Creek Indians
Found in 42 Collections and/or Records:
-62. Josephine Bruner and Anthony Baltese-wedding portrait., undated
Black and white original prints of Sapulpa, Indian Territory and Oklahoma, along with images of Oklahoma City, Fort Reno and Tulsa, Oklahoma, Fort Smith, Arkansas, businesses, schools, oil wells, railroads, and cotton ginning. The collection also includes scenes of Creek, Comanche, Apache, and Yuchi Indians and the Euchee Mission near Sapulpa, Indian Territory.
A Creek freedman’s home., undated
A Creek home, 1902., 1902
A Creek women pounding corn for the Indian dish, sofkey, c. 1880s., circa 1880s
A posed colored picture of Acee Blue Eagle in native dress with American bow., Undated
Black and white original and copy prints of Comanche, Cheyenne, Cheyenne-Arapaho, Arapaho, Sac and Fox, Sioux, Blackfoot, Kiowa, Crow, Ute, Shawnee, Omaha, Pueblo, Shoshoni, Pawnee, Ponca, Assinibone, Apache, Yakima Nez Perce, Umatilla, Wichita, Osage, Potawatomi and Flathead Indians. Also included are photographs of the U.S. Army during the Indian Wars (1865-1891), Western forts and posts, the Little Big Horn battlefield, trails and settlements of the Southwest, soil conservation and dust storms, Oklahoma towns, mountain ranges and National Parks.
Acee Blue Eagle, Creek Indian artist, in full native dress, 1934, Dewar, Oklahoma. Postcard., 1934
Black and white original and copy prints of Comanche, Cheyenne, Cheyenne-Arapaho, Arapaho, Sac and Fox, Sioux, Blackfoot, Kiowa, Crow, Ute, Shawnee, Omaha, Pueblo, Shoshoni, Pawnee, Ponca, Assinibone, Apache, Yakima Nez Perce, Umatilla, Wichita, Osage, Potawatomi and Flathead Indians. Also included are photographs of the U.S. Army during the Indian Wars (1865-1891), Western forts and posts, the Little Big Horn battlefield, trails and settlements of the Southwest, soil conservation and dust storms, Oklahoma towns, mountain ranges and National Parks.
Alexander Posey, the Creek poet., undated
An Indian stick ball player in his player’s clothing holding the sticks used in the game. Taken near Okemah, Oklahoma which is home of the Creeks, circa 1910. 2 copies. Negatives, 5x7., circa 1910
Black-and-white copy prints of Comanche Indians at Cache Creek Mission near Apache, Oklahoma. The collection also includes photographs of a parade at Craterville Park, students at Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania, Creek stickball players and dancers, and studio portraits of Kiowa Indians. Unpublished finding aid available.
An Indian stick ball player taken near Okemah, Oklahoma, Creek tribal homeland, circa 1910. 2 copies. 2 negatives, 5x7., circa 1910
Black-and-white copy prints of Comanche Indians at Cache Creek Mission near Apache, Oklahoma. The collection also includes photographs of a parade at Craterville Park, students at Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania, Creek stickball players and dancers, and studio portraits of Kiowa Indians. Unpublished finding aid available.
Black and white steel engravings (2) of a “Chippewa Lodge” and a “Creek House in 1791”. Shows one Chippewa lodge and the frame of another in first view. Second view gives excellent picture of Creek house-corn field in background. By J.C. Tidball from Schoolcraft’s Indian Tribes. , undated
Black-and-white and color engravings of Indians of the Southwest, namely Pueblo, Hopi, and Navajo. Included are scenes of village life, native dwellings, individual Indians, and dances. Though less numerous, depictions of hunting and ceremonies of the Lakota, Blackfeet, Chippewa, and Mandan Indians are also included in the collection.
Bryan W. Lovelace Collection
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A journal kept by Joseph R. Smith of New York, recording his experiences while on a surveying expedition through Indian Territory. Smith describes the expedition's encounters with hostile Comanches, friendly Osages, severe weather and insect hordes. Also included in this collection are photocopies of a legislative document (1858) and a published article (1850), both regarding Creek Nation boundaries.
