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Southern Plains Indian Agencies Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-1087

Scope and Contents

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Photocopies of correspondence (1804-1899) between U.S. Indian agents throughout the southern Great Plains region and various officials, regarding Cheyenne, Arapaho, Kiowa, Osage, Pawnee, Sac and Fox, Wichita and other Indian tribes. Correspondents include John Beach, Lawrie Tatum and Generals Townsend, Sheridan and Sherman.

Dates

  • Creation: 1804-1899

Creator

Restrictions on Access

On June 26, 2023, the Western History Collections began a preservation project that has made many of its collections unavailable for a period of time. This collection is among the materials temporarily unavailable. Please contact Western History Collections if you wish to be added to a contact list to be notified when this collection becomes available.

Available for public access.

Extent

4.25 Cubic Feet (4.25 ft.)

Language of Materials

English

Ownership and Custodial History

Gift of Edward Everett Dale and Charles Coke Rister.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Records: Source of acquisition--Dale, Edward Everett and Charles Coke Rister. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1940.

Genre / Form

Geographic

Topical

Description rules
Appm
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Western History Collections Repository

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