Everett D. Graff Collection of Western Americana (Newberry Library)
Organization
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
Collection of blueprint photographs of Indians and scenes in and near Fort Custer, Montana
Collection
Identifier: VAULT-Graff-962
Abstract
One photo is of a ms. descriptive list of some of the scenes presented; another is dated May 14, 1896; the final photo is of a ms. inscription: Finis. Fort Custer, Montana. W.C.S.E.E.P.S.
Dates:
approximately 1896
Edwin R. Capron letters
Collection
Identifier: VAULT-Graff-579
Abstract
The collection includes a letter from Capron's sister to her mother, a letter to Capron from his parents and one letter from Henry C. Barrett to Nannie and Cyrus Fairley, Camp Cleveland, Ohio, 29 December 1863. Written from Fort Kearney and Cottonwood Springs, Nebraska Territory. Also includes 12 envelopes and a daguerreotype portrait of Capron.
Dates:
1863-1866
George Frederick Augustus Ruxton papers
Collection
Identifier: VAULT-folio-Graff-3614
Abstract
Collection includes correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, manuscript notes, drafts, copies, etc., mostly relating to Ruxton's travels in America.
Dates:
approximately 1839-1948
George M. Templeton papers
Collection
Identifier: VAULT-folio-Graff-4099
Abstract
Includes Templeton's diaries for the years 1862-1868 when he was stationed at Fort C.F. Smith in Montana. The Fort was established in 1866 and abandoned in 1868. Collection also includes correspondence, etc., of the various collectors who have held the collection or parts of it.
Dates:
1852-1958
Henry W. Lawton scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: VAULT-folio-Graff-2420
Abstract
Scrapbook made up of autograph letters, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, maps, portraits, etc., all pertaining to Henry W. Lawton.
Dates:
1874-1900
James Henry Twogood papers
Collection
Identifier: VAULT-folio-Graff-4224
Abstract
Includes manuscript accounts of the early settlement of Boise, Idaho, troubles with the Indians, etc., as well as documents, newspaper clippings, etc.
Dates:
1888-1910
L.A. Huffman photographs
Collection
Identifier: Vault-oversize-Graff-2000
Abstract
Sixteen photographic portraits of Indians and photographs of scenes in the West by Huffman, a professor of journalism (University of Illinois, Northwestern University, University of Denver) and western frontier historian.
Dates:
1883-1907
Loren L. Williams journals
Collection
Identifier: VAULT-folio-Graff-4683
Abstract
The journal covers the Loren L. Williams's activities as an officer during the Civil War, active in the West, and subsequent activities as a pioneer in the development of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Montana. Details of wars with the Western Indians are also included.
Dates:
1851-1880
Martin J. Feenan papers
Collection
Identifier: VAULT-Graff-1302
Abstract
Includes ms. account of the Sully campaign against the Indians of the West, 1863-1865 (59 leaves.), written in 1920 from memoranda, notes and correspondence; ms. account of the Feenan genealogy (12 leaves), photographs, letters, newspaper clippings, documents, etc.
Dates:
1864-1920
Thomas Jefferson Oxley letters
Collection
Identifier: VAULT-folio-Graff-3151
Abstract
Thomas J. Oxley, after 1855, became heavily involved in California politics. He was a Whig and later a Know-nothing leader and a member of the state legislature. In 1857, he joined Henry A. Crabb in the ill-fated filibustering expedition into Sonora as surgeon-general. He was among those who lost their lives before the Mexican firing squads at Caborca. Oxley's letters to his family describe his overland journey to California, his difficulties and delights of living in California and the details...
Dates:
1850-1853