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

Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:

Affidavit of Persis Lovely, March 15, 1832

 Item — Folder 69: [Barcode: 187.69]
Identifier: 4026.105
Description

Affidavit of Persis Lovely concerning a negro given to Patsy Chisholm by Titus Ogden Chisholm. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two pages. Folder 69

Dates: March 15, 1832
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

Bill of Sale of Negro Boy by Susan Coodey to Chief John Ross, April 19, 1850

 Item — Folder 989: [Barcode: 187.989]
Identifier: 4026.1146
Description

Bill of sale of Negro boy by Susan Coodey to Chief John Ross. (Moulton). One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 989

Dates: April 19, 1850
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

Claim by Thomas Woodward against United States, November 16, 1840

 Item — Folder 753: [Barcode: 187.753]
Identifier: 4026.923-.1
Description

Claim by Thomas Woodward against United States for negro woman wrongfully taken by white man; affidavit for payments by United States wrongfully made from Woodward's money from Spoliation claim withheld by U. S. Folder. Single sheet with handwritten text, in ink, on both sides. Folded sheet with handwritten text, in ink, on 3 sides. Folder 753

Dates: November 16, 1840
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

Draft Copy of Letter from Chief John Ross to Committee and Council, November 17, 1842

 Item — Folder 882: [Barcode: 187.882]
Identifier: 4026.1045-.1
Description

Draft copy of letter from Ross, Tahlequah, to Committee and Council in National Council. Convened, reporting outbreak of negroes and suggesting that a force be raised to apprehend the runaways (Moulton). Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 882

Dates: November 17, 1842
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

Eddie Faye Gates with musician and Tulsa Race Massacre survivor Hal "Cornbread" Singer in Paris, France, June 2006

 Item — Box 6
Identifier: 4378.10483
Description Inscribed by hand in blue ink, "Grandma-Eddie Faye Gates and HAL SINGER Paris, France Tulsa Race Riot 1921 Survivor Hal Singer (jazz musician, see Cox Cable, Jazz channel- June 2006 Hal playing his big hit song "Cornbread" on his saxophone" on verso, Printed in black ink, "1490 20060704 thank you!!! Curatorial Remarks People: Eddie Faye Gates, Hal SingerCommunity Elder Tags: male and female, lamp...
Dates: June 2006
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.2020.001, Eddie Faye Gates Tulsa Race Massacre Collection / Photographs / Blue Photo Album

Eddie Faye Gates with then Senator Barack Hussein Obama, holding Gate's book "Riot on Greenwood", with an unidentified man in the background reading a paper; Copy 3 of 5, 2005

 Item — Box 3
Identifier: 4328.10964
Curatorial Remarks

Eddie Faye Gates and Senator Obama displaying her book Riot on Greenwood.

People: Eddie Faye Gates, Senator Obama

Community Elder Tags: President, teacher, activist, book, senator

Bobby Eaton, Community Expert for the Eddie Faye Gates project, 2020-2022



Dates: 2005
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.2020.001, Eddie Faye Gates Tulsa Race Massacre Collection / Photographs / Red Photo Album

Formally atired woman and man seated at a table, December 1956

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 12
Identifier: 4327.10321
Scope and Contents Printed in black ink, "December 1956" in right center margin on recto; Printed in black ink, "KODAK VELOX PAPER" repeating on verso Curatorial Remarks Ernie Fields was a famous musical entertainer. He was out with his wife at a event could have been new years eve party.People: Mr. & Mrs. Ernie and Bernice Fields Places: Big 10 Ballroom, Blue Moon, Rose Room Purpose: HolidayCommunity Elder Tags: Band, leader, tour,...
Dates: December 1956
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.2020.001, Eddie Faye Gates Tulsa Race Massacre Collection / Photographs / Williams Family Photographs / Williams Family Photographs: Folder 12

Letter from Brigadier General Matthew Arbuckle to Chief John Ross, May 8, 1839

 Item — Folder 548: [Barcode: 187.548]
Identifier: 4026.742-.1
Description

Letter from Brigadier General Arbuckle to Chief John Ross. Asking parties to the Camp Illinois incident to appear at Fort Gibson. Letter also asks about 2 negro slaves. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on three pages. Folder 548

Dates: May 8, 1839
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

Letter from Catherine Lipe to Chief John Ross, June 22, 1839

 Item — Folder 564: [Barcode: 187.564]
Identifier: 4026.756-.1
Description

Letter from Catherine Lipe, Park Hill, to Chief John Ross. Reciting facts concerning Negro slaves inherited by her but sold by her white husband without her consent, and later moved west and delivered to her. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto. Folder 564

Dates: June 22, 1839
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

Letter from Cherokee Agent Major J. Harlan to Superintendent of Indian Affairs W. G. Coffin, December 20, 1864

 Item — Folder 1262: [Barcode: 187.1262]
Identifier: 4027.1501-.1
Description

Letter from Cherokee Agent Major J. Harlan to Superintended of Indian Affairs W. G. Coffin favoring mustering out Cherokee March 1, 1865, and using negro troops instead. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 1262

Dates: December 20, 1864
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

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