Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Reverend Thomas F. Richardville was ordained a Baptist minister in 1865. He became a Miami Chief in 1888 after having been an interpreter and secretary for his people. This collection consists of account books; letters concerning church affairs in southeastern Kansas and vicinity ; legal documents, some concerning land grants; various papers concerning the affairs of the Miami and Ottawa tribes; the Miami National Council Book...

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: These letters deal with various matters concerning the Creeks in Georgia, Alabama, and Florida. In August, 1836, Henry Stanton, Adjutant-General from Headquarters Army of the South, Tuskegee, signs an order of Major General Thomas S. Jesup (1788-1860) appointing Colonel John A. Campbell as Commissioner to treat with the chiefs of the Creeks and help them with their land claims. In another letter, Jesup requests more troops for...

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Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: May 8, 1905 Postcard with photos of Robinson Hotel, Public School, First Methodist Church, Cattle Scene, and the First National Bank. Also includes "Souvenir Aerial Edition of Tulsa World" and a 1957 booklet "Tulsa 1907-1957".

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Vinson Lackey was paid by Thomas Gilcrease in 1945 to document buildings with historical significance, especially relating to pre-statehood buildings, such as forts, schools and homes, and Indian Agencies. This extensive collection is made up of maps, photographs, magazine and newspaper articles, as well as correspondence and lines of inquiry about locations of old buildings. This is the research he used to paint the...

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Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: A certificate from Virginia City, Nevada Territory to Jas. S. Gillan, 2 checks issued by Wells Fargo, 2 coins on cards, and three letters regarding coin distribution and shipments of turkeys and butter.

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Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: A brief history of the Wichita Nation written by C. H. Pratt (n.d.) who is sometimes called the historian of the Wichita Nation, this document contains eleven legal size pages, typescript.

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Willard L. Metcalf (1858-1925) kept a record of an exploration trip to Oraibi in the Southwest where he had gone to illustrate some Frank H. Cushing articles for Century Magazine. He later became a landscape painter. The manuscript is entitled "Zuni Indian Trip" and is dated December 7, 1882, to February 1, 1883. A typed copy also done by Metcalf is with the original. Frank Cushing was an ethnologist connected with the...

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Correspondence between Stone and various people, such as Foreman, Gilcrease, martin Wiesendanger, and James T. Forrest, Director of Gilcrease Museum. Most letters are concerning his art, various carvings and types of mediums used, such as clay and wood varieties. Letters also deal with proposed or ongoing projects, or arranging meetings about art projects. There is also a collection of miscellaneous brochures and cards; some...

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Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Willie Baze Lane Pond (1896-1947) was the first teacher of the Kiowa Five Native American Artists: Spencer Asah, Jack Hokeah, Steven Mopope, and Monroe Tsatoke. She also taught James Auchiah, Carl Dietrich, June Jones, Ruby Pedrick, Lois Smoky, and Carl Sweezy. This collection includes letters about paintings, art exhibits and associations, as well as scrapbooks, sketchbooks, clipping and magazines.

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Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: A holograph document by William A. Bowles (1763-1805), this is a proclamation dated October 31, 1799, expelling all Spaniards and Americans from the independent "State of Muskogee" issued from Wakina, Florida. Bowles was the leader of three "filibustering expeditions" against the Spaniards in Florida. He was an adventurer who lived among the Creeks and sought to establish the independent State of Muskogee.