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Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: Jonathan Baxter Harrison letters
Creator:
Harrison, Jonathan Baxter, 1835-1907
Identifier/Call Number: mssHarrison
Physical Description:
0.2 Linear Feet
(1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1885-1888
Abstract: Letters written to Jonathan Baxter Harrison, 19th century American Unitarian minister, abolitionist, Indian Rights Association
agent, and journalist.
Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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[Identification of item]. Jonathan Baxter Harrison letters, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from McBride Rare Books, March 2021.
Jonathan Baxter Harrison (1835-1907) was an American Unitarian minister, abolitionist, Indian Rights Association agent, and
journalist. He was born in Ohio in 1835. Before the American Civil War, he worked for a Quaker-run abolitionist newspaper.
He joined the 8th Indiana Infantry Regiment and spent years as editor of the Winchester journal. He published articles related
to his activism in newspapers and magazines in Boston, Massachusetts, and New York, New York. Harrison received an honorary
degree from Harvard in 1889 and died in New Hampshire in 1907.
This group of nine letters consists of letters written to Jonathan Baxter Harrison from several missionaries and educators
who were advocates for reforming the U.S. government's policies toward Native Americans, including the management of reservations.
The authors are M. D. Baldwin, Blackfeet Agency; Episcopal missionary William J. Cleveland; Reverend Charles S. Cook, whose
mother was Yankton Sioux; Clinton B. Fisk, member of the Board of Indian Commissioners; William T. Leeke, former president
of Ashland College (now Southern Oregon University); Robert C. Ogden, Hampton Institute; C. C. Painter, agent of the Indian
Rights Association; and Terence Powderly, head of the Knights of Labor. The letters are about activities at various Indian
agencies, staffing and financial issues, social conditions, publications on Native American rights, and other matters. Herbert
Welsh, co-founder of the Indian Rights Association, is mentioned twice.
Processed by Brooke M. Black, February 2022.
Arranged alphabetically.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Dakota Indians
Indians of North America -- Government relations -- 1869-1934
Indians of North America -- Oregon
Indians of North America -- Social conditions -- 19th century
Indians of North America -- South Dakota
Letters (correspondence) -- United States -- 19th century
Baldwin, M. D.
Cleveland, William Joshua, 1845-1910
Cook, Charles S. (Charles Smith), 1855-1892
Fisk, Clinton Bowen, 1828-1890
Leeke, William T.
Ogden, Robert C. (Robert Curtis), 1836-1913
Painter, C. C. (Charles Cornelius)
Powderly, Terence Vincent, 1849-1924
Indian Rights Association
United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Blackfeet Agency
United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Klamath Agency
United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency
United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Rosebud Agency