Gaston Litton Photograph Collection

Collection

Identifier: WHC-P-1690

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Black and white original and copy prints of Chickasaw, Cherokee and Choctaw Indians. Included are scenes of the Bloomfield Academy, the Chickasaw Nation capitol building, officials of the Chickasaw tribal government, and Chickasaw governor, Douglas H. Johnson. The collection also contains photographs of Mary Alice Hearrell Murray, Elmer Thomas, William Henry (Alfalfa Bill) Murray and Saladin Watie.

Dates

Creation: 1890-1930

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

46 items (46 items)

Language of Materials

{:aar=>"Afar", :abk=>"Abkhazian", :ace=>"Achinese", :ach=>"Acoli", :ada=>"Adangme", :ady=>"Adyghe; Adygei", :afa=>"Afro-Asiatic languages", :afh=>"Afrihili", :afr=>"Afrikaans", :ain=>"Ainu", :aka=>"Akan", :akk=>"Akkadian", :alb=>"Albanian", :ale=>"Aleut", :alg=>"Algonquian languages", :alt=>"Southern Altai", :amh=>"Amharic", :ang=>"English, Old (ca.450-1100)", :anp=>"Angika", :apa=>"Apache languages", :ara=>"Arabic", :arc=>"Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE); Imperial Aramaic (700-300 BCE)", :arg=>"Aragonese", :arm=>"Armenian", :arn=>"Mapudungun; Mapuche", :arp=>"Arapaho", :art=>"Artificial languages", :arw=>"Arawak", :asm=>"Assamese", :ast=>"Asturian; Bable; Leonese; Asturleonese", :ath=>"Athapascan languages", :aus=>"Australian languages", :ava=>"Avaric", :ave=>"Avestan", :awa=>"Awadhi", :aym=>"Aymara", :aze=>"Azerbaijani", :bad=>"Banda languages", :bai=>"Bamileke languages", :bak=>"Bashkir", :bal=>"Baluchi", :bam=>"Bambara", :ban=>"Balinese", :baq=>"Basque", :bas=>"Basa", :bat=>"Baltic languages", :bej=>"Beja; Bedawiyet", :bel=>"Belarusian", :bem=>"Bemba", :ben=>"Bengali", :ber=>"Berber languages", :bho=>"Bhojpuri", :bih=>"Bihari languages", :bik=>"Bikol", :bin=>"Bini; Edo", :bis=>"Bislama", :bla=>"Siksika", :bnt=>"Bantu (Other)", :bos=>"Bosnian", :bra=>"Braj", :bre=>"Breton", :btk=>"Batak languages", :bua=>"Buriat", :bug=>"Buginese", :bul=>"Bulgarian", :bur=>"Burmese", :byn=>"Blin; Bilin", :cad=>"Caddo", :cai=>"Central American Indian languages", :car=>"Galibi Carib", :cat=>"Catalan; Valencian", :cau=>"Caucasian languages", :ceb=>"Cebuano", :cel=>"Celtic languages", :cha=>"Chamorro", :chb=>"Chibcha", :che=>"Chechen", :chg=>"Chagatai", :chi=>"Chinese", :chk=>"Chuukese", :chm=>"Mari", :chn=>"Chinook jargon", :cho=>"Choctaw", :chp=>"Chipewyan; Dene Suline", :chr=>"Cherokee", :chu=>"Church Slavic; Old Slavonic; Church Slavonic; Old Bulgarian; Old Church Slavonic", :chv=>"Chuvash", :chy=>"Cheyenne", :cmc=>"Chamic languages", :cnr=>"Montenegrin", :cop=>"Coptic", :cor=>"Cornish", :cos=>"Corsican", :cpe=>"Creoles and pidgins, English-based", :cpf=>"Creoles and pidgins, French-based", :cpp=>"Creoles and