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Mohawk Indians.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

Alfred Tamarin papers

 Collection — Huntington box 1: [Barcode: 31924092111024]
Identifier: 9070
Scope and content Correspondence, notes, photography permissions, and documents accumulated during research for the publication of his book We Have Not Vanished: Eastern Indians of the United States. Folder one contains copy of a draft of the publication titled "American Indians Today on the Atlantic Seaboard." Has the original photos that were to be used for the publication taped or laid into the pages. Folder two, list of George Catlin slides. Folder three, edits, revisions, additions, other historical...
Dates: 1968-1975.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Alfred Tamarin papers

Daniel Claus journal and associated material

 Collection — Huntington box 16
Identifier: 9151
Scope and content Bound journal of Daniel Claus that documents his stay at Caughnawaga from 1762-1766. There are three typescript copies of the journal by Lillian Doyle, two different versions. The manuscript appears to have been bound out of order. One transcript copy is ordered as the original is ordered the other is ordered as Lillian Doyle thought the pages should be bound, which is chronologically. Also included are 2 copies of a typed manuscript by E. J. Devine titled Historic Caughnawaga, a map...
Dates: 1762-1766.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Daniel Claus journal and associated material

Joel Benson collection

 Collection — Huntington box 8 - folder 1
Identifier: 9026
Scope and content

Includes one page titled "The prophet of the Allegheny," which is a description of meeting Red Jacket. A hymn in Mohawk, signed by Daniel Bread, dated February 13, 1829. Another letter in Mohawk signed by Daniel Bread. Also included is a Cherokee hymn book published by the American Baptist Publication Society, 1896. The items come with a letter explaining their provenance from Mary Benson Mann Adams, the great grand daughter of Joel Benson, dated February 20, 1944.

Dates: 1829.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Joel Benson collection

Joseph Keppler Jr. Iroquois papers

 Collection
Identifier: 9184
Abstract Primarily letters to Keppler, including a record of events and people at the Tonawanda and Cattaraugus reservations, among others, over the first part of the twentieth century. Well known correspondents include noted Seneca scholar, Arthur C. Parker; artist, Jesse Cornplanter; and Mohawk poet, E. Pauline Johnson. Other parts of the collection include newspapers clippings on Iroquois subjects, government documents, Seneca vocabulary collected by Keppler, and other miscellaneous documents...
Dates: 1882-1944.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Joseph Keppler Jr. Iroquois papers

Letter from Joseph Brant : to Sir John Johnson Bart.

 Collection — Huntington box 39 - folder 1
Identifier: 9006
Scope and content

Letter appears to have been written from a place called Beach. It discusses Brant's arrangements to meet Johnson. The letter also mentions public opinion on General De Puisaye. Brant says he will dispatch two young men to Johnson, and also references a previous letter from Johnson in which Johnson expressed a desire to meet with the Missisaqua [sp] chiefs, probably refering to Mississauga. Also two copies of a transcript, a slide, and a condition note.

Dates: 1799 March 17.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Letter from Joseph Brant : to Sir John Johnson Bart.

Letters concerning Seneca and Mohawk affairs

 Collection — Manuscript box 40 - folder 1
Identifier: 9010
Scope and content Letter from Eleazer Williams, dated Oneida December 21, 1817 to David A. Ogden discussing a meeting regarding the subject of the late Council Fort Meigs. Includes references to Mr. Parish, western Indians, and the Six Nations. The second is from individuals at St. Regis, including Lewis Cook, William Gray, and Potter Late Gaienton, to David A. and Thomas L. Ogden, dated St. Regis May 7, 1803. The letter disagrees with the selling of some land called Rapid Plan Island to another individual....
Dates: 1803-1819.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Letters concerning Seneca and Mohawk affairs

Native American artist vertical file

 Collection
Identifier: 9241
Abstract

This collection contains ephemera covering artists, both Native American and non-Native American, whose artwork often focused on Native American subjects.

Dates: [ca.1850-2000.]
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Native American artist vertical file

Native American biography vertical file

 Collection
Identifier: 9242
Abstract

This collection contains ephemera providing biographical information of, both Native Americans and non-Native Americans, whose work focused on Native American subjects.

Dates: [ca.1850-2000]
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Native American biography vertical file

Native American publications vertical file

 Collection
Identifier: 9246
Abstract

This collection contains newsletters, newspapers, magazines, and other periodicals produced by Native American and non-Native American sources.

Dates: [ca.1960-2000].
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Native American publications vertical file

Native American subject vertical file

 Collection
Identifier: 9205
Abstract

This collection contains ephemera covering a broad variety of topics relating to Native Americans.

Dates: [ca.1850-2000.]
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Native American subject vertical file

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