Indian chief. Official and personal correspondence, subject files, business records of the Cherokee Nation and Wilma Mankiller for the period 1977-1995, including personal correspondence (1993-1995); correspondence (1985-1995) with members of the...
Lawyer. Published court records (1898-1926) and correspondence (1900-1927) regarding McMurray's suit against the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations for expenses and legal fees incurred in McMurray's successful representation of Choctaw and Chickasaw...
Mercantile firm. Ledgers (1896-1922) in which the daily commerce of this Spiro, Oklahoma, general store and cotton-ginning operation were recorded. Among these are day books (1898-1918); cash books and notary records (1904-1906); funeral records...
Businessman. Correspondence (1888-1908); store ledgers (1874-1903); daybooks (1870-1904); inventory books (n.d.); cash books (1889-1903); and supporting records from the J. J. McAlester Mercantile Company in McAlester, Indian Territory. McAlester...
Indian chief. Typescripts of Smallwood's messages (1889-1890) to the Choctaw Nation on the affairs of government, especially in the area of education, and articles (1891) commenting on his death and containing biographical information.
Indian statesman. Correspondence (1904-1909) regarding Choctaw Nation affairs and issues, including the movement for separate statehood for Indian Territory, statehood for Oklahoma, Choctaw politics, and Green McCurtain.
Publisher. Newspaper clippings (1935-1950) regarding the Smisers and their publishing activities and early years in Atoka, Indian Territory; a memorial (1915) to Katrina Ellett Murrow, wife of Joseph Samuel Murrow and a Baptist missionary to the...
Collectors. Business correspondence and papers (1871-1935) of Fritz Sittell relating to the Choctaw Coal and Railway Company, the Choctaw Trading Company, Sittell's other business interests, and the development of the town of McAlester, Oklahoma;...
Indian chief. Typescripts of messages (1875-1883) of Checote, first principal chief of the Creek Nation under the Muskogee Constitution of 1867, to the House of Kings and Warriors; newspaper editorials (1872-1883) on Checote and George W. Grayson...
Trading company. Ledgers (1902-1907) recording the daily commerce of the Choska Trading Company, a general merchandise store which operated in the Creek Nation villages of Choska, and Porter, Indian Territory.
Attorney. Correspondence (1870-1924) and legal case files (1890-1924) from Ralls's law practice, including those concerning his representation of Choctaw Indians during the allotment of Choctaw lands and townsite payments.
Indian chief. Typescripts of messages (1877) and an editorial (1878) concerning an attempt to unite Creek political factions, and to promote the Creek constitution of 1867.
Indian chief and Presbyterian minister. Session minutes (1886-1900) of the Tali Hekia Presbyterian Church, Blue County, Indian Territory; Sunday school attendance records (1925-1926) of the Presbyterian church, Wapanucka, Oklahoma; typescripts of...
Indian chief. Typescripts of newspaper articles (1875-1879) of Harjo's inaugural speech as principal chief of the Creeks, on governmental affairs during his administration, and, subsequently, on his impeachment.
Indian tribe. Court decisions, treasury warrants, and related legal documents (1868-1900); correspondence (1873-1898); and typescripts of newspaper articles (1849-1943); all relating to land, institutions, and the affairs of the Creek Nation,...
Farmer. A letter (1898), with typescript copies, by James M. Latty of Muskogee, Indian Territory, to his brother in Idaho, describing his intention to move west so that his children would receive a better education. Latty lived in the Creek Nation.
Indian chief. Typescripts of a speech to the Comanche and Wichita nations (1835), and the Creek Nation (1898); of McIntosh's message to the Creek Nation (1898); of newspaper articles (1871-1907) regarding McIntosh; and a biographical sketch (1928)...
Indian chief. Typescripts of letters (1891-1898); speeches (1884-1898); editorials (1896-1906); and biographical accounts (1903-1908), all relating to Isparhecher while a principal chief of the Creek Nation on subjects such as tribal factionalism,...
Indian chief. Typescripts of newspaper articles (1883-1901), including editorials, proclamations, and reports relating to Perryman, principal chief of the Creek Nation, his term of office, 1884-1888, and his service as a delegate from the Creek...