pidgins, Portuguese-based", :cre=>"Cree", :crh=>"Crimean Tatar; Crimean Turkish", :crp=>"Creoles and pidgins", :csb=>"Kashubian", :cus=>"Cushitic languages", :cze=>"Czech", :dak=>"Dakota", :dan=>"Danish", :dar=>"Dargwa", :day=>"Land Dayak languages", :del=>"Delaware", :den=>"Slave (Athapascan)", :dgr=>"Dogrib", :din=>"Dinka", :div=>"Divehi; Dhivehi; Maldivian", :doi=>"Dogri", :dra=>"Dravidian languages", :dsb=>"Lower Sorbian", :dua=>"Duala", :dum=>"Dutch, Middle (ca.1050-1350)", :dut=>"Dutch; Flemish", :dyu=>"Dyula", :dzo=>"Dzongkha", :efi=>"Efik", :egy=>"Egyptian (Ancient)", :eka=>"Ekajuk", :elx=>"Elamite", :eng=>"English", :enm=>"English, Middle (1100-1500)", :epo=>"Esperanto", :est=>"Estonian", :ewe=>"Ewe", :ewo=>"Ewondo", :fan=>"Fang", :fao=>"Faroese", :fat=>"Fanti", :fij=>"Fijian", :fil=>"Filipino; Pilipino", :fin=>"Finnish", :fiu=>"Finno-Ugrian languages", :fon=>"Fon", :fre=>"French", :frm=>"French, Middle (ca.1400-1600)", :fro=>"French, Old (842-ca.1400)", :frr=>"Northern Frisian", :frs=>"Eastern Frisian", :fry=>"Western Frisian", :ful=>"Fulah", :fur=>"Friulian", :gaa=>"Ga", :gay=>"Gayo", :gba=>"Gbaya", :gem=>"Germanic languages", :geo=>"Georgian", :ger=>"German", :gez=>"Geez", :gil=>"Gilbertese", :gla=>"Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic", :gle=>"Irish", :glg=>"Galician", :glv=>"Manx", :gmh=>"German, Middle High (ca.1050-1500)", :goh=>"German, Old High (ca.750-1050)", :gon=>"Gondi", :gor=>"Gorontalo", :got=>"Gothic", :grb=>"Grebo", :grc=>"Greek, Ancient (to 1453)", :gre=>"Greek, Modern (1453-)", :grn=>"Guarani", :gsw=>"Swiss German; Alemannic; Alsatian", :guj=>"Gujarati", :gwi=>"Gwich'in", :hai=>"Haida", :hat=>"Haitian; Haitian Creole", :hau=>"Hausa", :haw=>"Hawaiian", :heb=>"Hebrew", :her=>"Herero", :hil=>"Hiligaynon", :him=>"Himachali languages; Western Pahari languages", :hin=>"Hindi", :hit=>"Hittite", :hmn=>"Hmong; Mong", :hmo=>"Hiri Motu", :hrv=>"Croatian", :hsb=>"Upper Sorbian", :hun=>"Hungarian", :hup=>"Hupa", :iba=>"Iban", :ibo=>"Igbo", :ice=>"Icelandic", :ido=>"Ido", :iii=>"Sichuan Yi; Nuosu", :ijo=>"Ijo languages", :iku=>"Inuktitut", :ile=>"Interlingue; Occidental", :ilo=>"Iloko", :ina=>"Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association)", :inc=>"Indic languages", :ind=>"Indonesian", :ine=>"Indo-European languages", :inh=>"Ingush", :ipk=>"Inupiaq", :ira=>"Iranian languages", :iro=>"Iroquoian languages", :ita=>"Italian", :jav=>"Javanese", :jbo=>"Lojban", :jpn=>"Japanese", :jpr=>"Judeo-Persian", :jrb=>"Judeo-Arabic", :kaa=>"Kara-Kalpak", :kab=>"Kabyle", :kac=>"Kachin; Jingpho", :kal=>"Kalaallisut; Greenlandic", :kam=>"Kamba", :kan=>"Kannada", :kar=>"Karen languages", :kas=>"Kashmiri", :kau=>"Kanuri", :kaw=>"Kawi", :kaz=>"Kazakh", :kbd=>"Kabardian", :kha=>"Khasi", :khi=>"Khoisan languages", :khm=>"Central