George Catlin papers
Overview
Letters concerning the proposed publication of The North American Indians in the Middle of the Nineteenth Century, fast passing to extinction and leaving no monuments of their own behind them by 19th century author and illustrator of the American West, George Catlin. The bulk of the collection (items 2-6) are letters from Henry Steele of Jersey City to Ezra Cornell (1807-1874) of Ithaca, New York, the founder of Cornell University (1868), soliciting his support for the publication. Letters written from Brussels, Belgium; Paris, France; and Jersey City, New Jersey.
Dates
- Creation: 1869 - 1870
Creator
- Steele, Henry (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
No access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
Extent
7 folders (7 items in 7 folders)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
MS P499
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bequest of Ralph Nicholson Ellis, 1945
Bibliography
- Roehm, Marjorie Catlin. The Letters of George Catlin and his Family Berkeley: University of California Press, 1966, esp. pages 375-396, 445-448. The editor is unaware of these letters.
- Truettner, William H. The Natural Man Observed: A Study of Catlin's Indian Gallery. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1979, pages 56-69.
Subject
- Catlin, George, 1796-1872 (Person)
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the George Catlin Papers
- Subtitle
- George Catlin papers
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by am, December 30, 1983. Finding aid encoded by mg, 2005.
- Date
- 2005
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in English.
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/1399317415
- Preferred citation
-
George Catlin papers, MS P499, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository