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Creek Indians.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

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
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives

Anthony Wayne papers, 1791-1795

 Collection
Identifier: MC-1964-215
Scope and Contents

Two letters from Anthony Wayne relating to the Creek (Muskogee) and Delaware peoples and captives.

Dates: 1791 - 1795
Found in: Helmerich Center for American Research at Gilcrease Museum

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
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives

Creek Papers, 1782-1893

 Collection
Identifier: MC-1964-49
Scope and Contents These are miscellaneous, mostly important, papers relating to Creek tribal affairs. In 1782 Governor Martin held a conference at Savannah with the Tallahassee King and the Headmen and Warriors of the Upper and Lower Creek Nations. In addition to three documents concerning this conference, there are "talks" by John Crutchfield, who could not attend the original "talk," sent to the governor by George Walton, saying that the "Indians are illy used by a number of disorderly persons."...
Dates: 1782 - 1893
Found in: Helmerich Center for American Research at Gilcrease Museum
Mose Featherhead
Mose Featherhead

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
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives

Jackson Barnett Papers, 1937-1939

 Collection
Identifier: MC-1954-14
Scope and Contents

Jackson Barnett "the world's richest Indian" was a wealthy Creek Indian, concerning whose estate there was a great deal of litigation. These papers concern that litigation and the determination of his heirs. One page (typescript) is a short biography of Jackson Barnett.

Dates: 1937 - 1939
Found in: Helmerich Center for American Research at Gilcrease Museum

Knox-Willett Letters, 1790

 Collection
Identifier: MC-1954-117
Scope and Contents

Henry Knox, Secretary of War, and formerly a Revolutionary General, writes to Marinus Willett on July 3, 1790, about negotiations with the Creeks concerning treaties and agreements. Willett answers Knox on July 12. Alexander McGillivray, the noted Creek Chief, is mentioned in both letters. Knox warns Willett about a Captain or Colonel Howard sent by the Spaniards to watch Chief McGillivray.

Dates: 1790
Found in: Helmerich Center for American Research at Gilcrease Museum

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
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives

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
Found in: Helmerich Center for American Research at Gilcrease Museum

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
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives

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