Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: George Catlin (1795-1872), American painter of Indian life, traveled with the Dragoon Expedition of 1834 and was a protégé of Sir Thomas Phillipps. He had exhibitions in London, and circulars and brochures of these showings are in our files. The manuscripts include seventy-seven letters written by Catlin to Sir Thomas Phillipps, most of them presented to Gilcrease Institute by William S. Bailey, Jr. who purchased them from Robinson Brothers (London). There are also other letters and notes by Catlin and descriptive catalogs of paintings in Catlin's handwriting. From Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872), English collector of rare books and documents, are twenty photostats of his letters to Catlin and also fifteen handwritten letters, most of them on the reverse side of the letters Phillipps had received from Catlin. Gilcrease Institute has two brochures concerning Catlin and the paintings we own: 137 watercolors and seventy-six oil paintings. Also, in the Gilcrease Library, see A. N. L. Munby "The Formation of Phillipps Library between 1841 and 1872 (Phillipps Study No. IV)," Cambridge University Press.