American Indian and White Relations to 1830 (From The Needs and Opportunities for Study Series) ** Arthur M. Schlesinger's copy**

Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Published for The Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, University of North Carolina Press, 1957 Contains the bookplate of noted historian and author, Arthur M. Schlesinger (whose work is also noted in the Bibliography). Hard cover, 8vo., in white cloth with red illustration to front board and titles in red to spine, 138 pp. Condition: Good Plus. Exterior cloth is somewhat soiled, spine sunned. Interior is clean and firm. Colonial Williamsburg, Inc. and College of William and Mary were sponsors of the Institute from which this conference publication arose. About half the book consists of an extensive bibliography meant to engage potential graduate students to the field of study and lead the way onward to primary sources. William N. Fenton's introductory essay discusses the field of historical ethnography, in relation to our understanding of the peoples of the Six Nations. He discusses the value of source material found in original manuscripts, such as conversations recorded between Indian Commissioners and the people they served. Contains ALS to Schlesinger from fellow historian Howard H. Peckham, dated 1965.. Hard Cover. Good Plus.