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.)...
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 correspondence (1875-1879) relating to Choctaw participation in the proposed Indian Union growing out of the Okmulgee Council; published speeches (1877-1878); Choctaw Tribal Council proceedings (1873-1878); accounts of...
Indian chief. Typescripts of legislation (1877-1879) enacted by the Choctaw Nation council concerning the courts, schools, timber lands, and coal mining.
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;...
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,...
News item on bill (H. R. 6702) "For the protection of the people of the Indian Territory, providing for the laying out of towns, the leasing of coal and other mineral, timber, farming and grazing lands, and for other purposes." Jan. 20,...
Proposed act for the collection of royalty on stone, coal, lumber and shingles, that may be shipped out. Passed Senate October 19, 1878. Passed House October 21, 1878.
Resolution to accept the report of R.S. McCarty and J.R. James, coal weighers at McAlister. Passed and approved November 4, 1887. Passed House November 2, 1887.
The Daily Capitol December 17, 1896; an appeal of J.J. McAlester to Green McCurtain; gives good general history of coal mining in the Choctaw Nation, leases and laws pertaining to coal, etc.
The Indian Citizen March 18, 1897; letter of C.S. Vinson to Green McCurtain regarding the legality of specific legislation dealing with coal mine leases.