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James E. Taylor scrapbook of the American West, circa 1863-1900

Summary
Our Wild Indians in Peace and war: Surveys, Expeditions, Mining and Scenery of the Great West
Our Wild Indians in Peace and war: Surveys, Expeditions, Mining and Scenery of the Great West
Collection ID:
NAA.MS4605
Creators:
Taylor, James E., 1839-1901 (artist and collector)
Dates:
circa 1863-1900
Languages:
Undetermined
.
Physical Description:
4 Tintypes
3 Chromolithographs
3 Lithographs
3 chalk-manner lithographs
1 Print
photogravure
118 Pages
Scrapbook
685 Prints
circa
albumen
80 Items
circa 80 relief prints (including woodcuts and wood engraving)
30 Items
circa 30 intaglio prints (including etchings and engravings)
Repository:
Scrapbook entitled "Our Wild Indians in Peace and War: Surveys, Expeditions, Mining and Scenery of the Great West," compiled by James E. Taylor, possibly as a source for his own illustrations.
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Scrapbook entitled "Our Wild Indians in Peace and War: Surveys, Expeditions, Mining and Scenery of the Great West," compiled by James E. Taylor, possibly as a source for his own illustrations. The album includes photographs (mostly albumen with three tintypes), newsclippings, wood engravings, and lithographs, some of which are reproductions of Taylor's own illustrations and paintings. Photographs depict American Indians, US Army soldiers and scouts, historical sites, forts, and scenery. Some were made on expeditions, including the Hayden and Powell surveys, and created from published stereographs. Many of Taylor's illustrations are signed, and some are inscribed with dates and "N. Y." The scrapbook also includes clippings from newspapers and other written sources relating to illustrations and photographs in the album.
Biographical Note
Biographical Note
James E. Taylor (1839-1901) was an artist-correspondent for Leslie's Illustrated Weekly Newspaper from 1863-1883. Born in Cincinatti, Ohio, he graduated from Notre Dame University by the age of sixteen. Taylor enlisted in the 10th New York Infantry in 1861 and the next year was hired by Leslie's Illustrated newspaper as a "Special Artist" and war correspondent. In 1864 he covered the Shenandoah Valley campaign, and was later one of the illustrator-correspondents at the 1867 treaty negotiations at Medicine Lodge, Kansas. He soon earned the moniker "Indian Artist" because of his vast number of drawings of American Indians. In 1883 Taylor retired from Leslie's to work as a freelance illustrator. Colonel Richard Irving Dodge used Taylor's drawings to illustrate his memoir, "Our Wild Indians: Thirty-three Years' Personal Experience among the Red Men of the Great West" (1882).
Administration
Author
Sarah Ganderup
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated or transferred by John Witthoft from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, April 14, 1961.
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Our Wild Indians in Peace and war: Surveys, Expeditions, Mining and Scenery of the Great West
Our Wild Indians in Peace and war: Surveys, Expeditions, Mining and Scenery of the Great West
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Preferred Citation
MS 4605, James E. Taylor scrapbook of the American West, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Related Materials
The National Anthropolgical Archives holds additional photographs by photographers represented in this collection (including original negatives for some of these prints), particularly in Photo Lot 24, Photo Lot 37, Photo Lot 60, Photo Lot 87.
Additional photographs by Whitney, Gardner, and Barry held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 80-18.
Julian Vannerson and James E. McClees photographs held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 4286.
Pywell photographs held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 4498.
O'Sullivan photographs held in National Anthropological Archives Photo lot 4501.
Additional Hillers photographs held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 83-18 and Photo Lot 87-2N.
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Local Call Number(s)
NAA Photo Lot 4605
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