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Indians of North America -- Wars -- West (U.S.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Badger Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A0073
Scope and Contents Collection contains material of the St. Louis-based Badger family, including letters of Capt. Alexander Badger, Sr. and Jr.; newsclippings; bonds; steamboat memoranda; a pilot certificate issued to William H. Cable in 1852; envelopes of Wells Fargo and Overland Mail; cards of steamboat Magnolia and a timetable of St. Louis railroads and steamships; material concerning the Badger, Cable and Cayton families; two Missouri defense bonds issued in 186-; and several letters...
Dates: 1852-1950

Harney Collection: Scenes in the Indian Country by Alexander Gardner

 Collection
Identifier: P0124
Scope and Contents Scenes in the Indian Country by Alexander Gardner contains 79 photographs, mostly taken between 1866 and 1868, showing studio portraits of Native American leaders; Native Americans and Peace Commissioners at the Fort Laramie Treaty Council; and scenes of the landscape in the western United States. The Lakota Sioux, Dakota Sioux, Sac/Sauk, and Fox tribes are well documented in the collection. The Kaw, Pawnee, Crow, Arapaho, and Cheyenne tribes are also...
Dates: 1862-1868; Majority of material found in 1866-1868

Kennett Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A0812
Scope and Contents The collection comprises papers of the Kennett and Frost families, including notes and receipts of the Kennett, White and Company, circa 1840; letters of D.M. Frost to his wife from Texas in 1852 regarding Indian wars and letters dated 1856 regarding the Sioux War; diary of Edwin Harrison, 1858, which concerns the social life of St. Louis; and Civil War letters of Ferdinand Kennett, Jr. (Confederate) to his parents, 1864. (The Kennett family left Selma Hall and moved to St. Louis during...
Dates: 1840-1932

LaMotte-Coppinger Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A0869
Scope and Contents The LaMotte-Coppinger Papers include letters, land deeds, photographs, receipts, inventories, journals, and other miscellaneous material concerning LaMotte’s time in war and his descendant’s family matters. The Joseph LaMotte Series is a compilation arranged chronologically of all letters and postcards received and written by the LaMotte family ranging from 1804-1934. The earliest letters concerned the Chambers family and their...
Dates: 1800-1989

William Tecumseh Sherman Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A1508
Scope and Contents The collection consists primarily of correspondence and invitations. The majority of the collection consists of documents written by W.T. Sherman during the course of his military career. Most of the documents are original although some photocopies and facsimiles are present. Folder 1 contains correspondence relating to Sherman’s early military service as a commissary officer in St. Louis and New Orleans, his years as a banker in the employment of...
Dates: 1850-1916