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Collection 2073, MtBC, us
James, Harry Clebourne,
1896-
Harry C. James Papers
1938-1978
2 linear feet
The Harry C. James Papers consist of the James manuscript in
three different stages of completion; research correspondence between James and the various
sources he contacted for the biography, as well as positive photocopies of primary sources
from various institutions indexed by James; other research copies; photographs copied from
originals held by original sources.
Collection materials are in English
Historical Note
Harry Clebourne James (1896-1978) was a Canadian native who settled in Los Angeles,
California in 1913. He became a writer and educator, opening his own private school for boys
called the Trailfinders which stressed outdoors activities. James became friends with James
Willard Schultz sometime in the 1920s and, following Schultz's death, continued his contacts
with Schultz's wife, Jessica Donaldson Schultz. After he had written several books on
American Indians, James attempted to write a definitive biography of Schultz in the 1970s.
Collaborating with Jessica, James began gathering material from Harvard University, Montana
State University, and many other sources for the work. His failing eyesight slowed his
progress in 1977, and James died before completing the book. Warren Leonard Hanna eventually
published a biography of Schultz based in part on the James manuscript in 1986 with the
University of Oklahoma Press.
The papers consist primarily of the James manuscript in three different stages of
completion; research correspondence between James and the various sources he contacted for
the biography including Jessica Donaldson Schultz, David Andrews, and other Schultz
researchers; positive photocopies of primary sources from various institutions indexed by
James; other research copies; photographs copied from originals held by others of Schultz,
his family, and Blackfeet Indians.
Series 1 Schultz biography manuscript drafts
Series 2 James research correspondence, 1938-1978
Series 3 James research collection
Series 4 Photographs
This collection is open for research.
Research papers, manuscript drafts, and correspondence created or collected by Harry C.
James were donated to Special Collections by his widow, Grace C. James, in September
1978.
This collection was processed 2009 March 17
Andrews, David
A-Correspondence
Graham, Jessica Donaldson
Schultz-Correspondence
Schultz, James Willard,
1859-1947-Biography
Schultz, James Willard,
1859-1947-Photographs
Schultz, James Willard,
1859-1947-Family-Photographs
Siksika Indians-Photographs
Blackfeet Indians-Blackfoot Indians
Authors, American
Native
Americans
Montana
Photographs
Series 1
Schultz biography manuscript drafts
Unfinished manuscript drafts written by Harry C. James, in multiple versions with
corrections by James and others. James does not appear to have written the biography in
precise chronological order, choosing instead to work and revise on sections independent
of one another. Since the author died before completing the work the final organization
can only be surmised. The chapters in folders 1-25 are unnumbered pages that appear to
be the final draft of the biography. The papers have been divided by the individual
batches that James had paper clipped together. The chapters in folders 26-32 appear to
be an earlier draft of the work with the pages sequentially numbered in pencil. This
draft contains corrected photocopies. The chapters in folders 33-46 are unsorted
worksheets and earlier versions of the biography that have numerous revisions and
corrections. Folder 47 contains notes pertaining to James's preliminary plan for the
organization of the biography, and folder 48 two essays on Schultz written by James not
intended for the biography.
1/1-25
Final draft manuscript
1/26-32
Secondary draft manuscript
1/33-46
Early unsorted drafts
1/47-48
Other James manuscripts
Series 2
James research correspondence
1938-1978
Letters written by or to Harry C. James while conducting research for his biography of
James Willard Schultz. Some letters have attachments. The letters in folders 1-29, along
with carbons of James's query or reply, have been arranged in alphabetical order by the
person or organization James was writing to, with extensive exchanges like those with
Jessica Donaldson Schultz, being allocated their own folders. The letters in folders
30-35 were gathered by James into topical headings regardless of the correspondent's
name.
2/1
A
2/2
Andrews, David
2/3
B
2/4
C
2/5
D
2/6
E
2/7
F
2/8
G
2/9
H
2/10
L
2/11
M
2/12
Montana Historical Society
2/13
Museum of the Rockies
2/14
N
2/15
O
2/16
P
2/17
R
2/18
S
2/19
Schultz, James Willard and Hart M.
