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Supreme Court

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Art & Architecture Thesaurus\AGENTS FACET\Organizations\organizations\administrative bodies\judicial administrative bodies\courts (judicial bodies)\

Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from William Wirt to Chief John Ross, July 18, 1831

 Item — Folder 60: [Barcode: 187.60]
Identifier: 4026.91-.3
Description

Letter from William Wirt to Chief John Ross giving analysis of Supreme Court position. (Resembles Moulton Vol. I, pp. 221-222). Two folded sheets of paper with handwritten text in ink on eight pages. Folder 60

Dates: July 18, 1831
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

Manuscript Collection: George W. Fields

 Collection
Identifier: MC.1964.66
Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: George W. Fields (n. d.) was an attorney for the Texas Cherokees. Three documents relate to the contract for Field's services and one is the account of the Proceedings of the General council of Texas Cherokees and Associated Bands empowering him to act in the matter of the claim against the State of Texas.. One typed, bound manuscript, dated 1920, is entitled "The Texas Cherokees, 1820-1839" and has ninety-two pages. There is...
Dates: 1920-1925
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / Manuscript Collection: George W. Fields

Opinion of Chief Justice Marshall in Worcester vs. the State of Georgia case, 1832

 Item — Folder 6: [Barcode: 228.6]
Identifier: 3426.2410
Description

Folder 6

Dates: 1832
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.226, Manuscript Collection: Samuel Austin Worcester

Opinion of William Wirt on the Claims for Improvements by the State of Georgia on the Cherokee Nation, circa 1830

 Item — Folder 49A: [Barcode: 187.49A]
Identifier: 4026.510-.17
Description

Opinion of William Wirt on the claims for improvements by the State of Georgia on the Cherokee Nation under the Treaties of 1817 and 1828. (Moulton Vol. I, p. 196). Eight folded papers and two sheets of paper. Folder 49A

Dates: circa 1830
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

Page 5 and 6 of letter from William Wirt to William H. Underwood, Esquire, 1797 - 1897

 Item — Folder 57A: [Barcode: 187.57A]
Identifier: 4026.1979
Description

Pages 5 and 6 of letter from William Wirt to Willian H. Underwood, Esquire suggesting that while the Supreme Court had decided Cherokee Nation was not a foreign state, it might hold Georgia laws unconstitutional. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two pages. Folder 57A

Dates: 1797 - 1897
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

Petition to John J. Floyd from Thomas Jones, June 13, 1863

 Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 47.Unknown]
Identifier: 4026.1531
Description

This is a petition to John J. Floyd (Judge, Georgia Supreme Court) from Thomas Jones on behalf of Sarah Harris and writ of Habeas corpus.

Dates: June 13, 1863
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1970.45, Manuscript Collection: Civil War Papers

Presentation to U. S. Supreme Court in Parke v. Ross Alleging Error by Circuit Court., December 13, 1850

 Item — Folder 994: [Barcode: 187.994]
Identifier: 3726.200
Description

Presentation to United States Supreme Court in Parke v. Ross alleging error by Circuit Court in Parke's suit to recover portion of U. S. payment to Ross. For return of wagons despite fact Parke's wagon were not returned to East. (Moulton, Vol. II, P.345, has synopsis). Folder 994.

Dates: December 13, 1850
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

Survivors Wess Young, Sr., Otis Granville Clark, and Thelma Thurman Knight on their way to the United States Supreme Court in Washington, District of Columbia, March 7, 2005

 Item — Box 6
Identifier: 4328.10523
Scope and Contents Inscribed by hand in blue ink, "L TO R. Wess Young, Otis G. Clark Thelma Thurman Knight, TRR 1921. on way to U.S. Supreme Ct., D.C. March 7, 2005" in bottom center on verso; Printed in black ink, "ccc3666 78/142 > c,Y,K at airport_0007 7> 03/20/05" vertically in center on verso; Printed in black ink, "FUJIFILM Fujicolor Crystal Archive Paper" repeating on verso Curatorial Remarks 1921 massacre...
Dates: March 7, 2005
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.2020.001, Eddie Faye Gates Tulsa Race Massacre Collection / Photographs / Blue Photo Album

Unsigned Copy of Letter to William H. Underwood, Esquire, June 1, 1831

 Item — Folder 59: [Barcode: 187.59]
Identifier: 4026.86
Description

Unsigned copy of letter to William H. Underwood, Esquire seeking information about the developments since the Supreme Court decision. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 59



Inscription(s)

Inscribed in ink, "Copy of a letter"

Dates: June 1, 1831
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

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