Roscoe Simmons Cate Collection
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
- Cate, Roscoe Simmons, 1876-1954 (Person)
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.
- Barnett, Jackson, 1856-1934
- Briefs Subject Source: Ftamc
- Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Creek Indians -- Government relations Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Creek Indians -- Land tenure Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Creek Indians -- Languages Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Creek Indians -- Politics and government Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Creek Indians--Kings and rulers Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Jessup, Thomas S.
- Lawyers -- Indian Territory Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Lawyers -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Lists Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Opothleyaholo, approximately 1798-1862
- Perryman, L. C. (Legus Choteau), 1838-1922
- Pike, Albert, 1809-1891
- United States. Army. Cavalry
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
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- Drawer: 8610 (Maps)
Repository Details
Part of the Western History Collections Repository
630 Parrington Oval
Room 300
Norman Oklahoma 73019 United States
westernhistorycollections@ou.edu