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Manuscript Collection: James Orr

 Collection
Identifier: MC.1964.161
Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: James and Minerva Washburn Orr were missionaries to the Cherokees, stationed at Dwight Mission. Four of these letters were written when Dwight was located in Arkansas Territory, the others from the later location of the mission in Indian Territory. The letters refer to life at Dwight, but mostly are concerned with family and health problems. They are written by the Washburn sisters, Lavinia and Lydia, other members of the...
Dates: 1822-1960

Manuscript Collection: Jean Louis Berlandier

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Identifier: MC.1954.17
Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Jean Louis Berlandier ( - 1851) was a member of the Northern Mexico Frontier Commission (1827), surveyor and scientific observer. As a result of his travels in connection with this work for the commission during the next three years, Berlandier wrote a number of journals and reports. Important manuscripts, they are entirely holograph and signed Berlandier on the title page of Volume I of the three volume set bound in...
Dates: 1827-1830

Manuscript Collection: J.L. Hoffman

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Identifier: MC.1970.97
Collection Overview

Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Railroad materials

Dates: early 20th century

Manuscript Collection: Joe Wiedeman

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Identifier: MC.1964.221
Collection Overview

Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Joe Wiedeman (n.d.) of Caldwell, Kansas, was a member of the "Old Time Cherokee Strip Cow Punchers Association." To be eligible as a member of this association, it was necessary to have worked as a cow puncher prior to 1893. Included in the papers is Wiedeman's membership card, a roster of the association of 1937, and an "Anti-Horse Thief Association" certificate.

Dates: 1901-1946

Manuscript Collection: John Charles Casey

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Identifier: MC.1964.34
Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: John Charles Casey (1807-1856) was graduated from West Point in 1829 and later became a captain in the United States Army. He was a Special Agent to the Seminoles at the Agency on the Banks of the Caloosa-Halibee, and a good friend of the Seminole Chief, Ho-lah-ta (Billy Bowlegs). The collection consists of letters, both official and personal giving information on the removal of the Indians, the delegations from Arkansas, and...
Dates: 1825-1859

Manuscript Collection: John Drew

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Identifier: MC.1954.58
Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: A miscellaneous collection reflecting a long and busy life of John Drew (c. 1800-1865), a leading Cherokee, both at the time of removal and later as a representative of the tribe in Washington. Drew served as a Confederate soldier and officer; he was also a banker, a lawyer of sorts, and a storekeeper. Much of the collection consists of business papers of all sorts, many reflecting various aspects of the traffic in slaves, and...
Dates: 1812-1916

Manuscript Collection: John Edwards

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Identifier: MC.1954.61
Collection Overview

Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: John Edwards (1828 - after 1895), missionary to the Choctaw Indians at Spencer and 'Wheelock Missions, wrote the story of his "Escape from the South in 1861" (34 pp). His "escape" was made when the missions had to close at the outbreak of the Civil War.

Dates: 1861

Manuscript Collection: John F. Brown

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Identifier: MC.1954.25
Collection Overview

Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: These papers contain Brown's appointment by H. C. Linn, a Director of the St. Louis, Oklahoma, and Southern Railroad, to act on behalf of Linn in matters connected with the Railroad. John F. Brown (1843-1919) was Chief of the Seminole Nation from 1877 to 1907, except for the term of 1902-04. A certificate of election and oath of office (1905) are also included.

Dates: 1897-1905

Manuscript Collection: John Howard Payne (Grant Foreman Collection)

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Identifier: MC.1954.169
Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: John Howard Payne (1791-1852) visited the Cherokee country in the 1830's, and two of these letters are introductions to John Ross, the Cherokee Chief. There is an exchange of seven letters between them, mostly personal. Some letters and photostats concern the arrest of Ross and Payne. One letter from John Ridge offers his regrets that Payne cannot visit his house and mentions sending him various Cherokee papers. Payne was...
Dates: 1832-1945

Manuscript Collection: John Lowery Brown

 Collection
Identifier: MC.1954.26
Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Journal of John Lowery Brown (1779-1852), a Cherokee. He and a party of fellow tribesmen left Grand Saline (near Salina, Oklahoma) on April 20, 1850, for the gold fields of California. After suffering many hardships, the party arrived late in September. The last entry is November 10, 1850. This journal is in English. A transcript with notes is printed in Vol. XII of the Chronicles of Oklahoma (Oklahoma Historical Society,...
Dates: 1850

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