Correspondence, journals, clippings, memorabilia, photographs, manuscripts and printed material containing historical and anthropological information on the Pacific Northwest, mostly regarding the Nez Percés and Yakimas, Indian agents, government officials, anthropologists and historians relative to the Nez Percé Indian War of 1877 and the Indian war of the 1850s.

Nez Percé Indians -- History.
Nez Percé Indians -- Wars, 1877.
Pacific Coast Indians, Wars with, 1847-1865.
Indians -- Government relations.
Yakama Indians -- History.
Bonney, W. P. (William Pierce), b. 1856.
Carpentieri, Luigi.
Um-tee-bee, Chief.
Mourning Dove, 1888-1936.
Olney, Buffalo Ben.
Skiuhushu, Red Fox

Manuscript collection (personal papers)

Cage 55

26 linear feet

Gift, Virgil O. McWhorter, 1947.

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L.V. McWhorter Photograph Collection
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