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Galen Gritts collection of Cherokee Nation-related correspondence, 1919-1922
Collection
Identifier: 2014-034
Scope and Contents
Over 80 documents relating to the Cherokee Nation, including letters and telegrams between agents of the Eastern Immigrant & Western Cherokee Association, a lobbyist in DC and other parties. Also included are a newspaper clippings and US Congressional House Bills.
Dates:
1919 - 1922
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
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
Manuscript notebook 1813-1845, 1813-1836 (bulk)
Collection
Identifier: E97-R63 1813
Content Description
Manuscript notebook in Hebrew and English. Content consists largely of an elementary grammar and dictionary of Biblical Hebrew, including Hebrew words for entries suggesting Cherokee culture (such as quiver, bow, buffalo, and red blood man.) An assortment of notes laid-in, mostly for use in catechism but also including receipts for books, an iron stove, groceries and various household articles dated from 1828-1845.Records a wedding celebrated by Roberts in Valley Towns on August...
Dates:
1813 - 1845; Majority of material found within 1813 - 1836