George W. Fox Collection of American Indian ledger drawings and photographs
Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-2893
Scope and Contents
Ledger drawings by American Indians and photographs collected by George W. Fox, 1867-circa 1885. Ledger drawings in the collection include two discrete disbound volumes created in 1876 by Wohaw, a Kiowa Indian, and Soaring Eagle, a Cheyenne Indian. Photographs include portraits of American Indians and views of Indian Territory by William Stinson Soule, as well as portraits of American Indian students and views by John Nicholas Choate related to the United States Indian School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. The collection also includes stereograph portraits of American Indian prisoners at Castillo de San Marcos (Fort Marion) in Saint Augustine, Florida, by photographers O. Pierre Havens and George Pierron. Other photographs include views of sites along the Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway in Texas by Peter Fassold and Samuel Burnett Hill , as well as other images of Texas and California by Charles Turner Collier and August R. Mignon.
Dates
- 1867-circa 1885
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The George W. Fox Collection of American Indian Ledger Drawings and Photographs 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.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from the William Reese Company on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana and Walter McClintock Memorial Fund, 2002.
Arrangement
Organized into two series: I. Ledger Drawings by American Indians, 1876. II. Photographs, 1867-circa 1885.
Extent
1.1 Linear Feet (5 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Overview
Ledger drawings by American Indians and photographs collected by George W. Fox, 1867-circa 1885. Ledger drawings in the collection include two discrete disbound volumes created in 1876 by Wohaw, a Kiowa Indian, and Soaring Eagle, a Cheyenne Indian. Photographs include portraits of American Indians and views of Indian Territory by William Stinson Soule, as well as portraits of American Indian students and views by John Nicholas Choate related to the United States Indian School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. The collection also includes stereograph portraits of American Indian prisoners at Castillo de San Marcos (Fort Marion) in Saint Augustine, Florida, by photographers O. Pierre Havens and George Pierron. Other photographs include views of sites along the Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway in Texas by Peter Fassold and Samuel Burnett Hill, as well as other images of Texas and California by Charles Turner Collier and August R. Mignon.
George W. Fox
George W. Fox (1853-1886) was born in Pennsylvania, the son of George W. Fox (1820-1888). He married Laura E. Shinn Fox Bowen (1858-1933) and they had two daughters, Laura M. Fox (later Mulford) (1878-1965) and Nana S. Fox (later Oliver) (1882-1942). Fox worked as a trader with John "Jack" S. Evans at Fort Sill, Indian Territory, and became an interpreter for Comanche Indians. From 1875 to March 1877, Fox worked with Richard Henry Pratt (1840-1924) and American Indian prisoners of war at Fort Marion (Castillo de San Marcos ) in Saint Augustine, Florida. Fox probably died in New Jersey. In 1890, his widow married Daniel Albert Bowen (1855-1912).
Custodial History
Formerly owned by the Cumberland County Historical Society, Greenwich, New Jersey.
Processing Information
Former call number: Uncat MSS 318
Collections are processed to a variety of levels, depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived research value, the availability of staff, competing priorities, and whether or not further accruals are expected. The library attempts to provide a basic level of preservation and access for all collections, and does more extensive processing of higher priority collections as time and resources permit.
Information included in the Description of Papers note and Collection Contents section is drawn from information supplied with the collection and from a survey of the contents. Folder titles appearing in the contents list below are often based on those provided by the creator or previous custodian. Titles have not been verified against the contents of the folders in all cases. Otherwise, folder titles are supplied by staff during initial processing.
Collections are processed to a variety of levels, depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived research value, the availability of staff, competing priorities, and whether or not further accruals are expected. The library attempts to provide a basic level of preservation and access for all collections, and does more extensive processing of higher priority collections as time and resources permit.
Information included in the Description of Papers note and Collection Contents section is drawn from information supplied with the collection and from a survey of the contents. Folder titles appearing in the contents list below are often based on those provided by the creator or previous custodian. Titles have not been verified against the contents of the folders in all cases. Otherwise, folder titles are supplied by staff during initial processing.
- California -- Pictorial works
- Carlisle (Pa.) -- Pictorial works
- Castillo de San Marcos (Saint Augustine, Fla.) -- Pictorial works
- Cheyenne Indians
- Cheyenne Indians -- Pictorial works
- Choate, J. N. (John N.), 1848-1902
- Collier, Charles Turner, 1853-
- Fassold, Peter, approximately 1843-
- Florida -- Pictorial works
- Fox, George W., 1853-1886
- Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Company -- Pictorial works
- Havens, O. Pierre, 1838-1912
- Hill, Samuel B., 1840-1917
- Indian Territory -- Pictorial works
- Indian art -- Great Plains
- Indians of North America
- Indians of North America -- Pictorial works
- Kiowa Indians
- Kiowa Indians -- Pictorial works
- Ledger drawings
- Mignon, August R., 1844-1915
- Pennsylvania -- Pictorial works
- Photographic prints
- Pierron, Geo. (George), 1816-
- Pratt, Richard Henry, 1840-1924
- Saint Augustine (Fla.) -- Pictorial works
- Soaring Eagle, approximately 1847-1886
- Soule, William S. (William Stinson), 1836-1908
- Texas -- Pictorial works
- United States Indian School (Carlisle, Pa.) -- Pictorial works
- Wohaw, approximately 1853-1924
Creator
- Fox, George W., 1853-1886
- Choate, J. N. (John N.), 1848-1902
- Collier, Charles Turner, 1853-
- Fassold, Peter, approximately 1843-
- Havens, O. Pierre, 1838-1912
- Hill, Samuel B., 1840-1917
- Mignon, August R., 1844-1915
- Pierron, Geo. (George), 1816-
- Soaring Eagle, approximately 1847-1886
- Soule, William S. (William Stinson), 1836-1908
- Wohaw, approximately 1853-1924
- Title
- Guide to the George W. Fox Collection of American Indian Ledger Drawings and Photographs
- Author
- by Matthew Daniel Mason
- Date
- December 2013
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository
Location
121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
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