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Indian Territory

 Subject
Subject Source: Naf

Found in 51 Collections and/or Records:

Charles Nathaniel Haskell Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-262
Scope and Contents

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Oklahoma governor. Correspondence (1863-1929) concerning Haskell's political career; speeches (1907-1952) made by Haskell; newspaper clippings (1908-1938); and notes (n.d.) concerning Haskell's involvement with the Oklahoma Constitutional Convention. Charles N. Haskell Photograph Collection also in repository.

Dates: 1863-1929

Choctaw Nation Papers Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-105
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Legislation, laws and resolutions (1896-1910) of the Choctaw Nation; typescripts of newspaper articles (1868-1936) concerning elections, allotment of tribal lands, and the Dawes Commission; and four ledgers containing the journals and minutes (1902-1911) of the Choctaw National Council.

Dates: 1868-1936

Deer grazing in a field, Indian Territory [same as image #162]. ca. 1892, 1892

 Item — Box Photo F-26A, item: 378
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black-and-white copy prints of Cherokee families, houses, schools, and social gatherings in Indian Territory. Included are photographs of Fort Gibson, the Cherokee Female Seminary, the Cherokee Male Seminary, children and picnics at the Park Hill Mission, Indian Territory, as well as views of stagecoaches and ferries operating in the Cherokee Nation. Additional images show scenes from Portland, Oregon, including battleships and Asian immigrants; and images from New Metlakahtla, Alaska, including wildlife, schools, bands, and the Reverend William Duncan. Unpublished finding aid available.

Dates: 1892

Deer grazing in a field, Indian Territory [same as image #378]. ca. 1892, 1892

 Item — Box Photo F-26, item: 162
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black-and-white copy prints of Cherokee families, houses, schools, and social gatherings in Indian Territory. Included are photographs of Fort Gibson, the Cherokee Female Seminary, the Cherokee Male Seminary, children and picnics at the Park Hill Mission, Indian Territory, as well as views of stagecoaches and ferries operating in the Cherokee Nation. Additional images show scenes from Portland, Oregon, including battleships and Asian immigrants; and images from New Metlakahtla, Alaska, including wildlife, schools, bands, and the Reverend William Duncan. Unpublished finding aid available.

Dates: 1892

Elderly native woman with four young children on a porch, Indian Territory. ca. 1890, 1890

 Item — Box Photo F-26A, item: 372
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black-and-white copy prints of Cherokee families, houses, schools, and social gatherings in Indian Territory. Included are photographs of Fort Gibson, the Cherokee Female Seminary, the Cherokee Male Seminary, children and picnics at the Park Hill Mission, Indian Territory, as well as views of stagecoaches and ferries operating in the Cherokee Nation. Additional images show scenes from Portland, Oregon, including battleships and Asian immigrants; and images from New Metlakahtla, Alaska, including wildlife, schools, bands, and the Reverend William Duncan. Unpublished finding aid available.

Dates: 1890

Four hunters with guns, standing by bears hanging from a pole. Orville Cornelius Keith in front, kneeling, by two dogs. Big Cedar, Indian Territory. 1904, 1904

 Item — Box Photo M-31, Item: 21
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy prints of the towns of Moore and Snyder, Oklahoma Territory; Norman, Cement, Welch, Frederick, Stroud, Davidson, Vinita, Tipton, Peek, Ioland, Damon, and Elmore City, Oklahoma; and Coweta, Indian Territory. Included are scenes of businesses, the oil industry, railroads, parades, the University of Oklahoma, football, cotton marketing, and fire fighters.

Dates: 1904

Four native students with slates, Indian Territory. ca. 1890, 1890

 Item — Box Photo F-26A, item: 377
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black-and-white copy prints of Cherokee families, houses, schools, and social gatherings in Indian Territory. Included are photographs of Fort Gibson, the Cherokee Female Seminary, the Cherokee Male Seminary, children and picnics at the Park Hill Mission, Indian Territory, as well as views of stagecoaches and ferries operating in the Cherokee Nation. Additional images show scenes from Portland, Oregon, including battleships and Asian immigrants; and images from New Metlakahtla, Alaska, including wildlife, schools, bands, and the Reverend William Duncan. Unpublished finding aid available.

Dates: 1890

George W. Scott Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: WHC-M-1088
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Indian statesman. Correspondence (1904-1909) regarding various political issues in the Choctaw Nation, including Oklahoma statehood, the Indians' separate statehood movement, and Governor Green McCurtain.

