Item: Charles H. Barstow Scrapbook, 1879-1891
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Finding Aid Title: Charles H. Barstow Scrapbook, 1879-1891
Finding Aid Collection Number: 0559
Date Range of Collection: 1879-1969
Creator of Materials: Barstow, C. H. [Charles H.], d. 1908
Content Description: The Barstow scrapbook was created by Charles H. Barstow specifically for his daughter, Elizabeth, and given to her on February 16, 1891. The book contains mostly mounted newspaper clippings, the majority of which deal with the Crow Indian tribe, or other Native Americans of the northern plains. Topics include: various controversies regarding the sale or leasing of Crow lands, particularly during the fall of 1887, the alleged malfeasance of Indian Agents H. J. Armstrong and Henry E. Williamson, crime, cattle ranching in the Crow reservation area, the Wounded Knee massacre of 1890 and events leading to it. There are also obituaries and social notices of persons in New England that were apparently friends or relatives of Barstow.
Finding Aid URL: http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv05554
Keywords: native americans, vital statistics, historical and personal scrapbooks, agriculture and ranching, wounded knee massacre (1890), crime, cattle ranching, livestock, crow indians, indian reservations, charles h. barstow, indian agents
Subjects: Montana Native Americans
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