Newberry Library - Ely Samuel Parker scrapbooks 1828-1894

Title Ely Samuel Parker scrapbooks 1828-1894

Date 1870-1894

Subjects United States, Indians of North America

Summary Twelve scrapbooks, presumably kept by Parker, containing newspaper clippings and illustrations dating primarily from 1870 to 1894, regarding Indian affairs. Taken from various U.S. newspapers, the articles deal primarily with Indian massacres, war, and fraud within the Bureau of Indian Affairs. There are also a few volumes concerning Indian archaeology, relics, legends, folklore, customs, and education. Illustrations typically depict Indian chiefs, generals, Indian office commisioners, war scenes and battlefield maps, dances, and dwellings. Many Indian tribes are referred to, including but not limited to the Sioux, Navajo, Osage, Apache, Cherokee, Pima, Pueblo, Creek, Seminole, Comanche, Aztec, Choctaw, Temecula, Ponca, Cheyenne, Onondaga, Narragnasett, Mashpee, Ute, and Zuni. There are also three 1870 letters addressed to Ely Samuel Parker from Samuel M. Janney, John A. Burbank, and J.A. Campbell, superintendents of Indian affairs from the Nebraska Territory, Dakota Territory, and Wyoming Territory. Many volumes contain indexes.

Biographical/Historical Note Seneca Indian, advocate of the Tonawanda Senecas and chief of the Wolf clan, civil engineer, military secretary to U.S. Grant, U.S. Commissioner of Indian Affairs, stock trader, and clerk in the New York City police department.

Extent 2 cubic ft. (12 volumes)

Format Sources, Clippings, Correspondence, Scrapbooks

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Call Number Ayer Modern MS Parker

BibID 991758248805867

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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Size 3231px × 3676px 34.01 MB

File Created 01/08/2014

Filename 991758248805867_Ayer_Modern_MS_Parker_vol_012_00001.tif

Unique Identifier NL1XC9E

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