Charles Erskine Scott Wood Sketchbook, 1879
Table of Contents
- Overview of the Collection
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Historical Note
- Content Description
- Use of the Collection
- Administrative Information
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Detailed Description of the Collection
- Pencil sketch: Hillside landscape with teepee, two horses, a tree stump and a boulder, ca. 1879
- Pencil sketch: Wimmpsnut, one of the Chiefs or leading men of the Walla Wallas., 1879
- Pencil sketch: Young Chief-Cayuse, an old man - Chief of the Cayuses, called Young Chief from birth.,
- Pencil sketch: head of an Indian man.,
- Pencil sketch: One of the head men - blind, of one eye - at the conference-settling the Chelan Reservation., 1879
- Pencil sketch: man's head with hat.,
- Landscape sketch: Human figures on a ridge above a river.,
- Pencil sketch: Moses, Chief of Chelans Sulktash Kosha [Sulk-stalk-scosum, the Sun Chief] settling the Chelan Reservation., 1879
- Pencil sketch: A young Yakima Indian., 1879
- Pencil/watercolor sketch: Homely - Chief of the Columbia River Scalliwags (In His Great Sleep - Sladen - Capt. Sladen - Fellow aide de camp on Howard's staff - there was a Chief Homely of the Wallulas., 1879
- Pencil/watercolor sketch: A little girl - at stage station., 1879
- 4 pencil sketches: A man with a long pole guiding a boat; an Indian child asleep on a large rock; another Indian sleeping next to a large rock; and an unsaddled horse grazing.,
- Pencil sketch: two views of a "wood scow" crossing the Columbia River.,
- Names and Subjects
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Wood, Charles Erskine Scott, 1852-1944
- Title
- Charles Erskine Scott Wood Sketchbook
- Dates
- 1879 (inclusive)18791879
- Quantity
- 1 clothbound sketchbook ; 19 x 14 cm.
- Collection Number
- OLPb057WOO
- Summary
- A sketchbook kept by Charles Erskine Scott Wood during an 1879 treaty negotiation between the United States and Sinkiuse-Columbia (Interior Salish) Indians of Washington State.
- Repository
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Lewis & Clark College, Special Collections and Archives
Aubrey R. Watzek Library
615 S. Palatine Hill Rd.
Portland, OR
97219
Telephone: 5037687758
Fax: 5037687282
archives@lclark.edu - Access Restrictions
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This collection has no restrictions and is open for research.
- Languages
- English
Historical Note
Charles Erskine Scott Wood accompanied General Howard to eastern Washington to negotiate with Chief Moses and the Sinkiuse-Columbia (Interior Salish) Indians. During the 1879 trip, Wood carried this sketchbook, in which he kept detailed drawings of the landscape and many of the chiefs he encountered.
Content Description
1 sketchook with 13 sketches.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Use
Permission to publish, exhibit, broadcast, or quote from materials in the Watzek Library Archives & Special Collections requires written permission of the Head of Archives & Special Collections.
Preferred Citation
The Charles Erskine Scott Wood Sketchbook (OLPb057WOO), Lewis & Clark College Aubrey Watzek Library Archives & Special Collections, Portland, Oregon.
Administrative Information
Location of Collection
Special Collections VaultCustodial History
Previously owned by Marian Wood Kolisch, the grand-daughter of C.E.S. Wood.
Acquisition Information
Purchased by Lewis & Clark College from the estate sale of Marian Wood Kolisch.
Processing Note
Processed in 2011.
Related Materials
Lewis & Clark College also holds the Wood family papers, which include letters and other materials created by C.E.S. Wood. To see the finding aid, go to: http://nwda-db.orbiscascade.org/findaid/ark:/80444/xv24292
Detailed Description of the Collection
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.
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Description: Pencil sketch: Hillside landscape with teepee, two horses, a tree stump and a boulderDates: ca. 1879
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Description: Pencil sketch: Wimmpsnut, one of the Chiefs or leading men of the Walla Wallas.Dates: 1879
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Description: Pencil sketch: Young Chief-Cayuse, an old man - Chief of the Cayuses, called Young Chief from birth.Dates:
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Description: Pencil sketch: head of an Indian man.Dates:
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Description: Pencil sketch: One of the head men - blind, of one eye - at the conference-settling the Chelan Reservation.Dates: 1879
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Description: Pencil sketch: man's head with hat.Dates:
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Description: Landscape sketch: Human figures on a ridge above a river.Dates:
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Description: Pencil sketch: Moses, Chief of Chelans Sulktash Kosha [Sulk-stalk-scosum, the Sun Chief] settling the Chelan Reservation.Dates: 1879
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Description: Pencil sketch: A young Yakima Indian.Dates: 1879
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Description: Pencil/watercolor sketch: Homely - Chief of the Columbia River Scalliwags (In His Great Sleep - Sladen - Capt. Sladen - Fellow aide de camp on Howard's staff - there was a Chief Homely of the Wallulas.Dates: 1879
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Description: Pencil/watercolor sketch: A little girl - at stage station.Dates: 1879
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Description: 4 pencil sketches: A man with a long pole guiding a boat; an Indian child asleep on a large rock; another Indian sleeping next to a large rock; and an unsaddled horse grazing.Dates:
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Description: Pencil sketch: two views of a "wood scow" crossing the Columbia River.Dates:
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Moses, Chief, ca. 1829-1899
- Sinkiuse-Columbia Indians -- Government relations
Personal Names
- Wood, Charles Erskine Scott, 1852-1944--Archives
