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.
University professor. Correspondence (1950-1958) with the U.S. Department of the Interior, congressmen, and the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs; reports (1956-1963); newspaper clippings (1925-1961) concerning Indian affairs; and manuscripts (1948) by...
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...
University employees. Correspondence (1972-1976) and printed materials (1966-1982) relating to American Indian projects in which the Timmonses were interested, such as the Alaska Native Law Project, the North Slope Legal Assistance Project, the...
U.S. ambassador. Correspondence, reports, and articles (1900-1956) regarding Hurley's positions as national attorney for the Choctaw Nation, including enrollments, land questions, and the Mississippi Choctaw Indians; assistant U.S. secretary of war...
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...
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.
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...
Teacher. Correspondence (1876-1931) between Robertson and his parents, mostly regarding family life and mission activities; and an autobiography of Samuel W. Robertson, with biographical information on Robertson's parents, William S. and Ann W....
Teacher. Certificates and teaching contracts (1894-1923); a teaching assignment (1907) from the U.S. Indian Service at McAlester, Indian Territory; and the Choctaw spelling book Chata Holisso (n.d.), printed by the Richmond Presbyterian Committee...
Teacher. Booklets and brochures (1950-1955) describing the Goodland Indian Orphanage and School in Goodland, Oklahoma. The orphanage was in the Choctaw Nation.
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
Social organization. Scrapbooks (1925-1959) containing photographs, news clippings, programs, and mementos of the Ohoyohoma Club, a McAlester, Oklahoma, women's club that limited it membership to women of Indian descent.
Religious denomination. Published reports (1953-1956) of the Society of Friends (Quaker) Committee on Indian Affairs annual meetings; a report (1952) entitled ""American Indian Development,"" by the National Congress of American...
Rancher and postmaster. Two letter-size tablets containing rough drafts (1860-1907) of Martin's correspondence and a brief account of his experiences in Indian Territory during the Civil War. Some correspondence (1882-1907) concerns land allotment...
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...
Professor. Unpublished manuscripts (1951-1975) on western history themes including the Battle of the Washita in 1868, the establishment of Fort Gibson, Indian Territory, and its cemetery, and the westward migration of the Cherokees; and lecture...
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,...
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...
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.
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.
Poet. A poem (1878) by McKinney written in the Choctaw language and entitled Iti Hishi Yama Isht Chit Haya Va Lihohe or A Leaf That Reminds Me of Thee. An English translation is included.
Pioneer. Photocopies of Jones's account of pioneer life in early Montague County, Texas, from 1854 to approximately 1867, describing early settlers and raids by Comanche Indians; census returns from 1860 and 1870 for the Jones and Baggett families,...
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...
Physician. Typescripts of oral history interviews (1936-1937) conducted during the Indian-Pioneer Oral History Project; correspondence (1924-1953) concerning real estate transactions, Moorman's research on tuberculosis and Indian health, and other...
Physician. Memoirs (1954) of Morrow, recounting his early medical practice (1899-1912) in Indian Territory, and biographical newspaper clippings (1953).
Physician. Ledgers (1912-1922) in which Ross recorded patients attended and fees charged; certificates and diplomas (1989-1922) awarded Ross by medical schools, brotherhoods, and the medical board of the Choctaw Nation; and a typescript (1867-1936)...
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...
Physician. Correspondence (1926-1930) from Indians to Sherrill, a general practitioner in Broken Bow, Oklahoma, asking for medical treatment and medicines.
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;...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Performer. Correspondence (1934-1983) to and from Fisher, along with printed materials (1935-1976) she used as resource material for her performances as a storyteller and interpreter of Indian folklore and culture. The collection also includes a...
News item on the Curtis Bill (H. B. 8581), known as the bill "For the protection of the people of the Indian Territory, and for other purposes," March 5, 1898.
News item on John F. Brown, returning from Washington where he worked for a concurrence by House conferees on the Indian Appropriation bill, March 3, 1898.