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George W. Fields Manuscript Collection

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

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

Draft minutes of meeting of Texas Cherokees and Associate Bands regarding action to reclaim lands ceded in treaty of 1836, February 14, 1920

 Item — Folder 3: [Barcode: 69.3]
Identifier: 4027.5559
Description

Notes on a meeting of the General Council of the Texas Cherokees and Associate Bands for the purpose of empowering George W. Fields to bring action to reclaim lands ceded to Texas Cherokees and associated bands in treaty of 1836. Folder 3

Dates: February 14, 1920

Letter from J.T. Cross to George W. Fields regarding possible claim of heirs of Dan Helton, January 2, 1925

 Item — Folder 7: [Barcode: 69.7]
Identifier: 3827.1295
Description

Letter from J.T. Cross to George W. Fields regarding possible claim of heirs of Dan Helton (or Hilton) to Arkansas or Texas land. Folder 7

Dates: January 2, 1925

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

Opinion rendered by G.W. Terrell, Attorney General concerning the Texas-Cherokees versus the State of Texas, March 15, 1920

 Item — Folder 6: [Barcode: 69.6]
Identifier: 3027.353
Description

Opinion rendered by G.W. Terrell, Attorney General. Printed notice and motion for leave to file original bill, Bill of Complaint and Memorandum. All in support thereof in case of The Texas Cherokees and Associate Bands vs. The State of Texas in the Supreme Court of the United States. Folder 6

Dates: March 15, 1920

Proceedings of a General Council of the Texas Cherokees and the Associate Bands, February 14, 1920

 Item — Folder 4: [Barcode: 69.4]
Identifier: 4027.5560
Description

Proceedings of a General Council of the Texas Cherokees and the Associate Bands held to reclaim Texas land or seek compensation. Folder 4

Dates: February 14, 1920

Signed resolution approving George W. Fields' conduct in the case, October 3, 1925

 Item — Folder 9: [Barcode: 69.9]
Identifier: 4027.5637
Description

Resolution approved by the Executive Committee approving Fields' conduct of the case. Folder 9

Dates: October 3, 1925

Signed resolution condemning the acts of James A. Norman trying to divest attorney, George W. Fields, September 15, 1925

 Item — Folder 8: [Barcode: 69.8]
Identifier: 4027.5562
Description

Resolution by a committee of heirs condemning the acts of James A. Norman trying to divest attorney, George W. Fields. Folder 8

Dates: September 15, 1925

Signed resolution retaining George W. Fields as attorney to represent the Texas-Cherokees and Associate Bands, February 14, 1920

 Item — Folder 5: [Barcode: 69.5]
Identifier: 4027.5561a-b
Description

Original Resolution retaining George W. Fields as attorney, authorizing suit, etc. (original and typed copy). Signed resolution retaining George W. Fields as attorney to represent the Texas-Cherokees and Associate Bands. Folder 5

Dates: February 14, 1920

Two typescript copies titled 'Texas Cherokees 1820-1839', 1920

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 69.1]
Identifier: 3027.352a-b
Description

Two typescript copies titled 'Texas Cherokees 1820-1839' describing the Cherokee who left Running Water Tennessee in 1794 with Chief John Bowles emigrating first to Missouri, then to Arkansas in 1811-1812. The story continue to tell of the 60 families who moved north of Nacogdoches, Spanish Territory in 1819-1820 and relates the events after Mexican revolution. This typescript is 90 pages. Folder 1

Dates: 1920

Typescript titled "The Texas-Cherokee Case" by William Sulzer, early 20th century

 Item — Folder 10: [Barcode: 69.10]
Identifier: 4027.5558-.21
Description

Typescript titled "The Texas-Cherokee Case" by William Sulzer Folder 10

Dates: early 20th century