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Indians of North America

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:

An appeal to the charitable and benevolent people of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland..

 Collection — Mapcase folder 45
Identifier: 9092
Scope and content An appeal To the charitable and benevolent people of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland of all classes and denominations, the appeal on behalf of the Chippewa nation of Indians of the Mississagua [sic] tribe residing at the River Credit in Canada... Dated October 19, 1844 at the Credit River.This petition of 1844 was taken to England by Peter Jones on behalf of his tribe. It is signed by members of the tribe with names and hieroglyphs. In the petition the Indians are requesting...
Dates: 1844 October 19.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / An appeal to the charitable and benevolent people of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland..

Bibliographic citations on index cards from the Museum of the American Indian

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924112438936]
Identifier: 9176
Scope and content

Index card citations of works regarding Indians. Ordered in part alphabetically by author, by title, and by subject. Some boxes show only partial and incomplete ordering.

Dates: undated.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Bibliographic citations on index cards from the Museum of the American Indian

Cartulario de Santa María del Puerto [Santoña]

 Collection — Huntington box 8b
Identifier: 9198
Scope and content

Bound photostats copied from the original manuscripts in The Archivo Histórico Nacional. A notary public register for the Port of Santoña, Santander Province or Cantabria, Spain. Contains information about the church, city, and port. Appears to be written in Spanish and Latin.



Dates: 863-1210
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Cartulario de Santa María del Puerto [Santoña]

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].
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Catalogs and advertisements for Indian traders

Diligencias de la notica dada por la rancheria que vino a Picuries en 29 de Septiembre de 1695 ano. Octavo Cuaderno no. 118

 Collection — Huntington box 39 - folder 1
Identifier: 9005
Scope and content Letter and two reports, transcript in Spanish, two versions of transcript in English. The first report is addressed to the Lord Governor and Captain General Don Diego de Vargas Zapata Lujan Ponce de Leon from Secretary of Government and War Domingo de la Barreda. It comes with a cover letter mentioning the Apache retreat into New Mexico because of French attacks on them from Luis Granillo. The second section is signed by Domingo de la Barreda, Luis Granillo, and Alonso Garcia. It describes...
Dates: 1895.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Diligencias de la notica dada por la rancheria que vino a Picuries en 29 de Septiembre de 1695 ano. Octavo Cuaderno no. 118

Documents relating to the Delaware and Seneca Indians, holographic copies

 Collection — Huntington box 8 - folder 1
Identifier: 9030
Scope and content The handwritten documents are all copied from existing documents. They include a short biographical sketch about Chief Cornplanter and his sons; a letter written by John Langdale to Benjamin Franklin in 1764 about the nobility of character among the American Indians; a letter describing an incident involving a drunk Delaware Chief at a council meeting; a document about Chief Teedyuscung; extracts from a pamphlet entitled Some Observations on the Situation, Disposition, and Character of the...
Dates: 1763-1784.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Documents relating to the Delaware and Seneca Indians, holographic copies

Eskimo syllabics and dictionary

 Collection — Huntington box 39b - folder 1
Identifier: 9076
Scope and content

Handwritten Hudson Bay Eskimo dictionary. Dictionary also has a note on it saying Baffin Island and Harrison Region, July 25, 1955. Manuscript shows the Eskimo alphabet symbols and then has a list of common words in the Eskimo language, Eskimo syllabics and their English translation.

Dates: undated.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Eskimo syllabics and dictionary

Extracts from articles, news items, and advertisements relative to Indians, chiefly those of New England

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 9007
Scope and content Extracts from articles, news items, and advertisements relative to Indians, chiefly those of New England, which appeared in the Boston Courant, Boston Gazette, and Boston News-letter. Folder one contains handwritten notes, giving excerpts, gleaned from newspaper clippings from the 1700s. Folder two contains a typewritten transcript. Organized by name of publication. Appears to include information from 1700 to 1750. Papers give title or brief summary of article, date, length of article in...
Dates: 1700-1750.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Extracts from articles, news items, and advertisements relative to Indians, chiefly those of New England

Gallup, New Mexico invites you to attend its Inter-tribal Indian ceremonial, poster.

 Collection — Huntington box 41 - folder 1
Identifier: 9094
Scope and content

Two copies of a poster for the meeting which was held on August 29-31 of 1934. Shows an Indian holding a gun. Painting which the print is from is signed Ed Rawlings and is dated 1924.

Dates: 1934; Undated
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Gallup, New Mexico invites you to attend its Inter-tribal Indian ceremonial, poster.

Index by site and state to the archaeology of Mexico

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924112438803]
Identifier: 9175
Scope and content

Index cards containing the name of an archaeological site in Mexico and the Mexican state where the site is located. The cards are arranged alphabetically by the name of the site and then repeated alphabetically by Mexican state. Each card references an atlas page number as well.

Dates: undated.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Index by site and state to the archaeology of Mexico

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