United States. -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Indian troops
Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
Arrell Morgan Gibson Collection
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Historian. A collection of research materials gathered for use in various research and writing projects. Most of the material deals with Fort Smith, Arkansas, and the Civil War in Indian Territory.
Charles Francis Xavier King Collection
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Professor. An unpublished manuscript regarding the Battle of the Washita, 1868; manuscripts regarding the establishment of Fort Gibson, Indian Territory and its cemetery; and lecture notes used by King in the instruction of American, European and Russian history.
Colonial Dames Collection
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Correspondence (1859 1862) dealing with Spencer Academy and the Choctaw Indians; correspondence (1864-1871) concerning the Omaha Mission in Nebraska; correspondence (1861-1864) dealing with the Civil War; and correspondence (1852-1894) of Charles S. Rogers to Mrs. O.S. Lee.
Henry Benjamin Bass Collection
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Material from Bass's participation with the Oklahoma Civil War Centennial Commission, including general correspondence and correspondence regarding Abraham Lincoln (1962-1965); subject files regarding Civil War historical sites, events and personalities; and programs received from other state commissions. Also, Bass's travel diaries (1943-1966); correspondence (1933-1936) to and from patriotic societies; correspondence (1935-1940) from J. Edgar Hoover regarding conferences on crime; speeches (1935-1940) by Hoover; and reports from conferences regarding crime. Henry Benjamin Bass Photograph Collection also in repository.
John D. Jordan Collection
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Letter (1842) to Stand Watie from John Rollin Ridge regarding the Ross faction and the death of James Foreman, who was killed by Watie; and a biography of Watie compiled by the Daughters of the Confederacy. John D. Jordan Photograph Collection also in repository.
John D. Jordan Photograph Collection
Black and white copy print of Colonel James M. Bell, First Cherokee Regiment, Confederate Army. John D. Jordan Manuscript Collection also in repository.
Julia A. "Julee" Short Collection
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Author. A copy of the final issue (1968) of "The Oklahoma Advertizer"; student term papers (n.d.) and a journal article regarding Walter Stanley Campbell, Roger Williams, the surrender of Stand Watie, and Washington Irving's tour of Oklahoma in 1832; correspondence (1967-1970) from scholars on the above subjects.
Peter Perkins Pitchlynn Collection
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Choctaw Chief. Correspondence of Pitchlynn with prominent citizens and family members in the Choctaw Nation; personal journals (1815) and diary (1828-1832) of Pitchlynn; official reports (1825-1841) of the Choctaw Academy in Kentucky; and Pitchlynn family records (1806-1867). Also includes a signed copy of the articles of surrender and peace negotiated between the Choctaw Nation and the United States at the close of the Civil War, and extensive correspondence reflecting the state of the Choctaw Nation just prior to and during the Civil War years, with special regard to slavery. Peter Pitchlynn Photograph Collection also in repository.
Richard L. Martin Collection
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Two letter pads containing rough drafts of Martin's correspondence and a brief account of his experiences in Indian Territory during the Civil War. Some correspondence also deals with land allotment and Indian opposition to Oklahoma statehood.
Stephen Foreman Collection
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Missionary. Typescripts of Foreman's journals (1862-1868) regarding life in the Cherokee Nation during the Civil War, letters (1864-1881) from Foreman to various correspondents, and letters (1837-1881) from various correspondents to members of the Foreman family.
W. D. Morrison and James Morrison Collection
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Historians. Research notes and related materials, many concerning Choctaw and Chickasaw tribal politics, allotment of lands, and Indian participation in the Civil War, gathered by the Morrisons for the purpose of writing a history of Bryan County, Oklahoma.