Indians of North America
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
Abert Family Letters
Collection
Identifier: A0003
Scope and Contents
The letters consist of thirteen letters, eleven written by George W. Featherstonhaugh to Col. John J. Abert and two written by Thomas Fitzpatrick to Lt. James W. Abert. The letters relate to geological findings, land explorations, and dealings with Native Americans. The letters written by George W. Featherstonhaugh from various locales (such as Detroit, Green Bay, Prairie du Chien, North Carolina, and Quebec) for the most part detail his explorations; geological reports; descriptions of...
Dates:
1835-1846
David Adams Papers
Collection
Identifier: A0007
Scope and Contents
This collection includes personal letters to David's wife, Elizabeth, business correspondence, receipts, lists, and diaries. A man of limited education, David wrote poorly, spelled phonetically, and rarely used punctuation.
Dates:
1828-1869
William Henry Ashley Collection
Collection
Identifier: A0059
Scope and Contents
The William H. Ashley Collection consists of his diaries, drafts of letters, and some business papers.
Ashley made several journeys to the Rocky Mountains from 1821 to 1826. The collection contains a draft, or copy, of his later account and his diary for the journey made in 1824 and 1825. At one time Ashley’s diary was mistaken for that of William Sublette. This has been corrected but is still evident on the typescript of the diary (folder 5). The...
Dates:
1811-1975
Clark Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: A0289
Scope and Contents
The Reference Files (Boxes 1-2) consist almost entirely of photocopies, typescripts, and reproductions of documents from other repositories, and should be used as a supplement to the original material in the rest of the Clark Family Collection. This group provides general information about the Clark family and the collection, and also includes reproductions of documents pertaining to the Lewis and Clark Expedition, George Rogers Clark, and...
Dates:
1766-1991
Delassus-St. Vrain Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: A0373
Scope and Contents
The Delassus-St. Vrain Family Collection consists of legal documents, correspondence, land records, journals, and genealogical information. The vast majority of the documents are written in French and Spanish. Despite the poor penmanship, incorrect grammar usage, and use of archaic forms of the languages by the document’s creators, every attempt has been made to provide a complete and correct translation of the documents. It should be noted that many of the documents in the...
Dates:
1544-2001
Indians at Fort Sill, Oklahoma Album
Collection
Identifier: P0996
Scope and Contents
The Indians at Fort Sill, Oklahoma album documents Native Americans living in and around Fort Sill from approximately 1897 through 1900. Photographs show men, women, and children of the Apache, Kiowa, and Comanche tribes, including Geronimo and Quanah Parker. Activities shown include baseball games, horse races, foot races, the drawing of rations, and a Council of Chiefs. Several photographs show school children wearing both Native American dress and Western...
Dates:
ca. 1897-1900
Kennerly Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: A0811
Scope and Contents
Collection consists primarily of Kennerly family correspondence, including several letters of George H. Kennerly to his wife and letters of Claude Saugrain Kennerly to his mother while serving in the army during the Spanish-American War, 1898. (Many of the letters in the collection are typescript transcriptions, not originals.) Also in the collection are a cash book of James and George Kennerly dated 1818-1823; a diary of William Clark Kennerly relating his experiences on an...
Dates:
1812-1948
Kingsbury Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: A0818
Scope and Contents
The Kingsbury Family Papers consists of correspondence, circulars, commissions, clippings, and genealogical information.
The collection primarily contains material related to the service of the Kingsbury family in the U.S. Army and some family letters. A large portion of the collection comprises correspondence between Jacob Kingsbury and prominent American military and political leaders such as Secretary of State Henry Knox, Secretary of War James...
Dates:
1791-1924
Bud Mattox Native American Artifacts Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: P0975
Scope and Contents
The Bud Mattox Native American Artifacts Photograph Collection contains four photographs documenting Wilbur Louis “Bud” Mattox's collection of prehistoric Native American artifacts. During the 1940s-1960s, Mattox amassed an important and influential collection of artifacts from the Lower Meramec River Valley Region. The photographs show Mattox's displays of stone axes, arrowheads, and other artifacts. Two of the photographs show two men examining the collection.
Dates:
ca. 1960-1970
McKenney and Hall: History of the Indian Tribes of North America Collection
Collection
Identifier: P0252
Scope and Contents
The McKenney and Hall: History of the Indian Tribes of North America Collection contains 59 matted, hand-colored lithograph folio portraits of American Indians. The prints were disbound from a first edition of McKenney and Hall's book The History of the Indian Tribes of North America. All the portraits included in this collection were based on works originally painted by Charles Bird King, but also included is a copy ofWar Dance of...
Dates:
1836-1843