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Jesse Bartley (J.B.) Milam papers

Series 1: Correspondence and personal papers: M-N

Collection 1989-002

Inventory
6:8	M.K. & T. Railroad. Related press cuttings. (See also Series 1: Correspondence and personal papers: Missouri-Kansas-Texas Lines.) Madigan, Thomas F. to/from Jesse Bartley Milam. 1941. In reference to Abraham Lincoln’s letter to John Ross. (See also Series 1: Correspondence and personal papers: Barton, William E.; Brown University; Goodspeed’s Book Shop; Illinois Historical Society; Parke-Bernet Galleries) Magic Empire 4H and FFA Livestock Show. Open letter and list of buyers, Mar 1942. Malone, Henry T., author to Eugene Ledbetter (Mrs.). 1955. In reference to the proposed restoration of the Cherokee capital town of New Echota. (See also Series 2: Photographs: New Echota) “The Cherokees as a Civilized Tribe.” Excised article from Emory University Quarterly, Dec 1952, Vol 8. Malone, Marea D. (See Series 1: Correspondence and personal papers: Douglas, Dolly D.) Maloof, Louis Joseph. Historical and Interesting Facts About Rome and Floyd County, Georgia. Manatt, Guy S., Tulsa Attorney to/from Jesse Bartley Milam. 1943. Regarding Jesse Bartley Milam's interest in the Gilcrease Foundation. Manitoe Indians. Related press cuttings. Manning, Arthur F., Enid, Oklahoma to/from Jesse Bartley Milam. 1941. Congratulations on being appointed Chief of Cherokees. Marshall, John, Chief Justice of the United States. (See Series 1: Correspondence and personal papers: Beveridge, Albert J.; Du Pont de Nemours and Company, E.I.) Martin, Hugh E. to/from Jesse Bartley Milam. 1948-1949. Request for autograph on envelope with commemorative stamp. Mason, William, et al to Elizabeth Peach McSpadden Milam. 1949. Sympathy card. Mason was Jesse Bartley Milam relative and later minister at Asbury United Methodist Church, Tulsa. Massey, Floy to Elizabeth Peach McSpadden Milam. 1949. Sympathy card. Mathews, Addie (Rogers County pioneer). Related press cuttings. Mathews, B.H. from Jesse Bartley Milam. 1941. In reference to the papers of Wilson O. Bruton. Mayberry, Mrs. A.B. to Elizabeth Peach McSpadden Milam. 1949. Sympathy card. Mayberry, Fred A. to/from Jesse Bartley Milam. 1941. In reference to Cherokee language courses. (See also Series 1: Correspondence and personal papers: American Business College; American Indian Exposition; Cooley, C. Sterling) Maxsey, John W. from Jesse Bartley Milam. 1941. Request for information regarding Sam Houston. Mayes, Mrs. Dick (Pryor, Oklahoma) to Jesse Bartley Milam. 1947. Apparently niece (by marriage) of Chief Joel Mayes. Discusses his chair & mirror. Mayes, Mayme. (See Series 1: Correspondence and personal papers: Cherokee Nation: Myths and legends) Mayes, Pixie. Carbon copy typed drafts of poems, “The Rebuttal,” “The Trail of Tears,” and “The Little Papoose...” McAfee, Ila (Taos, New Mexico artist). Related press cuttings. McBride, R. J. (Chief of Staff, Camp Gruber) to/from Jesse Bartley Milam. 1943. Regarding the camp’s open house. (See also Series 1: Correspondence and personal papers: Camp Gruber, Collier, Carrie Balew; Glass, Charles D.; McBride, R.J.; Moore, E.H. (U.S. Senate)) McClellan, Billy Hopper, Claremore, Oklahoma. Related press cuttings. McClellan, Foreman “Sos”, Claremore, Oklahoma. Related press cuttings about cattle brands. (McClellan’s nickname was also his cattle brand.) McCollough, Margaret C. to Mary Milam Stevenson. 1949. Sympathy card. McCord, Verna to Jesse Bartley Milam. 1929. McCoy, Mary Hicks. (See Series 1: Correspondence and personal papers: Cherokee Nation: Myths and legends) McDowell, Jeanne M. to Jesse Bartley Milam. 1944. Regarding Jesse Bartley Milam's interest in the purchase of Indian books.