Khmer", :kho=>"Khotanese; Sakan", :kik=>"Kikuyu; Gikuyu", :kin=>"Kinyarwanda", :kir=>"Kirghiz; Kyrgyz", :kmb=>"Kimbundu", :kok=>"Konkani", :kom=>"Komi", :kon=>"Kongo", :kor=>"Korean", :kos=>"Kosraean", :kpe=>"Kpelle", :krc=>"Karachay-Balkar", :krl=>"Karelian", :kro=>"Kru languages", :kru=>"Kurukh", :kua=>"Kuanyama; Kwanyama", :kum=>"Kumyk", :kur=>"Kurdish", :kut=>"Kutenai", :lad=>"Ladino", :lah=>"Lahnda", :lam=>"Lamba", :lao=>"Lao", :lat=>"Latin", :lav=>"Latvian", :lez=>"Lezghian", :lim=>"Limburgan; Limburger; Limburgish", :lin=>"Lingala", :lit=>"Lithuanian", :lol=>"Mongo", :loz=>"Lozi", :ltz=>"Luxembourgish; Letzeburgesch", :lua=>"Luba-Lulua", :lub=>"Luba-Katanga", :lug=>"Ganda", :lui=>"Luiseno", :lun=>"Lunda", :luo=>"Luo (Kenya and Tanzania)", :lus=>"Lushai", :mac=>"Macedonian", :mad=>"Madurese", :mag=>"Magahi", :mah=>"Marshallese", :mai=>"Maithili", :mak=>"Makasar", :mal=>"Malayalam", :man=>"Mandingo", :mao=>"Maori", :map=>"Austronesian languages", :mar=>"Marathi", :mas=>"Masai", :may=>"Malay", :mdf=>"Moksha", :mdr=>"Mandar", :men=>"Mende", :mga=>"Irish, Middle (900-1200)", :mic=>"Mi'kmaq; Micmac", :min=>"Minangkabau", :mis=>"Uncoded languages", :mkh=>"Mon-Khmer languages", :mlg=>"Malagasy", :mlt=>"Maltese", :mnc=>"Manchu", :mni=>"Manipuri", :mno=>"Manobo languages", :moh=>"Mohawk", :mon=>"Mongolian", :mos=>"Mossi", :mul=>"Multiple languages", :mun=>"Munda languages", :mus=>"Creek", :mwl=>"Mirandese", :mwr=>"Marwari", :myn=>"Mayan languages", :myv=>"Erzya", :nah=>"Nahuatl languages", :nai=>"North American Indian languages", :nap=>"Neapolitan", :nau=>"Nauru", :nav=>"Navajo; Navaho", :nbl=>"Ndebele, South; South Ndebele", :nde=>"Ndebele, North; North Ndebele", :ndo=>"Ndonga", :nds=>"Low German; Low Saxon; German, Low; Saxon, Low", :nep=>"Nepali", :new=>"Nepal Bhasa; Newari", :nia=>"Nias", :nic=>"Niger-Kordofanian languages", :niu=>"Niuean", :nno=>"Norwegian Nynorsk; Nynorsk, Norwegian", :nob=>"Norwegian Bokmål; Bokmål, Norwegian", :nog=>"Nogai", :non=>"Norse, Old", :nor=>"Norwegian", :nqo=>"N'Ko", :nso=>"Pedi; Sepedi; Northern Sotho", :nub=>"Nubian languages", :nwc=>"Classical Newari; Old Newari; Classical Nepal Bhasa", :nya=>"Chichewa; Chewa; Nyanja", :nym=>"Nyamwezi", :nyn=>"Nyankole", :nyo=>"Nyoro", :nzi=>"Nzima", :oci=>"Occitan (post 1500); Provençal", :oji=>"Ojibwa", :ori=>"Oriya", :orm=>"Oromo", :osa=>"Osage", :oss=>"Ossetian; Ossetic", :ota=>"Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928)", :oto=>"Otomian languages", :paa=>"Papuan languages", :pag=>"Pangasinan", :pal=>"Pahlavi", :pam=>"Pampanga; Kapampangan", :pan=>"Panjabi; Punjabi", :pap=>"Papiamento", :pau=>"Palauan", :peo=>"Persian, Old (ca.600-400 B.C.)", :per=>"Persian", :phi=>"Philippine languages", :phn=>"Phoenician", :pli=>"Pali", :pol=>"Polish", :pon=>"Pohnpeian", :por=>"Portuguese", :pra=>"Prakrit