Series: Joseph Brant Papers: 13 F
Scope and Content Note: Mainly Draper interview notes, correspondence, and copies of documents relating to Joseph and Molly Brant and their descendants. Correspondence, printed circulars bearing a portrait of Brant, and clippings, 1874-1877, at the beginning of the volume describe the proposal for a Brant memorial supported by both Indians and whites and the fund raising efforts in England and Canada. Most of the papers, however, are interview notes and copies of earlier manuscripts obtained by Draper when he visited Brant's grandchildren and descendants of other Mohawk and Tuscarora Indians in September-October, 1879. In content the material contains extensive genealogical data on the Brant family and touches on many facets of Joseph's life as boy and adult. There are also numerous references to members of the Johnson, Hill, and Nelles families.