2/20
Schultz, Jessica Donaldson
1951-1969
2/21
Schultz, Jessica Donaldson
1970-1973
2/22
Schultz, Jessica Donaldson
1975
2/23
Schultz, Jessica Donaldson
1976-1977
2/24
Shults, Mary
2/25
Skakel, Jim
2/26
Southwest Museum
2/27
Stinger, Keith
2/28
U
2/29
W-Z
2/30
Boonville
2/31
"Benton" Steamboat
2/32
Glacier National Park
2/33
Natahki's final illness
2/34
Planters House
2/35
Pulitzer case
Series 3
James research collection
Mostly positive photocopies of primary source material held by various institutions and
individuals pertaining to James Willard Schultz and collected by Harry James. James had
sorted a great number of his photocopies and given them sequential numbers, probably
intending to cite them in his manuscript in their number order. He also began an index
to the documents based on their numbers. These documents have been filed in box three in
numerical order from 1-490, but some numbers are missing. James's index is in the first
folder. Box four contains copies of correspondence between Schultz and the
Houghton-Mifflin Company held by the Harvard University Library; copies of
correspondence between Schultz and E.A. Brininstool; copies of Schultz's own typed
memoirs; original and copies of Jessica Donaldson Schultz letters and memoirs; two
pocket notebooks kept by James; two folders of clippings and miscellaneous printed
matter.
3
Index; Documents 1-490
4/1-10
Houghton-Mifflin correspondence from
Harvard
4/11
E.A. Brininstool correspondence
4/12
James Willard Schultz memoirs
4/13
"Dan Martin in Arizona"
[by James Willard Schultz?]
4/14
Jessie Donaldson Schultz letters
4/15-22
Jessie Donaldson Schultz memoirs
4/23
Pocket notes
4/24
Miscellaneous documents
4/25
Clippings
Series 4
Photographs
Copy prints and copy negatives of photographs from various sources collected by James
for the biography. The subjects include Schultz, his family and friends, and Blackfeet
Indians. Places include Fort Benton and Glacier National Park, Montana. Photographs and
negatives have been place in box 5. Duplicate prints, along with two pen and ink
sketches of Nataki, drawn by Katrin Wiese and a record of photographs from the
Smithsonian Institute reviewed by James but apparently never ordered. The photographs
have been individually titled but are otherwise unarranged and in the order placed by
Harry James.
5/1
Photographs #1-15
#1. Bear Head
#2. Chewing Black Bone
#3. Curley Bear and Apikuni (James W.
Schultz)
#4. Chewing Black Bone
#5. Agnes Mad Plume, Daughter of Chewing Black
Bone
#6. Cow Island, Missouri River Helena,
Steamboat
(Xerox)
#7. Curley with a horse
#8. Curley with E.A. Brininstool
#9. Steamboats at Fort Benton
#10. Fort Benton - Head of Steam Navigation
on...
#11. Ox teams at Fort Benton
#12. Fort Benton - Entered according to an
act...
