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Manuscript Collection: Arkansas River Resolutions
Collection
Identifier: MC.1944.5
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: A letter from Chas. A. Looney, House of Representatives, to Grant Foreman in Muskogee, Oklahoma,concerning a trip the members of the Inland Waterways Commission will be taking. Next is a letter from R.D. Sangster, Secretary, Muskogee Commercial Club, to W.M. Kavanaugh, President of the Little Rock Packet Company,which enclosesa copy of resolution adopted by the club on April 9,1909. Third is a letter from Sangster to Grant...
Dates:
1909
Manuscript Collection: A.T. Lea
Collection
Identifier: MC.1954.123
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: A. T. Lea (n. d.), Special Agent for the Sioux tribes, was appointed to take a census of the Indians, July 24, 1889. Among these papers is Lea's report of his census; and there are two accounts, one official report and one a personal letter, of finding a small Indian girl on the battle field after the Wounded Knee Battle. The letter is to General L. W. Colby and his reply is also included. There is a typed report of the killing...
Dates:
1889-1892
Manuscript Collection: Auguste Pierre (A.P.) Chouteau
Collection
Identifier: MC.1970.44
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Photocopy of letter to Lewis Cass (?) concerning members of Stokes commission, being critical of Ellsworth and Schermerhorn. Also, reports loss of merchandise in rise of Verdigris River. A.P. Chouteau (1786 - 1838) was a prominent Fur trader, and liaison, especially with the Osage, in the Three Forks area of Oklahoma. Source: www. okhistory.org- Oklahoma Historical Society.
Dates:
July 16, 1833
Manuscript Collection: Benjamin Hawkins
Collection
Identifier: MC.1954.88
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: These letters all concern Creek affairs, some are addressed to governors of Georgia and Tennessee. Others are to and from a Colonel Henly, Henry Dearborn, and one to "Mr. Madison," and from its contents one would assume it is James Madison, Secretary of State, written in 1801. Benjamin Hawkins (1754 - 1816) was one of the first two U.S. Senators from North Carolina. In 1797 he was appointed agent to all the Indians south of the...
Dates:
1785-1812
Manuscript Collection: Biloxi Vocabulary
Collection
Identifier: MC.1964.19
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: A ledger-type book containing an "Essay on the Language of the Indians of Lower Louisiana," (64 pages) which contains vocabulary lists, a pronunciation key, and a brief description of the Indians' life style. There is also a vocabulary of the Biloxi Language in the same book which is entirely handwritten and anonymous.
Dates:
1862
Manuscript Collection: Black Beaver
Collection
Identifier: MC.1954.20
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Black Beaver was born at Belleville, Illinois, in 1806 and died at Anadarko, Oklahoma, in 1880. He was an interpreter at the earliest conference with the Comanche, Kiowa, and Washita tribes held by Colonel Dodge on the Red River in 1834. One of the most noted latter-day Delawares, he was guide and scout for Captain John C. Fremont on a trip to the Pacific Coast. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he had settled on a fine ranch in...
Dates:
August 19, 1877
Manuscript Collection: Brinton Darlington
Collection
Identifier: MC.1964.56
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: This is the letterbook of Brinton Darlington (1804-1872), agent for the Cheyenne-Arapaho tribes and contains copies of letters sent out from the agency. They are all on official business (118 pp.), mostly signed by Darlington, but some of the later ones were signed by Jonathan D. Miles, acting agent.
Dates:
1871-1872
Manuscript Collection: Captain Roy Gilbet
Collection
Identifier: MC.1970.75
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: A fragment of an account of a voyage to the country of the Iroquois made by Captain Roy Gilbet. The twenty-six-page manuscript is written in French and includes three original illustrations.
Dates:
1654
Manuscript Collection: Carl Wimar
Collection
Identifier: MC.1954.224
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: These eight original letters were written in German by Carl Wimar (1828-1862) to an unknown correspondent. They were from St. Louis, Sioux City, and Quincy, Illinois. Wimar was an artist of the Western scene, especially the American Indian.
Dates:
1857-1859
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