Papers of M. M. B. Walsh's literary agent, Joan Daves, including publishing contracts, a power of attorney, correspondence, photographs, and printed ephemera. Correspondence includes eleven autograph and typescript letters, signed, from Walsh to Daves, eight typescript carbon letters from Daves to Walsh, and several third party letters from editors and publishers regarding Walsh's work. Letters from Walsh discuss literary and personal matters, including her books, work in progress, including the novel The Ghost-walkers, teaching, life on reservations in the Dakotas, and the relationship between her literary output and the Sioux community.
Description:
Joan Daves, American literary agent., Margaret M. B. Walsh (1916-1996), American author., and Purchased from Ken Lopez Bookseller on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2013.
Subject (Name):
Daves, Joan and Walsh, M. M. B
Subject (Topic):
Authors, American--20th century--Archives, Dakota Indians, and Dakota Indians--Social life and customs
Cartes-de-visite photographs created by photographers in the United States and Canada of Indians of North America, ca. 1860-1875. Images consist chiefly of portraits depicting men in traditional clothing, with a few examples of women and children. Tribal groups represented include Dakota, Fox, Navajo, Paiute, Paloos, Sauk, Shoshoni, Ute, and Yankton. Identified individuals include Spotted Tail, a Dakota chief; and Wolf Necklace (Harlish Washshomake), a Paloos chief. Another identified image consists of a copy photograph of a painting of Keokuk based on a daguerreotype made by Thomas Easterly in 1847 and Photographers and galleries represented include: A. W. Barker, Ottawa, Kansas; W. P. Bliss, Photographic Car; Charles Williams Carter, Salt Lake City, Utah; John N. Choate, Carlisle, Pennsylvania; William R. Cross, Niobrara, Nebraska; Duffin & Caswell, Winnipeg, Manitoba; Howard, Fort Bridger, Wyoming; Jackson Brothers Photography, Omaha, Nebraska; S. Park, Brantford, Ontario; Charles Roscoe Savage, Salt Lake City, Utah; Smith, Peabody, Kansas; A. W. Witherell, Keokuk, Iowa
Description:
Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Name):
Barker, Anthony, 1930-, Bliss, W. P., Carter, Charles Williams., Choate, John N., Cross, W. R. (William R.), Hamilton, C. L., Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942., Keokuk, Sauk chief, 1780?-1848., Mautz, Carl., Savage, C. R. 1832-1909. (Charles Roscoe),, Spotted Tail, 1823-1881., Witherell, A. W., Duffin & Caswell., and Jackson Brothers Photography.
Subject (Topic):
Dakota Indians, Fox Indians, Indians of North America, Navajo Indians, Paiute Indians, Paloos Indians, Sauk Indians, Shoshoni Indians, Ute Indians, and Yankton Indians
Papers of M. M. B. Walsh's literary agent, Joan Daves, including publishing contracts, a power of attorney, correspondence, photographs, and printed ephemera. Correspondence includes eleven autograph and typescript letters, signed, from Walsh to Daves, eight typescript carbon letters from Daves to Walsh, and several third party letters from editors and publishers regarding Walsh's work. Letters from Walsh discuss literary and personal matters, including her books, work in progress, including the novel The Ghost-walkers, teaching, life on reservations in the Dakotas, and the relationship between her literary output and the Sioux community.
Description:
Joan Daves, American literary agent., Margaret M. B. Walsh (1916-1996), American author., and Purchased from Ken Lopez Bookseller on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2013.
Subject (Name):
Daves, Joan and Walsh, M. M. B
Subject (Topic):
Authors, American--20th century--Archives, Dakota Indians, and Dakota Indians--Social life and customs
Alfred Jacob Miller (1810-1874), born in Baltimore, accompanied William Drummond Stewart on an 1837 expedition to the Green River Valley, Wind River Mountains, and the eastern section of Oregon Territory. He was commissioned by Stewart to sketch the Indians and scenery and later enlarge them into oil paintings.
Subject (Name):
Miller, Alfred Jacob, 1810-1874 and Stewart, William Drummond, Sir, 1795 or 6-1871
Subject (Topic):
Cradleboards, Dakota Indians, and Mother and infant
On title page: "A collection of original photographic prints of the battle, the leading participants on both sides, gathering and burial of the dead and the trial of Chief Plenty Horses."
Description:
Album consists of cabinet and boudoir cards of various sizes, on original mounts, bound together.
Subject (Geographic):
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.) and South Dakota
Subject (Topic):
Cavalry, Dakota Indians, and Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890
United States. Army. Military Division of the Missouri Williams, Robert, fl. 1876
Published / Created:
1876 July 16
Call Number:
WA MSS S-1025 Un3124
Image Count:
2
Abstract:
General Crook planned an ambitious campaign against the Sioux Indians for the summer of 1876. In this dispatch, General Sheridan provides information on movements of hostile Indians, assignments and movements of United States troops, and availability of supplies and equipment.
Subject (Geographic):
Fort Fetterman (Wyo.) and Fort Laramie (Wyo.)
Subject (Name):
Coates, Edwin M., Crook, George, 1828-1890, Drum, Richard C. (Richard Coulter), 1825-1909, Merritt, Wesley, 1834-1910, Nickerson, James D., Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888, United States. Army. Cavalry, 3rd, United States. Army. Cavalry, 5th, United States. Army. Cavalry, 7th, and United States. Army. Military Division of the Missouri
Subject (Topic):
Cheyenne Indians, Dakota Indians, Indians of North America --Wars --1866-1895, and Ute Indians
Print advertising opportunities for homes and land in the new state of South Dakota and offers official information from the Commissioner of Immigration in Aberdeen. Primary image is a female figure wearing a tiara labeled "South Dakota" and holding a paper in her left hand that reads "free homes" and in her right hand is a scroll showing images and names of public institutions; at her feet, a book open to the "Record of Progress" in the territory and state of South Dakota, from "permanent white settlement" in 1856 to the first state legislature in 1890. Text below title includes reference to the opening of the Sioux Reservation to homestead settlement
Description:
BEIN BrSides Zc35 890soz 01: Mounted on linen sheet 74 x 54 cm. and Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
F. H. Hagerty, Commissioner of Immigration and Forbes Lith. Mfg. Co.
Subject (Geographic):
South Dakota and Great Sioux Reservation (N.D. and S.D.)
Subject (Topic):
Dakota Indians, Land tenure, Migration, Internal, Real property, Race relations, and Emigration and immigration
On title page: "A collection of original photographic prints of the battle, the leading participants on both sides, gathering and burial of the dead and the trial of Chief Plenty Horses."
Description:
Album consists of cabinet and boudoir cards of various sizes, on original mounts, bound together.
Subject (Geographic):
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.) --Pictorial works
Subject (Name):
Crow Dog, High Hawk, fl. 1880-1890, Two Strike, 1832-1915, and United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency
Subject (Topic):
Dakota Indians, Massacres--West (U.S.)--History--19th century, and Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890
On title page: "A collection of original photographic prints of the battle, the leading participants on both sides, gathering and burial of the dead and the trial of Chief Plenty Horses."
Description:
Album consists of cabinet and boudoir cards of various sizes, on original mounts, bound together.
Subject (Name):
Big Foot, d. 1890
Subject (Topic):
Dakota Indians, Indians of North America --Dwellings, and Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890
