Oscar Hiram Lipps Explained

Oscar Hiram Lipps (1872 - 1969) worked at the Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania, was superintendent of the Nez Perce Agency, was superintendent at the Chemawa Indian School, and was a field representative of the U. S. Indian Service. He wrote a two volume book on the Navajo. The University of Oregon has a collection of his papers.^[1]

Lipps was born in Fayette, Indiana. He studied in Harriman, Tennessee (American Temperance University?).^[2]

Lipps was the superintendent at the Carlisle School from July 1915 through March 1917 when he was succeeded by John Francis, Jr.^[3]

Bibliography

• The Navajos, The Torch Press, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, The Torch press, 1909
• The Navajo Volume I
• The Navajo Volume II
• Laws and regulations relating to Indians and their lands; compiled by Oscar H. Lipps, Lewiston Printing & Binding, Lewiston, Idaho, 1913^[4]
• The Case of the California Indians,^[5] Chimewa, Oregon, School print shop, 40 pages, illustrated, 1932^[6]
• Daily Lesson Plan Book for Vocational Instructors, 1919^[7]
• History of the Art of Weaving Among the Navajos, article published in the Red Man^[8]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Archives West: Oscar Hiram Lipps papers, 1912-1939. archiveswest.orbiscascade.org.
2. http://pages.uoregon.edu/kevhat/Guide%20to%20the%20Oscar%20Hiram%20Lipps%20Papers%201912-1939.pdf
3. Web site: Tour Through Time: John Francis Jr., the last superintendent of Carlisle Indian Industrial School. Joseph Cress The. Sentinel. The Sentinel. 31 March 2019 .
4. Web site: Catalog of Copyright Entries. 1913.
5. Web site: The Case of the California Indians. Lipps. Oscar Hiram. 1993.
6. 25160542. Western History a Check List of Recent Items Relating to California and the West. California Historical Society Quarterly. 13. 4. 407–409. 1934. 10.2307/25160542 .
7. Web site: Daily Lesson Plan Book for Vocational Instructors. Lipps. Oscar Hiram. 1919.
8. Web site: A Bibliography on the Agriculture of the American Indians. 1942.