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0. Manuscripts

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Found in 226 Collections and/or Records:

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...
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...
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...
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

Manuscript Collection: Carmina Manuscript

 Collection
Identifier: MC.1970.30
Collection Overview

Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: A manuscript written in medieval Latin dealing with the baptism of Indian children without parental consent.

Dates: 16th century