Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Vinson Lackey was paid by Thomas Gilcrease in 1945 to document buildings with historical significance, especially relating to pre-statehood buildings, such as forts, schools and homes, and Indian Agencies. This extensive collection is made up of maps, photographs, magazine and newspaper articles, as well as correspondence and lines of inquiry about locations of old buildings. This is the research he used to paint the...

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Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: A certificate from Virginia City, Nevada Territory to Jas. S. Gillan, 2 checks issued by Wells Fargo, 2 coins on cards, and three letters regarding coin distribution and shipments of turkeys and butter.

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Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: A brief history of the Wichita Nation written by C. H. Pratt (n.d.) who is sometimes called the historian of the Wichita Nation, this document contains eleven legal size pages, typescript.

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Willard L. Metcalf (1858-1925) kept a record of an exploration trip to Oraibi in the Southwest where he had gone to illustrate some Frank H. Cushing articles for Century Magazine. He later became a landscape painter. The manuscript is entitled "Zuni Indian Trip" and is dated December 7, 1882, to February 1, 1883. A typed copy also done by Metcalf is with the original. Frank Cushing was an ethnologist connected with the...

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Correspondence between Stone and various people, such as Foreman, Gilcrease, martin Wiesendanger, and James T. Forrest, Director of Gilcrease Museum. Most letters are concerning his art, various carvings and types of mediums used, such as clay and wood varieties. Letters also deal with proposed or ongoing projects, or arranging meetings about art projects. There is also a collection of miscellaneous brochures and cards; some...

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Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Willie Baze Lane Pond (1896-1947) was the first teacher of the Kiowa Five Native American Artists: Spencer Asah, Jack Hokeah, Steven Mopope, and Monroe Tsatoke. She also taught James Auchiah, Carl Dietrich, June Jones, Ruby Pedrick, Lois Smoky, and Carl Sweezy. This collection includes letters about paintings, art exhibits and associations, as well as scrapbooks, sketchbooks, clipping and magazines.

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Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: A holograph document by William A. Bowles (1763-1805), this is a proclamation dated October 31, 1799, expelling all Spaniards and Americans from the independent "State of Muskogee" issued from Wakina, Florida. Bowles was the leader of three "filibustering expeditions" against the Spaniards in Florida. He was an adventurer who lived among the Creeks and sought to establish the independent State of Muskogee.

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: William Addison Phillips (1824-1893), born at Paisley, Scotland, was a soldier, congressman from Kansas, author, and, with four associates, founder of the town of Salina, Kansas. He was a colonel in the Union Army and commander of the Union Indian Brigade from January, 1863, until the end of the War. Among the papers is a typed document which has his signature as special agent and counsel for the Cherokees. Senate Bill No. 25...

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: William Burnet (1688-1729) was appointed Governor of New York and New Jersey in 1720. In 1728 he transferred to Massachusetts where he also served as Governor. New York was the key colony in regard to the entire colonial policy concerning the Indians at this time. Burnet endeavored to prevent French trade with the Indians and to provide a wise and farseeing Indian policy for the British. There are eleven letters to and from...

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: William de la Montagne Cary (1841-1922), artist and traveler, was born in Tappan, New York, and was apprenticed to an engineer. When twenty years old, he made his first trip to the West and in 1861 he explored the Missouri River Country. In 1874 he accompanied the Northern Boundary Survey party on their return to Bismark. In this collection is a hard-bound notebook containing comments about his trip with this party. Other...