George Catlin North American Indians collection, undated.

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George Catlin North American Indians collection, undated.

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Copy negatives and contact prints of illustrations (sketches) and letters copied from Catlin's book North American Indians, 7th ed., vol. 2 (1848).

15 items.

Museum of the Great Plains

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Catlin, George, 1796-1872

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George Catlin, artist and author, was known especially for his paintings of Indians. Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, he practiced law until his talent for painting led him to join a group of artists in Philadelphia in 1823. Catlin concentrated on portrait painting in Washington, D.C., until 1829, when he saw a delegation of visiting American Indians in Philadelphia. He then resolved to devote his life to preserving the appearance and character of the vanishing Indians and for forty-two yea...

Dodge, Henry, 1782-1867

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Soldier and frontiersman (major-general in the Missouri militia, colonel of the first regiment of the United States dragoons); governor of the Territory of Wisconsin; United States senator after Wisconsin was admitted to statehood From the description of Henry Dodge papers, 1832-1858. (State Historical Society of Iowa, Library). WorldCat record id: 233595464 ...

Dodge-Leavenworth Expedition (1834)

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