Manuscript Collection: Rufus Cochran
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: According to a brief notation, this small notebook contains several pages of medical formulas all written in Cherokee by Rufus Cochran (c.1844-1926). Cochran lived at Stilwell, Oklahoma. He was appointed postmaster at Cochran in the Cherokee Nation in 1896, but the order establishing this post office was rescinded January 23, 1897, and it is doubtful that the office was ever actually in operation.
Access Restrictions
Available by appointment only at the Helmerich Center for American Research (HCAR) with the exception of materials with donor restrictions. Contact Library staff in advance to inquire if materials exist pertaining to your research interests.
Use Restrictions
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Provenance
The Gilcrease Foundation acquired these materials before 1964 and is housed in the Helmerich Center for American Research (HCAR). The library currently receives most materials through community donation, board members, artists and the acquisition of manuscript collections.
Staff, interns, and volunteers of the Thomas Gilcrease Library and Archive have contributed to the organization and maintenance of the files since the collection passed to the City of Tulsa in the 1950s.