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Ledger drawings

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Representational drawings of scenes from the lives of 19th-century Plains Indians, with an emphasis on martial accomplishments. Ledger drawings were so named for the ruled ledger books in which they were often executed; these books were obtained from white soldiers or traders.
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Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

George W. Fox Collection of American Indian ledger drawings and photographs

 Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-2893
Abstract: 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,...
Dates: 1867-circa 1885
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > George W. Fox Collection of American Indian ledger drawings and photographs

Indian ledger drawings by Koba and Etahdleuh Doanmoe

 Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-2942
Abstract:

Ledger with drawings, sketches, and watercolors by Kiowa Indians Koba and Etahdleuh Doanmoe, circa 1878-1885, while they were students at the United States Indian School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, or imprisoned at Fort Marion in Saint Augustine, Florida. The ledger includes twenty-three pages of artwork attributed to Koba, four pages attributed to Doanmoe, and two pages of unattributed work.

Dates: circa 1878-1889, bulk 1878-1885
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Indian ledger drawings by Koba and Etahdleuh Doanmoe

Ledger Drawings

 Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-4448
Abstract:

Ledger drawings created by Oglala Lakota artist Dwayne Wilcox, 2008-2018. The collection includes 48 titled drawings, which appear in his book, Visual/Language: The Ledger Drawings of Dwayne Wilcox (Staunton, Virginia: George F. Thompson Publishing, 2021), edited by Karen Miller Nearburg. One drawing has an inkjet print affixed to its recto. The collection also includes nine untitled drawings on versos, which are probably preparatory drawings for other work.

Dates: 2008-2018
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Ledger Drawings

John Willis Collection of Lakota Art

 Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-4447
Abstract: Drawings and inkjet prints of drawings created by Lakota artists, 2008-2017, as well as art produced by others related to protests against the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota, 2016-2019. Artists represented in the collection include Gilbert Kills Pretty Enemy, III, Quinton Maldonado, Joe Pulliam, and Dwayne Wilcox. It includes 25 original drawings as well as 20 inkjet prints of drawings. More than half of the works created by the artists integrate ledger paper. Six...
Dates: 2008-2019
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > John Willis Collection of Lakota Art