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Choctaw Indians

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 119 Collections and/or Records:

Green McCurtain making a speech on a porch with audience in the background.  McCurtain was an advisor to Wilson N. Jones., Undated

 Item — Box Photo B-30, Item: 38
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy prints of Choctaw Indians, including studio protraits, the Choctaw Lighthorse, schools, and tribal government officials. The collection also includes photographs of participants in the Choctaw conflict known as the Locke-Jones War or the Antlers War, along with scenes of the towns of McAlester, Antlers, and Ti, Indian Territory. Hobert Otho Boggs Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: Undated
Found in: Western History Collections / Hobert Otho Boggs Photograph Collection

Group of Choctaw men of which only two of the group is identified.  Culbertson Thompson (fourth from left) and Ben Huklotubby (far right).  Thompson was part of an armed band that plotted to kill off the opposing side oat night.  Joe Huklotubby was killed September 10, 1892, and was the father of Ben Huklotubby.  Studio portrait., Undated

 Item — Box Photo B-30, Item: 50
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy prints of Choctaw Indians, including studio protraits, the Choctaw Lighthorse, schools, and tribal government officials. The collection also includes photographs of participants in the Choctaw conflict known as the Locke-Jones War or the Antlers War, along with scenes of the towns of McAlester, Antlers, and Ti, Indian Territory. Hobert Otho Boggs Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: Undated
Found in: Western History Collections / Hobert Otho Boggs Photograph Collection

Group of Indians by brick building. George Nelson is in white suit and black hat. Negative , undated

 Item — Box Photo N-2, Item: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original prints of George Nelson, a Choctaw Indians who was an interpreter for the United States Indian Service at McAlester, Oklahoma. George Nelson Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: undated
Found in: Western History Collections / George Nelson Photograph Collection

Group of men with Green McCurtain, Choctaw, second from left.  He was advisor to Wilson N. Jones, who was running for the office of Principal Chief of the Choctaws., Undated

 Item — Box Photo B-30, Item: 17
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy prints of Choctaw Indians, including studio protraits, the Choctaw Lighthorse, schools, and tribal government officials. The collection also includes photographs of participants in the Choctaw conflict known as the Locke-Jones War or the Antlers War, along with scenes of the towns of McAlester, Antlers, and Ti, Indian Territory. Hobert Otho Boggs Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: Undated
Found in: Western History Collections / Hobert Otho Boggs Photograph Collection

Group photograph of Mosholatubby District Court which found Silan Lewis and eight other Insurgents guilty of murder.  Judge Noel J. Holson is in the top row, sixth from the left.  He stands in the door with a bow tie., Undated

 Item — Box Photo B-30, Item: 53
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy prints of Choctaw Indians, including studio protraits, the Choctaw Lighthorse, schools, and tribal government officials. The collection also includes photographs of participants in the Choctaw conflict known as the Locke-Jones War or the Antlers War, along with scenes of the towns of McAlester, Antlers, and Ti, Indian Territory. Hobert Otho Boggs Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: Undated
Found in: Western History Collections / Hobert Otho Boggs Photograph Collection

Gum Creek Church, Latimer County, Congregation is standing on side of church.  Tall man with the bow tie is identified as George Duke, Governor of the Choctaws., Undated

 Item — Box Photo B-30, Item: 45
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy prints of Choctaw Indians, including studio protraits, the Choctaw Lighthorse, schools, and tribal government officials. The collection also includes photographs of participants in the Choctaw conflict known as the Locke-Jones War or the Antlers War, along with scenes of the towns of McAlester, Antlers, and Ti, Indian Territory. Hobert Otho Boggs Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: Undated
Found in: Western History Collections / Hobert Otho Boggs Photograph Collection

Hampton Tucker Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: WHC-M-622
Scope and Contents

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Lawyer. Legal files, correspondence, coal mining reports (1899-1916), and related papers concerning Tucker's service as mining trustee for the Choctaw Nation (1912-1918), for the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations (1929-1949), and as national attorney for the Choctaw Nation (1924-1929).

