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Manuscript Collection: Carmina Manuscript

 Collection
Identifier: MC.1970.30
Collection Overview

Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: A manuscript written in medieval Latin dealing with the baptism of Indian children without parental consent.

Dates: 16th century

Manuscript Collection: Charles F. Ashley

 Collection
Identifier: MC.1964.8
Collection Overview

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.

Dates: 1877-1929

Manuscript Collection: Charles H. Lamb

 Collection
Identifier: MC.1970.120
Collection Overview

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.

Dates: 1907-1959

Manuscript Collection: Charles Joseph Latrobe

 Collection
Identifier: MC.1954.122
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...
Dates: 1832-1833

Manuscript Collection: Charles M. Russell Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC.1970.187
Collection Overview

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

Dates: 1902-1977

Manuscript Collection: Cherokee Claims Record

 Collection
Identifier: MC.1970.37
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...
Dates: 1842

Manuscript Collection: Cherokee Nation Diaries

 Collection
Identifier: MC.1970.38
Collection Overview

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.

Dates: 1857-1887

Manuscript Collection: Cheyenne Indians

 Collection
Identifier: MC.1970.40

Manuscript Collection: Chickasaw Ledger Books

 Collection
Identifier: MC.1964.41
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....
Dates: 1791-1905

Manuscript Collection: Christian Schussele

 Collection
Identifier: MC.1954.191
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...
Dates: 1853-1860

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