Scope and content A 10 page letter handwritten by Mrs. Coffin to her children about a 10 day trip she and her husband took visiting various missions in Indian Territory, dated November 5, 1894. Also includes typed copy and envelope. Their journey went through Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. Letter mentions having dinner with Shawnee chief Charles Blue Jacket. There is discussion of government schools; full-blooded and half-blooded Indians; how intermarriage will eventually cause the Indian race to be...

Scope and content One folder of non-sequential loose notes; some look to be hastily written on scrap paper. These contain descriptions of events; phonetic spelling of native words and their meanings; notes about sociology and class which may have been used as a basis for a publication. The second folder contains extensive notes removed from a notebook. Some pages appear to be missing. The notes are observations of the people covering many aspects. There is a list of common animal names and their translation....