Anthropologist. Correspondence (1926-1961); manuscripts (n.d.) of Marriott's books and articles; research notes (n.d.); and printed materials (1930-1968) accumulated by Marriott in the course of her research for her numerous books and articles...
Anthropologist. Correspondence (1949); notes (n.d.); and publications (1948-1951) concerning a field trip headed by Bell in 1949 to the Harlan Site, near Fort Gibson, Cherokee County, Oklahoma. Included in the collection are notes (1950) by Kenneth...
Anthropologists. Correspondence (1963-1975); research materials (1963-1975); and manuscripts (n.d.) of Alice Marriott and Carol Rachlin accumulated during their collaboration on several essays and articles relating to Indian society, mythology, and...
Anthropologists. Field notes (1947-1951); articles (1947-1965); and other research notes (n.d.) concerning the Schmitts's work among the Wichita Indians, the Caddo, the Pawnee, and other southern plains tribes.
Army surgeon. Correspondence (1866-1868) to and from Reagle regarding personal matters as well as his assignment at Fort Arbuckle, Indian Territory, including some description of Indians with whom he had contact. The collection also contains...
Attorney. Case files (1903-1904) and letterbooks (1900-1905) relating to Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians citizenship claims; dockets (1903-1904) for the central and southern divisions of the U. S. District Court; an account book (1899); and a record...
Attorney. Personal and business correspondence (1893-1948) relating to Hume's family, his attendance at the University of Oklahoma, his contact with the university as an alumnus, and his law practice as an attorney for the Caddo Indians. Also...
Author. Correspondence (ca. 1923) regarding the Benders of Kansas, and the genealogy of families in Big Sandy Valley, Kentucky; notebooks (ca. 1854-1913) concerning the Civil War, William Quantrill, Indians, linguistics, border wars, Kansas history...
Businessman. Account ledgers of the Campbell Hardware Store (1909-1934) and the Campbell Funeral Home (1899-1918), both of Fairland, Indian Territory, and Oklahoma. The funeral home ledgers record the names of the deceased persons for whom...
Clergyman. A minute book (1900-1908) kept by the secretary of the Apache Indian Mission at Fort Sill, Oklahoma; manuscripts (n.d.) concerning the history of the Dutch Reformed church schools, the Comanche Mission, the Warm Springs Apaches, and...
Collector. A typewritten manuscript (n.d.) in which Homer W. Wheeler describes his life as a U.S. Army scout; numerous broadsides, newspapers, and handbills (1840-1966) regarding the settlement of Kansas, along with a wide variety of other...
Collector. An act (1875) of the Choctaw Nation establishing burglary as a crime; acts (1889-1892) of the Cherokee Nation appointing Elias C. Boudinot II, Thomas M. Buffington, David Rowe, and Richard M. Wolfe as Cherokee delegates to Washington,...
Collector. An original journal (1850) kept by Joseph R. Smith of New York, in which he recorded his experiences while on a surveying expedition through Indian Territory. Entries detail the expedition's encounters with hostile Comanches, friendly...
Collector. Correspondence (1859-1862) regarding the Choctaw Indians and Spencer Academy; correspondence (1864-1871) concerning the Omaha Indian mission in Nebraska; correspondence (1861-1864) dealing with the Civil War, and correspondence...
Collector. Correspondence (1906-1968); certificates (1891-1918); and news clippings (1928-1939) regarding University of Oklahoma president Arthur Grant Evans, federal funding for schools in Indian Territory, the issue of separate statehood for...
Collector. Correspondence (1911, 1931) relating to the works of Theodore F. Brewer, and short manuscripts by Brewer concerning Methodism in Indian Territory, entitled ""The Indians of Oklahoma,"" ""Muskogee Ministerial...
Collector. Four criminal-case docket books (1890-1892) from the court of A. D. Matthews, judge of the U.S. Circuit Court, Third Division, Indian Territory. The docket books record the names of defendants, the charges, the verdicts, and the...
Collector. Memoirs (n.d.) of Robert L. Mitchell, a Vinita, Oklahoma, physician; correspondence (1938-1951) concerning the Mitchell family genealogy; newspaper clippings (1946-1951); research notes and materials relating to the Cherokee Nation,...
Collector. Printed speeches (1911) of Oklahoma senator Robert L. Owen; letters (1938-1943) from Samuel Sandheimer; and letters (1886-1889) from Mother Mary Joseph and Sister Mary Frances Bernard, Wyatt's former instructors at Sacred Heart Mission,...
Collector. Transcripts of interviews (ca. 1930-1958) with pioneers who took part in the 1893 land run into the Cherokee Strip. The interviews contain descriptions of the land run, hardships encountered, sod houses and dugouts, agriculture,...
Collector. Two account ledgers (1908-1920) from a Lawton, Oklahoma, business which sold goods primarily to Kiowa and Comanche Indians. The collection also contains a copy of the Comanche constitution (1936), and lists (1914-1915) of eligible...
Collector. Typescripts of correspondence (1816-1870), mostly regarding missionary work among the Choctaw and Cherokee Indians; diaries (1914) recounting travel in the eastern United States and in the Galena, Kansas, area; a students notebook (n.d.)...
Collector. Typewritten manuscripts (ca. 1949) by Ora Padgett entitled ""Thirty-two Years in the U.S. Indian Service,"" and ""The American Reservation,"" both regarding his experiences in the Indian Service.
