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Bodmer, Karl, 1809-1893. Artists of the American West photograph collection, 1835-1890.

Title: Artists of the American West photograph collection, 1835-1890.

Forty-eight negatives, 42 slides, and 41 color transparencies from the Mid-America Arts Alliance, through Exhibits USA, chiefly images from the Humphrey art exhibit which came to the Museum of the Great Plains, Lawton, Okla., as a traveling exhibition entitled "Indians of the American West" (Jan. 5-19, 1979), produced by Don Humphrey and Humphrey Galleries in Santa Fe, N.M.

ArchivalResource: 121 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/239300337 View

Prismatic Club records

Title: Prismatic Club records

Limited edition publications of the club; biographical information on artists Lewis Thomas Ives, Percy Ives, and John Mix Stanley; and the literary and art contributions of members, including poems, essays, speeches, cartoons, and sketches.

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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw960a528a2-01d5-4909-8572-b0d0dc093fca View

Coffin, James H. (James Henry), 1806-1873. James Henry Coffin Papers, 1848-1884

Title: James Henry Coffin Papers, 1848-1884

These papers consist of correspondence concerning temperature, wind, and weather reports of the Hudson Bay region, 1848; resolutions of condolence to Coffin's son, Seldon J. Coffin, from students and alumni of Lafayette College after Coffin's death, 1873; newspaper articles; an illustration of James H. Coffin; and the original manuscript of Winds of the Northern Hemisphere. Additional correspondence of James Henry Coffin exists elsewhere in the Smithsonian Institution Archives, especially in the Joseph Henry Collection, Record Unit 7001, and Meteorological Project Records, Record Unit 60.

ArchivalResource: 0.25 cu. ft. (1 half document box)

https://sova.si.edu/record/SIA.FARU7060 View

Stanley, John Mix, 1814-1872,. John Mix Stanley collection [manuscript], 1855.

Title: John Mix Stanley collection [manuscript], 1855.

Collection includes: 31 tinted lithographs of scenes of the Pacific Northwest done for the U. S. Pacific Railroad Exploration and Survey Report, 1855, lithographed by Sarony, Major & Knapp. Scenes include: Columbia River, waterfalls, Nez Perces, Paluse River, Hudson Bay Company, the Cascades, Mount Rainier, lakes, Missions, etc.

ArchivalResource: .2 cubic feet (2 folders)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/711872089 View

John Mix Stanley scrapbook

Title: John Mix Stanley scrapbook

Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings about Stanley's work and travels.

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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw95abd197c-7155-4d2f-a8bd-b88df7d0c66f View

Private Collection. [Contact repository for more information].

Title: Private Collection. [Contact repository for more information].

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Stanley, John Mix, 1814-1872. Lithographs, 1850s-1889.

Title: Lithographs, 1850s-1889.

Artificial collection of lithographs from published sources. The first five lithographs in the collection are images of Spokane homes, removed from History of the Pacific Northwest Oregon and Washington, published in 1889. These are done by unknown artists. The remainder of the lithographs are from the U. S. P. R. R. Surveys and created by John Mix Stanley and Gustavus Sohon. They were taken from the twelfth volume of the 1860 War Department Reports of Explorations and Surveys. They represent some of the earliest published images of the Northwest. These lithographs illustrate the region's landmarks as well as scenes showing the region's Indians. A few of the illustrations show early white settlement or missionary activities.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (.25 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/742640497 View

Stanley, John Mix, 1814-1872. John Mix Stanley papers, 1842, 1868-1871.

Title: John Mix Stanley papers, 1842, 1868-1871.

Correspondence concerning trip to Europe in 1868; and photographs. Correspondents include: Alice C. Stanley, George M. Stanley, John C. Spencer, Ross Mahon and George C. Mahon.

ArchivalResource: 5 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34418580 View

Stanley, John Mix, 1814-1872. [Group of Piegan Indians] [art original].

Title: [Group of Piegan Indians] [art original]. 1867.

