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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
Identifier: MC.1949.178
Collection Overview
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...
Dates:
1865-1866
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
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
Cyrus Byington Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MC.1954.28
Guidebook to Manuscripts
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Cyrus Byington (1793-1866), Presbyterian minister and missionary to the Choctaws under the American Board of Foreign Missions, was educated at Andover Theological School. He married Sophia Nye of Marietta, Ohio, 1827. Over 300 letters, mostly concerned with family matters, contain news of weather, missions, and missionaries. In addition to the originals, there are transcripts made by Grant Foreman. These documents include a...
Dates:
1819-1932
Dan Adams Collection
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MC.1954.2
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: One circular letter and one handwritten note regarding the search for Lieutenant Dan Adams during the War of 1812. Adams, who was in charge of a volunteer company of Grenadiers, went missing and it is suspected that Native Americans were holding him captive. Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: During the War of 1812, Lieutenant Dan Adams, of a volunteer company of Grenadiers, was lost. This is a...
Dates:
1824-1827
Eddie Faye Gates Tulsa Race Massacre Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MC.2020.001
Abstract
Collection consists of various materials collected by Eddie Faye Gates (February 5, 1934 - December 9, 2021) documenting her life and career as an educator, historian, author, and community activist, including photographs, recorded audiovisual oral histories, and manuscripts related to the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and the history of Oklahoma, especially North Tulsa. Scope and Contents The Eddie Faye Gates Tulsa Race Massacre Collection...
Dates:
1900 - 2021
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