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Papers of the Robertson and Worcester families, 1815-1932
Collection
Identifier: 1931-001
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, Creek (Muskogee) tribal materials, scrapbooks, photos, memorabilia and printed matter, pertaining to Samuel Austein Worcester, missionary to the Cherokees, his daughter Anna Eliza Worcester Roberston, his granddaughter Alice Mary Robertson, her father William Schenck Roberson, other members of her family, the reverent Timothy Hill, Robert McGill Loughridge, John Lowrie, James C. Pilling, and Pleasant Porter. Concerns missions, indian education, printing...
Dates:
1815 - 1932
Cherokee Council Meeting Minutes, 1795
Collection
Identifier: 1000-189
Content Description
Minutes of a meeting of the " Council of the Chiefs of the whole Cherokee Nation" begun on May 20th, 1795, at Estanaula, in which the establishment of a trading post on the Tennessee River to serve the Cherokees, Chikasaws, Choctaws and Creeks was discussed, among other issues.In attendance were John McKee, agent to the Cherokees; Creeks including Attusamalan, Chinnippoe, and John O'Kelly; Cherokees including The Little Turkey, The Badger, John Watts, The Bloody Fellow, and...
Dates:
1795
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 It is presently a collection of historical documents, correspondence, photographs and ephemera relating to the governments, citizenship, and lands primarily of those tribes located in Oklahoma Indian Territory.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
Lilah Denton Lindsey archive, 1866-1944
Collection
Identifier: 1976-016
Scope and Contents
The papers are organized into 9 series:
Series 1: Autobiographical: consists of handwritten brief accounts of Lilah Lindsey's life and a carbon copy typescript of Lilah Lindsey's interview with Effie S. Jackson.Series 2: Correspondence: consists primarily of letters and postcards to Lilah Lindsey from friends, family, and civic group associates, as well as city, state, and federal government departments and offices. Notable among the correspondents are Anna Eliza Worcester...
Dates:
1866 - 1944
Waldo Emerson "Dode" McIntosh collection, 1944-1977
Collection
Identifier: 1977-006
Scope and Contents
Consists of material relating to the structure, function and procedures of various organizations including publications; press releases; reports; congressional acts, bills, resolutions; government agency information and statistics; memorandums; correspondence, etc. The collection presumably derives from Creek Nation Principal Chief McIntosh's involvement with organizations promoting Indian economic advancement.
Dates:
1944 - 1977
Western Creek Nations Grand Council Records Ledger, 1835-1837
Item
Identifier: 1000-188
Content Description
"Attached hereto are original minutes of 1832 [sic] of the Western Agency of Creeks (also referred to as Grand Council and Council)...These records are of probate variety; having to do with estates, appraisals, adjustment of debts; and are also a record of slaves bought and sold." Signed Thomas B. Donaldson, Feb. 14, 1942.Typescript letter from Thomas B. Donaldson describing provenance of records.
Photocopy of document reading "L.C. Perryman Hotalke marthalar. Okmulgee Oct. 27,...
Dates:
1835 - 1837