Dates: 1895-1945
Found in: Western History Collections

Home of Chief Allen Wright of the Choctaw Nation. Missing., undated

 Item — Box Photo P-27, Item: 1714
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Black and white original prints, copy prints and glass plate negatives of the Apache, Comanche, Delaware, Temeculz, Kawaiisu, Creek, Umatilla, Chippewa, Paiute, Sioux, Oto, Choctaw, Pawnee, Osage, Ponca, Mohave, Kickapoo, Taos, Pueblo, Yuma, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Crow, Navajo, Kiowa, Tonkawa, Sac and Fox, Kalispel, Kutenai, Flathead, Spokan, Attu, Quileute, Seminole, Wasco, Modoc, Shasta, Yakima, Shoshoni, Kiowa-Apache, Skitswish, Cheyenne, Shawnee, Nez Perce, Arapaho, Caddo, Wichita, Yakima, Makah, and Blackfoot Indians. Also includes images of mining, the oil industry, the military, agriculture, the range cattle industry, education, and transportation in Oklahoma Territory, Oklahoma state, and Indian Territory. Scenes of the towns of McAlester, Edmond, Alva, Weatherford, Pawhuska, Clairemore, Ponca City, Purcell, Duncan, Noble, Lexington, Shawnee, Beaver. Plainview, Lavern, Henryetta, Atoka, Tahlequah, Guthrie, Tishomingo, and Eufaula are included. In addition the first year of...
Dates: undated
Found in: Western History Collections / Frank Phillips Photograph Collection

Home of Louis LeFlore of the Choctaw Tribe.  1930., 1930

 Item — Box Photo M-29, item: 33
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy prints of scenes in McCurtain County, Oklahoma including logging, railroad construction, businesses, and agriculture. The collection contains prints of the towns of Haworth, Idabel, Wright City, Broken Bow, Smithville, Eagletown, and Garvin, Oklahoma.

Dates: 1930
Found in: Western History Collections / McCurtain County Historical Society Photograph Collection

Home of the Choctaw Governor Wilson N. Jones located near Cade in Bryan County.  The home has two stories with a porch and balcony covering two sides of the home.  At the time of photo, the mansion was deteriorating.  It was once considered to be the finest home between the Mississippi and the Rocky Mountains., Undated

 Item — Box Photo B-30, Item: 48
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy prints of Choctaw Indians, including studio protraits, the Choctaw Lighthorse, schools, and tribal government officials. The collection also includes photographs of participants in the Choctaw conflict known as the Locke-Jones War or the Antlers War, along with scenes of the towns of McAlester, Antlers, and Ti, Indian Territory. Hobert Otho Boggs Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: Undated
Found in: Western History Collections / Hobert Otho Boggs Photograph Collection

Houston D. Anderson, Choctaw, in a vested suit with bow tie.  Studio portrait, badly scratched on the right side., Undated

 Item — Box Photo B-30, Item: 34
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy prints of Choctaw Indians, including studio protraits, the Choctaw Lighthorse, schools, and tribal government officials. The collection also includes photographs of participants in the Choctaw conflict known as the Locke-Jones War or the Antlers War, along with scenes of the towns of McAlester, Antlers, and Ti, Indian Territory. Hobert Otho Boggs Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: Undated
Found in: Western History Collections / Hobert Otho Boggs Photograph Collection

Indian Police, Choctaw Nation, light horsemen. Two unidentified men. Negative and print. Duplicate., undated

 Item — Box Photo B-19, item: 131
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original prints of David Ross Boyd, his family, scenes from the first ten years of the University of Oklahoma, including the first faculty, students and buildings. The collection also contains images of the Rough Riders Reunion at Oklahoma City in 1910. David Ross Boyd Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: undated
Found in: Western History Collections / David Ross Boyd Photograph Collection

Jackson F. McCurtain, Choctaw, in a vested suit.  Studio portrait., Undated

 Item — Box Photo B-30, Item: 39
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy prints of Choctaw Indians, including studio protraits, the Choctaw Lighthorse, schools, and tribal government officials. The collection also includes photographs of participants in the Choctaw conflict known as the Locke-Jones War or the Antlers War, along with scenes of the towns of McAlester, Antlers, and Ti, Indian Territory. Hobert Otho Boggs Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: Undated
Found in: Western History Collections / Hobert Otho Boggs Photograph Collection

Jail and whipping tree six miles east of Broken Bow.  Build in 1884 in Eagletown, county seat of Eagle Country, Choctaw Nation.  Served until end of tribal government in 1906.  Photo taken in Eagletown in the 1920s., 1920's

 Item — Box Photo M-29, item: 23
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy prints of scenes in McCurtain County, Oklahoma including logging, railroad construction, businesses, and agriculture. The collection contains prints of the towns of Haworth, Idabel, Wright City, Broken Bow, Smithville, Eagletown, and Garvin, Oklahoma.

