Morgan (Lewis Henry) papers

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Morgan (Lewis Henry) papers

Table of Contents

Summary Information .................................................................................................................. 3Biographical/Historical note ........................................................................................................ 3Scope and Contents note .............................................................................................................. 4Arrangement note ......................................................................................................................... 5Administrative Information .......................................................................................................... 6Related Materials .......................................................................................................................... 7Controlled Access Headings ......................................................................................................... 7Collection Inventory ..................................................................................................................... 8

Series I: Correspondence ............................................................................................................ 8Series II: Manuscripts of books .................................................................................................. 8Series III: Manuscript journals and travel diaries ...................................................................... 9Series IV: Manuscripts of articles, etc. .................................................................................... 10Series V: Material relating to Morgan's business affairs .......................................................... 18Series VI: Morgan's memorabilia and miscellany .................................................................... 18Series VII. Material about Morgan, since 1900 ....................................................................... 21

Subseries I: Articles, reviews of books, etc. .......................................................................... 21Subseries II: Material about Morgan ..................................................................................... 22

Series VIII: Jones Auction acquisitions .................................................................................... 24Series IX. Gifts of Rosemary (Morgan) Decker, great grand niece of Lewis Henry Morgan ...... 25

Subseries I: Morgan-related material ..................................................................................... 25Subseries II: Morgan family photographs .............................................................................. 26

Appendix A: Manuscript journals and Record of Indian Letters by Lewis Henry Morgan: Adescriptive table of contents .................................................................................................... 27Appendix B: Memorandum on published portions of Lewis H. Morgan's manuscript journals andRecord of Indian Letters .......................................................................................................... 39

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Summary Information

Repository: Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River CampusLibraries, University of Rochester

Creator: Morgan, Lewis Henry, 1818-1881

Title: Lewis Henry Morgan papers

ID: A.M85

Date [inclusive]: 1826-circa 2000

Date [bulk]: 1840-1881

PhysicalDescription:

32 boxes; 2 packages; 23 volumes (manuscripts); 5 volumes(books); 2 volumes (scrapbooks)

Language of theMaterial:

English .

Preferred Citation

(Name of item, if applicable), Lewis Henry Morgan Papers, 1826-circa 2000 (bulk1840-1881). Dept. of Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River CampusLibraries, University of Rochester.

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Biographical/Historical note

Lewis Henry Morgan - Chronology

1818: Born November 21, near Aurora, New York

1840: Graduated from Union College, Schenectady, New York

1844: Moved to Rochester, New York to practice law

1851: Published League of the Ho-de-no-sau-nee, or Iroquois.

1851: August 13, married Mary Elizabeth Steele

1861: Served in the New York State Assembly

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1868: Published The American Beaver

1868-69: Served in the New York State Senate

1870-71: Toured Europe with his wife and son

1871: Published Systems of Consanguinity and Affinity ...

1877: Published Ancient Society

1879: Elected President of American Association for the Advancement of Science.

1881: Published Houses and House-life of the American Aborigines

1881: Died December 17, Rochester, New York


Scope and Contents note

The papers include correspondence to and from Morgan, manuscripts of articles and speeches,manuscript notebooks and travel diaries, and the manuscripts of several of his books.Correspondents include Henry Adams, Adolph F. Bandelier, Charles Darwin, Joseph Henry,Francis Parkman, and Herbert Spencer.

Articles, bibliographies, and books have been based on the Morgan papers. In 1923, DonaldB. Gilchrist, Librarian of the University of Rochester, published a "Bibliography of Lewis H.Morgan" in volume two of the Rochester Historical Society's Publication Fund Series. In 1936,he published a pamphlet, "Manuscript Journals and Records of Indian Letters by Lewis HenryMorgan in the Rush Rhees Library," which gave a detailed description of these parts of thepapers. This pamphlet is Appendix A.

An article on the collection, "The Lewis Henry Morgan Collection" by Leslie A. White, appearedin The University of Rochester Library Bulletin volume II, no. 3 (1947) p. 48-52. The collectionhas been entered in the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections as number 61-1662.

The two biographies of Morgan have been based on material in the collection. They areBernhard Stern, Lewis Henry Morgan, Social Evolutionist, which was published by theUniversity of Chicago Press in 1931 and Carl Resek, Lewis Henry Morgan, American Scholar,which was published by the University of Chicago Press in 1960.

Several parts of the collection have been published separately. These include "Extractsfrom the European Travel Journal of Lewis Henry Morgan," edited by Leslie A. White andpublished in volume XVI (1937) of the Rochester Historical Society's Publication FundSeries; The Indian Journals, 1859-62, edited, and with an introduction, by Leslie A. White

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which was published by the University of Michigan Press in 1959; and Pioneers in AmericanAnthropology: the Bandelier-Morgan Letters, 1873-1883, edited by Leslie A. White andpublished by the University of New Mexico Press in 1940.

Work slips used by Donald B. Gilchrist in compiling his bibliography of Lewis Henry Morgan,with additional entries for works on Morgan, are shelved immediately after the Manuscriptjournals.

(The above was written in 1968: the paragraphs that follow were added in 2008 and 2010.)

Several important books on Morgan have appeared since this register was originally compiled.They include Thomas R. Trautmann, Lewis Henry Morgan and the Invention of Kinship,Berkeley: University of California Press, 1987; Elisabeth Tooker, Lewis H. Morgan on IroquoisMaterial Culture, Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1994; and Daniel Noah Moses, ThePromise of Progress: the Life and Work of Lewis Henry Morgan, Columbia: University ofMissouri Press, 2009.

The Indian Journals, 1859-1862 (1959) was reprinted by Dover Publications in 1993. It isimportant to realize that the pagination of the reprint differs from that of the original volume.Lewis Henry Morgan and the Invention of Kinship (1987) was reprinted by the University ofNebraska Press in 2008. Thomas Trautmann, the author, has provided a new introduction,three new appendices and an updated bibliography.


Arrangement note

GENERAL SUMMARY

Correspondence, 1839-1885

Manuscripts of Books

Manuscript Journals and Travel Diaries

Manuscripts of Articles, etc.

Manuscript and printed material relating to Morgan's business affairs

Memorabilia and Miscellany

Material relating to Morgan, since 1900

Jones Auction Acquisitions, 1991

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Gifts of Rosemary (Morgan) Decker, Great Grand Niece of Lewis Henry Morgan

Appendix A: Manuscript Journals and Record of Indian Letters by Lewis Henry Morgan: ADescriptive Table of Contents.

Appendix B: Memorandum on Published Portions of Lewis H. Morgan's Manuscript Journalsand Record of Indian Letters, compiled by Elisabeth Tooker.


Administrative Information

Publication StatementRare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University ofRochester

Rush Rhees LibrarySecond Floor, Room 225Rochester, NY [email protected]: https://www.library.rochester.edu/spaces/rbscp

Restrictions on AccessThe Lewis Henry Morgan Papers is open for research use. Researchers are advised to contactthe Rare Collections & Preservation Department prior to visiting. Upon arrival, researcherswill also be asked to fill out a registration form and provide photo identification.

Immediate Source of Acquisition noteThe papers of Lewis Henry Morgan (1818-1881), American anthropologist, were willed byMorgan to the University of Rochester. The Library has added to the collection by purchaseand by the acquisition of photocopies of relevant material in other collections.

Morgan's library was bequeathed to the University of Rochester. It arrived several decadesbefore there was a special collections department in the library, and so all the bookswere first housed in the general stacks. Over the years, many of the rarer ones wereidentified and transferred to the special collections area. In 1988, all the volumes still in thegeneral stacks were so transferred. This was in conjunction with the project by Thomas R.Trautmann and Karl Sanford Kabelac to bibliographically reconstruct Morgan's library usinghis own brief listing of his library and the accession records of the University's library.

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This project resulted in the volume: The Library of Lewis Henry Morgan, Philadelphia:American Philosophical Society, 1994. In this volume, the books owned by Morgan arelisted by main entry, but the over 700 pamphlets in over 30 volumes, are only listed bythe binder's spine titles. Those appeared in The Library of Lewis Henry Morgan and MaryElizabeth Morgan: the Pamphlets, Rochester: Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections,Rush Rhees Library, University of Rochester, 2008.

Restrictions on UseIn consultation with a curator, reproductions may be made upon request. Permission topublish materials from the collection must be requested from a curator. Researchers areresponsible for determining any copyright questions.


Related Materials

Related Archival Materials noteThe department maintains an extensive collection of the published writing by and aboutLewis Henry Morgan. These may be bibliographically accessed by doing either an author ora subject search in the University library's online catalog.


