Archives of American Art
George Catlin papers
Catlin, George, 1796-1872
AAA.catlgeor
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2.3 Linear feet
undated
1821-1904
The collection comprises 2.3 feet of papers concerning George Catlin's creation and promotion of his famed "Indian Gallery" of paintings, drawings, and artifacts of North American Indians. Dating from 1821 through 1904, with one item dated 1946, the papers include letters, notebooks and journals, receipt books and loose receipts, printed materials, and other documentation. The bulk of the collection focuses on Catlin's efforts to promote the sale of his gallery to the United States government through tours, including London and Paris, and petitions to various governments to purchase the Gallery. Among the rare printed catalogs and petitions in the collection are exhibition catalogs for the U.S., London, and Paris tours, the earliest dating from 1837. Letters and other documents include letters dating from the 1830s from Henry Clay, Thomas Sully, and William Henry Seward commending Catlin's work, as well as Catlin family correspondence and papers dating from 1821 through the 1870s.
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Biographical/Historical note
George Catlin was born in 1796 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Although trained as a lawyer, Catlin quit his law practice and moved to Philadelphia in 1823 to begin a career as a portrait painter. He gained membership in the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in 1824, but his career in formal portraiture met with little success. In 1830, Catlin embarked upon his lifetime achievement of documenting the lives, customs, and culture of the declining native American population of the Plains. He spent the next six years traveling, drawing, painting, and writing about the Plains Indians. By 1837, he had amassed enough documentation to hold a major exhibition in New York of Catlin's Indian Gallery of Portraits, Landscapes, Manners and Customs, Costumes, etc. The same exhibition, with an added live show, traveled to London in 1842 and Paris in 1845, where it was met with rave reviews.
Catlin spent the remainder of his life gathering support for the sale of the Indian Gallery to the U.S. Congress. Between 1841 and 1842, at his own expense, Catlin wrote and published his two volume set Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians. He also wrote numerous petitions and "memorials" to Congress, often including statements from national and international reputable supporters, such as Daniel Webster, General Lewis Cass, the Joint Committee on the Library (of Congress), and the American Ambassador to France. The Smithsonian Institution's first Secretary Joseph Henry strongly supported congressional acquisition of Catlin's work and even provided Catlin with a small studio in the Castle building. All of the appeals to the government for the purchase of the collection were, in the end, unsuccessful and Catlin died almost penniless in 1872.
Scope and Contents note
The collection comprises 2.3 feet of papers concerning George Catlin's creation and promotion of his famed "Indian Gallery" of paintings, drawings, and artifacts of North American Indians. Dating from 1821 through 1904, with one item dated 1946, the papers include letters, notebooks and journals, receipt books and loose receipts, printed materials, and other documentation. The bulk of the collection focuses on Catlin's efforts to promote the sale of his gallery to the United States government through tours, including London and Paris, and petitions to various governments to purchase the Gallery. Among the rare printed catalogs and petitions in the collection are exhibition catalogs for the U.S., London, and Paris tours, the earliest dating from 1837. Letters and other documents include letters dating from the 1830s from Henry Clay, Thomas Sully, and William Henry Seward commending Catlin's work, as well as Catlin family correspondence and papers dating from 1821 through the 1870s.
Of particular interest in the collection are letters to and from Catlin, including two written by Catlin during his early travels to the west in the 1830s. Other letters include ones from Henry Clay, John Adams Dix, Ralph Randolph Gurley, James Hall, William Henry Seward, Thomas Sully (illustrated), and Baron Friederich von Humbolt, among others. Most wish Catlin well and offer support in his endeavors to sell his collection.
Also found within the collection are several notebooks and notes describing Native American ceremonies, name translations, customs, and other information pertinent to Catlin's catalog, two volume book, and exhibitions of the "Indian Gallery." There are also numerous loose receipts and account and receipt books documenting the 1840s London and Paris venues of the "Indian Gallery" exhibition. The collection also houses printed catalogs for the exhibitions, including a rare 1837 catalog for the first show in New York.
