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Letter to Principal Chiefs and warriors of the Choctaw Nation from delegation about a trip taken with the Chickasaws, 1828

 Item — Folder 66B: [Barcode: 177.66B]
Identifier: 4026.8112
Description

Letter to Principal Chiefs and warriors of the Choctaw Nation from delegation about a trip taken with the Chickasaws. The letter mentions Pitchlynn's encounter with Tecumseh's brother Tenskwatawa, who is referred to as "the Prophet". Folder 66B

Dates: 1828
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1948.175, Manuscript Collection: Peter Pitchlynn

List of votes for Principal Chief at the regular August election held in Hobert Quincy Precinct, Tobucksy County, August 4, 1880

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 15
Identifier: 3826.8185
Scope and Contents

List of votes for Principal Chief at the regular August election held in Hobert Quincy Precinct, Tobucksy County, Choctaw Nation. J.F. McCurtain won with 14 of 17 votes. Also included is a tag, noting the document as a gift from the Tulsa Historical Society in 2005.

Dates: August 4, 1880
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1964.43, Choctaw Papers

Lycurgus Pitchlynn, 1850 - 1900

 Item — Folder Choctaw.11: [Barcode: 3.Choctaw.11]
Identifier: 4326.8008
Description

Folder 11

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

Maj. Gen. Stoneman, 1850 - 1900

 Item — Folder Choctaw.11: [Barcode: 3.Choctaw.11]
Identifier: 4326.8002
Description

Folder 11

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

Malmaison, Home of Greenwood LeFlore, 1850 - 1900

 Item — Folder Choctaw.7: [Barcode: 3.Choctaw.7]
Identifier: 4326.6551
Description

Folder 7



Inscription(s)

Inscribed in ink, "Malmaison, home of Greenwood LeFlore. (short distance from Greenwwod, Miss.)" on verso

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

Manuscript Collection: Biloxi Vocabulary

 Collection
Identifier: MC.1964.19
Collection Overview

Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: A ledger-type book containing an "Essay on the Language of the Indians of Lower Louisiana," (64 pages) which contains vocabulary lists, a pronunciation key, and a brief description of the Indians' life style. There is also a vocabulary of the Biloxi Language in the same book which is entirely handwritten and anonymous.

Dates: 1862
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / Manuscript Collection: Biloxi Vocabulary

Manuscript Collection: Edmond J. Gardner

 Collection
Identifier: MC.1954.73
Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Edmond J. Gardner (1877-1935) was a student of Choctaw History and these documents include manuscripts on the Wheelock Church; Alfred Wright, missionary to the Choctaws; the Folsom families; Allen Wright; Pushmataha; the Removal; and Choctaw legends and customs. Mr. Gardner's father traveled the Trail of Tears with the Reverend Alfred Wright. Part Choctaw, Mr. Gardner was self-educated, and he was the only Choctaw who learned...
Dates: 1849-1936
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / Manuscript Collection: Edmond J. Gardner

Manuscript Collection: Natchez Treaty

 Collection
Identifier: MC.1954.151
Collection Overview

Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Completely handwritten, this is a treaty, written in Spanish, between the Chickasaws, Choctaws, and Governor Lemos of "the Place and District of Natchez." It contains many signatures, the majority "by his mark."

Dates: 1792
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / Manuscript Collection: Natchez Treaty

Manuscript Collection: Peter Pitchlynn

 Collection
Identifier: MC.1948.175
Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Peter Perkins Pitchlynn, Chief of the Choctaws, (1806-1881) was one of the persons selected by the Choctaws in 1828 to survey the southeast section of Indian Territory, the land they had chosen for their home when they were forced to leave Mississippi. Peter Pitchlynn's father was John Pitchlynn, a white man and interpreter for the United States Government, who had married a Choctaw woman of the famous Folsom family. Peter...
Dates: 1797 - 1929
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / Manuscript Collection: Peter Pitchlynn

Map of Arkansas and Indian Territory, 1863

 Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 233.Unknown]
Identifier: 3926.236
Collection Overview From the Collection: Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: The Gilcrease Cartographic Collection was initially created as a storage designation for maps found in the manuscript collections and for the few original maps purchased during the life of Thomas Gilcrease. From the collections initial humble beginnings, it has continued to grow into am official map collection through additional gifts and purchases. The collection includes atlases, hand drawn maps from the manuscript...
Dates: 1863
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.Maps, Gilcrease Museum Map Collection

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