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  Horatio Nelson Rust papers, (bulk 1870-1906)

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  A collection of 1,229 items from 1799 to 1906, it consists of letters, manuscripts, volumes, diaries, scrapbooks, and ephemera related to the life and work of Horatio Nelson Rust. Subject matter includes: Indian culture in the Southwest; horticulture in Southern California; and the Freedmen's Bureau; there is also material regarding abolitionist John Brown and his family. Correspondents represented in the collection include: Franklin George Adams, Spencer Fullerton Baird, Thomas Robert Bard, George Amos Dorsey, Edward Dwight Eaton, Thomas Featherstonhaugh, Jessie Benton Frémont, John Charles Frémont, John Watson Foster, Horace Greeley, Richard Josiah Hinton, Edward Hitchcock, Frederick Webb Hodge, Oliver Wendell Holmes, William Henry Holmes, Helen Hunt Jackson, A.L. Kroeber, Charles Fletcher Lummis, Otis Tufton Mason, John Muir, Frederick Ward Putnam, James Redpath, Alexander Milton Ross, F.B. Sanborn, Carl Schulz, Edward Parmelee Smith, Frederick Starr, and Henry A. Ward.

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  Horatio N. Rust Photograph Collection: Album of Indians of Southern California and the Southwest, approximately 1886-approximately 1905

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  A photograph album compiled by Horatio Nelson Rust (1828-1906), U.S. Indian agent and archaeological artifact collector, documenting Indians living in Southern California, Arizona and New Mexico, approximately 1886-1905. Includes group portraits of Indian school students in California; members of the Cahuilla, Luiseno, Morongo, Mojave, Hopi, and Navajo tribes; the Indian Council at Pala, 1886; and scenes in Pechanga, Soboba and other native communities of Southern California. A smaller portion of the album includes Southwest and pueblo scenes; archaeological artifacts; and a few commercial photographs of North American Indians from elsewhere.

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  Horatio N. Rust Photograph Collection: Photographic album of Artifacts, and Indians of California, Southwest and Great Plains

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  Album which includes many views of Indian artifacts, such as arrowheads, pottery, metal and stone relics, some of which were excavated by Rust himself, as he describes in captions. There are also views of skulls excavated in Missouri, 1879, by Rust. Rust's handwritten captions identifying items and where they were found, by himself or others, are of particular interest in this collection. The album also contains photographs of Indians from Great Plains and western tribes, and Indian schools in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, and Perris, California. There are two striking "before and after" photographs of Chiricahua Apache children sent to Carlisle Indian School, Pennsylvania. Also of note are many views of Southern California Indians, including portraits of Cabazon, Soboba, Luiseno and Cahuilla tribe members, some partially identified by family names: Estudillo; Victoriano of Soboba; Lugo (or Lubo); Casero; Costo; Pablo "Chief of Cahuilla"; Silvestre. Other subjects included: two group portraits of Yuma Indian men, 1891; studio portraits of Keokuk (Sauk); Billy Bowlegs (Seminole); Ouray and Ignacio (Ute); reproductions of drawings of Indians on horses; reproductions of 17th-century deeds related to John Pynchon and colonial Deerfield, Massachusetts; a John K. Hillers photograph of John W. Powell, George W. Ingalls and others in Colorado, 1873; scenes of the Indian Council at Pala, California, 1886; Old Creek Indian Council House, Okmulgee, OK; and portraits of Sam Temple and the Cahuilla woman known as "Ramona," who inspired characters in Helen Hunt Jackson's novel, "Ramona."

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  Horatio N. Rust Photograph Collection: John Brown Collection

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  A collection of photographs, prints and ephemera pertaining to abolitionist John Brown and his family. Images include portraits of Brown, his family members, supporters and other abolitionists; participants in the raid on Harper's Ferry and officials involved in Brown's trial; views of Harper's Ferry and buildings related to the raid; and views of Brown's grave and home in New York. There are also several views of Jason and Owen Brown's Las Casitas homestead in the mountains near Pasadena, California, and a scene of mourners gathered at Owen Brown's grave. The collection was compiled by Horatio Nelson Rust (1828-1906), who was born in Amherst, Massachusetts, and became a friend and supporter of John Brown. He also helped raise funds for Brown's family after John Brown's death, and was a friend to Brown's children Ruth, Jason and Owen, who moved to the Pasadena area in the 1880s. Rust was an early Pasadena resident and booster, as well as a U.S. Indian agent, collector of archeological artifacts and horticulturist. A few additional items in the collection were acquired from other sources and transferred to the collection at various times.

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  Horatio N. Rust Photograph Collection: Trip to Arizona

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  A collection of photographs made during Horatio Nelson Rust's 1895 trip from Southern California to Arizona to see the Hopi Snake Dance at Walpi. Rust, a former U.S. Indian agent and artifact collector, was accompanied by Mrs. Thaddeus (Leontine) Lowe, A. C. Vroman, and Charles J. Crandall. Vroman made the majority of the photographs, with the remainder produced by Crandall, who is visible with his camera in some scenes. There is one photograph of scenery (48) credited to F. H. Maude; it is unclear when it was taken. Views include Hopi and Navajo Indians and scenes of pueblo life; the Snake Dance at Walpi; the Grand Canyon; the Petrified Forest; desert landscapes; a group portrait of Mojave Indians at Needles, California; and several views of Rust and his fellow travelers with guides, wagons and supplies. Also included are Rust's notes on "Elevations on the line of the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad" and his business card. One of Vroman's photographs (40a) has a signed note from George W. Ingalls, U.S. Indian agent. There is also one view (19b) of a rock memorial in Arizona for Col. C. "Kit" Carson.

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  Horatio N. Rust Photograph Collection: U.S. Bureau of Ethnology Expedition Photographs of Southwest Pueblos by John K. Hillers

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  A set of 24 photographs of Southwest Pueblos collected by Horatio N. Rust and made by John K. Hillers during expeditions sponsored by the Bureau of Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution, approximately 1879-1881. The photographs primarily depict the pueblo villages and surrounding landscape. Some views include people and show details such as pottery, ovens, and food and water sources. As head photographer on several late-19th-century expeditions to study the Southwest and its Indian populations, Hillers photographed the Pueblos, ruins, terrain, and native residents of the area, and his images were reproduced in many articles and government reports. This set of mounted prints came directly from the Smithsonian Institution's Bureau of Ethnology in 1888; they were sent to Horatio N. Rust at his request, as shown by two letters accompanying the photographs.

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