Visual Resources and Artifacts

Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA
  • Holds majority of expedition's botanical specimens (artifact).
    AGPix (stock photo agency)
  • Lewis and Clark Trail photographs. See http://www.agpix.com/search_index.php?keyword=Lewis+%26+Clark
    AirPhoto (photo agency)
  • Lewis and Clark Trail photographs. See AirPhoto - Stock Images - Lewis and Clark Trail.
    American Numismatic Society, New York, NY
  • Jefferson Indian Peace Medal (front and back) [1923.52.11].
    American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, PA
  • The great bulk of the original Lewis and Clark journals (artifact).
  • Three journals of Sergeant Ordway that were rediscovered in 1913 among the papers of Nicholas Biddle, the original editor of the L&C journals (artifact).
  • See Lewis and Clark Illustrations and Treasures of the APS.
    Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, New Haven, CT
  • "Interior of the Hut of the Mandan Chief" painting by Karl Bodmer, 1832-34
  • "Keelboat" drawing by William Clark, 1804
  • "A Memorandum of Articles in Readiness" document by William Clark, 1803.
  • "Roster of Men" document by William Clark, circa 1803".
  • Soulard Map of the Missouri and Upper Mississippi, 1802" map by William Clark, 1802.
  • "Three Forks of the Marias" map by William Clark, circa 1800's.
  • "Whale Drawing Map" map by William Clark, circa 1800's.
  • "Blackfoot Village" photo by Walter McClintock, circa 1900's.
    Clymer Museum, Ellensburg, WA
  • John Clymer paintings.

    Clymer Museum
    416 N Pearl
    Ellensburg, WA 98926
    (509) 962-6416


    C. M. Russell Museum, Great Falls, MT
  • C.M. Russell paintings and drawings.
    Culver Pictures, New York, MY
  • "Newfoundland Dog" (drawing).
    Dartmouth College Library, Hanover, NH
  • "Bear's Belly" photo by Edward S. Curtis, circa 1907-1930.
  • "Evening on the Columbia" photo by Edward S. Curtis, circa 1907-1930.
  • "Hidatsa Mother" photo by Edward S. Curtis, circa 1907-1930.
  • "Hollow Horn Bear of the Brule Sioux, 1907" photo by Edward S. Curtis, circa 1907-1930.
  • "Mother and Child (Apsaroke Crow)" photo by Edward S. Curtis, circa 1907-1930.
  • "Nez Perce Babe" photo by Edward S. Curtis, circa 1907-1930.
  • "On the Shores of Nootka" photo by Edward S. Curtis, circa 1907-1930.
  • "Piegan Dandy" photo by Edward S. Curtis, circa 1907-1930.
  • "The Rush Gatherer" photo by Edward S. Curtis, circa 1907-1930.
  • "The Scout" photo by Edward S. Curtis, circa 1907-1930.
  • "Sioux Woman with Papoose" photo by Edward S. Curtis, circa 1907-1930.
    ditto.com - visual search engine
  • On-line visual search engine. Search on Lewis, Clark, Sacagawea, etc.
    Filson Historical Society, Louisville, KY
  • Numerous William Clark letters, four dating from the expedition era.
    Florentine Films, Walpole, NH
  • Map of the Corps of Discovery's Journey to the Pacific.
  • Map of the Western Frontier.
    Frontier Filmworks (Wayne Mumford)
  • Lewis and Clark Trail, John Colter Trail photos. See http://www.lewisandclarkpictures.com/
    Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK
  • "Eh-Toh'K-Pah-She-Pee-Shah (The Black Mocassin)" painting by George Catlin, circa 1930's.
  • "Lewis' First Glimpse of the Rockies" painting by Olaf Seltzer, circa 1830's.
    Historical Society of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
  • Journal of Sergeant Floyd (artifact).
    Idaho State Historical Society, Boise, ID
  • "Group of Nez Perce" photo by Hill, 1880.
    Independence National Historic Park, Philadelpha, PA

    Independence National Historic Park Library
    313 Walnut Street
    Philadelphia, PA 19106
    Contact: Andrea Ashby:
    Andrea_Ashby@nps.gov
    V: (215) 597-8047
    F: (215) 597-5556

  • "Portrait of Meriwether Lewis" painting by Charles W. Peale.
  • "Portrait of William Clark" painting by Charles W. Peale.
    Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, St. Louis, MO
  • Peace Medals
    Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE
  • Karl Bodmer paintings.
    Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation, Great Falls, MT

