Collection Overview From the Collection: Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: The Gilcrease Cartographic Collection was initially created as a storage designation for maps found in the manuscript collections and for the few original maps purchased during the life of Thomas Gilcrease. From the collections initial humble beginnings, it has continued to grow into am official map collection through additional gifts and purchases. The collection includes atlases, hand drawn maps from the manuscript...

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Affidavit states that the grandmother of Mary the widow of J. M. Reese, was a servant of Nobble Kenard of the Creek Nation. Nobble Kenard was he father of Jane Kenard. Folder 221

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Folder 7

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C. T. Wells' account of a 15-day, 375-mile trip from Mulberry, Franklin County, Arkansas to Arkansas City, Kansas, which lasted from November 7 to 22, 1878. It also contains his comments on Sun City, Kansas from June 1879. It is addressed to "[t]o [his] friend Sallie." Folder 1

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Certified Copy of the Cherokee-Creek Treaty regarding boundary. Top left corner folded. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 12

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Inscribed in ink, "Copy of the Creek + Cherokee Treaty"

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Copy of instructions from Chief John Ross and Andrew M. Vann to delegation attending council of Choctaw, Creek, and Cherokee Nations (Moulton) Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 786

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Inscribed in ink, "ink"

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D. N. McIntosh, Colonel C. CR from Camp Pleasant wrote to General Pike reporting that 6,000 men of the opposition party plan to attach his regiment. The attack was five days away and McIntosh suggested that General Pike send the Cherokee and Choctaw forces to his aid. Folder 283

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Copy of letter from Secretary of War J. H. Eaton to Colonel Ward transmitting a copy of his July 29th letter to Colonel Montgomery, Cherokee Agent, setting forth the President's views on Indian removal. Five folded sheets of paper with handwritten text in ink on 19 pages. Folder 40

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Inscribed in ink on recto, "Copy"

Description Draft copy of letter from Chief John Ross to Major James C. Martin expressing hope that conferences will lead to a new treaty in which 'Cherokee concede a portion of our national rights for the best consideration which can be obtained.' (Moulton). Letter also states that the Secretary of War has agreed to Colonel Lindsay's suggestion that Creek Indians be allowed to remain at peace in the Cherokee Nation. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder...

Scope and Contents Inscribed by hand in blue ink, "EFG Edison Pinnacle info March 3, 1989" in lower center on verso Curatorial Remarks Community Elder Tags: Pinnacle, March 3 1989, Dana Tiger Art Show, Smithsonian World, Blackboard, hand drawn map of Indian territory 1866, No Man's Land, Cherokee Outlet, Cheyenne, Arapahoe, Greer County, Comanche, Kiamichi, apache, Chick a Saw, Creek, osage, cherokee, Choctaw, playbill, Oklahoma! The surrey with the fringe...