Ross, John, 1790-1866
Dates
- Existence: 1790-10-03 - 1866-08-01
Gender
- Males
Places
- Tennessee (Place of Birth)
- Washington (D.C.) (Place of Death)
- Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma (Associated Country)
- United States (Associated Country)
- Oklahoma (Residence)
Languages Used
- English
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
Cherokee Nation Papers Collection
Division of Manuscripts Collection
General Personalities Collection
Black and white copy and original prints of individuals, many of whom have historical ties to Indian Territory, Oklahoma Territory, and Oklahoma state, and to the University of Oklahoma. Included are Elias Boudinot, Billy Bowlegs, Thomas M. Buffington, Dennis W. Bushyhead, David Ross Boyd, Cyrus Byington, Samuel Checote, Lewis Downing, Geronimo, Thomas P. Gore, Patrick J. Hurley, Charles Journeycake, Josh Lee, Julien C. Monnet, Robert L. Owen, John Ridge, Major Ridge, John Ross, Sequoyah, Elmer Thomas, and Bud Wilkinson.
Jay L. Hargett Collection
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Collector. Typescripts of correspondence (1816-1870) regarding missionary work among the Choctaw and Cherokee Indians; diaries (1914) recounting travel in the eastern United States and in the Galena, Kansas area; a student's notebook containing class notes, poetry and miscellaneous notes; an account book (1860's-1890's) recording purchases and daily expenses; and personal correspondence (1894-1902) between Edwin Ludlow and his wife. Correspondents regarding missionary activities include Cyrus Byington, Israel Folsom, David Folsom, Nathaniel Folsom, Peter Pitchlynn, Stand Watie, and Cyrus Kingsbury. J. L. Hargett Photograph Collection also in repository.
John D. Jordan Collection
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Letter (1842) to Stand Watie from John Rollin Ridge regarding the Ross faction and the death of James Foreman, who was killed by Watie; and a biography of Watie compiled by the Daughters of the Confederacy. John D. Jordan Photograph Collection also in repository.
John Ross, Cherokee chief, 1827-1966. Portrait. Negative., 1827-1966
Black and white original prints of the Cherokee Male and Female Seminaries at Park Hill, Indian Territory. Includes members of the Cherokee tribal government, Cherokee students, and Tahlequah, Indian Territory.
John Ross Collection
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Typescripts of newspaper articles regarding Ross, Chief of the Cherokees, the history of the Cherokees, and the political and social conditions within the Cherokee Nation, 1829-1874.
John Ross with his second wife., undated
Black and white original prints of the Ross and Murrell families, the Cherokee Male Seminary, and of students and the campus of the Cherokee Female Seminary. Also included in the collection is a portrait of Mock, a Sac and Fox Indian. Anne Ross Piburn Manuscript Collection also in repository.
Kathleen Faux Collection
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Missionary. Sixty-five letters dated December 1889-November 1890 relating the missionary experiences of the Reverend and Mrs. Joseph Leiper and Margaret McCarrell in the Indian Territory. Notes (1935) written by Reverend Leiper concerning his life's work. 17 page typewritten manuscript (1995) by Kathleen Faux concerning the letters of Leiper and McCarrell.
T. L. Ballenger Photograph Collection
Black and white original prints of the Cherokee Male and Female Seminaries at Park Hill, Indian Territory. Includes members of the Cherokee tribal government, Cherokee students, and Tahlequah, Indian Territory.
The John Ross home in Rossville, Georgia., undated
View of Ross Cemetery. The stone on the ground is that of John Ross. Park Hill, Oklahoma. 1975, 1975
Black and white original and copy prints of numerous Oklahoma towns, including scenes of businesses, health resorts, stone quarries, railroads and dust storms. The collection also contains prints of Cherokee, Creek, Chickasw, Choctaw, Seminole, and Sac and Fox Indians. John Wesley Morris Manuscript Collection also in repository.
Waddie Hudson Photograph Collection
Black and white copy and original prints of Cherokee Indians, the Cherokee Female Seminary, and Tahlequah, Indian Territory. Also includes prints of outlaws and U.S. Marshals.