Two copies of a letter from Paul McKennon of Clarksville, Arkansas to R.L. Kidd, a former newspaperman in Poteau, Oklahoma. This letter contains explanations of how criminals were punished under Seminole law (1940).
A resolution of the Choctaw Council endorsing Hon. W.H. Clayton for appointment as U.S. Judge for the eastern district of the state of Oklahoma. Passed and approved February 21, 1907.
Andrew Jackson: Hero of New Orleans by Daniel F. Cohalan. January 1930. Constitution Day and the Constitution by Justin Miller, Washington, D.C. September 17, 1935. Congressional Record reprint of speeches by Thomas P. Gore, Oklahoma...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Collector. Three account books (1872-1874) and a fire insurance policy (1889), along with statements and receipts (1879-1880) from the Hester Mercantile Store, Boggy Depot, Indian Territory, owned by George B. Hester. The collection also contains...
Teacher. Booklets and brochures (1950-1955) describing the Goodland Indian Orphanage and School in Goodland, Oklahoma. The orphanage was in the Choctaw Nation.
Geography professor. Research notes and township maps (ca. 1937) of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, on which Hewes plotted the following data: which groups (categorized by degree of Indian blood, intermarried citizens, or freedmen) settled which...
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...
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...
Banker and rancher. Correspondence (1882-1929); legal and financial records (1896-1928); diaries (1928-1929); and related biographical items concerning the banking, ranching, oil interests, and life of Edward Johnson, a Chickasaw Indian businessman...
Oklahoma- Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow by Mrs. Dan Morris. n.d. Price list of the Buckhorn Curio Store, San Antonio, Texas. n.d. Report of the condition of the Security State Bank of Wewoka, Oklahoma. March 5, 1917. Retail price list of Vincent...
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...
Historians. Research notes and related materials (1840-1920) many concerning Choctaw and Chickasaw tribal politics, allotment of lands, and Indian participation in the Civil War, gathered by the Morrisons for the purpose of writing a history of...