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Subject Source: Gilcrease Object Names

Found in 7611 Collections and/or Records:

Manuscript Collection: James H. Lane

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Identifier: MC.1954.121
Collection Overview

Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: James H. Lane (1814-1866) writes a letter to Secretary E. M. Stanton which is signed also by Senator James Harlan. He says, "Saw Gen. Grant Saturday night-he has no objection to this change." The change would allow all the Indian troops to go home to raise crops for their families. The letter is dated February 13. James Lane was a member, perhaps an officer, of the Union guerrillas of Kansas called "Red Legs."

Dates: February 13, 1865
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / Manuscript Collection: James H. Lane

Manuscript Collection: James Jackson

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Identifier: MC.1954.110
Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: These letters pertain to the cession of Indian lands to the State of Georgia and from Georgia to the U.S. Government in 1802. At least one of them is addressed to Gov. Josiah Tattnall, Jr. James Jackson (1757-1806) was governor of Georgia from 1798 to 1801. Following his term, he became a commissioner for the State of Georgia under Governor Tattnall and served in this capacity with Abraham Baldwin and John Milledge....
Dates: 1797-1802
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / Manuscript Collection: James Jackson

Manuscript Collection: James Orr

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Identifier: MC.1964.161
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...
Dates: 1822-1960
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / Manuscript Collection: James Orr

Manuscript Collection: Joe Wiedeman

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Identifier: MC.1964.221
Collection Overview

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.

Dates: 1901-1946
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / Manuscript Collection: Joe Wiedeman

Manuscript Collection: John Charles Casey

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Identifier: MC.1964.34
Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: John Charles Casey (1807-1856) was graduated from West Point in 1829 and later became a captain in the United States Army. He was a Special Agent to the Seminoles at the Agency on the Banks of the Caloosa-Halibee, and a good friend of the Seminole Chief, Ho-lah-ta (Billy Bowlegs). The collection consists of letters, both official and personal giving information on the removal of the Indians, the delegations from Arkansas, and...
Dates: 1825-1859
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / Manuscript Collection: John Charles Casey

Manuscript Collection: John Drew

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Identifier: MC.1954.58
Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: A miscellaneous collection reflecting a long and busy life of John Drew (c. 1800-1865), a leading Cherokee, both at the time of removal and later as a representative of the tribe in Washington. Drew served as a Confederate soldier and officer; he was also a banker, a lawyer of sorts, and a storekeeper. Much of the collection consists of business papers of all sorts, many reflecting various aspects of the traffic in slaves, and...
Dates: 1812-1916
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / Manuscript Collection: John Drew

Manuscript Collection: John Howard Payne (Grant Foreman Collection)

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Identifier: MC.1954.169
Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: John Howard Payne (1791-1852) visited the Cherokee country in the 1830's, and two of these letters are introductions to John Ross, the Cherokee Chief. There is an exchange of seven letters between them, mostly personal. Some letters and photostats concern the arrest of Ross and Payne. One letter from John Ridge offers his regrets that Payne cannot visit his house and mentions sending him various Cherokee papers. Payne was...
Dates: 1832-1945
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / Manuscript Collection: John Howard Payne (Grant Foreman Collection)

Manuscript Collection: John M. Armstrong

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Identifier: MC.1964.7
Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: John M. Armstrong (n.d.) was an attorney for the Wyandotte Tribe. The papers are the type a lawyer would leave, concerning Wyandotte tribal matters in Ohio, Kansas, Indiana, etc. They pertain largely to claims against the United States. The papers also include business matters of Armstrong. Later papers are concerned with the division in the Methodist Church, North and South. Some deal with his wife's (Lucy Bigelow) efforts on...
Dates: 1833-1890
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / Manuscript Collection: John M. Armstrong

Manuscript Collection: John Oliver Shaw

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Identifier: MC.1954.196
Collection Overview

Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: This is a four page letter written by Shaw to his mother from San Francisco in 1853. Some of its contents is a report on the "filibustering expedition," then seemingly successful, to capture the State of Sonora.

Dates: 1853
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / Manuscript Collection: John Oliver Shaw

Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

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Identifier: MC.1954.185
Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: John Ross (1790-1866) chief of the First Indian Republic, was principal chief of the Cherokees during the time of the Removal , establishment of the Cherokee Nation, and until his death. During the Civil War he split with the Cherokees who favored the Southern cause and ruled in exile after 1863 from Philadelphia. The collection contains correspondence, proclamation as chief of the Cherokee Tribe, legal papers, records,...
Dates: [no date]
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

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