#13. Fort Benton - Bull team just in from the
mountains
#14. Fort Benton, Montana
1878
Steamboat Benton in the corner
#15. Fort Benton, Levee, Montana
1879
5/2
Photographs #16-30
#16. Steamboat Benton at Fort Benton
Levee
1888
#17-20. Steamboat Benton
#21. Steamboat Benton moored at Benton
Levee
#22. Fort Benton
#23. Eli Guardipee
#25. Beaver Bundle of Mad Wolf
#26. Mad Wolf, Blackfeet Chief
#27-30. Blackfeet Indians - Ceremony of opening a
medicine bundle
5/3
Photographs #31-45
#31-45. Blackfeet Indians - Ceremony of opening a
medicine bundle
5/4
Photographs #46-59
#46-50. Blackfeet Indians - Ceremony of opening a
medicine bundle
#51-59. Contact Prints
5/5
Photographs #60-75
#60. Old Bull and Morning Star
#61. Jim Stingy and Johnny Ground
#62. Jim Stingy and Johnny Ground
#63. Group of Blackfeet Indians
#64. Group of Blackfeet Indians in front of
tipi
#65. Group of people and a movie camera
#66. Woman sitting alone in the trees
#70. Blood Indian Camp
#71. Circle Camp from a distance
(Blackfeet camp)
#72. Inside Circle Camp
(west view, Blackfeet camp)
#73. End of Beaver Ceremony at Thunder Tip of Wolf
Plume of the Pikuni
#74. Yellow Kidney and Grandson
#75. Lodge of Gathered Women's Secret Society of the
Bloods
5/6
Photographs #76-90
#77. Louise Berrychild
#78. James Kip
#79. Louis Riel
#80. Collage of photos of Louis Riel
#81-86. Louis Riel
#87. Celia Schultz - Apikuni's second
wife
#89. Hart Merriam Schultz - Lone Wolf
(photocopy)
#90. Lone Wolf (Hart Merriam Schultz)
5/7
Photographs #91-105
#91. James Willard Schultz with Bear Cap in Glacier
Park
1926
#92. White Robe, Mink Woman, Badger Woman, Schultz,
Big Wolf, Weasel Tail at Little Inside Lake, Alberta
August 20, 1934
#93. Same picture but with note to James from Wilbur
Betts accompanying photo
#94. Many Tail Feathers and James W. Schultz
(Apikuni)
#95-97. James Willard Schultz
#98. Guides, Cook and Herder
#99. Trailfinder Boys and James Willard
Schultz
#100. 2 men
#101. Yellow Kidney, Mrs. Yellow Kidney (Insimakki),
Schultz (Apikuni), Katie home Gun and children, Browning
circa 1933
#102. Apikuni, Phyllis Graves, Insimakki
#103. Schultz
#104. Schultz
#105. Schultz
5/8
Photographs #106-120
#106. Schultz
#107. Schultz
#108. Schultz, Little Dog, Hart Merriam Schultz
(Lone Wolf), Big Sorrel Horse
#109. Schultz (Apikuni) and Bear Head Imi-tai-kwen
ready to go trout fishing, Glacier National Park
circa 1935
#110. Schultz with his hunting cat, "Blackie",
Greer, White Mountains, Arizona
1932
#111. 3 Men on horseback
#112. Eli Guardipee (center) and Schultz with
Indians
#113. Schultz standing, Eli Guardipee at head of
table, old WPA days
#114. Frank Harrison, Eli Guardipee, Schultz in
Browning
1938
#115. Schultz and Hart Merriam Schultz
sitting
#116. Schultz and Hart Merriam Schultz
standing
#118. Schultz - turkey hunting
#119. Schultz's mother
#120. Schultz at his typewriter in the
woods
5/9
Photographs #121-134
#121. Young Schultz
#122. Schultz as a young boy
#123. Schultz
#124. Indian Man doing Sign Language
#125. Indian Man doing Sign Language
#126. Schultz
#127. Schultz
#128. Military Academy
#129. Schultz home
#130. Schultz and Hart Merriam Schultz
#131. Schultz, Bear Head, Lone Wolf with Trailfinder
Boys at Lower St. Mary Lake
#132. Fireplace at Camp Hadley,
Massachusetts
#133. Uncle Jeff, uncle of Schultz
#134. The Birthplace of James Schultz
5/10
Photographs #135-153
#135. "Freddie's indian" at Schultz's
Birthplace
(half)
#136. "Freddie's indian" at Schultz's
Birthplace
(half)
#137. "Freddie's indian" a different
view
#138. Dedication ceremonies in front of birthplace
of Schultz
#139. Initials scratched into windowpane at
birthplace of Schultz
#140. Schultz's birthplace
#141. Mayor David Ernst and David C. Andrews look on
as Matthew J. Conway Speaks
October 2, 1972
#142. Don Pierce, Mayor Ernst and David
Andrews
#143. Letter from David Andrews
#144. Plaque - "1859-1947, Birthplace of Apikuni,
James Willard Schultz"
#145. Group of people, at dedication ceremony at
birthplace of Schultz
#146. Group of people gathered, older
photo
#147. Smoky, Schultz's pet wolf
#148. Schultz ranch
#149. Jessie Donaldson Schultz Graham
May 1976
#150. Jessie Donaldson Schultz (Apahki)
Late 1950s
#151. Jessica Donaldson Schultz at Lolomi
Lodge
#152. Jessica Donaldson Schultz
5/11
Photographs #153-165
#153. Lone Wolf (Hart Merriam Schultz)
1912
#154. Lone Wolf at Greer, Arizona?
