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:  General

Collection   1931-001

Inventory

Adams, Thomas  (See Series 1: Writings: Moore, Napoleon Bonapart)

Ballentine, Rev. H.  (See Series 1: Writings: Worcester, Samuel Austin)

Barter, Laura  "Carried All the Days."  Handwritten transcription, in Anna Eliza Worcester Robertson's hand, of excerpts from the Old Testament with handwritten note, "From my niece, Laura--sent to Mrs. Perry Jul 29, 1901," 1p.

Bass, Althea

"The Inheritance of Alice Robertson."  Carbon copy typescript paper for the 1955 annual meeting of the Oklahoma Memorial Association, delivered by James M. Babcock, 21p.  Gift of Dr. A.M. Gibson, Archivist, University of Oklaoma, Oct 1958.

"The Story of Tullahassee."  Typed list of citations in the story, taken from the Alice Robertson papers, 3p.

(See also Series  I: Writings: Worcester, Samuel Austin)

Oath of office of the Principal Chief, Muskogee Nation; printed in both English and Creek, 9 Sept 1872.

Handwritten document authorizing the Principal Chief to appoint and commission a collector of monies for claims and taxes accruing from the sale of timber and stone, 1p.  1 Dec 1871.

Typed transcription of a speech given at a meeting of the Peace Commissioner's Council, Dec 1874, 3p.

Mimeograph of a handwritten speech following the signing of the peace agreement at Muskogee, Indian Territory, 10 Aug 1883, 2p.  Typed transcription of same, 3p.  (See also Series 1: Fisk, Clinton B.)

Cherokee Female Seminary

Handwritten fragment of Order of Exercises for Examination Day, 1 Aug 1855, 1p.  Typed transcription of same, 1p.

Cherokees, Georgia

"Early Life and Contemporary Cherokee History."  Typed biographical sketch, author unknown, regarding the Cherokee brothers, Gah-na-tah-tle-gi (Major Ridge) and Oo-wa-tee (David Oo-wa-tee, father of Elias Boudinot), 2p.  (See also Series  I: Writings: Robertson, Alice Mary)

De Groot, John L.  Photocopy of a newspaper column, "Old Timer," regarding Alice Robertson.

Handwritten biographical sketch by Amanda De Lano Thornton, 3p.  Typed transcription of same, 2p.

Incomplete carbon copy of another version, 1p, 2 copies.

Typescript by Amanda De Lano Thornton regarding the removal of her father's headstone from the gravesite near those of the Worcesters, 1p.

Typed history of the mission named in honor of Timothy Dwight, DD, in two versions, 2p each.

 Photocopy of an article by H.C. Hansen, Superintendent of Dwight Mission, appearing in The Daily Oklahoman, 23 Sept 1928, regarding the mission's centennial.

"A Legend of the Battle of Claremore Mound."  Carbon copy typescript with handwritten revisions and additions, 11p.

Fisk, Clinton B.  Mimeograph handwritten speech given following the signing of the peace agreement at Muskogee, 10 Aug 1883, 1p. (See also Series 1: Writings: Checote, Samuel)

Typed biographical sketch of the missionary and his wife, Margaret, 5p.
 
Typed genealogical information pertaining to his father, John Fleming, who fought in the Revolutionary War, 1p.
 
Typed transcriptions of Rev. Fleming's letters to his mother from Fort Gibson, 1836, and to his sister from Wealaka Mission, 1837, 2p.
 
Typed transcriptions of three songs by Rev. Fleming: "Fight the Good Fight," "Jesus is Calling," and "A Soliloquy," 1p each.

Hicks, Hannah  (See Series 1: Writings: Hitchcock, Hannah Worcester)

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Handwritten draft of reminiscences of Indian Territory and the Cherokees, 4p.
 
"Cycle of Indian Territory History." Typescript of historical account with handwritten revisions, 2p; typescript of a second version, 3p; carbon copy of a third version, 3p.
 
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of Hannah W. Hitchcock's diary written at Park Hill with entries dating from 17 Aug 1862-20 Feb 1863, 47p. (Original diary housed at Gilcrease Museum)
 
Photocopy of an article about Hannah W. Hitchcock and her diary appearing in The Tulsa Tribune, 31 Aug 1972.

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Photocopy of a microfilm copy of Daniel Dwight Hitchcock's diary with entries dating from 1852, 1854, 1857, 1860, 1862-1863, 66p. Original diary housed at Gilcrease Museum.
 
Journal, 1867. 119p. Original journal housed at Gilcrease Museum.
 
Typed and signed letter from Mrs. Amos G. Draper, Editor Genealogical Department, American Monthly Magazine to Alice Mary Robertson. 15 Dec 1911. In reference to the family history of the Hitchcocks, 1s.

Handwritten transcriptions of inspirational poems on 21 index cards, collected by Holderman for Alice Robertson.

