Scope and Content Note
This collection contains research material that Carroll used to complete his dissertation, which in part looks at how and why American Indians developed veteran traditions integrating elements of their traditional cultures. Included is information on American Indian participation in the Civil War, the Spanish American War, World Wars I and II, Vietnam, Korea, Desert Storm, Afghanistan, and Iraq. Veterans associations, U. S. government reports, the National Guard and the Coast Guard, veterans in fiction, and Indian symbols and names in the military are also documented.
Dates
- Creation: 1865-2003
Creator
- Carroll, Alton C. (Person)
Language of Materials
Material in English
Access Restrictions
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Copyright
The Arizona Board of Regents retains copyright to this collection for and on behalf of the Arizona State University Library. Requests to publish, display, or redistribute information from this collection must be submitted via our online application.
Biographical Note
Alton Carroll (Mescalero Apache), Mexican and English, received his B.A. in history from the University of Texas in San Antonio, his M.A. from Purdue University, and his doctorate from Arizona State University (November 2004). His Ph.D. thesis was entitled Medicine Bags and Dog Tags: American Indian Veterans, Their Traditional Ways, and Their Influence on the Military. His research interests deal with American Indian veterans, modern practice of American Indian spiritual beliefs, American Indian/New Age Conflict, passing,
unregistered American Indians, and unrecognized tribes.
Dr. Carroll did an internship in the Labriola Center in 2001 and produced a bibliographic subject guide, American Indian Veterans With an Emphasis on Code Talkers, which lists both general works and primary source materials for research.
Full extent
4 Box(es)
Full extent
2.0 Linear Feet
Abstract
This collection contains research material that Carroll used to complete his dissertation, which in part looks at how and why American Indians developed veteran traditions integrating elements of their traditional cultures. Included is information on American Indian participation in the Civil War, the Spanish American War, World Wars I and II, Vietnam, Korea, Desert Storm, Afghanistan, and Iraq. Veterans associations, U. S. government reports, the National Guard and the Coast Guard, veterans in fiction, and Indian symbols and names in the military are also documented.
Arrangement
This collection consists of four boxes.
Provenance
The Alton Carroll Collection was donated by Alton Carroll, ASU graduate student, in 2004 (ACC# 2004-03705).
Subject
- Carroll, Alton C. -- Archives (Person)
- Piestewa, Lori, -2003 (Person)
- United States. Coast Guard (Organization)
- United States. National Guard Bureau (Organization)
Topical
- Afghan War, 2001- -- Participation, Indian
- Indian code talkers
- Indian veterans
- Indians in literature
- Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Participation, Indian
- Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Participation, Indian
- Persian Gulf War, 1991 -- Participation, Indian
- Spanish-American War, 1898 -- Participation, Indian
- United States -- Armed Forces -- Indians
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, Indian
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Participation, Indian
- War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 -- Participation, Indian
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Indian
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Indian
- Title
- Alton C. Carroll Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Inventoried by Emilia Morgan in 2004; processed by Jessica Antonio in 2013.
- Date
- 2013
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding guide encoded in English.
Repository details
Part of the Labriola National American Indian Data Center Repository