#155. Lone Wolf in Headdress
#156. Lone Wolf and Naomah in "Apuni Oyis" Butterfly
Lodge, Greer, Arizona
#157. Hart Schultz (Lone Wolf) killed turkeys with
bow and arrows, Greer, Arizona
#158. Hart Schultz (Lone Wolf), Blackfoot
Reservation, Montana
circa 1930s
#159. Lone Wolf and Naomah at home, Greer,
Arizona
1949
#160. Lone Wolf in front of home, Greer,
Arizona
#161. Buffalo Rock Ceremony with James Schultz and
Hart Schultz in the circle
#162. Indian Camp
#163. Indian Camp
#164. Hart Schultz taking passed pipe and James
Schultz sitting beside him
#165. Hart Schultz and James Schultz
5/12
Photographs #166-178
#166. Indian Man
#167. Many Tail Feathers, Indian Man and
Schultz
#168. Curley Bear and Apikuni (Schultz) sing song of
the sticks
#169. Buffalo Rock Ceremony with James Schultz and
Hart Schultz sitting in circle - Little boy dancing in front of them
#170. Group of Indians singing and
dancing
#171. Buffalo Rock Ceremony with James Schultz and
Hart Schultz in circle
#172. Beginning of Buffalo Rock Ceremony
#173. Schultz, Bear Head and Hart
Schultz
#174. Photo of drawing of a Piskan Buffalo Hunt by
Glen Eaglespeaker
#175. Headstone of James Willard Schultz
#176. Burial Site of James W. Schultz, Blackfeet
Reservation
#177. Blackfeet Reservation
#178. Near Schultz Burial site, Blackfeet
Reservation
5/13
Negatives #1, 2, 23, 24, 61, 62, *67, *68, *69, 71,
74, 75, *76, 78, 85
* - negatives without prints
#67. Blackfeet Indians Sundance
#68. Group of 9 Indians in ceremonial
dress
#69. Group of people watching Indian
Sundance
#76. Cut Nose with Old Indian
5/14
Negatives #87, *88, 91, 92, 94, 98, 108, 109, 110,
112-116
* - negatives without prints
#88. A woman, Celia Schultz and a man
5/15
Negatives #*117, 118-122, 124-129, 131, 133,
146
* - negatives without prints
#117. Three men sitting on the ground
5/16
Negatives #147, 150, *151, *152, 153, 154, 156-160,
161-171, *179, *180, *181, *182, *183, *184
* - negatives without prints
#151. #Apahki (Jessie Schultz) at Lolomi
Lodge
#152. Jessie Donaldson Schultz
#179. 2 Trailfinder boys - Glacier(?)
#180. Group of Trailfinder boys looking over a
cliff
#181. Cabin - Glacier(?)
#182. 2 Trailfinder boys looking over a
cliff
#183. Looking down into the forest
#184. A man and a boy with the boy holding a fishing
pole
6/1
Duplicate photos #2, 22, 27, 28, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35,
36, 37, 38
6/2
Duplicate photos #41, 43, 45-48. 50, 79, 80, 93, 101,
103
6/3
Duplicate photos #105, 113, 120, 121, 131, 135, 36,
137, 149, 158, 161-163
6/4
Duplicate negatives #108, 112, 114, 131, 157,
179
6/5
Nataki, drawings by Katrin Wiese
6/6-7
Photos not ordered