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

Roll No.

Page No.

Introduction

1

i

Map of the Cherokee Nation

1

iii

Genealogical Chart

1

iv

Folder/Roll Checklist

1

v

Inventory

1

1

Index

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

31 - 35

3000 - 3425

89 - 100

Per-Capita Payments

36

3426 - 3528

101- 02

Railroads

36 - 37

3529 - 3622

103-104

Rewards and Extraditions

37

3623 - 3652

105

Smallpox

37

3653 - 3704

106-107

Suspensions

37 - 38

3705 - 3758

108-109

John Vann Murder Case

38

3759 - 3777

110

Printed Documents

38

3778 - 3884

111-112

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

Stand Watie and Sarah Watie Papers

38 - 41

3885 - 4717

115-128

Correspondence of John Ridge and John

Rollin Ridge

41

4718 - 4722

129

John Ridge Estate Claims

41

4723 - 4798

130

Correspondence of Ridge and Boudinot Families

with James Madison Bell

41

4799 - 4804

131

Correspondence of Ridge and Boudinot Families

41

4805 - 4822

132

Correspondence of Elias Cornelius Boudinot

41

4823 - 4871

133

Correspondence between Elias Cornelius Boudinot

and James Madison Bell

41 - 42

4872 - 5059

134-136

James Madison Bell Papers

42 - 44

5060 - 6097

137-150

Treaty Fund Claims

44 - 45

6098 - 6337

151-154

Civil War Records

45

6338 - 6416

155-156

General Documents

45 - 47

6417 - 6730

157 - 164

General Correspondence

47 - 49

6731 - 7356

165 - 173

Cherokee Language Material

49

7357 - 7389

174

Division of Manuscripts Items (DMSS)

49

Items 1 - 48

N/A

Typescripts

49 - 53

7390 - 8096

175 - 179

Oversize Materials

54 - 57

8097 - 8212

180 - 201

Town Lots in Indian Territory

57 - 68

8213 - 10338

202 - 232

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