Armstrong, Samuel Chapman

1882-1892. (Correspondence concerning Indian Affairs)
Correspondence from editors and publishers of various magazines, newspapers, and newsletters. Letters from Simeoun Gilbert, Advance, Chicago, Illinois; H.B. Frissell, American Tract Society, New York City, New York; Frank Foxcraft, Boston Journal, Boston Massachusetts; Lawrence Abbott, L.W. Betts and R.D. Townsend, The Christian Union, New York City, New York; F.G. Barry, College and School (a monthly magazine for teachers, parents, and students) Utica, New York; John L. Buchanan, Department of Public Instruction, Commonwealth of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia; J.B. Gilden, The Critic, New York City, New York; Edward L. Merriam, Good Company Springfield, Massachusetts; Houghton Mifflin of Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Publishers, New York City, New York; publisher of The Interior, Chicago, Illinois; Ivison, Blakeman, and Taylor of Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor and Company, Publishers, New York City, New York; Wilbur B. Ketcham, publisher and bookseller, New York City, New York; Thomas W. Bickwell, Primary Teacher, National Journal of Education and New England Journal of Education, Boston, Massachusetts; Patrick Robertson, Philadelphia Bureau of Press clippings, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; W. T. Blair, the Philipsburg Journal, Philipsburg, Centre County, Pennsylvania; J. W. Gregory, The Sentinel, Garden City, Kansas; editor of the editorial rooms New York State Reformatory, The Summary, Elmira, New York; and The Tribune, Chicago, Illinois.

1880-1891 (Educational Institutions)
Included are letters from R. W. D. Bryan, superintendent of the Albuquerque Indian School, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Office of the Board of Supervisors, Boston Public Schools, Boston, Massachusetts; James E. Rhoads, Bryn Mawr College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; O.W. Coggeshall, Cheyenne School, Darlington, Indian Territory; O.W. Gregg, city schools, Crawfordsville, Indiana; Department of Education, Commonwealth of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia; Samuel S. Green, Free Public Library, Worcester, Massachusetts; E.L. Cummings, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; James R. Murie and Dudley H. Shawnee, Haskell Institute, Lawrence, Kansas; Miss Jane P. Cattell, Industrial Education Association, New York City, New York; A.B. Adams and George Hempl, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland; Reverend William J. Simmons, A.M., president of Kentucky Normal and Theological Institute, Louisville, Kentucky; John Bellangee Cox, Mary McHenry Cox, Jennie Estes, William M. Hugg, superintendent, and M.C. Waters, Lincoln Institution, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Mrs. N.H. Smith, Mansfield College, Oxford, Connecticut; Rodney M. Stimson, M.A., librarian of Marietta College, Marietta, Ohio; M. M. Abbot, librarian of Michigan State Agricultural College, Lansing, Michigan; C.S. Young, president and exstate superintendent of public instruction, National Department of Superintendence, Reno, Nevada; Reverend J.C. Hartzell, D.D., National Education Assembly, Ocean Grove, New Jersey; F. Louis Soldan, president of N.E.A., National Education Association of the united States, St. Louis, Missouri; George W. Atherton, Pennsylvania State College, Centre County, Pennsylvania; James Hugh Keeley, principal of public schools in the city of Ponca, Ponca, Dixon County. Nebraska; J. Hugonnard, principal of Qu'Appelle Industrial School, Assiniboia, Canada; Reverend W.W. Bennett, D.D., president of Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, Virginia; Reverend S.P. Merrill,, Rochester Theological Seminary, Rochester, New York; Eliza M. Peirce, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts; A.S. Drafer, Department of Public Instruction, State of New York, Albany, New York; W.H. Ruffner, State Normal School of Virginia, Farmville, Virginia; W.O. Ladd, University of New Mexico, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Y. Burke, secretary to Dr. Peper, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Julia H. Hammer, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York; Sherman Coolidge, Wind River Industrial School, Shoshone Agency, Wyoming; Edmund H. Sears, Young Ladies' Day School, Boston, Massachusetts; Lewis H. Steiner, librarian of The Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore City, Maryland; and C.C. Painter, correspondence secretary of the National Education Committee, Washington, D.C.

