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- Published / Created:
- n.d.
- Call Number:
- WA MSS 337
- Collection Title:
- Oregon Superintendent of Indian Affairs correspondence
- Container / Volume:
- Box 5 | Folder 4
- Image Count:
- 147
- Abstract:
- After March 13, 1872, many of the letters are addressed to his successor, T. D. Odeneal and Alfred B. Meacham's correspondence deals with the routine work of the superintendent of Indian affairs, government policy and administration, the Indian wars, and his own removal from office. The chief correspondents are the Commissioners of Indian Affairs in Washington and the Oregon Indian agents. Letters from these officials after March 13, 1872, are addressed to Meacham's successor, T. B. Odeneal. The 1873 correspondence concerns Meacham's work as chairman of a peace commission to the Modocs.
- Description:
- 5 volumes and typed transcript stored in 5 boxes. and Gift of William Robertson Coe.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Siletz Indian Reservation (Or.) and Warm Springs Indian Reservation (Or.)
- Subject (Name):
- Applegate, Ivan D., 1840-1918, Boyle, William Henry, Clum, Henry R, Cornoyer, Narcisse A., 1820-1909, Dyar, Leory S, Knapp, Orson Claudius, 1887, Lafollett, Charles, Meacham, A. B. (Alfred Benjamin), 1826-1882, Odeneal, T. B, Palmer, Joel, 1810-1881, Parker, Ely Samuel, 1828-1895, Smith, John R., active 1870-1872, United States. Office of Indian Affairs, and Walker, Francis Amasa, 1840-1897
- Subject (Topic):
- Indians of North America--Oregon
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Alfred B. Meacham, Letters to. Volume II. September 30, 1871-July 16, 1872.
- Creator:
- Wool, John Ellis, 1784-1869
- Published / Created:
- 1858 February 12
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-442 W88
- Image Count:
- 2
- Subject (Name):
- Houston, Sam, 1793-1863
- Subject (Topic):
- Indians of North America --Wars
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Letter : to Sam Houston / by John Ellis Wool, 1858 Feb 12
44.
- Published / Created:
- n.d.
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-2114
- Collection Title:
- Joseph B. Brown diary and artwork
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1 | 1-2
- Image Count:
- 124
- Abstract:
- Collection of approximately 76 drawings and sketches made by Brown in watercolor, oil, pastel, wash, pencil and ink. Thirty-one drawings depict army forts and western scenery, including Ringgold Barracks, Los Morus, Port Isabel, and San Jose, Texas; Forts Dalles and Nachess and Mt. Hood, Oregon Territory; Forts Stillicum and Taylor, Washington Territory. and The two volume diary is a corrected typescript containing extracts from a diary Brown kept from 1849 to 1859, and includes 24 ink and wash drawings. Brown describes towns, forts, and missions in Texas and the Pacific Northwest; travels by land in Texas; conflicts with Indians in Texas, Oregon, and Washington; cholera and typhoid epidemics; travelling with his family; marching to Arkansas; spending time with Robert E. Lee; and travelling to the Pacific Coast via steamer. The 24 ink and wash drawings depict the front of the Alamo and the mission of La Conception, San Antonio; Mexican women making tortillas; breakfast on the march; the head of Las Morus River; officer's quarters at Ringgold Barracks, Fort Vancouver, and Fort Dalles; "Chenoweth, chief of Dog-River Indians, hung at Cascades"; and "Cut-Mouth John, friendly Cayuse Scout".
- Description:
- Accompanied by a container list (in box 1)., Brown, an army surgeon and self-taught artist, served at several military posts in Texas and the Pacific Northwest in the 1850s. During the Civil War he served with the Army of the Potomac and in the Assistant Surgeon General's office in Louisville., and Purchased from Charles Apfelbaum on the Winlock William Miller, Jr. Memorial Fund, 1997, and from William Reese Company on the Winlock William Miller Jr. Memorial Fund, 1998.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.)--Pictorial works, Fort Dalles (Dalles, Or.)--Pictorial works, Fort Naches (Or.)--Pictorial works, Fort Ringgold (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Fort Ringgold (Rio Grande City, Tex.)--Pictorial works, Fort Vancouver (Wash.)--Pictorial works, Hood, Mount (Or.)--Pictorial works, Oregon--Description and travel, Oregon--Pictorial works, Port Isabel (Tex.)--Pictorial works, Texas--Description and travel, Texas--Pictorial works, Washington--Description and travel, and Washington--Pictorial works
- Subject (Name):
- Brown, Joseph B., 1822-1891, Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870, and United States. Army Military life
- Subject (Topic):
- Indians of North America--Wars--Oregon
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Diary