Huntington Free Library
Organization
Found in 154 Collections and/or Records:
Souls and Testamentary Executors
Collection — Huntington box 9 - folder 1
Identifier: 9234
Scope and content
Typescript translation into English of the late 16th or early 17th century Aztec metrical comedy with additional notes. Contains some historical information about the Aztec and Spanish influence on their literature. Also includes an inventory of other comedias.
Dates:
December 12, 1931.
Star gods of the ancient Americas
Collection — Huntington box 1: [Barcode: 31924092111024]
Identifier: 9058
Scope and content
Photocopy mock up, with publishing annotations and edits, of a catalog for the Star Gods of the Ancient Americas exhibit which appeared at the American Museum of Natural History and the Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum, 1982-1984. The exhibit was produced by the Museum of the American Indian. The catalog includes the label copy that was in the exhibit, illustrations and photographs. Includes information about culture and artifacts from Indians of North, Central, and South America,...
Dates:
[1982].
Stockbridge Indian papers
Collection
Identifier: 9185
Abstract
Collection includes correspondence, government publications, bills and acts related to the Stockbridge Indians. Includes copies of treaties; petitions to New York State and the federal governments; tribal rolls; lists of payments to Stockbridge and Munsee individuals; powers of attorney from Stockbridge leaders to particular individuals; government documents; and annuity claims. The documents range from correspondence about relocating to sites in Indiana and Wisconsin to receipts for small...
Dates:
1739-1915.
Survey of Indian Arts and Crafts
Collection — Huntington box 9 - folder 1
Identifier: 9256
Scope and content
Typescript produced for the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Lists the names of craftsmen and types of crafts of various tribes and areas of the United States. Includes, but not limited to Hopi, Navajo, Pueblo, Zuni, and many geographic areas. Lists painters, potters, silversmiths, carvers, basket weavers, bead worers, and other artist types.
Dates:
April 1934.
Testimonial for giving Indians medals, engraved by Henry Dawkins
Collection — Huntington box 41 - folder 1
Identifier: 9100
Scope and content
Reprint of a William Johnson Indian testimonial used for giving medals to Indians, printed from the original copper plate. The print is in a folder that states "On the occasion of the visit of the Walpole Society to the New York Historical Society on May 25, 1946 there were made from the original copperplate owned by the latter Society, fifty impressions of Sir William Johnson's Indian Testimonial, engraved by Henry Dawkins of Philadelphia in the month of April 1770 and originally designed...
Dates:
1946.
Testimony of Indian school and reservation superintendents in regard to a law and order bill
Collection — Huntington box 9 - folder 1
Identifier: 9060
Scope and content
Typed transcripts of feedback from agency and district superintendents eliciting their response to extending criminal jurisdiction to reservations. Folder one includes copies of two bills, one extending State laws to reservations dated April 18, 1929, the other regarding extending federal civil and criminal laws to reservations, dated January 8, 1930. Also a copy of the questionnaire that was sent to the superintendents and a summary of the responses. Folders two and three are the responses,...
Dates:
1930.
The Delaware Indians: a brief tribal history
Collection — Huntington box 27a - folder 1
Identifier: 9179
Scope and content
Typed manuscript with annotations that was under consideration for publication by the Museum of the American Indian. It appears to have not been published. Included is correspondence discussing the work, to Roland Force from Mary Davis and Brenda Holland. Includes suggested further reading list.
Dates:
1985.
The Huffman pictures
Collection — Huntington box 20
Identifier: 9089
Scope and content
Album of photographs dated between 1870 and 1910. Some illustrations from magazines. Includes invoice for purchase by The Heye Foundation. Some of the photos are colored. The photos show various aspects of frontier and Indian life in Montana and Missouri. There is a typed note inside the cover from Huffman written at Miles Creek, Montana and a signed picture of Huffman. Included are photos of Sioux and Cheyenne Indians, cowboys, and ranchers, the battle field of Little Bighorn with the grave...
Dates:
1870-1910.
The Indians of northeastern California
Collection — Huntington box 46
Identifier: 9163
Scope and content
Typed manuscript as requested by his excellency William D. Stephens, Governor of California, by Allen Gillihan and Alma B. Shaffer for the California State Board of Health.
