Department of Special Collections and University Archives
McFarlin Library. University of Tulsa.  2933 E. 6th St.  Tulsa, OK.  74104-3123 (OKT - OkTU)

Alice Mary Robertson papers

Series 1:  Writings:  Creek papers

Collection   1931-001

Inventory

"Uewv Espaptisetv Momet Yafkehompetv." Presented to the Muskogee and Seminole people by Mrs. Thomas Stocks, Greensborough, GA, through J.S. Murrow, Missionary, 8p.

5 handwritten and signed letters. 1901-1905.

Handwritten and signed fragment, 1p.

Handwritten and signed letter, 11 Jun 1880, 1s.

Handwritten and signed letter, c1874, 1s.

Handwritten and signed letter, 21 Mar 1886, 2s.

Handwritten and signed letter, 28 Jan 1901, 2s.

Handwritten and signed letter to Mrs. N.B. Moore, no date, 1s.

3 handwritten and signed letters. 1903.

Handwritten and signed draft, 1p.

2 handwritten and signed letters. 1901.

Handwritten and signed letter to N.B. Moore, 29 Jun 1890, 2s on Muskogee Nation Educational Department letterhead.

Handwritten and signed letter, 11 Aug 1902, 2s.

3 handwritten and signed letters. 1902-1903.

Handwritten and signed letter, c1892, 1s.

Handwritten and signed letter, c1883, 1s.

Handwritten and signed draft, 1p. 1856.
Handwritten and signed draft, 1p.

Handwritten and signed letter, 26 Feb 1903, 2s.

Handwritten and signed letter to unknown recipient, c1885, 1s.

2 handwritten and signed letter. 1880.

Handwritten draft of his first sermon to children, 1p.

Handwritten and signed letter, 11 Dec 1878, 2s. Handwritten note attached reads: "The enclosed letter, written by John Postoak, Creek Indian under sentence of death at Fort Smith to Mrs. A.E.W. Robertson. As he had no money even to buy a postage stamp, the letter remained unmailed for nearly 2 years--the writer having been executed in the mean time--when some one put a stamp on it and sent it to its destination. Postoak was hung Dec 20th, 1878."
 
Handwritten and signed letter, 18 Dec 1878, 2s with envelope.

"Vce Nakomvknce." ["The Corn Fable."]   Handwritten transcription and translation in Ann Eliza Worcester Robertson's hand, of the fable as given by Taylor Postoak in 1879, 2p.
 
Photostatic copy of same; typed transcription of Creek portion only and photostatic copy of handwritten translation portion only.

"Are You Washed?"  Handwritten Creek translation of a hymn by Rev. A.E. Hoffman. Includes AL >Editor in reference to the hymn's appearance in an unidentified periodical. 4 Nov 1897. 1p.
 
"Erkenvketv. Cokv Esvkusumkv 15:12. Laksetv."  Handwritten Creek translation, 5p.
 
"Este Mvskokvlke, Apohicvks!"   Proof page for an article for unidentified publication, 2 copies, 1p each. c1879.
 
"How Firm a Foundation." (See Series 1: Writings: Creek Papers: Translation from the Bible: Book of Isaiah)
 
"Merry Christmas."   Handwritten Creek translation of a song, 1p.
 
"Mrs. Abbie Beattie Gentry."

Handwritten and signed biographical sketch or obituary in Creek, 1p.
 
Handwritten fragment, 1p.

"Nakcokv Esiv Setentvcde hokkolat em vtokketv espoke, clepvtet os, A.E.W. Robertson, ohyvtekvte." Proof page, 2 copies, 1p each.
 
"Ohrolope Mneasv opunvyecet...."  Handwritten article for the Indian Missionary, 1p. Includes handwritten and signed note to the Editor, no date.
 
Our Brother in Red.

Handwritten and signed Creek translation, 1p.

Includes handwritten note fragment to readers regarding her work on the translation of the Book of Discipline.

Handwritten Creek translation in which Rev. D.L Berryhill and Our Brother in Red is mentioned, 3p. Includes handwritten and signed note to the Editor in reference to an article in which Berryhill commented on her giving the Creeks a translation of the New Testament, no date.
 
Handwritten Creek translation in which Rev. M.L.Aburry and Our Brother in Red is mentioned, 1p. Includes, on verso, handwritten answers to questions raised about sentence structure, vocabulary, etc. within an unspecified translation.

"Our merciful Father...."   Handwritten Creek/English translation of a blessing before meals, 1p. On verso: "Rev. J.R. Ramsey 1; K. Collegian July 1901; Miss Jane E. Chapin 2; Dr. Robert H. Loughridge 3; Miss E.J. Baldwin; Miss F.H. Landardale 4; Miss V.M. White; Mrs. H.P. Merriman 5; Saul W. Robertson; Mrs. J.T. Somerville 6; Mrs. S.H. Perry 7."
 
Unidentified incomplete drafts and draft fragments, 14p.
 
(See also Series 1: Writings: Creek Papers: Ross, William P.)

