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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
Teacher. A diary (1886-1892) kept by DeKnight and relating her experience as a teacher at the Chilocco Indian School and the Oto school at the Red Rock Indian Agency. The diary emphasizes the time DeKnight spent among the Otos and includes a list...
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...
Subject collection. Letters, reports, publications, and manuscripts reflecting the history of Oklahoma and of its American Indian tribes and nations, including correspondence (1813-1839) from U.S. government officials concerning policy toward the...
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. 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...
Military post. Correspondence documenting Fort Gibson's significance in carrying out the U. S. government's Indian policy regarding the Indian pacification program following the Civil War. Included in the collection are letters sent (1879-1890),...
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...
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...
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...
Professional organization. Minute books (1881-1904) recording the proceedings of the Indian Territory Medical Association and a college term paper (1956) regarding the history, origin, and governance of the Indian Territory Medical Association.
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.)...
Pioneer. In 1913 Jarboe wrote this account of her family's move from Texas into Indian Territory, and their subsequent move to Greer County, Oklahoma. The manuscript contains anecdotes about their experiences with Choctaw and Kiowa Indians, as well...
