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1. George LeRoy Brown correspondence and other papers relating to Pine Ridge Agency, 1889-1894
- Creator:
- Brown, George LeRoy, 1849-1921
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-3243
- Container / Volume:
- Box
- Image Count:
- 141
- Abstract:
- Circa thirty letters, most autograph, signed, to George LeRoy Brown, primarily concerning his term as acting Indian agent of Pine Ridge Agency in South Dakota. Brown's dispute with writer and activist Charles Eastman is particularly well documented. B...
- Description:
- George LeRoy Brown (1849-1921) was acting Indian agent at the Pine Ridge Agency from 1891 to 1893, following the Wounded Knee Massacre in 1890. An 1872 graduate of West Point, Brown served as professor of military science at Delaware College, later th...
- Subject (Geographic):
- South Dakota. and Pine Ridge (S.D.)
- Subject (Name):
- Brown, George LeRoy, 1849-1921., Cutcheon, Byron M., 1836-1908., Eastman, Charles A., 1858-1939., Hare, William Hobart, 1838-1909., Pratt, Richard Henry, 1840-1924., Sanford, George B. 1842-1908. (George Bliss),, Welsh, Herbert, 1851-1941., and United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency.
- Subject (Topic):
- Dakota Indians, Government relations, Indian agents, and Indian reservations
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > George LeRoy Brown correspondence and other papers relating to Pine Ridge Agency, 1889-1894
2. George W. Conover papers, 1880-1949 (bulk 1880-1915).
- Creator:
- Conover, George W., 1848-
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-2631
- Container / Volume:
- Box 2
- Image Count:
- 80
- Abstract:
- The collection consists of journals, financial documents, account books, correspondence, photographs and maps that document the professional and personal life of George W. Conover. The bulk of the material dates from the turn of the twentieth century,...
- Description:
- George W. Conover (1848-1936), a native of Philadelphia, was a merchant, rancher and Indian agent in southwestern Oklahoma. From 1870 to 1873 he worked at the Indian commissary at Fort Sill, after which he moved to the area of Andarko to become a ranc...
- Subject (Geographic):
- Oklahoma., Andarko (Okla.), Caddo County (Okla.), Indian Territory., Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Indian Reservation (Okla.), Oklahoma, Wichita Reservation (Okla.), and Indian Territory
- Subject (Name):
- Conover, George W., 1848- and Conover, Tomasa.
- Subject (Topic):
- Businessmen, Caddo Indians, Comanche Indians, Delaware Indians, Indian agents, Kiowa Indians, Land settlement, Indians of North America, Ranchers, Statehood (American politics), Wichita Indians, Government relations, Land tenure, Indian reservations, Politics and government, and Social life and customs
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > George W. Conover papers, 1880-1949 (bulk 1880-1915).
3. William Hobart Hare papers, 1883-1885
- Creator:
- Hare, William Hobart, 1838-1909
- Call Number:
- WA MSS 243
- Image Count:
- 40
- Abstract:
- The papers, primarily correspondence, deal with the rights of Indians to the land in the reservation under the treaty of 1868 and the agreement of 1882, the influx of settlers under President Arthur's executive order of Feb. 27, 1885, and the rights o...
- Description:
- Bishop William Hobart Hare (1839-1909), known as the "Apostle to the Sioux," was appointed in 1872 Bishop of Niobrara, which was expanded and renamed the Missionary District of South Dakota. Hare continued working in Dakota until his death.
- Subject (Name):
- Hare, William Hobart, 1838-1909. and Indian Rights Association.
- Subject (Topic):
- Dakota Indians, Government relations, and Reservations
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > William Hobart Hare papers, 1883-1885
4. Wind River Indian Reservation letter books and records, 1902-1920 (bulk 1902-1913).
- Creator:
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Shoshone Agency
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-2205
- Container / Volume:
- Volume 10
- Image Count:
- 5
- Abstract:
- Seven volumes of letterpress copies of ALS and TLS concerning business of the Shoshone Agency at the Wind River Indian Reservation, 1903-1907; two volumes of letterpress copies of manuscript and typescript letters and receipts relating to financial bu...
- Description:
- The Wind River Indian Reservation, located in Fremont County, Wyoming, was created for the Eastern Shoshoni Indians under provisions of the Treaty of Fort Bridger in 1868. Part of the Reservation was occupied by Northern Arapaho Indians in 1878. Har...
- Subject (Geographic):
- Eastern Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming., Northern Arapaho Tribe., Wyoming., Fort Washakie (Wyo.), and Wind River Indian Reservation (Wyo.)
- Subject (Name):
- Burnett, Fincelius G., 1844-1933., Nickerson, H. G., Ryder, James P., Wadsworth, Harry E., and United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Shoshone Agency.
- Subject (Topic):
- Arapaho Indians, Government relations, Land tenure, Missions, Arapaho reservations, Social life and customs, Indian reservations, Shoshoni Indians, and Shoshoni reservations
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Wind River Indian Reservation letter books and records, 1902-1920 (bulk 1902-1913).