Additional materials include certificates of authenticity testifying to the authenticity of Catlin's paintings from life of Native American sitters, announcements relating to exhibition openings, printed memorials and petitions to Congress, printed letters of support, envelopes and name cards, and handwritten tickets to Catlin lectures. Also found are a handwritten journal of Theodore B. Catlin, photogravures of Catlin, obituaries for Catlin, and printed reviews of the exhibitions.
Arrangement note
The George Catlin papers are arranged into five series based primarily on document type. Within each series, materials are arranged in chronological order.
Missing Title
- Series 1: Correspondence, 1821-1885 (Boxes 1, 6; Reel 5824; 12 folders)
- Series 2: Writings, 1825-circa 1872 (Boxes 1, 6; Reel 5824; 9 folders)
- Series 3: Financial Records, 1826-1848 (Boxes 2, 6; Reels 5824-5825; 13 folders, 3 bound volumes)
- Series 4: Catalogs, 1837-1871 (Boxes 3-5; Reel 5825; 1 linear foot)
- Series 5: Ephemera and Miscellaneous Printed Material, 1832-1904, 1946 (Boxes 5-6, OV 7; Reel 5825; 14 folders)
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
The papers of George Catlin were transferred to the Archives of American Art by the Library of the Smithsonian's National Collection of Fine Arts, now the Smithsonian's American Art Museum. Accession records indicate that the papers were once maintained by the Smithsonian's Bureau of Ethnology and were probably part of the orginal 1879 acquisition of Catlin's Indian Gallery by the Smithsonian. Businessman Joseph Harrison rescued the "Indian Gallery" from Catlin's creditors in the 1850s and stored the collection in a Philadelphia warehouse, where it suffered damage from at least two fires before Harrison's widow donated the collection to the Smithsonian.
Related Archival Materials note
The Archives holds several related collections of differing provenances related to George Catlin, including a small collection of manuscripts and drawings microfilmed on reel 1191 related to Catlin's work in marine art and documentation. A microfilmed loan of circa 500 items is also available on reel 3277 of letters between Catlin and Sir Thomas Phillipps, 1840-1860, writings by Catlin and material on Catlin's Indian Gallery, including clippings, catalogs, handbills, invitations, drawings and portrait sketches of native Americans, and printed material; a watercolor sketchbook; a list of paintings; and miscellany. Also found within the Archives is one undated letter microfilmed on reel D8 from Catlin, and a collection of art historian William Truettner's research papers on George Catlin.
Conditions Governing Access note
A digitized version of the microfilm of this collection is available online via the Archives of American Art website.
Terms of Use
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Existence and Location of Copies note
The papers of George Catlin in the Archives of American Art were digitized in 2005 from 2 reels of microfilm, and total 2360 images.
Preferred Citation note
George Catlin papers, 1821-1946. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Processing Information note
The collection was processed by Patricia K. Craig in 2001. The microfilm was digitized in 2005 with funding provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art.
Portrait painters
Painters
Miniature painters
Indians of North America -- Portraits
Illustrators
Ethnological painters
Ethnological illustrators
Photogravures
Art and race
Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872
Clay, Henry, 1777-1852
Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872
Correspondence
Series 1
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12 Folders
Boxes 1, 6; Reel 5824
1821-1885
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Letters to and from Catlin, including two written while traveling in the west in the 1830s. Also found are family letters and several letters of support from Henry Clay, John Adams Dix, Ralph Randolph Gurley, James Hall, William Henry Seward, Thomas Sully (illustrated), and Baron Friederich von Humbolt, among others. Most wish Catlin well and offer support in his endeavors to promote and sell his collection. Folder headings include all oversize material.
