Environmental, Colonial: New Crops, Changes in the Landscape

Environmental, Colonial: New crops, changes in the landscape

Metacomet was a chief of the Wampanoag in the mid 1600s. In 1675 he launched an attack on the Puritans of Massachusetts Bay Colony over land claims. As the size of the Massachusetts Bay colony grew in the 1640s and 1650s, the colonists increasingly moved westward into Wampanoag territory to satiate the resource needs of their burgeoning population. With the Europeans moving onto their land, increasingly depleting resources, and forcing the Wampanoags further inland, King Philip and his fellow warriors launched an attack to defend their traditional homeland and assert their rights.

This drawing shows an artist’s take on a meeting between Metacomet and the colonists. NEW SEARCH HELP

TITLE: [King (Metacomet) Philip, Sachem of the Wampanoags, d. 1676, full length, standing at treaty table with white men]

CALL NUMBER: LOT 4711 D [item] [P&P] Check for an online group record (may link to related items)

REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZ62-49461 (b&w film copy neg.) No known restrictions on publication.

MEDIUM: 1 item.

CREATED/PUBLISHED: c1911.

NOTES:

Reprod. of ptg., copyrighted by S.N. Wood.

This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Caption card tracings: PI; Shelf. Wampanoag Indian.

REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGITAL ID: (digital file from b&w film copy neg.) cph 3a49566 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a49566

CARD #: 2006686936 Native Americans and Europeans had different views of how land should be used. The Native Americans believed that people had a special relationship with the land and did not own it, but instead simply used it responsibly in a reciprocal relationship. In contrast, the Europeans believed land was meant to be used, exploited, and owned by people. So when they saw how Native Americans used the land, they believed that they could take it because the Native Americans were not using it in a way the Europeans thought was proper. PREVIOUS NEXT ITEM LIST NEW SEARCH Map Collections

Pascaert van Nieuw Nederlandt Virginia, ende Nieuw-Engelandt verthonendt alles wat van die landin by See, oft by land is ondect oft Bekent. Vinckeboons, Joan. CREATED/PUBLISHED [1639?] NOTES Shows northeast coast of the United States from New England to Virginia including coastal features and other geographical entities. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Attributed to Joan Vinckeboons by comparison with his other Dutch maps in Henry Harrisse collection. Described in Terrae incognitae, v. xvi, 1984. Richard W. Stephenson's The Henry Harrisse collection ... , p. 40; the second volume has binder's title "Manuscript maps Atlantic Coast and California drawn by Joan Vingboons in 1639." Scale [ca. 1:7,000,000]. SUBJECTS Atlantic coast (North America)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800. Coasts--New England--Maps--Early works to 1800. Coasts--Middle Atlantic States--Maps--Early works to 1800. Coasts--Virginia--Maps--Early works to 1800. North America--Atlantic coast. United States--New England. United States--Middle Atlantic States. United States--Virginia. RELATED TITLES [Henry Harrisse collection ; v. 2, map 7] MEDIUM 1 ms. map : col., paper backing ; 48 x 69 cm. CALL NUMBER G3291.S12 coll .H3 Vault : Harr vol. 2, map 7 REPOSITORY Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA DIGITAL ID g3300 ct001068 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3300.ct001068 RELATED DIGITAL ITEMS (About the Collection) By owning the land and introducing new techniques of farming, the Europeans changed the actual set-up of the land and its ecosystems. For instance, beavers, large bears, cougars, panthers, and other animals once thrived in New England. But a combination of ecosystem change and hunting (for skins like those seen here) led to a decimation in population size, if not outright extinction. NEW SEARCH HELP ABOUT COLLECTION

TITLE: Laliberte's fur parlor--the finest in the world, Quebec, Canada CALL NUMBER: LOT 12151 [P&P] Check for an online group record (may link to related items) REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZ62-105493 (b&w film copy neg. of half stereo) No known restrictions on publication. SUMMARY: Stuffed animals and animal hides on display. MEDIUM: 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. CREATED/PUBLISHED: Meadville, Pa. : Keystone View Company, manufacturers and publishers, c1899. CREATOR: Keystone View Company. NOTES: 11964 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 9460. Copyright by B.L. Singley. SUBJECTS: Fur trade--Quebéc (Province)--Quebéc--1890-1900. Hides & skins--1890-1900. Taxidermy--1890-1900. FORMAT: Stereographs 1890-1900. Photographic prints 1890-1900. DIGITAL ID: (b&w film copy neg. of half stereo) cph 3c05493 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c05493 CARD #: 92511908 This painting, created in the mid 1800s, shows what an artist imagined Plymouth, Massachusetts to look like in 1620. The artist depicts a rocky, hilly terrain complete with large trees and vegetation. According to studies of environmental historians like William Cronon, this was not far from the truth. Massachusetts in the 17th century was a densely forested region. NEW SEARCH HELP ABOUT COLLECTION

TITLE: Landing of the pilgrims at Plymouth 11th Dec. 1620 CALL NUMBER: PGA - Currier & Ives--Landing of the pilgrims ... (A size) [P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZC4-3305 (color film copy transparency) LC-USZC2-2745 (color film copy slide) LC-USZ62-17 (b&w film copy neg.) SUMMARY: Native American man watching pilgrims, kettle over campfire, man with hatchet and firewood, and more pilgrims coming from the Mayflower, in snow-covered scenery. MEDIUM: 1 print : lithograph, hand colored. CREATED/PUBLISHED: New York : Lith. & pub. by N. Currier, [between 1838 and 1856] CREATOR: N. Currier (Firm) NOTES: Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3703 SUBJECTS: Indians of North America--Massachusetts--Plymouth--1620. Pilgrims (New Plymouth Colony)--Massachusetts--1620. Colonists--Massachusetts--Plymouth--1620. FORMAT: Lithographs Hand colored 1830-1870. REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA DIGITAL ID: (color film copy transparency) cph 3g03305 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3g03305 (color film copy slide) cph 3b50619 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b50619 (b&w film copy neg.) cph 3a52570 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a52570 CARD #: 95503144 http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?pp/ils:@filreq(@field(NUMBER+@band(cph+3a52570)) +@field(COLLID+pga)) This is a picture of Massachusetts in the 1900s. Years of invasive farming techniques changed the actual physical layout of the land. Much of what was once dense forest became, over time, a flatter land that was more amenable to agricultural needs of the area’s inhabitants. RECORDS NEW ABOUT PREVIOUS NEXT HELP LIST SEARCH COLLECTION

TITLE: New England hurricane. Onion field near Hadley, Massachusetts CALL NUMBER: LC-USF34- 040285-D [P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USF34-040285-D (b&w film neg.) MEDIUM: 1 negative : safety ; 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches or smaller. CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1938 Aug. CREATOR: Dick, Sheldon, photographer. NOTES: Title and other information from caption card. LOT 1256 (Location of corresponding print.) Use electronic surrogate. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. Film copy on SIS roll 2, frame 405. SUBJECTS: United States--Massachusetts--Hampshire County--Hadley. FORMAT: Safety film negatives. PART OF: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection (Library of Congress) REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division Washington, DC 20540 DIGITAL ID: (intermediary roll film) fsa 8c02250 CARD #: fsa2000021761/PP http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?pp/fsaall:@field(NUMBER+@band(fsa+8c02250))