C. Ross Hume Collection
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Attorney. Personal and business correspondence (1893-1948) relating to Hume's family, his association with the University of Oklahoma, and his activities as an attorney for the Caddo Indians. Also included are numerous legal documents relating to Indian claims and historical papers and documents regarding the Indians of Oklahoma, the Shirley Trading Post, the Anadarko (Oklahoma) area and the University of Oklahoma. C. Ross Hume Photograph Collection also in repository.
Chitto Harjo, leader of the Crazy Snake Creek Rebellion., undated
Choska Trading Company Collection
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Ledgers (1902-1907) detailing the daily commerce of the Choska Trading Company, a general merchandise store which operated in the Creek Nation villages of Choska and Porter, Indian Territory.
Crazy Snake, Creek Indian., undated
Creek Council plus Heydrick and John C. Weeks. (Council helped to obtain Red Fork Discovery Well, land), 1900
Black and white copy print of Creek Indian Council members. L.C. Heydrick Manuscript Collection also in repository.
Creek Freedman, lithograph., undated
Creek Indian camp in Indian Territory., undated
Creek Native Americans enroute to vote in Pleasant Porter’s election, undated
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.
Creek Orphans School at Okmulgee, 1901, 1901
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.
Creek sofke makers, undated
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.
Doris Duke Indian Oral History Collection
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Oral history collection. Typescripts of interviews conducted with hundreds of American Indians in Oklahoma regarding the histories and cultures of their respective tribes. Included are accounts of Indian ceremonies, customs, social conditions, philosophies, and standards of living. Members of every tribe resident in Oklahoma were interviewed.
Home of Creek freedman, Creek Nation., undated
Indian Ribbon dance performed near Okemah, Oklahoma, the heart of the Creek Indian country. Photographer: G.H. Farnum. 3 copies. Negative, 5x7., Undated
Black-and-white copy prints of Comanche Indians at Cache Creek Mission near Apache, Oklahoma. The collection also includes photographs of a parade at Craterville Park, students at Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania, Creek stickball players and dancers, and studio portraits of Kiowa Indians. Unpublished finding aid available.
Indian stick ball game played on ceremonial grounds near Okemah, Oklahoma. circa 1910. Photographer: G.H. Farnum. Negative, 5x7. Creek Tribal Homeland., circa 1910
Black-and-white copy prints of Comanche Indians at Cache Creek Mission near Apache, Oklahoma. The collection also includes photographs of a parade at Craterville Park, students at Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania, Creek stickball players and dancers, and studio portraits of Kiowa Indians. Unpublished finding aid available.
Indian stick ball game played on ceremonial grounds near Okemah, Oklahoma. Creek tribal homeland, circa 1910. Photographer: G.H. Farnum. 3 copies. Negative, 5x7., crica 1910
Black-and-white copy prints of Comanche Indians at Cache Creek Mission near Apache, Oklahoma. The collection also includes photographs of a parade at Craterville Park, students at Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania, Creek stickball players and dancers, and studio portraits of Kiowa Indians. Unpublished finding aid available.
Indian stick ball players. Game played near Okemah, Oklahoma, the home of the Creek Indians., Undated
Black-and-white copy prints of Comanche Indians at Cache Creek Mission near Apache, Oklahoma. The collection also includes photographs of a parade at Craterville Park, students at Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania, Creek stickball players and dancers, and studio portraits of Kiowa Indians. Unpublished finding aid available.
Indian Subject File Photograph Collection
Black and white and copy prints of Crow, Cherokee, Ponca, Osage, Kiowa, Comanche, Sioux, Caddo, Cheyenne-Arapaho, Apache, Cheyenne, and Creek Indians.
Indian White Feather Dance held near Okemah, Oklahoma, the heart of the Creek Nation. 2 copies. Negative, 5x7., Undated
Black-and-white copy prints of Comanche Indians at Cache Creek Mission near Apache, Oklahoma. The collection also includes photographs of a parade at Craterville Park, students at Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania, Creek stickball players and dancers, and studio portraits of Kiowa Indians. Unpublished finding aid available.
Karl and Iva Schmitt Collection
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Anthropologists. Field notes, reprint articles and other research notes concerning the Schmitts' work among the Wichita, Caddo, and Pawnee Indians, and other southern plains tribes. Karl and Iva Schmitt Photograph Collection also in repository.