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Language:English
Date:March 13, 1868
Contributor:Miller, Edward, 1826-1900
Subject:Military history | Warfare
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence
Extent:1 page
Description: Letter to Charles B. Trego concerning plains Indian raid. Transmits memoir on this, and sends picture of body of Sergeant [Frederick] Wylliams [Wyllyams] following Indian attack.
Collection:Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection (Mss.Ms.Coll.200)
Language:English
Date:October 6, 1805
Contributor:Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
Subject:Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806) | Art | Zoology
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence
Extent:2 pages
Description: Letter to Charles Willson Peale, from original at University of Texas. Jefferson has received articles from Captain Lewis, including minerals for the American Philosophical Society. "There are some articles which I shall keep for an Indian Hall I am forming at Monticello, e.g., horns, dressed skins, utensils, etc., and I am now packing for you...[some animal skeletons]."
Collection:Peale-Sellers Family Collection (Mss.B.P31)
Language:English
Date:March 8, 1840
Contributor:Morton, Samuel George, 1799-1851
Subject:Grave robbing | Human remains | Skulls | Phrenology | Anthropometry
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence
Extent:1 page
Description: Letter discussing grave robbing of Indigenous ancestors' remains. Morton acknowledges receipt of skulls of Indian tribes west of the Mississippi and thanks Joseph Nicholas Nicollet for sending them.
Collection:Samuel George Morton Papers (Mss.B.M843)
Culture:
Language:English
Date:1807
Contributor:Clark, William, 1770-1838 | Sibley, John, 1757-1837
Subject:Indian agents | New Spain | Fur trade
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence
Extent:2 items
Description: Two letters, both copies. John Sibley wrote to Samuel H. Sibley of Indians under his agency, the Burr and Wilkinson affair, and Pike's expedition. Hopes Spanish affair will be settled soon. In an enclosure, William Clark wrote to Henry Dearborn (Secretary of War) of Indian agency affairs: mentions Mandan, Osage, Padoucers, Panias, Saukee, and especially the Sioux. Talks of new fur trading companies and makes recommendations for conduct of Indian affairs.
Collection:Zebulon Montgomery Pike biographical materials (Mss.B.P63)
Culture:
Language:English | Pomo, Eastern | Pomo, Central
Date:circa 1907-1934
Subject:Kinship | California--History | Linguistics
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence
Extent:unclear
Description: The Pomo materials in the Franz Boas Papers are of unclear total extent, though a few letters relating to Pomo languages and peoples have been identified. In the correspondence with Jaime de Angulo, see especially the letter sent by de Angulo to Boas on December 5, 1934, which details Pomo kinship terms in "Clear Lake" and "Yukaya" Pomo. Other letters in the de Angulo-Boas correspondence may contains other discussion of Pomo languages. In the correspondence with Alfred Kroeber, mentions of Pomo can be found in letters from Kroeber to Boas on December 17, 1907, and May 4, 1927, as well as letter from Boas to Kroeber on May 3, 1930. The collection may contain additional letters and correspondences of relevance beyond these that have not yet been identified.
Collection:Franz Boas Papers (Mss.B.B61)
Culture:
Language:English | Pomo, Northern
Date:1986, 2001-2003, 2009
Contributor:Bauer, William | O'Connor, Mary Catherine
Subject:California--History | Economic conditions | Linguistics
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence | Dissertations | Essays
Extent:370 pages
Description: The Pomo materials in the Phillips Fund collection consist of 2 items. Materials in this collection are listed alphabetically by last name of author. See materials listed under Bauer and O'Connor.
Collection:Phillips Fund for Native American Research Collection (Mss.497.3.Am4)
Culture:
Language:English
Date:1976
Contributor:Merrill, William Lewis | Roark-Calnek, Sue N., 1936-
Subject:Dance | Botany | Medicine | Music | Oklahoma--History
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence | Essays | Reports
Extent:150 pages
Description: The Ponca materials in the Phillips Fund collection consist of 2 items. Materials in this collection are listed alphabetically by last name of author. See materials listed under Merrill and Roark-Calnek.
Collection:Phillips Fund for Native American Research Collection (Mss.497.3.Am4)
Culture:
Language:Omaha-Ponca | English
Date:1994-1997
Contributor:Anderton, Alice J. | Bright, William, 1928-2006
Subject:Music | Linguistics
Type:Text
Genre:Musical scores | Correspondence
Extent:1 folder
Description: William Bright corresponded with Alice J. Anderton on Anderton's transcriptions of Ponca (Omaha-Ponca) songs (Series 1).
Collection:William O. Bright Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.142)
Culture:
Poqomam includes: Pokomam
Date:1968-1972
Contributor:Simeon, George
Subject:Guatemala--History | Linguistics | Medicine
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence | Reports
Extent:9 pages
Description: The Poqomam materials in the Phillips Fund collection consist of 1 item. Materials in this collection are listed alphabetically by last name of author. See materials listed under Simeon.
Collection:Phillips Fund for Native American Research Collection (Mss.497.3.Am4)
Culture:
Potawatomi includes: Pottawotomi, Neshnabé, Bodéwadmi
Anishinaabe includes: Anishinaabeg, Anishinabe, Nishnaabe, Anishinabek
Language:English
Date:circa 1950-1956
Contributor:Wallace, Anthony F. C., 1923-2015 | Quimby, George I. (George Irving), 1913-2003 | Kane, Michal Lowenfels | Stewart, Omer Call, 1908-1991
Subject:Land tenure | Land claims | United States. Indian Claims Commission | Anthropology | Government relations
Type:Text
Genre:Legal documents | Notes | Essays | Correspondence | Memoranda | Reports | Transcripts
Extent:24 folders; 1 box
Description: The Anthony F. C. Wallace Papers are a vast collection of materials relating to Wallace's work at the intersection of anthropology, psychology, and history. Though further research might yield more results, approximately 25 items directly pertaining to the Potawatomi have been identified. The majority of these materials are located in Series IX. Indian Claims, and relate to Wallace's work as a researcher and expert witness on behalf of Native American land claims. Research materials include notes on Potawatomi locations, political organization, and treaty signers by Wallace's assistant Michal Kane, two folders of Wallace's notes, a folder containing an ethnohistorical research paper by anthropologist and museum curator George Quimby, and "Regulations Books" containing reports on tribal history and treaties. Court materials include several dockets, trial memoranda, court findings and briefs, and hearing transcripts. There is also an essay by Wallace titled "Potawatomi Political System and Tribal Membership" and a folder relating to the financial aspect of Wallace's service. See also the Omer Call Stewart file in Series I. Correspondence and the research notecards in Series III. Notecards. See the finding aid for a detailed discussion of Wallace's long and varied career, and for an itemized list of the collection's contents.
Collection:Anthony F. C. Wallace Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.64a)