1880-1891. (General Correspondence)
Included are letters from Katherine K. Abbott, Cambridge, Massachusetts; W.H. Adams, Newburyport, Massachusetts and Westerly, Rhode Island; Attorney John Aiken, Washington, D.C.; John B. Alden, New York City, New York; L.R. Aldrick, Suffolk County, Bridge Hampton, New York; Thomas W. Alford, Washington, D.C.; Walter Allen, New Haven, Connecticut; Mary Anna (Aunt), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; D. Appleton and Company, New York City, New York; Mrs. M.J. Archer, Salem, Massachusetts; Emily Austin, Knoxville, Tennessee; S.F. Bagg, Watertown Steam Engine Company, Watertown, New York; A.H. Barney, New York City, New York; W.H. Barnum, Barnum Richarchardson Company, Lime Rock, Connecticut; Isabel C Barrows, Boston, Massachusetts; B.H. Barton, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; George E. Bartol, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Walter Battice, Sac and Fox Agency, Indian Territory; Joseph Beals, Westfield, Massachusetts; Mrs. Harry Bender, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Charles Benedich, Waterbury, Connecticut; Mrs. E. Benners, Salt Lake City, Utah; M. S. Bidwell, Monterey, Massachusetts; Frank Blackhawk, Standing rock A. M. Briggs, Suffolk, Virginia; George LeRoy Brown, United States Army, Fort Abraham Lincoln, Dakota Territory, and Marshall, Michigan; W.C. Cabot, Brookline, Massachusetts; Theron H. Carter, Bristol, Rhode Island; J.H. Chappell, Homer Claiborne Parish, Louisiana; Mrs. T.S. Childs, Washington, D.C.; Hazen M. Chase, Haverhill, Massachusetts; H.B. Claflin of H.B. Clafin and Company, New York City, New York; A.E. Cleaveland, Poughkeepsie, New York; S.W. Coburn, Boston, Massachusetts; Mary C. Collins, Washington, D.C.; Mrs. Nettie C. Constant, Seminole Nation, Indian Territory; M.S. Cook, Washington, D.C; A. L. Coolidge, Boston, Massachusetts; Sherman Coolidge, Hobart College, Geneva, New York; William H. Cox, Washington, D.C.; Jennie N. Crosby, Chicago, Illinois; Allen E. Cross, West Hartford, Vermont; Elizabeth B. Custer, Strondsburg, Pennsylvania; Jane E. Davis, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York; J.W. Davis, Boston, Massachusetts; Attorney Charles A. Davison, New York City, New York; Anna Dawes, Washington, D.C.; H. L. Dawes, United States senator, Pittsfield, Massachusetts; Helen A. Dodge, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Attorney E.L. Drury, Chamberlain, South Dakota; Katherine Comstock Edgar, New York City, New York; Winona Charlier Edson, Denver, Colorado; Reverend M.E. Eells, American Missionary Association, missionary, Skokomish Mason Company, Washington Territory; z. Stiles Ely, New York City, New York; Joseph F. Estes, Dakota Territory; Jennie Estes, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; M.K. Evans, Greenwood, Mississippi; William Ewing, Arcola, Illinois; George Farrar, South Lincoln, Massachusetts; Parris Farnelle, Stockbridge, Massachusetts; Thomas K. Fessenden, Farmington Connecticut; W.H. Pilson, Frenchtown, New Jersey; E.A. Fisher, Cincinnati, Ohio; Olivia Foot Fitzhugh, Vicksburg, Mississippi; J.C. Fitzpatrick, Crow Creek Agency, South Dakota; A.C. Fletcher, Hot Springs, Arkansas, Washington, D.C., and New Orleans, Louisiana; Henry