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    Military career of Albert James Myer, who organized and commanded the U.S. Army Signal Corps in 1861 20 photographic prints : albumen, gelatin silver ; 22 x 26 cm. or smaller. | 1 drawing : ink wash. | 1 photomechanical print : halftone. | Photographs relating to the military career of Albert James Myer, who organized the U.S. Army Signal Corps in 1861. Washington-area subjects include the "Balloon Camp" at Gaines Mill, Virginia (May 1862); Professor T.S.C. Lowe preparing to ascend...
    • Contributor: Myer, Albert James
    • Date: 1860
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    Max Storch correspondence,
    Max Storch papers Catalog Record Only     Letter (1936 May 20) addressed to "Nicodemus" (Max Storch), signed "Chief Eagle Eye," concerning Indian religious beliefs, and a copy of a letter (1997 December 3; Glen Head, N.Y.) from Leo Storch regarding the 1936 letter.
    • Contributor: Storch, Max
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    William Gallaher papers, Catalog Record Only Memoir (circa 1880-1905) written by Gallaher consisting of recollections of his youth, 1827-1832, including his family's move from Westmoreland County, Pa., to Putnam County, Ill. Subjects include agriculture, neighbors, Gallaher (Gallagher) family affairs, and relations with Native Americans. Other topics include the Black Hawk War, depletion of buffalo herds in the 1870s, and Gallaher's boyhood encounter with Zachary Taylor. Includes a transcript of the...
    • Contributor: Leigh, Mary Gallaher - Gallaher, William
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    Nootka Sound controversy records in Spanish, British, and French archives, Catalog Record Only Folio volume of reproductions and transcripts from Spanish, French, and British archives relating to the Nootka Sound controversy, an international incident and political dispute chiefly between the Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) Indians, Great Britain, and Spain over sovereignty claims and rights of navigation and trade in the Nootka Sound; and to the resulting Nootka Conventions, a series of treaties between Great Britain and Spain. Spanish transcripts...
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    Diplomats in red and white: treaties between South Carolina and the Cherokee Indians, Catalog Record Only Treaties between South Carolina and the Cherokee Indians.
    • Contributor: South Carolina
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    James Holmes correspondence,
    James Holmes papers Catalog Record Only     ALS (1832 July 10) from Holmes of Martyn, Chickasaw Nation, to his mother, Rebecca Boden, of Carlisle, Pa., describing his trip west from New York State to the Chickasaw Nation and discussing government policy of the Andrew Jackson presidential administration in relation to the Five Civilized Tribes.
    • Contributor: Holmes, James
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    J.S. Negley correspondence,
    James S. Negley correspondence | J.S. Negley papers | James S. Negley papers | James Scott Negley papers Catalog Record Only     Letters (1873 January 8-August 16) from Negley to James O'Connor pertaining chiefly to political affairs in Washington, D.C., during the Ulysses S. Grant presidential administration and to Negley's business and financial affairs. Subjects include Cabinet appointments; the Modoc Indian War in 1873; and the Fredericksburg, Orange & Charlottesville Railroad.
    • Contributor: Negley, J. S. (James Scott)
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    Virginia H. Mathews papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, agenda, minutes, reports, planning and promotional materials, scrapbooks, photographs, and other papers relating primarily to Mathews's work with the National Book Committee to promote libraries, librarianship, books, and literacy, as well as her lifelong advocacy of improving access to library services for marginalized and underserved communities. Also documents her work with National Library Week and at the American Book Publishers Council, later called...
    • Contributor: Mathews, Virginia H.
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    Marian S. Carson collection of manuscripts,
    Marian S. Carson papers Catalog Record Only     Correspondence, family papers, journals, political documents, legal and financial records, military records, broadsides, ephemera, and other papers relating to American military, political, and social history. Documents the founding of the nation, shaping of the national government and judicial system, American endeavors in the arts, commerce, education, finance, industry, law, literature, medicine, religion, science, and technology, and daily life in early America. The focus of...
    • Contributor: Carson, Marian S.
