Historian. A manuscript (1883) containing instructions to the Cherokee National Council's Washington, D.C., delegation as approved by D. W. Bushyhead, principal chief; a typescript concerning a flowing oil well brought in during 1859 in the...
Municipality. Minutes of the Chelsea, Indian Territory, city council (1893-1896); city assessments for 1899; summons for witnesses (1896-1897); and a warrant (1899) for disturbing the peace. Chelsea was originally in the Cherokee Nation.
Politician. Typescripts of newspaper editorials and articles (1893-1910) regarding the activities of Boudinot, an attorney and political leader in the Cherokee Nation and the Keetoowah Society.
Missionary. Typescripts of Foreman's journals (1862-1868) describing life in the Cherokee Nation during the Civil War, along with letters (1864-1881) written by Foreman regarding the same, and letters (1837-1881) to members of the Foreman family.
Editor. Typescripts of articles (1870-1899), by or about W. P. Boudinot, from various Cherokee Indian newspapers and relating to the Indian policy of the federal government, the Cherokee Orphan Asylum, land transfers, and railroads in Indian...
Minister. Publications (1907-1940), including The Christian Workers Magazine, booklets produced by the American Friends (Quakers) regarding an African mission and national service efforts, and one textbook used at the Friends Hillside Mission in...
Collector. A letter (1842) to Stand Watie from John R. Ridge regarding the Ross faction and the death of James Foreman, and a biography (n.d.) of Stand Watie, compiled by the Daughters of the Confederacy. Watie was a prominent Cherokee leader.
Indian tribe. Official correspondence, letter press books, reports, chiefs' messages, speeches of delegates, proceedings, laws, court decisions, acts, leases, election returns, registers of removal claims, and clippings related to the affairs of...
Author. A photo identification pass (1917) issued by the American Commission to Negotiate Peace of World War I, along with two unpublished manuscripts (n.d.), one entitled ""The Singing Bird,"" and the other an unfinished...
Merchant. Land titles and deeds (1858-1879) from Georgia and the Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory; an admission ticket to the 1900 Democratic Party national convention, and minutes (1900) of the Vinita, Indian Territory, Democratic Club; an...
Judge. General and family correspondence (1865-1902); notebooks and journals (1862-1887); speeches (1866-1888); and legal documents (1859-1894) dealing with the Cherokee National Party, the Cherokee Nation Blind Asylum, pensions, and Cherokee...
Missionary. A diary (1833-1835) of Cassandra Sawyer Lockwood describing her journey to the Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, and life at Dwight Mission. The diary includes mention of efforts by the mission staff to free slaves.
Indian chief. Typescripts of newspaper articles (1875-1891), including biographical items, editorials, speeches, and messages of Oochalata, also known as Charles Thompson, the principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, 1875-1878, mostly relating to...
Collector. Programs (1937-1958) of the yearly reunions of Cherokee seminary graduates; a report (1955) regarding the old Murrell home in Tahlequah, Indian Territory; a report (1953) regarding New Echota, Cherokee Nation; a publication (1954) of the...
Indian chief. Typescripts of newspaper articles and correspondence (1886-1905) of Mayes, a principal chief of the Cherokees, concerning tribal politics and the dissolution of tribal title to the Cherokee Strip.
Indian chief. Typescripts of newspaper articles (1882-1928) relating to Mayes's tenure as principal chief of the Cherokees and his negotiations with the Dawes Commission, the preparation of the tribal roll, and the assignment of lands.
Missionary. A photocopy of the autobiography (ca. 1907) of James Slover, a missionary to the Cherokee Nation during the Civil War. The typewritten manuscript contains his observations of Cherokee Indian attitudes and opinions concerning slavery,...
Indian chief. Typescripts of newspaper articles (1829-1874) regarding Ross, the history of the Cherokee Indians, and political and social conditions within the Cherokee Nation.
Indian chief. Typescripts of newspaper articles (1892-1922) on Cherokee Nation governmental issues such as allotment, the Dawes Commission, land transfers, and tribal politics during Harris's tenure as chief of the Cherokees and his service in the...
Indian chief. Correspondence (1879-1897); annual messages (1879-1882); speeches (1879-1887); an autobiography (1880); proclamations (1879-1885); and other papers (1879-1922) relating to political matters in which Bushyhead was involved as principal...
