Ephemera and Miscellaneous Printed Material
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Catlin, George, 1796-1872
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content: George Catlin papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 14 Folders (Boxes 5, 6, OV 7; Reel 5825)
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
label: Date
content: 1832-1904
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.catlgeor, Series 5
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: 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.