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[1912?], 1928, 1930 (Creation)
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- Seton, Ernest Thompson
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3 pamphlets
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Ernest Thompson Seton was born August 14, 1860 and changed his name from Ernest Evan Thompson in 1898. He was born in England and came to the United States in 1898. He died October 23, 1946 in Santa Fe, New Mexico is buried at Seton Village, Santa Fe.
Seton is best known as the founder of the Boy Scouts of America. He studied art in Toronto, New York, London and Paris. He worked as an illustrator for several publishers and as a naturalist for the Government of Manitoba. He published his first children's book "Wild Animals I have Known" in 1898. He published a large number of children's and nature books as well as numerous articles. (Taken from: "Contemporary Authors." Hal May, ed. 1983.)
Custodial history
These documents were in the collection of Dee Seton Barber in Santa Fe New Mexico, the adopted daughter of Ernest Thompson Seton, and gifted to John Wadland, the author of "Ernest Thompson Seton: Man in Nature and the Progressive Era 1880-1915" in 1971.
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Collection consists of 3 pamphlets that articulate Ernest Thompson Seton's rules for his organization, "The Woodcraft Indians":
- The Red Lodge, [1912?]
- Blazes on the Trail / by Ernest Thompson Seton, no. 1 Lifecraft or Woodcraft and no. 2 Rise of the Woodcraft Indians, 1928
- Blazes on the Trail / by Ernest Thompson Seton, no. 3 Spartans of the West, 1930
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Donated by John Wadland in March 2026.
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See also the Ernest Thompson Seton named collection in Special Collections. Copies of the "Blazes on the Trail" pamphlets can also be found in this collection (SK601 .S523).
See also the Ernest Thompson Seton collection (85-005 - linked below) which includes memorabilia, magazine articles, correspondence and newspaper clippings relating to Ernest Thompson Seton, collected by John Wadland.
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- Wadland, John (Subject)