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[Arctic Life Portfolio]

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Identifier: oversize-Ayer-Art-Arctic.Life
Abstract Forty-five India proof prints created from sketches and drawings made by members of expeditions lead by Sir William Edward Parry and Sir John Ross to explore the Arctic and to discover a Northwest passage on His Majesty's Ships Helca, Griper, and Fury. Prints are unsigned. Original drawings attributed to Capt. Lyon, Capt. Hoppner, Lt. Beechey, Lt. H. N. Head, and Lt. Back. Engravings and illustrations created by Edward Francis Finden and William Westall. Prints published in London by John...
Dates: approximately 1821-1828

Charles L. Hutchinson Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Hutchinson
Abstract Correspondence, writings, scrapbooks and miscellany related to Charles L. Hutchinson, Chicago financier, trustee, and philanthropist, particularly regarding Hutchinson’s relationship with the Art Institute of Chicago. Correspondence is solely incoming, mostly to Hutchinson, but also to Mrs. Hutchinson and a few others. Group of writings consists of speeches and diary notebooks. The several scrapbooks hold numerous receipts of art purchases, articles, clippings, a few letters and notes. The...
Dates: 1868-1934

E. A. Burbank papers

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Identifier: VAULT-Ayer-MS-120
Abstract

About 350 letters written mainly from the Oklahoma Territory, the Southwest, and the Dakotas by Elbridge Ayer Burbank to his uncle Edward E. Ayer, together with two scrapbooks containing incoming correspondence and miscellaneous clippings. Burbank, a painter and illustrator who studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, was commissioned by Edward E. Ayer in 1897 to produce a series of portraits of prominent Indian Chiefs.

Dates: 1897-1949

Edward E. Ayer U.S. Board of Indian Commissioners files

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Identifier: VAULT-Ayer-MS-911
Abstract Correspondence, minutes, reports, memoranda, bulletins, 1912-1922, relating to Edward E. Ayer's work as a commissioner. Dating primarily from Ayer's period of active service, 1912-1917, there is both incoming and outgoing correspondence with commission members and officials (H.C. Phillips, W.K. Moorehead, G. Vaux, F.H. Abbott, M. McDowell, W.H. Ketchum), the secretary of the interior (F.K. Lane), the commissioner of Indian affairs (C. Sells), the foreman of the Menominee sawmill (A.S....
Dates: 1912-1922

Faustinus Antelope letters and petition

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Identifier: VAULT box-Ayer-MS-24
Abstract Two letters, Aug. 23 and Sept. 7, 1918, from Faustinus W. Antelope, an Arapahoe Indian of Arapahoe, Wyo. (Wind River Reservation), to the Field Museum of Natural History and Edward E. Ayer, together with the text of a petition, all regarding the opposition of E.A. Hutchinson, the agent to the Arapahoes, to a performance of the Sun Dance for the benefit of the Red Cross. The dance was prohibited during Hutchinson's entire tenure (1917-1922) at the Shoshone Superintendency. Also includes a...
Dates: 1918

George Galphin Letters

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Identifier: VAULT box-Ayer-MS-313
Abstract

Outgoing correspondence from South Carolina of the Indian trader and Revolutionary patriot while serving as commissioner of Indian affairs. The purpose was to inform Benjamin Lincoln, commander of the Southern Department, of the current situation with the Creek Indians and his efforts to maintain their friendship.

Dates: 1778-1780

Herman Haupt papers

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Identifier: VAULT-Ayer-MS-366
Notice of Culturally Sensitive Indigenous Materials This collection contains content identified by the library as Culturally Sensitive to Indigenous People(s): Drawings and descriptions of sacred ceremonies, burial and death rituals. For more information please see the Newberry Library’s policy on Access to Culturally Sensitive Indigenous Materials. Scope and Contents...
Dates: 1897-1921

[Monroe Frederick Paintings and Drawings]

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Identifier: VAULT-oversize-Ayer-Art.Frederick
Abstract

Three oil on canvas paintings and twelve watercolor drawings on paper of various sizes housed in one green portfolio and two red clamshell boxes. Paintings and drawings are attributed to Monroe Quamahongiva Frederick, a Hopi artist. Tribes depicted include the Navajo, Crow, and Hopi. Subjects of paintings include American Indian portraits, pueblos, the southwest, dress, and copies of work by E. Irving Crouse and Elbridge Ayer Burbank.