Correspondence
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1821
undated
5824
17-29
Correspondence
Correspondence
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1834-1839
5824
30-50
Correspondence
Correspondence
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1839
5824
51-73
Correspondence
Correspondence
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1840-1842
5824
74-96
Correspondence
Correspondence
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circa 1840s
5824
97-129
Correspondence
Correspondence
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1843-1844
5824
130-146
Correspondence
Correspondence
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1845-1849
5824
147-160
Correspondence
Correspondence
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1850-1855
5824
161-176
Correspondence
Correspondence
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1861
5824
177-179
Correspondence
Correspondence
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1870
undated
5824
180-187
Correspondence
Correspondence
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1885
5824
188-208
Correspondence
Transcripts of Correspondence Concerning Catlin
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undated
unfilmed
Writings
Series 2
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9 Folders
Boxes 1, 6; Reel 5824
1825-circa 1872
Scope and Contents note
This series includes several handwritten notebooks by Catlin, as well as printed memorials and petitions written by Catlin. Also found is a handwritten French translation of Catlin's 1845 exhibition catalog and a partial handwritten manuscript "Travels in Europe." The subscription notebook was originally created circa 1825 to record subscription sales for a printed version of a portrait of the Hon. Tapping Reeve, a Connecticut judge painted by Catlin. The printing was never actually undertaken, however, and the book was later used in 1841 as a memo book during Catlin's stay in London. Of particular interest are the Notebooks numbered 6 and 7. Both contain notes about Catlin's paintings and exhibitions, as well as cultural information about the Indian tribes, such as name translations. One notebook describes a Mandan battle in gruesome detail.
George Catlin's Subscription and Expense Notebook
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undated
1825
5824
209-227
George Catlin's Subscription and Expense Notebook
George Catlin's Notebook #6
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circa 1830s
5824
228-252
George Catlin's Notebook #6
George Catlin's Notebook #7
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circa 1830s
5824
253-273
George Catlin's Notebook #7
George Catlin's Notebook with Notations about Paintings
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circa 1840s
5824
274-292
George Catlin's Notebook with Notations about Paintings
Handwritten Catalog Raisonne, French Translation, author unknown (1 of 4)
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circa 1845
5824
293-317
Handwritten Catalog Raisonne, French Translation, author unknown (1 of 4)
Handwritten Catalog Raisonne, French Translation, author unknown (2 of 4)
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circa 1845
5824
318-342
Handwritten Catalog Raisonne, French Translation, author unknown (2 of 4)
Handwritten Catalog Raisonne, French Translation, author unknown (3 of 4)
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circa 1845
5824
343-367
Handwritten Catalog Raisonne, French Translation, author unknown (3 of 4)
Handwritten Catalog Raisonne, French Translation, author unknown (4 of 4)
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circa 1845
5824
368-387
Handwritten Catalog Raisonne, French Translation, author unknown (4 of 4)
Printed, "Memorial" by George Catlin to Congress
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1868
5824
388-395
Printed, "Memorial" by George Catlin to Congress
Miscellaneous Notes and Reminiscences by George Catlin
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1869
5824
396-402
Miscellaneous Notes and Reminiscences by George Catlin
Printed, Petition to Congress and Leaflet
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circa 1872
5824
403-408
Printed, Petition to Congress and Leaflet
Printed, "Synopsis of the Travels of George Catlin in Gathering His Sketches for His Indian Collection"
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circa 1872
5824
409-417
Printed, "Synopsis of the Travels of George Catlin in Gathering His Sketches for His Indian Collection"
Handwritten Partial Book Manuscript, "Travels In Europe" (1 of 3)
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undated
5824
418-442
Handwritten Partial Book Manuscript, "Travels In Europe" (1 of 3)
Handwritten Partial Book Manuscript, "Travels In Europe" (2 of 3)
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undated
5824
443-467
Handwritten Partial Book Manuscript, "Travels In Europe" (2 of 3)
Handwritten Partial Book Manuscript, "Travels In Europe" (3 of 3)
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undated
5824
468-484
Handwritten Partial Book Manuscript, "Travels In Europe" (3 of 3)
Financial Records
Series 3
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13 Folders
3 bound volumes
1826-1848
Scope and Contents note
This series includes bound and loose accounts, receipts, and invoices, primarily those of George Catlin for his travels in Europe associated with the exhibitions, as well as receipts for advertising and space rental for the exhibitions. One account book is marked on the cover "Clara B. Catlin Account Book", which actually documents book sales. Also found is one very small bound green daybook decorated with metal tabs and a cover label engraved, "Souvenir." It is unclear who is the author of the entries. Inside is a handwritten inscription dated 1827 on the title page, along with an illegible name. The book includes notes, addresses, account entries, and "doodles." Folder headings include all oversize material.