Handwritten and signed report of the commissioned committee to ensure fair and honest allotment of lands by the land office in Muskogee, 9p.
 
Handwritten address in which he expresses his approval of the corporeal and spiritual education the Creek children are receiving, 2p.

Handwritten autobiographical account, 14p; typed transcription of same with handwritten revisions, (transcribed out of sequence) 4p.

Typed fragment of a transcription from Scenes in the Indian Country. 1859. 1p; typed fragment of commentary bearing handwritten revisions in Alice Robertson's hand, 1p.

"History of Mission Work Among the Creek Indians From 1832 to 1888. Under the Direction of the Board of Foreign Missions, Presbyterian Church in the USA." Mimeograph of a typed transcription of 15p. (Original manuscript housed with the Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
 
Another typed copy of previous manuscript, 23p. Includes typed and signed letter from Rev. C.W. Kerr (Pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Tulsa, Oklahoma) to Alice Robertson, 5 Jun 1931, regarding the manuscript, 1s. Gift of Mrs. Fred D. Oiler, Sept 1962.
 
Typed and carbon copy typed transcription of an autobiographical sketch, 6p.

Typed and carbon copy typed play "When Heroes Come Home," with handwritten revisions, 22p.

Evangelist and missionary to the Nez Perce.  Carbon copy of a typed biographical notes and inventories pertaining to relevant materials housed with the Oklahoma Historical Society and the San Francisco Theological Seminary Library, 24p; written and/or compiled by Kate McBeth and Hope Holway.

Merriman, Grace  (See Series 1: Writings: Robertson, Grace Leeds)

Handwritten and signed draft contract between the Muskogee Nation (F.W. Perryman, Thomas Adams, and Napoleon B. Moore) and the Board of Home Missions of the Presbyterian Church of the United States, in which the Muskogee Nation agrees to pay $2,500 towards the cost of one or more school buildings and $1,400 towards the defrayment of expenses during the first two quarters of the school's existence, Nov 1882, 2p.
 
Handwritten draft, another version, no date., 2p.
 
Handwritten contract between the Muskogee Nation (F.W. Perryman, Thomas Adams, and Napoleon B. Moore) and William A. Madden (Muskogee, IT) for construction of the mission school, Aug 1884, 1p.
 
Handwritten document confirming the legal appointment of Napoleon B. Moore as Treasurer of the Muskogee Nation, 7 Nov 1888, 1p.
 
Handwritten bond agreement between the Muskogee Nation and Napoleon B Moore as National Treasurer of the Muskogee Nation, 8 Oct 1889, 2p.
 
Handwritten drafts of the treasurer's report to the National Council of the Muskogee Nation, 7 Oct 1890, 5p.
 
Handwritten report of the National Tax Collector of the Muskogee Nation, 3rd quarter, 1897, 1p.

Perryman, F.W. (See Series 1: Writings: Moore, Napoleon Bonaparte)

Perryman, James  Typed biographical account, author unknown, 2p.

Typed and carbon copy typed incomplete drafts of a biographical piece, "Ten Co-Educated Girls Two Hundred Years Ago," regarding Timothy Edwards family of Connecticut, US, 12p each.
 
Photocopy of article as it appeared in Scribner's Magazine [?], no date.

"A vast expanse of treeless green, swept by the soft summer wind in gentle waves on either side the irregular outline of hills...." Incomplete handwritten draft story in a writing tablet, 33p; photocopy of same.
 
"After the world's great cataclysms, when things, animate and inanimate, are alike stupendous...."  Carbon copy typesd essay encouraging American women to help win the war, 3p.
 
[Aid for the Elderly.]   Photocopied press cutting of a letter to the editor, circa 1927.
 
"Although the capitol of the Creek Nation was established at Okmulgee in the year 1868 I had never been there during the period that the sessions of the Council were held in the log Council House...."

Typed memoir with handwritten revisions, 6p.

Typed and carbon copy typed draft, another version, 2 copies, 5p each.

[American Agriculture.] Typed congressional speech in reference to the McNary-Haugen Bill, written on eight index cards, with handwritten revisions.

"Among the Indians. The Peace Commission at Muskogee. A Territorial Government in the Indian Territory to be Recommended."

Carbon copy typed account, with handwritten revisions, 21p.

Incomplete corrected draft, part carbon copy typed and typed, with further handwritten revisions, 14p.

"Apples." Handwritten and signed essay, signed "M.A. Robertson," 1p.
  
