Wind River Indian Reservation letter books and records, 1902-1920
Container / Volume:
v. 10
Image Count:
2
Abstract:
The Wind River Indian Reservation, located in Fremont County, Wyoming, was created for the Eastern Shoshoni Indians under provisions of the Treaty of Fort Bridger in 1868. Part of the Reservation was occupied by Northern Arapaho Indians in 1878. Harry E.
Subject (Geographic):
Wind River Indian Reservation (Wyo.)
Subject (Name):
United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Shoshone Agency
Subject (Topic):
Indian reservations --Wyoming and Shoshoni Indians --Government relations
Falmouth (England), Great Britain--Intellectual life--19th century, Great Britain--Religious life and customs--19th century, and Great Britain--Social life and customs--19th century
Subject (Name):
Fox family, Fox, Anna Maria, Fox, Barclay, 1817-1855, Fox, Caroline, 1819-1871, Sterling family, and Sterling, John, 1806-1844
Subject (Topic):
Bereavement--Great Britain, Death--Social aspects--Great Britain, English literature--19th century, and Tuberculosis--Great Britain
African American authors--20th century, African Americans--History--To 1863, Antislavery movements--United States, and Slavery--United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
4 undated typescript documents (13 p.), apparently drafts written by John N. E. Brown for an unpublished biography of his wife, Faith Fenton, after her death in 1936: an annotated draft of Chapter One, titled "Memories of Faith Fenton", describes Brown's 1898 journey to the Yukon in the company of William Ogilvie, the Territory's first commissioner, and of Ogilvie's 1897 interview with Fenton for the Toronto Globe; a draft of Chapter Two, describing Fenton's journey with the Yukon Field Force and her arrival in Dawson; a draft relating Brown's first glimpse of Fenton on the streets of Dawson; and an annotated draft tracing Fenton's family history and early youth. Also includes a TLS on Toronto Globe stationary from A. A. McIntosh to Dr. John N. E. Brown, encouraging a proposed biography of Fenton and permitting Brown's use of Fenton's Globe columns. A cabinet card photograph of Faith Fenton accompanies the papers, taken by J. Bruce of Bruce's Photographic Art Studio, Toronto.
Description:
Faith Fenton was the pen name of Alice Freeman, a Toronto school teacher who wrote newspaper columns for the Toronto Globe and the Toronto Empire in the 1890s. In 1898, she became the Globe's special correspondent in the Yukon Territory, and accompanied the Yukon Field Force to Dawson to cover the Klondike gold rush. On January 1, 1900, she married Dr. John N. E. Brown, the secretary of the Yukon Territory and physician to the commissioner, William Ogilvie. The couple remained in Dawson for several years, returning to Toronto in 1905. Fenton died on January 10, 1936. and Purchased from Sindell and Company on the William Robertson Coe Fund, 2004.
Subject (Geographic):
Dawson (Yukon)--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Brown, John N. E. (Nelson Elliot), Canada. Canadian Army. Yukon Field Force, Fenton, Faith, 1857-1936, Globe and Mail (Firm), McIntosh, A. A, and Ogilvie, William, 1846-1912
Subject (Topic):
Frontier and pioneer life--Yukon--Klondike River Valley, Women journalists--Canada, Women pioneers--Yukon--Klondike River Valley, and Women--West (U.S.)
4 undated typescript documents (13 p.), apparently drafts written by John N. E. Brown for an unpublished biography of his wife, Faith Fenton, after her death in 1936: an annotated draft of Chapter One, titled "Memories of Faith Fenton", describes Brown's 1898 journey to the Yukon in the company of William Ogilvie, the Territory's first commissioner, and of Ogilvie's 1897 interview with Fenton for the Toronto Globe; a draft of Chapter Two, describing Fenton's journey with the Yukon Field Force and her arrival in Dawson; a draft relating Brown's first glimpse of Fenton on the streets of Dawson; and an annotated draft tracing Fenton's family history and early youth. Also includes a TLS on Toronto Globe stationary from A. A. McIntosh to Dr. John N. E. Brown, encouraging a proposed biography of Fenton and permitting Brown's use of Fenton's Globe columns. A cabinet card photograph of Faith Fenton accompanies the papers, taken by J. Bruce of Bruce's Photographic Art Studio, Toronto.
Description:
Faith Fenton was the pen name of Alice Freeman, a Toronto school teacher who wrote newspaper columns for the Toronto Globe and the Toronto Empire in the 1890s. In 1898, she became the Globe's special correspondent in the Yukon Territory, and accompanied the Yukon Field Force to Dawson to cover the Klondike gold rush. On January 1, 1900, she married Dr. John N. E. Brown, the secretary of the Yukon Territory and physician to the commissioner, William Ogilvie. The couple remained in Dawson for several years, returning to Toronto in 1905. Fenton died on January 10, 1936. and Purchased from Sindell and Company on the William Robertson Coe Fund, 2004.
Subject (Geographic):
Dawson (Yukon)--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Brown, John N. E. (Nelson Elliot), Canada. Canadian Army. Yukon Field Force, Fenton, Faith, 1857-1936, Globe and Mail (Firm), McIntosh, A. A, and Ogilvie, William, 1846-1912
Subject (Topic):
Frontier and pioneer life--Yukon--Klondike River Valley, Women journalists--Canada, Women pioneers--Yukon--Klondike River Valley, and Women--West (U.S.)