Reminiscences of the Far West, and other trips, 1861-1918

Mss.B.Ay2

Date: 1861-1918 | Size: 1 volume(s), 1 volume, 206 p. Carbon typescript
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Abstract

Narratives of travels and adventures, 1861-1864, 1881-1916, in the far western, southwestern, northwestern United States, as well as Ohio and New York; northern Mexico and Europe; apparently written from memory about 1916. Mentions hostilities of Pawnee and Apache, describes an Indian attack. Visits Navajo reservation; sees Taos Indian dance. Observes Mitla ruins; mentions Indians in Mexico. Visits Sacatoon Pima reservation; visits California Indian schools. Describes music for Indians at mission; visits Ohio mounds; comments on northwest Indian art, statues of Indian heroes in northwest. Also writes of the Nevada mines and of military service in the Southwest, 1860-1864. Two letters relate to Ayer and the Field Museum.

Background note

Edward Everett Ayer was a business man and bibliophile.

Collection Information

Physical description

1 volume, 206 p. Carbon typescript.

Provenance

Presented by Lessing J. Rosenwald and accessioned, 05/--/1961 (1961 734ms).

Location of originals:

Original typescript in: the Ayer Collection, Newberry Library, Chicago.

Indexing Terms


Corporate Name(s)

  • Field Museum of Natural History

Geographic Name(s)

  • California -- Description and travel
  • Mexico - Description and travel
  • New York (State) -- Description and travel.
  • Ohio -- Description and travel.
  • Pima Indian Reservation (Sacatoon)
  • United States - Description and travel

Personal Name(s)

  • Ayer, Edward Everett, 1841-1927
  • Rosenwald, Lessing J. (Lessing Julius), 1891-1979
  • Rosenwald, Lessing J. (Lessing Julius), 1891-1979

Subject(s)

  • Apache Indians
  • Indians of Mexico
  • Indians of North America
  • Indians of North America -- Education -- California
  • Indians of North America -- Missions
  • Indians of North America -- Ohio -- Antiquities
  • Military service, Voluntary -- United States.
  • Mines and mineral resources - Nevada
  • Navajo Indians
  • Pawnee Indians
  • Taos Indians