Confederate soldier. A bound typescript (n.d.) of Turnbo's journal in which he records his personal observations regarding the actions and views of the citizens of Indian Territory and the states of Arkansas, Missouri, and Kansas during the Civil...
Educator. Newspaper clippings (1946-1959) and a history (1954) of the Seneca Indian School; a pamphlet (1950) and booklet (ca. 1951) regarding the history of the Goodland Indian Mission; and an obituary (1959) of Kagey.
Educator. Typescripts and notes (1926-1957) regarding Baptist missionaries to the Indians; a history (1960) of schools in Kiowa County, Oklahoma; publications (1953-1957) of the Bureau of Indian Affairs concerning American Indians and Indian...
Federal court. A ledger (1903) of the court entitled ""Abstract of Mortgages, Liens and Deeds of Trust"" in which entries regarding these documents were recorded.
Ledger of the court entitled ""Abstract of Mortgages,...
Federal court. A prisoner docket book kept by the U.S. marshal, Leo E. Bennett, of the Northern District of Indian Territory, Muskogee, Indian Territory, for the years 1897-1900. The book records prisoners' names, race, age, criminal charge, date...
Federal court. Correspondence (1872-1903) regarding U.S. District Court business and the adminstration of justice in Indian Territory. The collection includes a legal opinion by Isaac Parker regarding the case of Ex-Parte James E. Reynolds.
Federal project. Book-length manuscripts, research and project reports (1937-1941) and administrative records (1937-1941) generated by the WPA Historic Sites and Federal Writers' projects for Oklahoma during the 1930s. Arranged by county and by...
Federal project. Reports (1937-1942) submitted by the WPA Archaeological Survey Project of Oklahoma, regarding sites excavated in thirteen counties of Oklahoma and the findings therein. Included are reports entitled ""Excavation of...
Government employee and attorney. Five letter books (1885-1898) containing correspondence from Belt, an assistant commissioner of Indian affairs, to government officials regarding the administration of federal Indian policy and legal matters of his...
Government employee. Correspondence (1904-1908); recollections (1955); allotment records (1908); Civil War papers (1864); and published materials (1932-1954) relating to Indian Territory events of the early twentieth century and reflecting Chaney's...
Government employee. Diaries (1912-1933) kept by Collins recording his travel and activities as a U.S. farmer for the Sac and Fox Indian Agency; correspondence (1924-1929) relating to lease disputes; weekly reports (1922-1925) to the Shawnee Indian...
Government employee. Letters (1903-1909) from Burdine to his wife describing life in Indian Territory, especially in the town of Tishomingo, and his work as a member of the Dawes Commission.
Historian. Correspondence (1902-1972), student papers (n.d.), theses and dissertations (1932-1933), and personal research materials (1832-1967) regarding the history of Oklahoma, Oklahoma Territory, and Indian Territory, the Indians of North...
Historian. Correspondence (1921-1956) relating to Wardell's service as a professor of history, and an assistant to the president of the University of Oklahoma, and concerning student affairs, foreign students, curriculum, academic department...
Historian. Essays (1847-1850) written by Sarah Worcester, a daughter of missionaries to the Cherokees, while a student at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary; unpublished manuscripts (ca. 1950-1960) by Althea Bass, entitled ""The Inheritance of...
Historian. Manuscripts (n.d.) written by Smith and entitled ""The Seminole Presbyterian Mission,"" ""Dr. Emmet Starr,"" and ""Daniel Collins Home;"" research notes (1930-1936) on the...
Historian. Research materials (1860-1977) gathered by Jordan while preparing his dissertation on Joseph S. Murrow and Bacone College, including photocopies of Murrow's diary (1867-1869).
Historians. Research notes and related materials (1840-1920) many concerning Choctaw and Chickasaw tribal politics, allotment of lands, and Indian participation in the Civil War, gathered by the Morrisons for the purpose of writing a history of...
Indian advocacy organization. Minutes of annual conferences, newsletters, and other publications concerning Indian education, civil rights, tribal council proceedings, and various Indian youth programs.
Indian advocacy organization. Records of the association (1966-1980), including correspondence, reports, financial records, and publications of the Oklahoma Indian Rights Association, regarding its involvement in the cause of American Indian civil...
Indian attorney. Diaries (1939-1949) kept by Cate; manuscripts (1876-1924) in the Creek language; copies of correspondence (1838-1937) in English, signed by officials connected with Indian affairs, including Maj. Gen. Thomas S. Jessup,...
Indian statesman. Typescripts of news articles (1877-1929) on the career and death of Col. Tandy C. Walker, the organizer of the first Choctaw-Chickasaw regiment for Confederate Army service.
Interpreter. Personal correspondence (1912-1943); land records (1908-1929) for allotments in the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations; lists (1939-1940) of allotments available for coal leases; files (1933) on government aid given to destitute Indians;...
Journalist. A photostatic copy of a typescript (n.d.) by Parks entitled ""Prairie Prelude: 1897-1903"" in which she describes her childhood and life in Pawnee, Indian Territory.
Journalist. Typescripts of correspondence (1879) and memoirs (1860-1874) concerning Quanah Parker; the first telephone in Indian Territory; life at Fort Sill, and Fort Reno, Oklahoma Territory; and the hunting of buffalo; along with an account...
Law firm. Legal documents and correspondence from the Ardmore, Indian Territory, law firms Cruce, Cruce, and Cruce (1899-1901); Cruce, Cruce, and Bleakmore (1901-1912); and Potter and Cruce (1912-1928) reflecting the firm's practice representing...