Dakota Indians
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Richard Erdoes papers
Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-2609
Overview:
Correspondence, writings, audio and moving image recordings, photographic materials, subject files, printed ephemera, art work, and other materials created or collected by Richard Erdoes (1912-2008), author of more than a dozen books about American Indian life. The collection primarily documents Erdoes's activities between 1968 and 1999, and is useful for the study of his writing process and research interests, specifically his work with American Indian individuals and communities. His papers...
Dates:
1920-2008, bulk 1965-1998
John Vance Lauderdale papers
Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-1317
Overview:
The papers include correspondence, journal entries, photographs, sketches, and printed ephemera that document the life and military career of John Vance Lauderdale. Originally bound in thirteen indexed scrapbooks. Subjects discussed include family life, military life, treatment of Indians and blacks, and the practice of medicine. Two boxes of lantern slides accompany papers.
Dates:
1838-1931
Thomas Howard Ruger papers
Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-2699
Overview:
The papers consist of correspondence, reports, printed material, and maps that document the military career and personal life of United States Army general Thomas Howard Ruger, focusing on his years in Montana, the Dakotas, and Missouri, 1879-1895. The collection contains significant documentation of the relationship between Native Americans and the United States government, especially the Lakota, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Arapaho, Crow, and Chiricahua Apache communities. Correspondence and records...
Dates:
1821-1958, bulk 1878-1907
Granville Stuart papers
Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-1120
Overview:
The papers consist of correspondence, writings, photographs, clippings and other papers relating to Granville and James Stuart and the early history of Montana. Much of the correspondence is dated 1916-1918 and consists of incoming letters and typewritten carbon copies of outgoing letters relating to information on Montana history, and Native American vocabularies. Principal correspondents include John E. Rees, Charles Kessler, William John McConnell, and Nelson Story. There are also short...
Dates:
[1864]-1918