Bound, Miscellaneous Account and Receipt Book (1 of 4)
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1826-1838
5824
485-509
Bound, Miscellaneous Account and Receipt Book (1 of 4)
Bound, Miscellaneous Account and Receipt Book (2 of 4)
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1826-1838
5824
510-534
Bound, Miscellaneous Account and Receipt Book (2 of 4)
Bound, Miscellaneous Account and Receipt Book (3 of 4)
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1826-1838
5824
535-559
Bound, Miscellaneous Account and Receipt Book (3 of 4)
Bound, Miscellaneous Account and Receipt Book (4 of 4)
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1826-1838
5824
560-585
Bound, Miscellaneous Account and Receipt Book (4 of 4)
Bound Daybook, "Souvenir", Unknown Author
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1827-1830
5824
586-606
Bound Daybook, "Souvenir", Unknown Author
Bound Account Book, Book Sales
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undated
5824
607-613
Bound Account Book, Book Sales
Bound "Memorandum" and Receipt Notebook (1 of 10)
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1841
5824
614-643
Bound "Memorandum" and Receipt Notebook (1 of 10)
Bound "Memorandum" and Receipt Notebook (2 of 10)
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1841
5824
644-673
Bound "Memorandum" and Receipt Notebook (2 of 10)
Bound "Memorandum" and Receipt Notebook (3 of 10)
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1841
5824
674-703
Bound "Memorandum" and Receipt Notebook (3 of 10)
Bound "Memorandum" and Receipt Notebook (4 of 10)
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1841
5824
704-733
Bound "Memorandum" and Receipt Notebook (4 of 10)
Bound "Memorandum" and Receipt Notebook (5 of 10)
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1841
5824
734-763
Bound "Memorandum" and Receipt Notebook (5 of 10)
Bound "Memorandum" and Receipt Notebook (6 of 10)
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1841
5824
764-793
Bound "Memorandum" and Receipt Notebook (6 of 10)
Bound "Memorandum" and Receipt Notebook (7 of 10)
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1841
5824
794-823
Bound "Memorandum" and Receipt Notebook (7 of 10)
Bound "Memorandum" and Receipt Notebook (8 of 10)
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1841
5824
824-853
Bound "Memorandum" and Receipt Notebook (8 of 10)
Bound "Memorandum" and Receipt Notebook (9 of 10)
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1841
5824
854-883
Bound "Memorandum" and Receipt Notebook (9 of 10)
Bound "Memorandum" and Receipt Notebook (10 of 10)
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1841
5824
884-902
Bound "Memorandum" and Receipt Notebook (10 of 10)
Bound Paris Hall Receipts (1 of 4)
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1845
5824
903-932
Bound Paris Hall Receipts (1 of 4)
Bound Paris Hall Receipts (2 of 4)
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1845
5824
933-962
Bound Paris Hall Receipts (2 of 4)
Bound Paris Hall Receipts (3 of 4)
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1845
5824
963-992
Bound Paris Hall Receipts (3 of 4)
Bound Paris Hall Receipts (4 of 4)
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1845
5824
993-1106
Bound Paris Hall Receipts (4 of 4)
Miscellaneous Loose Invoices and Receipts
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1833-1839
5824
1107-1127
Miscellaneous Loose Invoices and Receipts
Miscellaneous Loose Invoices and Receipts (1 of 4)
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2 Folders
1840
5824
1128-1143
Miscellaneous Loose Invoices and Receipts (1 of 4)
Miscellaneous Loose Invoices and Receipts (2 of 4)
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2 Folders
1840
5825
12-41
Miscellaneous Loose Invoices and Receipts (2 of 4)
Miscellaneous Loose Invoices and Receipts (3 of 4)
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2 Folders
1840
5825
42-71
Miscellaneous Loose Invoices and Receipts (3 of 4)
Miscellaneous Loose Invoices and Receipts (4 of 4)
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2 Folders
1840
5825
72-97
Miscellaneous Loose Invoices and Receipts (4 of 4)
Miscellaneous Loose Invoices and Receipts
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1841
5825
98-108
Miscellaneous Loose Invoices and Receipts
Miscellaneous Loose Invoices and Receipts
