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 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Art & Architecture Thesaurus\OBJECTS FACET\Weapons and Ammunition\

Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

Act of National Council Repealing All Laws Prohibiting Carrying Weapons, October 26, 1861

 Item — Folder 1136: [Barcode: 187.1136]
Identifier: 4026.1330
Description

Act of National Council repealing all laws prohibiting carrying weapons; same signatures as in October 15, document except that Lewis Downing signs as President Pro Tem of National Committee. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 1136

Dates: October 26, 1861
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

Arrows and Thistles, 1918

 Item — Folder Cherokee.5: [Barcode: 3.Cherokee.5]
Identifier: 4327.3666
Description

Black and white photograph of arrows and thistles. Three arrows connected to mat of thistles on black background. Folder 5



Inscription(s)

Inscribed, "Arrows for blow gun and mat of thistles, the down of which is used for 'feathering'"on verso

Dates: 1918
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / PC.OklahomaNativeAmerican, Oklahoma Native American Photographs Collection

By Charles M. Russell, late 19th century - early 20th century

 Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 255.Unknown]
Identifier: TU2009.39.527.1-2
Description

Handwritten two page letter from Charles M. Russell on hotel Leonori stationary (not dated) is a short description of 'Where Guns Were Their Passport' and expression of his belief that weaponry was the reason for the white man's superiority in this country.

Dates: late 19th century - early 20th century
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / ZZ.018, Charles M. Russell Research Collection (Britzman)

Colt .45 revolver with ivory handle with a carved image of a steer, late 19th-early 20th century

 Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 255.Unknown]
Identifier: TU2009.39.12
Description

Colt .45 with ivory handle; there is a carved image of a steer with horizontal horns in the handle, along with an inscription reading, 'You need not fear a man that walks beneath the skies that he be strong...you be weak I will equalize.'



Inscription(s)

Inscribed on handle, "You need not fear a man that walks beneath the skies that he be strong...you be weak I will equalize."

Dates: late 19th-early 20th century
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / ZZ.018, Charles M. Russell Research Collection (Britzman)

Fort Reno Ledger Drawing, 1887

 Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 251.Unknown]
Identifier: 4526.11.92
Description A Cheyenne man wearing a war shirt decorated in beadwork strips and eagle feathers and an eagle feather bonnet with ermine skins, counts coup on his opponent as he fires his weapon. His horse has been readied for battle with paintings on his rear, flank, and chest, a scalp and eagle feather hanging from his chin, and his tail tied with a red wool cloth strip. The horse carries a painted and feathered warrior's society sash. From the article: Preserving History in the Southern...
Dates: 1887
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / ZZ.017, Manuscript Collection: Fort Reno Ledger Drawings / Evans Fort Reno Ledger Drawings

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, May 18, 1889

 Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 255.Unknown]
Identifier: TU2009.39.8358.1-15
Description Newspaper. Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, p.254-268. Transcript (DCI) Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper Entered according to active Congress, in the year 1889, by the judge publishing company, in the office of the Library of Congress at Washington, – entered at the post-office, New York, N.Y., as second-class matter. No. 1757.—Vol., LXVIII.] New York – for the week ending May 18, 1889. [Price, 10 cents. $4.00 yearly. 12 weeks,...
Dates: May 18, 1889
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / ZZ.018, Charles M. Russell Research Collection (Britzman)

From Nancy C. Russell to Philip Cole, November 4, 1929

 Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 255.Unknown]
Identifier: TU2009.39.2773.1-2
Description

From Nancy C. Russell, Nov. 4, 1929, offers Cole small cast portraits of Indians by Charles M. Russell, bronze or artificial stone, encloses a photograph of "Men's Weapons are Useless When Nature Goes Armed".

Dates: November 4, 1929
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / ZZ.018, Charles M. Russell Research Collection (Britzman)

From Nancy C. Russell to Philip Cole, December 2, 1929

 Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 255.Unknown]
Identifier: TU2009.39.2774
Description

From Nancy C. Russell, Dec. 2, 1929, offers him the painting, "Men's Weapons are Useless When Nature Goes Armed".

Dates: December 2, 1929
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / ZZ.018, Charles M. Russell Research Collection (Britzman)

Indian Tribes Fighting, late 19th century - early 20th century

 Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 255.Unknown]
Identifier: TU2009.39.6732a
Description

Photograph of a painting by Charles M. Russell of two Indian tribes fighting.

Dates: late 19th century - early 20th century
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / ZZ.018, Charles M. Russell Research Collection (Britzman)

Indian Tribes Fighting, late 19th century - early 20th century

 Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 255.Unknown]
Identifier: TU2009.39.6732b
Description

Copy of TU2009.39.6732a. Photograph of a painting by Charles M. Russell of two Indian tribes fighting.

Dates: late 19th century - early 20th century
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / ZZ.018, Charles M. Russell Research Collection (Britzman)

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