Letter
Subject
Subject Source: Gilcrease Object Names
Found in 7611 Collections and/or Records:
Manuscript Collection: William McIntosh
Collection
Identifier: MC.1970.140
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: General William McIntosh (1778?-1825) was a Creek Indian Chief who favored the removal of the Creeks out of the state of Georgia to lands in the West. In this matter there was a strong party in opposition. On April 30, 1825, a force of these Indians burned his home, then killed him and other members of his family. General McIntosh was a cousin of Governor George M. Troup of Georgia. The papers include a letter to Governor...
Dates:
1802-1906
Manuscript Collection: William R. Leigh
Collection
Identifier: MC.1963.125
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: William R. Leigh (1866-1955), traveler and artist, was a painter of wild animals, primitive people, and local color. His home was in New York City, but he traveled and studied in Europe when he was a young man, and later he traveled in Africa with the Carl Akely Expedition and with the Martin Johnsons (1926). The collection is the gift of his wife, Ethel Traphagen Leigh, presented by her brother, Edward Traphagen, after her...
Dates:
1883-1965
Manuscript Collection: William S. Bailey
Collection
Identifier: MC.1964.12
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: This collection includes a variety of printed items. It has a newspaper notice of land to be auctioned from the estate of Thomas Latta by Josiah Crawford, estate administrator, a bill of lading addressed to C.C Wolcott in Sommersworth, New Hampshire for 5 barrels of apples from New York to Portsmouth New Hampshire on the sloop "Majestic", a printed leaflet from the Union Pacific Railway describing land for sale in Kansas and a...
Dates:
1824-1959
Manuscript Collection: William W. Fyffe
Collection
Identifier: MC.1954.71
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: The major item here is a letter dated February 1, 1761, from William Fyffe (n. d.), a Scottish doctor who settled at George Town, South Carolina. It was written to his brother, John Fyffe, a merchant and banker of Edinburgh, Scotland, and contains an excellent description of the Cherokees-their manners, customs, troubles, etc. The lengthy letter of over 8000 words gives evidence that William Fyffe was a man of education and...
Dates:
1752-1773
Manuscript Collection: Winfield Scott
Collection
Identifier: MC.1964.192
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Winfield Scott (1786-1866) was an American Army officer engaged in many battles from the War of 1812 to the War with Mexico. The first item is a letter from Scott to Governor William Schley of Georgia dated March 6, 1836, in which he reports on the conditions of the first battalion of Georgia mounted men. He says the report is not favorable as the men generally refuse to be mustered into the service of the United States. He...
Dates:
1836
Manuscript Collection: Winthrop Sargent
Collection
Identifier: MC.1954.190
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Winthrop Sargent (1753-1820), territorial administrator, was a descendant of William Sargent who emigrated from England and received a grant of land in Gloucester in 1678. Sargent fought with the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, and in 1787 he was elected secretary of the Ohio Company. It was while he held this office that he wrote this letter telling of the Ohio River Indian troubles.
Dates:
1791
Manuscript Collection: Wolf Robe Hunt
Collection
Identifier: MC.1980.105
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Included in this collection are a number of sketches, illustrations, poems, awards and newspaper articles regarding Wolf Robe Hunt's art. There are approximately 40 Periodicals with articles about his art, approximately 21 Catalogues and Brochures regarding Inter - Tribal Ceremonials and Pow-wows, and a collection of Sheet Music and Songs. Also included is a large collection of Reproductions, (approximately 40) of portraits,...
Dates:
1904-1987
Manuscript Collection: Woodrow Wilson
Collection
Identifier: MC.1970.223
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Letter from Woodrow Wilson when he was Governor of New Jersey, to John H. Lippincott, declining an invitation of Plainfield Chamber of Commerce.
Dates:
March 11, 1912
Manuscript Collection: Woodrow Wilson Crumbo
Collection
Identifier: MC.1973.52
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: This collection contains a handwritten letter from Crumbo to Dick Best, Gilcrease Museum Director with an enclosed photograph of the artist E.J. Heatwale, a typed manuscript of the short story by Crumbo entitled "The Rainbow Horse", a typed manuscript written by Woody Crumbo entitled "Wolf in The Moon", which is a story of the Indian, and an unsigned handwritten article by Woody Crumbo about Thomas Gilcrease. Crumbo uses a...
Dates:
June 24, 1973
Message from Chief John Ross, July 21, 1838
Item — Folder 375: [Barcode: 187.375]
Identifier: 4026.600-.1
Description
Message by Chief John Ross to Cherokees upon return from Washington calling for General Council at which Delegation and people would exchange sentiments (Moulton) Folded sheet with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 375
Dates:
July 21, 1838