The description of this slide reflects the way that Erdoes organized 35mm slides. Erdoes arranged his slides in labeled containers that were sub-divided into labeled sections. The title for this image has been transcribed from its sub-section label; images of other slides from the same sub-section share the container title. The date listed here reflects a span of known dates associated the sub-section. In some cases, titles have been expanded to note particular individuals who appear frequently and who were identified by Erdoes in captions. Individual slide captions have not been transcribed or captured during digitization.
Subject (Topic):
Frontier and pioneer life, Indian reservations--Pictorial works, Indians in art, Indians of North America --Pictorial works, Indians of North America --Portraits, Indians of North America --Social conditions, and Indians of North America--Alcohol use
115 ALS written by Bartow Darrach while living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Kentucky; and Kansas Territory; most to his parents, James and Helena White Darrach, New York; his brother, William Bradford Darrach; and other family members in the East. Five letters are dated at Philadelphia, 1852-1853, and relate to the completion of Darrach's medical studies and his application to the United States Navy for an appointment as a medical officer. Approximately half of the letters are dated at Eddyville, Kentucky, 1853-1855, and concern Darrach's work in establishing a medical practice there. and Darrach moved to Kansas Territory in 1855; ca. fifty letters dated at Osawatomie, 1855-1856, contain a detailed narrative of the lives of settlers and events of the Kansas border war, including discussion of elections and constitutional conventions; events in Lawrence and other fighting between free soil and slavery advocates; and the killings at Pottawatomie by John Brown and the subsequent sack of Osawatomie. The letters are accompanied by an ink and watercolor portrait, 1843.
Description:
Gift of Charles and Lindley Eberstadt, 1971.
Subject (Name):
Brown, John, 1800-1859, Darrach family, Darrach, Helena White, Darrach, James, 1806-1889, and Darrach, William Bradford, 1836-1909
Subject (Topic):
Frontier and pioneer life and Slavery--United States--Extension to the territories
Goddard, George H. (George Henry), 1817-1906, artist
Published / Created:
May 1853.
Call Number:
WA Prints 391
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
cartographic image
Description:
BEIN copy 1: Foxed with fading. On sheet 21 x 26 cm., BEIN copy 2: Foxed. On sheet 21 x 26 cm., Coordinates not present on map and are approximated., and Relief shown pictorially.
Goddard, George H. (George Henry), 1817-1906, artist
Published / Created:
May 1853.
Call Number:
WA Prints 391
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
cartographic image
Description:
BEIN copy 1: Foxed with fading. On sheet 21 x 26 cm., BEIN copy 2: Foxed. On sheet 21 x 26 cm., Coordinates not present on map and are approximated., and Relief shown pictorially.
