CHEROKEE NATION PAPERS Inventory and Index

CHEROKEE NATION PAPERS Inventory and Index

Revised and edited by

Kristina L. Southwell

Associates of the Western History Collections Norman, Oklahoma 1996

THE COVER Teresa Rankin of the University of Oklahoma Publications Department designed the cover of this book. It incorporates three photographs from the photographic archives of the Western History Collections with a character of the Cherokee syllabary in the background. On the left is a photograph of Stand Watie, principal chief of the Cherokee Nation and brigadier general in the army of the Confederacy. The photograph was taken after the Civil War, probably in the late 1860s. It is image 1459 of the Phillips Collection. The center photograph is of the Cherokee Female Seminary, a secondary school at Park Hill, Cherokee Nation. Three students are seen in the right foreground. The Seminary served the Cherokee Nation until 1909. The photograph dates from the late 1890s and is image 6 in the Piburn Collection. On the right is a portrait of Sarah C. Watie, wife of Stand Watie. Sarah Watie was a prolific letter writer and the Cherokee Nation Papers contain many examples of her correspondence. Her portrait also dates from the late 1860s and is image 1453 in the Phillips Collection.

Available from University of Oklahoma Western History Collections 630 Parrington Oval, Room 452 Norman, Oklahoma 73019

No state-appropriated funds were used to publish this guide. It was published entirely with funds provided by the Associates of the Western History Collections and other private donors. The Associates of the Western History Collections is a support group dedicated to helping the Western History Collections maintain its national and international reputation for research excellence.

Copyright, 1996, by the Western History Collections. All rights reserved.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction Map of the Cherokee Nation Genealogical Chart Folder/Roll Checklist Inventory Index

Roll No. 1 1 1 1 1 1

Page No. i iii iv v 1 277

Record Group 1 - OFFICIAL PAPERS

Roll No.

Folder No.

Box No.

Cherokee Advocate

2

1 - 74

1 - 3

Cherokee Boundary Survey

2

75 - 81

4

Cherokee Census

2 - 3

82 - 140

5 - 6

Cherokee Outlet

3

141 - 195

7 - 8

Citizenship

3

196 - 324

9 - 11

Creek War or William Cobb Murder Case

4

325 - 370

12

Dawes Commission

4 - 5

371 - 456

13 - 16

Delegations, Agents, and Attorneys

5

457 - 591

17 - 18

Eastern (North Carolina) Cherokees

6

592 - 622

19

Education (including Orphan Asylum)

6 - 16

623 - 1244

20 - 45

Elections

17 - 18

1245 - 1426

46 - 49

Insane Asylum

18

1427 - 1524

50 - 51

Intruders

18 - 19

1525 - 1664

52 - 53

Legislative Affairs

19 - 21

1665 - 1978

54 - 60

Licenses, Permits, and Fees

21

1979 - 2225

61 - 64

U.S./Cherokee Disputes

21 - 22

2226 - 2255

65

Executive Documents

22 - 24

2256 - 2658

66 - 72

Financial Records

24 - 30

2659 - 2726

73 - 82

National Officers

30 - 31

2727 - 2887

83 - 85

National Prison and High Sheriff

31

2888 - 2967

86 - 87

Old Settlers Party, or Western Cherokees

31

2968 - 2999

88

Pardons and Commutations Per-Capita Payments Railroads Rewards and Extraditions Smallpox Suspensions John Vann Murder Case Printed Documents

31 - 35 36 36 - 37 37 37 37 - 38 38 38

3000 - 3425 3426 - 3528 3529 - 3622 3623 - 3652 3653 - 3704 3705 - 3758 3759 - 3777 3778 - 3884

89 - 100 101- 02 103-104 105 106-107 108-109 110 111-112

Record Group 2 - PERSONAL PAPERS OF THE BELL, BOUDINOT, RIDGE AND WATIE FAMILIES

Stand Watie and Sarah Watie Papers Correspondence of John Ridge and John Rollin Ridge John Ridge Estate Claims Correspondence of Ridge and Boudinot Families with James Madison Bell Correspondence of Ridge and Boudinot Families Correspondence of Elias Cornelius Boudinot Correspondence between Elias Cornelius Boudinot and James Madison Bell James Madison Bell Papers Treaty Fund Claims Civil War Records General Documents General Correspondence Cherokee Language Material Division of Manuscripts Items (DMSS) Typescripts Oversize Materials Town Lots in Indian Territory

38 - 41

41 41

41 41 41

41 - 42 42 - 44 44 - 45 45 45 - 47 47 - 49 49 49 49 - 53 54 - 57 57 - 68

3885 - 4717

4718 - 4722 4723 - 4798

4799 - 4804 4805 - 4822 4823 - 4871

4872 - 5059 5060 - 6097 6098 - 6337 6338 - 6416 6417 - 6730 6731 - 7356 7357 - 7389 Items 1 - 48 7390 - 8096 8097 - 8212 8213 - 10338

115-128

129 130

131 132 133

134-136 137-150 151-154 155-156 157 - 164 165 - 173 174 N/A 175 - 179 180 - 201 202 - 232

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