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...
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...
File contains several documents relative to the survey of the boundary between the Choctaw Nation and Arkansas, most notably the field notes of the 1825 survey.
Collector. Photocopies of Choctaw Indian documents including an occupation permit (1889); a sales brochure (n.d.) from the Sacred Heart Abbey in Sacred Heart, Oklahoma; a letter (1845) from George Harkins describing the condition among the Choctaws...
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...
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...
Nicholas Nickleby, Dickens' third novel, is about social injustice in England. Nicholas Nickleby's father dies and the family, Nicholas, sister Kate, and their mother, are forced to move to London to ask for assistance from their Uncle Ralph...
Indian tribe. Court decisions, treasury warrants, and related legal documents (1868-1900); correspondence (1873-1898); and typescripts of newspaper articles (1849-1943); all relating to land, institutions, and the affairs of the Creek Nation,...
Judge. General and family correspondence (1865-1902); notebooks and journals (1862-1887); speeches (1866-1888); and legal documents (1859-1894) dealing with the Cherokee National Party, the Cherokee Nation Blind Asylum, pensions, and Cherokee...
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...
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;...
Attorney. Case files (1903-1904) and letterbooks (1900-1905) relating to Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians citizenship claims; dockets (1903-1904) for the central and southern divisions of the U. S. District Court; an account book (1899); and a record...
Indian school. Catalogs (1885-1890) of the academy listing trustees, officers, faculty, students, course offerings, and a general history and description of the school; a copy (1884) of ""Pages from Cherokee Indian History"" by...
Indian chief. Typescripts of newspaper articles (1890-1935), including speeches, editorials, and official documents which focus on Choctaw tribal politics, land allotment, and mineral rights on Choctaw Indian lands.
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...
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...
Missionary. Legal documents and papers (1894-1928) relating to J. S. Murrow, his home and school for Indian orphans, and Bacone College. The collection also includes minutes and proceedings (1916-1918) of the Indian Missionary Association, and...
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...
Attorney. Family and business correspondence (1900-1951); legal documents (1900-1939); and printed material (1900-1951) belonging to Rennie, a Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, attorney. Much of the material relates to real estate transactions including land...
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,...
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...
Does insensitivity underlie continuing discrimination against women; The changing population characteristics ; Why Nordstrom's must fail; Who are the market-value leaders in retailing?; Policies on figts to employees; Short shorts; The 1984...
The Great Northern Railway encompassed several railway companies, including the St. Paul and Pacific Railway Company and the Minnesota and Pacific Railroad Company, by way of owning the majority of stock. After financial problems, the Northern...
The Northern Pacific Railway company was the first railroad to run through the northern tier of states, connecting Lake Superior to Puget Sound. Its contruction began with an estimated forty-seven to sixty million acres of land grants from the...
Collection of miscellaneous documents, both typewritten and handwritten, pertaining to the Hawthorne project and the results obtained from the study. Based on data collected from 1928-1940. Included are transcripts of speeches, summary documents...
Documents concerning research and planning regarding training supervisors in both technical skills and personnel skills. Included are ideas on logistics of the training as well as content.
Documents contain the correspondence between the President of Western Electric Employees Association, Inc., Mr. George DuVal, and the Vice President, W. F. Hosford, and the report on a conference to resolve a labor-management conflict over piece...
Documents explaining the interviewing process that was initially used for the Hawthorne Study and then documents administrative discussions as to how effective this process was and identified areas that could be revised to make it more effective...