Controlled Access Headings

• Anthropologists• Iroquois Indians• Indians of North America• Ethnology• Correspondence• Manuscripts• Photographs• Morgan, Lewis Henry, 1818-1881

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Collection Inventory

Series I: CorrespondencePhysical Description: 10 boxes

Scope and Contents

The correspondence in the Lewis Henry Morgan Papers has been indexed in the Department of RareBooks and Special Collections' "Index to Letters." Indexing consists of an author card for each letter inthe collection, and a recipient card for each letter in the collection, except those addressed to Morganhimself. In addition, the "Index to Letters" indicates letters to or by Morgan in other collections in theDepartment of Rare Books and Special Collections

Title/Description Instances

Correspondence, 1839-1854 Box 1









Correspondence, 1881-1885, undated Box 10


Series II: Manuscripts of booksPhysical Description: 10 boxes, 2 packages, 4 books


The American Beaver: Preliminary and final drafts Box 11

Systems of Consanguinity and Affinity of the HumanFamily: Preliminary drafts

Box 12-13

Systems of Consanguinity and Affinity of the HumanFamily: Final draft

Box 14

Systems of Consanguinity and Affinity of the HumanFamily: The questionnaires, returned to Morgan, fromwhich he compiled Tables I, II, III.

Box 15-16

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Scope and Contents

Some questionnaires are lacking. There is a "key" tothe surviving questionnaires in the front of each box.

Ancient Society: Preliminary draft Box 17

Ancient Society: Final draft Box 18

Houses and house-life of the American aboriginesPhysical Description: Illustrations from the book

Box 19

Miscellaneous fragments Box 20

Systems of Consanguinity and Affinity of the HumanFamily: Preliminary drafts of tables of kinship terms

package 1

Systems of Consanguinity and Affinity of the HumanFamily: Final drafts of tables of kinship terms

package 2

Morgan's annotated copies of League of the Ho-de-no-sau-nee, or Iroquois (2 copies)Physical Location: 1 copy catalogued in Rare Books &Special Collections, call number GN 6.9 L43s

Volume 1

Morgan's annotated copy of Ancient Society Volume 2

Morgan's annotated copy of Systems of Consanguinity andAffinity of the Human Family

Separated Materials:Separated Materials

Cataloged as part of the Morgan Library Collection,GN6.9 S99s

Volume 3

Morgan family copy of League of the Ho-de-no-sau-nee, orIroquois., 1851Physical Description: Has inlaid cover and daguerreotypeof Morgan, c. 1850.

Volume 4


Series III: Manuscript journals and travel diariesPhysical Description: 20 manuscript volumes

Scope and Contents

For a detailed listing of the contents of the first two manuscripts, see Appendix A: "Manuscript Journalsand Record of Indian Letters by Lewis H. Morgan, in the Rush Rhees Library. A Descriptive Table ofContents." 1936. For a listing of the publication history of the various sections of these manuscripts,compiled by Elisabeth Tooker in 1996 (with a 2001 Addendum) see Appendix B.


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Morgan, Lewis Henry. Manuscript journals.Physical Description: 6 Volumes

Volume 1-6

Morgan, Lewis Henry. Record of Indian letters.Physical Description: 2 Volumes

Volume 1-2

Morgan, Lewis Henry. Journal of a visit to Europe, July 9,1870-August 13, 1871Physical Description: 6 Volumes

Volume9-14

Morgan, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth (Steele). Journal of a trip toEurope, June 21, 1870-August 13, 1871Physical Description: 5 Volumes

Volume15-19

Morgan, Lewis Henry. Journal of a trip to New Mexico,June 21-August 7, 1878Physical Description: l volume

Volume 20


Series IV: Manuscripts of articles, etc.Physical Description: 4 boxes, 2 manuscript volumes, 1 book

Scope and Contents

This group contains various manuscripts by Morgan and his contemporaries. Originally arranged inchronological order, later additions have tended to obscure this order.


Morgan, Lewis Henry. An address on non resistancedelivered, April 7, 1840

Box 21 Folder 1

Morgan, Lewis Henry. Essay on geology, 1841 Box 21 Folder 2

Morgan, Lewis Henry. Essay on the history and genius ofthe Grecian race, 1841

Box 21 Folder 3

Morgan, Lewis Henry. An address on temperance. TuppersCorners, August 21, 1842

Box 21 Folder 4

Morgan, Lewis Henry. An address on temperance. Geneva,May 5, 1843

Box 21 Folder 5

Morgan, Lewis Henry. An address by Schenandoah. Aurora,1843

Box 21 Folder 6

Morgan, Lewis Henry, An address on temperance. Scipio,December 10, 1843

Box 21 Folder 7

Morgan, Lewis Henry. Copy of an address read bySchenandoah, April 17, 1844

Box 21 Folder 8

Morgan, Lewis Henry. An address read by Schenandoah,Aurora, April 17, 1844

Box 21 Folder 9

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Grand order of the Iroquois. Form of Inindianation adopted,Aurora, August 9, 1844

Box 21 Folder 10

Grand order of the Iroquois. Cayuga nation. White deertribe. Schedule of warriors, 1846

Box 21 Folder 11

Grand order of the Iroquois. Cayuga nation. Wolf tribe.Schedule of the warriors up to, August 14, 1845

Box 21 Folder 12

Grand order of the Iroquois. Cayuga nation. Wolf tribe.Schedule of the warriors from, August 14, 1845-August1846

Box 21 Folder 13

Grand order of the Iroquois. Oneida nation. Census of thetwo tribes

Box 21 Folder 14

Hurd, Isaac N. The Onondaga nation ... Box 21 Folder 15

Hurd, Isaac N. The political organization of the Onondaganation

Box 21 Folder 16

Seneca nation. Names of the Seneca chiefs ... conveyed theirlands

Box 21 Folder 17

Grand order of the Iroquois. Seneca nation. Beaver tribe.Schedule of the warriors, Canandaigua, 1845

Box 21 Folder 18

Grand order of the Iroquois. Seneca nation. Turtle tribe.Special form of initiation, 1845

Box 21 Folder 19

Grand order of the Iroquois. Seneca nation. Turtle tribe.Rules and orders of the councils of the T.T.S.N.

Box 21 Folder 20

Grand order of the Iroquois. Seneca nation. Turtle tribe.Constitutional resolution 9, May 18, 1846

Box 21 Folder 21

Grand order of the Iroquois. Seneca nation. Turtle tribe.Record of the names of warriors and chiefs, August 13,1846

Box 21 Folder 22

Grand order of the Iroquois. Seneca nation. White deertribe. Names of officers, 1845

Box 21 Folder 23

Grand order of the Iroquois. Seneca nation. Wolf tribe.Census of the Wolf tribe, January 25, 1846

Box 21 Folder 24

[Morgan, Lewis Henry]. Indian trail from Central councilfire at Onondaga to ... Buffalo Creek

Box 21 Folder 25

Morgan, Lewis Henry. Address ... delivered ... at Aurora,August 13, 1846

Box 21 Folder 26

Grand order of the Iroquois. Constitution adopted Sr-is-gak-nah, 13, 1846.

Box 21 Folder 27

Grand order of the Iroquois. Laws of the new confederacy ofthe Iroquois ..., August 14, 1846

Box 21 Folder 28

Hurd, Isaac N. A sketch embracing the doings at the grandcouncil of the Iroquois held, October 1845

Box 21 Folder 29

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Hurd, Isaac N. The origin of the confederacy Box 21 Folder 30

Morgan, Lewis Henry, translator. Art of poetry. Horace.Rochester, 1847

Box 21 Folder 31

Morgan, Lewis Henry, translator. Horace satires. Book 1st,satire 5

Box 21 Folder 32

Morgan, Lewis Henry, translator. Horace. Odes Box 21 Folder 33

Morgan, Lewis Henry, translator. Epistle of Paris to Helen.Ovid. Heroides

Box 21 Folder 34

Morgan, Lewis Henry, translator. Translations from Denatura deorum. Book I. Cicero

Box 21 Folder 35

Morgan, Lewis Henry, translator. The syllogism of Aristotleas explained by Cicero

Box 21 Folder 36

Morgan, Lewis Henry, translator. Translation ... first book ofCicero De inventions

Box 21 Folder 37

Morgan, Lewis Henry, translator. Book first of the Books ofrhetoric of an unknown author

Box 21 Folder 38

Morgan, Lewis Henry. On the territorial limits, geographicalnames and trails of the IroquoisPhysical Description: Photocopy of original.

Physical Location: This has been cataloged and placed onthe shelves, Rare Books & Special Collections, call numberGN 6.9 058r.

Box 21 Folder 39

Morgan, Lewis Henry. The Andes, 1854 Box 21 Folder 40

Morgan, Lewis Henry. Animal psychology, 1857

Scope and Contents

This manuscript has been transcribed in its entiretyby Professor Timothy D. Johnston, UNC-Greensboro,who has kindly allowed us to post his work. Thetranscription requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Box 22 Folder 41

Morgan, Lewis Henry. The laws of descent of the Iroquois,1857

Box 22 Folder 42

Morgan, Lewis Henry. Origin and history of the "Club."Read, October 5, 1858

Box 22 Folder 43

Morgan, Lewis Henry. Agassiz. Theory of the diverse originof the human race, 1859

Scope and Contents

Read before "The Club."

