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Roscoe Simmons Cate Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: WHC-M-91

Scope and Contents

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Attorney. Manuscripts in the Creek language; copies of correspondence from officials connected with Indian affairs, such as Maj. Gen. Thomas S. Jessup, Opothleyahola, and Albert Pike; a compilation of names and locations of Creek towns in Alabama and Oklahoma; and briefs, trusts and correspondence relating to the court case concerning the estate of Jackson Barnett, one of Oklahoma's wealthiest Indians. Roscoe Simmons Cate Photograph Collection also in repository.

Dates

  • 1819-1970

Creator

Restrictions on Access

Available for public access.

Extent

5.3 Cubic Feet (5.3 ft.)

Language of Materials

English

Ownership and Custodial History

Gift of Rosce Simmons Cate.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Papers: Source of acquisition--Cate, Roscoe Simmons. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1949.

Description rules
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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