Printed copy of a speech given at the Tullahassee Manual Labor Boarding School, 18 Jul 1878, with handwritten revisions and additions to text in Ann Eliza Worcester Robertson's hand. Translated into the Creek by Ann Eliza Worcester Robertson and N.B. Sullivan and printed at the office of the Indian Journal.

Handwritten and signed letter, 5 Jun 1883, 1s.  Handwritten on verso indicates Smith as "one of Spreckie's [?] exiles.

 2 handwritten and signed letters. 1886.

12 handwritten and signed letters, 1 handwritten and signed postcard. 1883-Oct 1904.

Handwritten and signed letter, 20 Jan 1903, 1s with envelope.

Printed message to the Creek people, in Creek and English, concerning the effect Oklahoma statehood will have on government of the Creek Nation, 1p.

Handwritten and signed letter, 8 Sept 1905, 1s.

Handwritten and signed draft, 1p. 1874.

Handwritten and signed letter, 1 Oct 1886, 1s.  Written on Thos. H. Scales, dealer in General Merchandise letterhead.
 
Handwritten and signed letter, 20 Jun 1901, 1s with envelope.

Genesis, Chpts 6-7; 39-44, 30p.

Exodus, Chpts 1-2, 6p.

Psalm 3. (See Series 1: Writings: Creek Papers: Genesis, Chpts 6-7)
 
Psalm 15, 7p.

15, another version, 1p.
 
15, fragment, 1p.
 
23 translated into the Creek, 2p. Includes handwritten and signed note to the [Editor] in reference to the translation, no date.
 
Handwritten translation notes and queries in English for Psalms 24-32, 1p.
 
32. (See Series 1: Writings: Creek Papers: Genesis, Chpts 6-7)
 
43:1, 51:14, 75:6, 121:1-8, translated into the Creek, 2p. (For Psalm 51, See also Series 1: Writings: Creek Papers: Genesis, Chpts 6-7)

5-68.   Handwritten translation notes and queries in English, with dates noted as sections were completed and sent to "Mr. E", 2p.

71-78.  Handwritten transcription in English in preparation for translation, 12p.

107-119 handwritten transcription in English in preparation for translation, 42p.

Handwritten draft translation of the entire Book into the Creek, 124p. Chpts 1-31:17.

Chpts 31:17-50:12.

Chpts 50:13-72:14.

Chpts 72:14-93:4.

Chpts 93:4-118:24.

Chpts 118:24-150.

Song of Solomon.   Handwritten translation into the Creek, 10p; a different handwritten draft of p1.

Book of Isaiah.

Handwritten translation into the Creek of portions of chpts 1, 11, 12, 41, 43, and 46; 6p. Includes handwritten translation of "How Firm a Foundation," 2p.
 
A different handwritten draft of chpt 1:1-18, 2p.
 
Handwritten and signed draft, Chpt 53:1-12, 7p. Includes Handwritten and signed letter fragment Ann Eliza Worcester Robertson to the Editor, Indian Missionary, in reference to her translations of Isaiah and Psalms, 1p; also includes unidentified handwritten and signed draft in which the names of J. Murrow, James Scott, and John Edwards are mentioned.

Gospel according to St. Matthew.   Handwritten notes in English pertaining to the revision of Loughridge and Winsett's edition of Matthew, translated into the Creek by William Shenck and Ann Eliza Worcester Robertson, 1875; 1p.

Gospel according to St. Mark.  Incomplete handwritten translation into the Creek, 31p.

9:1

9:2

Gospel according to St. Luke.   Handwritten translation into the Creek, Chpts 1-3 and portions of 23, 24, 6p.

Chpts 3-19 and portions of 1, 23p.

Annotated proof of the American Bible Society 1880 edition.

Gospel according to St. John.    Handwritten draft in English and Creek relating to Chpt 10, 3p.

Handwritten translation into the Creek, some in more than one version, Chpts 16-18, 20-21, 15p.

Handwritten fragment of a translation into the Creek, Chpt 18:9-20, 34-40, 2p.

9:5

9:6

9:7

Acts of the Apostles.  Handwritten translation into the Creek, portions of Chpts 3-8, 9p.

Annotated proof of the American Bible Society 1879 edition in the Creek language; p1-44.
 
 p45-67.
 
p68-94.

Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians, I-II.  Handwritten translation into the Creek, 19p.

Epistle of St. Paul to the Galatians.  Handwritten translation into the Creek, [Chpts 1-6],6p.

Epistle of St. Paul to the Ephesians.  Handwritten translation into the Creek, Chpts 4-6 and unidentified fragments, 10p. Includes handwritten and signed unidentified draft article [?] on verso of last two pages.

Epistle of St. Paul to Timothy, I-II and Epistle of St. Paul to Philemon.  Handwritten translation into Creek, 26p.

Epistles of Paul the Apostle to the Philippians, Colossians I-II, Thessalonians I-II, Timothy, and Philemon. Annotated proof of the American Bible Society 1885 edition in the Creek language.

