Donald J. Berthrong Collection
Scope and Contents
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History professor. Photocopies of correspondence of government officials regarding numerous Great Plains Indian tribes and their relations and treaties with the United States; treaties between these tribes and the United States; and maps of treaty areas and manuscripts regarding the Plains Indians.
NOTE: Boxes 1-10 contain manuscript material in red rope folders.
Dates
- Creation: 1750-1879
Creator
- Berthrong, Donald J. (Person)
Restrictions on Access
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Extent
13 Cubic Feet (13 ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
History professor. Photocopies of correspondence of government officials regarding numerous Great Plains Indian tribes and their relations and treaties with the United States; treaties between these tribes and the United States; and maps of treaty areas and manuscripts regarding the Plains Indians.
Ownership and Custodial History
Gift of Donald J. Berthrong.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Correspondence: Source of acquisition--Berthrong, Donald J. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1963.
Subject
- Bent, George, 1843-1918 -- : Records and correspondence (Person)
- Cass, Lewis, 1782-1866 (Person)
- Clark, William, 1770-1838 (Person)
- Dearborn, Henry, 1751-1829 (Person)
- Harmar, Josiah, 1753-1813 (Person)
- Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 (Person)
- Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866 (Person)
- Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 (Person)
- Vigo, Francis, 1747-1836 (Person)
- Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796 (Person)
- United States. Army -- : Records and correspondence. (Organization)
- United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs -- : Records and correspondence. (Organization)
- United States. Indian Claims Commission (Organization)
- United States. War Department -- : Records and correspondence. (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Arapaho Indians -- Social customs
- Cheyenne Indians -- History
- Cheyenne Indians -- Languages
- Cheyenne Indians -- Social conditions
- Cheyenne Indians -- Treaties
- Delaware Indians -- Treaties
- Fox Indians -- Treaties
- Historians
- Indian trails -- Indiana
- Indian trails -- Michigan
- Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1815-1875
- Kaskaskia Indians -- Treaties
- Kickapoo Indians -- Treaties
- Miami Indians -- Treaties
- Munsee Indians -- Treaties
- Ojibwa Indians -- Treaties
- Ottawa Indians -- Treaties
- Piankashaw Indians -- Treaties
- Potawatomi Indians
- Potawatomi Indians -- Treaties
- Sauk Indians -- Treaties
- Seneca Indians -- Treaties
- Wyandot Indians -- Treaties
- Wyandot Indians -- Treaties
Uniform Title
- Articles of a Treaty Between the United States and the Miami Tribe of Indians (1834 October 23)
- Articles of a Treaty Made and Concluded at Chicago (1821 August 29)
- Articles of a Treaty Made and Concluded at the Foot of the Rapids of the Miami of Lake Erie (1817 September 29)
- Articles of a Treaty Made and Concluded at the Missionary Establishments (1828 September 20)
- Articles of a Treaty Made and Concluded on the Tippecanoe River (1832 October 27)
- Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1784 October 22)
- Treaty of Peace at Greenville between the United States of America and the Tribes of Indians (1795 August 3)
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Box: 1 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 2 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 3 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 4 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 5 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 6 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 7 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 8 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 9 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 10 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 11 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 12 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 13 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 14 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 15 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 16 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 17 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 18 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 19 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 20 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 21 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 22 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 23 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 24 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 25 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 26 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 27 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 28 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 29 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 30 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 31 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 32 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 33 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 34 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 35 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 36 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 37 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 38 (Mixed Materials)
- Oversize Box: 1 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 39 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 40 (Mixed Materials)
- Item: 1 (Mixed Materials)
- Item: 2 (Mixed Materials)
- Item: 3 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 3 (Mixed Materials)
- Drawer: 8606 (Maps)
Repository Details
Part of the Western History Collections Repository
Monnet Hall, 3rd Floor
630 Parrington Oval
Norman Oklahoma 73019
405-325-2904
westernhistorycollections@ou.edu
