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Indians of North America historical manuscripts and documents, 1724-1981
Collection
Identifier: 1975-006
Scope and Contents
This artificial collection was brought together initially as the the old American Indian Law and History Collection from miscellaneous acquisitions that had accrued over twenty years of collecting. Later the collection's scope was broadened somewhat and the title was changed. It is presently a collection of historical documents, correspondence, photographs and ephemera relating to the governments, citizenship, and lands primarily of those tribes located in Oklahoma Indian Territory. The...
Dates:
1724 - 1981
J. B. (Jesse Bartley) Milam papers, 1925-1950
Collection
Identifier: 1989-002
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and personal papers consisting of correspondence between Milam and various individuals, and national and local organizations and institutions, as well as the U.S. Interior Department Bureau of Indian Affairs and various members of Congress. Although some of the material dates from as early as 1906, the preponderance of the correspondence relates to Milam’s activities and responsibilities as Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation from 1941-1949. Included in this series are...
Dates:
1925 - 1950
James Joyce correspondence, 1920-1940
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 1000-012
Scope and Contents
This is an artificial collection, pulling together portions of several acquisitions together. There are 16 pieces of correspondence including of handwritten letters, postcards and calling cards from James Joyce to a variety of people, including Leon Paul Fargue, Mrs. Richard Hughes, Mlle Raymonde Linossier, Armand Petitjean, Sean O'Faolain, Charles Ogden, and Niall Sheridan.The materials in this collection are originals. There are photocopies of many other items of...
Dates:
1920 - 1940
Jean Rhys archive
Collection
Identifier: 1976-011
Scope and Contents
Manuscripts relating to colonial writer and author of Wide Sargasso Sea: drafts of stories, letters to, from and about her; sound recordings; reviews of her books; interviews with and articles about her.Jean Rhys (1890-1979) had two intensely creative periods in her career as novelist and story writer; the first from about 1920 to 1935 and the second from about 1950 until her death in 1979. Apart from her published work, few records of the earlier period are known to survive....
Dates:
1920 - 1991; Majority of material found within 1949 - 1979
Jim Steiner-Tony Isaacs collection of sound recordings of Ponca and other Indian songs, 1961-1965
Collection
Identifier: 1974-001
Scope and Contents
Sound recordings of Ponca and other Native American songs collected by Tony Isaacs and Jim Steiner while making a documentary film about the Poncas. Includes recordings of peyote and other religious ceremonies. All of the recordings are on seven-inch tape reels, recorded monaural at 7 1/2 inches per second, on one or both sides. Nine of the reels record a June 1965 Grey Horse ceremony; six reels are of a Pawhuska meeting later the same month; six reels record Memorial Day dances in May of...
Dates:
1961 - 1965
John E. Barry collection of legal documents, 1365-1778
Collection
Identifier: 2007-006
Scope and Contents
21 handwritten legal documents, primarily land indentures dealing with the Talbot family (Earls of Shrewsbury), collected by John E. Barry. Barry was a Tulsa attorney and civic leader; a former Arts and Humanities Council of Tulsa president; a trustee of the Philbrook Museum of Art; a trustee of the John Steele Zinke Foundation; served on the boards of directors of the Tulsa Performing Arts Center Trust, Midwest Art Alliance, Tulsa Ballet, and the Nimrod International Journal. ...
Dates:
1365 - 1778
John Fowles papers, approximately 1960s-1970s
Collection
Identifier: 1977-005
Scope and Contents
Consists of 33 autograph, typescript and carbon copy typescript letters and one typescript postcard primarily between John Fowles, Herbert van Thal, and Gillon Aitken, and date from 1963-1978. Also included among the papers are the typescript and carbon copy typescript drafts of The French Lieutenant's Woman; gallery posters, black/white and color stills, and press release kits for the film adaptations of The Collector, The French Lieutenant's Woman, and The Magus; 35mm film trailer from the...
Dates:
circa 1960s-1970s
John Ross Collection, 1814-1897
Collection
Identifier: MS-1954-185
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, proclamations as chief of the Cherokee Tribe, legal papers, records, accounts, list of names and rations allocated during Removal from Tennessee to Indian Territory, official and other papers of the Council (Cherokee), petitions and protests to Congress, and papers relating to the East and West Cherokee controversy and the Civil War.Includes the Muster Roll of Capt. John Benge's Detachment of Emigrating Cherokees. Another documents records the expenditures of one...
Dates:
1814 - 1897
John W. Shleppey collection, Undated
Collection
Identifier: 1975-002
Scope and Contents
Because of the large amount of material, this collection has been divided into specific series: library; Outdoor Advertising Company archive; collection of the history of Native American peoples; John W. Shleppey artifacts; family papers; and miscellaneous collections
Dates:
Undated
Ken Kirkpatrick-Edmund Wilson Annotation Project
Collection
Identifier: 1000-093
Content Description
Annotated cards describing materials in the Edmund Wilson library.
Dates:
1988; Publication: 1568 - 1988