Dates: 1904-1909

Green McCurtain Collection

 Collection — Drawer 8613
Identifier: WHC-M-391
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Indian Chief. Correspondence (1890-1916) to and from McCurtain and his personal secretary, George W. Scott, regarding the Choctaws' claims against the United States, and separate statehood for Indian Territory, including letters from Chiefs of other major Indian tribes in the Territory; maps of railroad rights-of-way and towns in the Choctaw Nation (1876-1908), published by its general council; publications (1896-1913) by various political parties and citizens groups in the Choctaw Nation; publications (1892-1916) of the U.S. government regarding mineral rights of the Choctaw Nation and Indian Territory; and personal journals of McCurtain. Green McCurtain Photograph Collection also in repository.

Dates: 1890-1916

Group of children eating Christmas dinner at Woodall, Indian Territory [same as image #185]. ca. 1892, 1892

 Item — Box Photo F-26A, item: 349
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black-and-white copy prints of Cherokee families, houses, schools, and social gatherings in Indian Territory. Included are photographs of Fort Gibson, the Cherokee Female Seminary, the Cherokee Male Seminary, children and picnics at the Park Hill Mission, Indian Territory, as well as views of stagecoaches and ferries operating in the Cherokee Nation. Additional images show scenes from Portland, Oregon, including battleships and Asian immigrants; and images from New Metlakahtla, Alaska, including wildlife, schools, bands, and the Reverend William Duncan. Unpublished finding aid available.

Dates: 1892

Group of children eating Christmas dinner at Woodall, Indian Territory [same as image #349]. ca. 1892, 1892

 Item — Box Photo F-26, item: 185
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black-and-white copy prints of Cherokee families, houses, schools, and social gatherings in Indian Territory. Included are photographs of Fort Gibson, the Cherokee Female Seminary, the Cherokee Male Seminary, children and picnics at the Park Hill Mission, Indian Territory, as well as views of stagecoaches and ferries operating in the Cherokee Nation. Additional images show scenes from Portland, Oregon, including battleships and Asian immigrants; and images from New Metlakahtla, Alaska, including wildlife, schools, bands, and the Reverend William Duncan. Unpublished finding aid available.

Dates: 1892

Group of men and women fishing in a river, Indian Territory. Cyanotype. ca. 1890, 1890

 Item — Box Photo F-26A, item: 384
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black-and-white copy prints of Cherokee families, houses, schools, and social gatherings in Indian Territory. Included are photographs of Fort Gibson, the Cherokee Female Seminary, the Cherokee Male Seminary, children and picnics at the Park Hill Mission, Indian Territory, as well as views of stagecoaches and ferries operating in the Cherokee Nation. Additional images show scenes from Portland, Oregon, including battleships and Asian immigrants; and images from New Metlakahtla, Alaska, including wildlife, schools, bands, and the Reverend William Duncan. Unpublished finding aid available.

Dates: 1890

Group of native men and women participating in a cake walk, Creek Nation, Indian Territory. ca. 1890, 1890

 Item — Box Photo F-26A, item: 328
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black-and-white copy prints of Cherokee families, houses, schools, and social gatherings in Indian Territory. Included are photographs of Fort Gibson, the Cherokee Female Seminary, the Cherokee Male Seminary, children and picnics at the Park Hill Mission, Indian Territory, as well as views of stagecoaches and ferries operating in the Cherokee Nation. Additional images show scenes from Portland, Oregon, including battleships and Asian immigrants; and images from New Metlakahtla, Alaska, including wildlife, schools, bands, and the Reverend William Duncan. Unpublished finding aid available.

Dates: 1890

Group of people outside the Woodall, Indian Territory school building waiting for Christmas dinner [similar to image #183]. ca. 1892, 1892

 Item — Box Photo F-26A, item: 359
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black-and-white copy prints of Cherokee families, houses, schools, and social gatherings in Indian Territory. Included are photographs of Fort Gibson, the Cherokee Female Seminary, the Cherokee Male Seminary, children and picnics at the Park Hill Mission, Indian Territory, as well as views of stagecoaches and ferries operating in the Cherokee Nation. Additional images show scenes from Portland, Oregon, including battleships and Asian immigrants; and images from New Metlakahtla, Alaska, including wildlife, schools, bands, and the Reverend William Duncan. Unpublished finding aid available.

Dates: 1892

Group of students and teachers waiting for the blessing for Christmas Dinner, Woodall, Indian Territory [same as image #184]. ca. 1892, 1892

 Item — Box Photo F-26A, item: 362
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black-and-white copy prints of Cherokee families, houses, schools, and social gatherings in Indian Territory. Included are photographs of Fort Gibson, the Cherokee Female Seminary, the Cherokee Male Seminary, children and picnics at the Park Hill Mission, Indian Territory, as well as views of stagecoaches and ferries operating in the Cherokee Nation. Additional images show scenes from Portland, Oregon, including battleships and Asian immigrants; and images from New Metlakahtla, Alaska, including wildlife, schools, bands, and the Reverend William Duncan. Unpublished finding aid available.