6:9	McElroy, Betty Stone to/from Jesse Bartley Milam. 1942-1943. Seeking Indian compensation. McGrath, J.P. to/from Jesse Bartley Milam. 1941. Regarding the possible purchase of Cherokee related item. McGregor, George to/from Jesse Bartley Milam. 1943. Regarding the blue prints of the Male and Female Seminary and Insane Asylum, 1874. McHicks, Lottie. “Your Heritage.” Typed poem, 1p. Jesse Bartley Milam handwriting references “Mrs. Florence E. Lyon”, Jesse Bartley Milam’s mother-in-law. McLeroy, Edmund Donley to/from Jesse Bartley Milam. 1943-1944. McLeroy claims to be Chief. Jesse Bartley Milam handwritten about several chiefs. McMichael, J.N. and Mrs. (Minneapolis, Kansas) to Elizabeth Peach McSpadden Milam. 1949. Letter of condolence. McNickle, D’Arcy (Interior Department) from Jesse Bartley Milam. 1946. In reference to the Claims Commission Bill. McNulty, John F. from Jesse Bartley Milam. 1948. Regarding the Owens piano to be used in the old Murrell home in Tahlequah. McSpadden, Clem. Related press cuttings. Relative of Elizabeth Peach McSpadden Milam , later U.S. Representative. McSpadden, Herb. Historical Caricature of the Cherokee Nation. Lithographic reproduction inscribed by McSpadden, 31 May 1942. (Located in Map Case 2:Drawer 15) Brother of Elizabeth Peach McSpadden Milam . McSpadden, J.T. (John Thomas, known as Tom, uncle of Elizabeth Peach McSpadden Milam and married to Will Rogers’ sister). 1936. Obituary. McSpadden, J.W. and Mrs. (Tahlequah, Oklahoma) to/from Jesse Bartley Milam. 1942-1948. Cousin of Elizabeth Peach McSpadden Milam . McSpadden, Sallie C. (Auntie) to/from Jesse Bartley Milam. 1941. (Mrs. J.T., of Chelsea, Will Rogers’ sister.) McSpadden, Ted (Nowata, Oklahoma). Related press cuttings. Brother of Elizabeth Peach McSpadden Milam . McSpadden, Tom (Muskogee, Oklahoma) from Jesse Bartley Milam. 1948. Regarding the Cherokee float for the Centennial; related press cuttings. (Son of J.W. McSpadden of Tahlequah.) McSpadden, Vance (Tahlequah, Oklahoma) to/from Jesse Bartley Milam. 1941. Regarding a bid on property; related press cuttings. (Son of J.W. McSpadden of Tahlequah.) Medicine Lodge (Kansas) Treaty. Related press cuttings. Meigs, Robert, Park Hill, Oklahoma. Related press cuttings. Mehr, Bertha Lynn (later Bertha Lynn Poole) to Elizabeth Peach McSpadden Milam. Sympathy card. Jesse Bartley Milam’s niece. Mehr, Lawrence (Chicago) to Elizabeth Peach McSpadden Milam. 1949. Letter of condolence. (He was brother-in-law of Jesse Bartley Milam’s sister Wheeler.) Talks of possible bequest of Jesse Bartley Milam library to Will Rogers Memorial. Mellen, George F. “A King In East Tennessee.” Typed transcription of a story about Louis Philippe, 4p.

7:1	Meredith, Howard L. “Bartley Milam: Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation.” Photocopy of a typed biography, 184p. Photocopy of handwritten page notes of Mildred Milam Viles, 6p.

7:2	Mertins, Louis (poet, speaker and collector) from Jesse Bartley Milam. 1941. Merrick, Mamie (Chicago, Illinois) to Jesse Bartley Milam. 1934. Outline for a proposed book on the Five Civilized Tribes and early Oklahoma. Merrill, Jeff (mule skinner) in late 1800s. Related press cuttings. Methodist Home (Tahlequah, Oklahoma). Dedication services program, 12 May 1950. Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association to Jesse Bartley Milam. 1943-1949. Membership card and memorial resolution.