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    La Follette family papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, diaries, speeches, writings, legal files, office files, campaign files, legislative files, subject files, financial records, biographical material, newspaper clippings, printed material, and other papers principally documenting the careers of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., governor of Wisconsin and U.S. representative and senator, and his son Robert M. La Follette, Jr., U.S. senator. Includes papers of Robert M. La Follette, Sr.; papers of Robert...
    • Contributor: La Follette, Belle Case - Lynch, Grace C. - La Follette, Fola - La Follette, Mary Josephine - La Follette, Philip Fox - Roe, Gilbert E. (Gilbert Ernstein) - La Follette, Robert M. (Robert Marion) - Rogers, Alfred Thomas - National Progressive Republican League
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    Wills De Hass scrapbook,
    Wills De Hass papers Catalog Record Only     Scrapbook containing correspondence, writings, a course syllabus, newspaper clippings, printed matter, photographs, and other material relating to De Hass's interest in archaeology, the history of Indians in North America, and the history of West Virginia. Correspondence (circa 90 items) and clippings pertain primarily to Indian mounds and relics, particularly in the upper Ohio River Valley. Tipped into House and House-Life of the American Aborigines...
    • Contributor: De Hass, Wills - Morgan, Lewis Henry
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    Jack Wilson papers, Catalog Record Only Diaries, roster book, Special Orders No. 106, and a military discharge certificate relating to Wilson's service with Company F, 30th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment during the Civil War and Indian campaigns in the Great Plains and Dakota Territory. Wilson describes Indian customs and culture, buffalo hunting expeditions of Indians and soldiers, treatment of Confederate prisoners, and the assignments and conduct of African American soldiers at...
    • Contributor: Wilson, Jack
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    California Gold Rush collection, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, travel journal, and typescripts of notes by various individuals who participated in the California Gold Rush. Correspondence chiefly of miners and individuals working in mining camps to family members and friends documenting their experiences. Subjects include the hardships of mining, methods of mining, homesickness, and impressions of mining camps and cities. California towns and camps represented are Downieville, Foster's Bar, Georgetown, Log City,...
    • Contributor: Wason, Lyman P.
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    Jesse A. Park correspondence and newspapers,
    Jesse A. Park papers Catalog Record Only     Letters written by Park from Prescott, Arizona Territory, to friends and family in Higginsport, Ohio, pertaining to agriculture and mining in Arizona, relations with Indians, Arizona politics, and the territorial governor, John Charles FreĢmont. Includes several Arizona newspapers.
    • Contributor: Park, Jesse A.
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    J.W. Phelps correspondence and journal entries,
    J. W. Phelps papers | John Wolcott Phelps papers Catalog Record Only     Correspondence and journal entry fragments relating primarily to Phelps's experience as a U.S. Army officer in Florida during the Second Seminole War, 1835-1842. The letters are addressed chiefly to Phelps's sister, Helen M. Phelps, and contain observations on Creek and Seminole Indian traditions; military life, strategy, and leaders; and descriptions of Florida's plant and animal life.
    • Contributor: Phelps, J. W. (John Wolcott)
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    Daniel A. Jenks papers, Catalog Record Only Diaries (1859-1860 and 1863-1865) with color illustrations documenting Jenks's experiences on the Overland Trail during his return to California across the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains via Salt Lake City, Utah, and a journey he took driving livestock from Yreka, California, to Idaho Territory. Jenks provides his impressions of Native Americans in Idaho Territory and of Mormon residents in Salt Lake City. Also includes...
    • Contributor: Jenks, Daniel A.
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    John Glass journal,
    John Glass papers Catalog Record Only     Journal kept by Glass consisting of recollections of his service as a soldier in the 46th Regiment of Foot, British Army, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Eyre Massey, Baron Clarina, during the French and Indian War in New York State and Canada. Subjects include the British capture of Old Fort Niagara, N.Y., July 1759; the French surrender at the Battle of Sainte-Foy, Montreal,...
