C. Johnson Harris Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: WHC-M-257
Scope and Contents
FULL FINDING AID (PDF)
Typescripts of newspaper articles on Cherokee governmental issues during Harris's tenure as Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation and his service in the Cherokee Senate, including allotment, the Dawes Commission, land transfers and tribal politics.
Dates
- Creation: 1892-1922
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.
Available for public access.
Extent
.66 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Subject
- Harris, C. J. (Colonel Johnson), 1856-1921 (Person)
- United States. Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes (Organization)
- United States. Treaties, etc. (1897 April 23) (Organization)
Geographic
- Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma
- Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma -- Politics and government
- Cherokee Strip (Okla. and Kan.)
Topical
- Cherokee Indians -- Census
- Cherokee Indians -- Government relations
- Cherokee Indians -- Land tenure
- Cherokee Indians -- Legal status, laws, etc.
- Cherokee Indians -- Tribal citizenship
- Cherokee Indians -- Tribal government
- Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma -- Kings and rulers
- Freedmen -- Cherokee Nation
- Freedmen -- Oklahoma
- Indian allotments -- Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma
- Indian allotments -- Oklahoma
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- 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
