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Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Charles F. Ashley was an Indian Agent at the Colorado River Reservation and the Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency in the late 19th century. There are letters, correspondence, financial documents, and two ledgers that contain information about his work as an Indian Agent. Additionally, this collection contains personal letters regarding his personal finances, military service pensions, and estate.

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Charles Lamb was the Secretary of the Clinton, Oklahoma Chamber of Commerce. Many of the items are related to his personal real estate deals. He bought and sold lots in Clinton. Some papers concern various lawsuits that he was a party to. There are tax and other receipts as well as newspaper clippings, newspaper ads, and a few photographs.

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Charles Joseph Latrobe (1801-1875) was a naturalist and traveler. This is his diary of a trip in Indian country in 1832-1833 partly in the company of Washington Irving and Henry Ellsworth. This diary was later expanded into the volumes of Rambler in North America, published in 1836 by Seeley and Burnside in London and Harper Brothers, New York. Ellsworth was U.S. Commissioner sent out West by President Jackson to "study the...

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Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: A collection of illustrated letters, watercolors, pen and ink drawings, and poems, mostly related to the artists work. See also: Photography files

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Bound volume containing the text of 374 claims filed under the 1835 Treaty of New Echota. In addition to the claims are supporting affidavits and evidence. The claims were filed before Jesse Bushyhead, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Cherokee Nation; Evan Jones, Clerk; David M. Foreman, Solicitor or Clerk for the Going Snake District. (The Going Snake district was east of Tahlequah, near Westville. On page 122 and...

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Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Four diaries probably belonging to Isaac Brown. They are dated 1857, 1872, 1882, and 1887. The diaries entries relate to family life, and life as a farmer and a school teacher. Interesting note: Isaac Brown helped bury the widow of General Stand Waite.

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: There are two Chickasaw ledger books. Some items are receipts for funds paid, and disbursements of treaty monies. There are several letters between A. Harlan, on behalf of the $24,303.00 estate of a Chickasaw member Up-Pa-La and various Indian Affairs agents, especially N.G. Taylor, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. There is also an Act of Legislative Council of the Chickasaw granting rights to J. Wes Parker, W.M. Guy, C.D....

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Christian Schussele (1826?-1879) was born in Guebviller, Haut Rhin, Alsace, while that province was French. Schussele is the artist who painted the courtroom scene of Andrew Jackson being tried before Judge Hall in New Orleans, and most of these papers are letters concerning this undertaking. This painting is a part of the Gilcrease collection. C. J. Hedenberg is the correspondent who gathered the information that enabled...

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: These records are divided between Confederate Paper an Union Papers. Confederate papers include items regarding the release of Tyre L. Harris, and underage conscriptee, 9 tax receipts from Charles Powell, 15 Registered Bonds of the Confederate States of America, the signature papers of a Treaty between the Confederate States and the Chickasaw and Choctaw Nation, and a newspaper article, dated June 9, 1864 regarding the Sloop...