Published May 21, 2021 at 4:27 PM MDT
Museum Minute: A Unique Copy Of George Catlin's Books Of Paintings
Artist George Catlin made a number of trips to the West in the 1830s. He spent a lot of time with the upper Missouri tribes, which he painted, as well as took notes of their cultures.
Mary Robinson, the director of the McCracken Research Library, said Catlin tried to interest the public in the Native Americans through his paintings while traveling. He even traveled to Europe where he toured around with a gallery of paintings. Around the middle of the century, he published two books that were in two volumes, "The Manners, Customs and Conditions of the North American Indians."