Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Faustinus Antelope letters and petition
Collection
Identifier: VAULT box-Ayer-MS-24
Abstract
Two letters, Aug. 23 and Sept. 7, 1918, from Faustinus W. Antelope, an Arapahoe Indian of Arapahoe, Wyo. (Wind River Reservation), to the Field Museum of Natural History and Edward E. Ayer, together with the text of a petition, all regarding the opposition of E.A. Hutchinson, the agent to the Arapahoes, to a performance of the Sun Dance for the benefit of the Red Cross. The dance was prohibited during Hutchinson's entire tenure (1917-1922) at the Shoshone Superintendency. Also includes a...
Dates:
1918
Ninian Edwards letters
Collection
Identifier: VAULT box-Ayer-MS-401
Abstract
Six letters, Mar. 7, 1813 - Apr. 4, 1814, from Ninian Edwards to Kentucky governor and soldier Isaac Shelby, regarding War of 1812-related Indian attacks in the Illinois Territory and the state of defenses there. 1813 letters discuss mounted volunteer companies raised by Edwards, British intentions regarding the upper Mississippi, Indian attacks on settlers in the U.S. Saline and elsewhere, etc. Warning of an impending Indian-British offensive on Illinois Territory, Edwards' 1814 letters...
Dates:
1813-1814
William B. Andruss diary and commissions
Collection
Identifier: VAULT-Ayer-MS-3002
Abstract
Diary, Mar. 10, 1855 - Apr. 3, 1856, and seven commissions and appointments to public office in Lee County, 1860-1877. Diary documents Andruss' daily activities, travel, photography business, and emigration via Bellevue, Mich., with his family to Amboy. Daily entries record illnesses, chores and jobs, visits with friends and relatives, church lessons, town and political meetings, and public lectures on such topics as temperance and slavery. Also mentioned are the names of photographic...
Dates:
1855-1876
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- Subject: Manuscripts, American -- Illinois X
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- Manuscripts, American -- Illinois 2
- Amboy (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
- Arapaho Indians -- Rites and ceremonies -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
- Commissions -- Illinois -- 1851-1900 1
- Correspondence -- Illinois -- 1801-1850 1
- Correspondence -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1901-1950 1
- Correspondence -- Wyoming -- Wind River Indian Reservation -- 1901-1950 1
- Diaries -- United States -- 1851-1900 1
- Fremont County (Wyo.) -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Illinois -- Sources 1
- Illinois -- Description and travel 1
- Illinois -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources 1
- Illinois -- Officials and employees -- Selection and appointment -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
- Illinois -- Politics and government -- To 1865 -- Sources 1
- Indians of North America -- Wars -- Northwest, Old -- 1812-1815 -- Sources 1
- Jerusalem (N.Y.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
- Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
- Michigan -- Description and travel 1
- Military service, Voluntary -- Illinois -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
- New York (State) -- Description and travel 1
- Northwest, Old -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
- Petitions -- Wyoming -- Wind River Indian Reservation -- 1901-1950 1
- Photographers -- Illinois -- Amboy -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
- Photographers -- Michigan -- Bellevue -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
- Sun dance -- Wyoming -- Fremont County -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
- United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources 1
- Wind River Indian Reservation (Wyo.) -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1 + ∧ less
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