MS 4080 The religion of the Blackfeet Indians
Includes note of transmittal from Sanderville to M. W. Stirling. June 30, 1934. Gives general description of Blackfoot tribes; myth of sun, moon, morning star, and Napi (Trickster); and account of sun dance.
MS 4076 Richard Sanderville illustrated story of the prophecy of Moving Another Place
This is a four page typescript containing a story and illustrations regarding the prophecy of Moving Another Place, a Blackfoot prophet, and how it has been fulfilled.
MS 1937 The Culture-Relations and Status of the Kutenai and the Blackfeet
Most of the material concerns the Kutenai; very few Blackfoot comparisons are made. Many pages are nearly blank, listing only the topic which was to have been discussed.
MS 4078 Letters to M. W. Stirling
Stirling, Matthew Williams, 1896-1975
Both letters include ink sketches in the body of the letter; letter of June 26 includes ink sketches colored with crayons. Letters offer Stirling "The Blue Smoke of Friendship." The sketches are of a pipe and an ideograph for Chief Bull, Sanderville's Indian name.
MS 4077 Photostat copy of letter to Honorable Harry B. Mitchell, Great Falls, Montana
Mitchell, Harry B. (Harry Brown), 1867-1955
Concerns an unidentified U.S. Senator. Includes several sketches in the body of the letter; message told partially in pictures.
William Bull collotypes of Blackfeet Chiefs
Albertype Co.
This collection includes 12 portraits photographed by William Bull of Chiefs from the Pikuni (Piegan) [Blackfeet Nation] shot in Glacier National Park, Montana, around 1915. The collotypes (photomechanical prints) were hand-colored and published by the Albertype company of Brooklyn, New York.
MS 9 Blackfoot vocabulary
Approximately 169 words, with "Rules for pronunciation."
MS 3276-a Anonymous Blackfoot drawing of an elk
Inscribed on verso "Drawing by an Indian Boy at Ross Fork, Blackfoot Indian Agency, Idaho."
MS 7534 Calendar for 1935 with Winold Reiss painting of Yellow Kidney
Reiss, Winold, 1886-1953