ArchivalResource: 1 painting : oil ; 64 x 103 cm (27 x 41 in. in frame 38 x 48 in.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/670099338 View

John Mix Stanley papers

Title: John Mix Stanley papers

A brief biography of Stanley by George B. Catlin; 320 letters, 1830-1973, including personal correspondence, 1830-1872, between Stanley and his wife Alice English Stanley, and letters to Alice Stanley Acheson and the Bayles family, 1939-1973, about their grandfather, John Mix Stanley, and his paintings; a diary, undated, kept by Stanley for his fiancee on a trip home from San Francisco; a diary, 1853, kept by Alice Stanley containing her poems and writings; a sketchbook; newspaper clippings and articles; catalogs; 100 photographs of Stanley's paintings and 4 family photographs; and miscellany.

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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw98ce0142b-f5f3-44db-af40-a42f0034bd31 View

Buffalo Historical Society (N.Y.). Painting photographs, 1948 Feb 3 - 1949 Jun 23, 25 Nottingham Ct., Buffalo, N.Y.

Title: Painting photographs, 1948 Feb 3 - 1949 Jun 23, 25 Nottingham Ct., Buffalo, N.Y.

ArchivalResource: 2 photonegatives.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29639163 View

Alice Stanley Acheson letter

Title: Alice Stanley Acheson letter

A letter to "Miss Curtis", March 2, 1944, about paintings of Acheson's grandfather, John Mix Stanley, which were exhibited by the Smithsonian Institution.

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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9c3fae252-6652-4716-a601-8b5c286863cd View

Stanley, John Mix, 1814-1872. Artist file.

Title: Artist file.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122403038 View

Magoffin, Susan Shelby, 1827-1855. Journal, 1846-1847.

Title: Journal, 1846-1847.

The second volume of a personal journal of a young lady from Independence, Missouri, who follows her husband, a Santa Fé trader, to the Southwest in the early stages of the Mexican war. She describes people, events regarding the acquisition of the New Mexican territory, caravan trading, Gen. Kearny's conquest of New Mexico, the Mexican War, her experiences of trail and pioneer life, hunting, and encounters with Indians. The first 49 pages of the journal consist of copied and original poetry.

ArchivalResource: 253 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702126789 View

Stanley, John Mix, 1814-1872. Letter and portrait, 1847.

Title: Letter and portrait, 1847.

A letter to Messrs. Walker and Eells tells about the Whitman Massacre (WA MSS 439). An oil painting of Rev. Elkanah Walker (WA MSS 440).

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702126673 View

National Archives And Records Administration. Rg 46: United States Senate.

Title: National Archives And Records Administration. Rg 46: United States Senate.

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Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary. Correspondence, 1865-1891

Title: Correspondence, 1865-1891

This record unit consists of outgoing correspondence from the Office of the Secretary during the tenures of Joseph, Henry, 1846-1878; Spencer Fullerton Baird, 1878-1887; and Samuel Pierpoint Langley, 1887-1906.

ArchivalResource: 46.06 cu. ft. (62 document boxes) (68 3x5 boxes) (243 microfilm reels)

https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_216647 View

Smithsonian Archives. Ru 7066: John Mix Stanley Collection.

Title: Smithsonian Archives. Ru 7066: John Mix Stanley Collection.

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Brown University, J.C. Brown Library. [Contact repository for more information].

Title: Brown University, J.C. Brown Library. [Contact repository for more information].

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John Mix Stanley collection, 1855

Title: John Mix Stanley collection 1855

Collection includes: 31 tinted lithographs of scenes of the Pacific Northwest done for the U. S. Pacific Railroad Exploration and Survey Report, 1855, lithographed by Sarony, Major & Knapp.

ArchivalResource: .2 cubic feet (2 folders)

http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv24429 View

Bocock, Thomas S., 1815-1891. Papers of Bocock and of the Bocock, Thornhill Christian, Stephens, Flood, Patteson, and Diuguid families of Buckingham and Appomattox counties, 1760-1897.

Title: Papers of Bocock and of the Bocock, Thornhill Christian, Stephens, Flood, Patteson, and Diuguid families of Buckingham and Appomattox counties, 1760-1897.

