Eastman-Goodale-Dayton family papers, 1861-2010 (bulk 1920-1950)

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Eastman-Goodale-Dayton family papers, 1861-2010 (bulk 1920-1950)

Principal family members represented in the papers are Henry S. Goodale (farmer and writer in Southern Berkshires near Pittsfield, MA); his wife, Deborah Hill Read Goodale (writer); three sisters: Dora Read Goodale, Elaine Goodale [Eastman] (writer, teacher, poet), and Rose Sterling Goodale [Dayton] (writer, poet, and director of Uplands Sanitarium) and their families. The bulk of the papers are those of Elaine Goodale Eastman and her husband Dr. Charles Alexander Eastman (a Santee Sioux) and include correspondence, writings, photographs and organizations related to Indians of North America. Of particular interest are photographs of South Dakota in the 1890s, particularly of Native Americans, Pine Ridge Agency and school where she taught and he was a physician, and of the Wounded Knee massacre by American troops. The collection also includes letters of Charles Eastman, a substantial amount of writings and correspondence of Dora Read Goodale and Elaine Goodale Eastman, and many of Charles Eastman's published writings.

6.5 linear ft. (17 boxes)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7662897

Smith College, Neilson Library

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