Indians of North America.

Colony was founded in 1886 by John Homer Seger as a settlement for Arapaho after conflicts with white settlement on their lands. Seger had arrived in the region in 1872 to work at the Indian agency on the Cheyenne and Arapaho reservation. Seven years after founding Colony, he began an industrial training school which largely taught farming and agriculture to the Native American residents (who included Arapaho and Cheyenne but also members of other tribes).

A proclamation from the principal chief of the Cherokees naming November 25, 1886 as 'a day of thanksgiving and general praise.'

This note is informing Julia that the Surplus Land Committee has moved. The official name is cited as "Return Surplus Lands to Indians" National Committee, on which Grace Thorpe served as director.

Consists of correspondence, ledgers, photographs, much dealing with Herman Johnson Vann, and his immediate family and business.

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.

Research materials related to the history of Tulsa compiled for the purpose of writing a book on the topic sponsored by the Army Corps of Engineers in Tulsa. Items included are newspaper clippings, theses, pamphlets, newsletters, taped interviews and transcripts, and photographs. Some material related to Dr. Settle's dissertation on Jesse James and on dime novels. Dr. Settle was a faculty member of the history department at The University of Tulsa.