Correspondence, financial and legal papers, ledgers, and speeches. Letters to Bocock, 1840-1887, comprise almost half the collection. Most are from his constituents and concern routine matters such as pension and bounty claims, academy appointments, mail routes, requests for copies of documents and speeches, and for legal assistance. Topics of interest include a contested 1847 election with Henry P. Irving; the admission of California, and the Compromise of 1850; the Nashville Convention of 1850; slavery, abolition, and the ante-bellum South; the Whig, Democrat and American (Know Nothing) parties; the presidential elections of 1848, 1852, and 1880; and local Appomattox Co. politics. Many prominent figures of the day are mentioned including Webster, Clay, Calhoun, Cass, Douglas, Polk, Taylor, Pierce, Fillmore, Buchanan, Hayes, and Louis Kossuth. Speeches on the tariff of 1842, the Wilmot Proviso, slavery, the Confederacy, and William Wilson Corcoran are included, as are a memorandum book, 1861-1866, of personal finances, papers from his chairmanship of the House Committee on Naval Affairs, a printed report on the Confederate Navy, and some legal and financial papers. The family papers contain correspondence, financial and legal papers. Topics of interest include Buckingham Co. politics, slavery, the Civil War, the tanning business, the American Tract Society, pioneer life in Alabama and Missouri, and the administration of several estates. Letters of note mention the confiscation of arms in Appomattox Co. for naval use, the gift of McCormick Observatory to the University of Virginia, the California gold rush, and the use of slaves on military fortifications. Also included are a minute book of the New Hope Baptist Church, Augusta Co., Va. with many references to blacks, an 1830s physician's ledger, a Buckingham Co. tax register, 1832, and an 1830s diary / journal listing family events and home remedies.

ArchivalResource: 3000 (ca.) items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647821332 View

Rutgers University Libraries, Spec. Coll. & Univ. Archives. George H. Cook Papers.

Title: Rutgers University Libraries, Spec. Coll. & Univ. Archives. George H. Cook Papers.

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Smithsonian Archives. William Jones Rhees Collection.

Title: Smithsonian Archives. William Jones Rhees Collection.

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Stevens, Isaac Ingalls, 1818-1862. Isaac Ingalls Stevens letters to John Mix Stanley, 1853 May 29-Jun 2.

Title: Isaac Ingalls Stevens letters to John Mix Stanley, 1853 May 29-Jun 2.

Two ALS dated May 28 and June 2, 1853, written from Camp Pierce, located about nine miles from St. Paul, Minnesota, where Stevens and members of his Northern Pacific railroad survey party were encamped prior to the beginning of their expedition. The letters contain instructions for Stanley to attend the "Indian Council of the Sioux" with Minnesota Governor Arnold Gorman, and make sketches of what Stanley observes of interest. Stevens states that by Stanley's attending the Council meeting and informing the Indians of the expedition he expects to "add much to the friendly feelings of such tribes who inhabit the Regions we pass through."

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/81674753 View

Franz R. and Kathryn M. Stenzel Collection of Western American Art Addition, 1853-1962

Title: Franz R. and Kathryn M. Stenzel Collection of Western American Art Addition 1853-1962

The Franz R. and Kathryn M. Stenzel Collection of Western American Art Addition consists of thirty-two works of art, twenty Native American artifacts, and various prints and manuscript items, which decorated the home of Kathryn M. Stenzel until her death in 2006 and which comprise the remainder of the art collection that was donated in 1997.

ArchivalResource: 17 linear feet (12 boxes) + 13 art storage items, 1 object storage item.

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.stenzeladd View

Stevens, Isaac Ingalls, 1818-1862. Isaac Ingalls Stevens letters to John Mix Stanley, 1853 May 29-Jun 2.

Title: Isaac Ingalls Stevens letters to John Mix Stanley, 1853 May 29-Jun 2.

Two ALS dated May 28 and June 2, 1853, written from Camp Pierce, located about nine miles from St. Paul, Minnesota, where Stevens and members of his Northern Pacific railroad survey party were encamped prior to the beginning of their expedition. The letters contain instructions for Stanley to attend the "Indian Council of the Sioux" with Minnesota Governor Arnold Gorman, and make sketches of what Stanley observes of interest. Stevens states that by Stanley's attending the Council meeting and informing the Indians of the expedition he expects to "add much to the friendly feelings of such tribes who inhabit the Regions we pass through."

