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Cherokee Indians -- Languages

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Cherokee Bilingual Education Project Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: WHC-M-799
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Teachers' guidebooks and student primers in both Cherokee Syllabary and Roman script, from the Cherokee Bilingual Education Project of Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Also some teachers' guides and student primers produced by a similar project for the Mississippi Band of Cherokee Indians in Mississippi.

Dates: 1972-1976
Found in: Western History Collections / Cherokee Bilingual Education Project Collection

Della Irene Brunsteter Owl Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-1089
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Linguist. Research notes collected by Owl regarding the Cherokee language and syllabary. Della Brunsteter Owl Photograph Collection also in repository.

Dates: 1924-1975
Found in: Western History Collections / Della Irene Brunsteter Owl Collection

Frank Allen Balyeat Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-26
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Educator. Typescripts and notes of Baptist missionaries to the Indians; correspondence relating to schools in Indian and Oklahoma Territories; releases of the Bureau of Indian Affairs concerning American Indian education; a booklet on Sequoyah and the Cherokee alphabet; notes and correspondence concerning Joseph Samuel Murrow and Bacone College; leaflet describing El Meta Bond College; and correspondence concerning Oklahoma post offices. Frank Allen Balyeat Photograph Collection also in repository.

Dates: 1774-1960
Found in: Western History Collections / Frank Allen Balyeat Collection

Gideon Wesley Graham Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-232
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Attachments

Wildlife conservationist. Printed cards and leaflets (1928-1949) expressing Graham's views concerning the conservation and protection of wildlife in Oklahoma, plus a card advertising Graham's efforts (ca. 1930) to preserve the Cherokee language.

Dates: 1928-1949
Found in: Western History Collections / Gideon Wesley Graham Collection

Lawton Chamber of Commerce Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-P-1179
Scope and Contents

Black and white copy prints of railroads and Lawton, Oklahoma Territory businesses.

Dates: 1890-1891
Found in: Western History Collections / Lawton Chamber of Commerce Photograph Collection

Mrs. J. B. (Elizabeth) Milam collection of Cherokee matrices

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: WHC-M-404
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An incomplete set of upper and lower case matrices for Cherokee language type, likely created in Boston, Massachusetts, circa 1828.

Dates: 1825
Found in: Western History Collections / Mrs. J. B. (Elizabeth) Milam collection of Cherokee matrices

Oklahoma Indian Rights Association Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-1232
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Correspondence, publications, reports and business records of the Oklahoma Indian Rights Association, regarding its advocacy of Indian civil rights and its involvement with various Oklahoma Indian tribes. Oklahoma Indian Rights Association Photograph Collection also in repository.

Dates: 1941-1981
Found in: Western History Collections / Oklahoma Indian Rights Association Collection

Roberta Robey Collection

 Item
Identifier: WHC-M-1220
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Diary of Mrs. Cassandra Sawyer Lockwood describing her journey to the Cherokee Nation in Indian Territory (1833-1834), and life at Dwight Mission (1834-1835), including efforts by the Mission staff to free slaves.

Dates: 1833-1835
Found in: Western History Collections / Roberta Robey Collection
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