Box 22 Folder 44

Morgan, Lewis Henry. System of consanguinity of the redrace, Read August, 1859

Box 22 Folder 45

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Morgan, Lewis Henry. Discussion of organizing a Rochesteracademy of science, 1860

Box 22 Folder 46

Morgan, Lewis Henry. Memoir of Calvin Huson, Jr., 1861 Box 22 Folder 47

Morgan, Lewis Henry. Speech on the Albany basin,February, 1869

Box 22 Folder 48

Morgan, Lewis Henry. The "Seven cities of Cibola", 1869 Box 22 Folder 49

Morgan, Lewis Henry. On the ruins of a stone pueblo on theAnimas river, 1880

Box 22 Folder 50

Morgan, Lewis Henry. Some remarks on the San Juan riverdistrict, 1880

Box 22 Folder 51

Erodephecin society, Aurora

Scope and Contents

Constitution, by-laws and list of members

Box 22 Folder 52

The condition moral and political of Europe and America.Author unknown

Box 22 Folder 53

Morgan, Lewis Henry. Vision of Karistagia, a sachem ofCayuga, 1844

Box 22 Folder 54

Grand order of the Iroquois. Tekarihogea (Lewis H.Morgan). Proclamation instituting the Wolf tribe of theOneida, 1844

Box 22 Folder 55

Grand order of the Iroquois. Tekarihogea (Lewis H.Morgan). Proclamation organizing the Turtle tribe of theSenecas, 1845

Box 22 Folder 56

Grand order of the Iroquois. Tekarihogea (Lewis H.Morgan). Message extraordinary ..., April 21, 1845

Box 22 Folder 57

Grand order of the Iroquois. Tekarihogea (Lewis H.Morgan). Proclamation instituting the White deer tribe ofthe Senecas, 1845

Box 22 Folder 58

Grand order of the Iroquois. Tekarihogea (Lewis H.Morgan). Message in relation to the secrecy of the annualcouncil, 1845

Box 22 Folder 59

Grand order of the Iroquois. Tekarihogea (Lewis H.Morgan). Proclamation summoning the Grand council for,August 14, 1845

Box 22 Folder 60

Grand order of the Iroquois. Tekarihogea (Lewis H.Morgan). Message communicating amendments to theconstitution, 1845

Box 22 Folder 61

Grand order of the Iroquois. Tekarihogea (Lewis H.Morgan). Message in relation to the annual council, May 16,1846

Box 22 Folder 62

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Grand order of the Iroquois. Tekarihogea (Lewis H.Morgan). Proclamation convening the fourth annualcouncil, 1846

Box 22 Folder 63

Grand order of the Iroquois. Tekarihogea (Lewis H.Morgan). Proclamation convening the fourth annualcouncil, 1846

Box 22 Folder 64

Grand order of the Iroquois. Tekarihogea (Lewis H.Morgan). Circular at the commencement of the 3rd year,August 1845

Box 22 Folder 65

Grand order of the Iroquois. Record of the fourth generalcouncil, August 13, 1846

Box 22 Folder 66

Grand order of the Iroquois. Tekarihogea (Lewis H.Morgan). Circular calling general council, August 14, 1846

Box 22 Folder 67

Grand order of the Iroquois. An old warsong, 1844 Box 22 Folder 68

Grand order of the Iroquois. Cayuga nation. Proclamationcalling the annual council, August 9, 1844

Box 22 Folder 69

Grand order of the Iroquois. War-song by George B.Glendinning. Adopted, September 1844

Box 22 Folder 70

Grand order of the Iroquois. Seneca nation. Beaver tribe.Letter introducing Stephen Wood, Jr., February 21, 1845

Box 22 Folder 71

Grand order of the Iroquois. Seneca nation. Turtle tribe.Annual report, August, 1845

Box 22 Folder 72

Grand order of the Iroquois. Seneca nation. Turtle tribe.Record of the names of warriors, August 14, 1845

Box 22 Folder 73

Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe. An address before theAkonoshionee. Aurora, August 14, 1845

Box 22 Folder 74

Hosmer, William Howe Cuyler. Genundewah, a legend ofCanandaigua lake, August 14, 1845

Box 22 Folder 75

Grand order of the Iroquois. Seneca nation. Beaver tribe.Report to the Turtle tribe, February 13, 1846

Box 22 Folder 76

Grand order of the Iroquois. Seneca nation. Turtle tribe.Resolutions and letter from the Turtle tribe, May 26, 1846

Box 22 Folder 77

Bush, James S. Should the elective franchise be extended toour Indian population?, July 9, 1846

Box 22 Folder 78

Grand order of the Iroquois. Committee of researchCircular, August 24, 1846

Box 22 Folder 79

Grand order of the Iroquois. Tadodahoh (S. A. Goodwin).Message, September 24, 1846

Box 22 Folder 80

Grand order of the Iroquois. Com. on literary and socialexercises. Report, October 30, 1846

Box 23 Folder 81

Grand order of the Iroquois. Seneca nation. Turtle tribe.[Report of the Committee on literary and social activities]

Box 23 Folder 82

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Rogers, Clinton. Paper read, December 10, 1846 Box 23 Folder 83

Porter, Charles T. An essay on Indian remains, fortifications,etc. Undated

Box 23 Folder 84

Morgan, Lewis Henry. Inventory of books of L. H. Morganand wife, 1851-[1881]

Box 23 Folder 85

Library, as given to the University of Rochester, 1910-1911 Box 23 Folder 85a

Morgan, Lewis Henry. Indian migrations, 1869-1870 Box 23 Folder 86

Morgan, Lewis Henry. The stone and bone implements ofthe Arickarees. Rochester, January 1868

Box 23 Folder 87

Morgan, Lewis Henry. Notes on instinct. Undated Box 23 Folder 88

Morgan, Lewis Henry. Anacaona of St. Domingo. Aurora,January, 1843

Box 23 Folder 88a

McIlvaine, Joshua Hall. [Report on the manuscript ofSystems of Consanguinity], November 20, 1866

Box 23 Folder 89

Letters urging the appointment of Morgan as minister toSweden, 1868-1869

Box 23 Folder 90

Morgan, Lewis Henry. Roman genesis of humandevelopment. From Horace and Lucretius. Undated

Box 23 Folder 91

Morgan, Lewis Henry. Notes on the report of Lieut. J. H.Simpson, 1850

Box 23 Folder 92

Morgan, Lewis Henry. Passport, March 4, 1858-June 4,1864

Box 23 Folder 93

Hamilton, William. Extracts from the unpublishedmanuscript journals, 1848-1852

Box 23 Folder 94

Morgan, Lewis Henry. Draft of a letter asking data ondegrees of relationship among American Indians, 1858

Box 23 Folder 95

Morgan, Lewis Henry. Extracts and notes from reading Box 23 Folder 96

Morgan, Lewis Henry. Indian Migrations - fragments Box 23 Folder 97

Morgan, Lewis Henry. Indian migrations Box 23 Folder 98

(Folder empty; its contents have probably been added toanother part of the collection)

Box 23 Folder 99

Morgan, Lewis Henry. Architecture of the Americanaborigines

Box 23 Folder 100

Morgan, Lewis Henry. List of U.S. military posts andcontiguous Indian nations, May, 1850

Box 23 Folder 101

Morgan, Lewis Henry. List of missionaries and missions,August, 1859

Box 23 Folder 102

Morgan, Lewis Henry. A conjectural solution of the origin ofthe classificatory system of relationship, September, 1868

Box 23 Folder 103

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Scope and Contents

Read before "The Club," September 29, 1868

Morgan, Lewis Henry. Will and testament, 1851

Scope and Contents

Folder includes a later, undated draft

Box 23 Folder 104

Morgan, Lewis Henry. Schedule of articles procured atTonawanda for W. Raasloff for the Royal museum ofCopenhagen

Box 23 Folder 105

Morgan, Lewis Henry. Aboriginal geographic terms, chieflyriver namesPhysical Description: Photocopy

Box 23 Folder 106

Morgan, Lewis Henry. 10th anniversary of The Club,September 27, 1864

Box 23 Folder 107

Morgan, Jedediah. Last will and testament ... admitted toprobate, April 28, 1827Physical Description: Copy

Box 24 Folder 108

Seneca Indians at Tonawanda. PetitionsPhysical Description: 1 manuscript draft by Morgan, 2printed copies

Box 24 Folder 109

Seneca Indians at Tonawanda. Petitions on their behalf,1840'sPhysical Description: Copies and typescript summaries

Box 24 Folder 110

Hurd, Isaac N. Report of Oceola about his trip to thewestern part of the state, 1844

Box 24 Folder 111

Persons to whom Report on Aboriginal Names was sent,April 16, 1845Physical Description: Copy

Box 24 Folder 112

Morgan, Lewis Henry. Annual message of the GrandTekarihogea of the Iroquois, June 23, 1845Physical Description: Copy

Box 24 Folder 113

List of subscribers to educate two Indian girls at theAcademy in Aurora, New York, December, 1845Physical Description: Copy

Box 24 Folder 114

Glendining, G.B. Chanson Iroquois Box 24 Folder 115

Persons to whom report is to be sent by H. R. SchoolcraftPhysical Description: Copy

Box 24 Folder 116

Grand order of the Iroquois. Constitution Box 24 Folder 117

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Physical Description: Copy

Morgan, Lewis Henry, recorder. Iroquois War CryPhysical Description: Copy

Box 24 Folder 118

Schedule of Indian Articles, circa 1850 Box 24 Folder 119

Morgan, Lewis Henry. Draft of: The Great Indictment, May16, 1865

Scope and Contents

Appeared as a letter in the Rochester Democrat, May16, 1865.

