Native American Studies from Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art

Montana: Unpublished, 1960. Original pastel drawing with crayon on paper. Signed by the artist lower right. Born in Kalispell, Montana, Nancy McLaughlin lived for 5 years on the Blackfeet Reservation, where her childhood friends were members of the Blackfeet Nation. After studying art at Montana State University, McLaughlin spent the rest of her life as a professional… Read more about this item

Montana: Unpublished, 1960. Original pastel drawing with crayon on paper. Signed by the artist lower left. Born in Kalispell, Montana, Nancy McLaughlin lived for 5 years on the Blackfeet Reservation, where her childhood friends were members of the Blackfeet Nation. After studying art at Montana State University, McLaughlin spent the rest of her life as a professional… Read more about this item

Hungry Horse, Montana: Ace Powell, 1960. Original etching. 7 3/4 inches by 10 inches on artist paper measuring 11 inches by 15 inches. Signed and numbered (66/100) by the artist in pencil. Montana artist Ace Powell (1912-1978) was perhaps the most prolific artist of the American West in the 20th century. Strongly influenced by the artist… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: D. Rice & A.N. Hart, 1855. Original hand-colored lithograph by J. T. Bowen after the painting by Charles Bird King. Octavo (image size approximately 6" by 9") print from the 1855 octavo edition. The print is in very good condition, with vivid coloring and some relatively minor soiling of the off-white background. The print has been… Read more about this item

Taos, New Mexico: Anna Barry, 1946. Original serigraph/ silkscreen print, signed and titled in pencil by the artist. The image is 5 inches by 7 1/4 inches on a sheet that is 6 inches by 8 1/2 inches. The Taos Pueblo people have lived in New Mexico more than 1000 years. The serigraph portrays Taos Pueblo male… Read more about this item

Manitou, Colorado: James Thurlow, 1870. Circa 1870s albumen landscape stereoview that includes a distant image of a Native American tepee with a horse and what appears to be a Native American man standing nearby. James Thomas Thurlow (1831-1878) was a British-born immigrant who had a photography studio in Manitou, Colorado during the 1870s. The stereoview is in very… Read more about this item

Cambridge, Massachusetts: University Press, 1926. Original photogravure printed on van Gelder paper. Plate number 549 from The North American Indian (1907-1930) v.16, The Tiwa. The Keres. [Seattle].. First Edition. Paper. Very Good++. Illus. by Edward S. Curtis. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Photo.

New York: Burgess & Stringer, 1846. Two volumes bound as one. xiv, 7-249 pages; 230 pages. 12mo. First United States edition of the third novel in Cooper's Littlepage Manuscripts trilogy written as a reaction to the Anti-Rent War (1839-1845) in upstate New York. The book is in about very good condition in its original binding: clean… Read more about this item

Detroit, Michigan: Detroit Publishing Company, 1899. 6 3/4 inches by 9 inches. Famed western American photographer William Henry Jackson spent a great deal of time taking pictures of Native Americans. Late in his career, he formed a relationship with the Detroit Publishing Company and turned over to them thousands of his negatives as well as those of other… Read more about this item

Montana: Unpublished, 1960. Original pastel drawing with crayon on paper. Signed by the artist lower right. Born in Kalispell, Montana, Nancy McLaughlin lived for 5 years on the Blackfeet Reservation, where her childhood friends were members of the Blackfeet Nation. After studying art at Montana State University, McLaughlin spent the rest of her life as a professional… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: E. C. Biddle, 1837. Folio (18 3/4 inches by 14 1/4 inches) lithograph from the first folio edition.  The print is in excellent condition, with vivid hand-coloring and none of the foxing frequently seen.  There is a dime-sized stain in the bottom margin--well away from the image; there is a very narrow line of glue residue along the binding… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Daniel Rice & James G. Clark, 1844. Folio (18 3/8 inches by 14 1/2 inches) print from the third and final folio edition. The print is in excellent condition, with vivid coloring and none of the foxing frequently seen (see the Smithsonian's copy, for example). There are some smudges in the margins--well away from the image; there… Read more about this item

Hampton, Virginia: Unpublished, 1903. Original photograph (gelatin silver print) of Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute student George Hamlin, a member of the Chippewa tribe from the White Earth reservation in Minnesota. The lower right corner of the photo has the photographer's blindstamp, "Copyright 1903 by Leigh R. Miner." Miner taught at Hampton Institute for more than 40 years,… Read more about this item

Boston, Massachusetts: Richard G. Badger, 1911. 76 pages. Rare book including photos of carved wooden statuary that were used as sidewalk advertising for cigar stores. The folk carvings included women, baseball players, policemen, etc., but the main emphasis was on native Americans--the proverbial "Cigar Store Indian." There is no credit given to photographer Jessie Tarbox Beals, but she was a… Read more about this item

Hollywood, California: E. A. Brininstool, 1933. 36 pages. Limited edition: #382 of 500 copies SIGNED by Brininstool. An important book that was intended to correct the historical record--Benteen was very critical of Custer. This is an ex-library book with perforated stamp on the title page and front cover; the words "autographed copy" written in red pencil on… Read more about this item

New York: The Bruce Publishing Company, 1945. 80 pages. Thirty profusely illustrated projects "developed especially for scoutmasters, camp leaders, and school-club sponsors. Written by W. Benjamin Hunt, the artist and witer who contributed more than 1,000 articles to BOYS' LIFE magazine. The book is clean and tight. The blue and white pictorial covers are… Read more about this item

Ada, Oklahoma: Chickasaw Press, 2009. (xiv) 226 pages. A detailed examination of the role of Douglas Henry Johnston who was the governor of the Chickasaw Nation from 1898 until 1902 and from 1904 until 1939, the longest tenure of any Native American chief executive. Book and dust jacket are in as new condition.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.… Read more about this item

Worcester, Massachusetts: Leonard Worcester, 1793. 346, 84 pages. David Brainerd was a missionary among Native Americans in Stockbridge, Massachusetts and near Easton, Pennsylvania. In 1746 he published the first portion of his diaries about his experiences. After Brainerd died of tuberculosis at Edwards' home in 1748, Edwards edited and published the remaining portions of the diaries. … Read more about this item

Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1936. xiii, 203 pages.  Octavo.  First printing of the first edition.  Alford was born in 1860, the great grandson of Tecumseh, the famous Shawnee Indian.  Alford learned white culture, attended Hampton Institute in Virginia, and became a leader and educator when he returned to his tribe.  This is his story as related to Frances Drake,… Read more about this item

Colorado Springs, Colorado: Byron H. Gurnsey, 1875. Original stereoview: albumen prints mounted on printed card stock. A rare and highly sought-after western stereoview showing a group of Ute males in front of the photographer's studio on Pike's Peak Avenue in Colorado Springs circa 1875. Most of the men are holding weapons; one of them has both a Maynard… Read more about this item