Letter from Chester L. Brooks to W. Kaye Lamb
Historian Chester L. Brooks is searching for information on Jean Baptiste LePage, a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1952-04-26
Your TR Source
Fur trade
Explorations of the La Verendryes, 1738-1743, with special reference to Verendrye National Monument
Historical study on the La Verendryes family and their exploration of the Missouri River and the northern Great Plains.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1951-04
Creator(s)
The great white weigh
A Dutchman holds with his left hand balance scales on which are pelts and a weight. He is supporting the side of the scales with the pelts with his left foot and is holding the other side of the scales with his right hand in order to cheat the Native of the proper value for his pelts. Caption: As it was in New Amsterdam.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1910-06-08
Creator(s)
Monuments of civilization
At top, Puck holds a paper that states “The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research – Here modern science, aided by Vivisection, is gradually conquering and eradicating human disease” with a view of the Institute in the background. At bottom is a frontier scene with a man trapping small animals for their furs which hang at a cabin in the background. Caption: One dedicated to vanity; the other to science. Which better justifies the killing of animals?
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1914-03-14
Creator(s)
The crafty traders and the easy Indians
Joseph Gurney Cannon and Nelson W. Aldrich, dressed as a frontiersman labeled “Licensed Trader,” offer trinkets labeled “Pauper-Competition Scare, Steady-Work Yarn, Prosperity-For-All Bluff, Campaign Promises, Protection-For-Labor Josh, [and] Good-Crops-Due-to-Tariff Bluff,” to men dressed as Natives, getting in return furs and skins labeled “Graft-for-Monopoly, Right-of-the-Few-to-Tax-the-Many, Opportunities-to-Increase-the-Cost-of-Living, [and] Privilege-to-Levy-Tribute-on-the-American-Home.” Caption: How pleasant it is to get something for nothing from the simple children of Republican nature!
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1910-01-26
Creator(s)
Badlands to 1879
Manuscript extensively documents the history of the North Dakota Badlands up until 1879, including details about the fur trade, Lewis and Clark, conflicts with Indians, the development of the Keogh Trail and Theodore Roosevelt’s arrival.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1953-07