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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
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
Samuel Austin Worcester papers, 1831-1868
Collection
Identifier: MC-1954-226
Scope and Contents
In this collection there is only one original item: the agreement of the “Old Settlers” Council to follow him, with certain stipulations, to set up his press at the forks of the Illinois. Instead Worcester located the press at Union Mission where there was a building available. After little more than a year’s time, it was moved to Park Hill.The remainder of the collection, dated from 1831 to 1868, consists of typescripts and Photostats of letters from his wife, Ann; his...
Dates:
1831 - 1868
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