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Native American Collection, 1842-1955
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Whitman College. Whitman College and Northwest Archives
- Title
- Native American Collection
- Dates
- 1842-1955 (inclusive)18421955
- Quantity
- 8.0 linear feet, (3 flat boxes, 2 record cartons, 2 manuscript boxes)
- Collection Number
- WCMss.261
- Summary
- The Native American Collection contains photographs, drawings, and newspaper articles. This collection, which spans from 1842 through 1955, also contains research files and treaty documents
- Repository
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Whitman College and Northwest Archives
Whitman College and Northwest Archives
Penrose Library, Room 130
345 Boyer Avenue
Walla Walla, WA
99362
Telephone: 5095275922
Fax: 5095264785
archives@whitman.edu - Access Restrictions
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Collection is open for research.
- Languages
- English
Historical NoteReturn to Top
During the mid-19th century, following the wars that displaced the indigenous native tribes and opened up settlement of the West, various artists and photographers sought to document the culture of the various Native American tribes. Those who came in direct contact with Native Americans sought to study them, discover their traditions and record their discoveries for future generations.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Native American collection consists of photographs by Major Lee Moorhouse, the drawings of Gustav Sohon during the mid-19th century, newspaper and magazine articles, treaty documents and research files pertaining to the lives of Native Americans during and after the Great Migration of settlers to the Western United States. This collection highlights the complex relationship the Pacific Northwest has with the indigenous tribes who originally inhabited this land freely.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Series 1: ImagesReturn to Top
This series consists of photographs, framed portraits, and drawings of Native American tribes.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Subseries 1: Images |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1 | Long Jim, Chelan Tribe, scratching by Ray Baron, From Robert Virgin |
1982 |
| 1 | 2 |
Indians out Shopping 2 women, 2 girls, 1 boy in front of store |
Circa 1886 |
Subseries 2: Blackfoot |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 3 | Montana Blackfoot Indians |
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Subseries 3: Cayuse |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 4 | Paul Show-A-Way |
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| 1 | 5 | We-ah Te-na-tee-ma-ny |
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| 1 | 6 | WE-AH TE-NA-tee MA-NY |
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| 1 | 7 | Ip-na-sa-la-talc (2 copies) |
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| 1 | 8 | Young Chief, Head chief of the Cayuse, G. Sohon drawing with negative |
1855 |
| 1 | 9 | Five Crows, Chief of the Cayuse, G. Sohon drawing (negative see "young chief") |
1855 |
| 1 | 10 | Paul Kane's sketch of To-ma-kus |
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| 1 | 11 | Anna Kash-Kash (Moorehouse photo) |
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| 1 | 12 | Captain Som Kin, Grandson of man who killed Dr. Whitman |
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| 1 | 13 | U-ma-pine |
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Subseries 4: Chehalis |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 14 | Chehalis Indian Girl |
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Subseries 5: Columbia Sinkiuse |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 15 | Chief Moses |
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Subseries 6: Crow |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 16 | Postcard |
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Subseries 7: Dungeness |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 17 | Indians Ready for Dancing |
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Subseries 8: Duwamish |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 18 | Angeline, 2 pictures, 1 postcard |
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| 1 | 19 | Postcard, Chief Seattle, Princess Angeline, Home |
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| 1 | 20 | Princess Angeline, Daughter of Chief Seattle, postcard, 2 copies |
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| 1 | 21 | Chief Seattle, 2 copies, 1 postcard |
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Subseries 9: Hopi |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 22 | (Hopi or Navajo) The Wolf |
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| 1 | 23 | (Southwest) The Guide |
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| 1 | 24 | Hopi Snake Priest |
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| 1 | 25 | Southwestern Indians, Series of a magazine about crafts including basketry weaving, pottery |
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Subseries 10: Mandan |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 26 | Village |
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Subseries 11: Modoc |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 27 | Captain Jack |
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Subseries 12: Navajo |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 28 | Seven postcards |
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| 1 | 29 | "A Study in Bronze" |
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Subseries 13: Neah Bay |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 30 | Chad George |
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Subseries 14: Nez Perce |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 31 | At Leavenworth After Capture |
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| 1 | 32 | Chief Joseph's Tepee "where he lived and died" -Timothy |
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| 1 | 33 | H'Co A H'Co A H'Cotes Min, Catlin Drawing |
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| 1 | 34 | Chief Joseph, standing with gun in left hand |
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| 1 | 35 | Sam Morris, tin type |
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| 1 | 36 | Chief Joseph and Gen. O.O. Howard, Carlisle Indian School, PA |