Box 24 Folder 120

Morgan, Lewis Henry. Draft of: A Suggestion for theImprovement of Rochester, February 16, 1866

Scope and Contents

Appeared as a letter in the Rochester Democrat,February 16, 1866.

Box 24 Folder 121

Morgan, Lewis Henry. Draft of: A New CongressionalConvention, October 3, 1866

Box 24 Folder 122

Fison, Lorimer. [Memorandum A and Memorandum B],(1872)

Related Materials:Related Materials

Appeared in L.H. Morgan, "Australian Kinship."Proceedings of A.A.A.S. VIII (1872) pages 412-438.

Box 24 Folder 123

Fison, Lorimer and Howitt, A.W. Manuscript draft ofKamilaroi and Kurnai

Box 24 Folder124a-d

Morgan, Lewis Henry. Notes on Ojibwa Indians. Marquette,July 12, 1874

Box 24 Folder 125

Morgan, Lewis Henry. Page proofs of Ancient Society withcorrections and notes by MorganPhysical Description: Copy

Box 24 Folder 126

Miller, D. J. Taos Memo Book, October-December 1877 Box 24 Folder 127

Recommendations of Morgan as Minister to ItalyPhysical Description: Copies

Box 24 Folder 128

History of the Confederacy of the Iroquois. UndatedPhysical Description: 6 pages

Box 24 Folder 129

Manuscript fragments Box 24 Folder 130

Histories of Anthropology Annual (v.5) edited by RegnaDarnell and Frederic W. Gleach

Box 24 Folder 131

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Grand order of the Iroquois. Cayuga Nation. (Wolf Tribe?),1841-1847Physical Description: 1 volume

Scope and Contents

Constitution, list of members, and record of meetings,1841-1847

Volume 21

Barleywood Female University, Rochester, N.Y., 1852

Scope and Contents

Minutes of meetings of Board of Trustees, of whichMorgan was Secretary, 1852. Also some later materiallaid in.

Volume 22

Holy Bible. [Lewis Henry Morgan family Bible.]

Scope and Contents

Daguerreotypes of Morgan, his wife, and each of hischildren are inserted in the inside front cover. Alsocontains family data in Morgan's hand.

Volume 23


Series V: Material relating to Morgan's business affairsPhysical Description: 2 boxes


Printed material relating to Morgan's business affairs,1871-1882

Scope and Contents

All photocopies; arranged chronologically, 1871-1882.

Box 25

Manuscript material relating to Morgan's business affairs,1851-1872

Scope and Contents

Almost all photocopies; arranged chronologically1851-1872.

Box 26


Series VI: Morgan's memorabilia and miscellany

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Physical Description: 1 box, 2 scrapbooks


Copy(ies) of printed circulars, 1859-1860

Scope and Contents

January 1859 by Lewis Henry Morgan. October1, 1859 by Lewis Henry Morgan. Covering Letters(on same leaf) January 20, 1860 by Joseph Henry,January 5, 1860 by Lewis Cass.

Box 27 Folder 1

Morgan, Lewis Henry, Letters in the The Nation and[missing], July 20, 1877, July 27, 1877

Box 27 Folder 2

Record of purchase and sale of the Morgans' home, 1854,1906Physical Description: Photocopies from the MonroeCounty Clerk's Office

Box 27 Folder 2a

Printed miscellany

Scope and Contents

Some pieces have notes by Morgan.

Box 27 Folder 3

Printed title pages for the scrapbook compiled by LewisHenry Morgan of the Prince of Wales, Visit to America,1860Physical Description: Extra copies

Box 27 Folder 4

New York State Assembly seating chart, 1861 Box 27 Folder 5

Morgan's pen Box 27 Folder 6

Review: "Chadbourne on Instinct" by Morgan in TheNation., May 2, 1872

Box 27 Folder 7

Newspaper clippings: Photocopy of article re: JedediahMorgan resignation from New York State Senate, 1826

Box 27 Folder 7a

Newspaper clippings: Contemporary comments on Morgan,also four photocopies of reviews of The American Beaver,1868

Box 27 Folder 8

Newspaper clippings: Election returns, 1860 Box 27 Folder 9

Newspaper clippings: Material in reference to Indians Box 27 Folder 10

Newspapers clippings: From envelope labeled - "Animalanecdotes"

Box 27 Folder 11

Newspaper clippings: Book reviews - other than Morgan'sbooks

Box 27 Folder 12

Clippings - Reviews of Ancient Society Box 27 Folder 13

Newspaper clippings: Religious controversies in whichMorgan was interested

Box 27 Folder 14

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Newspaper clippings: Review of Systems of Consanguinity

Scope and Contents

Photocopy of "More on Morgan's nonmentalist mind"by Elizabeth Tooker (Current Anthropology 23:5(October 1982) pp 589-591)

Box 27 Folder 15

Newspaper clippings: Letters of Morgan to Rochester papers

Scope and Contents

See also Box 24, Folder 120: The Great Indictment;Folder 121: A Suggestion ... Folder 122: A NewCongressional Convention

Box 27 Folder 16

Newspaper clippings - miscellaneous Box 27 Folder 17

Photographs of Michigan scenes and Indians - 1800'sPhysical Description: Copy prints

Box 27 Folder 18

Report to the Regents, 1850Physical Description: Disbound text and plates

Box 27 Folder 18a-b

Copies of photos of European scenes, 1870 Box 27 Folder 18c

Photographs Box 27 Folder 19

Photographs - Morgan, 1850Physical Description: Copy prints

Box 27 Folder 19a

Photographs - Morgan about, 1860Physical Description: Copy prints

Box 27 Folder 19b


Box 27 Folder 19c


Box 27 Folder 19d

Photographs - Morgan about, 1880

Scope and Contents

Original photograph by J.H. Kent, Rochester

Box 27 Folder 19e

Photographs - Morgan about in "Library", 1880Physical Description: Copy prints

Box 27 Folder 19f

Photographs - Lithograph of Morgan Box 27 Folder 19g

Photographs - Morgan Library - 2 stereo viewsPhysical Description: Copy prints

Box 27 Folder 19h

Photographs - Mary E. (Steele) Morgan, 3 views Box 27 Folder 19i

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Physical Description: Copy prints

Photographs - Morgan childrenPhysical Description: Copy prints

Box 27 Folder 19j

Photographs - Lemuel Morgan, 1870's?Physical Description: Copy print

Box 27 Folder 19k

Photographs - of Morgan papersPhysical Description: 3 photographs

Box 27 Folder 19l

Photographs - Masonic Lodge, Aurora Box 27 Folder 19m

Photographs - Morgan exhibit at Rochester Museum andScience Center, 1981/82Physical Description: 1 photograph

Box 27 Folder 19n

Photographs - Miscellaneous photographs, envelopes, etc. Box 27 Folder 19o

Newspaper cuttings, 1880

Scope and Contents

Scrapbook contains clippings, programs, etc. Muchof it is related to the 1880 meeting of the AmericanAssociation for the Advancement of Science.