languages", :pro=>"Provençal, Old (to 1500)", :pus=>"Pushto; Pashto", :que=>"Quechua", :raj=>"Rajasthani", :rap=>"Rapanui", :rar=>"Rarotongan; Cook Islands Maori", :roa=>"Romance languages", :roh=>"Romansh", :rom=>"Romany", :rum=>"Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan", :run=>"Rundi", :rup=>"Aromanian; Arumanian; Macedo-Romanian", :rus=>"Russian", :sad=>"Sandawe", :sag=>"Sango", :sah=>"Yakut", :sai=>"South American Indian (Other)", :sal=>"Salishan languages", :sam=>"Samaritan Aramaic", :san=>"Sanskrit", :sas=>"Sasak", :sat=>"Santali", :scn=>"Sicilian", :sco=>"Scots", :sel=>"Selkup", :sem=>"Semitic languages", :sga=>"Irish, Old (to 900)", :sgn=>"Sign Languages", :shn=>"Shan", :sid=>"Sidamo", :sin=>"Sinhala; Sinhalese", :sio=>"Siouan languages", :sit=>"Sino-Tibetan languages", :sla=>"Slavic languages", :slo=>"Slovak", :slv=>"Slovenian", :sma=>"Southern Sami", :sme=>"Northern Sami", :smi=>"Sami languages", :smj=>"Lule Sami", :smn=>"Inari Sami", :smo=>"Samoan", :sms=>"Skolt Sami", :sna=>"Shona", :snd=>"Sindhi", :snk=>"Soninke", :sog=>"Sogdian", :som=>"Somali", :son=>"Songhai languages", :sot=>"Sotho, Southern", :spa=>"Spanish; Castilian", :srd=>"Sardinian", :srn=>"Sranan Tongo", :srp=>"Serbian", :srr=>"Serer", :ssa=>"Nilo-Saharan languages", :ssw=>"Swati", :suk=>"Sukuma", :sun=>"Sundanese", :sus=>"Susu", :sux=>"Sumerian", :swa=>"Swahili", :swe=>"Swedish", :syc=>"Classical Syriac", :syr=>"Syriac", :tah=>"Tahitian", :tai=>"Tai languages", :tam=>"Tamil", :tat=>"Tatar", :tel=>"Telugu", :tem=>"Timne", :ter=>"Tereno", :tet=>"Tetum", :tgk=>"Tajik", :tgl=>"Tagalog", :tha=>"Thai", :tib=>"Tibetan", :tig=>"Tigre", :tir=>"Tigrinya", :tiv=>"Tiv", :tkl=>"Tokelau", :tlh=>"Klingon; tlhIngan-Hol", :tli=>"Tlingit", :tmh=>"Tamashek", :tog=>"Tonga (Nyasa)", :ton=>"Tonga (Tonga Islands)", :tpi=>"Tok Pisin", :tsi=>"Tsimshian", :tsn=>"Tswana", :tso=>"Tsonga", :tuk=>"Turkmen", :tum=>"Tumbuka", :tup=>"Tupi languages", :tur=>"Turkish", :tut=>"Altaic languages", :tvl=>"Tuvalu", :twi=>"Twi", :tyv=>"Tuvinian", :udm=>"Udmurt", :uga=>"Ugaritic", :uig=>"Uighur; Uyghur", :ukr=>"Ukrainian", :umb=>"Umbundu", :und=>"Undetermined", :urd=>"Urdu", :uzb=>"Uzbek", :vai=>"Vai", :ven=>"Venda", :vie=>"Vietnamese", :vol=>"Volapük", :vot=>"Votic", :wak=>"Wakashan languages", :wal=>"Walamo", :war=>"Waray", :was=>"Washo", :wel=>"Welsh", :wen=>"Sorbian languages", :wln=>"Walloon", :wol=>"Wolof", :xal=>"Kalmyk; Oirat", :xho=>"Xhosa", :yao=>"Yao", :yap=>"Yapese", :yid=>"Yiddish", :yor=>"Yoruba", :ypk=>"Yupik languages", :zap=>"Zapotec", :zbl=>"Blissymbols; Blissymbolics; Bliss", :zen=>"Zenaga", :zgh=>"Standard Moroccan Tamazight", :zha=>"Zhuang; Chuang", :znd=>"Zande languages", :zul=>"Zulu", :zun=>"Zuni", :zxx=>"No linguistic content; Not applicable", :zza=>"Zaza; Dimili; Dimli; Kirdki; Kirmanjki; Zazaki"}