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Collection Summary
Collection: E - E Collection
Folder: 0000.000
Item: 0054-00001
Title: Major James McLaughlin
Date: circa 1885
Creator: Barry, D. F.--(David Francis),--1854-1934
Summary: James McLaughlin poses for a head and shoulders portrait wearing a dark suit.||Major James McLaughlin (1842 – 1923) worked for the Department of Interior at Fort Totten for several years before he was appointed agent at Standing Rock in 1881. His wife was of Dakota and European American heritage. He left Standing Rock in 1895 when he was appointed Inspector for the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. He was considered a very capable Indian agent. He served at Standing Rock when Sitting Bull brought his band back to the reservation from Canada. He ordered the arrest of Sitting Bull in 1890 during the Ghost Dance. This event led to the death of Sitting Bull. McLaughlin wrote a book about his life titled, My Friend the Indian (1910) (read this online at http://archive.org/stream/myfriendtheindian00mclarich#page/n7/mode/2up. While his interest in fair treatment of Indians was probably sincere, some of his actions led to great poverty on the Standing Rock reservation.
Red ID: PH_I_88753 Image ID: 52376 Image Notes: E0054-00001

Collection: E Digitized Images from Collection
Title: E Collection
Date: 1863-2009

Summary: At some point in time the State Historical Society separated photographs into collections by size. The A collection consists of items 4 X 5” or less, the B collection consists of items 5 X 7” or less, the C collection consists of items 8 X 10” or less, the D collection consists of items 11 X 14” or less, and the E collection consists of items larger than 11 X 14”.

Collection Summary
Collection: E - E Collection
Folder: 0000.000
Item: 0054-00001
Title: Major James McLaughlin
Date: circa 1885
Creator: Barry, D. F.--(David Francis),--1854-1934
Summary: James McLaughlin poses for a head and shoulders portrait wearing a dark suit.||Major James McLaughlin (1842 – 1923) worked for the Department of Interior at Fort Totten for several years before he was appointed agent at Standing Rock in 1881. His wife was of Dakota and European American heritage. He left Standing Rock in 1895 when he was appointed Inspector for the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. He was considered a very capable Indian agent. He served at Standing Rock when Sitting Bull brought his band back to the reservation from Canada. He ordered the arrest of Sitting Bull in 1890 during the Ghost Dance. This event led to the death of Sitting Bull. McLaughlin wrote a book about his life titled, My Friend the Indian (1910) (read this online at http://archive.org/stream/myfriendtheindian00mclarich#page/n7/mode/2up. While his interest in fair treatment of Indians was probably sincere, some of his actions led to great poverty on the Standing Rock reservation.
Red ID: PH_I_88753 Image ID: 52377 Image Notes: E0054-00001-back

Collection: E Digitized Images from Collection
Title: E Collection
Date: 1863-2009

Summary: At some point in time the State Historical Society separated photographs into collections by size. The A collection consists of items 4 X 5” or less, the B collection consists of items 5 X 7” or less, the C collection consists of items 8 X 10” or less, the D collection consists of items 11 X 14” or less, and the E collection consists of items larger than 11 X 14”.

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