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Prohibition -- Indian Territory

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Green McCurtain Collection

 Collection — Drawer 8613
Identifier: WHC-M-391
Scope and Contents

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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

Students of Cherokee Female Seminary on parade on Muskogee Avenue, Tahlequah, about 1853 (?). May be a temperance parade. (Dr. Samuel A. Worchester held large temperance parades in Tahlequah around that time)., circa 1853

 Item — Box Photo B-6, Item: 29
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original prints of the Cherokee Male and Female Seminaries at Park Hill, Indian Territory. Includes members of the Cherokee tribal government, Cherokee students, and Tahlequah, Indian Territory.

Dates: circa 1853