Dates: 1920's
Found in: Western History Collections / McCurtain County Historical Society Photograph Collection

Jesse Coley, Choctaw, in a vested suit.  Studio portrait, scratched.  See #34 for negative., Undated

 Item — Box Photo B-30, Item: 33
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy prints of Choctaw Indians, including studio protraits, the Choctaw Lighthorse, schools, and tribal government officials. The collection also includes photographs of participants in the Choctaw conflict known as the Locke-Jones War or the Antlers War, along with scenes of the towns of McAlester, Antlers, and Ti, Indian Territory. Hobert Otho Boggs Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: Undated
Found in: Western History Collections / Hobert Otho Boggs Photograph Collection

John W. Perry, Choctaw with an unidentified Choctaw woman.  He was Sheriff of Gaines County.  Both are seated.  Studio portrait., Undated

 Item — Box Photo B-30, Item: 42
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy prints of Choctaw Indians, including studio protraits, the Choctaw Lighthorse, schools, and tribal government officials. The collection also includes photographs of participants in the Choctaw conflict known as the Locke-Jones War or the Antlers War, along with scenes of the towns of McAlester, Antlers, and Ti, Indian Territory. Hobert Otho Boggs Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: Undated
Found in: Western History Collections / Hobert Otho Boggs Photograph Collection

John W. Perry (half-Choctaw) and white wife.  He was the Sheriff of Gaines Country.  Studio portrait, Undated

 Item — Box Photo B-30, Item: 14
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy prints of Choctaw Indians, including studio protraits, the Choctaw Lighthorse, schools, and tribal government officials. The collection also includes photographs of participants in the Choctaw conflict known as the Locke-Jones War or the Antlers War, along with scenes of the towns of McAlester, Antlers, and Ti, Indian Territory. Hobert Otho Boggs Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: Undated
Found in: Western History Collections / Hobert Otho Boggs Photograph Collection

Johnson Jacob, Choctaw Indian, handcuffed. Executed in the late 1880’s by court order , 1880s

 Item — Box Photo J-3, Item: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original prints of Armstrong Academy for Choctaws and of the Choctaw criminal, Johnson Jacob. Dovie Jones Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: 1880s
Found in: Western History Collections / Dovie Jones Photograph Collection

Jonas Durant and Mary Holsey, Choctaws.  Durant is seated and Holsey is standing.  Studio portrait, negative is scratched, and Mary Holsey is unclear., Undated

 Item — Box Photo B-30, Item: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy prints of Choctaw Indians, including studio protraits, the Choctaw Lighthorse, schools, and tribal government officials. The collection also includes photographs of participants in the Choctaw conflict known as the Locke-Jones War or the Antlers War, along with scenes of the towns of McAlester, Antlers, and Ti, Indian Territory. Hobert Otho Boggs Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: Undated
Found in: Western History Collections / Hobert Otho Boggs Photograph Collection

Last legal execution in Choctaw nation. Silon Lewis was executed for the murder of Joe Haklotybbi. Red Oak, Indian Territory. November 5, 1894., 1894 November 5

 Item — Box Photo F-1, Item: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy print of the last legal execution in the Choctaw Nation, in 1894 at Red Oak, Indian Territory.

Dates: 1894 November 5
Found in: Western History Collections / Mrs. L. A. French Photograph Collection

LeAnne Howe papers

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-2885
Scope and Contents Author. Papers (1978-2019) of Choctaw author and poet, LeAnne Howe. The papers document her lengthy and varied writing career as a poet, playwright, novelist, filmmaker, journalist, and professor. The collection contains her professional and personal correspondence (1981-2012), and a group of chronological files (1983-2019) which are comprised of her residency and grant applications, speaking engagements, creative collaborations, and contracts. A journalist files series (1978-1987) contains interview notes, photographs, and print copies of her work as an editor and contributor to primarily Texas-based news publications. Her literary manuscripts (1985-2018) include drafts of minor and major works such as Shell Shaker, Miko Kings, and others. The collection also contains subject files of research materials (1980-2012), audiovisual materials (1994-2010) with VHS tapes of selected works, and graphic materials (1979-2019) with event publicity posters and illustrations. The materials...
Dates: 1978 - 2019
Found in: Western History Collections

