Scope and Contents
Autograph manuscript and typescript drafts of Thompson's book To the American Indian, accompanied by miscellaneous printed parts of her book, and approximately 200 photographs. The manuscript drafts are separated into parts with separate titles and pagination. Almost every part is dated 1911-1913 and signed "Wrote by Milton J. Thompson and dedicated to my dear Daughter Bertha M. Thompson" the last words scratched out and "To my wife Lucy Thompson" substituted in 1915. Most of the manuscript parts correspond to chapters in the book; there are six parts that seem not to have been incorporated into the final book. Both the manuscript and typescript drafts carry Lucy Thompson's handwritten corrections. Accompanied by photographs of Lucy Thompson, her family and friends, Klamath Indians, and scenes in Humboldt County, California, some of which were used in the book. There are also seven deeds for land allotted to Klamath Indians in Humboldt County, California.
Dates
- 1899 - 1919
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Box frz, folder 36: Restricted fragile material. Reference surrogates have been substituted in the main files. For further information consult the appropriate curator.
Conditions Governing Use
The Lucy Thompson Papers is the physical property of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the appropriate curator.
Extent
1 Linear Feet (2 boxes + 1 broadside folder)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Abstract
Autograph manuscript and typescript drafts of Thompson's book To the American Indian, accompanied by miscellaneous printed parts of her book, and approximately 200 photographs. The manuscript drafts are separated into parts with separate titles and pagination. Almost every part is dated 1911-1913 and signed "Wrote by Milton J. Thompson and dedicated to my dear Daughter Bertha M. Thompson" the last words scratched out and "To my wife Lucy Thompson" substituted in 1915. Most of the manuscript parts correspond to chapters in the book; there are six parts that seem not to have been incorporated into the final book. Both the manuscript and typescript drafts carry Lucy Thompson's handwritten corrections. Accompanied by photographs of Lucy Thompson, her family and friends, Klamath Indians, and scenes in Humboldt County, California, some of which were used in the book. There are also seven deeds for land allotted to Klamath Indians in Humboldt County, California.
Biographical / Historical
Lucy Thompson, a full-blooded Klamath Indian woman, author of To the American Indian (Eureka, Cal., 1916).
Custodial History
Purchased from Argonaut Book Shop on the Walter McClintock Memorial Fund, 1965.
- Allotment of land -- California
- Deeds -- California
- Humboldt County (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
- Indians of North America -- Pictorial works
- Indians of North America -- Social life and customs
- Klamath Indians -- Pictorial works
- Klamath Indians -- Social life and customs
- Photographic prints
- Snapshots
- Thompson, Milton J., fl. 1911-1915
- Title
- Guide to the Lucy Thompson papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Beinecke staff
- Date
- 2021 December
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository
Location
121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
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