Peter Perkins Pitchlynn Collection
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Choctaw Chief. Correspondence of Pitchlynn with prominent citizens and family members in the Choctaw Nation; personal journals (1815) and diary (1828-1832) of Pitchlynn; official reports (1825-1841) of the Choctaw Academy in Kentucky; and Pitchlynn family records (1806-1867). Also includes a signed copy of the articles of surrender and peace negotiated between the Choctaw Nation and the United States at the close of the Civil War, and extensive correspondence reflecting the state of the Choctaw Nation just prior to and during the Civil War years, with special regard to slavery. Peter Pitchlynn Photograph Collection also in repository.
Dates
- 1815-1922
Creator
- Pitchlynn, Peter Perkins, 1806-1881 (Person)
Restrictions on Access
Restricted.
Extent
3 ft. (3 ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Papers: Source of acquisition--Unknown. Method of acquisition--Unknown; Date of acquisition--1984.
Alternate Form Available
Also available online. (http://digital.libraries.ou.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/pitchlynn)
- Abolitionists -- Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Abolitionists -- Indian Territory Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Abolitionists -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- African Americans -- Relations with Indians Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Alcoholism -- Choctaw Nation Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Alcoholism -- Indian Territory Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Alcoholism -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Armstrong Academy (Okla.)
- Atoka (Okla.) Subject Source: Naf
- Atoka (Okla.) Subject Source: Naf
- Blunt, James G. (James Gillpatrick), 1826-1881
- Boggy, Joseph
- Byington, Cyrus, 1793-1868
- Caddo (Okla.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Caddo (Okla.) -- History -- 19th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Chahta Tamaha (Indian Territory) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Chahta Tamaha (Okla.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cherokee Indians Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Chickasaw Indians -- Government relations -- 1789-1869 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Chickasaw Indians -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Chickasaw Indians -- Land titles Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Chickasaw Indians -- Land transfers Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Chickasaw Indians -- Language Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Chickasaw Indians -- Property Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Chickasaw Indians -- Treaties Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Choctaw Indians -- Agriculture Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Choctaw Indians -- Crime Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Choctaw Indians -- Education Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Choctaw Indians -- Folklore Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Choctaw Indians -- Games Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Choctaw Indians -- Government relations Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Choctaw Indians -- Health and hygeine Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Choctaw Indians -- Land tenure Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Choctaw Indians -- Languages Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Choctaw Indians -- Liquor problem Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Choctaw Indians -- Mass media Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Choctaw Indians -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Choctaw Indians -- Politics and government Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Choctaw Indians -- Property Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Choctaw Indians -- Relations with Afro-Americans Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Choctaw Indians -- Religion Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Choctaw Indians -- Removal Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Choctaw Indians -- Slaves, Ownership of Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Choctaw Indians -- Social life and customs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Choctaw Indians -- Sports Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Choctaw Indians -- Treaties Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Choctaw Indians -- Tribal government Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Choctaw Indians -- Wars -- 1815-1875 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Choctaw Nation -- Boundaries Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Choctaw Nation -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Choctaw Nation -- Missionaries Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Choctaw dance Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Clark, William, 1770-1838
- Colbert, Winchester, 1810-1880
- Cole, Coleman, approximately 1800-1885
- Confederate States of America. Army -- Indian troops
- Confederate States of America. Army. Choctaw Battalion, 1st
- Confederate States of America. Army. Choctaw Mounted Rifles, 1st
- Confederate States of America. Army. District of Indian Territory
- Confederate States of America. Army. Trans-Mississippi Department
- Confederate States of America. Diplomatic and Consular Service
- Confederate States of America. President
- Constitutions -- Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Constitutions -- Oklahoma -- Doaksville (Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Constitutions -- Oklahoma -- Skullyville Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cooper's Station, Battle of, 1863 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cooper, Douglas H., 1815-1879
- Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Dakota Indians -- Education Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
- Delaware Indian Reservation (Indian Territory) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Delaware Indian Reservation (Okla.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Diaries Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Doaksville (Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Douglas, Stephen A. (Stephen Arnold), 1813-1861
- Eagle County (Indian Territory) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Eagle County (Okla.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Folsom, David, 1791-1847
- Folsom, George, 1807?-1887
- Folsom, Israel, 1802-1870
- Folsom, Peter, 1814?-1871
- Fort Arbuckle (Okla.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Fort Arbuckle (Okla.) -- History -- 19th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Fort McCullough (Indian Territory) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Fort McCullough (Okla.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Fort Towson (Okla.) Subject Source: Naf
- Fort Towson (Okla.) -- History -- 19th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Fort Washita (Indian Territory) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Fort Washita (Okla.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Gaines, George Strother, approximately 1784-1873
- Garland, Samuel, 1803-1870
- Goodland (Okla.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Goodland (Okla.) -- History -- 19th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872
- Harris, Cyrus, 1817-1888
- Honey Springs, Battle of, Okla., 1863 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Hudson, George, 1808-1865
- Indians of North America -- Agriculture Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of North America -- Education Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of North America -- Folklore Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of North America -- Games Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of North America -- Languages Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of North America -- Politics and government Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of North America -- Relations with Afro-Americans Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of North America -- Slaves, Ownership of Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of North America -- Social life and customs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of North America -- Sports Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Jack's Fork County (Indian Territory) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Jackson, Jacob Battiest, 1845-
- Johnson, Richard M. (Richard Mentor), 1780-1850
- Kiamichi County (Indian Territory) Subject Source: Naf
- Kingsbury, Cyrus, 1786-1870
- Kirby-Smith, Edmund, 1824-1893
- Krebs, Nathaniel F.