W. Foote, Boston, Massachusetts; Jane E Foote, Jersey City, New Jersey; George A. Ford, Rawafo, New York; J.B. Fowe, Boston, Massachusetts; Frank Frisby, Western Stage Company, Bismarck, North Dakota; H.B. Frissell, New York City, New York; Philipe Garrett, proprietor of the Arlington Hotel, Santa Barbara, California; J.B. Gaudet, North Central and South American Exposition, Office of the Colored Auxiliary Association, New Orleans, Louisiana; Nathan A. Gibbs, Norwich, Connecticut; Mrs. C.B Gilbert, Brooklyn, New York; Joseph B. Gilden, The Critic, New York City, New York; Carrie Gilman, Jamaica Plain, New York; F.B. Gilman, Boston, Massachusetts; D.A. Goddard, Boston, Massachusetts; Jake Gold, Gold Free Museum, Santa Fe, New Mexico; W.F. Gordy, Hartford, Connecticut; Mrs. G. H. Gould, Worcester, Massachusetts; Mrs. C.W. Gray, Worcester, Massachusetts; W. L. Green, Boston, Massachusetts; Miss R. E. Griffin, Brooklyn, New York; Joshua Gweir, Kiowa, Comanche, and Wichita Agency Anadarko, Indian Territory; C.C. Hall, Brooklyn, New York; Mrs. F. C. Hall, New York City, New York; Calvin C. Halsey, William College, Montrose, Pennsylvania; Charles W. Hand, New York City, New York; Alfred Hardy, Farmington, Connecticut; Fannie P. Hardy, Brewer, Maine; Mrs. A. S. Harlow, Trenton , New Jersey; Jane Harper, Norfolk, Virginia; Hastings H. Hart, Worthington, Minnesota; Attorney R. B. Hatch, Hillsborough; Harriet W. Hawley, Washington, D. C.; Jacob Heffelinger, dealer, Steamboat Wharf, Hampton, Virginia; Mrs. Mary Hemenway, Boston, Massachusetts; Mrs. K.C. Higgins, Worcester, Massachusetts; A. L. Hitchcock, Boston, Massachusetts; E.R. Hoar, Boston, Massachusetts; Harriet A. Holbrook, Elmwood, Massachusetts; Annie D. Holmes, Boston, Massachusetts; J. S. Hotchkip, New Haven, Connecticut; Nettie L. Hotchkiss, Milton, Wisconsin; Charles H. Howard, Chicago, Illinois; Alice Howard, Springfield, Massachusetts; Grace Howard, New York City, New York; Mrs. George M. Howe, Lewiston, Maine; Grace Howe, Springfield, Missouri; M. A. DeWolfe Howe, Boston, Massachusetts; Henry Howe, Boston, Massachusetts; Mrs. Charles W. Howland, Wilmington, Delaware; A. G. Howland, Sheffield, Alabama; William L. Hubbell, Buffalo, New York; B. G. Hudnut, Hudnut Milling Company, Terre Haute, Indiana; Harry Hunter, Shawneetown, Indian Territory; Alexander Hyde, Lee, Massachusetts; Gertrude Hyde, Norwich, Connecticut; Mrs. M. Louise Irving, New York City, New York; Smelia Ives, Santee Agency, Nebraska; C.J. Jackson, New York City, New York; Ellen D. Jackson, Newton, Massachusetts; Sheldon Jackson, San Carlos Agency, Arizona; John Jeffries, Ottawa, Kansas; E. Johnson, State Centre, Iowa; George Johnson, Jackson County, Wisconsin; J.W. Johnson, Boston, Massachusetts; Reverend Wilbur Johnson, Royalston, Massachusetts; Bessie M. Johnston, Fort McDowell, Arizona Territory; Emma Johnson, Hartford, Connecticut; E.B. Jones, Norwich, Connecticut; Letitia Jordan, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Alford Kelly, Princeton College, Princeton, New York; J.C. Kinney, Hartford, Connecticut; Lucy Knight, Earthampton, Massachusetts; F.B. Knowles, Worcester, Massachusetts; Horatio Ladd, Buffalo, New York; Mrs. N. Laltonstall, Salem, Massachusetts; Walter C. Larned, Chicago, Illinois; John