Newberry Library - Letters Reserve, Wis.?, and Matotee Lodge, Desbarats, Ont., to H.M. Hitchcock, Minneapolis, Minn., 1927-1935

Letters Reserve, Wis.?, and Matotee Lodge, Desbarats, Ont., to H.M. Hitchcock, Minneapolis, Minn., 1927-1935

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Open book Letters Reserve, Wis.?, and Matotee Lodge, Desbarats, Ont., to H.M. Hitchcock, Minneapolis, Minn., 1927-1935

Title Letters Reserve, Wis.?, and Matotee Lodge, Desbarats, Ont., to H.M. Hitchcock, Minneapolis, Minn., 1927-1935

Creator Eastman, Charles Alexander, 1858-1939

Date 1927-1935

Place New France, Ontario--Desbarats

Language English

Subjects Dakota Indians, Dakota mythology, Mdewakanton Indians

Description Forms part of the Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)
Formerly known as Ayer MS 265a.
H.M. Hitchcock article on Eastman ancestors published in the Minneapolis Journal, Sept. 28, 1930.
1851 portrait of Mary Nancy Eastman, "Winona," by Frank Blackwell Mayer, in Mayer sketchbook 44, p. 53-54, Edward E. Ayer Art Collection, Newberry Library.
For more information, consult the Special Collections Info. File.

Summary Four letters written by Eastman to H.M. Hitchcock of Minneapolis, Minn., 1927-1930, regarding Eastman's family history, accomplishments, and historical research. The lives of Mary Nancy Eastman (mother), Seth Eastman (grandfather), and Cloudman (great grandfather) are discussed in the 1927 letter, which also mentions other family members and a portrait of his mother in the Ayer Collection at the Newberry Library. In later letters, Eastman includes additional biographical information for Hitchcock's article on his life; he also discusses his research on French explorers who had contact with the Sioux and his completion of a manuscript on the Sioux creation legend.

Biographical/Historical Note Mixed Mdewakanton Sioux physician, writer and lecturer on Indian topics, and government employee. Born in 1858 in Minnesota of Jacob Eastman (Many Lightnings) and his mixed-blood wife, Mary Nancy Eastman, the daughter of painter Seth Eastman, Charles Alexander Eastman (Ohiyesa) was raised in what is now North Dakota as a traditional Sioux, and later graduated from Dartmouth College (1887) and the Boston University School of Medicine (1890). He had a varied career, including government service as a physician at the Pine Ridge Agency, 1890-1893, and Crow Creek Reservation, 1900-1903, reviser of the Sioux allotment roll, 1903-1909, and Indian inspector, 1923-1925. Eastman also established numerous Indian YWCA groups, helped to found the Boy Scouts of America, wrote numerous articles and books, including several autobiographical volumes, and lectured extensively on Indian culture and civilization.

Extent 4 items (21 p. in 1 folder) ; 28 cm or smaller.

Format Correspondence, Manuscripts

Archival Collection Title Edward E. Ayer Collection

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Call Number Ayer MS 3064

BibID 129151

Rights Status Copyright Not Evaluated

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 2200px × 3163px 19.94 MB

File Created 11/07/2013

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Unique Identifier NL11HYW9

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