Cherokee Papers Manuscript Collection

mid-19th century - mid-20th century | ink on paper

Native American; Cherokee

Document in Cherokee language

mid-19th century–mid-20th century | ink on paper

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Chart showing original Cherokee allotments

A list of names drawn for the Gold Region  Land Lottery

Map of Brainard Mission and family tree of Samuel Caswell and Miss. Mindwell

Manuscripts

1801 - 1825

1826 - 1850

1851 - 1875

abstract

Application for Membership

bill

Broadside

essay

journal

treaty

Native American

Cherokee

American Indian

Native Americans

Cherokee Indians

slavery

Sequoyah

New Echota

Cherokee Nation

tsalagi ayeli

tsalagiyi

Old Settlers

John Ross

Return J. Meigs

Stand Watie

degatoga

James Vann

syllabary

Manuscript Collection Records

George Guess

Removal Period

Brainard Mission

Agreement between Shawnee and Cherokee tribes regarding Shawnee settlement and incorporation

Bill to Colonel Return J. Meigs for bar irons for use of garrison

Blank application forms for Kee-Too-Wah Society

Candidates and election of the Committee of Five

Columbian Centinel and Massachusetts Federalist, Volume XXXII, Whole Number 1630, Number 18, Boston, Massachusetts

Hand-drawn map of New Echota, Georgia

Handwritten Argument on the 9th Article of the Cherokee Treaty

Handwritten committee voting record for president and clerk

Handwritten copy of document of National Council of the Cherokees

Handwritten copy of letter from Cherokee Delegation to President U. S. Grant

Handwritten copy of letter from Cherokee Delegation to Senator James Harlan

Handwritten copy of letter from Secretary of the Interior Columbus Delano to Cherokee Delegation

Handwritten copy of letter from Senator James Harlan to Secretary of the Interior Columbus Delano

Handwritten copy of preliminary examination in the case of George Christy charged with the murder of Nicholas B. Saunders

Handwritten copy of request by Return J. Meigs to John Browder

Handwritten copy of request by Return J. Meigs to Mr. John Browder

Handwritten document addressed to the United States Congress regarding Western Cherokees after Treaty of 1833

Handwritten document in Cherokee syllabary with photocopy

Handwritten document in Cherokee syllabary with translation

Handwritten document in Cherokee syllabary

Handwritten list of "Old Settlers" names

Handwritten list of names in Cherokee syllabary with envelope

Handwritten list of names in Cherokee syllabary with photocopy

Handwritten notice from Return J. Meigs, War Department in Tennessee to John Browder

Letter from A. Henry to Henry Cunningham

Letter from Attorney General of the U.S. William Wirt to John C. Calhoun, Secretary of State

Letter from Charles P. Jones to Timothy Jones

Letter from G.M. Lavender to Elias Boudinot

Letter from G.W. Hicks to George Benge

Letter from H. Price, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, to Chief D.W. Bushyhead

Letter from J. C. Dickinson to Friend Tatum

Letter from L.B. Gritts to Miss Teenor regarding membership cards for the Kee-Too-Wah Society

Letter from Meigs at Southwest Point to John Browder

Letter from Return J. Meigs to John Browder

Letter from Robert H. Hynds to General John Cocke

Letter from Soup Watts to Captain John Kogan

Letter from W. H. Porter to Friend Eno

Letter from Waddie Hudson to G.W. Benge

Letter from William Chamberlin to Reverend Dany with Cherokee Phoenix prospectus

Letter from William N. Bishop to Walter S. Adair regarding Cherokee land ownership

Letter from William N. Bishop to Walter S. Adair regarding Mr. Morrow's land

Letter from William N. Bishop to Walter S. Adair regarding illegal occupation of land

Letter in Cherokee syllabary from Lewis Downing to Cooweescoowee (John Ross)

Letter written in Cherokee syllabary from James McDaniel to Chiefs Ross and Lewis

Letter written in Cherokee syllabary with translated copy

List of Cherokee Nation Committee of Old Settlers and delegate vote

List of Daniel and Moll Ross' children

Notebook in Cherokee syllabary

Official copy of resolution signed by Acting Chief Lewis Downing and Secretary G. W. Ross

Petition signed by six persons regarding Henry Knave

Photocopies of "An Act in Relation to Minerals"

Photocopy of newspaper report of hearing before Commission to the Five Tribes

Photocopy of the booklet "The Indian Question Discussed by Spencer S. Stevens of the Cherokee Nation"

Photostat of Cherokee Council Rules in syllabary

Photostat of Cherokee Council Rules of the Senate in syllabary

Photostat of letter from Going Snake et al. to General Scott

Photostat of list of property transferred from Cherokee Capital to Carnegie Library

Photostat of printed document in Cherokee syllabary

Power of Attorney for Father or Mother for Child's Property for Lucy Silk

Printed Statement of the Cherokee Funds requested by D. W. Bushyhead, Treasurer

Printed copy of Petition and Abstract of Testimony in the Matter of Application of Peter Hollenbeck et al.

Proceedings of Tenth Annual Meeting of Cherokee Baptist Sunday School Convention 

Proceedings of the "Old Settlers" Committee

Proceedings of the Council of the "Old Settlers" Party of Cherokees

Promissory note and check processed by Guardian Trust Company

Resolution of General Council of the Cherokee Nation for negotiating removal efforts

Resolution of General Council of the Cherokee Nation regarding land entitlement

Resolution of General Council of the Cherokee Nation regarding right to self-govern

Sheet music for "The Celebrated Death Song of the Cherokee Indians"

Statement signed by five persons regarding John Browder and his services

Statement signed by six persons of the National Council at Willstown

Supply order from Archibald Harris to Henry Cunningham

The Removal of the Cherokee

Two documents regarding Cherokee National Council orders for paid provisions

Typed copy of resolutions by a Cherokee Nation committee concerning a conspiracy against the Principal Chief

Typed transcript of "The Trial of Calvin Coker" originally published in The Indian Journal

Typescript of "Historical Sketches of the Cherokees; together with some of their Customs, Traditions and Superstitions"

Typescript of an act amended by the Cherokee National Council

Typescript of biography of Joseph Roger's family

Typescript regarding conditions of the Hopewell Treaty of 1775 and the Holston Treaty of 1791

<h2>Access Restrictions</h2>
<p>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.</p>
<h2>Use Restrictions</h2>
<p>Please contact the Rights and Reproduction Department for information on publishing or reproducing materials included in these records. Permission will be granted by the Gilcrease Museum as the owner of the physical materials, and does not imply permission from the copyright holder. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain all necessary permissions from the copyright holder.</p>
<h2>Provenance</h2>
<p>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.</p>
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<p>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.</p>


Manuscript Collection: Cherokee Papers