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1842
5825
109-110
Miscellaneous Loose Invoices and Receipts
Miscellaneous Loose Invoices and Receipts (1 of 2)
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1843
5825
111-140
Miscellaneous Loose Invoices and Receipts (1 of 2)
Miscellaneous Loose Invoices and Receipts (2 of 2)
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1843
5825
141-163
Miscellaneous Loose Invoices and Receipts (2 of 2)
Miscellaneous Loose Invoices and Receipts
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1844
5825
164-165
Miscellaneous Loose Invoices and Receipts
Miscellaneous Loose Invoices and Receipts (1 of 2)
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1845
5825
166-190
Miscellaneous Loose Invoices and Receipts (1 of 2)
Miscellaneous Loose Invoices and Receipts (2 of 2)
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1845
5825
191-205
Miscellaneous Loose Invoices and Receipts (2 of 2)
Miscellaneous Loose Invoices and Receipts
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1848
5825
206-207
Miscellaneous Loose Invoices and Receipts
Miscellaneous Loose Invoices and Receipts
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undated
5825
208-223
Miscellaneous Loose Invoices and Receipts
Miscellaneous Financial Material
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1841-1845
5825
224-229
Miscellaneous Financial Material
Catalogs
Series 4
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1 Linear foot
Boxes 3-5; Reel 5825
1837-1871
Scope and Contents note
Printed catalogs and duplicates for the Indian Gallery exhibitions in the United States and Europe. The series is arranged chronologically by publication date. Duplicate copies are grouped together in folders. Folder headings include all oversize material.
Catalogue of Catlin's Indian Gallery of Portraits, Landscapes, Manners and Customs, Costumes, Etc. (New York, first edition)
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2 Folders
1837
5825
230-253
Catalogue of Catlin's Indian Gallery of Portraits, Landscapes, Manners and Customs, Costumes, Etc. (New York, first edition)
A Descriptive Catalogue of Catlin's Indian Gallery; Containing Portraits, Landscapes, Costumes, Etc., and Representations of the Manners and Customs of the North American Indians (London edition, C. & J. Adlard Printers)
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circa 1840
5825
254-279
A Descriptive Catalogue of Catlin's Indian Gallery; Containing Portraits, Landscapes, Costumes, Etc., and Representations of the Manners and Customs of the North American Indians (London edition, C. & J. Adlard Printers)
A Descriptive Catalogue of Catlin's Indian Gallery; Containing Portraits, Landscapes, Costumes, Etc., and Representations of the Manners and Customs of the North American Indians (London edition, C. & J. Adlard Printers) (1 of 2)
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4 Folders
circa 1843
5825
280-299
A Descriptive Catalogue of Catlin's Indian Gallery; Containing Portraits, Landscapes, Costumes, Etc., and Representations of the Manners and Customs of the North American Indians (London edition, C. & J. Adlard Printers) (1 of 2)
A Descriptive Catalogue of Catlin's Indian Gallery; Containing Portraits, Landscapes, Costumes, Etc., and Representations of the Manners and Customs of the North American Indians (London edition, C & J Adlard Printers) (2 of 2)
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4 Folders
circa 1843
5825
300-319
A Descriptive Catalogue of Catlin's Indian Gallery; Containing Portraits, Landscapes, Costumes, Etc., and Representations of the Manners and Customs of the North American Indians (London edition, C & J Adlard Printers) (2 of 2)
A Descriptive Catalogue of Catlin's Indian Gallery, Containing Portraits, Landscapes, Costumes, Etc., and Representations of the Manners and Customs of the North American Indians (New York, first edition) (1 of 2)
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1845
5825
320-339
A Descriptive Catalogue of Catlin's Indian Gallery, Containing Portraits, Landscapes, Costumes, Etc., and Representations of the Manners and Customs of the North American Indians (New York, first edition) (1 of 2)
Scope and Contents note
Includes insert, "Opinions of the English and United States Press on Catlin's North American Indian Museum."
