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Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: A notebook listing disbursements, some of which are to Indians. Henry's name is entered under the first item.

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: In a typewritten account, Mrs. John Schoenborn relates some biographical information concerning Narcissa Owen, mother of Robert L. Owen (1856-1947), U.S. Senator from Oklahoma 1907-1925. Brief notes about John and Rebecca Swain are also in this file, but the dates given for Rebecca Swain are obviously in error. There is a brief letter written by Senator Owen to F. C. Adair encouraging him to "form a good club" (Democratic). A...

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Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: According to a brief notation, this small note­book contains several pages of medical formulas all written in Cherokee by Rufus Cochran (c.1844-1926). Cochran lived at Stilwell, Oklahoma. He was appointed postmaster at Cochran in the Cherokee Nation in 1896, but the order establishing this post office was rescinded January 23, 1897, and it is doubtful that the office was ever actually in operation.

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Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: A manuscript diary of a tour through the western and southern parts of the United States by Rush Nutt, describing his journey which began in Virginia in 1805. Containing approximately 100 pages, notebook size, it is bound in sections, some of which are missing.

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: This item is a small notebook apparently in the hand of Marcus Claudius Marcellus (?) Hammond describing a buffalo hunt which started at Fort Gibson, June 21, 1841. Four men with their servants took part in the hunt. There are approximately eighty pages devoted to the description of the hunt and their experiences at various camps. Toward the end of the narrative he has a short list of Indian words with the English translation,...

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Samuel Austin Worcester (1798-1859) was a missionary to the Cherokees in Georgia and in Indian Territory. His great contribution was his translation of various works into Cherokee, securing the type of the Sequoyah Syllabary, and the many publications from his press for the Cherokees, Choctaws, and Creeks. In this collection, there is only one original item: the agreement of the "Old Settlers" Council to allow him, with...

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Samuel Bell Maxey (1825-1895) was a Confederate general in charge of troops in Indian Territory and later became a senator from Texas. There are 200 letters, more of which are personal than official, and documents and maps (1861-65). There are only two letters after 1865 and they are dated 1881-82, one to the Secretary of the Interior and one to Jackson McCurtain, Choctaw Chief; both pertain to railroad charters in the Choctaw...

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Invitation to presidential Inauguration of President Woodrow Wilson, and the Program of the Inauguration Ceremonies for President Woodrow Wilson. Invitations from Vice President and Mrs. Marshall for Senator and Mrs. John F. Nugent to attend an event at the Library of Congress and one from Mrs. Garner to Mrs. Nugent to attend a luncheon for Mrs. Roosevelt. Sympathy Card and envelope from Vice President and Mrs. Thomas R....

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Very little manuscript material remains concerning Sequoyah, also known as George Guess, (circa 1760-1843). These items consist of clippings from newspapers, excerpts from periodicals, photostats, and some material written in the syllabary, part of which has been translated into English by Levi Gritts. One photostatic letter signed by John Ross and John Drew attests that Sally Guess is the "only surviving widow of George...