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Chickasaw

 Subject
Subject Source: Gilcrease Culture Terms

Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

Act of Chickasaw Legislature (2 copies) authorizing Governor to Appoint Commissioners to Meet with Choctaw, Creek, Cherokee, and Seminole Commissioners, January 5, 1861

 Item — Folder 1087: [Barcode: 187.1087]
Identifier: 4026.1254
Description

Act of Chickasaw Legislature (2 copies) authorizing Governor to appoint commissioners to meet with Choctaw, Creek, Cherokee, and Seminole commissioners to enter into compact for security and protection 'in the event of a change in the United States. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 1087

Dates: January 5, 1861
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

Act of Chickasaw Legislature (2 copies) Authorizing Governor to Appoint Commissioners to Meet with Choctaw, Creek, Cherokee, and Seminole Commissioners, January 5, 1861

 Item — Folder 1087: [Barcode: 187.1087]
Identifier: 4026.1255
Description

Act of Chickasaw Legislature (2 copies) authorizing Governor to appoint commissioners to meet with Choctaw, Creek, Cherokee, and Seminole commissioners to enter into compact for security and protection 'in the event of a change in the United States.' One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 1087

Dates: January 5, 1861
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

Bound copy of the treaty between the Confederate States, Choctaw Nation, and Chickasaw Nation, July 12, 1861

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 10
Identifier: 4826.17
Description

Confederate States Commissioner Albert Pike concluded this eighty-seven page treaty between the Confederate States, Choctaw Nation, and Chickasaw Nation at North Fork Town in Creek Nation West. Although the treaty was concluded in Creek Nation West, there is no evidence in the document to indicate the participation of Creek Nation. Included in the document are signatures for the Confederate States, Choctaw Nation, and Chickasaw Nation.

Dates: July 12, 1861
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1970.45, Civil War Papers

Certification by J. C. Robinson of service of one team of four yoked cattle from John Drew for the Indigent Chickasaw Indians, June 30, 1864

 Item — Folder 261: [Barcode: 61.261]
Identifier: 4026.1789.34
Description

Folder 261

Dates: June 30, 1864
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.58, Manuscript Collection: John Drew

Chickasaw Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MC.1970.42
Guidebook to Manuscripts Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: This collection contains various papers pertaining to business affairs among the Chickasaws. There is correspondence with such people as Charles E. Mix and N. G. Taylor, Commissioners of Indian Affairs, and General Samuel G. Smoot, Special Agent of the Department of the Interior. One letter is addressed to "Hon. Cox," Secretary of the Interior. Included is a photostatic copy of the constitution and laws of the Chickasaw...
Dates: 1791-1899
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / Chickasaw Papers

Copy of Letter from Chickasaw Governor Cyrus Harris to Chief John Ross, January 5, 1861

 Item — Folder 1088: [Barcode: 187.1088]
Identifier: 4026.1256
Description

Copy of letter from Chickasaw Governor Cyrus Harris to Chief John Ross transmitting Act dated January 5, 1861. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 1088



Inscription(s)

Inscribed in ink on recto, "A Copy"

Dates: January 5, 1861
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

Copy of letter from H. B. Latrobe to His Excellency- The President of the United States regarding Treaty of 1866, February 2, 1874

 Item — Folder 2781: [Barcode: 177.2781]
Identifier: 4026.7195
Description

Folder 2781a

Dates: February 2, 1874
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1948.175, Manuscript Collection: Peter Pitchlynn

Copy of letter from Winchester Colbert in Tishomingo to Brig. Gen. Cyrus Bussey in Fort Smith concerning Grand Council of Confederate Nations and negotiations, June 15, 1865 and August 1865

 Item — Folder 335: [Barcode: 61.335]
Identifier: 4026.1859-.1
Description

Winchester Colbert was the Governor of the Chickasaw Nation. Colbert reported on the Grand Council of Confederate Nations at Armstrong Academy and about the delegation to negotiate with U. S. for a honorable peace. 4026.1859.1 is a letter from the office of the National Secretary. William Harrison certified that 4026.1859 was a true copy and that the original was on file in his office. He was the National Secretary for the Chickasaw Nation. Folder 335

Dates: June 15, 1865 and August 1865
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.58, Manuscript Collection: John Drew

Letter from B. F. Overton to P. P. Pitchlynn and others regarding territorial form of government, January 7, 1875

 Item — Folder 2868: [Barcode: 177.2868]
Identifier: 4026.7221
Description

Folder 2868

Dates: January 7, 1875
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1948.175, Manuscript Collection: Peter Pitchlynn

Letter from Chickasaw Commissioners to Hon. Jas. Harlan, August 8, 1866

 Item — Folder 2136: [Barcode: 177.2136]
Identifier: 4026.6497
Description

Folder 2136

Dates: August 8, 1866
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1948.175, Manuscript Collection: Peter Pitchlynn

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