Lastman, Fort Pierre, Dakota Territory; Mattie S. Lee, Laurens Otsego County, New York; Mrs. J.N. Lewis, Haverhill, Massachusetts; W.C. Lincoln, Boston, Massachusetts; C.C. Logan, Clafin University, Orange, New Jersey; Charles Lowe, Boston, Massachusetts; Mrs. John E. Lyon, Oswego, New York; Arthur MacArthur, father of General Douglas MacArthur, Washington, D.C.; J. R. MacDonald, Highland Park Illinois; James C. Mallory, Winnebago Agency, Nebraska; Y. Mandan, Yankton Agency, Dakota Territory; E.F. Marvell, Boston, Massachusetts; Miss Sarah Mathers, Saint Augustine, Florida; Roland Mathers, Hartford, Connecticut; Edeard Mangell, South Glens Falls, New York; W.G. Maynard, Worcester, Massachusetts; A.O. Mayo, Springfield, Massachusetts; Mrs. M.A. McBridge, Boston, Massachusetts; John McFrethries, Springfield, Massachusetts; V.T. McGillycuddy, Rapid City, South Dakota; Alexander McKenzie, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Reverend John McLean, Blood Indian Reserve, Fort MacLeod, Alberta, Canada; McMenamin and Company, Hampton, Virginia; C.R. McZuesten, Nashua, New Hampshire; Charles L. Mead of Stanley Rule and Level Company, New York, New York; M.E. Melvin, Norfolk, Virginia; C.R. Milliken, White Mountains, New Hampshire; E.B. Monroe, Southport, Connecticut and New York, New York; Hattie A. Moore, Carlisle, Pennsylvania; James R. Murie, Pawnee Agency, Indian Territory; M. A. Newell, Baltimore, Maryland; Samuel Newell, New York, New York; William Wells Newell, New York, New York; James H. Oliphant, New York, New York; Robert C. Ogden (trustee of Hampton Institute), firm of John Wanamaker, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; M. Oshkeneny, Shawano, Wisconsin; R. L. Page, Norfolk, Virginia; C. C. Painter, correspondence secretary of the National Education Committee, Washington, D.C.; Mrs. J. H. Parsons, Upper Montclair, New Jersey; John Pattee, Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia; B. C. Patterson, Lexington, Virginia; George Foster Peabody, Spencer Trask and Company, New York, New York; Susan P. Pearson, Nashua, New Hampshire; Norris Peters, Washington, D.C.; Ellen Sheffield Phelps, Englewood, New Jersey; Olivia E. Phelps (Stokes), New York, New York; First Lieutenant A. Pickering, Fort Omaha, Nebraska; M. Perce, Norwich, Connecticut; Mrs. J.M Pierrepoint, Buffalo, New York; G. O. Pike, American Missionary Association; John Pitcher, Round Valley, California; D. L. Pillsbury, New York City, New York; I. H. Polhemus, Ridgefield, Connecticut; Miss A. L. Polk, Wilmington, Delaware; John Poor Elk, Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia; Edward S. Porter, Lexington, Massachusetts; H. Powess, Manchester, New Hampshire; H. P. Powless, Oneida, Wisconsin; Richard S. Powless, Keshena, Shawano County, Wisconsin; Mrs. A. L. Pratt, Carlisle Barracks, Carlisle, Pennsylvania; Captain R. H. Pratt, Bismarck, Dakota Territory, Jamestown, New York, New York City, New York, Randolph, New York, and Carlisle, Pennsylvania; M. M. Pressly, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Miss A.S. Quinton, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Julia E. Remington, Onondaga Castle, New York; James E. Rhoads, Germantown, Pennsylvania; Cyrus Richards, Nashua, New