Indians of North America -- Sports
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Album unique
Collection — Portfolio 49
Identifier: 9110
Scope and content
Eleven original watercolors with holographic descriptions by the artist. Includes a letter to Catlin as well. Descriptions include specifics as to the individuals who are pictured and their place in the tribe they are from. Names of Indians are given in the native language as well as the English version, including: The Surrounder, Red Thunder, The Jumper, Double Walker, Big Elk, Black Dog, Big Crow, Little Soldier, Black Rock, and The Very Brave Chief. Information about Indian culture is...
Dates:
1863.
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.
Pottawatomie prints and correspondence
Collection — Huntington box 1 - folder 1
Identifier: 9071
Scope and content
Eight prints that are numbered 43 of 1000 and correspondence regarding the prints. Prints are from original drawings done by Winter in 1837. Included is a letter to Marsha Winter from R. Spiner Ball, dated May 21, 1987, discussing how the prints were supposed to be sold, but could not find a market. Also some mention of the people that Mr. Winter drew. There is also a certificate of authenticity, signed by Cecily Gordon Bottum-Ball, a press release, a sheet describing the works, and the...
Dates:
1987.