letter

Gilcrease Foundation

Letter to Baron de Schulenburg 1777

Zachary Taylor

Letter to Governor George R. Gilmer from Camp Gilmer

Letter to Captain William M. Boyce from Prairie de Chien

Chief John Ross

Letter from convention, signed by Chief John Ross, to Agent M. Stokes

Thomas Moran

Letter from Thomas Moran to the National Gallery of Art’s Curator William H. Holmes regarding the National Parks exhibition

Dominic Daniels

Letter from the US Department of the Interior for weekly allowance

Unknown

Alotee hearing letter from the US Department if the Interior

Letter from Joe Daniels to Dominic Daniels

Subscription renewal request letter addressed to Mrs. Dominic Daniels

Lewis Downing

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

Manuscripts

Samuel Austin Worcester Manuscript Collection

1826 - 1850

1851 - 1875

1876 - 1900

1901 - 1925

1926 - 1950

1951 - 1975

sermon

booklet

Sureme Court Opinion

Notice

resolution

poem

diary

American

Manuscript Collection Records

"Alice Mary Robertson of Oklahoma" from Muskogee Phoenix

"Aunt Alice Robertson and Others" by Will Rogers

"David", an article on proof-reading, published in Pith and Points

"Georgia and the Supreme Court, Opinion on opinion of Justice Marshall"

“Some History of Missionary Work among the Cherokees and Creeks"

“Song of the Cherokee Cold Water Army of the Olden Time”

“The Good Man's Ambition”

"Translating into the Muskogee or Creek" in Oklahoma School Herald,  April 1893

1831 booklet titled "The Imprisoned Missionaries"

1867 Diary of Dwight Hitchcock of Cherokee Nation, I.T.

Account certification by Dr. D. D. Hitchcock to U.S. Army

Announcement of commencement at Kendall College Academy Ethel Inez Hicks

Appointment of Abijah Hicks as Administrator of Estate of J. S. Boyington

Article "Ann Eliza Worcester Robertson as a Linguist" from the Chronicles of Oklahoma, Vol XXXVII, #1

Article "First Print Shop is Memorialized" from Tulsa Daily World

Article "Indian Territory First Printing Press 1835-1861"

Article "Our Monthly", published in Muscogee Creek language, at Tullahassee

Assorted documents titled “Rev. W.S Robertson" and "Some history of missionary work among the Cherokees and Creeks"

Bill of sale from Agent C. C. Torrey, Park Hill, to Abijah Hicks for buildings owned by American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions

Bill of sale from Elizabeth Medley to Abijah Hicks of house in Illinois Prairie

Bill of sale issued by Lydia Hoyt to Abija Hicks for "Servant" Sophia, witnessed by Worcester

Biographical sketch of Ann Eliza Worcester Robertson

Biographical sketch of William Schenck Robertson

Boston Recorder containing published biography of Samuel Worcester

Diary of Dr. D. D. Hitchcock

Diary of Hannah Hitchock including notes for sister, Ann Eliza

Diary of Reverend S. A. Worcester, including letter to Mr. Boudinot

Discharge certificate for D. D. Hitchcock from Union Army at Fort Gibson signed by Colonel William  A. Phillips

Essay on the Temperance Society started by Worcester

Excerpt of letter by Samuel Worcester to The Indian Advocate

Excerpts of letter from Ermina Nash Worcester to John Orr Worcester concerning his father's will

Excerpts of letter from Mrs. Redfield to A.E.W. Robertson regarding Union Mission Boarding School

Genealogy table for the Worcester, Hicks, and Robertson family

Handwritten text of a sermon delivered at New Echota and Park Hill

Interview with Herbert W. Hicks, titled “Indian Pioneer History”

Inventories of Alice Robertson Collections at University of Tulsa and Oklahoma Historical Society

Letter from "Alice" to "Mother", with Department of Interior, Office of Indian Affairs, Washington, D.C. document

Letter from A.E.W. Robertson at Park Hill to parents with postscript

Letter from A.E.W. Robertson to G. Lee Phelps regarding Creek Testaments

Letter from A.E.W. Robertson to Hannah at Ft. Gibson

Letter from A.E.W. Robertson to Sarah Worcester regarding domestic trials

Letter from Ann O. Worcester, New Echota, to Reverend Thomas Savage

Letter from Ann Orr Worcester in New Echota to Reverend Thomas Savage

Letter from Carolyn Thomas Foreman to Martin Winger at the Gilcrease Museum

Letter from Eric M. North, American Bible Society, to Augusta Moore

Letter from Hannah Worcester Hicks of Ft. Gibson, to Ann Eliza Worcester Robertson regarding family and war

