Cherokee Nation Papers Collection
Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-943
Scope and Contents
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Official correspondence, letterpress copybooks, reports, chiefs' mesages, speeches of delegates, proceedings, laws, court decisions, acts, leases, election returns, registers of removal claims, and clippings relating to the affairs of the Cherokee Nation. Specifically included are groups of papers and records on the following subjects: the official Cherokee newspaper, the CHEROKEE ADVOCATE (1869-1906); the Cherokee Boundary Survey (1871-1873); Cherokee Nation censuses (1868-1901); the Cherokee Outlet (1871-1896); Citizenship (1856-1904); the Creek War or the William Cobb murder case (1880-1885); the Dawes Commission (1894-1907); Delegations, agents and attorneys (1816-1910); the Eastern (North Carolina) Cherokee (1871-1906); Education (1856-1906); Elections (1856-1901); the Cherokee Insane Asylum (1874-1907); Intruders (1868-1902); Legislative affairs (1837-1905); Licenses, permits and fees (1856-1902); United States-Cherokee disputes (1874-1899); Executive documents (1801-1909); National officers (1856-1902); the National Prison and High Sheriff (1870-1900) Old Settlers (1875-1902); Pardons and commutations (1876-1897); Per-capita payments (1875-1902); Railroads (1866-1900); Rewards and extraditions (1877-1888); Smallpox (1882-1900); Suspensions (1877-1896); Town lots (1858-1911); the Vann murder case (1879-1881); Printed documents (1800-1982); Papers of Stand and Sarah C. Watie (1832-1881); Ridge and Boudinot family papers (1835-1890). James Madison Bell papers (1836-1908); General correspondence (1886-1908); Cherokee Treaty Fund claims (1837-1850); Civil War records (1861-1866); and General documents (1824-1893).
Dates
- 1801-1982
Restrictions on Access
Available for public access.
Extent
83 ft. (83 ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Arranged by series.
Ownership and Custodial History
Gift of Mrs. John "Jeff" Jordan through E.E. Dale.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Papers: Source of acquisition--Jordan, Mrs. John "Jeff". Method of acquisition--Gift through E.E.Dale; Date of acquisition--1942.
- Adair, Ephraim Martin, 1836-1882
- Adair, W. P. (William Penn), 1830-1880
- African Americans -- Oklahoma -- Schools Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Alberty, John Wright, 1834-1905
- Atlantic & Pacific Railroad Company (1866-1897)
- Beede, Cyrus, 1828-1908
- Bell, James Madison, 1826-1915 -- : Correspondence
- Bell, Lucien B. (Lucien Burr), 1838-1915
- Bixby, Tams, 1854-1922
- Boudinot family
- Boudinot, Elias C. (Elias Cornelius), 1835-1890 -- : Correspondence
- Boudinot, Elias, -1839
- Boudinot, Mary H. -- : Correspondence
- Boudinot, W. P. (William P.) -- : Correspondence
- Bryan, Joel M.
- Buffington, T. M. (Thomas Mitchell), 1855-1938
- Bunch, Rabbit -- : Correspondence
- Bushyhead, Dennis Wolfe, 1826-1898 -- : Correspondence
- Checote, Samuel, 1819-1884 -- : Correspondence
- Cherokee Indian Citizenship Association
- Cherokee Indians -- Appropriations Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cherokee Indians -- Census Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cherokee Indians -- Claims Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cherokee Indians -- Crimes Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cherokee Indians -- Diseases Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cherokee Indians -- Education Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cherokee Indians -- Employment Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cherokee Indians -- Financial affairs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cherokee Indians -- Government relations Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cherokee Indians -- Land tenure Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cherokee Indians -- Legal status, laws, etc. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cherokee Indians -- Liquor problem Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cherokee Indians -- Missions Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cherokee Indians -- Narcotics Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cherokee Indians -- Orphanages Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cherokee Indians -- Pensions Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cherokee Indians -- Population Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cherokee Indians -- Removal Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cherokee Indians -- Slaves, Ownership of Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cherokee Indians -- Taxation Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cherokee Indians -- Treaties Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cherokee Indians -- Tribal citizenship Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cherokee Indians -- Tribal government Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cherokee Indians -- Writing Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma. National Council
- Cherokee Nation. National Prison
- Cherokee National Female Seminary
- Cherokee National Male Seminary
- Cherokee National Railway
- Cherokee Oil and Gas Company
- Cherokee Orphan Asylum (Okla.)
