James Orr Manuscript Collection
Subject
Subject Source: Gilcrease Subcollections
Scope Note: Authorities\Attributes\Sub-Collection\
Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:
Letter from S.A. Worcester and a note from Elias Boudinot to James Orr, February 8, 1839
Item — Folder 7: [Barcode: 163.7]
Identifier: 3826.1939
Description
Folder 7
Dates:
February 8, 1839
Manuscript Collection: James Orr
Collection
Identifier: MC.1964.161
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: James and Minerva Washburn Orr were missionaries to the Cherokees, stationed at Dwight Mission. Four of these letters were written when Dwight was located in Arkansas Territory, the others from the later location of the mission in Indian Territory. The letters refer to life at Dwight, but mostly are concerned with family and health problems. They are written by the Washburn sisters, Lavinia and Lydia, other members of the...
Dates:
1822-1960
Newspaper clipping from The Christian Science Monitor, A Cherokee Chronicle, Part II, March 22, 1960
Item — Folder 14: [Barcode: 163.14]
Identifier: 4127.200.1
Description
"A Cherokee Chronicle, Part II" by Edward B. Orr describes Orr's arrival in Tahlequah in 1920, the townspeople and his relative Miss Alice Robertson. Folder 14
Dates:
March 22, 1960
Newspaper clippings from The Christian Science Monitor, A Cherokee Chronicle, Part I, March 1960
Item — Folder 14: [Barcode: 163.14]
Identifier: 4127.200
Description
Folder 14
Dates:
March 1960
Two letters from Minerva Orr to Mr. Jonah Washburn, February 1822
Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 163.1]
Identifier: 3826.1933
Description
Folder 1
Dates:
February 1822
Two letters, one from T.M. Bissell and one from James Orr both to Lydia Washburn, May 1839
Item — Folder 8: [Barcode: 163.8]
Identifier: 3826.1940
Description
Folder 8
Dates:
May 1839