Alan W. Farley Collection
Scope and Contents
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Attorney. Notebooks of memoirs by Homer W. Wheeler, describing his life as an Army Scout; broadsides, newspapers, and handbills regarding the settlement of Kansas; along with a wide variety of other documents collected by Farley and relating the the Civil War, settlement of Kansas, Indian battles on the Great Plains with an emphasis on Kansas, and on the history of the American West in general. Also included is one of the two known copies of the "Siwinowe Kesibwi" (Shawnee Sun) newspaper (1841).
Dates
- Creation: 1833-1966
Restrictions on Access
Available for public access.
Extent
2.5 Cubic Feet (2.5 ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Ownership and Custodial History
Gift of Alan W. Farley.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Papers: Source of acquisition--Farley, Alan W. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1968.
Subject
- Beveridge, Albert J. (Albert Jeremiah), 1862-1927 -- : Correspondence (Person)
- Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865 (Person)
- Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917 (Person)
- Connelley, William Elsey, 1855-1930 -- : Correspondence (Person)
- Corbett, Boston, 1832-1894 (Person)
- Curleyhead, William (Person)
- Denver, James William, 1817-1892 (Person)
- Dull Knife, approximately 1828-1879 or 1883 (Person)
- Farley, Alan W. (Person)
- Graham, George W. (George Washington), 1847-1923 (Person)
- Hickok, Wild Bill, 1837-1876 (Person)
- Johnnycake, Isaac (Person)
- Johnnycake, John (Person)
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 (Person)
- Mackenzie, Ranald Slidell, 1840-1889 (Person)
- Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 (Person)
- Quantrill, William Clarke, 1837-1865 (Person)
- Red Cloud, 1822-1909 (Person)
- Wheeler, Homer W. (Person)
- Riverside Indian Boarding School (Organization)
- Shawnee Baptist Mission (Kan.) (Organization)
- Swift Bear (Person)
Genre / Form
Geographic
- Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.) -- Description and travel
- Kansas -- History -- 1854-1861
- Kansas -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- Mississippi River -- Description and travel
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Registers, lists, etc.
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Scouts and scouting
- Vicksburg (Miss.) -- History -- Siege, 1863
Topical
- American bison
- Beecher Island, Battle of, Colo., 1868
- Cattle -- Kansas -- Marketing
- Cattle stealing
- Cheyenne Indians -- Wars
- Indians of North America -- Education
- Kansa Indians -- Reservations
- Land settlement -- Kansas
- Newspapers
- Nez Percé Indians
- Scouts (Reconnaissance) -- United States
- Shawnee Indians -- Newspapers
- Wyandot Indians -- Religion
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Western History Collections Repository
630 Parrington Oval
Room 300
Norman Oklahoma 73019 United States
westernhistorycollections@ou.edu
