Sketches by Henrietta Louisa Dessez, 1881-1921.

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Sketches by Henrietta Louisa Dessez, 1881-1921.

Folders include pencil sketches and drawings from the West at the turn of the century. Includes copy of a letter from General Lester Dessez to E. K. Burnett, dated February 26 1954, giving a biography of Henrietta Dessez. A copy of a response letter from E. K. Burnett, dated March 3, 1954 is also included. Sketches include Indians, flowers, landscapes, boats, shore and coast, buildings, some from the west and some from the east. They have various dates and not all are labeled. Sketches with titles are, Sunset Lake Asbury New Jersey, Fort Pendleton Garnett County Maryland, Banff, Buttercup, Camel Back Mountain Phoenix Arizona, Old tower on Cuban shore, Doctor's Residence Capt. John Ranch, Hoopa Valley California, A Pacific coast Indian, Scene on Trinity River Capt. John Village Hoopa Valley California, Interior old hut, Interior modern Indian house, Indian hut, Residence Seattle Campbell, Bird cage, Agency pond, The ferry, A mail carrier, Scene along Trinity River, Davis Studio Asbury Beach, Loctish residence, Gila River crossing, Pima Indian reservation Gila Crossing Arizona, Silent sentinels of the desert, Casa Mexicana Tempe Arizona, Winter cottage, and Salt River reservation.

10 folders.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7967612

Cornell University Library

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Dessez, Bessie Richey.

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Hoopa Valley Tribe.

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Burnett, Edwin Kenneth

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Dessez, Wilhelmina Gebhardt.

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Dessez, Henrietta Louisa.

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Henrietta Dessez spent several years teaching Indians in Northern California around the turn of the century before heading to Washington D.C. to work for the goverment. From the description of Sketches by Henrietta Louisa Dessez, 1881-1921. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 67615590 ...

Huntington Free Library

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Dessez, Lester A.

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Dessez, Leon E. (Leon Emil), 1858-1918

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United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Hoopa Valley Agency

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