Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Lesson 8: ArchiveGrid-Sitting Bull and Adoniram Judson

Lesson 8:
ArchiveGrid
Part 1:
I found the Sitting Bull autograph card at Cornell University Library. It forms part of their Native American Collection and it is digitized for the Vanished Worlds, Enduring People exhibition. The collection covers Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890, Hunkpapa Band of Dakota or Sioux Indians, Indians of North America, Dakota Indians, Teton Indians, and Autographs-United States. Wow, just think of all of the information available in this one collection.
I have read about Sitting Bull in the past and knew he had been in the battle of Little Big Horn. After the battle he led his tribe into Canada where he remained until they surrendered to U.S. forces. He then toured with Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show. Sitting Bull was killed resisting arrest for his continuing to do the ritual Ghost Dance that had been outlawed by U.S. law.
He was a shaman and leader of the Hunpapa Sioux. Sitting Bull, also known as Tatanka Iyotake, Tatanka Iyotanka or Ta-Tanka I-Yotan fought against the Crow Indians and was wounded several times in battle.
When he fought in the battle of Little Bighorn he led both Sioux and Cheyenne warriors against the U.S. soldiers of the 7th Cavalry.
The more history I read the more injustice I see.

Part 2:
I searched the ArchiveGrid for "Adoniram Judson, 1788-1850". He was an American Baptist missionary who served almost 40 years in Burma.
I found 3 sources:
1. "Journals of a Baptist missionary to Burma", 2 reels of microfilm at the New York State Library.
2. "Journals & Correspondence of a Baptist Missionary", 2 microfilm reels,
      at the American Baptist Historical Society, 1106 South Goodman Street, Rochester, NY 14620
3. "Judson Memorial Church Archive 1838-1995" --------91 boxes of papers
      in the New York University Library

2 comments:

  1. Hi, gram, thanks for trying out ArchiveGrid. Even though you can't see the actual documents, you can learn a lot from the descriptions. We appreciate your comments.

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  2. Gram, your search for #2 got some really interesting results! Thanks!

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