7:3	Milam, Jesse Bartley “Cherokees Crushed By Force Rise Again.” Typed draft, 17p, 4 copies. Includes typed notes, 1p. “To the minds of Europeans, America was a virgin and unpeopled continent....” Typed draft with handwritten revisions, 17p; typed fragments of same, 2p. Certificate of Recognition by the Cherokee Nation, n.d. signed by Chief W.W. Keeler (in office 1949-1975). Photostat of a Certificate of Appointment by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to the position of Principal Chief of Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma. 1941. 3 copies U.S. Government instructions on policies and regulations for government appointees, 1p. Handwritten and signed notes pertaining to his appointment as Principal Chief, 1p. Hand-printed sign: “Closed all day Wednesday for the funeral of J.B. Milam.” Genealogical notes, 3p.
7:4	Related press cuttings; obituaries.
7:5	Milam Farm. Cash statements, 1947-1948; miscellaneous notes and figures. (See also Series 1: Correspondence and personal papers: Beatrice Creamery Co.; Garrison, Loren; Graham-Hoeme Plow Co, Inc.; Neuhaus, F.W.; U.S. Government: Agriculture, Department of)

7:6	Milam Memorial Organ. Memorial Methodist Church, Chelsea, Oklahoma Dedication program, 22 Nov 1950. Church was founded by circuit-riding ancestor of Elizabeth Peach McSpadden Milam. Milam, Mary. (See Series 1: Correspondence and personal papers: Stevenson, Mary Milam) Milam, Elizabeth Peach McSpadden, Jesse Bartley Milam widow. Obituaries. Milam, William Thomas. (See Series 1: Correspondence and personal papers: Skogsberg, Betty Virginia)

7:7	Miller, Alfred J. (artist) Related press cuttings about painting at Oklahoma Historical Society. Miller, Mrs. L. (Moline, Illinois) from Jesse Bartley Milam. 1945. Regarding the possibility of acquiring a statue (bronze?) of an Indian. Miller, Leon (New York City) to/from Jesse Bartley Milam. 1941. In reference to Miller’s proposed book on Cherokees. (See Museum of the American Indian) Miller, Ray to Elizabeth Peach McSpadden Milam. 1949. Sympathy card. Miller, W.M. (pioneer Rogers County, cousin of Chief Buffington). Related press cuttings. Mills, Gertrude B. to Elizabeth Peach McSpadden Milam. Sympathy card. Milum, Bartley Burris and Mrs. Related press cutting. Missouri-Kansas-Texas Lines to Jesse Bartley Milam. 1943. In reference to proposed trip to Mexico City. Includes Katy Press Tour program, Oct 1948. (See also Series 1: Correspondence and personal papers: Lewis, S.R. (Attorney); Missouri-Pacific Lines; Sequoyah; Tulsa World (Baron Creager); M.K.T. Railroad Missouri-Pacific Lines to Jesse Bartley Milam. 1943. In reference to proposed trip to Mexico City. (See also Series 1: Correspondence and personal papers: Lewis, S.R. (Attorney); Missouri-Kansas-Texas Lines; Sequoyah; Tulsa World (Baron Creager) Mohawk Indians. Related press cuttings. Mohigan Indians. Related press cuttings. Monroe, Grover. (See Series 1: Correspondence and personal papers: Kenwood Indian Cooperative Livestock Association; Nichols, Les) Mooney, James (author). Typed transcription of an extract from “Myths of the Cherokee,” published in the 19th Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology, 1p, 3 copies. Moore, Dr. and Amy to Elizabeth Peach McSpadden Milam. 1949. Sympathy card. Moore, Doval from Jesse Bartley Milam. 1942. Christmas letter. Moore, E.H. (U.S. Senate) to/from Jesse Bartley Milam. 1948. In reference to the Oklahoma Ordnance Works land sale and Camp Gruber. (See also Series 1: Correspondence and personal papers: Collier, Carrie Balew; Federal Land Bank of Wichita, The; Glass, Charles D.; McBride, R.J.; Oklahoma, State of: Chouteau; Reconstruction Finance Corporation; Rizley, Ross (U.S. House of Representatives) Slaughter, E.M.; U.S. Government: War Assets Administration) Moore, J.B. (Tyler, Texas surveyor for Dawes Commission) to/from Jesse Bartley Milam. 1941. Moore, Jessie Randolph. “Lines Written On An Indian Face.” Mimeograph of a typed draft with serigraphed cover, 5p. Moore, Rita F. to/from Jesse Bartley Milam. 1944. Regarding the Mundt Committee meeting in Muskogee, 23 Nov 1944. Morgan, Arnettie to/from Jesse Bartley Milam. 1948. Request for information clarifying roll number. Morgan, Bettie (Morgan’s Inn, Tip, Oklahoma) to/from Jesse Bartley Milam. 1934-1949. About a map and about Ross family. (See also Series 1: Correspondence and personal papers: Kneeland, Louis G.) Morris, George L.K. from Jesse Bartley Milam. 1943. Letter of condolence on the death of Theodore Frelinghuysen. Morris, William (West Virginia. Victim of Indian attacks in the late 1700s). Related press cuttings. Morton, Jr., Jose, F. to/from Jesse Bartley Milam. 1946-1947. In reference to sites in Mexico that may have once been Cherokee villages. (See Sequoyah’s grave) Mountain View Baptist Church (Muskogee, Oklahoma) to Jesse Bartley Milam. 1943. Letter of gratitude for contribution to the Cherokee Tabernacle. Mountcastle, R.M. (See Series 1: Correspondence and personal papers: Evans, Charles) Murphy, Lydia (Cherokee resident of Pryor, Oklahoma). Related press cuttings. Munson, Mrs. Ray to Elizabeth Peach McSpadden Milam. 1949. Letter of condolence. Murray, William H. (Oklahoma governor and author). Related press cuttings. Murrell Home. (Located near Tahlequah, Oklahoma) Baker, Mrs. Arthur E. (Nova) to/from Jesse Bartley Milam. 1946. In reference to the purchase of house and farm purported to have belonged to John Ross. Museum of the American Indian (New York City) to/from Jesse Bartley Milam. 1941-1948. Signed by George G. Heye. (See Miller, Leon) Museum of the Cherokee Indian, Cherokee, North Carolina) from Jesse Bartley Milam. 1948. Invitation to Cherokee Indian Feast. Muskogee County Indian Credit Association to Jesse Bartley Milam. 1944-1945. Reagarding Fort Gibson Dam. Muskogee Phoenix from Jesse Bartley Milam. 1943. (See Series 1: Correspondence and personal papers: Love, John & James, Derek) Myers, Hazel Blackwell to/from Jesse Bartley Milam. 1946. Request for letter documenting her U.S. citizenship.

