Title: Letter from Ezekiel Jarman Ayers to William F. Cody
Date: December 18, 1915
Author: Ayers, Ezekiel Jarman, 1866-1931
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
WASHINGTON
Address Only The Secretary of the Interior
December 18, 1915.
Colonel Wm. F. Cody,
La Salle Hotel,
Chicago, Illinois.
Dear Colonel Cody:
I wish to invite your attention to the fact that this Department has never received a set of the films of the motion pictures taken on the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota, in the latter part of the year 1913. The Department generally stipulates, before authority is given anyone to take moving pictures on any of the reservations under its jurisdiction, that a positive print of all reels be furnished it.
A set of these films would be a very valuable acquisition to the Department's collection, particularly because of their historical worth, and as I understand that it is your desire and intention that we have duplicate reels of these pictures, I would appreciate your expediting the delivery of the films.
Cordially yours,
E. J. Ayers
[1]
Chief Clerk
Note 1: Ezekiel Jarman Ayers (1866-1931) was Chief Clerk, Department of Interior, Superintendent of Buildings, and Acting Assistant Secretary of Interior; he was appointed by Secretary of War Franklin K. Lane in 1911, serving until his resignation in 1920. [back]
Title: Letter from Ezekiel Jarman Ayers to William F. Cody
Source: National Archives and Records Administration: Record Group 48, Department of the Interior, Office of the Secretary, Central Classified File 1907-1936, 5-2 Indians, Moving Pictures
Date: December 18, 1915
Author: Ayers, Ezekiel Jarman, 1866-1931
Topic: Buffalo Bill on Film
People: Ayers, Ezekiel Jarman, 1866-1931 Lane, Franklin Knight, 1864-1921
Places: Chicago (Ill.) Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.)
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