    Cari Karns
    Executive Director
    V: (888) 701-3434

  • Set of 3 Kodak Photo CDs (no longer available?).
    Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
  • "Nez Perce Woman" photo by Edward S. Curtis, circa 1907-1930.
  • "On the Banks of the Missouri, 1908" photo by Edward S. Curtis, circa 1907-1930.
  • Numerous other maps (including William Clark's), images and documents (artifact).
    Missouri Bankers Association, Jefferson City, MO
  • "Lewis and Clark, 1804" painting by L. Edward Fisher.
    National Anthropological Archives, Washington, D.C.
  • "Skirting the Skyline" photo by Joseph Kussuth Dixon.
  • "Shoshone Encampment in Wind River Mountains of Wyoming, 1870" photo by W.H. Jackson.
  • "Struck by the Ree" photo by A. Zeno Shindler.
  • Lakota women wearing porcupine quill and dentalium shell decorations (photo).
  • Lakota woman and child (photo).
    National Geographic Society, Washington DC
  • Large stock of photos and artwork.
    National Council of the Lewis & Clark Bicentennial, Portland, OR

    Michelle Bussard
    Executive Director
    V: (888) 999-1803

  • National Lewis & Clark Bicentennial Council logo.
    National Museum of the American Indian
  • Shoshone elk hide showing a horseback buffalo hunt (photo).
    National Park Service, Washington, DC
  • Lewis and Clark "pointing" logo.
    Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln, NE
  • "Fool Bull" by John A. Anderson, 1900.
    Newberry Library, Chicago, IL
  • Journal of Sergeant Joseph Whitehouse (artifact).
    Nez Perce National Historic Park, Spalding, ID
  • "Nez Perce Man on Horseback with Two Children" photo by Enoch Reeves, 1906.
    NY-Historical Society, New York, NY
  • "Captain Meriwether Lewis" watercolor by Charles B.J.F. Saint Mémin, 1807, [1971.125].
    Oregon Historical Society, Portland, OR
  • Cap't M. Lewis Branding Iron. Used to mark trees, and brand horses? Found by Lineaus Winans on the Columbia River (Memaloose Island) in the 1890's. (artifact).
  • Jefferson Peace Medal, 1801. Found in Idaho. (artifact).
  • Private George Shannon's Sewing kit. Donated by Shannon's descendant, Elizabeth Monroe Story. (artifact).
  • Whalebone inscribed "M. Lewi". Circa 1805. Possibly carved and left by Meriwether Lewis in 1805. Found at Seaside, OR in 1967. (artifact).
    PBS Online, Alexandria, VA
  • "Clark's Signature at Pompey's Pillar" photo by Jennifer Johnson, 1997.
  • "Pompey's Pillar" two views, photos by Jennifer Johnson, 1997.
  • "Replica of Dug-Out Canoe" photo by Jennifer Johnson, 1997.
    Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University
  • Approximately 20 Lewis and Clark ethnographic artifacts (artifact). See http://www.peabody.harvard.edu/Lewis_and_Clark/
    Sir Richardson Collection of Western Art, Fort Worth, TX
  • C.M. Russell work(s).
    Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
  • William Clark's compass (artifact). See http://www.mnh.si.edu/lewisandclark/index.html
    St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records, St. Louis, MO
  • William Clark Estate
  • Lewis and Clark related court documents
    University of Missouri, St. Louis, MO
    ( St. Louis Mercantile Library)
  • "William Clark" painting by Chester Harding, circa 1820.
    Stark Museum of Art, Orange, TX
  • "Kettle Falls, Fort Colville" painting by Paul Kane, 1847.
    Missouri History Society / Center, St. Louis, MO
  • Set of five journals (in the Voorhis Collection, four in red leather and the other bound in elk skin) that are primarily in Clark's handwriting (artifact).
  • William Clark's memorandum book that dates from the 1809-1810 period after the expedition (in the Breckinridge Collection) (artifact).
    State Historical Society of North Dakota, Bismark, ND
  • "Sacagawea Statue" sculpture by Leonard Crunelle, 1910. See http://www.state.nd.us/hist/LewisClark/indexFrameset.html
    Washington State University, Pullman, WA
  • Jefferson Peace Medal.
    Willard Family Association, Wethersfield, CT
  • "Alexander Willard and His Wife Eleanor" (photo).
    Yale University Library, New Haven, CT
  • Clark's field notes from their 1803 - 1804 winter camp at Wood River (Camp DuBois). Discovered in an attic in 1953.
    This list incorporates and adds to the source list which appears on the PBS website at: http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/archive/idx_src.html
    Visual Resources and Artifacts
    Compiled by: Jay Rasmussen
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    Updated: March 24, 2006
    Posted: August 19, 1999