Peggy Albright papers, 1881-1996 (bulk 1881-1930).

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Peggy Albright papers, 1881-1996 (bulk 1881-1930).

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The collection contains copies of Richard Throssel photographs (1904-1930), newspaper articles, textual research (primarily from the National Archives and Records Administration), notes, correspondence (1990-1997), and copies of the manuscript of Albright's book on Throssel. Includes material relating to Plenty Coups and Robert Yellowtail.

4 linear ft.

Little Big Horn College Library

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Little Big Horn College Library

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Yellowtail, Robert, 1889-1988

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Robert Yellowtail was a leader of the Crow Nation. Separated from his mother at the age of 4 years old, Yellowtail was culturally assimilated into a reservation boarding school. When he was 13 years old, he went to the Sherman Institute, in Riverside, California, graduating in 1907. He then attended the Extension Law School in Los Angeles, transferring to the University of Chicago Law School, where he gained his Juris Doctor degree. Yellowtail's first official position, in 1912, was as a distric...

Plenty Coups, Chief of the Crows, 1848-1932

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Plenty Coups; also known as Alaxchíia Ahú, also known as Many Achievements; was born Chíilaphuchissaaleesh (Buffalo Bull Facing The Wind) in 1848. He died in 1932 at the Chief Plenty Coups (Alek-Chea-Ahoosh) State Park and Home. Plenty Coups was the principal chief of the Crow Nation and a visionary leader. Plenty Coups allied the Crow with the whites when the war for the West was being fought because the Sioux and Cheyenne (who opposed white settlement of the area) were the traditional enemi...

Throssel, Richard, -1933

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Throssel (1882-1933) was born in Washington state of Cree Indian and English descent. He worked as an office clerk at the Crow Indian Reservation in south-central Montana from 1902-1910 and was adopted by the Crow tribe in 1905. While at the reservation he met photographer Edward S. Curtis, and was briefly instructed by him. Throssel became a field photographer for the Crow reservation before he established his own photography studio, the Throssel Photocraft Company, in Billings, Montana, in 191...

Albright, Peggy

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Peggy Albright is an independent scholar and journalist, whose focus is on Native American culture and history. Albright received her Bachelor's degree in English and Master's degree in journalism both from the University of Wyoming. Her Master's degree focused on the life and career of Richard Throssel; this research led to the publication Crow Indian Photographer: The Work of Richard Throssel in 1997. Albright presented her research in various forums between receiving her Master's degree and t...