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Manuscript Collection: Joseph Henry Sharp
Collection
Identifier: MC.1954.195
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Letters between Sharp and Mr. and Mrs. W.J. Bryan of Tulsa Oklahoma, some about art, some with personal overtones.
Dates:
1930-1949
Manuscript Collection: Joseph Martin
Collection
Identifier: MC.1954.133
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Joseph Martin (1740-1808) was one of three commissioners appointed by the governor of Virginia to treat with the Southern Indians. In that same year North Carolina also engaged his services as agent among the Cherokees and Chickamaugas. In 1785, as commissioner of the National Government, he engaged in the negotiation of the Treaty of Hopewell. In this letter dated March 12, 1785, he writes to Alexander Martin, Governor of...
Dates:
1785
Manuscript Collection: Josiah Gregg
Collection
Identifier: MC.1954.79
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Often called "the Historian of the Santa Fe Trade," Josiah Gregg (1806-1850) was an early trader, and the author of Commerce of the Prairies, published in 1844: These papers consist of sixteen letters to his brother John concerning business and trade and also tell something of his work as a doctor. There are several "memorandum books." One notebook contains notes made while he was in medical school at Louisville, Kentucky. A...
Dates:
1827-1858
Manuscript Collection: Kiowa Papers
Collection
Identifier: MC.1970.116
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Reports of the Red Stone Church (Kiowa) near Anadarko, Oklahoma, are contained in this notebook of 154 pages. Included are the treasurer's reports both for Sunday School and Church, a list of members, the death date of some of them, and reports of services Sunday by Sunday. The book is marked "Property of Stumbling Bear Glen." While the accounts in the book run from 1921 to 1927, there are several loose pages of miscellaneous...
Dates:
1905-1927
Manuscript Collection: Knox Willett Letters
Collection
Identifier: MC.1954.117
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Henry Knox (1750-1806), Secretary of War, and formerly a Revolutionary General, writes to Marinus Willett on July 3, 1790, about negotiations with the Creeks concerning treaties and agreements. Willett answers Knox on July12. Alexander McGillivray, the noted Creek Chief, is mentioned in both letters. Knox warns Willett about a Captain or Colonel Howard sent by the Spaniards to watch Chief McGillivray. Colonel Willett...
Dates:
1790
Manuscript Collection: Ledger Records
Collection
Identifier: MC.1954.124
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: These ledger books contain mercantile records, doctor's accounts, and court records. The mercantile records reveal much about the way of life in the formative years of the country. The doctor's records give an interesting glimpse into the sort of service they performed. Note: See also "Fort Smith Trader's Book" for further information concerning this interesting ledger.
Dates:
1808-1903
Manuscript Collection: Leslie, Panton, and Company Papers
Collection
Identifier: MC.1954.165
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: William Panton (circa 1742-1801) was a merchant and trader in Little Tallassee, near Pensacola, New Florida. He was a partner in the firm, Panton, Leslie, and Company. He was a close friend of Alexander McGillivray (c.1759-1793), Chief of the Creeks in the latter part of the 18th century, who was also a Spanish agent to the Indians for he thought the Creeks were better off under the Spaniards than the English. McGillivray was...
Dates:
1741-1861
Manuscript Collection: Levi Gritts
Collection
Identifier: MC.1970.80
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: This collection includes a teacher's certificate authorizing Levi Gritts to teach in Cherokee Nation primary schools, Gritts letter of application to the university of Oklahoma President Joseph Brant for the position of teacher of the Cherokee Language and two letters of recommendation for Gritts. Also included is "Cherokee Hymns" published by Phoenix Publications in Chicago, examples of the Cherokee syllabary, "Will Rogers"...
Dates:
1902 - 1962
Manuscript Collection: Lilah Denton Lindsay
Collection
Identifier: MC.1964.129
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: An early day school teacher in Tulsa, Lilah Denton Lindsay (1860-1943) writes "Memories of Yesterday in my School Life in the Indian Territory Mission Field." Miss Lindsay's mother was a pupil of Reverend R. M. Loughridge at the Creek Mission School at Coweta. Lilah taught under him at the Wealaka Mission School in 1883, and taught day school in Okmulgee, 1884-85. Employed by the Home Mission Board of the Presbyterian Church,...
Dates:
1938
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