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Indians in popular culture.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Dime Novel Library, 1861-1920

 Collection
Identifier: 1970-001
Content Description A broad collection of dime novels and story papers offering examples of the development of popular culture, as well as depictions of Native Americans in the era. The 4000-plus dime novels in our collection, these valuable pieces capture the beginnings of American popular culture. Although in the modern age “dime novel” has become a term to describe any quickly written, lurid potboiler and as such is generally used as a pejorative to describe a sensationalized yet superficial piece of...
Dates: 1861 - 1920

Joseph T. McCaddon collection of Buffalo Bill and Pawnee Bill papers, 1881-1919

 Collection
Identifier: 1979-005
Scope and Contents

Consists of business correspondence, documents, and photographs relating to Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Included in the collection are documents relating to Pawnee Bill's (Gordon W. Lillie) Old Town and Great Far East Show, a proposed radio program, "The Last of the Frontier Scouts," and photographs.

Dates: 1881 - 1919