Object Details
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.
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.
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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
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
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Genre/Form
Photographs
Newspapers
Woodcuts
Tintypes
Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
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Record ID
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