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Muscogee Indians

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Art & Architecture Thesaurus\STYLES AND PERIODS FACET\Styles and Periods\styles and periods by region\The Americas\Native American\Native North American styles\Southeastern Native American styles\

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Blue Eagle painting, 1850 - 1900

 Item — Folder Muscogee (Creek).7: [Barcode: 3.Muscogee (Creek).7]
Identifier: 4327.8068
Description

Folder 7

Dates: 1850 - 1900
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / PC.OklahomaNativeAmerican, Oklahoma Native American Photographs Collection

Bound volume containing text of 374 claims filed under the 1835 Treaty of New Echota also some Muscogee Creek claims, March 1, 1842 - May 12, 1842

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 39.1]
Identifier: 4026.3501
Description Bound volume containing text of 374 claims filed under the 1835 Treaty of New Echota. In addition to the claims, there are also 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 entry 336 there is a title that says Creek Claims. Folder...
Dates: March 1, 1842 - May 12, 1842
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1970.37, Manuscript Collection: Cherokee Claims Record

C. T. Wells’ account of a trip from Mulberry, Arkansas to Arkansas City, Kansas, November 7 - 22, 1878 and June 1879

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 219.1]
Identifier: 4026.8414
Description

C. T. Wells' account of a 15-day, 375-mile trip from Mulberry, Franklin County, Arkansas to Arkansas City, Kansas, which lasted from November 7 to 22, 1878. It also contains his comments on Sun City, Kansas from June 1879. It is addressed to "[t]o [his] friend Sallie." Folder 1

Dates: November 7 - 22, 1878 and June 1879
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1964.217, Manuscript Collection: C.T. Wells

Dispatch from Stand Watie to Col. Drew seeking information , December 4, 1861

 Item — Folder 307: [Barcode: 61.307]
Identifier: 4026.1835
Description

Stand Watie was looking for information on discounted Creek and others who have abandoned the southern cause. Folder 307

Dates: December 4, 1861
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.58, Manuscript Collection: John Drew

Letter from Lewis Ross in Washington D.C. to his son, Henry Ross in Pennsylvania, March 29, 1864

 Item — Folder 6: [Barcode: 188.6]
Identifier: 4026.260
Description

In this letter, Lewis Ross gives advice to his son, Henry on behavior at school at Nazareth Hall as well as information about the Indian Regiment assignments during the Civil War. Folder 6

Dates: March 29, 1864
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1975.186, Manuscript Collection: Mary Jane Ross

Letter from Principal Chief D. W. Bushyhead to Principal Chief of the Seminole Nation requesting arrest of Dick Glass, August 31, 1883

 Item — Folder 507: [Barcode: 61.507]
Identifier: 4026.2089-.1
Description

Letter requested arrest of Dick Glass, a Creek, who had fled from justice. Folder 507

Dates: August 31, 1883
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.58, Manuscript Collection: John Drew

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
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / Manuscript Collection: Cherokee Claims Record

Unsigned typed letter to Hamilton Holt concerning the Indian situation in Oklahoma and Mr. Mott, December 17, 1913

 Item — Folder 588: [Barcode: 61.588]
Identifier: 4027.3097-.1
Description

Hamilton Holt was the editor of The Independent in New York City. The letter included an article concerning the work of Mr. Mott. Mr. Mott was a Creek Attorney who attempted to protect the causes of the Indians. Folder 588

Dates: December 17, 1913
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.58, Manuscript Collection: John Drew

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