    • Contributor: Glass, John
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    Jesse W. Griest papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, letterpress books, diaries, census records and documents listing tribe members, tribal council notes, petitions, annual reports, financial records, and other records pertaining chiefly to Griest's service as agent for the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs assigned to the Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians in Gage County, Nebraska from May 1873 to July 1880. Subjects include land ownership; plans for a delegation to Washington, D.C.;...
    • Contributor: Griest, Jesse W. - Griest, Sibbilla - Green, Albert Lamborn
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    Dee Brown papers,
    Dee Brown book drafts Catalog Record Only     Bound typescripts comprising editing drafts of Brown's fiction and non-fiction works titled Grierson's Raid (1954), Gentle Tamers: Women of the Old Wild West (1958), Action by Beecher Island (1967), Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee; an Indian History of the American West (1970), Hear That Lonesome Whistle Blow: Railroads West (1977), Creek Mary's Blood (1980), and Killdeer Mountain (1983). Drafts include annotations by the...
    • Contributor: Brown, Dee
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    Ai Ogawa papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, writings, notes and notebooks, research files, student papers, subject files, financial and legal records, newspaper clippings, printed matter, posters, slides, photographs, and other papers pertaining chiefly to Ogawa's career as a poet and educator. Writings consist chiefly of Ai's poetry, primarily drafts and proofs of her collections of poetry such as Sin: Poems (1986), Fate: New Poems (1991), Greed (1993), and of individual...
    • Contributor: Ai
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    Bertrand N.O. Walker papers, Catalog Record Only Chiefly unpublished writings by Walker consisting primarily of drafts and notes demonstrating his interest in Wyandot legends, language, and history. Includes two unpublished collections titled "Myths, Tales and Legends" and "Other Indian Myths and Tales"; and drafts of poetry including poems published in Tales of the Bark Lodges (1919) under his Wyandot name, Hen-Toh. Also includes correspondence, a 1909 chronotype portrait of Walker taken...
    • Contributor: Cornish, Geo. B. (George Bancroft) - Connelley, William Elsey - Barbeau, Marius - Hen-Toh - Walker, Bertrand N. O.
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    Custer and his orders; firsthand account of John Gibbon,
    John Gibbon papers Catalog Record Only     Firsthand account titled "Custer and His Orders," written by Colonel John Gibbon, commander of the Montana Column, 7th Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army, involved in the military campaign against the Lakota Sioux in Montana. Details the campaign planning process, orders received by General George Armstrong Custer, and Gibbon's perceptions of Custer's failings during the operation that resulted in the defeat of Custer and his 7th...
    • Contributor: Gibbon, John
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    Jim Thorpe papers, Catalog Record Only Chiefly correspondence relating to and draft manuscript pages from Thorpe's unpublished biography titled "The Jim Thorpe Story," by Associated Press sportswriter Orlo L. Robertson in collaboration with Thorpe's wife and business manager Patricia Thorpe. Topics include Thorpe's childhood in Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma) as a member of the Sac & Fox Nation; education in boarding schools for Native American children; experience as a student...
    • Contributor: Thorpe, Jim
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    Greenleaf Cilley papers, Catalog Record Only Notebook containing instructions concerning cables, anchors, sail, and questions in navigation and astronomy. There are some diary observations made in August (no year given) of the Indians who lived near Puget Sound.
    • Contributor: Cilley, Greenleaf
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    Henry Rowe Schoolcraft papers, Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Correspondence, journals, articles, books, manuscript magazines, poetry, speeches, government reports, Indian vocabularies, maps, drawings, and other papers documenting Schoolcraft's career as a glass manufacturer in New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont; mineralogist on an exploring expedition in the Ozark Mountains; geologist on the Cass expedition to the Northwest Territory; leader of expeditions throughout the Great Lakes region; member of Michigan's legislative council; Indian agent...
    • Contributor: Johnston, John - Nicollet, J. N. (Joseph Nicolas) - Cass, Lewis - Schoolcraft, Lawrence - Schoolcraft, Jane Johnston - Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe