C. Ross Hume Collection
Scope and Contents
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Attorney. Personal and business correspondence (1893-1948) relating to Hume's family, his association with the University of Oklahoma, and his activities as an attorney for the Caddo Indians. Also included are numerous legal documents relating to Indian claims and historical papers and documents regarding the Indians of Oklahoma, the Shirley Trading Post, the Anadarko (Oklahoma) area and the University of Oklahoma. C. Ross Hume Photograph Collection also in repository.
Dates
- Creation: 1805-1981
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.
Open for public research.
Extent
10.5 Cubic Feet (10.5 ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Ownership and Custodial History
Gift of C. Ross Hume.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Papers: Source of acquisition--Hume, C. Ross. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1953.
Bibliography
Subject
- Big Tree, 1847-1927 (Kiowa chief) (Person)
- Black Beaver (Person)
- Hennessey, Pat, 1837-1874 (Person)
- Hume, Carleton Ross (Carleton Ross), 1878-1960 (Person)
- Inkanish, Mary (Person)
- Parker, Quanah, 1845?-1911 (Person)
- Satanta, Kiowa Chief, approximately 1815-1878 (Person)
- Sequoyah, 1770?-1843 (Person)
- Hume family (Family)
- Brotherhood of North American Indians -- : Constitution. (Organization)
- Cherokee Strip Live Stock Association -- : Charters. (Organization)
- National Hall of Fame for Famous American Indians -- : Records and correspondence. (Organization)
- Native American Church of North America (Organization)
- Shirley's Trading Post (Okla.) (Organization)
- University of Oklahoma -- : Alumni. (Organization)
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Wichita Agency (Organization)
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Kiowa Agency (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
- Anadarko (Okla.) -- History
- Caddo County (Okla.) -- History
- Fort Cobb (Okla. : Township) -- History
- Oklahoma -- History
- Oklahoma -- History -- 19th century
Topical
- Apache Indians -- Claims
- Caddo Indians -- Claims
- Caddo Indians -- History
- Caddo Indians -- Languages
- Caddo Indians -- Legal status, laws, etc.
- Caddo Indians -- Politics and government
- Caddo Indians -- Treaties
- Cherokee Indians -- Land tenure
- Cherokee Indians -- Treaties
- Chickasaw Indians -- Land tenure
- Choctaw Indians -- Claims
- Comanche Indians -- History
- Creek Indians
- Dakota Indians -- CivilIzation
- Delaware Indians -- Claims
- Hasinai Indians
- Indian captivities
- Indian dance -- North America
- Indian land transfers -- Oklahoma -- History
- Indians of North America -- Claims
- Kiowa Indians -- Claims
- Menominee Indians -- Claims
- Merchants -- Indian Territory
- Merchants -- Oklahoma
- Ojibwa Indians -- Claims
- Peyotism -- Oklahoma
- Pioneers -- Caddo County (Okla.)
- Presbyterian Church -- Oklahoma -- Anadarko -- Church history
- Seminole Indians
- Shawnee Indians -- Claims
- Shoshoni Indians -- Claims
- Tawakoni Indians
- Waco Indians
- Wichita Indians -- Claims
- Wichita Indians -- Government relations
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
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- Box: 30 (Mixed Materials)
- Drawer: 8612 (Maps)
- Drawer: 8504 (Maps)
Repository Details
Part of the Western History Collections Repository
Monnet Hall, 3rd Floor
630 Parrington Oval
Norman Oklahoma 73019
405-325-2904
westernhistorycollections@ou.edu