository
Dominican University
7900 West Division Street
River Forest IL 60305 USA
(708) 524-6677
(708) 524-6546
mcgrealcenter@dom.edu
