Franz Hölzlhuber Drawings mssHM 9892
Brooke M. Black
The Huntington Library
March 2021
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Title: Franz Hölzlhuber drawings
Creator:
Hölzlhuber, Franz, 1826-1898
Identifier/Call Number: mssHM 9892
Physical Description:
8.50 Linear Feet
(6 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1856-1860
Abstract: Drawings of Native American tribes by Austrian artist Franz Hölzlhuber while he was traveling in the United States.
Language of Material: Materials are in German.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item]. Franz Hölzlhuber drawings, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquired from W. C. Wyman, approximately 1920.
Biographical / Historical
Franz Hölzlhuber was an Austrian visitor to the United States from 1856 to 1860, who stayed for a while in Milwaukee before
he traveled around Wisconsin, Canada and the Mississippi River Valley. While traveling he sketched his observations and took
notes on what he saw. Some of his drawings were published in various periodicals including Harper's monthly. After his return
to Austria, he used his sketches for lectures and further drawings and paintings.
Scope and Contents
Fifty-four drawings by Franz Hölzlhuber of clothing, tools, weapons, instruments, and hides used by Native Americans, as well
as portraits of individual Native American men and women (Menomonee, Chippewa, Winnebago, Comanche, Oneida, Blackhawk, Ponca,
Sioux, Pawnee, Concaw, Oshkosh, Ottoe) in Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Iowa. Hölzlhuber titled the drawings on the
front (in German) and there is text on the verso of the drawings (also in German). Also present is the original housing of
the drawings, a volume that was entitled "Costüm-Bilder waffen und Geräthshaften einiger Indianerstamme im Nordwesten America."
Box 6 contains photocopies of the German text on the versos of the drawings. There are no English translations.
Processing Information
These drawings were originally bound in a volume. For conservation reasons they have been taken out and housed as separate
items. The drawing titles in the container list are given in English; most of them are just descriptions of the drawings and
not necessarily English translations of Hölzlhuber's titles on the drawings. Processed by Brooke M. Black in January 2014.
In 2021, she created a finding aid.
Related Materials
Forms part of the American Indian File.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Indian weapons -- Pictorial works
Indians of North America -- Clothing -- Mississippi River Valley -- Pictorial works
Indians of North America -- Iowa -- Pictorial works
Indians of North America -- Michigan -- Pictorial works
Indians of North America -- Minnesota -- Pictorial works
Indians of North America -- Wisconsin -- Pictorial works
Drawings (visual works) -- United States -- 19th century
Box 1, Folder 1
Title page: "Costüme-Bilder Waffen und Geräthschaften einiger Indianerstamme im Nordwesten von America, 1856-1860"
1856-1860
Box 1, Folder 2
Weapons of Sioux Indians in Minnesota
undated
Box 1, Folder 3
Buffalo hide of Menomonee Indians (Michigan), decorated
undated
Box 1, Folder 4
Buffalo hide of Chippewa Indians, decorated with pictures of people, animals, weapons. Head of buffalo is at the top, attached
to hide
undated
Box 1, Folder 5
Hotel in St. Clair, Canada
undated
Box 1, Folder 6
Charles Miller's farm near Ionia, Michigan
1858
Box 1, Folder 7
Portrait of Scala La Na Sharo, Chief of Pawnee Indians
undated
Box 1, Folder 8
"Otohan," a Winnebago Indian (standing with head dress)
undated
Box 1, Folder 9
Two Sioux Indians
undated
Box 1, Folder 10
Portrait of a Comanche Indian, Missouri
undated
Box 1, Folder 11
Portrait of Ashman Nikab Sab Hi, Ponca Indian
undated
Box 1, Folder 12
Female Chippewa Indian
undated
Box 1, Folder 13
"Opponishshaw," Menomonee Indian, central Michigan
undated
Box 1, Folder 14
Portrait, Oneida Indian and woman, Wisconsin
1859 August 28
Box 2, Folder 15
Portrait of two Blackhawk Indians, "Nabseuskuk" and "Wee Sheet," Madison, Wisconsin
undated
Box 2, Folder 16
"Teshen," a Chippewa Indian
undated
Box 2, Folder 17
Portrait of "Tah Tungah Mushi," one of the Ponca Indians
undated
Box 2, Folder 18
Two Halbblut Indians, Detroit, Michigan
1860 February
Box 2, Folder 19
"The Little Crow," a portrait, one of the Sioux Indians in Spirit Lake, Iowa
1859
Box 2, Folder 20
Portrait of "Oquabadis," a Chippewa Indian
1859
Box 2, Folder 21
"Menahka," a Potawatomi Indian woman and child (in papoose carrier)
undated
Box 2, Folder 22
"Quuack" and "Chapa," portrait of two Pawnee Indians. One is holding a peace pipe, the other is holding an axe
undated
Box 2, Folder 23
Portrait of a Concaw Indian, "Mun Yan Erika," and woman "Wyn Yan Waka"
1859
Box 2, Folder 24
Portrait of "Maho," a Sioux Indian
1860
Scope and Contents
He is wearing Western dress (breeches, vest, tie, etc.).
