Alan W. Farley Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: WHC-M-1017
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
- 1833-1966
Restrictions on Access
Available for public access.
Extent
2.5 ft. (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.
- American bison Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Beecher Island, Battle of, Colo., 1868 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Beveridge, Albert J. (Albert Jeremiah), 1862-1927 -- : Correspondence
- Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.) -- Description and travel Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865
- Broadsides Subject Source: Ftamc
- Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917
- Cattle -- Kansas -- Marketing Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cattle stealing Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cheyenne Indians -- Wars Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Connelley, William Elsey, 1855-1930 -- : Correspondence
- Corbett, Boston, 1832-1894
- Curleyhead, William
- Denver, James William, 1817-1892
- Diaries Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Dull Knife, approximately 1828-1879 or 1883
- Farley, Alan W.
- Graham, George W. (George Washington), 1847-1923
- Hickok, Wild Bill, 1837-1876
- Indians of North America -- Education Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Johnnycake, Isaac
- Johnnycake, John
- Kansa Indians -- Reservations Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Kansas -- History -- 1854-1861 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Kansas -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Land settlement -- Kansas Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
- Mackenzie, Ranald Slidell, 1840-1889
- Memoirs Subject Source: Ftamc
- Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956
- Mississippi River -- Description and travel Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Newspapers Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Nez Percé Indians Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Quantrill, William Clarke, 1837-1865
- Red Cloud, 1822-1909
- Riverside Indian Boarding School
- Scouts (Reconnaissance) -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Shawnee Baptist Mission (Kan.)
- Shawnee Indians -- Newspapers Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Swift Bear
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Registers, lists, etc. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Scouts and scouting Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Vicksburg (Miss.) -- History -- Siege, 1863 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Wheeler, Homer W.
- Wyandot Indians -- Religion Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Western History Collections Repository
Contact:
630 Parrington Oval
Room 300
Norman Oklahoma 73019 United States
westernhistorycollections@ou.edu
630 Parrington Oval
Room 300
Norman Oklahoma 73019 United States
westernhistorycollections@ou.edu