7:8	National Archives (Franklin D. Roosevelt Library) to Jesse Bartley Milam. 1948. Response to a request for information about President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. National Congress of American Indians to/from Jesse Bartley Milam. 1948. Includes official program for the Seventh Annual Convention, Aug 1950. (See also Series 1: Correspondence and personal papers: Johnson, N.B.) National Council Burying Ground. Handwritten and typed transcription of an article, with cover letter to Jesse Bartley Milam from S.W. Ross. Discusses remains of Major George Lowrey, Jesse Bartley Milam ancestor. National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, Inc. Certificate appointing Jesse Bartley Milam chairman of the committee for the celebration of the President’s birthday, 1940. National Gallery of the American Indian to/from Jesse Bartley Milam. 1939. Jesse Bartley Milam as a board member.

8:1	Native Americans. Archaeological Sites and Discoveries. “Arrowheads.” Mimeograph of a typed excerpt from American Indians North of Mexico, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 30. Related press cuttings.
8:2	Indian Citizenship. Reprint from the Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 20. Discusses legal issues.
8:3	Civil War, in the. Related press cuttings, especially Battle of Cabin Creek.
8:4	Clothing. Related press cuttings.
8:5	Education. Related press cuttings; catalog for the Indian Service Summer School for In-Service Training, 1951; blurb about Native Americans graduating from practical nursing school. Education. “The use of Indian Designs in the Government School. Reprint from the Department of the Interior. Education. (See also Series 1: Correspondence and personal papers: Worcester, Samuel Austin; Series 2: Photographs: Oklahoma Military Academy)
8:6	Education. Moor’s Indian Charity School. Dartmouth College Library to/from Jesse Bartley Milam. 1941. Includes photocopy of a typed transcription of a report of the Committee appointed to consider the request of the Board of Correspondence at Boston for direction with respect to the School, Oct 1796; photocopy of a typed transcriptions of related correspondence.
8:7	Employment. Fifteenth Decennial Census of the U.S., 1930: Occupations - Reports by States. Order form, 2 copies. Employment. Occupations - General Report: Indian gainful workers 10 years old and over, by occupation and sex, for the U.S. and selected states, 1930, 3p. Employment. Related press cuttings.
8:8	Hospitals. Carbon copy typed draft address given at [a meeting] of the Rotarians regarding the Claremore Indian Hospital, 21 May 1943, 1p, 2 copies. Hospitals. Related press cuttings, especially Indian hospitals at Talahina and Tahlequah.
8:9	Housing. Related press cuttings.
8:10	Hunting rights. Related press cuttings.
8:11	Language. Souvenir postcard depicting Indian symbols and their meanings; related press cuttings.
8:12	Peyote Culture. Related press cuttings.
8:13	Population. Department of Commerce Bureau of the Census open letter pertaining to report of Indians in the U.S. and Alaska, c1910. Population. 1932 Bureau of Census reports on the population of the U.S. by color or race; sex, color, and nativity; native and foreign-born by color or race; year of immigration of the foreign-born of the U.S.; inability to speak English. Population. Related press cuttings.
8:14	Poverty. Related press cuttings.
8:15	Treaties. Excerpt from the Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 30.
8:16	World War I. Related press cuttings. Choctaw code talkers. (See Lewis, L.B.)
8:17	World War II. Two-page color spread depicting ribbons and medals of the U.S. Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard, prepared and published by Newsweek; related press cuttings.
8:18	General subjects: Handwritten and typed notes by Jesse Bartley Milam, 14 pieces. General subjects: “Oklahoma Indian Tribes. Brief Historical Sketches. Compiled form recognized authorities....” Mimeograph of a typed draft, 38p. General subjects: “The Indians of Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow.” Carbon copy typed draft, authorship unknown, 4p. General subjects: Handwritten draft abstract of provision returns issue to the Indians at Ft. Manary, 13 Oct 1812. Signed by R.I. Meigs, Governor of Ohio. General subjects: Related press cuttings.