Hampshire; Ida A. Richardson, New Orleans, Louisiana; Thomas Ridgeway, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Harriet B. Ripley, New England; A. B. Riggs, Beloit, Wisconsin; Reverend Thomas L. Riggs, Cheyenne River, Cheyenne, Wyoming; J. C. Robb, Fort Bennett, Dakota; Ida B. Robbins, Jackson, Oklahoma; James C. Robbins, Warren, Massachusetts; Alice M. Robertson, Muskogee, Indian Territory; William M. Robertson, Pine Ridge, South Dakota; E. W. Robinson, Jacksonville, Florida; H. Ross, Westboro, Massachusetts; I. A. R. Rogers, Shawano, Wisconsin; Daniel Ruggles, Fredericksburg, Virginia; Sarah Russell, Boston, Massachusetts; A. M. Sandhorn, New York City, New York; Reverend Thomas A. Sanson, Cohoes, New York; Samuel H. Scudder, assistant librarian at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; J.M. Schermerhorn, Jr., Syracuse, New York; Thomas Schuyler, New York City, New York; Mrs. E. C. Sears, Litchfield, Connecticut; J.M. Sears, Boston, Massachusetts; Mrs. J Semont, Omaha Agency, Nebraska; J.W. Shaw, Chicago, Illinois; E.C. Sickels, Chicago, Illinois; Mrs. Edward Slater, Tyringham, Massachusetts; T.L.. Sloan, Omaha Agency, Nebraska; J. J. Slocum, New York City, New York; Eliza P. Smiley, Lake Mohonk, New York; Mrs. Perry H. Smith, Chicago, Illinois; Franc A. Smith, Battle Creek, Michigan; H. M. Smith, New York City, New York; Sarah Smith, Salem, Massachusetts; William Smith, Warrenton, Virginia; W. K. Smith, Minneapolis, Minnesota; F. Lewis Soldan, St. Louis, Missouri; Thomas Spencer, Petersburg, Virginia; A. C. Squier, Brooklyn, New York; Philip Stabler, Omaha Agency, Nebraska; W. H. Stanford, Old Dominion Steamship Company, New York City, New York; Henry A. Stebbins, Brooklyn, New York; Marion E. Stephens, Springfield, Massachusetts; Charles H. Stokes, Hayes Store, Virginia; Frank M. String, Delaware County, Pennsylvania; E. E. Strong, Waltham, Massachusetts; Mrs. G.M. Swinburne, Newport, Rhode Island; Dudley Talbot, Palatka, Florida; Caroline Tappan, Boston, Massachusetts; Laura J. Thompson, Fort Myers Lee County, Florida; Lee Thurston, Portland, Maine; T.H. Tibbles, Washington, D.C.; Jonathan Townsend, Monterey, Massachusetts; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Traversie, Fort Bennett, South Dakota; S. and B. Turner, Brooklyn, New York; M. C. Wade, Omaha Reserve, Nebraska; M. R. Waite, Washington, D. C. ; Francis A. Walker, Intervale, New Hampshire; Frank Waller, New York City, New York; W. R. Ware, Boston, Massachusetts; M. E. Wilcox, Beaufort, North Carolina; J. B. Wheeler, New York City, New York; W. W. Wheeler, Keshena, Wisconsin ; James White, Worcester, Massachusetts; White Ghost, head chief of the Crow Creek Agency, Dakota Territory; Arthur D. Whittmore, Utica, New York; E. Whittling, Washington, D. C. ; Mrs. L. D. Williams, New York City, New York; S. E. Williams, corresponding secretary of the Indian Rights Association, Providence, Rhode Island; W. W. Williams, Drewrysville, Virginia; John P. Williamson, Greenwood, Dakota Territory; E. T. Winslow , Roxbury, Massachusetts; R. W. Wood, Jamaica Plain, New York; Sarah M. Wood, New York City, New York; Mrs. W. C. Wood, West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and E. F. Yellow Bird. Hampton Institute, Hampton Virginia.

