Scrapbook entitled "Our Wild Indians in Peace and War: Surveys, Expeditions, Mining and Scenery of the Great West," compiled by James E. Taylor, possibly as a source for his own illustrations.
Scope and Contents:
Scrapbook entitled "Our Wild Indians in Peace and War: Surveys, Expeditions, Mining and Scenery of the Great West," compiled by James E. Taylor, possibly as a source for his own illustrations. The album includes photographs (mostly albumen with three tintypes), newsclippings, wood engravings, and lithographs, some of which are reproductions of Taylor's own illustrations and paintings. Photographs depict American Indians, US Army soldiers and scouts, historical sites, forts, and scenery. Some were made on expeditions, including the Hayden and Powell surveys, and created from published stereographs. Many of Taylor's illustrations are signed, and some are inscribed with dates and "N. Y." The scrapbook also includes clippings from newspapers and other written sources relating to illustrations and photographs in the album.
Biographical Note:
James E. Taylor (1839-1901) was an artist-correspondent for Leslie's Illustrated Weekly Newspaper from 1863-1883. Born in Cincinatti, Ohio, he graduated from Notre Dame University by the age of sixteen. Taylor enlisted in the 10th New York Infantry in 1861 and the next year was hired by Leslie's Illustrated newspaper as a "Special Artist" and war correspondent. In 1864 he covered the Shenandoah Valley campaign, and was later one of the illustrator-correspondents at the 1867 treaty negotiations at Medicine Lodge, Kansas. He soon earned the moniker "Indian Artist" because of his vast number of drawings of American Indians. In 1883 Taylor retired from Leslie's to work as a freelance illustrator. Colonel Richard Irving Dodge used Taylor's drawings to illustrate his memoir, "Our Wild Indians: Thirty-three Years' Personal Experience among the Red Men of the Great West" (1882).
Local Call Number(s):
NAA Photo Lot 4605
Related Materials:
The National Anthropolgical Archives holds additional photographs by photographers represented in this collection (including original negatives for some of these prints), particularly in Photo Lot 24, Photo Lot 37, Photo Lot 60, Photo Lot 87.
Additional photographs by Whitney, Gardner, and Barry held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 80-18.
Julian Vannerson and James E. McClees photographs held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 4286.
Pywell photographs held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 4498.
O'Sullivan photographs held in National Anthropological Archives Photo lot 4501.
Additional Hillers photographs held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 83-18 and Photo Lot 87-2N.
Provenance:
Donated or transferred by John Witthoft from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, April 14, 1961.
Painting, by James Earl Taylor in 1878, of Battle of Washita, Nov 27 1868, Showing Non-Native Soldiers of 7th Cavalry Attacking Group in Native Dress in Camp of Tipis
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Painting, by James Earl Taylor in 1874, of Battle of Washita River, Nov 26 1868, Showing, Sgt-Maj Walter Kennedy in Cavalry Uniform and with Sword Fighting Group in Native Dress; Man On Horseback Aiming Lance at Kennedy's Back
Group of Men, Members of Pawnee Bill's Wild West Show, In Native Dress and Eating Watermelon, Outside Painted Tipi; Feathered Shield Hanging from Tipi; Lance, Shield and Pipe Nearby; Bleachers in Background
Painting by James Earl Taylor in 1881 of Battle Scene, Showing Non-Native Man, Amos Chapman, Wearing Buckskins and Shooting at Group in Native Dress, with Guns and on Horseback; Wounded Non-Native Soldier at Chapman's Feet; Non-Native Soldiers Firing F...
Painting by James Earl Taylor, 1800, Depicting Non-Native Woman, Josephine Meeker, and Girl on Horseback with Group In Native Dress, Some on Horseback, with Cattle
Painting, by James Earl Taylor in 1879, of Two Non-Native Women, Josephine Meeker and Flora Price and Flora's Two Children, Being Held Captive by Chief Douglas and Group in Native Dress, After Meeker Massacre and Battle of Milk Creek
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Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Date:
1881
Scope and Contents:
Group of Men in Dance Costume, with Eagle Bone Whistles and Dancing in Circle Around Human Figurine Suspended from Lodge Pole; Group in Native Dress Watching
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.01604701
NAA MS.MS 4605
OPPS NEG.56448
Local Note:
Photo Is of Painting by James Taylor in 1881
Black and white Photoprint on Paper Mount in Album
Painting, by James Earl Taylor in 1875, of Group in Native Dress, with Rifles and Horses; Two Cooking Over Fire; Non- Native Man, Woman, and Children, Captives, Nearby
Painting, by James Earl Taylor, of Three Men in Native Dress, One on Horseback, with Quivers, Bows, Arrows, Knife, Rifle, Powder Horn and Removing Arrows from Dead Bear