Indian chief. Typescripts of newspaper articles (1866-1891) of Ross's messages and instructions to the Cherokee Nation, the Cherokee council, and the Cherokee delegation to Washington, D.C., regarding reconstruction, tribal government, financial...
Municipality. A criminal docket (1899-1909) for the municipal court of Welch, and the minutes (1911-1926) of the town council. Welch, located in the Delaware District of the Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, is now in Craig County, Oklahoma.
Writer. A manuscript (1957) by Woodward recounting the efforts of Edward D. Hicks, a Cherokee Indian, to establish the Cherokee Telephone Company at Tahlequah, Indian Territory, in 1885.
Indian chief. Typescripts of editorials and newspaper articles (1893-1907) concerning Rogers, the last principal chief of the Cherokees prior to statehood; a court case in 1900; the 1903 campaign for chief of the Cherokees; the closing of tribal...
Indian school. Catalogs (1885-1890) of the academy listing trustees, officers, faculty, students, course offerings, and a general history and description of the school; a copy (1884) of ""Pages from Cherokee Indian History"" by...
Tribal historian. A typewritten manuscript (ca. 1985) by Black entitled ""Ceremony of the Earth People,"" and regarding the history and religious ceremonies of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians from the time of first contact with...
Military post. A letterbook (1869-1878) containing copies of letters sent; lists of names of captured Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians; data relating to their provisioning and outfitting; and reports on hostile bands kept by the commissary supply...
Government employee. Photocopies of diaries (1863-1900) kept by Covington and describing his work at the Cheyenne-Arapaho Indian Agency and his travels to Alaska during the Klondike gold rush.
Collector. A typescript of the journal (1868-1869) of Lt. P. V. Hardman, an officer on Gen. George Armstrong Custer's staff, Seventh U.S. Cavalry, detailing the Battle of the Washita from the Osage scouts' reconnaissance to the departure of the...
Professor. Source materials (1965-1970), including correspondence, research notes, interview forms, survey forms, and reports accumulated in compiling housing surveys and environmental studies of various Indian tribes, with an emphasis on the...
Professor. Photocopies of field notes (1933) compiled by Fred Eggan during his studies of Cheyenne and Arapaho Indian kinship, bands, societies, marriage, genealogy, ceremonies, child care, and social customs; U.S. census coding sheets (1880,...
Indian chief. Typescripts of editorials (1878-1891) on Burney's governorship of the Chickasaw Nation from 1878-1880, and of his messages to the Chickasaw Nation legislature which originally appeared in the Star Vindicator, the Cherokee Advocate,...
Indian chief. Typescripts of Byrd's messages (1889-1892) to the Chickasaw Nation legislature along with editorials (1888-1891), interviews (1891), and articles (1891-1906) concerning Byrd as governor of the Chickasaw Nation from 1888-1894 and,...
Indian chief. Typescripts of newspaper articles (1887-1907), including editorials and messages of Guy as governor of the Chickasaw Nation, on the issues of Chickasaw tribal legislation and the disputed gubernatorial election of 1888.
Indian chief. Typescripts of newspaper articles (1872-1905) on Chickasaw Nation governmental issues such as tribal factionalism, elections, schools, and the allotment of land during Harris's tenure as governor of the Chickasaw Nation.
Governor. Typescripts of newspaper articles (1896-1927) regarding Harris's term as governor of the Chickasaw Nation from 1896-1898 and Chickasaw legislation, along with biographical information on Harris.
Indian chief. Typescripts of newspaper articles (1894-1904) concerning negotiations with the Dawes Commission and the allotment of Chickasaw Indian lands during Mosely's two terms, 1894-1896 and 1902-1904, as governor of the Chickasaw Nation.
Collector. An account (n.d.) by Will Brown of a white settlement in the Chickasaw Nation, (ca. 1868-1904), and attempts by the Chickasaw Indians to halt it.
Indian chief. Typescripts of two conscription acts (1864) by the Chickasaw Nation legislature organizing Chickasaw Indian troops for service in the Confederate Army.
Collector. Photocopies of Choctaw Indian documents including an occupation permit (1889); a sales brochure (n.d.) from the Sacred Heart Abbey in Sacred Heart, Oklahoma; a letter (1845) from George Harkins describing the condition among the Choctaws...
Indian chief. Typescripts of messages, statements, and proclamations (1884-1900) made by Wolf as governor of the Chickasaw Nation on the issues of land use, finances, allotments, and statehood, along with typescripts of newspaper articles and...
