Alfred Griffith Collection
Scope and Contents
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Surgeon and naval officer. Correspondence (1860-1913) to and from Griffith regarding his experiences as a medical cadet with the U.S. Army during the Civil War, his participation in a U.S. naval expedition to Darien (modern Panama), and also regarding New Hope Seminary in the Choctaw Nation; diaries (1864-1870) regarding Griffith's travels abroad, and his emigration to Indian Territory; naval medical reports and requisition requests (1870-1871); petition (1894) from the residents of Sans Bois, Choctaw Nation, requesting that Griffith establish a medical practice there; certificates (1900-1917); a passport (1871); manuscripts (1864-1865) by Griffith concerning his Civil War experiences with Sherman's army in Georgia and North Carolina; and programs (1888-1931).
Dates
- 1842-1931
Creator
- Griffith, Alfred, 1844-1931 (Person)
Restrictions on Access
Available for public access.
Extent
.66 ft. (.66 ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Ownership and Custodial History
Gift of Ethel Griffith Johnson.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Papers: Source of acquisition--Johnson, Ethel Griffith. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1953.
- Battles -- Georgia Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Botany -- Panama Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Choctaw Nation -- Description and travel Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Diaries Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Indian Territory -- Description and travel Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Land settlement -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Manuscripts Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- McCurtain, Green, 1848-1910
- Medical care -- Choctaw Nation Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Methodist Episcopal Church -- Pennsylvania 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
- New Hope Seminary (Okla.)
- Oklahoma State Medical Association
- Panama -- History -- To 1903 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Petitions Subject Source: Ftamc
- Physicians -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Pioneers -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Reports Subject Source: Ftamc
- Schools -- Indian Territory Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Schools -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Medical and sanitary affairs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States Darien Exploring Expedition (Date of meeting or treaty signing: (1870).)
- United States. Navy -- : Medical supplies.
- Voyages and travels 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
630 Parrington Oval
Room 300
Norman Oklahoma 73019 United States
westernhistorycollections@ou.edu
