Choctaw Indians.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Bills and reports regarding Indians
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924112438985]
Identifier: 9183
Scope and content
Collection of items from Congress, many from the Government Printing Office. Items include meeting minutes and proceedings, copies of acts and bills, reports, and other information that was discussed by the committees and subcommittees on Indian affairs. The papers cover a wide range of topics, some are broad, covering all Indians; others are specific to certain areas and tribes. Some topics include leasing of lands from the Indians, mining rights, tuberculosis on reservations, reparations,...
Dates:
1926-1935.
Documents pertaining to the Wheeler-Howard or Indian Reorganization Act
Collection — Huntington box 26
Identifier: 9182
Scope and content
Collection contains transcripts and proceedings of testimony and hearings, meeting minutes, copies of bills, and a letter to Frederick A. Blossom from Will Rogers, chairman of the Committee. Contents include: Readjustment of Indian affairs, Hearings before the Committee on Indian Affairs, House of Representatives, 73d Congress, 9 parts; Bills H. R. 7902 and S.2755; The purpose and operation of the Wheeler-Howard Indian rights bill; Amendments to Wheeler-Howard bill; Testimony taken at ...
Dates:
1934.
Earl Y. Henderson papers
Collection
Identifier: 9059
Abstract
Correspondence to and from Henderson, Indian reports written and collected by Henderson.
Dates:
1916-1931.
Letters from Little River, Creek Nation
Collection — Huntington box 8 - folder 1
Identifier: 9029
Scope and content
Eight letters from Robert Buckham. Some of the letters are addressed to Andrew Buckham, the others to George Buckham in New York City. Most of the letters are from Little River, Creek Nation. Letter one is entirely cross-written, and mentions a trip to Spanish America. Letter two discusses working for Abel Warren and meeting with David Benett. Letter three discusses Buckham's family life and wife Elizabeth and his sadness that he has been unable to father children, so he has adopted some...
Dates:
1841-1844.
Merriman family papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2294
Scope and content
Nine letters to Dr. Titus Merriman of Elbridge, New York, from his sons in Michigan, Georgia, South Carolina, Ohio, and England, concerning the death of another brother, hard times in Michigan and the adherence to Millerism there, describing travel between Michigan and New York (1839), a Choctaw Indian dance and ball game seen at Mobile, Alabama (1850), a rough steamer trip (1851) on Lake Erie from Buffalo to Detroit, and a voyage from New York to Liverpool and a tour of the British Isle...
Dates:
1839-1964.
United States War Department correspondence and records regarding Indian affairs and activities with Indian nations
Collection
Identifier: 9188
Abstract
Typed transcripts of correspondence and records of activities with Indian nations. Transcripts include information on Indian census, Indian removal, reports from Indian agencies, United States policy, trade regulations, emigration, crime, and treaties. Many of the reports are from Indian agents to commanding officers or superintendents of the Office of Indian Affairs, some correspondence giving instructions to agents. Includes an index.
Dates:
1798-1874.