Dates: 1892

Group of students and teachers waiting for the blessing for Christmas Dinner, Woodall, Indian Territory [same as image #362]. ca. 1892, 1892

 Item — Box Photo F-26, item: 184
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black-and-white copy prints of Cherokee families, houses, schools, and social gatherings in Indian Territory. Included are photographs of Fort Gibson, the Cherokee Female Seminary, the Cherokee Male Seminary, children and picnics at the Park Hill Mission, Indian Territory, as well as views of stagecoaches and ferries operating in the Cherokee Nation. Additional images show scenes from Portland, Oregon, including battleships and Asian immigrants; and images from New Metlakahtla, Alaska, including wildlife, schools, bands, and the Reverend William Duncan. Unpublished finding aid available.

Dates: 1892

Group of unidentified women and children, Indian Territory [similar to image #367]. ca. 1892, 1892

 Item — Box Photo F-26A, item: 368
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black-and-white copy prints of Cherokee families, houses, schools, and social gatherings in Indian Territory. Included are photographs of Fort Gibson, the Cherokee Female Seminary, the Cherokee Male Seminary, children and picnics at the Park Hill Mission, Indian Territory, as well as views of stagecoaches and ferries operating in the Cherokee Nation. Additional images show scenes from Portland, Oregon, including battleships and Asian immigrants; and images from New Metlakahtla, Alaska, including wildlife, schools, bands, and the Reverend William Duncan. Unpublished finding aid available.

Dates: 1892

Group of unidentified women and children, Indian Territory [similar to image #368]. ca. 1892, 1892

 Item — Box Photo F-26A, item: 367
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black-and-white copy prints of Cherokee families, houses, schools, and social gatherings in Indian Territory. Included are photographs of Fort Gibson, the Cherokee Female Seminary, the Cherokee Male Seminary, children and picnics at the Park Hill Mission, Indian Territory, as well as views of stagecoaches and ferries operating in the Cherokee Nation. Additional images show scenes from Portland, Oregon, including battleships and Asian immigrants; and images from New Metlakahtla, Alaska, including wildlife, schools, bands, and the Reverend William Duncan. Unpublished finding aid available.

Dates: 1892

Horse holding up front leg, Indian Territory. ca. 1890, 1890

 Item — Box Photo F-26A, item: 371
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black-and-white copy prints of Cherokee families, houses, schools, and social gatherings in Indian Territory. Included are photographs of Fort Gibson, the Cherokee Female Seminary, the Cherokee Male Seminary, children and picnics at the Park Hill Mission, Indian Territory, as well as views of stagecoaches and ferries operating in the Cherokee Nation. Additional images show scenes from Portland, Oregon, including battleships and Asian immigrants; and images from New Metlakahtla, Alaska, including wildlife, schools, bands, and the Reverend William Duncan. Unpublished finding aid available.

Dates: 1890

Hulbutta Micco Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-402
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Indian chief. Typescripts of newspaper articles regarding the Seminole Nation, and Hulbutta Micco, who was the last regularly elected Principal Chief of the Seminoles before statehood.

Dates: 1898-1905

John J. Knox Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-2607
Scope and Contents

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Correspondence (1875) from U.S. Indian agent John J. Knox to his brother, William W. Knox of Clarkston, Michigan. John Knox writes from the "South West Corner Pottawatomie Reserve 165 miles from Muscogee, Ind. Ter." and describes the poor quality of the land on which the Potawatomi Indians reside, and their general living conditions.

Dates: 1875

Kathleen Faux Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-2546
Scope and Contents

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Missionary. Sixty-five letters dated December 1889-November 1890 relating the missionary experiences of the Reverend and Mrs. Joseph Leiper and Margaret McCarrell in the Indian Territory. Notes (1935) written by Reverend Leiper concerning his life's work. 17 page typewritten manuscript (1995) by Kathleen Faux concerning the letters of Leiper and McCarrell.

Dates: 1889-1995

Large group of individuals outside the Woodall, Indian Territory school building on Christmas Day [same as image #348]. ca. 1892, 1892

 Item — Box Photo F-26, item: 182
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black-and-white copy prints of Cherokee families, houses, schools, and social gatherings in Indian Territory. Included are photographs of Fort Gibson, the Cherokee Female Seminary, the Cherokee Male Seminary, children and picnics at the Park Hill Mission, Indian Territory, as well as views of stagecoaches and ferries operating in the Cherokee Nation. Additional images show scenes from Portland, Oregon, including battleships and Asian immigrants; and images from New Metlakahtla, Alaska, including wildlife, schools, bands, and the Reverend William Duncan. Unpublished finding aid available.