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| 1 | 37 | Father and Son, 3 copies |
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| 1 | 38 | Lawyer, 3 copies plus glass and film negatives |
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| 1 | 39 | Chief Lawyer, 4 copies |
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| 1 | 40 | Chief Joseph and Sue McBeth, missionary teacher |
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| 1 | 41 | Chief Joseph, 2 pictures |
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| 1 | 42 | Chief Joseph, color portrait |
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| 1 | 43 | Chief Joseph, postcard |
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| 1 | 44 | [letter and two clippings] Chief Joseph, Chief Moses |
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| 1 | 45 | Chief Joseph monument, Nespelem, WA, postcard |
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| 1 | 46 | Chief Joseph |
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| 1 | 47 | Lucy Lawyer, 3 copies |
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| 1 | 48 | Chief Joseph standing |
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| 1 | 49 | Chief Joseph, 3 copies |
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| 1 | 50 | Indian Woman Carrying Bundle of Sticks |
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| 1 | 51 | Chief Joseph, color postcard |
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| 1 | 52 | Chief Joseph |
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| 1 | 53 | Chief Lawyer, 2 pictures |
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| 1 | 54 | Corbett Lawyer and Family, 3 pictures |
June 1930 |
| 1 | 55 | information from the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Intuition |
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| 1 | 56 | Autographed photo |
September 21, 1939 |
| 1 | 57 | Horse file |
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| 1 | 58 | Manuscript |
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Subseries 15: Okanogan |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 59 | Deserted Indian Camp |
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Subseries 16: Palouse |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 60 | Charlie Bones (Old Bones) |
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| 1 | 61 | Te-wa-te-na-set, Old Bones |
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| 1 | 62 | Hoosis Mox Mox |
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| 1 | 63 | Chief Old Bones, 2 copies |
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| 1 | 64 | Chief Bones, 2 copies |
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| 1 | 65 | At Home on the Snake River |
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Subseries 17: Pueblo |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 66 | Six postcards |
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| 1 | 67 | Three pictures about pottery making |
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| 1 | 68 | Walpi |
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Subseries 18: Puget Sound |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 69 | Indian Winter Village |
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| 1 | 70 | Indians Weaving Baskets |
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Subseries 19: Puyallup |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 71 | Betsy Boston |
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| 1 | 72 | Pow Wow |
1891 |
| 1 | 73 | Smoke House |
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Subseries 20: Quinault |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 74 | On The Beach |
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Sub-Series 21: Sioux |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 75 | Chief Goes-to-War |
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Sub-Series 22: Skokomish |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 76 | Boarding house and shops at Skokomish Agency Wash., with negative |
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| 1 | 77 | School children at Skokomish |
1892 |
| 1 | 78 | Skokomish Reservation, Robert Burns, wife and dog |
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| 1 | 79 | Old style Indian house and canoe group of Indian artifacts |
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| 1 | 80 | Employees at Skokomish Agency |
1892 |
| 1 | 81 | Wm. Frank |
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| 1 | 82 | Anne Williams in various dress, 3 copies |
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| 1 | 83 | H. Robinson, wife and sister |
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| 1 | 84 | Francis C. Peterson |
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| 1 | 85 | Angeline and Thomas Peterson |
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| 1 | 86 | Steilacoom Indians |
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| 1 | 87 | Boys Dormitory Skokomish Wash |
1889 |
| 1 | 88 | School House at Neah Bay, Stereoptican |
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| 1 | 89 | Skokomish Agency Employees, Rev. Myron Eells, Etc |
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| 1 | 90 | School Children |
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| 1 | 91 | Boarding house at Skokomish |
1889 |
| 1 | 92 | Boys of the Skokomish Indian School |
1888 |
| 1 | 93 | Toltec, postcard of cutting stones |
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| 1 | 94 | Skokomish Indian Agency photo, showing homes of Cushing, Edwin and Myron Eells. |
circa 1880's |
Subseries 23: Spokane |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 95 | Spokane Garry |
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| 1 | 96 | Abraham |
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| 1 | 97 | Spokane Indian House |
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| 1 | 98 | Five unidentified people, three pictures |
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| 1 | 99 | School house among the Spokanes |
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| 1 | 100 | Two photographs, Indian women and children near teepee, children in front of teepee |
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| 1 | 101 | Abraham, Old Solomon, Zachariah, Mary Magdalene |
