Physician. Correspondence (1896-1953) of Tolleson in regard to personal and professional matters including Tolleson's employment as a physician for the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas Railroad; financial papers (1887-1949) of the Tolleson family;...
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...
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...
Physician. Correspondence (1926-1940); manuscripts entitled ""Indian Medicine"" and ""Important Points in the Early Diagnosis of Tuberculosis,"" by Van Cleave; a biographical sketch of Van Cleave; annual...
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.
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.
Teacher. An ethnobotanical pressbook (1957) compiled by Wallace containing wild plant specimens along with descriptions of their use by Indian tribes.
An ethnobotanical pressbook compiled by Wallace containing wild plant specimens along with...
Missionary. A typescript of an article (1939) regarding the history of the Cache Creek Indian Mission, located in southwestern Oklahoma, and which ministered to Plains Indian tribes.
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...
Teacher. Correspondence (1891-1952) regarding White's employment, her historical research, her investments in Montana real estate, and personal matters with family and friends; leases and contracts (1936-1947); notebooks (n.d.) containing lecture...
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,...
Lawyer. Personal and business correspondence (1934-1953), mostly relating to Republican Party politics, with Hamilton Fish and John H. Kane the principal correspondents. Also included are government documents and other published materials...
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...
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...
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,...
Indian tribe. Correspondence (1895-1953) concerning claims by the Cayuga Indians against the state of New York, the United States, and the St. Lawrence Power Company.
Indian tribal agency. A manuscript allotment list (1867) prepared by the federal government when the Delaware Indians moved from their reservation in Kansas to settle along the Caney River, Indian Territory, along with a printed Delaware allotment...
Interpreter. A Comanche-English dictionary (ca. 1895), with a Comanche alphabet and diacritical markings, compiled by Detrick while serving as an interpreter for the Red Store Trading Post at Fort Sill, Indian Territory. Also included in the...
Collector. Quapaw tribal records (1891-1904) relating to governmental affairs, tribal schools, labor contracts, and farm leases, along with legal documents (1900) pertaining to the settlement of the estate of George Bingham, an early settler among...
Author. Correspondence (1950-1981); research notes (n.d.); journal articles (1915-1979); and one unpublished manuscript (n.d.), all regarding the Caddo Indians.
Delaware Indian chief. A typescript of a biography (n.d.) of Charles Journeycake, and newspaper clippings (1936-1964) regarding the Journeycake home, and his career.
Indian agency. Farming and grazing leases (1903-1937); oil and gas leases (1913-1932); allotment records (1902-1936); financial and property records (1887-1927); employee records (1903-1918); correspondence (1901-1939); and general subject files...
Anthropologist. Correspondence (1954-1974); interviews (1958-1976); research notes (n.d.); manuscripts (n.d.); and publications (1818-1958) relating to Rachlin's research on the Sac and Fox and the Shawnee Indians. Also included are field notes...
Indian tribal agency. Ledgers (1876-1888) recording receipt of, and payment for supplies, expenditures for freight costs, the police force, employee salaries, cash payments to Indians, and names of Indians eligible for payment; along with copies of...
Collector. A mimeographed Christmas letter (1914) from Hiram H. Clouse, pastor of the Rainy Mountain Baptist Mission, to supporters and friends of the mission describing the year's activities, trials, and accomplishments, along with a brochure...
Indian tribe. Acts (1892) of the Seneca Nation, along with correspondence (1892-1916) regarding the allotment of tribal lands in northeastern Oklahoma and claims of the Cayuga Indians against the Seneca Nation.
Indian advocacy organization. Minutes of annual conferences, newsletters, and other publications concerning Indian education, civil rights, tribal council proceedings, and various Indian youth programs.
Collector. Typescripts of newspaper articles (1905-1935) regarding Seminole Indian land claims in Mexico and Seminole Indian schools, along with a biographical sketch of Mrs. Davis, and her obituary.
Indian chief. Typescripts of news articles (1870-1907) relating to mining and grazing leases, Dawes Commission proceedings, tribal government, and politics of the Seminole Nation, along with editorials concerning John F. Brown, a businessman and...
Collector. Correspondence (1893-1915) to and from members of the Whistler family regarding life in Oklahoma Territory, describing a first ride in an automobile, sicknesses and quarantines, floods, Sac and Fox Indian dances and customs, the Sac and...
Indian chief. Typescripts of newspaper articles (1905) regarding Harrison's impeachment and removal from office as chief of the Seminoles and, John Brown, his replacement.
Collector. A letter (1940) written by Paul McKennon, recounting his experiences in the Seminole Nation (1894-1896) with an explanation of how criminals were punished under Seminole law.
Indian chief. Typescripts of newspaper articles (1874-1929) by and about Jumper, and regarding the Peace Council of 1874, and the status of Christian missions in the Seminole Nation.
Indian chief. Typescripts of newspaper articles (1898-1905) regarding the Seminole Nation, and Hulbutta Micco, who was the last regularly elected principal chief of the Seminoles before statehood.
Missionary. A typescript of a diary (1842-1857) kept by the wife of John B. Lilley, a Presbyterian missionary to the Seminole Nation. The diary describes the Lilleys' arrival among the Seminoles, the hardships of living in Indian Territory,...
Missionary. A typescript of Ramsay's autobiography (ca. 1890) in which he relates his education and experiences as a Presbyterian missionary among the Seminoles, hardships during the Civil War, and accounts of medical treatment.
Indian tribe. Typescripts of correspondence (1840-1939) and newspaper articles (1906-1933) regarding John Jumper and Seminole land disputes, along with resolutions and ordinances (1969-1979) of the Seminole General Council.
Judge. Records (1930-1931) of the Oklahoma Bar Association's board of governors; speeches (1927-1936) by Cutlip; manuscripts (n.d.) regarding the history of Seminole County, Oklahoma, Wewoka, Oklahoma, and the Seminole Indian Nation; Seminole...
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...
