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Indians of North America

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 147 Collections and/or Records:

Earl Y. Henderson papers

 Collection
Identifier: 9059
Abstract

Correspondence to and from Henderson, Indian reports written and collected by Henderson.

Dates: 1916-1931.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Earl Y. Henderson papers

Edward A. Ellsworth correspondence

 Collection — Huntington box 36 - folder 1
Identifier: 9203
Scope and content

Positive and negative Photostats of one letter from J. T. Irving to Edward A. Ellsworth dated November 14, 1833 from Fort Leavenworth and one letter from Edward A. Ellsworth to his brother Henry W. Ellsworth dated June 24, 1833 from New York. The Irving letter discusses the journey west and the Ellsworth letter describes conditions near the Platte River. Ellsworth mentions preparing documents for Congress, his father, Mormons, and purchasing a wild Indian horse.

Dates: 1833
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Edward A. Ellsworth correspondence

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

Edwin L. McLeod collection of Kern basket photographs

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 9079
Scope and content 30 photographs of the basket collection of E. L. McLeod, assembled around 1892-1908. The baskets are chiefly from Kern County California. Some of the photos show the baskets at what looks to be McLeod's residence; others are shown in a studio. The photos are described on the back, possibly by E. L. McLeod. The descriptions identify the type of basket, and in some cases seem to tell where the basket was acquired or where it resides. Most of the baskets are labeled as being the bottle neck...
Dates: ca. 1910.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Edwin L. McLeod collection of Kern basket photographs

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

Explanation of an Eskimo map

 Collection — Huntington box 8 - folder 1
Identifier: 9048
Scope and content

Manuscript describes an Eskimo map that was drawn on a leaf of ledger paper by Noo-kud-la for Captain Joseph-Elzéar Bernier. The original map, which was supposedly in the collections of the American Geographic Society, is included. The description explains the map which outlines the journey made by Noo-kud-la and Alfred Tremblay in 1923. Information on Eskimo population obtained from C. Vigneau, who was with Captain Bernier.



Dates: 1924.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Explanation of an Eskimo map

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

Four Arawak Indian songs

 Collection — Huntington box 9 - folder 1
Identifier: 9215
Scope and content

Five songs written out in English and Native language as told to Thomas E and Arthur P. Penard by an Arawak indian in Dutch Guiana or Suriname. Three songs are about love and drink; the fourth is about leaving for England. Two of the pages are notes regarding the songs, including information about Indians leaving for England.

Dates: [ca. 1911]
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Four Arawak Indian songs

Fragments of sculpture brought from ruins of Copan

 Item — Huntington box 41 - folder 1
Identifier: 9101
Scope and content

Painting of Mayan sculpture showing figures and heads of figures. Painting has provenance and publication notes written on it. The reverse describes the sculptures as being brought to the Peabody Museum at Harvard University from the Copan site in Honduras.

Dates: 1890 - 1899; 1910
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Fragments of sculpture brought from ruins of Copan

Frank Linabury collection on George Custer and the Battle of the Little Bighorn

 Collection — Huntington box 37
Identifier: 9114
Scope and content Scrapbook of newspaper clippings and other ephemera relating to George Custer and the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Three smaller books containing collection of articles published about the battle removed from magazines. Includes information regarding Custer and Major Marcus Reno. First hand accounts from Indians and soldiers, stories by those who knew individuals involved, news reports, photos, brochure about the battlefield, souvenir flag from battlefield, correspondence to Linabury about...
Dates: 1880-1951-(bulk1920-1930.)
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Frank Linabury collection on George Custer and the Battle of the Little Bighorn

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