Indians of North America -- Great Plains Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Volumes
Ledger drawings
Date:
bulk ca. 1903-1904
Scope and Contents:
Notes and drawings by Native artists relating to heraldry, as Mooney termed tipi and shield designs. Also some myths and linguistic data from these and other Plains tribes. The manuscript is a compilation of materials created over a period of years, assembled under the current number by the BAE archivist. Bound volumes (since disbound for lamination) were placed under this manuscript number; loose notes and drawings on the same topics were primarily assembled under manuscript number 2538.
Biographical / Historical:
James Mooney (1861-1921) was a self-taught ethnologist. He was employed by the Bureau of American Ethnology from 1885 until his death. In this capacity, he worked extensively among the Cherokee and Kiowa. Among the Kiowa his studies focused on pictorial calendars, the peyote religion, and heraldry, the term he used to refer to the designs on shields and painted tipis. In the course of his study of Kiowa and Cheyenne heraldry, he commissioned illustrations of shield and tipi designs, as well as miniature shields and tipis. For additional biographic information on James Mooney see: Christopher Winters, General Editor, International Dictionary of Anthropologists, Garland Publishing, 1991. Neil M. Judd, The Bureau of American Ethnology - A Partial History, University of Oklahoma Press, 1967. L.G. Moses, The Indian Man - A Biography of James Mooney, University of Nebraska Press, 1984.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 2531
OPPS NEG 57,508-A---521-A
OPPS NEG 71-3046-A
OPPS NEG 71-3046
OPPS NEG 72-1801 CN-1818 CN
Local Note:
The John M. Seger Referred to in Vol VIII (and also in Mooney's peyote files) was a teacher of agricultural methods. Walter Campbell edited his autobiography, "Early Days among the Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians," Univ. of Okla. press. Genevieve Seger, his daughter, lives at Geary, Okla.; she may be a trustee of the Okla. Historical Soc. --Information from Althea Bass, here May 1959.
Mrs. J. H. Bass (Althea Bass) here May 6, 1959, thinks that the "Paul" referred to occasionally in Vols. III, IV, and V may be Paul Boynton, an interpreter who spoke both Cheyenne and Arapaho. His family still lives at El Reno. His father had something to do with the Agency. Paul Boynton is mentioned in one of the letters in Mooney corresponence for 1902-06 (Smithsonian Institution - Bureau of American Ethnology correspondence files.)
Date written on several pages by Mooney; almost certainly drawings done by same artist at same time and place as Ms. 2531, Vol. 10, identified by Mooney as "Drawn by Nakoim' eno = Bear Wings/alias Charles Murphy, Cheyenne Cantonment, Okla."
Indians of North America -- Great Plains Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Place:
Oklahoma -- Kiowa Reservation
Date:
ca 1894
Scope and Contents:
Seated, under trees or arbor. Old man, young man, Quanah, girl, woman. Empty cradle in background. Young girl sitting to right of Quanah Parker identified as Wanada, daughter of Quanah by his first wife, Weckeah. The others are not members of the Parker family. Information from Mrs Ella Cox Lutz, granddaughter of Quanah Parker, visitor 2/16/71.
Indians of North America -- Great Plains Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Place:
Oklahoma -- Kiowa Reservation
Date:
ca 1894
Scope and Contents:
Woman standing. Hair bound or braided; striped blanket. Studio backdrop: trees and mountains. For identical cradle in print by George W. Bretz, 1894, cf. Negative 42996 C.
Biographical / Historical:
Lizzie Woodard, Oliver Woodard's mother, "Zah-tell. --Letter of Dr E. R. Rhoades (part Kiowa), Oklahoma City, 3/28/60.
Local Numbers:
OPPS NEG.42931 B
Local Note:
Cf. negative number 56831, same child in cradleboard taken on same occasion and identified as Elma Tachina Woodard. Photo. taken by Irwin and Mankins, Chickasha and Duncan, I. T.
Indians of North America -- Great Plains Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Place:
Oklahoma -- Kiowa Reservation
Date:
ca 1894
Scope and Contents:
Standing by large tree. Buckskin dress.
Biographical / Historical:
Yea'gya taup - mother of Homer Buffalo, in Apache dress. See 43906 D - woman 8th from left. --Letter of Dr E. R. Rhoades (part Kiowa), Oklahoma City, 3/28/60 and 5/17/60.
Indians of North America -- Great Plains Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Place:
Indian Territory -- Chickasha
Date:
1892- ca 1894
Biographical / Historical:
Some time in 1895 the Irwin firm became Irwin & Mankin; the establishment was called the "Blue Tent Gallery." Chickasha was founded in 1892. (Riley, correspondence).
Local Numbers:
OPPS NEG.46962 A
Local Note:
Irwin, Chickasha, Ind. Terr. (imprinted on original mount.)
An original print of this photo. was lent to us by Mrs John A. Osborn, Severna Park, Md. (details on file), but not copied. The original number 46 appeared on the face of this print. An imprint on the mount of the photo. credited "Irwin and Mankins, Chickasha and Duncan, I. T." Handwritten on reverse of print by Mrs H. H. Bailey, ca. 1950's: "Kiowa children and camp in background. They lived on the Indian Reservation near Anadarko, Indian Ter."
See also negative 56386, several of the same children, taken on same occasion.
Indians of North America -- Great Plains Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Place:
Indian Territory -- Chickasha
Date:
1892- ca 1894
Biographical / Historical:
Some time in 1895 the Irwin firm became Irwin & Mankin; the establishment was called the "Blue Tent Gallery." Chickasha was founded in 1892. (Riley, correspondence). Original Number 112.
Local Numbers:
OPPS NEG.46962 E
Local Note:
Irwin, Chickasha, Ind. Terr. (imprinted on original mount.)
