Cherokee
Subject
Subject Source: Gilcrease Culture Terms
Found in 3726 Collections and/or Records:
Manuscript Collection: George W. Benge
Collection
Identifier: MC.1954.15
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: These papers concern the circuit court of which G.W. Benge was judge at the time. There are letters and "House Bills" regarding the sale of land in the Cherokee Outlet - especially some dealing with E.D. Chadwick and R.T. Wilson. One document, an amendment to House Bill No. 10,002, relates to the "Old Settlers or Western Cherokees Fund." There is one petition asking that the town of Catoosa be incorporated. Most of the items...
Dates:
1885-1919
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
Manuscript Collection: John Drew
Collection
Identifier: MC.1954.58
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: A miscellaneous collection reflecting a long and busy life of John Drew (c. 1800-1865), a leading Cherokee, both at the time of removal and later as a representative of the tribe in Washington. Drew served as a Confederate soldier and officer; he was also a banker, a lawyer of sorts, and a storekeeper. Much of the collection consists of business papers of all sorts, many reflecting various aspects of the traffic in slaves, and...
Dates:
1812-1916
Manuscript Collection: John Lowery Brown
Collection
Identifier: MC.1954.26
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Journal of John Lowery Brown (1779-1852), a Cherokee. He and a party of fellow tribesmen left Grand Saline (near Salina, Oklahoma) on April 20, 1850, for the gold fields of California. After suffering many hardships, the party arrived late in September. The last entry is November 10, 1850. This journal is in English. A transcript with notes is printed in Vol. XII of the Chronicles of Oklahoma (Oklahoma Historical Society,...
Dates:
1850
Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers
Collection
Identifier: MC.1954.185
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: John Ross (1790-1866) chief of the First Indian Republic, was principal chief of the Cherokees during the time of the Removal , establishment of the Cherokee Nation, and until his death. During the Civil War he split with the Cherokees who favored the Southern cause and ruled in exile after 1863 from Philadelphia. The collection contains correspondence, proclamation as chief of the Cherokee Tribe, legal papers, records,...
Dates:
[no date]
Manuscript Collection: John W. Swain
Collection
Identifier: MC.1954.202
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: This collection of papers contains a declaration of citizenship to John W. Swain in the Cherokee Nation (1882), a letter signed by D.W. Bushyhead, Principal Chief of the Cherokees, a letter to Rebecca Swain from Senator Robert Owen, letters regarding family matters, a divorce decree, bills of sale, etc.
Dates:
1857-1911
Manuscript Collection: Levi Gritts
Collection
Identifier: MC.1970.80
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: This collection includes a teacher's certificate authorizing Levi Gritts to teach in Cherokee Nation primary schools, Gritts letter of application to the university of Oklahoma President Joseph Brant for the position of teacher of the Cherokee Language and two letters of recommendation for Gritts. Also included is "Cherokee Hymns" published by Phoenix Publications in Chicago, examples of the Cherokee syllabary, "Will Rogers"...
Dates:
1902 - 1962
Manuscript Collection: Mary Jane Ross
Collection
Identifier: MC.1975.186
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: A collection of letters, some written in Cherokee, receipts, birth and marriage certificates and newspaper clippings. Most letters are between Lewis and Henry Ross.
Dates:
1826 -1948
Manuscript Collection: Rufus Cochran
Collection
Identifier: MC.1964.46
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: According to a brief notation, this small notebook contains several pages of medical formulas all written in Cherokee by Rufus Cochran (c.1844-1926). Cochran lived at Stilwell, Oklahoma. He was appointed postmaster at Cochran in the Cherokee Nation in 1896, but the order establishing this post office was rescinded January 23, 1897, and it is doubtful that the office was ever actually in operation.
Dates:
1844-1937
Manuscript Collection: Sequoyah Papers
Collection
Identifier: MC.1954.194
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Very little manuscript material remains concerning Sequoyah, also known as George Guess, (circa 1760-1843). These items consist of clippings from newspapers, excerpts from periodicals, photostats, and some material written in the syllabary, part of which has been translated into English by Levi Gritts. One photostatic letter signed by John Ross and John Drew attests that Sally Guess is the "only surviving widow of George...
Dates:
1835-1860