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September 9, 1864 | ink on paper

Letter written by Lewis Ross, Fort Gibson, to his son, Henry Ross, with mention of a Captain Tallallah, and review of conditions in the Cherokee Nation

May 8, 1864 | ink on paper

Letter from Henry C. Ross to his father, Lewis Ross regarding his concern for the Cherokee people in the Nation, being killed by the Rebels

mid-19th century | ink on paper

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

May 7, 1860 | ink on paper

Letter from H. T. Martin to John Drew concerning Old Settler claims and the killing of two Cherokees

April 26, 1875 | ink on paper

Personal letter written from Kate Drew at the Orphan Asylum addressed to My Dear Sister

early 20th century | ink on onion skin paper

Typescript of "My Life", with pencil corrections and notes by Margaret Louise Wallace

May 1847 | ink on paper

Deed from A. B. to John Drew of Negro slave girl

May 13, 1847 | ink on paper

Deed by Rachel McDaniel of one Negro slave girl to John Drew

November 5, 1847 | ink on paper

Deed by William Dutch of one Negro boy to John Drew

Manuscript Collection: John Lowery Brown

Manuscript Collection: Sequoyah Papers

1879

Fort Reno Ledger Drawing

1887

Fort Reno Ledger Drawing

December 29, 1890

Dead Indians on the battlefield of Wounded Knee the morning after the battle

1935 | oil on board

Battle of the Big Hole 1877

mid-19th century | oil on canvas

Capt John Smith and Party Landing at Jamestown May 14, 1607

modeled 1896; sand cast between 1896 and 1899 | sand cast in bronze

The Wounded Bunkie

modeled 1899; lost-wax cast circa 1899 | lost-wax cast in bronze

Buffalo

1941 | woodblock print on paper

La Venganza del Pueblo

October 27 | paper

From Nan to Nancy C. Russell