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702150660 View

Bushnell, David I. (David Ives), 1875-1941. John Mix Stanley, artist-explorer : typescript, n.d. / by David I. Bushnell Jr.

Title: John Mix Stanley, artist-explorer : typescript, n.d. / by David I. Bushnell Jr.

ArchivalResource: 11 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29853205 View

Hinman, John. Folsom and Ecker Streets land deed : San Francisco, Calif., 1853 Feb. 1.

Title: Folsom and Ecker Streets land deed : San Francisco, Calif., 1853 Feb. 1.

Handwritten deed document conveying land at the corner of Folsom and Ecker Street [i.e. Ecker Place] in the city of San Francisco owned by John Hinman to Thomas Frowley for the sum of $650 dollars on a down payment of $20 dollars. The deed describes the payment schedule, and measurements in feet and direction outlining the lots being sold and identified as Subdivision [100?] and lot Number 56. Other details include the names of two previous owners, John [M. Stanley?] and Edwin Bryant. The deed (30 x 19 cm, folded to 19 x 8 cm) is signed by John Hinman and witnessed by Samuel Gordon and George Cruxow. Includes a handwritten addendum signed by John A. Clark, Deputy County Recorder on March 2, 1853. A red paper seal of the County Recorder's office is affixed to the document. Additionally the document details the deed was recorded into Liber 22 of Deeds, page 16. Another notary addendum for John Hinman signed by Notary Public John [Nesbith?] crossed out.

ArchivalResource: 4 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/449277321 View

Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary. Correspondence, 1863-1879

Title: SIA RU000026, Smithsonian Institution Office of the Secretary, Correspondence, 1863-1879

This series consists mostly of correspondence addressed to Joseph Henry, much of which received his personal attention; also included are some copies of Henry letters, occasional returned original Henry letters, and a considerable number of letters to Spencer Fullerton Baird.

ArchivalResource: 59.56 cubic feet

https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_216640 View

Franz R. and Kathryn M. Stenzel Collection of Western American Art Addition, 1853-1962

Title: Franz R. and Kathryn M. Stenzel Collection of Western American Art Addition 1853-1962

The Franz R. and Kathryn M. Stenzel Collection of Western American Art Addition consists of thirty-two works of art, twenty Native American artifacts, and various prints and manuscript items, which decorated the home of Kathryn M. Stenzel until her death in 2006 and which comprise the remainder of the art collection that was donated in 1997.

ArchivalResource: 17 linear feet (12 boxes) + 13 art storage items, 1 object storage item.

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.stenzeladd View

Stanley, John Mix, 1814-1872. [John Mix Stanley : artist file]

Title: [John Mix Stanley : artist file]

ArchivalResource: 1 folder ; 24 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/656573579 View

Stanley, John Mix, 1814-1872. On the war path [original print]

Title: On the war path [original print] 1871.

ArchivalResource: 1 chromolithograph ; 20 x 30 in. (framed 26.5 x 34.5 in.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/256499642 View

Catlin, George, 1796-1872. Humphrey art exhibit photographs, 1979.

Title: Humphrey art exhibit photographs, 1979.

Black and white negatives and slides of woodcuts and lithographs (1830-1880) which came to the Museum of the Great Plains, Lawton, Okla., as a traveling exhibition entitled "Indians of the American West" which showed Jan. 5-29, 1979, produced by Don Humphrey and Humphrey Galleries in Santa Fe, N.M.

ArchivalResource: 99 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/164578165 View

Rhees, William Jones, 1830-1907. William Jones Rhees Papers, 1744-1907

Title: William Jones Rhees Papers 1744-1907

This collection contains the papers of Smithsonian chief clerk, bibliographer, and collector William Jones Rhees (1830-1907), of materials assembled chiefly for their autograph value, though the collection contains various groups of related materials. Includes papers of American physicist and surveyor Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867), American geographer Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1793-1864), National Institute for the Promotion of Sciences, and the Smithsonian Institution, as well as correspondence of William Jones Rhees, letters and papers addressed to the United States Pension Bureau, letters and papers related to Indian affairs, and miscellaneous autograph letters and documents.

ArchivalResource: Approx. 4,700 pieces in 64 boxes.

https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8j96c46/ View