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Folder 487A

Collection Overview

Charles Lamb was the Secretary of the Clinton, Oklahoma Chamber of Commerce. Many of the items are related to his personal real estate deals. He bought and sold lots in Clinton. Some papers concern various lawsuits that he was a party to. There are tax and other receipts as well as newspaper clippings, newspaper ads, and a few photographs.

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...

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: These letters and newspaper clippings deal mostly with the famous "Battle of the Little Big Horn", and one letter concerns a horse named "Don Juan." There are photographs of Custer and his horse, "Comanche." George A. Custer, (1839-1876) an American army officer, was born at New Rumley, Ohio. He graduated from West Point in 1861 and served through the Civil War. He engaged in western patrol duty and in Indian fighting,...

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: James and Minerva Washburn Orr were missionaries to the Cherokees, stationed at Dwight Mission. Four of these letters were written when Dwight was located in Arkansas Territory, the others from the later location of the mission in Indian Territory. The letters refer to life at Dwight, but mostly are concerned with family and health problems. They are written by the Washburn sisters, Lavinia and Lydia, other members of the...

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Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Joe Wiedeman (n.d.) of Caldwell, Kansas, was a member of the "Old Time Cherokee Strip Cow Punchers Association." To be eligible as a member of this association, it was necessary to have worked as a cow puncher prior to 1893. Included in the papers is Wiedeman's membership card, a roster of the association of 1937, and an "Anti-Horse Thief Association" certificate.

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Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: A collection of letters, some written in Cherokee, receipts, birth and marriage certificates and newspaper clippings. Most letters are between Lewis and Henry Ross.

Collection Overview (Biographical material and acquisitions list added in 1967). Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: The Journal of the 7th Cavalry's Yellowstone Expedition of 1876, correspondence with Theodore W. Goldin, E. A. Brininstool, and others comprise this collection. (See also Benteen-Goldin letters under "Benteen.") Dr. Cole (c.1890-1940), a retired physician, and former president of A. Schrader and Sons Manufacturing Company, lived in Tarrytown, New York, on the Cole...

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: 4 folders cover the T.F. Healy papers, which consist of mostly receipts for purchases, rental agreements, or debts owed. Impressively included are 23 boxes of "clippings". In general, these seem to be newspaper or magazine articles about topics that interested Mr. Healy. Included are Business Interests like lumber, iron and steel, mining and railroads, Political Subjects, including political cartoons by Robert Nast, Tammany...

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: William de la Montagne Cary (1841-1922), artist and traveler, was born in Tappan, New York, and was apprenticed to an engineer. When twenty years old, he made his first trip to the West and in 1861 he explored the Missouri River Country. In 1874 he accompanied the Northern Boundary Survey party on their return to Bismark. In this collection is a hard-bound notebook containing comments about his trip with this party. Other...