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 DON DOLL, S.J., COLLECTION

Photographs, interviews, and background documentation on notable individual Brulé, Dakota, Hunkpapa, Oglala, Sans Arc, and Yankton Indians, mostly in South Dakota, which were compiled for the book, Vision Quest: Men, Women, and Sacred Sites of the Sioux Nation.

Gift from Donald A. Doll, S.J., 2004. Processed by Mark G. Thiel, CA (Certified Archivist), Tamara Lange, and student assistants, 2004-2005.

Biographical Note

Donald A. Doll (1937-), S.J. is a Jesuit priest and photographer whose works have been featured in National Geographic (“Hunters of the Being Sea,” June 1984, and “The Athabascans along the Yukon,” February 1990) and a number of the Day in the Life of… books, including America, California, Italy, Ireland, Passage to Vietnam, and Christmas in America. He was introduced to photography and the Brulé Indians while serving at St. Francis Mission on the Rosebud Reservation, South Dakota in 1975. Two of his books are Crying for a Vision, 1976 and Vision Quest: Men, Women and Sacred Sites of the Sioux Nation, 1994.

"Father Don" has been active in the National Press Photographers Association and has received numerous awards, including the 1997 Kodak Crystal Eagle Award for Impact in Photojournalism for his many years of work with Native Americans. Since 1969 he has served as a professor of journalism and holds the Heider Endowed Jesuit Chair at Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska.

In spring, 2008, he served as the Marquette University Wade Scholar Lecturer. In conjunction, the Marquette Haggerty Museum presented “The Grandeur of God”: Photographs by Don Doll, S.J.  The exhibition’s title was inspired by the poem, “God’s Grandeur,” by Gerard Manley Hopkins, 1877. The exhibition included a selection of Doll’s Native American images, panoramas along the Lewis and Clark Trail, Jesuits assisting refugees in Uganda, Sudan, and Eastern Europe, landmine victims in Angola, and Tsunami survivors in India and Sri Lanka.

 

Scope and Content

The Don Doll, S.J., Collection includes several publications by Doll plus the documentation compiled by him for the book, Vision Quest: Men, Women and Sacred Sites of the Sioux Nation.

The Vision Quest documentation pertains to 82 prominent American Indians from South Dakota, Minnesota, and North Dakota, all of who were active in their cultural reawakening of the 1970s and 1980s. The documentation is divided by format into four sub-series pertaining to color photographic prints, color transparencies, interview recordings, and transcripts with related news clippings. There under the sub-series are arranged alphabetically by surname. Other Marquette collections include more documentation on Father Doll and several of the following persons.

Vision Quest Documentation

The documentation pertains to these persons who are noted with their ethnic affiliation. Where pertinent, specific notes about the arrangement and content of the documentation are included.

Agard (Hunkpapa), Aljoe

Iron Heart (Oglala), Bessie [No photographic prints included.]

 

Allen (Santee), George, Sr., with daughters Marie and Eloise [No photographic prints included.]

  

Jordan (Oglala), Reverend (Catholic) Collins (C.P.) P.

Amiotte (Oglala), Arthur

Jumping Bull (Oglala), Calvin [Omitted from book.]

Black Bear (Brulé)

Kills Straight (Oglala), Birgil

Ben

LaCroix (Santee), Art

Tillie

Larrabee (Sans Arc), Eunice

Black Elk (Oglala), Charlotte

Leader Charge (Brulé), Doris

Blue (Santee), Pearl [No photographic prints included.] [No transcript included.] [Omitted from book.]

Little Dog (Hunkpapa), Adele [No photographic prints included.]

Bordeaux (Brulé) 

Locke (Hunkpapa), Pat [Omitted from book.]

Lionel

Looking Horse (Sans Arc), Arvol

Richard [No photographic prints included.] [Omitted from book.]

Lunderman (Brulé), Alex

Brave (Brulé), Misty [Omitted from book.]

McNeil (Hunkpapa), Ron [Omitted from book.]

Broken Leg (Brulé) 

McRay (Santee), Carl
 

Reverend (Episcopal) Martin

  

Means (Oglala), Russell [No photographic prints included.]

Reverend (Episcopal) Noah

Medicine (Hunkpapa), Beatrice (Bea), Phd.

Bull Bear (Oglala),  Royal [No photographic prints included.]

Menard (Brulé), Nellie

Campbell (Santee), Curtis

Mills (Oglala), Billy

Catches (Oglala),  Pete

New Holy (Oglala), Alice [No photographic prints included.]

Chief Eagle (Brulé), Dallas [No transcript included.] [Omitted from book.]

One Feather (Oglala), Gerald [No photographic prints included.]
Clifford (Oglala)

One Star (Brulé), Lloyd

Gerald [Some files combined under “Black Elk, Charlotte.”]

Pechota (Brulé), Terry [No photographic prints included.]

Sister Geraldine, O.S.F.

Penn (Brulé), Bobby

Cook (Santee or Sisseton) Liz

Peterson (Oglala), Helen

Crawford (Sisseton and Wahpeton) Bryan

Prescott (Santee), Leonard

Driving Hawk (Brulé), Virginia [Omitted from book.]

Primeau (Yankton), Asa [No photographic prints included.]

 

Ducheneaux (Sans Arc), Wayne [No photographic prints included.]

  

Red Elk, Lois [No transcript included.] [Omitted from book.]

Fire Thunder (Oglala),  Cecelia

Reifel (Brulé), Doctor Lucy [No photographic prints included.]

Flute (Sisseton and Wahpeton) Jerry

Richards (Oglala), Chuck [No photographic prints included.]

Flying Bye (Hunkpapa), Joe [No photographic prints included.]

Sherman (Oglala), Geraldine [Omitted from book.]

Giago (Oglala), Tim

Shields (Assiniboine and/or Sisseton), Caleb [No photographic prints included.]

Gipp (Hunkpapa), David M.

Thin Elk (Oglala),  Gene

Gonzalez (Oglala), Mario, [No photographic prints included.]

Trimble (Oglala),  Chuck [No photographic prints included.]

Grey Eagle (Oglala), Robert [No transcript included.] [Omitted from book.]

Two Bulls (Oglala),  Matt and Nellie

Hall (Hunkpapa), Mary [No photographic prints included.]

Venegas (Sisseton and Wahpeton), Hildreth
Heart (Brulé), Carol Ann [Files combined under "Looking Horse, Arvol."]

Vocu (Oglala),  Leo [No transcript included.] [Omitted from book.]

Hollow (Assiniboine and/or Sisseton), Norman

Westerman (Sisseton and Wahpeton), Floyd Red Crow

Hollow Horn Bear (Brulé), Duane [No photographic prints included.]

White Bird (Brulé), Francis

Holy Eagle (Oglala)

White Hat (Brulé), Albert

James

White Plume (Oglala), Alex

Sonja

Wilson (Oglala), Doctor Jim

Horn Cloud (Oglala), Bill and Nancy [Omitted from book.]

Wilson (Hunkpapa), Mary Louise Defender

Horse Looking (Sans Arc), Arvil 

Young (Hunkpapa), Phyllis [No photographic prints included.]