Gilbert Wesley Dukes Collection
Collection — Box: D-29
Identifier: WHC-M-174
Scope and Contents
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Typescripts of correspondence written during Dukes' tenure as Principal Chief of the Choctaw Nation and relating to leases, stockraising, and Choctaw schools, together with speeches, biographical information, and political writings reflecting the problems involved in the transition from tribal government to territorial and ultimately state jurisdiction.
Dates
- 1877-1905
Creator
- Dukes, Gilbert Wesley, 1849-1919 (Person)
Restrictions on Access
Available for public access.
Extent
74 items (74 items)
Language of Materials
English
Ownership and Custodial History
Transferred from the Phillips Collection.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Printed material: Source of acquisition--Phillips Collection. Method of acquisition--Transferred; Date of acquisition--9999.
- Choctaw Indians -- Education Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Choctaw Indians -- Government relations Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Choctaw Indians -- Land tenure Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Choctaw Indians -- Legal status, laws, etc. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Choctaw Indians -- Politics and government Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of North America -- Domestic animals Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Livestock -- Indian Territory Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Livestock -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- McCurtain, Green, 1848-1910
- Mines and mineral resources Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Speeches, addresses, etc. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States. Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes
- 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