Dates: approximately 1910-1920

New York (State) treaties with the Oneida Nation

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Identifier: Ayer-MS-428
Abstract This collection includes five treaties and two supporting documents, one indenture and one agreement, between New York State and the Oneida Nation for the cession of certain tribal lands, executed between 1788 and 1811. In these treaties the Oneida Indians eventually sold much of their reservation lands primarily held in Madison and Oneida counties, N.Y. Each treaty generally describes the land to be purchased, the terms of the sale, and the names and signatures of all parties involved in...
Dates: 1788-1811

Newberry Library Archives

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Identifier: NL-Archives
Abstract

The Newberry Library's institutional records, records of the Walter L. Newberry estate, personal papers of staff members and trustees, photographs, and publications that document the establishment and operation of the library, its growth and transformation over time, and its active participation in the cultural and intellectual life of Chicago and the nation. Also information on the Newberry family and property development in Chicago.

Dates: 1885-ongoing

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Manuscripts, American 3
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Correspondence -- West (U.S.) -- 1901-1950 1
Correspondence -- Wyoming -- Wind River Indian Reservation -- 1901-1950 1
Dakota Indians -- Social life and customs -- Pictorial works 1
Diaries -- Illinois -- 1851-1900 1
Diaries -- Illinois -- 1901-1950 1
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Federal aid to Indians -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Fremont County (Wyo.) -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Ganado (Ariz.) -- History -- Sources 1
Haupt, Herman. North American Indians 1
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Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site (Ganado, Ariz.) -- History -- Sources 1
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Rare book libraries -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
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Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library) 3
Carlton, W. N. C. (William Newnham Chattin), 1873-1943 2
Newberry Library 2
Abbott, Frederick H., 1872-1932 1
American Federation of Arts 1
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Antelope, Faustinus W. 1
Art Institute of Chicago 1
Bacon, Francis H. (Francis Henry), 1856-1940 1
Blatchford, E. W. (Eliphalet Wickes), 1826-1914 1
Breasted, James Henry, 1865-1935 1
Burbank, E. A. (Elbridge Ayer), 1858-1949 1
Burnham, Daniel Hudson, 1846-1912 1
Butler, Edward Burgess, 1853-1928 1
Cheney, John Vance, 1848-1922 1
Cobb, Henry Ives, 1859-1931 1
Cullen, Charles T., 1940- 1
D'Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian and Indigenous Studies 1
Dr. William M. Scholl Center for Family and Community History 1
Edward E. Ayer Collection (Newberry Library) 1
Everett D. Graff Collection (Newberry Library) 1
Fay, Charles Norman, 1848- 1
Field Museum of Natural History 1
Finden, Edward Francis, 1791-1857 1
Frederick, Monroe Quamahongiva, 1897-1985 1
Galphin, George, 1708-1780 1
Gardner, Isabella Stewart, 1840-1924 1
Geronimo, 1829-1909 1
Graff, Everett D. (Everett Dwight), 1885-1964 1
Greenlee, William Brooks 1
Gunsaulus, Frank W. (Frank Wakeley), 1856-1921 1
Hamlin, Herbert 1
Haupt, Herman 1
Hermon Dunlap Smith Center for the History of Cartography 1
Hubbell, John Lorenzo 1
Hunt, William Holman, 1827-1910 1
Hutchinson, Benjamin P. 1
Hutchinson, Charles Lawrence, 1854-1924 1
Hutchinson, E. A. 1
Hutchinson, Frances Kinsley, 1857-1936 1
Joseph, 1840-1904 (Nez Percé Chief) 1
Ketchum, William Henry, 1868-1921 1
La Follette, Robert M. (Robert Marion), 1855-1925 1
Lane, Franklin K. 1
McDowell, Malcolm 1
Monroe, Harriet, 1860-1936 1
Newberry Library. Board of Trustees 1
Newberry, Julia Rosa, 1853-1876 1
Newberry, Walter Loomis, 1804-1868 1
Nicholson, Augustus S., 1830-1911 1
Oneida Nation of New York 1
Pargellis, Stanley, 1898-1968 1
Phillips, Harry Clinton, 1880- 1
Poole, William Frederick, 1821-1894 1
Ranger, Henry Ward, 1858-1916 1
Red Cloud, 1822-1909 1
Root, John Wellborn, 1850-1891 1
Ruggles, Rudy Lamont 1
Sells, Cato, 1859-1948 1
Smith, Clara A. 1
Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology 1
Towner, Lawrence W. (Lawrence William), 1921-1992 1
United States. Board of Indian Commissioners 1
United States. Office of Indian Affairs 1
United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Shoshone Superintendency 1
Universalist Church of America 1
Utley, George Burwell, 1876-1946 1
Vaux, George, Jr., 1863-1927 1
Westall, William, 1781-1850 1
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