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Description (dc): This collection is a holding area for newly uploaded collections that are still under construction. We are actively working on these items, including their content, metadata, urls, and other properties.
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: Mrs. Alfred Mitchell; The Mrs. Alfred Mitchell Collection (1895-1910) features typescripts of articles and poems written by the Creek Indian poet Alex Posey. The articles include information on Posey's actions while he was a member of the Dawes Commission, the opposition to allotment by the Snake Clan of Creek Indians, and Creek Indian opposition to Oklahoma statehood.

: Hulbutta Micco; The Hulbutta Micco Collection (1898-1905) features typescripts of newspaper articles pertaining to the Seminole Nation and Hulbutta Micco, who was the last regularly elected Principal Chief of the Seminoles before statehood.

: Evelyn H. Shumard; The Evelyn H. Shumard Collection (1898-1915) includes minutes of the city council of Sapulpa, Indian Territory; diaries of Evelyn Shumard; short manuscripts by Shumard entitled "Outlaws," "The Parade," The Spirit of Tulsa," "My Life," and "Oklahoma;" scrapbooks by Marion, Alice, and Gordon Shumard on various topics including "An Early History of Sapulpa," and memorabilia from schools attended by the Shumards.

: Seminole Nation Papers; The Seminole Nation Papers Collection (1840-1979) is comprised of typescripts of correspondence and newspaper articles regarding John Jumper and Seminole land disputes, along with resolutions and ordinances of the Seminole General Council.

: Enola Shumate; The Enola Shumate Collection (1897) consists of a ledger containing census cards recording members of the Seminole tribe in Indian Territory.

: Moty Tiger; The Moty Tiger Collection (1899-1931) features typescripts of newspaper articles relating to the change in status of the Creek Nation and the role of Tiger, the tribe's first Principal Chief following the amalgamation of Indian Territory into Oklahoma.

: Joseph Samuel Murrow; The Joseph Samuel Murrow Collection (1894-1928) includes legal documents and papers relating to J. S. Murrow, his home and school for Indian orphans, and Bacone College. The collection also includes minutes and proceedings of the Indian Missionary Association, and programs for meetings of the Deacons and Missionaries Institute of the Cheyenne-Arapaho Baptist churches and of the Oklahoma Indian Baptist Association.

: Peter Perkins Pitchlynn; The Peter Perkins Pitchlynn Collection is comprised of Pitchlynn's correspondence with prominent citizens and family members in the Choctaw Nation; his personal journals; reports of the Choctaw Academy and Missionary Station in Kentucky; family records, as well as correspondence reflecting the state of the Choctaw Nation prior to and during the Civil War, with special regard to slavery and a signed copy of the articles of surrender and peace between the Choctaw Nation and the U.S. at the close of the Civil War.

: James Ross Ramsey; The James Ross Ramsey Collection (1890) contains a typescript of Ramsay's autobiography in which he relates his education and experiences as a Presbyterian missionary among the Seminoles, hardships during the Civil War, and accounts of medical treatment.

: Sapulpa Euchee Boarding School; The Sapulpa Euchee Boarding School Collection (1915-1918) is comprised of ledgers recording supplies used by the school, along with the number of teachers and students in attendance at the U.S. Indian Service school.

: Opothleyaholo; The Opothleyaholo Collection (1928) contains a biographical typescript commenting on Opothleyaholo's, a member of the Creek Nation, mistrust of white men.

: L.C. Perryman; The L.C. Perryman Collection (1887-1907) includes typescripts of newspaper articles relating to Perryman's service as Principal Chief of the Creek Nation, the Dawes Commission, Perryman's ouster from office in 1895, and his involvement with a plan for Creek Indians to emigrate to Mexico in 1905.

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