Subject: Salish Indians - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of two manuscripts by David Starr Hoyt, an officer in the Mexican War: an overland account in route to the California gold rush fields (1852) and an account of Native Americans drawn from Hoyt's experiences as a member of Isaac Stevens's exploring expedition surveying a route for the Northern Pacific Railroad from Oregon to Wisconsin in 1853. Images of this collection are also available online at Digital PUL.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Extent:: 3.2 linear feet and 3 boxes
Abstract:: Consists of a selected group of over sixty photographs of Native American people collected by Christopher Cardozo (1948-2021), an American art collector, dealer, publisher, and photographer. Mostly taken by white photographers in the mid to late 19th century and around the turn of the 20th century, these photographs depict people from the following Indigenous communities (and likely others that are unidentified): Sioux, Dakota, Chippewa (Ojibwa), Winnebago, Duwamish, Paiute, Ute, Yuma, Mojave, Arapaho, Apache, Gila, Maricopa, Kiowa, Nez Perce, Flathead (Salish), and Comanche.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Extent:: 144 boxes and 123 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of a closed collection of more than 5,000 Western Americana photographs, consisting mostly of documentary photographs of the Trans-Mississippi West from the late 1860s to early 1900s, largely from the perspective of white photographers and settlers. Subjects include American Indians (especially studio portraits), natural wonders, cities, towns, buildings, and economic activities (mining, railroads, logging, and agriculture). Some photographs relate to the Indigenous populations of Mexico and Central America. The dimensions, physical formats, and photographic processes of the photographs vary widely.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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