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Subject
Subject Source: Gilcrease Object Names
Found in 7611 Collections and/or Records:
Manuscript Collection: T.F. Healy
Collection
Identifier: MC.1970.89
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...
Dates:
late 18th to mid 20th century
Manuscript Collection: Thomas S. Jesup
Collection
Identifier: MC.1964.112
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: These letters deal with various matters concerning the Creeks in Georgia, Alabama, and Florida. In August, 1836, Henry Stanton, Adjutant-General from Headquarters Army of the South, Tuskegee, signs an order of Major General Thomas S. Jesup (1788-1860) appointing Colonel John A. Campbell as Commissioner to treat with the chiefs of the Creeks and help them with their land claims. In another letter, Jesup requests more troops for...
Dates:
1836-1837
Manuscript Collection: Vinson Lackey
Collection
Identifier: MC.1970.118
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Vinson Lackey was paid by Thomas Gilcrease in 1945 to document buildings with historical significance, especially relating to pre-statehood buildings, such as forts, schools and homes, and Indian Agencies. This extensive collection is made up of maps, photographs, magazine and newspaper articles, as well as correspondence and lines of inquiry about locations of old buildings. This is the research he used to paint the...
Dates:
possibly 1945
Manuscript Collection: Wells Fargo Memorabilia
Collection
Identifier: MC.1970.216
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: A certificate from Virginia City, Nevada Territory to Jas. S. Gillan, 2 checks issued by Wells Fargo, 2 coins on cards, and three letters regarding coin distribution and shipments of turkeys and butter.
Dates:
1862-1879
Manuscript Collection: Willard Stone
Collection
Identifier: MC.1970.199
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Correspondence between Stone and various people, such as Foreman, Gilcrease, martin Wiesendanger, and James T. Forrest, Director of Gilcrease Museum. Most letters are concerning his art, various carvings and types of mediums used, such as clay and wood varieties. Letters also deal with proposed or ongoing projects, or arranging meetings about art projects. There is also a collection of miscellaneous brochures and cards; some...
Dates:
1942-1985
Manuscript Collection: William A. Philips
Collection
Identifier: MC.1964.173
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: William Addison Phillips (1824-1893), born at Paisley, Scotland, was a soldier, congressman from Kansas, author, and, with four associates, founder of the town of Salina, Kansas. He was a colonel in the Union Army and commander of the Union Indian Brigade from January, 1863, until the end of the War. Among the papers is a typed document which has his signature as special agent and counsel for the Cherokees. Senate Bill No. 25...
Dates:
1865-1893
Manuscript Collection: William Burnet
Collection
Identifier: MC.1954.27
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: William Burnet (1688-1729) was appointed Governor of New York and New Jersey in 1720. In 1728 he transferred to Massachusetts where he also served as Governor. New York was the key colony in regard to the entire colonial policy concerning the Indians at this time. Burnet endeavored to prevent French trade with the Indians and to provide a wise and farseeing Indian policy for the British. There are eleven letters to and from...
Dates:
1726-1728
Manuscript Collection: William de la Montagne Cary
Collection
Identifier: MC.1970.33
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...
Dates:
1861-1969
Manuscript Collection: William M. Quesenbury
Collection
Identifier: MC.1970.180
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Letter from William Quesenbury in Bonham, Texas that is addressed to "Dear Charley" [Scott] recounting an experience with a tent loaned to a "Jack-leg Preacher" named Caldwell. See also: Benton, David. "An Odyssey into Texas." Chronicles of Oklahoma. Volume 60, number 2 (Summer 1982), pp. 116-135. and Benton, David. "On the Border of Indian Territory, The Oklahoma Adventures of William Quesenbury." Chronicles of Oklahoma....
Dates:
October 18, 1866