Twelve scrapbooks, presumably kept by Ely Samuel Parker, containing newspaper clippings and illustrations dating primarily from 1870-1894, regarding Indian Affairs. The clippings are from various and numerous newspapers across the United States. They deal primarily with Indian massacres, war and fraud with Bureau commissioners. There are a few volumes that deal with Indian archeology, relics, legends, folklore, customs, and education. The illustrations are typically portraits of Indian chiefs, generals, Indian office commissioners, war scenes, battlefield maps, dances, and dwellings. Many Indian tribes are referred to, including but not limited to the Sioux, Navajo, Osage, Apache, Cherokee, Pima, Pueblo, Creeks, Seminole, Comanche, Aztec, Choctaw, Temecula, Ponca, Cheyenne, Onondaga, Narragansett, Mashpee, Ute, and Zuni. There are also three letters addressed to Ely Samuel Parker from Samuel M. Janney, John A. Burbank and J. A. Campbell, superintendents of Indian Affairs in 1870 from the Nebraska Territory, the Dakota Territory and the Wyoming Territory, respectively. There are also a few reproductions of photographs in the clippings, including a statue of Hiawatha, British Columbia Indians at the World's Fair, a Pueblo Indian's foot race and the San Geronimo Day celebration. Many volumes contain indexes.