Dates:
ca. 1917-1923.
The weaving symbols of the Mayan peoples of Chiapas, Mexico
Collection — Huntington box 1: [Barcode: 31924092111024]
Identifier: 9067
Scope and content
Xerox of a holograph manuscript about Mayan weaving. Includes autobiographical information and field notes regarding the author's travels while researching. Many illustrations of weaving patterns. Some of the descriptions are written in Mayan. Title is dated September 1974. It appears this manuscript may have been published in a limited number.
Dates:
1974.
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Indians of North America 135
- Indians of Mexico 23
- Indians of North America -- Government relations 21
- Cherokee Indians. 19
- Dakota Indians 17
- Indians of North America -- Education 16
- Indians of North America -- Pictorial works 12
- Mayas. 11
- Zuni Indians. 11
- Aztecs. 10
- Indians of North America -- Folklore 10
- Indians of North America -- Missions 10
- Navajo Indians. 10
- Seminole Indians. 10
- Delaware Indians. 9
- Indians of North America -- Languages 9
- Mohawk Indians. 9
- Hopi Indians. 8
- Indians of North America -- Funeral customs and rites 8
- Indians of South America. 8
- Seneca Indians. 8
- Indians of North America -- Great Plains 7
- Indians of North America -- Land tenure 7
- Munsee Indians. 7
- Nahuatl language. 7
- Photographs 7
- Shawnee Indians. 7
- Cheyenne Indians. 6
- Frontier and pioneer life. 6
- Indians of North America -- California 6
- Indians of North America -- Dictionaries 6
- Indians of North America -- Religion 6
- Manuscripts -- Mexico. 6
- Oneida Indians. 6
- Pueblo Indians. 6
- Abenaki Indians. 5
- American bison hunting. 5
- Apache Indians. 5
- Aztecs -- History. 5
- Choctaw Indians. 5
- Indians of Central America. 5
- Indians of North America -- Antiquities 5
- Indians of North America -- Arizona 5
- Indians of North America -- Cultural assimilation 5
- Indians of North America -- New Mexico 5
- Indians of North America -- New York (State) 5
- Indians of North America -- Politics and government 5
- Indians of North America -- Treaties 5
- Iroquois Indians. 5
- Mohegan Indians. 5
- Ojibwa Indians 5
- Osage Indians. 5
- Algonquian Indians. 4
- Chickasaw Indians. 4
- Comanche Indians. 4
- Creek Indians. 4
- Crow Indians. 4
- Eskimos. 4
- Indian captivities. 4
- Indians of North America -- Alcohol use 4
- Indians of North America -- Canada 4
- Indians of North America -- Claims 4
- Indians of North America -- Dwellings 4
- Indians of North America -- Kansas 4
- Indians of North America -- Legal status, laws, etc. 4
- Indians of North America -- Rhode Island 4
- Indians of North America -- West (U.S.) 4
- Mexico City (Mexico). 4
- Ranch life. 4
- Wampanoag Indians. 4
- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century -- Pictorial works. 4
- Algonquian languages 3
- Aztec art. 3
- Calumets. 3
- Carib Indians. 3
- Cliff-dwellers. 3
- Cree Indians. 3
- Drawings. 3
- Excavations (Archaeology). 3
- Indian art -- North America 3
- Indian art -- North America. 3
- Indian mythology -- North America. 3
- Indians of North America -- Bibliography 3
- Indians of North America -- Commerce 3
- Indians of North America -- Games 3
- Indians of North America -- History 3
- Indians of North America -- Jewelry 3
- Indians of North America -- Massachusetts 3
- Indians of North America -- New England 3
- Indians of North America -- Social conditions 3
- Indians of North America -- Social life and customs 3
- Indians of North America -- Songs and music 3
- Indians of North America -- Southwest, New 3
- Indians of North America -- Sports 3
- Indians of North America -- Washington (State) 3
- Indians of North America -- Wisconsin 3
- Latter Day Saints 3
- Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876. 3
- Maya astronomy. 3
- Mayan languages -- Writing. 3 + ∧ less
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