Epistle of St. Paul to the Hebrews.   Handwritten translation into Creek, Chpts 1-13, 17p.

Epistle of St. Peter, I-II.  Handwritten translation into Creek; I:Chpts 1-5 and II:Chpts 2-3, 8p.

Epistle of St. Jude.   Handwritten fragment of a translation into Creek language, 1p.

Revelations.   Handwritten translation into Creek, Chpts 1-22 and fragments, 28p.

Unidentified bible fragments, 13p.

11:2

11:3

11:4

11:5

11:6

11:7

11:8

Handwritten draft of a proposed English-Creek dictionary, 88p.

Handwritten English-Creek vocabulary in a scratch book, with some pages missing, 62p.  Handwritten list of names, dates and notations on verso of cardboard backing.

Handwritten fragments of Creek-English vocabulary and related notes, 5p.

Proof sheet for Creek-English vocabulary lesson, Tullahassee, 12 Nov 1877.

Carbon copy typed vocabulary test, 3 copies, 1p each.

Handwritten list of adjectives in Creek and English with related notes, 3p.

Handwritten conjugation in Creek of the verbs "to be" and "to stop," 2p.

Handwritten conjugation in Creek of the verb "to strike," 16p.

Handwritten notes and exercises in Creek grammar and sentence structure, 44p.

Handwritten draft inventory of various student's clothing and Creek bible verses in Creek excised from unknown source, all in a child's lesson book inscribed "To my granddaughter M.A.R. when she's old enough to use it." Tullahassee, 1851.

Mvskoke Nakcokv Eskerretv Esvhokkolat. (Creek Second Reader). W.S. Robertson and David Winslett. New York: American Tract Society, 1870.

Incomplete page proof pasted into a bound mock-up, with handwritten annotations and additions to text, 22p.

Handwritten title page, table of contents, preface, 3p.

"Mvhayv. The Teacher. Hecetv II." Proofs, 4 pieces.

11:9

The Doctrines and Discipline of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.  Edited by John J. Tigert, DD LLD. 1894.

Handwritten translation into Creek:
 
Introduction, Chpt I, Parts I-XIV, 16p.

Introduction, another version, including Chpt I, Parts 1-3, 50p.

Chpt II, Parts 2-5; Chpt III, Part 4, 22p.

Chpt III, Part 3; Chpt VII, Parts 2-5; Chpt VIII, Parts 2-3; Chpt IX, Parts 1-2; Chpt X, Part 1; Chpt III, Part 6; Chpt XIV, Part 1-2; 38p.

Chpt III, Parts 4-5; Table of Contents; "Cokv-Vhorkvske," with a fragment of Part 4; 11p.

Chpt III, Parts 7 17; Chapt IV, Parts 1-2; Chapt V; Chpt VI, Parts 1-5; 25p.

Chpt VI, Part 6; Chpt XII; "Cokv-Vhorkvske," Parts 1 and fragment of 3 with an unidentified fragment, 14p.

12:6

The Book of Discipline of the Methodist Church.

Handwritten and signed translation into Creek of sections 7 and 8, 5p.

"Manual of Presbyterian Church. Through Marriage Nearly."  Incomplete handwritten unpublished draft in Creek, 3p.

["Manual."]   Handwritten partial draft translation into Creek of an unidentified manuscript, 24p.

Handwritten translation into Creek of hymns and songs from the Muskogee Hymn Book, 18p:
 
"According To Thy Gracious Word."
 
"Oh, How I Love Thy Law."
 
"Hark, My Soul, It Is the Lord."
 
"Come, Children, Learn to Fear the Lord."
 
"Jesus, and Shall It Ever Be."
 
"The Years with Youthful Vigor Warm."
 
"The Righteous Blessed In Death."
 
"Goodnight 'Til We Meet in the Morning."
 
"Song of Triumph."
 
"The Sweet Bye and Bye."
 
"I Have a Saviour, He's Pleading."
 
"Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross."
 
"What A Friend We Have In Jesus."
 
"Happy Day."
 
"We're Going Home."
 
"Happy Meet Me Here."
 
"More Love To Thee, O Christ."
 
"On Christ the Solid Rock I Stand."
 
"Home Sweet Home."
 
Unidentified and fragments, 7p.

12:11

"Este Cate Mvnette...." Numbered p1-45.

"Erke Hesaketvmese...." 4p.

Handwritten translation into Creek of unidentified chapters from the Bible, 16p.

Incomplete handwritten translation into Creek, possibly of a manual, pages numbered p1-78.

Handwritten translation into Creek of a piece possibly about the importance or meaning of the baptism of little children, 31p.

"Father and Son." Handwritten draft fragment, 1p.

"Yupo-yvpe." [Horn-nose]  Handwritten draft, 1p.
 
"Emekusvpkv." Handwritten draft, 1p.
 
"Uehome-eskv." [A Drunkard].  Handwritten draft, 2p.
 
Fragments, 32 pieces.

Publication account records 1898-1902.   Handwritten figures and notes in two scratch notebooks.