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Subseries 24: Tuxtla-Toltec |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 102 | Tuxtla Statuette |
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Subseries 25: Umatilla |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 103 | Umatilla Reservation |
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| 1 | 104 | Converts of Whitman |
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| 1 | 105 | Mrs. White Bull |
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| 1 | 106 | Reservation |
1904 |
| 1 | 107 | Woman with baskets |
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| 1 | 108 | Rev. Toussaint Mespie, Major N.A. Cornoyer, Howlishwampo –Chief Cayuse, Winnamsnoo –Chief, Umatilla |
circa 1871-1880 |
| 1 | 109 | Umatilla Conf. Tribes, distribution of possessions |
circa 1890-1893 |
| 1 | 110 | Fox-a-lot and A-lom-pum, clipping about death of one of them |
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Subseries 26: Ute |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 111 | Two Unidentified Indians |
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Subseries 27: Walla Walla |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 112 | Homlie, "Give Away" after the death of, Inside teepee |
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| 1 | 113 | Joe Benett |
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| 1 | 114 | Homlie |
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| 1 | 115 | Peu-peu-mox-mox, drawing by Sohon, negative |
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| 1 | 116 | Peu Peu Mox Mox |
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Subseries 28: Warm Springs |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 117 | Donald McKay |
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Subseries 29: Yakima |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 118 | Indian School, Yakima Reservation |
1892 |
| 1 | 119 | Indian chief, Hamacher print and copy negative |
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| 1 | 120 | "A Yakima Chief" postcard |
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| 1 | 121 | Women seated |
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| 1 | 122 | Two postcards |
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Subseries 30: Miscellaneous |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 123 | Homlie, Umatilla |
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| 1 | 124 | Gilbert Minthorne |
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| 1 | 125 | Indian training school, Forest Grove, Oregon |
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| 1 | 126 | Interior of Indian Lodge, Cape Flattery |
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| 1 | 127 | An Agency Creek, 30 Nez Perce killed there |
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| 1 | 128 | George and Daisy Adams |
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| 1 | 129 | Mrs. J. Campbell and children |
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| 1 | 130 | Chief Comcomly Canoe Memorial, Astoria, Oregon |
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| 1 | 131 | Letters from G. Collins Robbins to John McBride concerning picture of Desmet with Indians |
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| 1 | 132 | Eagle |
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| 1 | 133 | Indian basket weaver's home, postcard |
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| 1 | 134 | Half breed camp a head of Port Discovery Bay, stereoptican |
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| 1 | 135 | Indians breaking camp at Neah Bay |
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| 1 | 136 | Father Marquette in St. Ignace 1670 |
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| 1 | 137 | Indian who helped bury the dead at the Whitman massacre, 4 copies |
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| 1 | 138 | Indian woman and child |
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| 1 | 139 | Morning Dove, 3 pictures |
1915 |
| 1 | 140 | Medicine Man and patient, Medicine Dance Lodge |
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| 1 | 141 | Old Indian Cemetery on Ft. Colville and Walla Walla Military Road, Totem rock, Lake Pend Oreille |
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| 1 | 142 | Old Sampson and his wife, postcard |
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| 1 | 143 | "On the Trail" postcard |
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| 1 | 144 | Pendleton Round-up, 2 pictures |
1936 |
| 1 | 145 | Paintings on rocks near Dayville, OR, 2 pictures |
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| 1 | 146 | Peep Hohn-Kan, 3 copies |
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| 1 | 147 | Pe Tats Grai Kat, 3 copies |
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| 1 | 148 | Reservation Store, O.B. Nelson |
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| 1 | 149 | Singer tapestry ads series of Indians and explorers, 10 pictures |
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| 1 | 150 | Spearing the Salmon |
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| 1 | 151 | Unknown man |
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| 1 | 152 | Stoop Toop Nin, 2 copies |
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| 1 | 153 | Te-we-tw-hote, 2 copies |
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| 1 | 154 | Totem stone, mortars and pestles, Wallula |
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| 1 | 155 | Totem poles, Alaska, Eskimo Graves, postcards |
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| 1 | 156 | Two unknown Indians sitting in front of blankets hung off a larger piece of material |
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| 1 | 157 | Boys of the Salem Indian training school |
1885 |
| 1 | 158 | Um-lal-la-kin, 3 copies |
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| 1 | 159 | Unknown mother and two children |
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| 1 | 160 | 3 unknown Indians, 2 copies |
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| 1 | 161 | Unidentified Indians |
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| 1 | 162 | Warrior |
1915 |
| 1 | 163 | Woman and baskets, 2 pictures |
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| 1 | 164 | Ya-mok-mok-in, 2 copies |
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| 1 | 165 | Meredith Youngblood |