- Ku Klux Klan (19th century)
- Land settlement -- Choctaw Nation Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Land settlement -- Indian Territory Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Land settlement -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- LeFlore, Greenwood, 1800-1865
- Lewis, Dixon W.
- Manypenny, George Washington, 1808-1892
- Matthews, Asa G.
- Maxey, S. B. (Samuel Bell), 1825-1895
- McAlester (Okla.) Subject Source: Naf
- McAlester (Okla.) -- History -- 19th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- McCurtain County (Okla.) Subject Source: Naf
- McCurtain, Jackson F. (Jackson Frazier), 1830-1885
- McKinney, Thompson, -1889
- Medical care -- Choctaw Nation Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Medical care -- Indian Territory Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Medical care -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Missionaries -- Choctaw Nation Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Missions -- Choctaw Nation Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Missions -- Indian Territory Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Missions -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, Mississippi Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mushalatubbee, Choctaw chief, -approximately 1836
- New Hope (Indian Territory) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- New Hope (Okla.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Nix, Charles E.
- Oklahoma -- Boundaries -- Texas Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oklahoma -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Omaha Indians -- Education Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Orr, Gustavus J., 1819-1887
- Owen, Robert Dale, 1801-1877
- Pages, John
- Paris (Ky.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Perryville (Indian Territory) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Perryville (Okla.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Perryville, Battle of, Perryville, Ky., 1862 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Pickens, Levi
- Pike, Albert, 1809-1891
- Pitchlynn family
- Pitchlynn, John, approximately 1756-1835
- Pitchlynn, Peter Perkins, 1806-1881
- Pitchlynn, Sophia Folsom
- Plantations -- Choctaw Nation Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Plantations -- Indian Territory Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Plantations -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Political parties -- Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Pontotoc County (Indian Territory) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Pontotoc County (Okla.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Postal service -- Choctaw Nation Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Postal service -- Indian Territory Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Postal service -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Pushmataha, approximately 1764-1824
- Railroads -- Choctaw Nation Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Railroads -- Indian Territory Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Railroads -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Red River County (Tex.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Reports Subject Source: Ftamc
- Rose Hill (Indian Territory) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Rose Hill (Okla.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe, 1793-1864
- Skullyville (Okla.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Skullyville (Okla.) -- History -- 19th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Skullyville County (Indian Territory) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Slavery -- Indian Territory Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Slavery -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Slavery and the church -- Baptist Church Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Slavery and the church -- Methodist Church Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Slavery and the church -- Presbyterian Church Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Slavery in the Bible Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Slaves -- Choctaw Nation Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Slaves -- Indian Territory Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Slaves -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Spencer Academy (Okla.)
- Statehood (American politics) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Tecumseh, Shawnee Chief, 1768-1813
- Temperance Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Texas -- Boundaries -- Choctaw Nation Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Treaty of Perpetual Friendship, Cession and Limits (1830 September 27) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Turnbull, Turner B.
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States -- History -- War of 1812 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States marshals Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States. -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Indian troops Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Choctaw Agency
- University of Nashville
- Vann, Joseph
- Vose, Henry
- Wade County (Indian Territory) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Washita (Indian Territory) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Watie, Stand, 1806-1871
- Worcester, S. A. (Samuel Austin), 1798-1859
- Wright, Allen, 1826-1885
- 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