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Black and white photograph of the Home of John F. Brown, Seminole Principal Chief, near Sasakwa, OK. Picture of the home's facade. Folder 2

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Incomplete draft of [March 1838] Memorial and Petition to Congress. Regarding Seminole Deputation expenses. (Evidently written after March 7 and Before March 26, 1838). Two folded sheets of paper with handwritten text in ink on seven pages. Folder 324

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Indian refugees in Kansas. Folder 1397

Collection Overview From the Collection: 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...

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...

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...

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Set of three black and white photographs of Jimmy Juniper, Billy Bowlegs, and Mollie Ahhstah. Juniper is seated in a studio setting on top left. Wearing a combination of traditional and Anglo-style clothing. Billy Bowlegs is standing in an indoor setting. Folder 1

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Black and white photograph of John F. Brown the Seminole Principal Chief. Bust photograph. Wearing Angl-style suit. Folder 2

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Sepia tone photograph of the last execution of a Seminole Indian under tribal laws. Outdoor setting. The body of a dead Seminole is pictured lying under a tree. Body is in Anglo-style clothing. Folder 7

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Letter from Commissioner of Confederate States to Indian Nations west of Arkansas, Albert Pike, at the Seminole Agency to Chief John Ross stating position the Confederacy would take on various matters under Cherokee stance of neutrality. Two sheets of paper the first sheet is folded with handwriting in ink on four pages; the second sheet has handwriting in ink on the recto and verso. Folder 1115