Piegan Indians
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Walter McClintock Papers
Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-1175
Scope and Contents:
The papers and photographs in this collection document the history and customs of the Piegan Indians (also known as the Blackfeet Indians) in Montana, and their contact with Europeans and Anglo Americans. The collection provides detailed information about McClintock's photographic practice, as well as his public presentations about the Piegan Indians. A significant part of the collection records the development and production of Poia, an opera based on...
Dates:
1874-1949, bulk 1888-1949
Nancy Tatnall Fuller Research Collection on Joseph Swift
Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-2437
Abstract:
Nancy Tatnall Fuller's collection on Joseph Swift was acquired during research for her book Joseph Swift in the Wild West. Over 40 letters between Joseph Swift and family members from 1858 to 1887 describe frontier life in Montana, the gold rush, cattle herding, the Civil War, settler relations with Piegan Indians, and local news. Swift omitted mention of his friendship with the Plummers and Joseph Slade in letters home though his father commented on vigilante executions in Montana. Also...
Dates:
1858-1997