Parker, Ely Samuel
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1828 - 1895
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Ely Samuel Parker papers
Collection
Identifier: VAULT box-Ayer-MS-674
Abstract
Seneca sachem, engineer, soldier, and first native American commissioner of Indian affairs, 1869-1871. Speeches, lecture notes, and correspondence, ca. 1850-1885, of Ely Samuel Parker, regarding Indian customs and traits, the Indian policies of government and religious bodies, and his own background.,Includes an undated July 4th address re temperance; lecture notes (ca. 1850) on Indian dances, games, and social and domestic habits; an address (ca. 1878) containing autobiographical notes and...
Dates:
approximately 1850-1885
Ely Samuel Parker Scrapbooks
Collection
Identifier: Ayer-Modern-MS-Parker
Abstract
Twelve scrapbooks, containing newspaper clippings and illustrations regarding Indian affairs, presumably kept by Ely Samuel Parker, who was U.S. Commissioner of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1869-1871. Also contains a few letters and reproductions of photos in the clippings.
Dates:
1828-1894; Majority of material found within 1870 - 1894
Letters between Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee
Collection
Identifier: VAULT-Case-MS-F8340.905
Abstract
A series of nine communications exchanged between Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee during April 7-9, 1865 negotiating Lee's surrender; transcribed in the hand of Ely Samuel Parker, Grant's military secretary, and accompanied by his notes.
Dates:
1865