Volume 24

"Visit of His Royal Highness, Albert Edward, Prince of Walesto America. From American Journals ... Arranged by CivisAmericanus. Rochester, 1860", A. D. 1860Physical Description: 2 Volumes

Scope and Contents

Mounted newspaper clippings relating to PrinceAlbert's visit to America

Volume25-26


Series VII. Material about Morgan, since 1900Physical Description: 2 boxes, 1 manuscript volume

Physical Location: Articles, 2001 - , continued at end of Box 29

Subseries I: Articles, reviews of books, etc.Title/Description Instances

Margaret Butterfield, "Lewis Henry Morgan's League of theIroquois; a Bibliography", 1936

Box 28 Folder 1

Newspaper clippings about Morgan and his work Box 28 Folder 2

Reviews of editions of work, 1937-1965 Box 28 Folder 3

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Publications on Morgan by Leslie A. White

Scope and Contents

List

Box 28 Folder 4

White, Leslie A. "Lewis Henry Morgan's Western FieldTrips", 1949Physical Description: Manuscript paper

Box 28 Folder 5

Articles, 1900-1940 Box 28 Folder 6







Articles, 1983 Box 28 Folder 13






Subseries II: Material about MorganTitle/Description Instances

Morgan Mausoleum. Mt. Hope Cemetery, Rochester,October 18, 1981

Scope and Contents

Photographs of event at the cemetery

Box 29 Folder 1

Miscellaneous material about Morgan's life Box 29 Folder 2

Material relating to Morgan's estate Box 29 Folder 3

Material relating to the publication of Morgan's TheIndian Journals, 1959

Box 29 Folder 4

Lewis Henry Morgan Chapter of the NYS ArcheologicalAssociations medal, 1966

Box 29 Folder 5

Book ads, jackets, etc. of Morgan's books Box 29 Folder 6

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Scope and Contents

See also separate folder on the Indian Journals

Material removed from Edward G. Miner's copy of Leagueof the Ho-De-No-Sau-Nee, or Iroquois, December 19, 1899

Biographical / Historical

Miner (1863-1955) was a Rochester businessmanand book collector

Scope and Contents

This copy is now cataloged and in the Department ofRare and Special Collections. The material includesseveral ca 1900 letters and newspaper clippingsabout the League, and a later carbon typescript of aDecember 19, 1899 reminiscence about Morgan byS. P. Ely.

Box 29 Folder 7

Charles A. Dewey- Morgan material


Dewey (1842-1927) was a Rochester physician. Hegave a 1915 talk about Morgan that was expandedand published in the 1923 volume of the RochesterHistorical Society.

Scope and Contents

This rather thick folder includes his backgroundresearch, including newspaper clippings andcorrespondence, as well as drafts of the paper. Thereis also material, 1918-1919, relating to the tablethonoring Morgan placed at Wells College, Aurora,New York.

Box 29 Folder 8

Morgan Collection at City College of New York


Aaron Orange (1905-1995) Class of 1926 at CityCollege, gave his collection of books and articles byand about Morgan to his alma mater in 1976.

Scope and Contents

Includes an undated list of his collection and a 1976newsletter of the library describing the gift.

Box 29 Folder 9

American Anthropological Association conferenceprogram, session on Morgan, 1987

Box 29 Folder 10

Morgan Lecture Series. University of Rochester Box 29 Folder 11

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Gillian Feeley-Harnik, "The Mystery of life in all itsforms..." Published in Religion and Cultural Studies, 2001

Box 29 Folder 12

Timothy D. Johnston, "An early manuscript in thehistory of American comparative psychology: LewisHenry Morgan's "Animal Psychology (1857)." History ofPsychology, 2002. Vol. 5, No. 4, 323-355

Box 29 Folder 13

Timothy D. Johnston, "Three pioneers of comparativepsychology in America, 1843-1890: Lewis H. Morgan,John Bascom, and Joseph LeConte." History ofPsychology, 2003. Vol.6, No. 1, 14-51

Box 29 Folder 14

Newspaper articles about placement of marker atMorgan's birthplace, May 2008

Box 29 Folder 15

"Function and origin in the works of Lewis HenryMorgan," Geoffrey Owns, University of Rochester Seniorhonors thesis, May 3, 1986

Box 29 Folder 16

Bridging the gap: the memory of Lewis Henry Morgan apaper on Morgan and the Morgan mausoleum in Mt. HopeCemetery, Rochester, NY by Brian Marricco for REL 167K,Speaking Stones, Fall 2007Physical Description: 45 pages

Box 29 Folder 17

"Matter of Lewis H. Morgan will"Physical Location: Shelved as a book, Rare Books &Special Collections, call number GN 6.9 ZC33

Scope and Contents

Volume containing printed and typescript materialrelating to the settlement of Morgan's estate.

Volume 27


Series VIII: Jones Auction acquisitions, 1991Title/Description Instances

Grand Order of the Iroquois. Constitution, August 9, 1844Physical Description: In Morgan's hand.

Box 30 Folder 1

Order of arrangements for the Third Grand Council of theIroquois, August 14, 1845Physical Description: In Morgan's hand.

Box 30 Folder 2

General Council ....of the Confederacy at the Falls of theGenesee, 1845

Box 30 Folder 3

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https://urresearch.rochester.edu/retrieve/13075/Morgan_Marricco.pdf


Physical Description: In Morgan's hand.

Memorial to the United States Senate adopted at Auburn atIthaca at a General Council, January 5, 1846, January 7,1846Physical Description: In Morgan's hand.

Box 30 Folder 4

Members of the tribe to be seated around the sides of anelliptical arena-room totally dark, and perfectly silent.Undated.Physical Description: 1 page

Box 30 Folder 5

C.T. Porter to Geo. S. Riley or C. Billinghurst. Undated.Physical Description: Note on inside of brown wrappingpaper.

Scope and Contents

Apparently about the cost and distribution of a printeditem.

Box 30 Folder 6

"The New Confederacy of the Iroquois...."Physical Description: 3 lines.

Box 30 Folder 7

Seneca namesPhysical Description: Manuscript sheet, in Morgan's hand.

Scope and Contents

21 listed, some with translations.

Box 30 Folder 8

"Prophet," "2d chorus" Box 30 Folder 9

Newspaper clippings relating to Morgan's will, 1905 Box 30 Folder 10


Series IX. Gifts of Rosemary (Morgan) Decker, great grand niece of LewisHenry Morgan

Subseries I: Morgan-related materialImmediate Source of Acquisition:Immediate Source of Acquisition

Given October 16, 1985


In memoriam, 1882 Box 31 Folder 1

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Physical Description: Lemuel S. Morgan copy.

Miscellaneous 19th and 20th-century notes, etc. Box 31 Folder 2

Morgan mausoleum drawing, H. Searle and Son, architects Box 31 Folder 3

Weekly People, articles on Morgan, November 26, 1938 Box 31 Folder 4

Rochester Times-Union, June 22, 1985

Scope and Contents

Article has picture of Morgan home.

Box 31 Folder 5

"L.H. Morgan"- metal plaque for door? Box 31 Folder 6

Process relief copper plate in Gothic script

Scope and Contents

Contains brief biographical information on Morganand a listing of his books. (Perhaps created at thetime of his death and funeral?)

Box 31 Folder 7

Subseries II: Morgan family photographs, circa 1880s and 1890s.Immediate Source of Acquisition:Immediate Source of Acquisition

Given July 21, 1994.


Seneca Point Hotel

Scope and Contents

View looking down upon, no people in picture.

Box 32 Folder 1

Carriage by Pavilion at Highland Park

Scope and Contents

Unable to see how many in carriage.

Box 32 Folder 2

C.R. Morgan & Co. Hardware Store, Waterloo, NY, 1880s

Scope and Contents

Charles R. Morgan, his son Lewis Henry Morgan(1876-1950) and a third man standing in front,1880s.

Box 32 Folder 3

View of Morgan cottage from lake

Scope and Contents

10 adults in photographs, also three childrenincluding Lewis Henry Morgan (1876-1950) in dog

Box 32 Folder 4

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cart. Photographs in folders 4 and 5 may have beentaken the same day

Lewis Henry Morgan (1876-1950) in dog cart, little girllooking on, lake in background

Scope and Contents

Photographs in folders 4 and 5 may have been takenthe same day

Box 32 Folder 5

Morgan cottage, 4 adults in photograph and Lewis HenryMorgan (1876-1950) on pony

Scope and Contents

Photographs in folders 6 and 7 may have been takenthe same day, but year(s) later than 4 and 5. Whatappears to be the same dog is in photographs 4through 7

Box 32 Folder 6

View of Morgan Cottage from lake, 7 adults inphotograph, Lewis Henry Morgan (1876-1950) standingwith pony

Scope and Contents

Photographs in folders 6 and 7 may have been takenthe same day, but year(s) later than 4 and 5. Whatappears to be the same dog is in photographs 4through 7

Box 32 Folder 7

Library at home of Lewis Henry Morgan (1818-1881),February 25, 1897

Scope and Contents

Reception in library, February 25, 1897, 4 men and7 women in photo

Box 32 Folder 8


Appendix A: Manuscript journals and Record of Indian Letters by LewisHenry Morgan: A descriptive table of contentsScope and Contents

Among the manuscripts bequeathed to The University of Rochester by Lewis H. Morgan were eightvolumes of field notes and memoranda which Mr. Morgan had assembled and bound. All referenceto these was inadvertently omitted from the bibliography of manuscripts and published works whichappeared in the Rochester Historical Society Publication Fund Series, Volume 2, pages 83 to 97.Containing as they do eighty-nine separate memoranda on such diverse subjects as Indian ceremonies,vocabularies, geography, beaver, anthropological readings, and records of letters received, this collection

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of manuscripts is of considerable importance to contemporary students of Morgan's work. --D. B. Gilchrist[Librarian], Rochester, March 4, 1936


Manuscript journalPhysical Description: 394 pages

Volume 1

1. Speeches at a council of the Iroquois held atTonawanda, for the purpose of raising life sachems. Ely S.Parker, reporter (On the New Religion), October 4, 5, 6,and 7, 1848Physical Description: pages 1-46 (8"x 12 1/2"). 23 leaveswritten on both sides.

