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Scrapbook compiled by Frank Linabury containing prints, some color, by Russell, biographic newspaper clippings, and other illustrations and ephemera pertaining to the artist, Indians, cowboys, and the West. Also includes correspondence from Russell regarding his bronzes, information on Russell pieces Linabury owned, a brochure for Russell artwork, an articles describing found paintings of Russell, clipping mentioning L. A. Huffman, and memorial information about Russell.

Scope and content Six colored photographs depicting life on the frontier. The photos include: taking cow robes (buffalo skins) at Timber Creek, 1878; Bull train, Main Street, Milestown, Montana Territory, 1880; Near Custer's Hill, June 25, 1877, one year after the battle, shows eight unmarked graves, from the Battle of the Little Bighorn, labeled as the last men to fall; Wild goats in the Badlands; A trail herd, Powder River, 1886; Buffalo hunters camp, a relic of the seventies. Each piece has the title and...

Abstract Includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, notebooks, brochures, manuscripts, maps, paintings, and sketches. Focus areas of the notes for articles, speeches, and books cover a wide variety of topics including the Onondaga Indians and their reservation, festivals and culture, Sitting Bull using a telephone, Tendoi The climber, articles by Elizabeth Custer, Moravian missions, history of Amenia, N.Y., Fort Buford, manuscript regarding Indian attitudes towards African Americans,...

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Paintings signed Broncho Charlie and dated 1942. This could be Broncho Charlie Miller, sometimes spelled Bronco, who was the youngest rider for the Pony Express and showman for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Two of the paintings are titled "Wild Horses", and "Hunting Buffalo 1878 Kansas"; the third is untitled. The untitled painting depicts Indians fighting and being killed with guns, and also has riders on horseback. A southwestern mesa landscape is in the background.

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Scrapbook containing pictures of L. A. Huffman photos, newspaper clippings about Huffman. Articles contain biographical information about Huffman as well as information about frontier life.

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Scrapbook containing pictures of Remington paintings and sculptures, newspaper clippings about Remington or showing Remington artwork, and program from a Remington exhibition. Articles cut from the Saturday Evening Post and Detroit Free Press. Articles containing biographical information about Remington as well as information about frontier life.

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Typed transcripts of correspondence and records of activities with Indian nations. Transcripts include information on Indian census, Indian removal, reports from Indian agencies, United States policy, trade regulations, emigration, crime, and treaties. Many of the reports are from Indian agents to commanding officers or superintendents of the Office of Indian Affairs, some correspondence giving instructions to agents. Includes an index.

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Pencil sketch of an Indian riding on a horse. Teepees can be seen in the background. Includes photocopy of an excerpt about Cary from "The illustrated biographical encyclopedia of artists of the American west.".