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Series 5: Ephemera and Miscellaneous Printed Material, 1832-1904, 1946 (Boxes 5, 6, OV 7; Reel 5825; 14 folders)

This series consists of exhibition announcements, certifications of authenticity for Catlin's portraits and other paintings, miscellaneous broadsides, announcements, clippings, petitions in support of the proposed purchase of the Indian Gallery by Congress, obituaries for George Catlin, reviews of the exhibitions, photogravures of Catlin, and a handwritten journal belonging to Catlin's son, Theodore, and other miscellaneous handwritten documents and printed matter. Additional items of interest include a sheet music cover print used to advertise a music and dance performance by North American Indians who accompanied Catlin as part of his Indian Gallery exhibition in Paris and a handpainted mineral chart of previously unknown clay specimens gathered by Catlin during his travels among Indians in Minnesota, later named "Catlinite" in his honor. Folder headings include all oversize material.

Reel	Frames	(digitized from microfilm)
5825	538-544	Certificates of Authenticity, 1832-1836, 1872, undated
5825	545-564	Reviews, circa 1837-1889
5825	565-568	Copyright Registration for Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians, 1841
5825	569-570	London Subscription Form for Purchasing Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians, circa 1840-1845
5825	571-595	Rules and Regulations for the Government of the Athenaeum (London) (1 of 3), 1840
5825	596-615	Rules and Regulations for the Government of the Athenaeum (London) (2 of 3), 1840
5825	616-635	Rules and Regulations for the Government of the Athenaeum (London) (3 of 3), 1840
5825	636-638	Handwritten Tickets to Catlin Lecture by George Catlin, undated
5825	639-660	Petitions to U. S. Congress to Authorize Purchase of Catlin's Indian Collection, circa 1840s-1875
5825	661-673	Miscellaneous Announcements, Broadside, and Clippings, 1840-1850, 1904, 1946
5825	674-693	Miscellaneous Printed Matter (1 of 2), circa 1845-1889
5825	694-714	Miscellaneous Printed Matter (2 of 2), circa 1845-1889
5825	715-723	Envelopes, Name Cards, and Miscellaneous Collected Items, 1849-1861, undated
5825	724-726	Photocopies of Title Pages for Letters by George Catlin Describing the Manners, Customs, and Conditions of the North American Indians (New York Commercial Advertisers), undated
5825	727-732	Obituaries for George Catlin, 1872
5825	733-753	Theodore B. Catlin's Miscellaneous Journal (London), 1845
5825	754-760	Photographs and Photogravure of George Catlin, 1868, undated

		Handpainted Mineral Chart, circa 1830s

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