Dates: 1892

Large group of individuals outside Woodall, Indian Territory school buildings, Christmas Day. [same as image #182]. ca. 1892, 1892

 Item — Box Photo F-26A, item: 348
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black-and-white copy prints of Cherokee families, houses, schools, and social gatherings in Indian Territory. Included are photographs of Fort Gibson, the Cherokee Female Seminary, the Cherokee Male Seminary, children and picnics at the Park Hill Mission, Indian Territory, as well as views of stagecoaches and ferries operating in the Cherokee Nation. Additional images show scenes from Portland, Oregon, including battleships and Asian immigrants; and images from New Metlakahtla, Alaska, including wildlife, schools, bands, and the Reverend William Duncan. Unpublished finding aid available.

Dates: 1892

Man tilling a field with a team of horses, Indian Territory. ca. 1890, 1890

 Item — Box Photo F-26A, item: 360
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black-and-white copy prints of Cherokee families, houses, schools, and social gatherings in Indian Territory. Included are photographs of Fort Gibson, the Cherokee Female Seminary, the Cherokee Male Seminary, children and picnics at the Park Hill Mission, Indian Territory, as well as views of stagecoaches and ferries operating in the Cherokee Nation. Additional images show scenes from Portland, Oregon, including battleships and Asian immigrants; and images from New Metlakahtla, Alaska, including wildlife, schools, bands, and the Reverend William Duncan. Unpublished finding aid available.

Dates: 1890

Mayes, S. H. (Samuel Houston), 1845-1927

 Person
Dates: Existence: 1845-05-11 - 1927-12-12

Melven Cornish Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-1350
Scope and Contents

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Attorney. Case files (1903-1904) and letter books (1900-1905) from cases involving Choctaw and Chickasaw tribal citizenship claims; dockets (1903-1904) for the Southern and Central Divisions of the U.S. District Court for Indian Territory; an account book (1899) and a record book (1876) entitled "Proceedings of the Board of Chief Commissioners of the Court of Claims, Choctaw Nation"; along with clippings (1896-1907) and published court documents (1900-1940) relating to Choctaw and Chickasaw cases in U.S. courts. Cornish's law firm, Mansfield, McMurray and Cornish, represented the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations in cases involving tribal citizenship claims.

Dates: 1815-1943

Men sitting by tent in hunting camp. Turkeys hanging from a pole. Big Cedar, Indian Territory, 1904, 1904

 Item — Box Photo M-31, Item: 20
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy prints of the towns of Moore and Snyder, Oklahoma Territory; Norman, Cement, Welch, Frederick, Stroud, Davidson, Vinita, Tipton, Peek, Ioland, Damon, and Elmore City, Oklahoma; and Coweta, Indian Territory. Included are scenes of businesses, the oil industry, railroads, parades, the University of Oklahoma, football, cotton marketing, and fire fighters.

Dates: 1904

Native family outside a cabin, Indian Territory [reverse image of #216]. ca. 1892, 1892

 Item — Box Photo F-26A, item: 380
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black-and-white copy prints of Cherokee families, houses, schools, and social gatherings in Indian Territory. Included are photographs of Fort Gibson, the Cherokee Female Seminary, the Cherokee Male Seminary, children and picnics at the Park Hill Mission, Indian Territory, as well as views of stagecoaches and ferries operating in the Cherokee Nation. Additional images show scenes from Portland, Oregon, including battleships and Asian immigrants; and images from New Metlakahtla, Alaska, including wildlife, schools, bands, and the Reverend William Duncan. Unpublished finding aid available.

Dates: 1892

Native family outside a cabin, Indian Territory [reverse image of #380]. ca. 1892, 1892

 Item — Box Photo F-26, item: 216
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black-and-white copy prints of Cherokee families, houses, schools, and social gatherings in Indian Territory. Included are photographs of Fort Gibson, the Cherokee Female Seminary, the Cherokee Male Seminary, children and picnics at the Park Hill Mission, Indian Territory, as well as views of stagecoaches and ferries operating in the Cherokee Nation. Additional images show scenes from Portland, Oregon, including battleships and Asian immigrants; and images from New Metlakahtla, Alaska, including wildlife, schools, bands, and the Reverend William Duncan. Unpublished finding aid available.

Dates: 1892