Letter from Hope Holway to Miss. Wright

Letter from J.W. Trumbull to Major Powell concerning General Pike's vocabulary

Letter from John Ross to W. Charles Goodey, President National Committee, concerning Worcester’s' printing establishment

Letter from Leonard Worcester to Augusta Robertson Moore regarding Cherokee Bible

Letter from Major J. W. Powell to A.E.W. Robertson, Tullahassee, concerning Pike's vocabulary

Letter from Miss Thompson to Ann Eliza Worcester

Letter from Miss Thompson

Letter from Mother to John Orr Worcester

Letter from Mr. and Mrs. Wm. S. Robertson to D. D. Hitchcock at Fort Blunt, C.N

Letter from Mrs. A.E.W. Robertson, Tullahassee, to D.D. Hitchcock of Park Hill

Letter from Nancy Thompson to Mr. & Mrs. Wm. S. Robertson

Letter from Ralph Dresback, Choska, I.T. to A.E.W. Robertson, Muskogee

Letter from S. A. Worcester at New Echota to "Brother and Sister" explaining withdrawal of case before U.S. Supreme Court

Letter from S. A. Worcester, in Park Hill, to James Orr denying he advised Elias Boudinot to head a party to sign a treaty

Letter from S.A. Worcester to sister and a note from "A.W."

Letter from S.A. Worcester, in Kowetah Mission, to "Rev. and Dear Sir"

Letter from Samuel A. Worcester to John Orr Worcester about school

Letter from Samuel A. Worcester to John Orr Worcester who was away at school

Letter from Worcester to his son, John Orr Worcester, discussing school and confession of faith

Letter from editor to A.E.W. Robertson concerning the naming of Park Hill

Letter from the Delta Kappa Gamma Society in Minnesota to Carolyn Thomas Foreman

Letter to the editor quoting an article from The Cherokee Phoenix, October 14, 1829

List of songs translated into Indian Languages by A.E.W. Robertson

Notice from William G. Springer, Agent for the Cherokees in Georgia, to Worcester

Opinion of Chief Justice Marshall in Worcester vs. the State of Georgia case

Park Hill Mission history of a bell cast in 1847, recast in 1889

Photocopy of S.B.M's "Washington Letter" in Muskogee Phoenix regarding Dawes Commission

Portion of newspaper article on dedication of site of Union Mission

Program for three plays given by students at Henry Kendall College

Reply from W. Phillips to D. D. Hitchcock concerning account certification with U.S. Army

Report listing missionaries, books, and pamphlets printed in multiple Native languages

Resolution of General Council of Cherokees granting S.A. Worcester permission to erect printing press

S.B.M.'s "Washington Letter" in Muskogee Phoenix regarding Indian appropriation bill

Special newspaper on 100th anniversary of printing in Oklahoma

Tulsa Daily World articles titled "Printing Industry 100 Years Old" and "Worcester's Grandson Operates a Bookshop"

Typed copy of fragment of letter to son "John"

<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: Samuel Austin Worcester

Manuscript Collection: Carl Wimar

Manuscript Collection: Woodrow Wilson

1801 - 1825

Manuscript Collection: Johnathan Williams

Newspaper Clipping

Wanted Poster

Membership Certificate

check

Roster

Manuscript Collection: Joe Wiedeman

invoice

Statement

Manuscript Collection: Peter A. White

envelope

receipt

Manuscript Collection: Maunsel White

certificate

Manuscript Collection: Wells Fargo Memorabilia

Stand Watie Manuscript Collection

Special Oder of Protection

treaty

Native Americans

Cherokee

army

American Indian

Cherokee Indians

civil war

Principal Chief

Indian Territory

Cherokee Nation

Stand Watie

Letter from Stand Watie at Camp McIntosh to Lieutenant Farnsworth

Photocopy of proclamation by Major General Hindman, Confederate Army, and a proclamation by Stand Watie

Treaty stipulations covering cessation of hostilities between the U. S. and Confederate Cherokees

Manuscript Collection: Stand Watie

1976 - 2000

Manuscript Collection: Edmund Franklin Ward