8:19	Navajo Indians “Facts About the Navajos.” Mimeograph of a typed report by George A. Boyce, Director of Navajo Schools, 1947. 10p. “The Navajo Welfare Situation As of October 1, 1947.” Mimeograph of a typed draft prepared by Navajo Service Personnel, 1947. 23p. “The Navajo Today.” Informational flyer prepared and published by New Mexico Association on Indian Affairs. Isleta Indian Pueblo. Souvenir brochure about the church. After-Mass prayer in the Navajo language. Related press cuttings. Nettleton, Jr., Norman to Elizabeth Peach McSpadden Milam. 1949. Sympathy card. Neuhaus, F.W to Jesse Bartley Milam. 1947. Response to inquiry into good breeds of dairy cows. Newby, Errett R. to Elizabeth Peach McSpadden Milam. 1949. Letter of condolence. New Library (Natchez, Mississippi) from Jesse Bartley Milam. 1944. Request for books and materials on Indians. (See McDowell, Jeanne) Nez Perces Indians. Related press cuttings. Nichols, Jack (U.S. House of Representatives) to/from Jesse Bartley Milam. 1941. Includes remarks made by Nichols on HR 10: Cherokee Jurisdiction Bill as recorded in the Congressional Record, 6 Oct 1941. Nichols, Les from Jesse Bartley Milam. 1943. Request for character reference for Grover Monroe. Norbeck, O.E. “Indian Lore As A Hobby.” Transcription of an article appearing in Hobbies Magazine, Feb 1937, 3p. North American Indian Nation (Jules Sioui, founder of the movement) to/from Jesse Bartley Milam. 1946. Call for unification of Canadian and U.S. Indians. Northeastern State College (Tahlequah, Oklahoma) To/from Jesse Bartley Milam. 1941-1944. Correspondence with President John Vaughn about public education. Notices of Cherokee Seminaries meetings. To Mildred E. Milam Viles. 1973. Request for portrait of Jesse Bartley Milam for Cherokee Room on the campus. [There was evidently some confusion because the letter mentions “late husband”, former chief of the Cherokee, but Mildred Milam was J.B. Milam’s daughter, not wife.] Souvenir picture postcard of the administration building. Related press cuttings. (See also Series 1: Correspondence and personal papers: Ballenger, Prof. T.L.)

8:20	North Carolina Bureau of Archives and History to/from Jesse Bartley Milam. 1948. North Carolina Cherokees. (See Series 1: Correspondence and personal papers: Blythe, Jarrett; U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Office of Indian Affairs: 1873-1876.) North Carolina, Office of the Governor to Jesse Bartley Milam. 1948. In response to inquiry about Tales of Tar Heelia. North Carolina Parkway and Forest Development Commission (Edith P. Alley, Oklahoma native) to/from Jesse Bartley Milam. 1948-1949. North Carolina, Winston-Salem. Related press cuttings.

8:21	Norvel, Woodson E. (Tulsa attorney) to/from Jesse Bartley Milam. 1946-1948. Regarding Articles of Appointment of Attorney and Indian Claims Commission work. Nott, E.C. and Mrs. to Elizabeth Peach McSpadden Milam. 1949. Sympathy card.

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