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| 1 | 166 | Frontier Days, 2 postcards |
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| 1 | 167 | Old John or John Casino, 90-100 years old, lives on Sandy 10 miles from East Portland. Said to be old chief of the Klikitat tribe |
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| 1 | 168 | Northwest Indian Drying Fish, postcard |
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| 1 | 169 | Father de Smet and 7 Indian chiefs close of Oregon War, 3 copies |
1857 |
| 1 | 170 | 20 Indians, painted, with drum |
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| 1 | 171 | Indians in golden potlatch parade, Seattle |
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| 1 | 172 | Indian training school, Forest Grave, OR |
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| 1 | 173 | Group of Alaska boys, Forest Grove, OR |
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| 1 | 174 | Piute and Warm Spring boys, Forest Grove, OR |
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| 1 | 175 | Graduation class 1885, Salem Indian training school, OR |
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| 1 | 176 | Brass band at the Indian Industrial school, Salem, OR |
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| 1 | 177 | Woman with basket hat |
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| 1 | 178 | Woman with papoose |
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| 1 | 179 | Unidentified Indians at Celilo Falls |
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| 1 | 180 | Indian sweat house |
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| 1 | 181 | Long house, two views, Umatilla |
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| 1 | 182 | Two Indian masks, 3 copies |
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| 2 | 1 | 3 photo albums by Moorhouse |
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| 2 | 2 | Moorhouse photograph collection |
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| 2 | 3 | Nez Perce sketch for plaque, Lawyer |
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| 2 | 4 | Totem poles |
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| 2 | 7 | Twins, postcard |
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| 2 | 8 | Photograph of Chief Shawawa, Chief Chicwatt, Chief Peo, Chief Homlie, Young Chief |
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| 2 | 9 | Unidentified photos |
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| 2 | 10 | Photograph of Mrs. Ankeny in Indian dress |
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| 2 | 12 | Gustave Sohon drawings and negatives |
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| 2 | 15 | Drawings of Mrs. Raymond R. Rees collection of American Indian artifacts |
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Framed portraits by Moorhouse |
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Series 2: Documents, articles and research files, 1885-2006Return to Top
This series consists of newspaper and magazine articles, manuscripts, and research files
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 2 | 5 | Letter from Ella Moorhouse to Prof. H.S. Brode |
August 21, 1930 |
| 2 | 6 | Autobiography of Mrs. Lee Moorhouse, material on Lee Moorhouse |
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| 2 | 11 | List of photos (Moorhouse) |
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| 2 | 13 | Paul Kane notes in The Canadian Journal
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May 1871 |
| 2 | 14 | "The First Photographers of the Yakamas, 1840-1900" by Frank Cameron |
2006 |
| 2 | 16 | Pamphlet on Chemawa Indian Training School |
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| 2 | 17 | Summary of Indian Grade School Chemawa, Oregon |
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| 2 | 18 | Essay: "Three Chiefs of a Vanishing Race" by Mrs. Edmund Bowden |
1929 |
| 2 | 19 | Alaska Indian Photographs (microfiche) |
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| 2 | 20 | "Old Lawyer" article about Chief Lawyer by William Worthington.Spokane County News
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April 24, 1936 |
| 2 | 21 | Article on Nez Perce Appaloosa Horse in Lewiston Morning Tribune
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September 18, 1955 |
| 2 | 22 | Two articles from North American Review"The True Story of the Wallowa Campaign", and "An Indian's View of Indian Affairs." |
1879 |
| 2 | 23 | Letter from Oscar Canfield to Harriett Saxton about Indian children sold into slavery. |
Undated |
| 3 | The National Archives: List of Documents Concerning The Negotiation of Ratified Indian Treaties 1801-1869 |
February 1941 | |
| 3 | The National Archives: List of Cartographic Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs |
1954 | |
| Folder | |||
| 3 | 1 | Indian Treaty/Council |
June 9-11, 1855 |
| 3 | 2 |
The Indian Citizen Vol. 1 No. 12 |
January 1885 |
| 3 | 3 | Newspaper articles about treaties with Northwest tribes |
Various |
| 3 | 4 | Indian treaties. Walla Walla |
1855 |
| 3 | 5 | Notes on Indian Wars in Walla Walla Valley |
1855 |
| 3 | 6 |
Wakemap Mound: A Stratified Site on the Columbia River, edited by Emory Strong, Oregon Archaeological Society |
1959 |
| 3 | 7 | Research file on Spokane Indians; including newspaper clippings, hand-written notes, and reproduced photographs of early Spokane, early pioneers, and Indians; Includes a manuscript account of the Wellpinit Presbyterian Church, 1882-1957 by Jerome Peltier |
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| 3 | 8 | Printed manuscript of The Indian history of the Columbia Plateau, an Experimental Syllabus
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Undated |
| 3 | 9 | 15 page typed account of the Indian battles in the Inland Empire in 1858 compiled by Mrs. Elizabeth F. Tannatt |
1914 |
| 3 | 10 | Signed, typed manuscript accounts of Western Indians by Alice B. Nash |
1949 |
| 3 | 11 | Biographical info on Ta-Moots-Tsoo (Timothy Timosa) and Hol-Lol-Sote-Tote (The Lawyer) |
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History of Steptoe, Washington; an account of Sitting Bull's last fight; clippings regarding "Wright and Steptoe Indian Expeditions". 1975, 1890, 1915 |
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Personal Names
- Morehouse, Thomas Leander
- Sohon, Gustav
Bill Huntington
2011
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