As directed I first looked at "Sitting Bull autograph card" in Archive Grid. The card was located in Cornell University Library. I didn't really find any new information on Sitting Bull from this search. Guess we've helped too many kids do research or have read on our own.
In my own search I looked for Ft. Meade in Sturgis (where I grew up). I looked at the Baldwin Day Spilman Diary of 1882. His diary recorded his escorting a government survy party from Ft. Meade to Fr. Ellis, MT. The provenance of each piece as well as what museum/library or Historical Society the piece is located in is great information.
CAMIO is an amazing site. Could have spent hours looking, but since I'm hoping to get done with the Challenge I moved through quicker than I wanted to. Will go back and look again.
In looking for "Paul Revere" I found a newspaper clipping called "The Bloody Massacre" which was a gift from several Reveres, including Paul. Then looked further to a sugar bowl and cover which Paul Revere made for Sarah Ellery wedding in 1795. The high resolution option is so cool to look at any piece.
In searching "Sioux" I found 63 works. I looked at a painting called Dreams about Blacktail Deer and pipe bowl from 1887 and a buckskin coat from 1869. Each image gave the title, artist, date, type of art, and the museum where it is located. What a wonderful resource for a state that is sparsely populated with few museums. SDSU's motto applies in that "You can go anywhere from here."
I tried Oscar Howe and Harvey Dunn in a search and came up with nothing, which rather surprised me. I then search for Rodin and looked at his works (he really was a very prolific artist). I liked that there was a short history of the artist. The advanced search was helpful in that you could limit to a specific museum.
Then I went looking for Seth Eastman for a subject of choice and came up with 3 results -- a Sioux Indians breaking camp painting, scalp dance painting and a sketch of the Washington Monument under construction. Since there were only 3 results I added them all to favorites and looked at the slide show. Very impressive.
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Thanks for your comments. You have readily grasped how these resources could best be used. ArchiveGrid should be a boon to historical researchers even if they can't see the item. It might even inspire field trips to the owning institutions! I love CAMIO, though I do regret no Harvey Dunn or Oscar Howe. Nonetheless, it has a lot to offer, as you pointed out, to those of us who live far from major art/history institutions. Have fun, and thanks for commenting!
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