Scalping
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Black and white steel engraving “Death Whoop”. (1853). Shows one Indian taking scalp from another. By S. Eastman from Schoolcraft’s Indian Tribes. , 1853
Black-and-white and color engravings of Indians of the Southwest, namely Pueblo, Hopi, and Navajo. Included are scenes of village life, native dwellings, individual Indians, and dances. Though less numerous, depictions of hunting and ceremonies of the Lakota, Blackfeet, Chippewa, and Mandan Indians are also included in the collection.
Black and white steel engraving of “Scalps Dressed for the Dance.” (1853). Shows front and back views of scalps mounted on frames. Attached to the frames are accessories such as combs, scissors, feathers. By S. Eastman from Schoolcraft’s Indian Tribes. , 1853
Black-and-white and color engravings of Indians of the Southwest, namely Pueblo, Hopi, and Navajo. Included are scenes of village life, native dwellings, individual Indians, and dances. Though less numerous, depictions of hunting and ceremonies of the Lakota, Blackfeet, Chippewa, and Mandan Indians are also included in the collection.
Scalped hunter near Ft. Dodge, Kansas. A Mr. Ralph Morrison, murdered and scalped by the Cheyenne within a mile of Ft. Dodge. The officer is Lieutenant (Philip) Reade, 3rd Infantry. John O. Austin, Chief of Scouts, is on the right. The photo was taken within an hour after the killing. Kansas, Dec. 7, 1868. Photographer – William Soule. Negative 5x7., 1868, December 7
Black and white copy prints of Kiowa-Apache, Comanche, Arapaho, Wichita, Caddo, Cheyenne, and Kiowa Indians.
Walter Stanley Campbell Collection
Professor. Personal correspondence (1897–1957); correspondence with Campbell’s relatives (1822–1896); correspondence with publishers and literary agents (1920–1958); literary manuscripts (circa 1914–1957); diaries, notebooks, and journals (1901–1926); and business papers (circa 1925–1959) regarding Campbell’s writings on the West, Indians, and Oklahoma, with emphasis on transportation, fortifications, cowboys, wars and battles, criminals and outlaws, and American Indian chiefs, along with original Indian art by Carl Sweezy. [Boxes 104 through 121 of this collection are available online at the OU Libraries website.]FULL FINDING AID (PDF)