James E. Taylor scrapbook of the American West
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 4605
name: label: Creator
content: Taylor, James E., 1839-1901 (artist and collector)
label: Names
content: Geological Survey (U.S.)
label: Names
content: United States. Army
label: Photographer
content: Barry, D. F. (David Francis), 1854-1934
label: Names
content: Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917
label: Names
content: Crook, George, 1829-1890
label: Names
content: Custer, George Armstrong, 1839-1876
label: Photographer
content: Easterly, Thomas M. (Thomas Martin), 1809-1882
label: Photographer
content: Eaton, E. L. (Edric L.), b. ca. 1836
label: Photographer
content: Ebell, Adrian J. (Adrian John), 1840-1877
label: Photographer
content: Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882
label: Names
content: Hickok, Wild Bill, 1837-1876
label: Photographer
content: Hillers, John K., 1843-1925
label: Photographer
content: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942
label: Names
content: Juárez, Benito, 1806-1872
label: Names
content: Kinman, Seth
label: Photographer
content: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.)
label: Names
content: Miles, Nelson Appleton, 1839-1925
label: Photographer
content: O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882
label: Names
content: Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902
label: Photographer
content: Pywell, Wm. R. (William Redish), 1843-1886
label: Names
content: Red Cloud, 1822-1909
label: Names
content: Richard, Louis
label: Names
content: Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888
label: Names
content: Sitting Bull, 1831-1890
label: Names
content: Spotted Tail, 1823-1881
label: Photographer
content: Vannerson, Julian, 1827-
label: Photographer
content: Whitney, Joel E. (Joel Emmons), 1822-1886
place: label: Place
content: Mexico
label: Place
content: Taos Pueblo (N.M.)
label: Place
content: California
label: Place
content: Oregon
label: Place
content: Fort Davis (Tex.)
label: Place
content: New Mexico
label: Place
content: Fort Snelling (Minn.)
label: Place
content: Arizona
label: Place
content: Texas
label: Place
content: San Juan Pueblo (N.M.)
label: Place
content: Zuni (N.M.)
label: Place
content: Kansas
label: Place
content: Colorado
topic: label: Topic
content: Church buildings
label: Topic
content: Mines and mineral resources
label: Topic
content: Dance
label: Topic
content: White River Massacre, Colo., 1879
label: Topic
content: Painting
label: Topic
content: Washita Campaign, 1868-1869
label: Topic
content: Mormon Church -- History
label: Topic
content: Indians of North America -- Southern states
label: Topic
content: Indians of North America -- Northeast
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated or transferred by John Witthoft from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, April 14, 1961.
creator: label: Creator
content: Taylor, James E., 1839-1901 (artist and collector)
culture: label: Culture
content: Apache
label: Culture
content: Pueblo
label: Culture
content: Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)
label: Culture
content: Cherokee
label: Culture
content: Niuam (Comanche)
label: Culture
content: Muscogee (Creek)
label: Culture
content: Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)
label: Culture
content: Fox
label: Culture
content: A'aninin (Gros Ventre)
label: Culture
content: Kiowa
label: Culture
content: Modoc
label: Culture
content: Diné (Navajo)
label: Culture
content: Oglala Lakota (Oglala Sioux)
label: Culture
content: Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa)
label: Culture
content: Omaha
label: Culture
content: Chaticks Si Chaticks (Pawnee)
label: Culture
content: Potawatomi
label: Culture
content: Indians of North America -- Plateau
label: Culture
content: Indians of North America -- Great Basin
label: Culture
content: Indians of North America -- Southwest, New
label: Culture
content: Ho-Chunk (Winnebago)
label: Culture
content: A:shiwi (Zuni)
label: Culture
content: Sauk
label: Culture
content: Shoshone
label: Culture
content: Ute
label: Culture
content: Indians of North America -- Great Plains
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content: James E. Taylor scrapbook of the American West
abstract: label: Summary
content: Scrapbook entitled "Our Wild Indians in Peace and War: Surveys, Expeditions, Mining and Scenery of the Great West," compiled by James E. Taylor, possibly as a source for his own illustrations.
bioghist: label: Biographical Note
content: James E. Taylor (1839-1901) was an artist-correspondent for Leslie's Illustrated Weekly Newspaper from 1863-1883.  Born in Cincinatti, Ohio, he graduated from Notre Dame University by the age of sixteen.  Taylor enlisted in the 10th New York Infantry in 1861 and the next year was hired by Leslie's Illustrated newspaper as a "Special Artist" and war correspondent.  In 1864 he covered the Shenandoah Valley campaign, and was later one of the illustrator-correspondents at the 1867 treaty negotiations at Medicine Lodge, Kansas.  He soon earned the moniker "Indian Artist" because of his vast number of drawings of American Indians.  In 1883 Taylor retired from Leslie's to work as a freelance illustrator.  Colonel Richard Irving Dodge used Taylor's drawings to illustrate his memoir, "Our Wild Indians: Thirty-three Years' Personal Experience among the Red Men of the Great West" (1882).
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4 Tintypes
label: Extent
content: 3 Chromolithographs
label: Extent
content: 3 Lithographs (3 chalk-manner lithographs)
label: Extent
content: 1 Print (photogravure)
label: Extent
content: 118 Pages (Scrapbook)
label: Extent
content: 685 Prints (circa, albumen)
label: Extent
content: 80 Items (circa 80 relief prints (including woodcuts and wood engraving))
label: Extent
content: 30 Items (circa 30 intaglio prints (including etchings and engravings))
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1863-1900
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS4605
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Tintypes
label: Type
content: Chromolithographs
label: Type
content: Lithographs
label: Type
content: Prints
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Newspapers
label: Type
content: Woodcuts
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Newspapers
label: Genre/Form
content: Woodcuts
label: Genre/Form
content: Tintypes
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Scrapbook entitled "Our Wild Indians in Peace and War: Surveys, Expeditions, Mining and Scenery of the Great West," compiled by James E. Taylor, possibly as a source for his own illustrations. The album includes photographs (mostly albumen with three tintypes), newsclippings, wood engravings, and lithographs, some of which are reproductions of Taylor's own illustrations and paintings.  Photographs depict American Indians, US Army soldiers and scouts, historical sites, forts, and scenery.  Some were made on expeditions, including the Hayden and Powell surveys, and created from published stereographs.  Many of Taylor's illustrations are signed, and some are inscribed with dates and "N. Y."  The scrapbook also includes clippings from newspapers and other written sources relating to illustrations and photographs in the album.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The National Anthropolgical Archives holds additional photographs by photographers represented in this collection (including original negatives for some of these prints), particularly in Photo Lot 24, Photo Lot 37, Photo Lot 60, Photo Lot 87.

Additional photographs by Whitney, Gardner, and Barry held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 80-18.

Julian Vannerson and James E. McClees photographs held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 4286.

Pywell photographs held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 4498.

O'Sullivan photographs held in National Anthropological Archives Photo lot 4501.

Additional Hillers photographs held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 83-18 and Photo Lot 87-2N.