Box 2, Folder 25
"Nuves Oshkosh," a Menomonee Indian holding a peace pipe
1858
Box 2, Folder 26
Ottoes Indian, "On Wee" and woman in North Iowa
1859 April 14
Box 2, Folder 27
Several instruments of the Sioux Indians
undated
Box 2, Folder 28
Portrait of "Mimmea," a Menomonee Indian woman
Box 3, Folder 29
Two Comanche Indians dressed in skins to hunt Buffalo, Nebraska Territory
1859
Box 3, Folder 30
Indian instruments (shield, tomahawk, spear) of County La Pointe, Lake Superior
1859
Box 3, Folder 31
Decorated buffalo skin of Medicine Man, Pawnee Indians
1859
Box 3, Folder 32
Decorated bear hide with head of Menomonee Indians, Michigan
1859
Box 3, Folder 33
Gold idols of Indians
undated
Box 3, Folder 34
Indian pipes, Minnesota
1859
Box 3, Folder 35
Tools and weapons of Chippewa Indians
undated
Box 3, Folder 36
Skins, tools of Medicine Men, Sioux Indians
undated
Box 3, Folder 38
Indian women and children standing behind decorated animal skins, French Island
1860 April 16
Box 3, Folder 39
Sioux Indians of North Iowa
1859
Box 3, Folder 40
Three Winnebago Indians in Minnesota each holding weapon/tool - possibly for hunting
1858 May
Box 3, Folder 41
Portrait of a Winnebago Indian with a shield hanging behind him
1860 April 16
Box 3, Folder 42
Three Chippewa & Winnebago Indians with musical instruments - rattle, drum, and flute, Mississippi
1860 April 16
Box 4, Folder 43
Portrait of a Menomonee Indian woman, Wisconsin
undated
Box 4, Folder 44
Two Sioux Indians dressed in coyote/wolf skins
undated
Box 4, Folder 45
"Akatsah," a Dakota Indian woman seated on rock
undated
Box 4, Folder 46
Indian man and woman
1859
Box 4, Folder 47
Portrait of Ponca Indian warrior
undated
Box 4, Folder 48
Two Winnebago Indian women
1860 April 27
Box 4, Folder 49
Winnebago Indian man with a drum, Northern Minnesota
undated
Box 4, Folder 50
"Kapuhdudahugh," a Chippewa Indian seated on a rock with spear
1860 April 16
Box 4, Folder 51
Winnebago Indian warrior portrait
1860
Box 4, Folder 52
Portrait of a Chippewa Indian woman, "Kapuhdudahug," Mississippi
1860 April 16
Box 4, Folder 53
"Kebjuhda," Chippewa Indian (Medicine Man?) dressed in skins, holding a spear and tambourine
undated
Box 4, Folder 54
Two Dakota Indian warriors, Minnesota
1859 July 22
Box 5
Original housing/volume
1856-1860
Box 6
Photocopies of the text from the versos
1856-1860
