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A.C. Bacone Papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MC.1964.11
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: A fragment of a letter written to a John H. Dick is under the letterhead of the Indian Educational Commission, Indian Territory. Within the letterhead is a picture of the Indian University which was chartered and named by A.C. Bacone. In 1910 it became Bacone College named in honor of the founder and is located at Muskogee, Oklahoma. Also included is a program dated June 1, 1883, for the third annual commencement of the Indian...
Dates:
1883-1895
Alexander Posey Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MC.1949.178
Guidebook to Manuscripts
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Alexander Posey (1873-1908) was an educator, journalist and poet, politician, and editor of the Indian Journal, published at Eufala, Indian Territory. His mother was a Creek. He was employed as a clerk by the Dawes Commission and was secretary of the Sequoyah Constitutional Convention at Muskogee in 1905. The papers consist of poems in his own hand, manuscripts, legal documents, a scrap book, a journal kept while he was...
Dates:
1888 - 1907
Algonquin Manuscript
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MC.1954.3
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Written in French, this is an account of a trip to the Algonquin Indian country in Canada (New France) depicting the life of the Indians. It is a bound document entitled "Relation du Voyage Faict en l'annee 1645 au Nom du Roy au Pays des Algoumequins Dans la Nouvelle France ou Canada, et de la maniere de vivre des sauvages" (Narrative of the Voyage in year 1645 in name of to country of Algonquins in the New France or Canada,...
Dates:
1645
Carlota-Maximilian Papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MC.1954.29
Collection Overview
The Carlota-Maximilian Papers are a collection of six (6) documents, comprised of four (4) letters, a diploma, and an ordinance, created between Novemeber 1865 and September 1866.
The four (4) letters are addressed to Don Domingo Bureau. Three (3) of the letters were written by Empress Carlota (Charlotte) during Bureau’s tenure as the Prefect of Veracruz. Emperor Maximilian wrote one (1) letter, which appoints Bureau as the Deputy of the Yucatan Peninsula territory.
The remaining two...
Dates:
1865-1866
Charles Joseph Latrobe Papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MC.1954.122
Collection Overview
The Charles Joseph Latrobe Papers consists of nine memorandums. These memorandums are Latrobe’s diary entries spanning from 1832-1834 during his travels west. Some of the places Latrobe highlights in his memorandums include New York, Delaware, Connecticut, Ohio, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, and Louisiana. His handwriting becomes difficult to read as the entries continue throughout the journey due to small handwriting and fading ink. These memorandums were later expanded into the volumes of...
Dates:
1832-1834
Cherokee Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MC.1954.39
Collection Overview
The Cherokee Papers consist of a collection of materials such as personal letters and legal documents ranging from before, during, and after removal, including various correspondences from Colonel Return J. Meigs, Senator James Harlan, President Ulysses S. Grant, Colonel Stand Watie, and others. There are several documents pertaining to Cherokee land rights and negotiations, including the Old Settlers’ group with the Old Settlers' Council Proceedings (1838-1865) and a list of 119 Old...
Dates:
1799-1950
Chickasaw Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MC.1970.42
Guidebook to Manuscripts
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: This collection contains various papers pertaining to business affairs among the Chickasaws. There is correspondence with such people as Charles E. Mix and N. G. Taylor, Commissioners of Indian Affairs, and General Samuel G. Smoot, Special Agent of the Department of the Interior. One letter is addressed to "Hon. Cox," Secretary of the Interior. Included is a photostatic copy of the constitution and laws of the Chickasaw...
Dates:
1791-1899
Choctaw Papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MC.1964.43
Guidebook to Manuscripts
From "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: These are various papers regarding money due the Indians from sale of lands under the terms of the Dancing Rabbit Creek Treaty. The "land warrants" are signed by the Indians with their marks. Some documents relating to George Durant as Commissioner of the Court of Claims and papers regarding this office, mostly in the 1870's, and an Act to improve the procedure of the Probate Court signed by Allen Wright are also included in the collection. There is one...
Dates:
1846-1903
Civil War Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MC.1970.45
Collection Overview
The Civil War Papers consists of artifacts from both the Union and Confederacy. Letters, bonds, petitions, reports, tax receipts, a newspaper reproduction, Confederate money, member ribbons, and a handwritten and typewritten manuscript of The Little Recruit by Sydney L. Daily are all included in this collection. Some of the names of individuals with subcollections within the Civil War Papers includes Sydney L. Daily, J.W. Strong, Timothy Warren, and James C. Watson. ...
Dates:
1862-1904
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