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Cherokee Indians -- Medicine.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 55 Collections and/or Records:

Frank Duck Formula Book, 1936

 Item — Box 6: [Barcode: A000023243293], Folder: 2
Identifier: 1975.006.5.Cherokee.499
Scope and Contents

Pocket notebook without cover(), attributed to Frank Duck. Includes records, medicine, and conjuring formulas written in Cherokee.

Dates: 1936

George Bolin Formula Book, 1891

 Item — Box 5: [Barcode: A000023243286], Folder: 5
Identifier: 1975.006.5.Cherokee.480
Scope and Contents

Memorandum notebook without cover attributed to George Bolin. Includes records, medicine, and conjuring formulas written in Cherokee.

Dates: 1891

George Bolin Formula Pages, Undated

 Item — Box 6: [Barcode: A000023243293], Folder: 3
Identifier: 1975.006.5.Cherokee.506
Scope and Contents

3 loose sheets excised from a pocket notebook, found in the possession of George Bolin. Includes records, medicine, and conjuring formulas written in Cherokee.

Dates: Undated

H.M. Hutchinson Advertisement, 1912

 Item — Box 6: [Barcode: A000023243293], Folder: 3
Identifier: 1975.006.5.Cherokee.511
Scope and Contents

Text written on verso of a H.M. Hutchinson advertisement includes 2 medicine formulas written in pencil.

Dates: 1912

Hytone Writing Pad, 1915

 Item — Box 6: [Barcode: A000023243293], Folder: 1
Identifier: 1975.006.5.Cherokee.493
Scope and Contents

Hytone writing pad, unknown author. Includes records, medicine, and conjuring formulas written in Cherokee.

Dates: 1915

Jackson Standingdeer Formula Book, 1896 - 1921, bulk: 1908 - 1909

 Item — Box 6: [Barcode: A000023243293], Folder: 1
Identifier: 1975.006.5.Cherokee.492
Scope and Contents

Pocket notebook. Includes records, medicine, and conjuring formulas written in Cherokee; with some names and notations in English. Note on verso of back cover states: "this Book is for Jackson Standingdeer."

Dates: 1896 - 1921; Majority of material found within 1908 - 1909

John Smith Formulas, Undated

 Item — Box 6: [Barcode: A000023243293], Folder: 3
Identifier: 1975.006.5.Cherokee.504
Scope and Contents

5 loose writing pad sheets, attributed to John Smith (son of Redbird Smith). Includes records, medicine, and conjuring formulas written in Cherokee.

Dates: Undated

Matinee Girl Writing Pad, 1908 - 1909

 Item — Box 6: [Barcode: A000023243293], Folder: 3
Identifier: 1975.006.5.Cherokee.509
Scope and Contents

Matinee Girl writing pad, unknown author iudes records and medicine formulas written in Cherokee.

Dates: 1908 - 1909

Medicine Formulas in Cherokee, approximately 1918

 Item
Identifier: E99.C5-U94-1940z
Content Description

Cherokee medicine formulary attributed to Uwedasat, also known as John Campbell, a highly regarded Oklahoma medicine man. Dick Still is written in the back.

Dates: approximately 1918

Nannie Batt Formula Book, 1914

 Item — Box 6: [Barcode: A000023243293], Folder: 1
Identifier: 1975.006.5.Cherokee.494
Scope and Contents

Bliss Native Herbs pocket notepad (), attributed to Nannie Batt. Includes records, medicine, and conjuring formulas. One page in English, the remaining in Cherokee.

Dates: 1914