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Author/Creator:Fox, George W., 1853-1886, collector.
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Title:George W. Fox Collection of American Indian ledger drawings and photographs.
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Published/Created:1867-circa 1885.
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Physical Description:1.1 linear feet (5 boxes)
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Links:View a description and listing of collection contents in the finding aid
View a selection of digital images in the Beinecke Library's Digital Images Online database
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Notes:In English.
Formerly owned by the Cumberland County Historical Society, Greenwich, New Jersey. Purchased from the William Reese Company on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana and Walter McClintock Memorial Fund, 2002.
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Organization:Organized into two series: I. Ledger Drawings by American Indians, 1876. II. Photographs, 1867-circa 1885.
- Access and use:This material is open for research.
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Biographical / Historical note:George W. Fox (1853-1886) was born in Pennsylvania, the son of George W. Fox (1820-1888). He married Laura E. Shinn Fox Bowen (1858-1933) and they had two daughters, Laura M. Fox (later Mulford) (1878-1965) and Nana S. Fox (later Oliver) (1882-1942). Fox worked as a trader with John "Jack" S. Evans at Fort Sill, Indian Territory, and became an interpreter for Comanche Indians. From 1875 to March 1877, Fox worked with Richard Henry Pratt (1840-1924) and American Indian prisoners of war at Fort Marion in Saint Augustine, Florida. Fox probably died in New Jersey. In 1890, his widow married Daniel Albert Bowen (1855-1912).
Ledger drawings are representational drawings of scenes from the lives of nineteenth century Plains Indians, with an emphasis on martial accomplishments. The term derives from ruled ledger books, usually obtained from soldiers or traders, in which Indians often executed the drawings.
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Summary:Ledger drawings by American Indians and photographs collected by George W. Fox, 1867-circa 1885. Ledger drawings in the collection include two discrete disbound volumes created in 1876 by Wohaw, a Kiowa Indian, and Soaring Eagle, a Cheyenne Indian. Photographs include portraits of American Indians and views of Indian Territory by William Stinson Soule, as well as portraits of American Indian students and views by John Nicholas Choate related to the United States Indian School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. The collection also includes stereograph portraits of American Indian prisoners at Castillo de San Marcos (Fort Marion) in Saint Augustine, Florida, by photographers O. Pierre Havens and George Pierron. Other photographs include views of sites along the Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway in Texas by Peter Fassold and Samuel Burnett Hill, as well as other images of Texas and California by Charles Turner Collier and August R. Mignon.
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Indexes/Finding aids:Finding aid available.
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Cite as:George W. Fox Collection of American Indian Ledger Drawings and Photographs. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
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Subjects:Choate, J. N. (John N.), 1848-1902.
Collier, Charles Turner, 1853-
Fassold, Peter, approximately 1843-
Fox, George W., 1853-1886.
Havens, O. Pierre, 1838-1912.
Hill, Samuel B., 1840-1917.
Mignon, August R., 1844-1915.
Pierron, Geo. (George), 1816-
Pratt, Richard Henry, 1840-1924.
Soaring Eagle, approximately 1847-1886.
Soule, William S. (William Stinson), 1836-1908.
Wohaw, approximately 1853-1924.
Castillo de San Marcos (Saint Augustine, Fla.)--Pictorial works.
Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Company--Pictorial works.
United States Indian School (Carlisle, Pa.)--Pictorial works.
Cheyenne Indians.
Cheyenne Indians--Pictorial works.
Indians of North America.
Indians of North America--Pictorial works.
Kiowa Indians.
Kiowa Indians--Pictorial works.
Indian art--Great Plains.
California--Pictorial works.
Carlisle (Pa.)--Pictorial works.
Florida--Pictorial works.
Indian Territory--Pictorial works.
Pennsylvania--Pictorial works.
Saint Augustine (Fla.)--Pictorial works.
Texas--Pictorial works.
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Genre/Form:Ledger drawings.
Photographic prints.
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Also listed under:Choate, J. N. (John N.), 1848-1902.
Collier, Charles Turner, 1853-
Fassold, Peter, approximately 1843-
Havens, O. Pierre, 1838-1912.
Hill, Samuel B., 1840-1917.
Mignon, August R., 1844-1915.
Pierron, Geo. (George), 1816-
Soaring Eagle, approximately 1847-1886.
Soule, William S. (William Stinson), 1836-1908.
Wohaw, approximately 1853-1924.
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