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Cherokee

 Subject
Subject Source: Gilcrease Culture Terms

Found in 3726 Collections and/or Records:

Document listing Cherokee emigrants, the value of their abandoned improvements, and the amount of their outstanding debts, 1848

 Item — Folder 114: [Barcode: 61.114]
Identifier: 4026.1657-.9
Description

List of names of Cherokee who moved west with valuation of improvements. The Cherokee on the list had not been paid yet for the improvements they had abandoned to move west. Folder 114

Dates: 1848

Document stating that Polly Smith owed $25.00 for a gun, mid-19th century

 Item — Folder 596: [Barcode: 61.596]
Identifier: 4026.3232
Description

Top of document states, "Polly Smith owed me Twenty five Dollars for a gun". Bottom of the document text is faded but refers to John Drew and Thomas. Folder 596

Dates: mid-19th century

Document Submitted by Cherokee Delegation to House Committee on Indian Affairs to Support Memorial Presented on February 28, 1840., April 20, 1840

 Item — Folder 714: [Barcode: 187.714]
Identifier: 4026.1159-.29
Description

Document submitted by Cherokee delegation to House Committee on Indian Affairs to support memorial presented on February 28, 1840. Sheets of paper with handwritten text in ink on thirty two pages. Folder 714

Dates: April 20, 1840

Document written in Cherokee syllabary, December 19, 1861

 Item — Folder 1148: [Barcode: 187.1148]
Identifier: 4026.1343
Description

Unidentified document written in Cherokee syllabary. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto. Folder 1148

Dates: December 19, 1861

Document written in Cherokee syllabary, December 22, 1861

 Item — Folder 1149: [Barcode: 187.1149]
Identifier: 4026.1342
Description

Unidentified document written in Cherokee syllabary. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 1149

Dates: December 22, 1861

Document written in Cherokee syllabary, 19th century

 Item — Folder 10: [Barcode: 196.10]
Identifier: 4026.8356
Description

Unsigned manuscript in Cherokee syllabary Folder 10

Dates: 19th century

Document written in Cherokee syllabary, 19th century

 Item — Folder 11: [Barcode: 196.11]
Identifier: 4027.8361
Description

Unsigned manuscript in Cherokee syllabary Folder 11

Dates: 19th century

Document written in the Cherokee syllabary, June 6, 1893

 Item — Folder 35: [Barcode: 17.35]
Identifier: 4026.5484

Document written in the Cherokee syllabary, 1888

 Item — Folder 63: [Barcode: 17.63]
Identifier: 4026.5635
Description

Document written in the Cherokee syllabary. Folder 63

Dates: 1888

Document written in the Cherokee syllabary, 1889

 Item — Folder 64: [Barcode: 17.64]
Identifier: 4026.5636
Description

Document written in the Cherokee syllabary. Folder 64

Dates: 1889