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Indians of North America -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 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

Constance Goddard DuBois papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924112438761]
Identifier: 9167
Abstract The papers include her field notes from her summers in California, notes on her activities with the Connecticut Indian Association, and newspaper clippings relating to Indian affairs, particularly those in California. Drafts of manuscripts for her publications on Luiseno religion, Diegueno mythology, and other subjects relating to the Mission Indians of California are included in the collection. Letters written to Du Bois from 1897 to 1909 comprise a significant part of the collection....
Dates: 1897-1909.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Constance Goddard DuBois papers

Edward H. Davis papers

 Collection
Identifier: 9166
Abstract

Field notebooks, sketchbooks, manuscripts, and correspondence, pertaining primarily to Indians of California and into Mexico. Includes index. Includes information about reservations, artifacts, ruins, ceremonies, descriptions of wildlife, landscapes, languages, and archeological notes. Tribes mentioned include, Pima, Seri, Mayo, Yaqui, Nayarit (Cora), Yuma, Opata, Modoc, Paiute, Diegueño, Cahuilla, and Soboba Indians.

Dates: 1910-1944.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Edward H. Davis papers

Erl Bates papers

 Collection
Identifier: 21-24-790
Abstract

Papers include correspondence and memoranda pertaining to the background and passage of a state bill (1920) appropriating $10,000 to the College of Agriculture for Indian extension work and to the early progress of this work; correspondence and printed, mimeographed, and typescript reports, memoranda, newsletters, and pamphlets pertaining to the Cornell Indian Boards, Six Nations' Agricultural Society, Indian Farmers' Schools.

Dates: [ca. 1920-1960].
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Erl Bates papers

Stephan Loewentheil photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: 8043
Abstract

Collection of photographs on various subjects demonstrating the technological evolution of photography, with emphasis on the period of 1822 to 1885. Includes 19th- and 20th-century photographs organized in several major groups.

Dates: 1822 - 1979
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Stephan Loewentheil photograph collection

Tracing made from a painted buckskin showing tribal history

 Collection — Manuscript box 40 - folder 1
Identifier: 9012
Scope and content This is a tracing of a deer skin history made by Wounded Bear, Ogallala Sioux. The tracing was made by E. J. Bush. Two versions of the tracing are included. The collection also contains 2 typed translations of the drawings and 1 handwritten copy, plus provenance notes. A note with the collection states that the original deerskin has been lost. A separate note, from E. K. Bennett, states that on June 20, 1938, Mr. Bush reported that the original deer skin was offered for sale through Ben...
Dates: 1894.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Tracing made from a painted buckskin showing tribal history

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