A Descriptive Catalogue of Catlin's Indian Gallery, Containing Portraits, Landscapes, Costumes, Etc., and Representations of the Manners and Customs of the North American Indians (New York, first edition) (2 of 2)
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1845
5825
340-359
A Descriptive Catalogue of Catlin's Indian Gallery, Containing Portraits, Landscapes, Costumes, Etc., and Representations of the Manners and Customs of the North American Indians (New York, first edition) (2 of 2)
Scope and Contents note
Includes insert, "Opinions of the English and United States Press on Catlin's North American Indian Museum."
A Descriptive Catalogue of Catlin's Indian Gallery, Containing Portraits, Landscapes, Costumes, Etc., and Representation of the Manners and Customs of the North American Indians (London edition, C. & J. Adlard)
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1845
5825
360-385
A Descriptive Catalogue of Catlin's Indian Gallery, Containing Portraits, Landscapes, Costumes, Etc., and Representation of the Manners and Customs of the North American Indians (London edition, C. & J. Adlard)
Scope and Contents note
Includes insert, Catalogue Raisonné de la Galerie Indienne de Mr. Catlin (Paris edition, Imprimerie de Wittersheim)
Catalogue Raisonné de La Galerie Indienne de Mr. Catlin (Paris edition, Imprimerie de Wittersheim) (1 of 2)
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1845
5825
386-410
Catalogue Raisonné de La Galerie Indienne de Mr. Catlin (Paris edition, Imprimerie de Wittersheim) (1 of 2)
Catalogue Raisonné de La Galerie Indienne de Mr. Catlin (Paris edition, Imprimerie de Wittersheim) (2 of 2)
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1845
5825
411-437
Catalogue Raisonné de La Galerie Indienne de Mr. Catlin (Paris edition, Imprimerie de Wittersheim) (2 of 2)
A Descriptive Catalogue of Catlin's Indian Collection; Containing Portraits, Landscapes, Costumes, Etc., and Representatives of the Manners and Customs of the North American Indians (notated London edition, self-published) (1 of 2)
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2 Folders
1848
5825
438-467
A Descriptive Catalogue of Catlin's Indian Collection; Containing Portraits, Landscapes, Costumes, Etc., and Representatives of the Manners and Customs of the North American Indians (notated London edition, self-published) (1 of 2)
A Descriptive Catalogue of Catlin's Indian Collection; Containing Portraits, Landscapes, Costumes, Etc., and Representatives of the Manners and Customs of the North American Indians (notated London edition, self-published) (2 of 2)
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2 Folders
1848
5825
468-486
A Descriptive Catalogue of Catlin's Indian Collection; Containing Portraits, Landscapes, Costumes, Etc., and Representatives of the Manners and Customs of the North American Indians (notated London edition, self-published) (2 of 2)
Catalogue Descriptive and Instructive of Catlin's Indian Cartoons: Portraits, Types and Customs and LaSalle's Discoveries (New York edition, Baker and Godwin, printers) (1 of 2)
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1871
5825
487-510
Catalogue Descriptive and Instructive of Catlin's Indian Cartoons: Portraits, Types and Customs and LaSalle's Discoveries (New York edition, Baker and Godwin, printers) (1 of 2)
Catalogue Descriptive and Instructive of Catlin's Indian Cartoons: Portraits, Types and Customs and LaSalle's Discoveries (New York edition, Baker and Godwin, printers) (2 of 2)
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1871
5825
511-537
Catalogue Descriptive and Instructive of Catlin's Indian Cartoons: Portraits, Types and Customs and LaSalle's Discoveries (New York edition, Baker and Godwin, printers) (2 of 2)
Ephemera and Miscellaneous Printed Material
Series 5
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14 Folders
Boxes 5, 6, OV 7; Reel 5825
undated
1832-1904
Scope and Contents note
This series consists of exhibition announcements, certifications of authenticity for Catlin's portraits and other paintings, miscellaneous broadsides, announcements, clippings, petitions in support of the proposed purchase of the Indian Gallery by Congress, obituaries for George Catlin, reviews of the exhibitions, photogravures of Catlin, and a handwritten journal belonging to Catlin's son, Theodore, and other miscellaneous handwritten documents and printed matter. Additional items of interest include a sheet music cover print used to advertise a music and dance performance by North American Indians who accompanied Catlin as part of his Indian Gallery exhibition in Paris and a handpainted mineral chart of previously unknown clay specimens gathered by Catlin during his travels among Indians in Minnesota, later named "Catlinite" in his honor. Folder headings include all oversize material.
