Object Details
- Local Call Number(s)
- NAA Photo Lot 4605
- Creator
- Taylor, James E., 1839-1901 (artist and collector)
- Names
- Geological Survey (U.S.)
- United States. Army
- Photographer
- Barry, D. F. (David Francis), 1854-1934
- Names
- Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917
- Crook, George, 1829-1890
- Custer, George Armstrong, 1839-1876
- Photographer
- Easterly, Thomas M. (Thomas Martin), 1809-1882
- Eaton, E. L. (Edric L.), b. ca. 1836
- Ebell, Adrian J. (Adrian John), 1840-1877
- Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882
- Names
- Hickok, Wild Bill, 1837-1876
- Photographer
- Hillers, John K., 1843-1925
- Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942
- Names
- Juárez, Benito, 1806-1872
- Kinman, Seth
- Photographer
- M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.)
- Names
- Miles, Nelson Appleton, 1839-1925
- Photographer
- O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882
- Names
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902
- Photographer
- Pywell, Wm. R. (William Redish), 1843-1886
- Names
- Red Cloud, 1822-1909
- Richard, Louis
- Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888
- Sitting Bull, 1831-1890
- Spotted Tail, 1823-1881
- Photographer
- Vannerson, Julian, 1827-
- Whitney, Joel E. (Joel Emmons), 1822-1886
- Place
- Mexico
- Taos Pueblo (N.M.)
- California
- Oregon
- Fort Davis (Tex.)
- New Mexico
- Fort Snelling (Minn.)
- Arizona
- Texas
- San Juan Pueblo (N.M.)
- Zuni (N.M.)
- Kansas
- Colorado
- Topic
- Church buildings
- Mines and mineral resources
- Dance
- White River Massacre, Colo., 1879
- Painting
- Washita Campaign, 1868-1869
- Mormon Church -- History
- Indians of North America -- Southern states
- Indians of North America -- Northeast
- Provenance
- Donated or transferred by John Witthoft from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, April 14, 1961.
- Creator
- Taylor, James E., 1839-1901 (artist and collector)
- Culture
- Apache
- Pueblo
- Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)
- Cherokee
- Niuam (Comanche)
- Muscogee (Creek)
- Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)
- Fox
- A'aninin (Gros Ventre)
- Kiowa
- Modoc
- Diné (Navajo)
- Oglala Lakota (Oglala Sioux)
- Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa)
- Omaha
- Chaticks Si Chaticks (Pawnee)
- Potawatomi
- Indians of North America -- Plateau
- Indians of North America -- Great Basin
- Indians of North America -- Southwest, New
- Ho-Chunk (Winnebago)
- A:shiwi (Zuni)
- Sauk
- Shoshone
- Ute
- Indians of North America -- Great Plains
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- James E. Taylor scrapbook of the American West
- Summary
- 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.
- 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).
- Extent
- 4 Tintypes
- 3 Chromolithographs
- 3 Lithographs (3 chalk-manner lithographs)
- 1 Print (photogravure)
- 118 Pages (Scrapbook)
- 685 Prints (circa, albumen)
- 80 Items (circa 80 relief prints (including woodcuts and wood engraving))
- 30 Items (circa 30 intaglio prints (including etchings and engravings))
- Date
- circa 1863-1900
- Archival Repository
- National Anthropological Archives
- Identifier
- NAA.MS4605
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Tintypes
- Chromolithographs
- Lithographs
- Prints
- Pages
- Photographs
- Newspapers
- Woodcuts
- Citation
- MS 4605, James E. Taylor scrapbook of the American West, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
- Rights
- Contact the repository for terms of use.
- Genre/Form
- Photographs
- Newspapers
- Woodcuts
- Tintypes
- 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.
- Restrictions
- The collection is open for research. Access to the collection requires an appointment.
- Record ID
- ebl-1535127605733-1535127605749-0
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