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Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Art & Architecture Thesaurus\STYLES AND PERIODS FACET\Styles and Periods\styles and periods by region\The Americas\

Found in 6473 Collections and/or Records:

John Grass, hereditary Unkpapa Sioux Chief, 1850 - 1900

 Item — Folder Sioux.15: [Barcode: 3.Sioux.15]
Identifier: 4326.4770
Description

Black and white photograph of John Grass a hereditary Unkpapa Sioux Chief. Studio setting. Wearing Anglo-style suit. Folder 15



Inscription(s)

Inscribed, "John Grass, hereditary Unkpapa Sioux Chief" on verso

Dates: 1850 - 1900
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / PC.OklahomaNativeAmerican, Oklahoma Native American Photographs Collection

John Lowery Brown's account of his journey from Grand Saline, Indian Territory to California goldfields, April 1850

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 27.1]
Identifier: 3616.94
Description Foreword by Muriel H. Wright, June 1934. See transcription field for full text. Yellowed and crumbling with the passing of eighty-four years, the pages of a small, leather bound notebook reveal the story of the overland journey of a party of Cherokees who set out from the Grand Saline, Cherokee Nation, for California in 1850. This journal was kept by a young Cherokee, John Lowery Brown, who recorded the progress of the emigrants day by day. It tells the difficulties encountered along a...
Dates: April 1850
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.26, Manuscript Collection: John Lowery Brown

John Mitchell, Matt Sanders, Samuel Sanders, and John C. Sanders, 1923

 Item — Folder Cherokee.33: [Barcode: 3.Cherokee.33]
Identifier: 4327.3670a-b
Description

2 copies of this photograph exist in the Gilcrease Photograph Collection Folder 33



Inscription(s)

Inscribed, "L. to R.: 1. Unknown, 2. John Mitchell, 3. Matt Sanders, 4. Samuel Sanders, 5. John C. Sanders Pic. taken at Sanders reunion, 1923" on verso

Dates: 1923
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / PC.OklahomaNativeAmerican, Oklahoma Native American Photographs Collection

John Moore, John Louwalk, Waru Walk, Little Eagle, and Moses Pratt, 1850 - 1900

 Item — Folder Pawnee.10: [Barcode: 3.Pawnee.10]
Identifier: 4326.5140
Description

Sepia tone photograph of (from left to right) John Moore, John Louwalk, Moses Pratt, Waru Walk, and Little Eagle. Studio setting. Four men seated. Wearing traditional Pawnee clothing. Moses Pratt standing wearing Anglo-style clothing. Folder 10

Dates: 1850 - 1900
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / PC.OklahomaNativeAmerican, Oklahoma Native American Photographs Collection

John Otobery, 1850 - 1900

 Item — Folder Osage.7: [Barcode: 3.Osage.7]
Identifier: 4327.5115
Description

Folder 7

Dates: 1850 - 1900
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / PC.OklahomaNativeAmerican, Oklahoma Native American Photographs Collection

John Page, 1850 - 1900

 Item — Folder Choctaw.11: [Barcode: 3.Choctaw.11]
Identifier: 4326.8007
Description

Folder 11

Dates: 1850 - 1900
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / PC.OklahomaNativeAmerican, Oklahoma Native American Photographs Collection

John R. Ridge, E.C. Boudinot, et al., Cherokee Delegation to D.C., 1866

 Item — Folder Cherokee.6: [Barcode: 3.Cherokee.6]
Identifier: 4326.3693
Description

Black and white group photograph of Cherokee Delegation to Washington, D.C. in 1866. Two rows of men, two standing on back row, three seated on front row. Men all wearing business attire. Folder 6



Inscription(s)

Inscribed, "1. John R. Ridge 2. Saladin Watie 3. Col. E.C. Boudinot 4. Richard Fields 5. Col. Wm. Penn Adair, Cherokee Delegation to Washington D.C. 1866" on verso

Dates: 1866
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / PC.OklahomaNativeAmerican, Oklahoma Native American Photographs Collection

John Ross Daguerreotype, 1850 - 1900

 Item — Folder Cherokee.26: [Barcode: 3.Cherokee.26]
Identifier: 4326.1807
Description

Daguerreotype of John Ross. Seated in studio setting wearing formal business attire. Folder 26



Inscription(s)

Inscribed, "Picture of John Ross, Written on envelope by Robert B. Ross, sone of John Ross and father of Mrs. Piburn." on verso

Dates: 1850 - 1900
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / PC.OklahomaNativeAmerican, Oklahoma Native American Photographs Collection

John Ross portrait, 1850 - 1900

 Item — Folder Cherokee.26: [Barcode: 3.Cherokee.26]
Identifier: 4326.3263
Description

Black and white sketching of John Ross portrait. Reproduction of original. Man seated at desk wearing formal business attire and holding paper entitled "Protest and Memorial of the Cherokee Nation Sept. 1836". Folder 26



Inscription(s)

Inscribed, "John Ross" on verso

Dates: 1850 - 1900
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / PC.OklahomaNativeAmerican, Oklahoma Native American Photographs Collection

John Ross's Master Mason certificate, April 5, 1827

 Item — Folder 19: [Barcode: 187.19]
Identifier: 4026.33a-b
Description

Certificate of Chief John Ross's initiation as a Master Mason by the Olive Branch Lodge in Jasper, Tennessee. Embossed seal on ribbon. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto. 4026.33b is a photocopy. Folder 19

Dates: April 5, 1827
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

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