2. Notes of a conversation with John Blacksmith andJimmy Johnson at Rochester, June 1, 1849.Physical Description: pages 47-50 (8"x 12 1/2")

2a. Council of the Six Nations at Tonawanda LaFortsSpeech. Medicine Men. [Letter of Ely S. Parker to L.H.Morgan], October 1847., (October 1847?)Physical Description: 4 pages

Scope and Contents

Also a newspaper clipping (October 1847?) titled,"Indian Council of the Six Nations at Tonawanda."

3. Record of a council held upon the Tonawandareservation and a letter from the chiefs and also fromJohn Blacksmith to Lewis H. Morgan, January 1 and 2,1846,Physical Description: pages 51-61 (8"x 12 1/2")

4. Note on Thanksgiving concert by Gottlip Smith ofBergenPhysical Description: page 63 (7 1/2"x 9 1/2").

5. Notes of a visit to the Buffalo Creek and Tona wandehreservations, etc., January, 1846.Physical Description: pages 65-96 (5"x 8")

Scope and Contents

Red Jacket, Mary Jemison, et al.

6. Notes of an expedition to Onondaga castle, December16, 1845 ... and also of an excursion up the valley of theGenesee, January 18 to 24, 1846Physical Description: p.97-116. 5"x8"

7. Notes of a trip up the Genesee valley to Dansville, alsoto Tonawanda and Buffalo, February and March, 1846.

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Physical Description: pages 117-156 (5"x 8")

8. Notes of an expedition to Washington (D.C.) to aid theSeneca nation in their efforts to pro cure relief against thetreaties, January 15, 1838, May 20, 1842., April 3 to May4, 1846.Physical Description: pages 157-191 (5"x 8")

9. Letter to L. H. Morgan from Ely S. Parker, datedWashington, transmitting report of Morgan's initiationinto the Senecas, January 31, 1847Physical Description: page 194 (5"x 8")

10. Record of a council of adoption at which ThomasDarling, Charles T. Porter, and L. H. Morgan werereceived by adoption into the Seneca nation. Ely S.Parker, interpreter, October 31, 1847.Physical Description: pages 195-208 (8"x 10")

11. Notes of a conversation with John Morgan of Lima, 84years of age, on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings at myroom. Rochester, May 26 and 27, 1846.Physical Description: pages 209-222 (5"x 8")

12. Description of an Indian council at Tonawanda byGeorge Riley, October 1, 2, and 3, 1845, (October 7,1845).

Scope and Contents

Clipping from the Daily American, Rochester, v. 1#249, (October 7, 1845).

13. Observations upon the institutions of the Iroquois,August, 1845, August 30, 1845Physical Description: pages 225-240 (8"x 12")

Scope and Contents

Many observations are erroneous as subsequentstudy has proved. Commenced August 30, 1845--commenced studying in 1841.

14. An address on the Indian trails of New York, withsome observations on the joint occupation of the countryof the white race and the red; by Skenandoah (L. H.Morgan), August 12, 1846Physical Description: pages 241-280 (8"x 10")

Scope and Contents

Read August 12, 1846, before the council ofdelegates of the Iroquois confederacy.

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15. Notes of an expedition to Tonawanda, Geneseecounty, New York, to attend a great council of the SixNations which was held on the, 1, 2, and 3 days ofOctober, 1845.Physical Description: pages 281-298 (8"x 13")

Scope and Contents

From 500 to 800 Indians at the council. L. H.Morgan. E. S. Parker, interpreter.

16. A translation of the speech made by Jimmy Johnson(69th year) at the Grand council of the Confederacy ofIroquois, held at the Indian village of Tonawanda, October12 and 13, 1845Physical Description: pages 299-312 (8"x 12")

Scope and Contents

This speech is an abridgment of his annual speech,or rather a repetition in brief, of their religiousprecepts, pretended to have been communicated tothem from heaven. Translation by Ely S. Parker ofTonawanda.

17. Notes on the Iroquois, their government andinstitutions. Rochester, L. H. Morgan, November 7, 1845Physical Description: pages 313-334 (8"x 12")

18. Notes of an expedition to Tonawanda, Geneseecounty, New York, to attend a great council of the SixNations of Indians which was held on the, 1, 2, and 3 daysof October, 1845Physical Description: pages 335-372 (5"x 8")

Scope and Contents

The Oneidas, Onondagas, Tuscaroras, Cayugas, andSenecas were represented. Some 500 at the councilof Indians.

19. Notes of a conversation with E. S. Parker upon theIroquois, September 27, 1845Physical Description: pages 373-378. 2 leaves (8"x 12");1 leaf (8"x 8 3/4")

20. Notes of an expedition to the old fortifications nearGeneva and to several other places in western New York,November, 1845.Physical Description: pages 379-384 (8"x 12 1/2")

21. Letter from Ely S. Parker to Lewis H. Morgan,Ellicottville, , describing various Indian ceremonies,February 12, 1850

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Physical Description: pages 385-390 (8"x 12 1/2")

22. Members of the New Confederacy of the Iroquois(total 241), November 20, 1846Physical Description: pages 391-394 (8"x 12 1/2")


Volume 2

1. Notes of a visit to Tonawanda to attend the Cornharvest feast of the Senecas, October 28, 1846., 31 ofOctober, 1846.Physical Description: pages 1-64 (8"x 6")

Scope and Contents

On which occasion three of us, members of the "NewConfederacy" were adopted into the Seneca nation,the ceremony being performed on the 31 of October,1846. Left Rochester October 27, returned November7.

2. Notes of a visit to Onondaga reservation, May, 1849.Physical Description: pages 65-85 (8"x 6")

3. Visit to Oneida castle, Jordan, interpreter, May, 1849.Physical Description: pages 87-106 (8"x 6")

4. Tonawanda, at William Parker's, November 30, 1849Physical Description: pages 107-160 (7 ½"x 6")

Scope and Contents

L. H. Morgan. Moccasins--tanning deer skins, etc.

5. Tonawanda, December 7, 1849.Physical Description: pages 161-176 (8"x 6")

Scope and Contents

Snowshoes—Ga-weh-ga-a, etc.

6. Expedition to Grand River, Canada, for Indian relics,October 28, 1850.Physical Description: pages 177-189 (8"x 6")

7. Visit to Tonawanda, after articles for state collection,December 26, 1850,Physical Description: pages 191-219, 221-223 (8"x 61/4")

8. Notes of a visit to Marquette, Lake Superior. #1, Julyand August, 1855.

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Physical Description: pages 225-296 (8"x 6 1/4")

9. Notes of a visit to Marquette, Lake Superior. #2, Julyand August, 1855.Physical Description: pages 297-307 (8"x 6 1/4")

10. Chippewa vocabulary and notes of a trip to Marquette,1858Physical Description: pages 309-356 (7 3/4"x 6 1/4")

11. Notes of a visit to Tonawanda, November 6 to 11,1858.Physical Description: pages 357-420 (8"x 6 1/4")

Scope and Contents

L. H. Morgan. Degrees of relationship of theIroquois, etc.

12. Notes of a visit to Washington and a Winnebagoedelegation, April, 1859.Physical Description: pages 421-446 (8"x 6 1/4")

13. Brief visit with Henry P. Chase, a Chippewa at PortSarnia, Lambton county, Canada West, May, 1859.Physical Description: pages 447-453 (8"x 6 1/4")


Scope and Contents

Scattered through this volume are vocabularies inKaw, Potawatomie, Shawnee, Delaware, Wyandotte,and Otoe dialects

Volume 3

1. Journal of a visit to Kansas and Nebraska, in, May &June, 1859Physical Description: pages 1-303 (7 3/4"x 6")

2. Notes of a visit to Kansas and Nebraska in, May & June,1860Physical Description: pages 305-519 (7 3/4"x 6")

3. Books wanted.Physical Description: page 526 (7 3/4"x 6")

4. Obituary note of Captain Alfred Gray Morgan, died inSacramento, California, 26 April 1860.Physical Description: pages 530-531

Manuscript journal Volume 4

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Physical Description: 385 pages

1. Journal of a visit to Pembina and Fort Garry on the RedRiver of the North, July & August, 1861.Physical Description: pages 1-192 (8"x 6 1/4")

