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David Farmer and Rennard Strickland papers of John Rollin Ridge

Collection   1000-026

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Extent:  2.0 Linear feet (4 boxes).

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Name of creator(s): Farmer, David Robb and Strickland, Rennard.

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Scope and Content:   The collection, compiled by David Farmer and Rennard Strickland, consists primarily of photocopied research materials concerning John Rollin Ridge used in their book, A Trumpet of Our Own, published in 1981.

Administrative/Biographical History:  John Rollin Ridge, sometimes known by his Cherokee name of Cheesquatalawny (or Yellow Bird) was born March 19, 1827 and died October 5, 1867. He is considered to have been considered by many to have been the first Native American novelist. His father and grandfather, John Ridge and Major Ridge, both signed the Treaty of New Echota which ultimately led to the Trail of Tears and the Cherokee Removal. Both these men were murdered in front of John Rollin Ridge in 1839.

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Language and Scripts:  English.

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Subject Headings 

Cherokee Indians -- Bibliography.
Ridge, John Rollin, 1827-1867.
Special Collections -- Manuscript -- Ridge, John Rollin.
Special Collections -- Manuscript -- Farmer, David R.
Special Collections -- Manuscript -- Strickland, Rennard.


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Inventory
1:1 Mention in Deseret News June 29, 1850.   Photocopy, 7p.    
1:2 Contributions to New Orleans True Delta 1850-1853.  Transcripts and notes, 102p.    
1:3 Discussed in Kennedy, Newspapers of the California Northern Mines 1949.  Dissertation., 145p.    
       
1:4 Contribution to the Clarksville Northern Standard, 20 January 1849. Transcript and article, 9p.    
       
1:5 Contribution to the Sacramento Daily Bee 1857.  Transcripts and newspaper articles, 70p.    
       
1:6 Untitled 1819-1980. Newspaper articles, transcripts, correspondence, National Archive Form, catalog record, researcher handwritten notes, letterhead of D.H. Lawrence, John Rollin Ridge Chronology, 61p.    
       
1:7 NewYorkTribune  article and transcript, 19p.    
1:8 Contribution to the Fort Smith Herald , January 24,1851. Transcript of articles and photocopies, 58p.    
1:9 Contribution to the The Golden Era, (Poetry) 1861-1862.  Photocopies of poetry, 20p.    
       
1:10 Red Bluff Beacon , no date available.  Folder labeled "Red Bluff Beacon".    
       
1:11 Contribution to The Hesperian.   March-May, 1862.  Photocopies of article and transcript, 67p.    
1:12 Red Bluff Beacon 1861-1862.  Article, transcript, notes, 110p.    
1:13 Untitled, 1980. Research notes, transcripts, correspondence, 136p.    
       
1:14 Photocopies of letters received by Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1881, 55p.    
       
2:1 "Fame." An original bound, handwritten and signed manuscript of a poem 1847.  Includes transcript, 7p.    
       
2:2 Articles about John Rollin Ridge 1833-1969, 221p.    
       
2:3 Poems (1868) Preface, Autobiography, Sketch 1868 by John Rollin Ridge, 15p.    
       
2:4 Photocopies of letters in reference to 1866 Treaty from the Western History Collection, O.U. 1866, 42p.    
       
2:5 "True Delta."  Background pieces in reference to California, not written by John Rollin Ridge 1851-1853.  Notes, transcripts, articles, notes on original folder, 25p.    
       
2:6 Mention in Giffen's California Mining Town Newspapers, 1850-1880 1850-1880 and Bibliography, 45p.    
       
2:7 Articles in Themis 1894, 2p.    
2:8 Newspaper contributions, research notes and notes on original folder, 1980, 46p.    
2:9 Research notes, chronology, bibliography, photo 1980, 83p.    
2:10 Letters, research notes, transcripts in Western History Collection, O.U. 1842-1855, 49p.    
2:11 Research notes, chronology, articles from 1931, 1936, drafts 1980, 72p.    
2:12 Research notes, articles and notes 1980, 108p.    
       
3:1 "Black Stone Galley."  Corrected proofs, 1981, 40p.    
3:2 "Black Stone Press Galley."  Proof, 1981, 39p.    
       
3:3 "Black Stone Press Galley."   Proof, 1981. Galley proof of Yellow Bird's Essays on The North American Indian, articles, copy of Deseret News, June 15, 1850, research information, 46p.    
       
3:4 A Trumpet of Our Own: Yellow Bird's Essays on the North American Indian 1981.  Original draft, 125p.    
       
3:5 Photographs 1981. Four photographs.    
       
3:6 A Trumpet of Our Own: Yellow Bird's Essays on the North American Indian.   Galley proof, notes, articles, 1981, 73p.    
       
3:7 Draft of A Trumpet of Our Own, receipts 1981, 84p.    
3:8 Yellow Bird's Essays on the North American Indian 1981.  Draft, correspondence, 37p.    
3:9 Interlibrary Loan research information 1980-1981.  Interlibrary Loan research request slips, 55p.    
3:10 David Farmer's research on John Rollin Ridge 1981.  David Farmer's research information, 315p.    
 
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