Indians of North America -- Arizona
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Catalogs and advertisements for Indian traders
Collection — Huntington box 27a - folder 1
Identifier: 9190
Scope and content
Collection of catalogs, auction listings, and brochures for Indian curios. Some of the catalogs list prices for items including jewelry, blankets, clothing, baskets, and pottery. Some of the shops appear to have specialized in excavated items, while others contracted with tribes and reservations to have items made for their shops. Auction catalogs list items from estates of Indian collectors. Collection has a focus on Navajo textiles, but includes information on other items from Alaska to...
Dates:
[ca.1900].
Documents pertaining to the Wheeler-Howard or Indian Reorganization Act
Collection — Huntington box 26
Identifier: 9182
Scope and content
Collection contains transcripts and proceedings of testimony and hearings, meeting minutes, copies of bills, and a letter to Frederick A. Blossom from Will Rogers, chairman of the Committee. Contents include: Readjustment of Indian affairs, Hearings before the Committee on Indian Affairs, House of Representatives, 73d Congress, 9 parts; Bills H. R. 7902 and S.2755; The purpose and operation of the Wheeler-Howard Indian rights bill; Amendments to Wheeler-Howard bill; Testimony taken at ...
Dates:
1934.
Earl Y. Henderson papers
Collection
Identifier: 9059
Abstract
Correspondence to and from Henderson, Indian reports written and collected by Henderson.
Dates:
1916-1931.
Letters of Captain Alexander B. MacGowan
Collection — Huntington box 8 - folder 1
Identifier: 9046
Scope and content
Most letters are addressed to his wife and his son, George P. MacGowan, with some other correspondence as well. Other correspondents include Mrs. S. E. K. Ames, Rev. Cyrus Hamlin, and Mrs. George W. Hazel, who was MacGowan's sister-in-law. Letters from George P. MacGowan to George G. Heye, letter to George MacGowan from Paul D. Moody, President of Middlebury College, VT. Report of Operations by E. A. Carr at Fort Apache mentioning MacGowan's gallant acts. Telegram from E. A. Carr at Fort...
Dates:
1862-1887.
Notes made or collected by Lieutenant Allyn Capron
Collection — Huntington box 8 - folder 1
Identifier: 9015
Scope and content
This collection of letters and notes relates to Geronimo and other Chiricahua Apache prisoners of war. The letters were written at Mount Vernon Barracks and Fort Sill and include documents signed by Geronimo. There is some documentation of the Apache culture. Provenance note from Agnes K. Capron, wife of Allyn Capron, dated March 26, 1938, to George Gustav Heye. Notes by Capron, 7 pages and copies of notes about Apache culture, legends, religion, thoughts about white men. 5 leaves of notes...
Dates:
1884-1896.