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Title
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P23 Native American/Western Photograph Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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This collection contains over over 140 glass plate negatives, cabinet cards, and assorted prints. The images are primarily of Native American peoples, cowboys, and "Boomer" settlers in Indian Territory (Oklahoma) during the late-1880s through the early-1900s. The principal tribes represented include the Ponca, Kiowa, Comanche, Sac and Fox, Otoe, Pawnee and Apache. Many of the images were taken by prominent western photographers of the period including Thomas Croft, William S. Prettyman, George Cornish, and William E. Irwin. There are also fifteen photographs of Sioux Indians and U.S. soldiers taken by the Northwestern Photo Company during the 1890/91 conflict at Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota.
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Date
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1880~/1901~
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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Northeast Corner of Kansas Territory
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Description
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Map showing area immediately west of the Missouri River, in present-day Doniphan, Atchison, and Leavenworth counties, Kansas. The right-hand side of the page is north. Map shows Indian lands, including the Iowa lands, Iowa Reserve, Sac and Fox lands recently ceded, Kickapoo Reserve, and "Half Breed lands" (i.e. Indians of mixed descent). Indicates many creeks and some towns (e.g. Fort Leavenworth, Atchison, Doniphan, Saint Joseph). The agency is indicated near Wolf River. Ink on lined paper, signed by Major Daniel Vanderslice, who served as Indian Agent from 1853 until Lincoln became President in 1861.
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Date
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1854
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Indians Killing Beef Near Fort Sill
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Description
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Photographic print on a boudoir card mount showing groups of Native American women and young girls slaughtering beef. The subjects are likely Comanche, Kiowa or Apache. The handwritten title on front of the card reads "Indians killing beef on the reserve near Fort Sill, I.T. [Indian Territory]. The image was produced by the W.L. Sawyer's Indian Art Gallery, Purcell, Indian Territory (Oklahoma).
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Date
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1890~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Lone Wolf, Kiowa Chief
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Description
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Studio portrait of Lone Wolf, a Kiowa chief (the subject is likely Mamay-day-te, adopted son of Lone Wolf I (Gui-pah-go), principle chief of the Kiowas until his death in 1879). The print is on a boudoir card mount, produced by the W.L. Sawyer's Indian Art Gallery, Purcell, Indian Territory (Oklahoma).
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Date
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1890~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Indian Police on Horseback
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Description
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Photographic print on a boudoir card mount showing seven agents on horseback; produced by the W.L. Sawyer's Indian Art Gallery, Purcell, Indian Territory (Oklahoma).
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Date
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1890~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Kiowa Braves on Horseback
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Description
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Photographic print on a boudoir card mount showing two Kiowa braves on horseback; produced by the W.L. Sawyer's Indian Art Gallery, Purcell, Indian Territory (Oklahoma).
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Date
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1890~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Two Kiowa Girls
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Description
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Studio portrait of two Kiowa girls in native dress. The print is on a boudoir card mount, produced by the W.L. Sawyer's Indian Art Gallery, Purcell, Indian Territory (Oklahoma).
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Date
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1890~
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Object Type
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Photograph