2. Notes of a third visit to Marquette, L.S., (Beaver dams.),August 1860.Physical Description: pages 193-266, and folded map(8"x 6 1/4")

3. Journal of a visit to Marquette, Michigan, August &September, 1861.Physical Description: pages 73-320 (8"x 6 1/4")

4. Shawnee (and other) systems of relationshipPhysical Description: pages 323-336 (8"x 6 1/4")

5. Notes and extracts from "Travels to the Source of theMissouri River and Across the American Continent ...1804-1806," by Captains Lewis and Clarke. London,Longmans, 1814.Physical Description: pages 337-385 (8"x 6 1/4")


Volume 5

1. Journal of an expedition to the Rocky Mountains by theMissouri River in, May, June, & July, 1862Physical Description: pages 1-428 (8"x 6 1/4")

2. Extract from Pickering's "Races of Man."Physical Description: page 429 (8"x 6 1/4")

3. "The Chinese." Report of a conversation with Rev. J.B. N. Tallmage on systems of relationship. Rochester,October 6, 1863.Physical Description: pages 431-434 (8"x 6 1/4")

4. Extracts from Lewis and Clarke's "Journal," continuedPhysical Description: pages 435-446 (8"x 6 1/4")

Scope and Contents

See Volume 4, pages 337-385

5. Notes on Missouri RiverPhysical Description: page 456 (8"x 6 1/4")

Manuscript journal Volume 6

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Physical Description: 552 pages

1. Journal of a visit to Marquette, Lake Superior, August,September, & October, 1862Physical Description: pages 1-68 (7 3/4"x 6 1/4")

2. Journal of a visit to Marquette, Lake Superior, July andAugust, 1863Physical Description: pages 77-112 (7 3/4"x 6")

3. Journal of a visit to Marquette, Michigan, August,1865.Physical Description: pages 117-158 (8"x 6")

4. Conversation with E. S. Shawano, an Ojibwa, and I. N.Parker, a Seneca, 1865Physical Description: pages 165-212 (8"x 6")

5. Notes on Eskimos.Physical Description: pages 214-226 (8"x 6")

6. Notes on Apaches and Comanches.Physical Description: page 227 (8"x 6")

7. The word Beaver.Physical Description: pages 228-230 (8"x 6")

8. Payments to Michigan guides.Physical Description: pages 231-237 (8"x 6")

9. Mandans.Physical Description: pages 238-239 (8"x 6")

10. "The Chinese." Conversations with Rev. J. L. Nevins,returned missionary from China, August 18, 1867Physical Description: pages 240-253 (8"x 6")

11. Journal of a visit to Marquette, Michigan, July andAugust, 1866.Physical Description: pages 261-304 (7 3/4"x 6")

12. Beaver. Barney's statement.Physical Description: pages 210-211 (7 3/4"x 4 3/4")

13. Extracts from "The Natural and Moral History of theEast and West Indies," by Joseph Acosta, London, 1604Physical Description: pages 313-343, with 5 loose pagesinserted (8"x 6")

14. Notes from Antonio de Hemera's "History of America,"translated by Capt. John Sternes. London, Batley, 1725Physical Description: 6 volumes, pages 377-390 (8"x 6")

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15. Extracts from "Description of the Ruins of an AncientCity Discovered near Palenque," by Capt. Don Antonio delRio, London, 1822Physical Description: pages 393-395 (8"x 6")

16. Notes of a visit in Washington, March & April, 1864Physical Description: pages 401-443 (8"x 6")

Scope and Contents

Relates to interviews with Cherokee delegations.

17. Seven cities of Cibola.Physical Description: pages 445-458 (7 3/4"x 6")

Scope and Contents

Notes from readings.

18. Miscellaneous notes.Physical Description: pages 459-460 (7 3/4"x 6")

19. Notes on Plato and Aristotle; Hawaiian system ofrelationship, etc.Physical Description: pages 461-468 (7 3/4"x 6")

20. Notes from conversations with Caroline G. Mt.Pleasant. Tuscarora Reservation, October 19, 1875.Physical Description: pages 469-496 (7 3/4"x 6")

21. Notes on Henry R. Schoolcraft, August, 1876.Physical Description: pages 497-498 (7 3/4"x 6")

22. Notes on Major J. W. Powell, August 31, 1876.Physical Description: pages 499-500 (7 3/4"x 6")

23. Notes from reading on Mexico.Physical Description: pages 500-519 (7 3/4"x 6")

24. Notes from John Bartram's "Observations on theinhabitants, climate, soil, rivers, productions, animals,and other matters worthy of notice made by Mr. JohnBartram, in his travels from Pensilvania to Onondago,Oswego and the Lake Ontario, in Canada" London, 1751.Physical Description: 94 pages, pages 520-532 (7 3/4"x6")

25. Notes from Captain John Smith's "Generall Historie ofVirginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles" Richmond,1819Physical Description: pages 533-552 (7 3/4"x 6")

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Record of the inquiry concerning the Indian (American andoriental) system of relationship and the correspondence inrelation thereto ... Half-title: Record of letters forwarded,1859Physical Description: 295 [i.e., 230] pages. Pages134-138, and 227-286 omitted in numbering.

Volume 1

1. A manuscript discussion signed L.H. Morgan on thedevelopment of his thoughts on the Asiatic origins of theAmerican Indian, October 19, 1859Physical Description: pages 1-33.

2. "Degrees of Relationship in the Language of the ______Nation," which Morgan has filled out for the Seneca-Iroquois on, November 1, 1859Physical Description: Tipped-in printed form.

3. Notes by Morgan about the printing of the letters.Physical Description: page 35

4. Notes on/lists of correspondence (most being for theyears, October 19, 1859-November 27, 1871, (1859-62))Physical Description: pages 37-235

Scope and Contents

Drafts of complete letters from Morgan to thefollowing correspondents are included:

Henry, Joseph, October 26, 1859Physical Description: pages 49-50

Clay, John Randolph, October 26, 1859Physical Description: pages 51-52

President of the Royal Geographical Society, St.Petersburg, November 7, 1859Physical Description: pages 74-75

Secretary of the Church Missionary Society, London,November 8, 1859Physical Description: pages 76-77

Preston, W., Envoy, Madrid, November 8, 1859Physical Description: pages 78-79

Angel, B. F., Stockholm, November 8, 1859Physical Description: page 80

Harris, Townsend, Yedo, Japan, December 6, 1859Physical Description: pages 119-121

Ely, Alfred, December 8, 1859

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Physical Description: pages 121-122

Riggs, Rev. S. R., December 29, 1859Physical Description: pages 123-125

Latham, R. G., London, May 20, 1859Physical Description: pages 127-128

Rowlinson, Sir Henry, February 12, 1860Physical Description: pages 131-133

Wilkinson, Sir J.G., February 12, 1860Physical Description: page 139

Fay, Theodore S., Berne, February 12, 1860Physical Description: page 140

Wright, Joseph A., Berlin, February 12, 1860Physical Description: pages 141-142

Dwinaton, John D., Athens, February 12, 1860Physical Description: pages 142-143

Henry, Joseph, February 12, 1860Physical Description: pages 143-144

Henry, Joseph, February 21, 1860Physical Description: pages 150-151

Riggs, S. R., March 1, 1860Physical Description: page 152

Fay, Theodore S., April 26, 1860Physical Description: pages 158-160

Jacker, Edward, June 21, 1860Physical Description: page 166

Wright, Joseph A., Berlin, July 17, 1860Physical Description: pages 174-176

Bopp, F., July 20, 1860Physical Description: pages 178-182

Henry, Joseph, August 11, 1860Physical Description: pages 183-185

Faulkner, Charles J., December 8, 1860Physical Description: page 191

Wilson, David, April 29, 1861

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Seward, William Henry, November 12, 1861Physical Description: pages 207-208

Lord Stanley, London, November 18, 1861Physical Description: pages 208-209

Foley, Rev. Dr., Dublin, November 18, 1861Physical Description: pages 210-212

Gray, Asa, August 15, 1868Physical Description: page 232

Henry, Joseph to L. Fison, November 27, 1871Physical Description: pages 234-235

Record of the inquiry concerning the Indian (American andoriental) system of relationship and the correspondencein relation thereto ... Half-title: Record of letters received,1859Physical Description: 280 [i.e., 279] pages. Page 38omitted in numbering.

