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Author: Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe, 1793-1864.
Title: Henry Rowe Schoolcraft papers, 1788-1941 (bulk
1820-1856).
Description: 25,000 items.
90 containers plus 1 oversize.
69 microfilm reels.
28 linear feet.
Local Call No: 0317C
Oversize 0114K
Microfilm 13,819-69N-69P
Notes: Open to research.
Correspondence, journals, articles, books, manuscript
magazines, poetry, speeches, government reports,
Indian vocabularies, maps, drawings, and other
papers reflecting Schoolcraft's career as a glass
manufacturer in New Hampshire, New York, and
Vermont; mineralogist on an exploring expedition in
the Ozark Mountains; geologist on the Cass
expedition to the Northwest Territory; leader of
expeditions throughout the Great Lakes region;
member of Michigan's legislative council; Indian
agent at Sault Sainte Marie and Mackinac Island
(Mich.); superintendent of Indian affairs for
Michigan; ethnologist and author of works concerning
the Iroquois of New York state and other Indians of
North America including Algic Researches (1839); and
compiler and editor of Historical and Statistical
Information Respecting the History, Condition and
Prospects of the Indian Tribes of the United States
(1851-1857).
Also includes correspondence and other papers of
Schoolcraft's wives Jane Johnston Schoolcraft and
Mary Howard (Mrs. Henry Rowe) Schoolcraft; papers of
Schoolcraft's father Lawrence Schoolcraft,
father-in-law John Johnston, and friend Lewis Cass;
and Joseph N. Nicollet's journal (1836) of an
expedition to the sources of the Mississippi.
Correspondents include John Russell Bartlett, John C.
Calhoun, Lewis Cass, Ramsay Crooks, James Duane
Doty, Edward Everett, Joseph Henry, John Harrison
Howard (brother-in-law), John Hulbert
(brother-in-law), Washington Irving, George Johnston
(brother-in-law), Richard B. Kimball, William S.
Lee, Francis Lieber, Lucius Lyon, Stevens Thomson
Mason, William McMurray (brother-in-law), Pliny
Miles, John Gorham Palfrey, Ely Samuel Parker,
Francis Parkman, Thomas Ritchie, Willett H.
Shearman, Benjamin Silliman, William Gilmore Simms,
C. C. Trowbridge, and Henry Whiting.
Microfilm edition available, no. 13,819.
Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript
Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress
Photoduplication Service, 1967-1973.
Acquisition, Mary Howard Schoolcraft (gift) and
Smithsonian Institution (transfer), 1866-1942.
Broadsides and pamphlets transferred to Library of
Congress Rare Book and Special Collections
Division.
Author, ethnologist, explorer, geologist, glass
manufacturer, and Indian agent.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress
Manuscript Reading Room and at
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms000003
MSS39115
Subjects: American periodicals.
Ethnology -- New York (State)
Ethnology -- North America.
Geology -- Northwest, Old.
Glass manufacture -- New Hampshire.
Glass manufacture -- New York (State)
Glass manufacture -- Vermont.
Indians of North America.
Indians of North America -- Government relations.
Indians of North America -- Languages.
Indians of North America -- Michigan.
Indians of North America -- New York (State)
Iroquois Indians.
Lewis Cass Expedition, 1820.
Mineralogy -- Ozark Mountains.
Great Lakes Region (North America) -- Discovery and
exploration.
Mackinac Island (Mich.) -- History.
Michigan -- Politics and government.
Mississippi River -- Discovery and exploration.
Northwest, Old -- Discovery and exploration.
Ozark Mountains -- Discovery and exploration.
Sault Sainte Marie (Mich.) -- History.
Bartlett, John Russell, 1805-1886 -- Correspondence.
Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850 --
Correspondence.
Cass, Lewis, 1782-1866 -- Correspondence.
Crooks, Ramsay, 1787-1859 -- Correspondence.
Doty, James Duane, 1799-1865 -- Correspondence.
Everett, Edward, 1794-1865 -- Correspondence.
Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878 -- Correspondence.
Howard, John Harrison -- Correspondence.
Hulbert, John -- Correspondence.
Irving, Washington, 1783-1859 -- Correspondence.
Johnston, George -- Correspondence.
Kimball, Richard B. (Richard Burleigh), 1816-1892 --
Correspondence.
Lee, William S., fl. 1841 -- Correspondence.
Lieber, Francis, 1800-1872 -- Correspondence.
Lyon, Lucius, 1800-1851 -- Correspondence.
Mason, Stevens Thomson, 1811-1843 -- Correspondence.
McMurray, William, 1810-1894 -- Correspondence.
Miles, Pliny, 1818-1865 -- Correspondence.
Palfrey, John Gorham, 1796-1881 -- Correspondence.
Parker, Ely Samuel, 1828-1895 -- Correspondence.
Parkman, Francis, 1823-1893 -- Correspondence.
Ritchie, Thomas, 1778-1854 -- Correspondence.
Shearman, Willett H., b. 1792 -- Correspondence.
Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864 -- Correspondence.
Simms, William Gilmore, 1806-1870 -- Correspondence.
Trowbridge, C. C. (Charles Christopher), 1800-1883 --
Correspondence.
Whiting, Henry, 1788-1851 -- Correspondence.
Authors. itoamc
Ethnologists. itoamc
Explorers. itoamc
Geologists. itoamc
Glass manufacturers. itoamc
Indian agents. itoamc
Other authors: Cass, Lewis, 1782-1866. Lewis Cass papers.
Johnston, John, 1762-1828. John Johnston papers.
Nicollet, J. N. (Joseph Nicolas), 1786-1843. J.N.
Nicollet papers.
Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe, 1793-1864. Algic researches.
1839.
Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe, 1793-1864, ed. Historical and
statistical information respecting the history,
condition and prospects of the Indian tribes of the
United States. 1851-1857.
Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe, Mrs. Mrs. Henry Rowe
Schoolcraft papers.
Schoolcraft, Jane Johnston, 1800-1842. Jane Johnston
Schoolcraft papers.
Schoolcraft, Lawrence, 1757-1840. Lawrence Schoolcraft
papers.
Location: Library of Congress Manuscript Division Washington,
D.C. 20540 USA dcu
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home
Source: DLC DLC DLC dacs
Control No.: 5801441
URL: Finding aid
Finding aid (PDF)
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