Indians of North America
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 78 Collections and/or Records:
Miami Indians collection
Collection — Folder OB180
Identifier: OB180
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photostat copies of handwritten lists of English to Miami vocabulary words copied from the originals that were in the possession of Mrs. Charles A. Stockbridge of Fort Wayne, Indiana (undated) and a copy of an October 29, 1936 letter written by Amos W. Butler that supplies a brief description of the Stockbridge family. The collection also includes photostats of a "List of Persons agreed upon as Miami Indians of whole or part blood, (by the parties from the Indian...
Dates:
circa 1850, 1936, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Miami Indians collection
Midwest Cherokee Alliance Talking Leaves newsletters
Collection — Folder S1607
Identifier: S1607
Scope and Contents
This collection includes the Midwest Cherokee Allliance Talking Leaves newsletter ranging from 1983 to 1997. The newsletters share information about upcoming meetings, Cherokee history, and news regarding Alliance members.
Dates:
1983-1997
Mrs. J.F. Brenneman papers
Collection — Folder S0162
Identifier: S0162
Scope and Contents Note
This collection includes photostats of newspaper articles from multiple journals in multiple cities ranging from 1811 to 1888 regarding Indiana history, current events in Indiana, Quaker and other Christian denomination church business including relations with African Americans and Native peoples.
Dates:
1811-1888
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Mrs. J.F. Brenneman papers
Native American treaties photostat collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2202
Scope and Contents
There are three pieces of paper, all photostats, in this collection. Two photostats are of the treaty made with the Miami Indians at Sy. Mary's in Ohio on October 6, 1818. The third photostat is President John Quincy Adams' approval of the treaty, which is dated 1827. There are also oversize folders containing photostats of treaties with the Wyandot, Potawatomi, Ottawa, Chippewa, Seneca, Delaware, Miami, and Shawnee peoples ranging from 1817 to 1832 (OB179) and from 1814 to 1818...
Dates:
1814-1832, undated
O. V. Brown collection
Collection
Identifier: L021
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of O. V. Brown’s correspondence and other papers relating to his research on Abraham Lincoln, U.S. Civil War, southern Indiana, and Native American tribes from Indiana, ranging from 1806 to 1966. The included Civil War letters pertain to Marion Thurman, Spencer County, from family members serving the 25th and 48th Indiana regiments (1861–1865). Brown’s Abraham Lincoln research includes correspondence from 1837 to 1965, and includes speeches made by Lincoln, printed...
Dates:
1806-1966
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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O. V. Brown collection
Office of Indian Affairs collection
Collection
Identifier: L443
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photostats of letters copied from the records of the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs and the Office of Indian Trade housed at the National Archives. Ranging from 1815 to 1821, the bulk of the collection is correspondence sent and received by Michigan territorial governor, Lewis Cass, regarding the Michigan superintendency. Major issues discussed are the licensing of British subjects for trade with the Indians, the distribution of annuities established by Indian treaties...
Dates:
1815-1821
Peter Cornstalk papers
Collection — Folder S299
Identifier: S0299
Scope and Contents
This collection includes an autographed, signed document regarding Chief Peter Cornstalk of Roachdale, Indiana.
Dates:
1936
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Peter Cornstalk papers
Potawatomi Indians collection
Collection — Folder S1561
Identifier: S1561
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photostatic copies of letters, land registers and other documents from Indian agents in the Great Lakes and Midwest regions and three commissioners of Indian Affairs, Carey A Harris (1836-1838) and Thomas Hartley Crawford (1838-1845) and Luke Lea (1850-1853) of the Office of Indian Affairs in Indiana, Washington, D.C., and other places in the Midwest ranging from 1835 to 1852. The documents concern the situation and locations of the Potawatomi people and their lands in...
Dates:
1835-1852
Richard W. Thompson collection
Collection
Identifier: L158
Scope and Contents
The collection consists principally of Richard W. Thompson’s political correspondence, including correspondence regarding state and national Whig and Republican party politics, and Thompson’s role in political campaigns (1840s-1880s); letters from constituents during his terms in Congress regarding political appointments and local politics (1841-1849); Civil War correspondence, including correspondence regarding state and national politics and Thompson’s duties in Terre Haute (1861-1865); his...
Dates:
1818-1931
Robert B. Whitsett papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1399
Scope and Contents
This collection includes items from Robert B. Whitsett in Logansport, Indiana, ranging from circa 1941-1944, regarding regarding the Potawatomi and Miami peoples near the Wabash and Eel River in Indiana, particularly their settlements and treaties with the United States. Items in the collection comprise a single-page, typed transcription listing the names of individual Wabash Potawatomi Indians and their English equivalents, as compiled from the lists of signers of agreements and treaties made...
Dates:
circa 1941-1944
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Robert B. Whitsett papers
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