Browse Items (32 total)

Letter from William Walker (1800-1874), Wyandot leader and postmaster of Upper Sandusky, Ohio, to reverend James B. Finley (1781-1856), sent in care of the reverend Nathan Bangs (1778-1862), regarding news from John Johnston (1775-1861) about annuity…

Hand-colored cased photograph (daguerreotype, 3 1/2" x 2 1/2"), of mixed heritage Wyandot couple. Isaac Brown (1826-) was the son of Adam Brown, Jr. and brother of Nancy Brown Guthrie. Eliza (1830-) wears a wide brim hat and long shawl. A wampum belt…

Attributed to the Wyandot. "...of flattened section, with a raised panel pierced and tied with beaded pendants, the bowl carved with a human face, wearing a trance-like expression."…

A hand-colored engraving of the riverfront from the northeast, with caption KANSAS below, depicting the ferry crossing between Missouri and Kansas at the Wyandott ferry landing, later to become part of Kansas City, Kansas. It shows a single line of…

Finely engraved heraldic eagle facing left holding olive branch (proper right claw) and arrows (proper left claw). Reverse-S fluttering ribbon above with inscription E/PLURIBUS/UNUM, the lower portion extending through the open beak of the eagle…

"Thread-sewn [pouch] using bead colors of pony trader blue, white, pea green, amber, and translucent green; with curvilinear geometrics representing thunderbirds; background of red wool and blue silk, length 6.25 in. x width 6 in.
19th…

Map of the State of Ohio Drawn by A. Bourne, Including the Indian Reservation, Purchased and laid out into Counties and Townships in 1820, Drawn by J. Kilbourne.

Ambrotype portrait of Kate Grey-Eyes, a Wyandot woman. Creator/Photographer: Unknown Date of image: About 1858. Description: Studio portrait of a Native American woman identified on the accompanying envelope as "Kate Gray-Eyes. A Wyandot Indian…