George Catlin papers
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- Creators:
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Catlin, George, 1796-1872
- Dates:
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undated
1821-1904
- Size:
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2.3 Linear Feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.catlgeor
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The collection comprises 2.3 feet of papers concerning George Catlin's creation and promotion of his famed "Indian Gallery" of paintings, drawings, and artifacts of North American Indians. Dating from 1821 through 1904, with one item dated 1946, the papers include letters, notebooks and journals, receipt books and loose receipts, printed materials, and other documentation. The bulk of the collection focuses on Catlin's efforts to promote the sale of his gallery to the United States government through tours, including London and Paris, and petitions to various governments to purchase the Gallery. Among the rare printed catalogs and petitions in the collection are exhibition catalogs for the U.S., London, and Paris tours, the earliest dating from 1837. Letters and other documents include letters dating from the 1830s from Henry Clay, Thomas Sully, and William Henry Seward commending Catlin's work, as well as Catlin family correspondence and papers dating from 1821 through the 1870s.
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- Dates:
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1902-1923
bulk 1915-1920
- Level:
- series
- Size:
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2 Linear feet (Boxes 15-17)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.whitgert
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
This series consists of files relating to some of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney's philanthropic activities spanning from before to just after the First World War, including her donations to various charities (especially war relief organizations), her sponsorship of the American Ambulance Field Hospital in Juilly, France during the First World War, an...
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- Dates:
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1861-circa 1920
- Level:
- series
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1.3 Linear feet (Boxes 1-2)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.moslhenr
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Letters are primarily written to Mosler with scattered letters written by him. Of particular note is a letter to his parents written from 3 miles outside Corinth, Mississippi on 22 May 1862 in which he describes the scene during the Siege of Corinth following the Battle of Shiloh. Calling/congratulation cards were sent in response to Mosler's winn...
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undated
- Level:
- file
- Collection ID:
- NAA.2008-24
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
According to the accompanying memos, this sketch of 4 Plains pipe bowls was done by Seth Eastman and served as the original on which was based the engraving publishng as figs 1, 3, 4 and 6 of pl 69 in vol 2 of HR Schoolcraft's Historical and Statistical Information Respecting the History, Condition, and Prospects of the Indian Tribes of the United ...
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Zakoian, Paul
- Dates:
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circa 1964, 1976
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32 prints (silver gelatin)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.99-26
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Images of excavated burials at Dickson Mound site in Lewiston, Illinois.
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- series
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.SFF.2004
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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
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G.A. Katzenberger & Bros., Greenville, Ohio
- Dates:
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1880s
- Size:
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1 mounted print (albumen)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.73-43D
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Photograph of collection of stone implements, pipe, and possible gun or pipe. The photograph was sent with the description "photograph of some of the best specimens of Indian relics in our collection."
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True, Frederick William, 1858-1914
- Dates:
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circa 1886-1910
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2 cu. ft. (4 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7181
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit contains correspondence of Frederick William True with zoologists, naturalists, museum officials, Smithsonian administrators, and friends concerning specimens, publication of manuscripts, exhibitions, his trip to the Pribilof Islands in 1895, and USNM affairs. Also included are files concerning the preparation of exhibits, ...
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- Dates:
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1911
undated
- Level:
- file
- Collection ID:
- NAA.2010-28
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Map showing Indian reservations in the US, Powell linguistic map of North America, and map of southern California.
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- Dates:
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1883-1980
- Level:
- series
- Size:
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2.1 Linear feet (Box 1-3, FC 23)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.pachwalt2
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
This series contains family correspondence and extensive professional letters from noted artists and art world figures including critics, writers, collectors, museums and other art institutions. Scattered letters from Pach can also be found here. See Appendix for partial chronological list of letters from Series 2.