Indians of North America
Found in 34 Collections and/or Records:
"Account of Isaac Coates, Joshua Sharpless & John Pierce's Visits to the Indian Reservation in Western New York"
This copy of an account from 1798 and 1799 was written in an unknown hand likely in the latter half of the 19th century. The volume describes Isaac Coates, Joshua Sharpless, and John Pierce's travel to Native American reservations on behalf of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Indian Committee, and the work they did while there.
"An Account of a Visit to the Indians in the Autumn of 1806"
This collection is comprised of a single letter from David Barclay to Charles Lloyd dated 1807 June 24, which includes "An account of a visit to the Indians in the Autumn of 1806, by one of the Pennsylvania Committee appointed to promote their Civilization" by Isaac Bonsall.
David Bacon journal
Balderston Collected Manuscripts
Zelma Corning Brandt papers
Coffin Family Papers
E. Newbold Cooper / Margaret Hawkins collection
Represents, in large measure, the Cooper and Wills families of E. Newbold Cooper and the Green, Hawkins, and Sharpless families of Margaret Hawkins.
Frederica de Laguna papers
The papers of Frederica de Laguna consist of family and personal photographs, collections of clippings, typescripts, and publication materials of this Bryn Mawr College professor and scholar in anthropology, who studied Arctic cultures.
James Emlen journal
The diary details Emlen's travels in rural Pennsylvania to small towns and settlements of fellow Quakers. Entries often describe tensions and interactions between white settlers and Indigenous populations. Treaties between white settlers and native groups are also discussed.
Friends' Social Union (New York, N.Y.) minutes
Minutes, 1869-1872, of Friends' Social Union, New York City. Aaron M. Powell was one of the early chairmen, and Maria Mitchell included in the speakers. One of the group's continuing concerns was the plight of the American Indians.
