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Cherokee Papers Manuscript Collection

 Subject
Subject Source: Gilcrease Subcollections
Scope Note: Authorities\Attributes\Sub-Collection\

Found in 96 Collections and/or Records:

Photostat of Cherokee Council Rules of the Senate in syllabary, 1890

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 53
Identifier: 4926.260
Description

Photostat of Cherokee Council Rules of the Senate in Cherokee syllabary. Folder 53

Dates: 1890

Photostat of letter from Going Snake et al. to General Scott, June 9, 1838

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 23
Identifier: 4426.95
Description

Photostat of letter from Going Snake and others to Major General Scott, United States Army for the Cherokee Nation, concerning Cherokee request for a delay in their emigration to the Arkansas River for humanitarian reasons. Folder 23

Dates: June 9, 1838

Photostat of list of property transferred from Cherokee Capital to Carnegie Library, June 5, 1913

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 60
Identifier: 4427.96
Description

Photostat of letter from Department of the Interior Assistant Secretary, W.C.P. Lewis C. Laylin, to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs requesting objects/property to be relocated from the Cherokee Capital Building to the Carnegie Library, both in Tahlequah, for safe keeping and exhibition purposes. Includes list of transferred items as of June 28, 1913, signed by Carnegie librarian and trustees. Folder 60

Dates: June 5, 1913

Photostat of printed document in Cherokee syllabary, 1863

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 93
Identifier: 4416.97
Description

Photostat of printed document in Cherokee syllabary, no physical translation included. Folder 93

Dates: 1863

Power of Attorney for Father or Mother for Child's Property for Lucy Silk, May 28, 1904

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 57
Identifier: 5127.513.1
Description

Document detailing Power of Attorney for Father or Mother for Child's Property for Lucy Silk, a member of the Cherokee Nation and guardian of Walter Sanders and Charley Ratt. Folder 57

Dates: May 28, 1904

Printed copy of Petition and Abstract of Testimony in the Matter of Application of Peter Hollenbeck et al., August 27, 1883

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 48
Identifier: 2826.193
Description

Printed copy of Petition and Abstract of Testimony in the Matter of Application of Peter Hollenbeck et al., to Secure Prior Rights to Stock Ranges on the Cherokee Strip. Written to the Department of Interior discussing difficulties with new land leases. Folder 48

Dates: August 27, 1883

Printed Statement of the Cherokee Funds requested by D. W. Bushyhead, Treasurer, July 1866 - July 1874

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 45
Identifier: 3726.360
Description

Printed Statement of the Cherokee Funds requested by D. W. Bushyhead, Treasurer of the Cherokee Nation, and supplied by Edward P. Smith, Office of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior. It includes information on the sale of neutral lands, the amount paid by the Delaware and Shawnee tribes for Cherokee land, proceeds from sales of the Cherokee strip in Kansas, and totals of the Cherokee Stock Account. Folder 45

Dates: July 1866 - July 1874

Proceedings of Tenth Annual Meeting of Cherokee Baptist Sunday School Convention , September 25 - 26, 1908

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 59
Identifier: 4027.5282
Description

Proceedings of Tenth Annual Meeting of the Cherokee Baptist Sunday School Convention at Standing Rock Church, including a statistical table. Some names are written in Cherokee syllabary. Folder 59

Dates: September 25 - 26, 1908

Proceedings of the Council of the "Old Settlers" Party of Cherokees, December 7, 1848

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 34
Identifier: 5126.482
Description

Proceedings of the Council of the "Old Settlers" Party of Cherokees held on December 5, 1848 in Tah-lon-tee-shee, signed by W.S. Martin, Secretary. The election of delegates to Washington was held and payment of United states debt was requested. Folder 34

Dates: December 7, 1848

Proceedings of the "Old Settlers" Committee, December 8, 1848

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 35
Identifier: 5126.483
Description

Proceedings of the "Old Settlers" Committee were concluded and signed by Secretary W.S. Martin, the Chairman, and members of the committee. Folder 35

Dates: December 8, 1848