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BOX 82-85 REEL 63-65 Miscellaneous Writings, 1820-circa 1860
Lectures, speeches, prospectuses, government reports, forms, unidentified fragments of Schoolcraft's writings, and clippings of reviews of Schoolcraft's books.
Arranged by type of material and chronologically or alphabetically therein.
BOX 82 REEL 63 Fragments of manuscripts, undated
(2 folders)
Reviews of Henry Rowe Schoolcraft's books, etc., 1839-1857, undated
BOX 83 REEL 64 Lectures
"A Sketch of the Natural History of Michigan," 1831
"China and the Chinese," 1840
"The Influence of Science as an Element in the Social Condition of Europe" or "Science, a Social Element of the Society of Europe," undated
"Scientific Associations Abroad," 1842
"The North American Indians," 1842
"Prominent Characteristics of the North American Indians," undated
"Indian Tribes," circa 1852
(2 folders)
Prospectuses
The Algic Magazine and Annals of Indian Affairs, 1841
Annals of Indian Affairs, undated
Annals of Popular Inquiry, undated
Cottage and Castle: Or Things Observed by the Way, circa 1842
Cyclopedia Indianënsis: Or a General Dictionary of American Ethnology, 1842
History of the Indian for Schools, undated
Ideology of the North American Indians, circa 1860
American Miscellany or Indian Miscellany, undated
The Literary Papers of Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, circa 1860
Mississippiana, or Years in the West, undated
Researches in the Northwest: Northwestern Researches, undated
A Polyglot Dictionary and Grammar of the Indian Languages of the United States, circa 1858
A Synopsis of American Voyages and Travels, 1845
Travels and Expeditions, circa 1860
Travels in the Western Hemisphere, circa 1840
The American Eagle: A Literary Magazine, undated
Miscellany, undated
(2 folders)
Reports
Annual report, Department of Indian Affairs, 1847
Report addressed to John C. Calhoun on the copper mines of Lake Superior, 1820
Geological report addressed to John C. Calhoun on the 1820 Cass expedition, 1822
Forms
Census of Indian tribes, 1847
Comparative vocabulary, 1847-1849
Miscellany
"Indian Maxims: Traits and Apothegms," undated
"Suggestion for Travellers Visiting the Ancient Sites of Indian Occupancy in America," undated
Subscriptions
The History, Condition, and Prospects of the Indian Tribes of the United States, by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, and People from the Other World, by Henry S. Olcott, undated
Archives of Aboriginal Knowledge, circa 1860
BOX 84-85 REEL 65 The Muzziniegun, Comprising Notes on Indian History, Languages, and Mythology, undated
(2 vols.)
BOX 86-90 REEL 66-68 Miscellany, 1814-1906
Manuscripts of articles by others, calling cards, newspaper clippings, a commonplace book, Spanish and Indian mission books, notebooks, printed matter, sketches, maps and charts, financial records, and indexes and descriptions of the papers. Includes Joseph N. Nicollet's journal.
Arranged alphabetically by type of material.
BOX 86 REEL 66 Articles by Mary Howard Schoolcraft
"Declaration of Independence," undated
"A Southern Woman's Thoughts about Slavery," undated
"Stupid Prejudice against Negroes," undated
The Black Gauntlet: A Tale of Plantation Life in South Carolina, by Mary Howard Schoolcraft, reviews, undated
Biographical material, undated
Calling cards, undated
"Character of Indians," by J. B. Moncravie, undated
Chickasaw Indian doctors, article, undated
Clippings
Re Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, undated
Re Indian Affairs, undated
Re Lewis Cass, undated
Commonplace book, circa 1826-1832
Defense of Michigan Territory, article, undated
"The Eries," by John Gilmary Shea, undated
General miscellany, undated
"Historical and Mythological Traditions of the Algonquins," by Ephraim George Squier, undated
"Indian Language," by Alexander Wolcott, Jr., undated
Indian maiden's story of fast and vision, undated
"On Indian Traditions" or "John Johnston's Replies to Governor Cass's Inquiries," undated
Lists of birds sent, 1828
Mailing lists, undated
Maps
Miscellany, undated
Building lots, Detroit, Mich., 1841, undated
"The Chiefs [Esquagumabay?] and Koofsay's Plan for Their Town or Village Consisting of 40 Lots," 1839
"Reservations of the Indians by the Treaty of Sagna," undated
"Geological Sketch of the Track of Granitic Rock in Madison County, Missouri," circa 1818
"The Three Forks of the White River," Ark., undated
Memorial to Congress mailing list, 1846
Meteorological tables and synopsis, Fort Atkinson, Iowa, 1847-1848
Notebooks of Mary Howard Schoolcraft, 1864-1873, undated
Notices of murder of James Lawrence Schoolcraft, 1846
Notes on Ohio Indian tribes, undated
Plan of dormitory, 1839
Printed matter, undated
Scrapbook, "Geographical Explorations in the United States," circa 1854
Sketches, undated
Spanish and Indian mission books by Alexander S. Taylor, 1856
"Translations from Aesop's Fables," by John J. Schoolcraft, undated
Algic Researches, interfile material, undated
BOX 87 REEL 67 Nicollet, Joseph N., expedition journal and correspondence, 1836-1837
BOX 88 REEL 67 Financial records
Ledger, 1836-1848
Annuities paid Indians, 1839
Claim against the United States re Treaty of 1836, circa 1843
BOX 89 REEL 68 Account book, 1819-1827
Accounts, 1826
Accounts at Michilimackinac, 1833
Miscellaneous accounts, 1837-1847, and accounts of Mary Howard Schoolcraft, 1873
European trip expenses, 1842
Miscellaneous accounts, 1844-1856
Account with John H. Howard, 1849-1853
Account with P. White & Co., 1858
Statement re claim of Biddle & Drew, circa 1834
Miscellany, 1836-1839, undated
Johnston, John, waste book, 1814-1821
BOX 90 REEL 68 Inventory of Henry Rowe Schoolcraft papers, undated
Unidentified index, circa 1848
"Writings of Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, Library of Congress" and "Report on the Schoolcraft Papers," by J. S. Fox, 1906
Descriptive index of correspondence, undated
Index to Henry Rowe Schoolcraft correspondence, 1809-1850
BOX OV 1 REEL 69 Oversize, circa 1820-1846
Commissions, charts, and maps.
Unarranged.
BOX OV 1 REEL 69 Dakota Groupe vocabularies, undated
Dacota, Winnebago, Iowa, and Osage
Senecas, Tuscarora, and Wyandot
Sac and Foxes, Ottowas West, Chippewas of Cheboregon, and Mukundwa or Pillagers
Unidentified Indian vocabularies and index, or "A Lists," undated
"Ethnological Survey: A National Inquiry Essential to the History, Policy and Civilization of the United States Indians," 1846
Indian agent commissions of Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, 1822-1839
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