LIPPS, OSCAR HIRAM: 1872-
Born at Fayette, Ind., on July 8, 1872, Oscar Hiram Lipps was educated in the public schools of Tennessee and at Powel's Valley Seminary and American University. page: 194[View Page 194] He married Maude Etta Rader on Dec. 19, 1897. After serving as a teacher and principal in the public schools of Tennessee and Louisiana, in 1898 he entered the U. S. Indian Service as a teacher, serving in an administrative capacity after 1900. He was Superintendent of Indian Affairs from 1926 to 1931, superintendent of Sacramento Indian Agency from 1931 to 1935, and field representative from 1935 to 1937. In 1936 he made a survey and report of the Indians and Eskimos of Alaska. He retired in 1937.
Information from Who's Who in America.
- A Little History of the Navajos. Cedar
Rapids, Ia., 1909.
- Daily Lesson Plan Book for Academic or Vocational
Instructors. Milwaukee, Wis., 1919. (2nd ed.)
- The Case of the California Indians.
Chemawa, Ore., 1932.
- Our National Indian Problem and the Chief Factors in Its
Solution. 1933.
