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...
Collector. Two account ledgers (1908-1920) from a Lawton, Oklahoma, business which sold goods primarily to Kiowa and Comanche Indians. The collection also contains a copy of the Comanche constitution (1936), and lists (1914-1915) of eligible...
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...
Indian chief. Correspondence (1890-1916) to and from McCurtain regarding Choctaw Nation railroads, administrative matters, politics, Choctaw Indian claims against the United States, and the issue of separate statehood for Indian Territory,...
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.
Military post. A letterbook (1869-1878) containing copies of letters sent; lists of names of captured Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians; data relating to their provisioning and outfitting; and reports on hostile bands kept by the commissary supply...
Army surgeon. Correspondence (1866-1868) to and from Reagle regarding personal matters as well as his assignment at Fort Arbuckle, Indian Territory, including some description of Indians with whom he had contact. The collection also contains...
Resolutions:</br></br>Account statements regarding Commissioners on the part of the Choctaw Nation and the Commissioner of Confederate States of America, 1861.</br></br>Resolution of instruction to the Choctaw delegation,...
Collector. Transcripts of interviews (ca. 1930-1958) with pioneers who took part in the 1893 land run into the Cherokee Strip. The interviews contain descriptions of the land run, hardships encountered, sod houses and dugouts, agriculture,...
1825--Address from the Choctaw Delegation of Indians. Relative to their condition in common with other tribes and praying that the same may be improved.
Historian. Typewritten manuscripts (1920-1938), including research notes, speeches and reports on the history and culture of Oklahoma's Indian tribes and their leaders, with an emphasis on the Choctaws.
A letter from J. George Wright, United States Indian Inspector for Indian Territory, to S.J. Homer, National Secretary, returning the act and stating the President's approval of the act creating a commission to negotiate an agreement with...
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...
A resolution to raise the sum of $5,000.00 to provide for the affairs of the Five Civilized Tribes and for other purposes. Passed and approved October 15, 1907.
A resolution asking that information be furnished the tribes respecting the collection of coal and asphalt royalties and the disbursement of the same for school purposes. Passed and approved October 15, 1907.
Bill No. 13. A resolution memorializing the commission for the Five Civilized Tribes to establish a branch of land office in the Choctaw Nation. Passed and approved December 13, 1902.
Be it resolved by the General Council of the Choctaw Nation that we most respectfully request the Hon. Secretary of the Interior to take charge of these lands when segregated and in cooperation with the Principal Chief lease them whenever possible...
Bill No. 22. An appeal to T. Roosevelt for the protection of the rights of the Five Civilized Tribes as given them by former treaties. Passed and approved November 1, 1904.
Bill No. 2. A memorial of the Choctaw Council requesting the government of the U.S. to purchase the undivided property of Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes. Passed and approved October 8, 1909.
Bill No. 1. An act providing for a commission to meet with U.S. Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes relative to closing the citizenship rolls. Passed and approved January 4, 1901.(two copies)