Certificates of Authenticity
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1832-1836
undated
5825
538-544
Certificates of Authenticity
Reviews
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circa 1837-1889
5825
545-564
Reviews
Copyright Registration for Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians
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1841
5825
565-568
Copyright Registration for Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians
London Subscription Form for Purchasing Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians
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circa 1840-1845
5825
569-570
London Subscription Form for Purchasing Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians
Rules and Regulations for the Government of the Athenaeum (London) (1 of 3)
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1840
5825
571-595
Rules and Regulations for the Government of the Athenaeum (London) (1 of 3)
Rules and Regulations for the Government of the Athenaeum (London) (2 of 3)
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1840
5825
596-615
Rules and Regulations for the Government of the Athenaeum (London) (2 of 3)
Rules and Regulations for the Government of the Athenaeum (London) (3 of 3)
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1840
5825
616-635
Rules and Regulations for the Government of the Athenaeum (London) (3 of 3)
Handwritten Tickets to Catlin Lecture by George Catlin
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undated
5825
636-638
Handwritten Tickets to Catlin Lecture by George Catlin
Petitions to U. S. Congress to Authorize Purchase of Catlin's Indian Collection
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circa 1840s-1875
5825
639-660
Petitions to U. S. Congress to Authorize Purchase of Catlin's Indian Collection
Miscellaneous Announcements, Broadside, and Clippings
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1840-1850
1904
1946
5825
661-673
Miscellaneous Announcements, Broadside, and Clippings
Miscellaneous Printed Matter (1 of 2)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1845-1889
5825
674-693
Miscellaneous Printed Matter (1 of 2)
Miscellaneous Printed Matter (2 of 2)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1845-1889
5825
694-714
Miscellaneous Printed Matter (2 of 2)
Envelopes, Name Cards, and Miscellaneous Collected Items
Archival Resource Key
undated
1849-1861
5825
715-723
Envelopes, Name Cards, and Miscellaneous Collected Items
Photocopies of Title Pages for Letters by George Catlin Describing the Manners, Customs, and Conditions of the North American Indians (New York Commercial Advertisers)
Archival Resource Key
undated
5825
724-726
Photocopies of Title Pages for Letters by George Catlin Describing the Manners, Customs, and Conditions of the North American Indians (New York Commercial Advertisers)
Obituaries for George Catlin
Archival Resource Key
1872
5825
727-732
Obituaries for George Catlin
Theodore B. Catlin's Miscellaneous Journal (London)
Archival Resource Key
1845
5825
733-753
Theodore B. Catlin's Miscellaneous Journal (London)
Photographs and Photogravure of George Catlin
Archival Resource Key
undated
1868
5825
754-760
Photographs and Photogravure of George Catlin
Handpainted Mineral Chart
Archival Resource Key
circa 1830s
unfilmed