Description List of Charles M. Russell sculptures with a note on the side that reads "from Bronze works". Handwritten. Transcript [handwritten] Range Father Spirit of Winter Secrets of the Night Bug Hunters Buffalo Runner When the Best of Riders quit The Evenings Tracks The Bucker & Buckeroo Bluffers War Dancer Piegan Squaw Piegan Buck [written vertically on right edge] from Bronze works[Transcribed by Lauren B. Gerfen,...

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: A two-page document, on vellum, signed November 12, 1862, authorizes the Smithsonian Institution's agents in London to recover the residue of Smithson's bequest so that it may be used for the benefit of the Institution. This is one of the few documents on which Lincoln signed his full name - he usually used only the initial of his first name. The paper is countersigned by William H. Seward, Secretary of State, and Charles...

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Ten of these items are letters, two of them addressed to his wife, Rachel. Other letters are mostly concerned with military matters, one addressed to James Calhoun who was at the time Secretary of War. Jackson writes to Governor William Schley of Georgia informing him that "Jessup has not delivered the Creek prisoners to the State of Georgia." Also included are a number of badly faded photostats. Interesting item: In a letter...

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: A. T. Lea (n. d.), Special Agent for the Sioux tribes, was appointed to take a census of the Indians, July 24, 1889. Among these papers is Lea's report of his census; and there are two accounts, one official report and one a personal letter, of finding a small Indian girl on the battle field after the Wounded Knee Battle. The letter is to General L. W. Colby and his reply is also included. There is a typed report of the...

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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.

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...

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Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: The collection includes 4 handwritten diaries, mostly covering the Civil War. He also kept 2 books he carried throughout the war, which are fragmented: A Devotional Book with Soldier's Hymns", and "Rifle and Light Infantry Tactics". Also includes letters regarding family histories. See also: Photography file - Borders Family

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: These papers concern the circuit court of which G.W. Benge was judge at the time. There are letters and "House Bills" regarding the sale of land in the Cherokee Outlet - especially some dealing with E.D. Chadwick and R.T. Wilson. One document, an amendment to House Bill No. 10,002, relates to the "Old Settlers or Western Cherokees Fund." There is one petition asking that the town of Catoosa be incorporated. Most of the items...

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Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Unsigned notes on Isaac McCoy's tour from Harmony Mission into Indian Territory with Pottawatomie and Ottawa Tribes. [The use of the pronouns I and we suggest it was written by McCoy. There is also a typescript of the notes.]

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Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Jackson Barnett (1852-1934) was a wealthy Creek Indian, concerning whose estate there was a great deal of litigation. These papers concern that litigation and the determination of his heirs. One page (typescript) is a short biography of Jackson Barnett from which the dates 1852 - 1934 were taken.