Artists of the Old West
name: label: Collection Correspondent
content: Hanson, James A.
label: Collection Correspondent
content: Conner, Stuart W.
label: Collection Correspondent
content: Dempsey, Hugh A.
label: Collection Creator
content: Ewers, John C. (John Canfield), 1909-1997
label: Collection Correspondent
content: Brasser, Ted J.
label: Collection Correspondent
content: DeMallie, Raymond
label: Collection Correspondent
content: Schaeffer, Claude E.
label: Collection Correspondent
content: Taylor, Colin F.
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content: John Canfield Ewers Papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 5.5 Linear feet (11 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1827-1996
label: Date
content: bulk 1945-1985
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.1998-35, Series 5
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: It is divided into two sections: files on individual artists and general correspondence, catalogs, etc.  The files are arranged alphabetically in both sections. See Also: Series XIV - Card Files – White Artists Among the Plains & Non Plains Indians.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The majority of this series relates to Ewers' book, Artists of the Old West, including his research files, a draft of the manuscript, and correspondence with the publisher, Chanticleer Press.  In addition, there are files relating to several other projects, which focus on White Artists who depicted Native Americans, including the Joslyn Art Museum's Maxmilian Bodmer Exhibition and Ewers' research on Gustavus Sohon, among others.  The series title was taken from Ewers' publication.  This series contains correspondence, catalogs, photographs, publications, newspaper clippings, notes.