Background
Tanner, Helen Hornbeck was born on July 5, 1916 in Northfield, Minnesota, United States. Daughter of John Wesley and Frances Cornelia (Wolfe) Hornbeck.
( The Indian history of the Great Lakes region of the Un...)
The Indian history of the Great Lakes region of the United States and Canada, and particularly of the Ohio Valley, is so complex that it can be properly clarified only with the visual aid of maps. The Atlas of Great Lakes Indian History, in a sequence of thirty-three newly researched maps printed in as many as five colors, graphically displays the movement of Indian communities from 1640 to about 1871, when treaty making between Indian tribes and the United States government came to an end. History was shaped in this part of North America by intertribal warfare, refugee movements, epidemics of European-introduced diseases, French and English wars and trade rivalry, white population advances, Indian resistance, Indian treaties deeding land to state and national governments, and imperfect arrangements for reservations, removal, and allotment of land. The changing pattern of Indian village locations as a result of all these factors is shown on the maps. Each map is highlighted by accompanying text, written as if the author were pointing out specific places on the map. Eighty-one illustrations convey a realistic impression of the land and its people.
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Tanner, Helen Hornbeck was born on July 5, 1916 in Northfield, Minnesota, United States. Daughter of John Wesley and Frances Cornelia (Wolfe) Hornbeck.
AB with honors, Swarthmore College, 1937. Master of Arts, University Florida, 1949. Doctor of Philosophy, University Michigan, 1961.
Assistant to director public relations Kalamazoo Public Schools, 1937-1939. With sales department American Airlines Incorporated, New York York City, 1940-1943. Teaching fellow, then teaching assistant University Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1949-1953, 57-60, lecturer extension service, 1961-1974, assistant director Center Continuing Education for Women, 1964-1968.
Project director Newberry Library., Chicago, 1976-1981, research associate, 1981-1995, senior research fellow, since 1995. Expert witness in Indian treaty litigation, since 1963. Director D'Arcy McNickle Center for Indian History, 1984-1985.
Member Michigan Commission Indian Affairs, 1966-1970. Consultant in field.
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Member American Society Ethnohistory (president 1982-1983), St. Augustine History Society, Conference Latin America History, Society History Discoveries, Chicago Map Society, History Society Michigan, Center French Colonial Studies.
Married Wilson P. Tanner, Junior, November 22, 1940 (deceased 1977). Children: Frances, Margaret Tanner Tewson, Wilson P., Robert (deceased 1983).