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Dr. James Greene Walker Collection, 1861-1881
This collection is composed of 5 diaries. The first one, written 1861-1863 is a transcript “by A. G. Sexton of New York from Graham Shorthand, old style.” The other diaries, 1875, 1876, 1878, and 1880-1881, are in small notebooks written with indelible pencil. Walker was transferred to Texas in 1867, and those are written from Prairie Lea, Texas. They are records of the weather, sermons preached, and the daily life of a minister on the circuit.
Dr. William Fyffe Letters, 1752-1773
Eatonton Gold Mining Co. Papers
These papers consist of three reports concerning the business. One includes a resolution passed dealing with the company shares. One report says "business dull."
Probably this is one of the gold mining companies whose trespass on Indian lands in Georgia was one cause of the removal of the tribes to the West.
Edith M. Thompson Manuscript, Undated
Edmund J. Garner Papers, early 1900s.
These documents include manuscripts on the Wheelock Church; Alfred Wright, missionary to the Choctaws; the Folsom families; Allen Wright; Pushmataha; the Removal; and Choctaw legends and customs. Mr. Gardner's father traveled the Trail of Tears with the Rev. Alfred Wright.
Elbert Hartwell English Letter, 1875
A letter from Little Rock, Arkansas, September, 1875, written by E. H. English to Hon. I. T. Adair of the Cherokee Nation, tells of the reconstruction problems. He mentions troubles with carpet-baggers, but goes on to say "... after ten years of oppression, our people overthrew them, and put me back in my old place. They left the State as poor as Job's turkey, but I think it will rise rapidly again."
Emil William Lenders Papers, Undated
The papers consist of three books containing color sketches of American Indians and their artifacts, including cattle brands, with notes; a catalog of Lender's collection of books; a col lection of stories and anecdotes (4 pp.), some by Buffalo Bill; a copy of a talk on radio station WKY about Oklahoma (4 pp.); and a collection of notes on Indians and cowboys.
Ethan Allen Hitchcock Papers, 1819-1868
Fort Smith Federal Court Papers, 1871-1902
These items are mostly letters or completed forms from the Solicitor of the U. S. Treasury, Department of Justice (U.S.), U.S. Patent Office, U.S. Treasury Department, U. S. Court for the Indian Territory (1880), and various attorneys. For the most part, they are addressed to the Clerk of the Court, Stephen Wheeler, and concern cases before the court of interest to the various writers.
Fort Smith Trader's Book, approximately 1820
This is an old and fragile trader's account book with the first pages missing. The trader was evidently located in Fort Smith, Arkansas Territory, perhaps in 1820. It might be a ledger kept by Hugh Glenn, although this is not definite. The chief interest in this item is its witness to the supplies bought and used in the territory at this period in history.