Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Bissonette, Joseph, active 1860
- Abstract:
- The Bissonette mss., 1855-1862, consists of letters and documents of trader and frontiersman Joseph Bisonette, 1814-1894.
- Extent:
- 1 folio
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
[Item], Bissonette mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Background
- Biographical / Historical:
Joseph Bissonette was born into a family of explorers in the French region of what is now East St. Louis, Illinois, on 26 May 1814. In the 1840s, he joined Colonel John C. Fremont's expeditions exploring the Rocky Mountains and was an interpreter for Chief Red Cloud. By the 1860s, he had moved to the Nebraska Territory, near Fort Laramie, where he worked as a trader. He eventually moved to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and died in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota, in August 1894.
- Scope and Content:
Manuscript materials, 1855-1862, consist of letters and documents relating to Bisonette's claims for losses incurred from depredations committed by Native Americans in the Nebraska Territory.
- Acquisition information:
- Acquired: 1946
- Arrangement:
This collection is arranged into the following series: I. Manuscript materials.
- Physical location:
- Lilly - Folio
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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This collection is open for research.
- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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Prior arrangements are not necessary before coming to the Library, however, patrons from out of town are encouraged to communicate with the Library in advance of their visits to ascertain availability of materials.
Photocopying permitted only with permission of the Curator of Manuscripts, Lilly Library.
- PREFERRED CITATION:
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[Item], Bissonette mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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1200 East Seventh StreetBloomington, Indiana 47405-5500, USA
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- CONTACT:
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(812) 855-2452liblilly@indiana.edu