Family collection. Correspondence (1834-1919) regarding Creek Indian history, including tribal politics, tribal factionalism, the Green Peach War, sale of Creek lands in Alabama, removal, allotment of land, and related administrative matters....
Attorney. Correspondence (1898-1943) regarding Redwine's legal practice in Spiro, Oklahoma; legal case files (1898-1943) in which Redwine was involved; published legal briefs (n.d.); expense ledgers (1904-1917) in which Redwine recorded the nature...
Collector. Typescripts of articles (1895-1910) and poems (1901-1907) written by the Creek Indian poet Alex Posey. The articles include information on Posey's actions while he was a member of the Dawes Commission, the opposition to allotment by the...
Indian chief. Correspondence (1890-1916) to and from McCurtain regarding Choctaw Nation railroads, administrative matters, politics, Choctaw Indian claims against the United States, and the issue of separate statehood for Indian Territory,...
Lawyer. Legal case files (1895-1945); correspondence (1895-1945); coal mining reports (1899-1916); and related papers concerning Tucker's service as mining trustee for the Choctaw Nation, 1912-1918, national attorney for the Choctaw Nation,...
Indian chief. Correspondence (1824-1881) of Pitchlynn with prominent citizens and family members in the Choctaw Nation regarding events and troubles within the nation; Pitchlynn's personal journals (1815); Pitchlynn's diary (1828-1832); official...
Indian tribe. Acts, laws, bills, and resolutions (1896-1910) of the Choctaw Nation; typescripts of newspaper articles (1868-1936), mainly about political matters such as elections, allotment, and the Dawes Commission, along with four ledgers...
Collector. Minutes (1898-1902) of the city council of Sapulpa, Indian Territory; diaries (1915) of Evelyn Shumard; short manuscripts (n.d.) by Shumard entitled ""Outlaws,"" ""The Parade,"" The Spirit of...
University professor. A letter (1912) to Alley from Victor M. Locke, Jr., principal chief of the Choctaws, listing present and former principal chiefs of the Five Civilized Tribes, and discussing the status of the Choctaw government; a four-page...
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...
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...
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.
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...
Professor. Personal correspondence (1897-1957); correspondence with Campbell's relatives (1822-1896); correspondence with publishers and literary agents (1920-1958); literary manuscripts (ca. 1914-1957); diaries, notebooks, and journals...
Physician. A news clipping (1896) announcing Carlock's commencement from the Missouri Medical College in St. Louis, Missouri; a letter (1897) from a former classmate regarding the alumni of the class of 1896 and the destruction of the college by...
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...
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...
Indian chief. Typescripts of newspaper articles (1899-1931) relating to the change in status of the Creek Nation, and the role of Tiger, its first principal chief after the amalgamation of Indian Territory into Oklahoma.
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...
Physician. Clippings (1951-1953) of Berry's column in the Okmulgee Daily Times; copies of the American Medical Association delegates handbook and program (1908); and a typescript memoir entitled ""Experiences of a Pioneer Doctor in Indian...
Indian chief. Typescripts of newspaper articles (1887-1907) relating to Perryman as a principal chief of the Creek Nation, the Dawes Commission, Perryman's ouster from office in 1895, and his involvement with a plan for Creek Indians to emigrate to...
Subject file. Publications (1939-1975) of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and other state and federal government agencies, along with reprints of articles regarding the American Indian. Included in the collection is a report (1970) entitled,...
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...
Physician. A typewritten account of the first meeting of the Indian Territory Medical Association in 1899; certificates (ca. 1900); copies of magazines (ca. 1910-1930); three letters (1904) of condolence on the death of Chapman's son; and seven...
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...
Teacher. Battey's diaries (1872-1884) and correspondence with family members (1873-1874) regarding his experience as a teacher of Indians, along with a book (1876) by Battey entitled Life and Adventures of a Quaker Among the Indians and containing...
Physician. A diary (1899) detailing Combest's participation in the Spanish-American War; certificates (1896-1906) of honorable discharge from military service, registration as a physician in Indian Territory, and pension eligibility from previous...
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,...
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...