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Cherokee

 Subject
Subject Source: Gilcrease Culture Terms

Found in 3726 Collections and/or Records:

Indian Territory, 1869

 Item — Drawer MC-9, Folder: Map 465
Identifier: 39.365
Collection Overview From the Collection: Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Peter Perkins Pitchlynn, Chief of the Choctaws, (1806-1881) was one of the persons selected by the Choctaws in 1828 to survey the southeast section of Indian Territory, the land they had chosen for their home when they were forced to leave Mississippi. Peter Pitchlynn's father was John Pitchlynn, a white man and interpreter for the United States Government, who had married a Choctaw woman of the famous Folsom family. Peter...
Dates: 1869
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1948.175, Manuscript Collection: Peter Pitchlynn

Indian Territory, 1878

 Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 233.Unknown]
Identifier: 3926.745
Collection Overview From the Collection: Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: The Gilcrease Cartographic Collection was initially created as a storage designation for maps found in the manuscript collections and for the few original maps purchased during the life of Thomas Gilcrease. From the collections initial humble beginnings, it has continued to grow into am official map collection through additional gifts and purchases. The collection includes atlases, hand drawn maps from the manuscript...
Dates: 1878
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.Maps, Gilcrease Museum Map Collection

Indian Territory with Part of the Adjoining State of Kansas, 1866

 Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 233.Unknown]
Identifier: 3926.660a-b
Collection Overview From the Collection: Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: The Gilcrease Cartographic Collection was initially created as a storage designation for maps found in the manuscript collections and for the few original maps purchased during the life of Thomas Gilcrease. From the collections initial humble beginnings, it has continued to grow into am official map collection through additional gifts and purchases. The collection includes atlases, hand drawn maps from the manuscript...
Dates: 1866
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.Maps, Gilcrease Museum Map Collection

Information slip for Joseph L. McCorkle by Dean Coleman, salesman, late 19th century - early 20th century

 Item — Folder 599: [Barcode: 61.599]
Identifier: 4026.3123
Description

Folder 599

Dates: late 19th century - early 20th century
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.58, Manuscript Collection: John Drew

Instructions for medication addressed to Mrs. Drew, February 15, 1872

 Item — Folder 368: [Barcode: 61.368]
Identifier: 4026.1936
Description

H. Lindsey instructs Mrs. Drew to give him (name illegible) one pill morning, noon, and night. Lindsey also stated that he was to eat and drink as though he was not taking medicine. Folder 368

Dates: February 15, 1872
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.58, Manuscript Collection: John Drew

Instructions for sub agents signed by James Mackey, October 19, 1864

 Item — Folder 330: [Barcode: 61.330]
Identifier: 4026.1858
Description

Instructions came from James Mackey at headquarter Nail's Mill Depot. Mackey was the Commander of Indigent Cherokees. Folder 330

Dates: October 19, 1864
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.58, Manuscript Collection: John Drew

Instructions from Acting Principal Chief Lewis Downing to Chief John Ross and Evan Jones , no date (circa October 18, 1864 Moulton)

 Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 187.Unknown]
Identifier: 4026.1976-.2
Description

Instructions from Acting Principal Chief Lewis Downing to Chief John Ross and Evan Jones that as a delegation to make a new treaty with the United States. (Moulton).

Dates: no date (circa October 18, 1864 Moulton)
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

Instructions from Chief John Ross to Delegations, November 22, 1854

 Item — Folder 1026: [Barcode: 187.1026]
Identifier: 4026.1200a-a.1
Description

Instructions (2 copies) from Chief John Ross to delegation, John Thorn, Elijah Hicks, William Potter Ross, Riley Keys and D. M. Foreman. To negotiate retrocession of "Neutral Land." (Moulton). Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 1026

Dates: November 22, 1854
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

Instructions from Chief John Ross to Delegations, November 22, 1854

 Item — Folder 1026: [Barcode: 187.1026]
Identifier: 4026.1200b-b.1
Description

Instructions (2 copies) from Chief John Ross to delegation, John Thorn, Elijah Hicks, William Potter Ross, Riley Keys and D. M. Foreman. To negotiate retrocession of "Neutral Land." (Moulton). Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on three pages. Folder 1026

Dates: November 22, 1854
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

Instructions from Na-no-he-ta-hee to John Lowry, John Walker, Major Ridge, Richard Taylor, Che-u-cun-se-nee, and John Ross, January 10-11, 1816

 Item — Folder 4: [Barcode: 187.4]
Identifier: 4026.18a.1-.3
Description Instructions by Na-no-he-ta-hee [Path Killer], Chief in Knoxville, for delegation of John Lowry, John Walker, Major Ridge, Richard Taylor, Che-u-cun-se-nee, and John Ross. They are to go to Washington to meet with the President to discuss the boundary line between the Cherokee Nation and the Creeks, their prior decision on a tract in South Carolina, damage and plundering of Cherokee property during the war with Creeks, and insubordination of militia officers and men. He also points out the...
Dates: January 10-11, 1816
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

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