- Cherokee School for the Blind and Deaf (Okla.)
- Cherokee Strip Live Stock Association
- Chupco, John, approximately 1821-1881 -- : Correspondence
- Church buildings -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cities and towns -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Clarke's Business College and Normal Institute (Vinita, Okla.)
- Coachman, Ward -- : Correspondence
- Constitutions -- Cherokee Nation Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cooley, Dennis N., 1825-1892
- Courts -- Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Courts -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Crawford, Thomas Hartley, 1786-1863 -- Correspondence
- Daniel, Nancy Josephine, 1853-1875 -- : Correspondence
- Dawes, Henry L. (Henry Laurens), 1816-1903 -- : Correspondence
- Delaware Indians -- Tribal citizenship Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Dentists -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Dole, William P., approximately 1818-1889
- Downing, Lewis
- Duncan, John Ellis, 1861-1947
- Duncan, Walter Adair
- Elections -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Epidemics -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Extradition -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Fairchild, Lucius, 1831-1896
- Freedmen -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Grayson, G. W. (George Washington), 1843-1920
- Grazing -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Harris, Cyrus, 1817-1888
- Hastings, William Wirt, 1866-1938
- Hitchcock, Ethan Allen, 1835-1909
- Indians of North America -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Isparcheher, 1828-1902 (Creek chief) -- : Correspondence
- Jones, Wilson N., (Wilson Nathaniel), 1827?-1901? -- : Correspondence
- Keetoowah Society
- Keys, James McDaniel
- Keys, Levi
- Kirby-Smith, Edmund, 1824-1893
- Lead mines and mining -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Lipe, DeWitt Clinton -- : Correspondence
- Little Rock & Fort Smith R.R. Co
- Little Turkey, active 1792-1801 (Cherokee chief)
- Lumbering -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mayes, J. B. (Joel Bryan), 1833-1891 -- : Correspondence
- Mayes, S. H. (Samuel Houston), 1845-1927 -- : Correspondence
- McCurtain, Green, 1848-1910 -- : Correspondence
- McCurtain, Jackson F. (Jackson Frazier), 1830-1885
- Methodist Episcopal Church -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mines and mineral resources Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Missions -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
- Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company
- Mohawk Indians -- Tribal citizenship Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Munsee Indians -- Tribal citizenship Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Murrell, Douglass
- Oochalata, -1891 (Cherokee chief)
- Owen, Robert L. (Robert Latham), 1856-1947
- Park Hill Mission (Okla.)
- Parker, Isaac Charles, 1838-1896
- Payne, David Lewis, 1836-1884
- Perryman, Joseph M., 1833-1896 -- : Correspondence
- Perryman, L. C. (Legus Choteau), 1838-1922 -- : Correspondence
- Petroleum industry and trade -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Physicians -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Pix, Charles -- : Correspondence
- Porter, Pleasant -- : Correspondence
- Presbyterian Church -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Prisons -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Proclamations -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Rasmus, Wm. F. -- : Correspondence
- Ridge, John Rollin, 1827-1867 -- : Correspondence
- Roach, George
- Roads -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Ross, John, 1790-1866
- Ross, Lewis, -1869
- Ross, Robert Bruce, 1845-1930
- Ross, William P. (William Potter), 1820-1891
- Southern Kansas Railway Company
- Springer, William M.
- St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Company
- Starr, Emmet
- Stephens, Spencer Seago
- Teller, Henry Moore, 1830-1914 -- : Correspondence
- Tufts, John Quincy, 1840-1908
- Turner, Clarence W., 1857-1931
- United States (Title of work: Curtis Act.)
- United States. Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes
- Vann, Clement N. -- : Correspondence
- Watie, Charles
- Watie, Charlotte Jacqueline, 1854-1875 -- : Correspondence
- Watie, John A. -- : Correspondence
- Watie, Saladin -- : Correspondence
- Watie, Sarah Caroline Bell, 1820-1882 -- : Correspondence
- Watie, Stand, 1806-1871
- Whiteman, William H.
- Wirt, William, 1772-1834
- Wisdom, Dew M. -- : Correspondence
- Wolf, Jonas, -1900
- Wolfe, Richard M. (Richard Murrell), 1849-1922
- Worcester, S. A. (Samuel Austin), 1798-1859
- Young, Roach
- 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