Volume 2

1. Record of answers received, December 1, 1859-March20, 1860Physical Description: pages 1-14

2. Quotations from Morton's "Crania Americana."Physical Description: pages 15-21

3. Record of answers received, March 26, 1860-June 22,1881Physical Description: pages 22-84

4. List of persons to whom memorial addresses were sent.Physical Description: pages 85-91

5. Record of two letters forwarded.Physical Description: page 151

6. Addresses of booksellers, old book dealers, andlibraries.Physical Description: page 152

7. Notes from reading.Physical Description: pages 153-233

8. Lists of persons to whom copies of his books andarticles were sent.Physical Description: pages 234-247

9. Division into tribes and families.

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10. Books wanted.Physical Description: pages 262-263

11. Notes from reading.Physical Description: pages 266-272

12. List of works cited by Morton in his "Crania Egyptiaca"and "Crania Americana."Physical Description: pages 273-276

13. Notes of books, addresses, and list of books loaned.Physical Description: pages 278-280


Appendix B: Memorandum on published portions of Lewis H. Morgan'smanuscript journals and Record of Indian LettersScope and Contents

Compiled by Elisabeth Tooker, August 1996


Manuscript JournalsTitle/Description Instances

Vol. 1, no. 1, "Speeches at a council of the Iroquois..."

Scope and Contents

Elisabeth Tooker's 1989 paper titled "Onthe Development of the Handsome LakeReligion" (Proceedings of the AmericanPhilosophical Society, vol. 133, pp. 35-50) is aboutthis manuscript and contains extracts from it: JemmyJohnson's opening remarks on the last day (October7) and extracts from the closing remarks of sevendelegates that same day. What are apparently ElyParker's notes on the last two days of this council(October 6 and 7) are in the Parker Papers in theAmerican Philosophical Society Library (Freemanno. 3261) and were published in 1951 by WilliamN. Fenton in his "Iroquois Studies at the Mid-century" (Proceedings of American PhilosophicalSociety, vol. 95, pages 296-310), pp. 306-309.They are, then, Parker's notes for that portion ofthis manuscript in the Manuscript Journals thatis in Parker's hand. In this connection, it is notwithout interest that although Parker's descriptionof the last two days of this council is in his hand,

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his description of the first two days is in Morgan's.Parker apparently sent his account of the first twodays to Morgan in August, 1850. Morgan thencopied and returned it to Parker, who later thatyear sent Morgan his description of the remainingtwo days. Morgan published this version of JemmyJohnson's speech on the life and teachings ofHandsome Lake (what is now known as the "Codeof Handsome Lake") in League of the Iroquois (1851edition, pages 233-259) with some deletions andrearrangement.

Vol. 1, no. 6, "Notes of an expedition to Onondaga..."

Scope and Contents

Elisabeth Tooker, Lewis H. Morgan on IroquoisMaterial Culture (Tucson, University of ArizonaPress, 1994), pages 26-30 publishes one extract.

Vol. 1, no. 7, "Notes of a trip up the Genesee Valley..."

Scope and Contents

Elisabeth Tooker, Lewis H. Morgan on IroquoisMaterial Culture (Tucson, University of ArizonaPress, 1994), pages 31-32, 33-37 publishes twoextracts.

Vol. 1, no. 10, "Record of a council adoption at whichThomas Darling, Charles T. Porter, and L.H. Morgan werereceived by adoption into the Seneca Nation.", October31, 1847.

Scope and Contents

Tooker, Elisabeth, "Lewis H. Morgan and theSenecas" in Strangers to Relatives: the Adoption andNaming of Anthropologists in Native North America,edited by Sergei Kan, Lincoln, Neb.: University ofNebraska Press, 2001. pages 29-56.

Vol. 1, no. 16, "Translation of the speech made by JimmyJohnson..."

Scope and Contents

Above entry added April 24, 2001. Three versionsof this manuscript are known to have survived:this one in the Manuscript Journals, one in theNewberry, and one in the Huntington. Thereare minor differences in these manuscripts thatappear to be changes in words and the like Parkerintroduced in the course of copying the manuscripts.The manuscript in the Huntington is part of thecollection that the Huntington purchased fromArthur C. Parker that includes some manuscripts

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Parker published in his The Life of General Ely S.Parker (published in 1919 by the Buffalo HistoricalSociety) including this one (on pp. 251-261). Thismanuscript in the Huntington, however, lacks thelast page of the original manuscript, which pageis now in the Buffalo and Erie County HistoricalSociety. Parker apparently did not realize this lastpage was missing and to make sense of those pageshe did have he rearranged them.

Vol. 1, no. 17, "Notes on the Iroquois...", April, 1846

Scope and Contents

What is apparently the version of this address thatMorgan gave to the New York Historical Societyin April, 1846 was published in 1928 by Arthur C.Parker in his "Government and Institutions of theIroquois" (Researches and Transactions of the NewYork State Archaeological Association, Lewis H.Morgan Chapter, vol. 7, no.1). On page 92 of his1923 "Bibliography of Lewis H. Morgan" (RochesterHistorical Society Publication Fund Series, vol. 2,pages 83-97) Donald B. Gilchrist lists such a paperas Parker describes. It is not now in the University ofRochester Library, nor is it in the Reynolds Library(now incorporated into the holdings of the mainbranch of the Rochester Public Library), Morganmade some relatively extensive changes in wordingin this version that Arthur Parker published ascompared to that in the Manuscript Journals--whichis probably the original one, the paper he deliveredto the Rochester chapter of the Grand Order of theIroquois on November 7, 1845.

Vol. 1, no. 20, "Notes of an expedition to the oldfortifications near Geneva..."

Scope and Contents

Elisabeth Tooker, Lewis H. Morgan on IroquoisMaterial Culture (Tucson, University of ArizonaPress, 1994), pages 21-24 publishes one extract.

Vol. 1, no. 21, "Letter from Ely S. Parker to Lewis H.Morgan."

Scope and Contents

William N. Fenton published this letter in AppendixB (pages 153-158) as well as facsimiles of the firstand last pages of the manuscript (Plates 17 and 18)in 1941 in his "Tonawanda Longhouse Ceremonies:Ninety Years After Lewis Henry Morgan" (Bureau ofAmerican Ethnology Bulletin 128, pages 139-165).

Vol. 2, nos. 4 & 5, "Tonawanda..."

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Scope and Contents

Elisabeth Tooker, Lewis H. Morgan on IroquoisMaterial Culture (Tucson, University of ArizonaPress, 1994), pages 115-134 publishes extensiveextracts.

Vol. 2, no. 6, "Expedition to Grand River..."

Scope and Contents

Elisabeth Tooker, Lewis H. Morgan on IroquoisMaterial Culture (Tucson, University of ArizonaPress, 1994), pages 137-142 publishes the entiremanuscript.

Vol. 2, no. 7, "Visit to Tonawanda..."

Scope and Contents

Elisabeth Tooker, Lewis H. Morgan on IroquoisMaterial Culture (Tucson, University of ArizonaPress, 1994), pages 145-160 publishes the entiremanuscript.

Vol. 3, no. 1, "Journal of a Visit to Kansas and Nebraska inMay and June, 1859"

Scope and Contents

Leslie A White, editor, Lewis Henry Morgan: TheIndian Journals, 1859-62 (Ann Arbor: Universityof Michigan Press, 1959), pages 24-73 and LeslieA White, editor, Lewis Henry Morgan: The IndianJournals, 1859-62 (New York: Dover, 1993), pages25-82 publishes extensive extracts.

Vol. 3, no. 2, "Notes of a Visit to Kansas and Nebraska inMay and June, 1860"

Scope and Contents

Leslie A White, editor, Lewis Henry Morgan: TheIndian Journals, 1859-62 (Ann Arbor: Universityof Michigan Press, 1959), pages 74-105 and LeslieA White, editor, Lewis Henry Morgan: The IndianJournals, 1859-62 (New York: Dover, 1993), pages83-118 publishes extensive extracts.

Vol. 4, no. 1, "Journal of a Visit to Pembina and FortGarry on the Red River of the North, July and August,,1861"

Scope and Contents

Leslie A White, editor, Lewis Henry Morgan: TheIndian Journals, 1859-62 (Ann Arbor: University of

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Michigan Press, 1959), pages 106-130 and LeslieA White, editor, Lewis Henry Morgan: The IndianJournals, 1859-62 (New York: Dover, 1993), pages119-150 publishes extensive extracts.

Vol. 5, no. 5, "Journal of an Expedition to the RockyMountains by the Missouri River in, May, June, and July,1862"

Scope and Contents

Leslie A White, editor, Lewis Henry Morgan: TheIndian Journals, 1859-62 (Ann Arbor: University ofMichigan Press, 1959), pages 135-200 and LeslieA White, editor, Lewis Henry Morgan: The IndianJournals, 1859-62 (New York: Dover, 1993), pages154-231 publishes extensive extracts.

Record of Indian LettersTitle/Description Instances

Vol. 1, no. 2, "An account of the discovery of a system ofrelationship..."

Scope and Contents

Leslie A. White published this in 1957 in his "HowMorgan Came to Write Systems of Consanguinityand Affinity" (Papers of the Michigan Academy ofScience, Arts, and Letters, vol. 42, pages 257-268).


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Documents

Morgan (Lewis Henry) papers