1879-1890 (Hampton Institute Staff)
Correspondence from Miss Rebecca T. Bacon, assistant principal, Dr. J.T. Boutelle, M.D.; F.C. Briggs, business manager; George LeRoy Brown, commandant; C.D. Cake, superintendent of Huntington's Industrial Works; George J. Davis; Miss Isabel B. Eustis; Miss Cora M. Folsom; Dr. H. B. Frissell, chaplain; Mr. F.N. Gilman, treasurer; Dr. Anna H. Johnson, M.D.; Margarite LaFlesche, sister of Dr. Susan LaFlesche Picotte; General J. F. B. Marshall, treasurer; J. H. McDowell, manager of Indian training shops; William M. Reid; Miss Josephine E. Richards, assistant principal in charge of the Indian department; Dr. Martha M. Waldron, M.D., school physician.

1876-1893 (Miscellaneous)
Cards, invitations, and printed materials. Included is an article on the "Indian Question" explaining the status and plight of the American native as a greatly wronged people.

1878-1893 (Other Organization and Institutions)
Included are letters from Philipe Garrett, Board of Public Charities, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Executive Department of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts; Governor Fitzhugh Lee, State of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia; A. Blue, deputy minister of the Department of Agriculture (Ontario), Toronto, Canada; W. K. Rogers, Executive Mansion, Washington, D.C.; Major General O. O. Howard, Headquarters, Division of the Atlantic, Governors Island, New York; A. Judd, Honolulu Department of the Judiciary, Honolulu, Hawaii; Office of the United States Civil Service Commission, State of New York; Fred O. Kimball, proprietor of The Stebbins House (stage and coach service), Pierre, Dakota; C.O. Boutelle, United States Coast and Geodetic Survey Office, Washington, D. C.; and E. Ballow, United State Land Office, Helen, Montana.

1878-1893 (Religious Organizations)
Included are letters from the following: E.K. Allen and Judson Smith, American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Mission, Boston, Massachusetts; Edwin Phelps, an American Missionary Association, referral to General Armstrong, American Missionary Association, Fort Yates, Dakota; Reverend G.D Pike, New York City, New York; Reverend M/ E. Strieby, New York City, New York; C. L. Woodworth, Boston, Massachusetts; Reverend Charles W. Shelton, Birmingham, Connecticut; F. F. Ellinwood, board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church, New York City, New York; Reverend H. Kendall and Shelton Jackson, Board of Home Missions of the Presbyterian Church, New York City, New York; Reverend D. F. Davies, pastor, Congregational Church, Paddy's Run, Ohio; Thomas L. Riggs, Dakota Mission of the American Missionary Association, Oahe, Hughes County, Dakota and Chicago, Illinois; Charles L. Hall, American Missionary Association, Fort Berthold, North Dakota; John P. Williamson, president of the Board of Foreign Missions, Greenwood, South Dakota; Eldridge mix, First Church Study, Orange, New Jersey; C. L. Hall, Fort Berthold Mission, American Missionary Association, Fort Berthold, North Dakota; W.H. Hare, Lower Brule Mission, Lower Brule Agency, South Dakota; H. H. McFarland, Manhattan Congregational Association, New York City, New York; W.H. Hare, Missionary District of South Dakota, Sioux Falls, South Dakota; N. W. Partch, Omaha Mission, Omaha Agency Nebraska; W. W. Atterbury, New York Sabbath Committee, New York City, New York.

1878-1893 (Reports, Articles, Papers, and Letters)
Included are reports on Indian education, the Indian and his future, Indian life and conditions throughout the United States, the article entitled the "Indian Question" , General Armstrong's personal reply and review of the "Child's Report" concerning Indian education at Hampton Institute, health conditions among the Indians at Hampton Institute, and other information submitted by General Armstrong.

1884-1891 (Telegrams)
Included are telegrams from Herbert Welsh, corresponding secretary of the Indian Rights Association, several Department of the Interior commissioners of Indian affairs, and Indians agents from various Indian agencies.