Lee Welch, Choctaw.  Bust portrait.  Studio portrait., Undated

 Item — Box Photo B-30, Item: 16
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy prints of Choctaw Indians, including studio protraits, the Choctaw Lighthorse, schools, and tribal government officials. The collection also includes photographs of participants in the Choctaw conflict known as the Locke-Jones War or the Antlers War, along with scenes of the towns of McAlester, Antlers, and Ti, Indian Territory. Hobert Otho Boggs Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: Undated
Found in: Western History Collections / Hobert Otho Boggs Photograph Collection

Little Brown Jug, Choctaw.  Studio portrait, tintype., Undated

 Item — Box Photo B-30, Item: 21
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy prints of Choctaw Indians, including studio protraits, the Choctaw Lighthorse, schools, and tribal government officials. The collection also includes photographs of participants in the Choctaw conflict known as the Locke-Jones War or the Antlers War, along with scenes of the towns of McAlester, Antlers, and Ti, Indian Territory. Hobert Otho Boggs Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: Undated
Found in: Western History Collections / Hobert Otho Boggs Photograph Collection

Log cabin and pine tree on Choctaw Avenue, McAlester, OK.  Wilson N. Jones and Green McCurtain had their headquarters near this cabin., Undated

 Item — Box Photo B-30, Item: 37
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy prints of Choctaw Indians, including studio protraits, the Choctaw Lighthorse, schools, and tribal government officials. The collection also includes photographs of participants in the Choctaw conflict known as the Locke-Jones War or the Antlers War, along with scenes of the towns of McAlester, Antlers, and Ti, Indian Territory. Hobert Otho Boggs Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: Undated
Found in: Western History Collections / Hobert Otho Boggs Photograph Collection

Logan Baker and family, Choctaw.  Six children and wife formally dressed., Undated

 Item — Box Photo B-30, Item: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy prints of Choctaw Indians, including studio protraits, the Choctaw Lighthorse, schools, and tribal government officials. The collection also includes photographs of participants in the Choctaw conflict known as the Locke-Jones War or the Antlers War, along with scenes of the towns of McAlester, Antlers, and Ti, Indian Territory. Hobert Otho Boggs Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: Undated
Found in: Western History Collections / Hobert Otho Boggs Photograph Collection

Mrs. Pitchlynn (Choctaw) with her daughter, who became Mrs. Preston Lester, wife of an Oklahoma State Senator.  Mrs. Lester was the mother of Dud Lester who was Chief of Police for the city of Norman, OK.  Studio portrait, see #26 for negative., Undated

 Item — Box Photo B-30, Item: 27
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy prints of Choctaw Indians, including studio protraits, the Choctaw Lighthorse, schools, and tribal government officials. The collection also includes photographs of participants in the Choctaw conflict known as the Locke-Jones War or the Antlers War, along with scenes of the towns of McAlester, Antlers, and Ti, Indian Territory. Hobert Otho Boggs Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: Undated
Found in: Western History Collections / Hobert Otho Boggs Photograph Collection

Mushalatubbee Collection

 Item
Identifier: WHC-M-1079
Scope and Contents

Indian chief. Typescript of speech (1835) by Mushalatubbee regarding peace between the Choctaws and neighboring tribes to the west.

Dates: 1835
Found in: Western History Collections

Old Choctaw Courthouse and Whipping tree, undated

 Item — Box Photo P-35, Item: 37
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy prints of Antlers and Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. Includes street scenes, schools, businesses, railroads, and the town band.

Dates: undated
Found in: Western History Collections / Pushmataha County Historical Society Photograph Collection

Original Choctaw Agency, shown with people in front. Skullyville, undated

 Item — Box Photo M-20, item: 204
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original and copy prints of numerous Oklahoma towns, including scenes of businesses, health resorts, stone quarries, railroads and dust storms. The collection also contains prints of Cherokee, Creek, Chickasw, Choctaw, Seminole, and Sac and Fox Indians. John Wesley Morris Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: undated
Found in: Western History Collections / John Wesley Morris Photograph Collection

Peter Conser, Choctaw, seated.  Studio portrait, unclear, Undated

 Item — Box Photo B-30, Item: 44
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy prints of Choctaw Indians, including studio protraits, the Choctaw Lighthorse, schools, and tribal government officials. The collection also includes photographs of participants in the Choctaw conflict known as the Locke-Jones War or the Antlers War, along with scenes of the towns of McAlester, Antlers, and Ti, Indian Territory. Hobert Otho Boggs Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: Undated
Found in: Western History Collections / Hobert Otho Boggs Photograph Collection
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