"At the Indian Hospital." Article appearing in the Muskogee Daily Phoenix, 7 Sept 1930. (See Series 6: Oversize)
 
"At the Polls on Tuesday." Article appearing in the Muskogee Daily Phoenix, 17 Aug 1930. (See Series 6: Oversize)
 
"At the Unveiling Ceremony." Article appearing in the Muskogee Daily Phoenix 27 Apr 1930. (See Series 6: Oversize)
 
"At Will Rogers' Home Town." Article appearing in the Muskogee Daily Phoenix, 2 Mar 1930. (See Series 6: Oversize)
 
[Child Labor Amendment.] (See Series 1: Writings: Robertson, Alice Mary: Unidentified)

"Christmas Time in the Early Days." Typed transcription of an account of the first Christmas at Tullahassee after the Civil War, appearing in the Muskogee Daily Phoenix, 25 Dec 1908, 6p. (See also Series 6: Oversize)

"The City Hospital." Essay appearing in the program for a benefit for a hospital, featuring the Ladies Minstrels. Hinton Theatre, 20 Dec 1905.
 
 "The City's Public Library." Article appearing in the Muskogee Daily Phoenix, 21 Sept 1930. (See Series 6: Oversize)

[Clara Barton Auxiliary.]  Carbon copy typed speech, with handwritten revisions, given at a meeting to elect auxiliary officers, no date., 3p.

"Claremore is not so easy of access from Muskogee as it might be...." Photocopied press cutting of an article appearing in the Muskogee Daily Phoenix, 2 Mar 1930.

"Coweta Mission was eighteen miles west of Tullahassee...."

Typed memoir with handwritten revisions, 2p.

Typed corrected draft, 2p; carbon copy of same.

"...The Creek Indians have a school population of 1700. They have 26 day schools taught by incompetent teachers and unprovided with proper school facilities...." Handwritten statement and request by the Ladies Board of Home Missions of the Presbyterian Church, to erect boarding school for Creek children; Washington, DC, 6 Feb 1883, 1p.

[Dear Phoenix...]  Photocopied press cuttings of a series of letters written during Alice Robertson's travels from Alaska to New York, appearing in the Muskogee Daily Phoenix, Jul-Sept 1892.

"Documents of My Ancestors."  Photocopied press cutting of an article appearing in the Muskogee Daily Phoenix, 19 Jan 1930.

"Dreams."

Handwritten and signed composition, 3p. Mar 1872.

Typed draft of same.

"Echoes From Camp." Handwritten lyrics, 5p; excised musical scores pasted down, 1p.

"A few moments ago I crossed over to the other side of the House to inquire of gentlemen from North Carolina whether very much of this stuff (holding up the can of filled milk) was used in their State...." Carbon copy typed speech, 4p. No date.

"The Fifteenth Free Fair." Article appearing in the Muskogee Daily Phoenix, 12 Oct 1930. (See Series 6: Oversize)

"Flag Day Ceremony."  Photocopied press cutting of an article pertaining to ceremonies in Tulsa, Oklahoma, appearing in the Muskogee Daily Phoenix, 22 Jun 1930.
 
"For the Uniform to Women Means America Itself. Alice Robertson Tells Why She Adores Khaki."  Photocopied press cutting of an article appearing in the Muskogee Times-Democrat, circa 1916.

"Forty-eight years ago today I spent my first Fourth of July in Muskogee...." Photocopied press cutting of an article titled "Katy Park Scene of City's Early Fourth Celebration," 7 Jul 1929.

"The Founding of Harvard." Photocopied press cutting of an article pertaining to the establishment of Harvard University, appearing in the Muskogee Daily Phoenix, 23 Mar 1930.

"Fowls." Handwritten and signed essay, 9 Jun 1860, signed "M.A. Robertson," 1p.

"A Gathering of Notables." Article appearing in the Muskogee Daily Phoenix, 23 Feb 1930. (See Series 6: Oversize)

"General Miles' Life Touched Miss Alice." Article appearing in the Muskogee Daily Phoenix, 20 May 1925. (See Series 6: Oversize)

"Geography." Handwritten essay, 2p.

"The Grasshopper." Handwritten essay fragment. (See Series 1: Writings: Robertson, Alice Mary: "Our Minister.")

"The Hall of Fame." Two articles appearing in the Muskogee Daily Phoenix, 1 Jun 1930 and 31 Aug 1930. (See Series 6: Oversize)

"Historic Church to Go." Article appearing in the Muskogee Daily Phoenix, 22 Dec 1929. (See Series 6: Oversize)

"The Historical Society Meeting." Article appearing in the Muskogee Daily Phoenix, 2 Feb 1930. (See  Series 6: Oversize)
 
"I had duly received two invitations to be present in Oklahoma City on the occasion of the state of Oklahoma's twenty-second birthday...." Photocopied of an article appearing in the Muskogee Daily Phoenix, 24 Nov 1929.
 
"I have often thought that no congress in the history of our government was a more wonderful one the the 67th...." Photocopied of an article appearing in the Muskogee Daily Phoenix, 3 Nov 1929.

"I was a sophomore when fifty-three years ago I left college...."  Handwritten fragment, 1p.

"In February 188[5] a contract was made by and between S.J. Crawford, an Attorney formerly of Kansas, now of Washington and L.C. Perryman and [?] Emarthle, delegate of the Creek Nation, by which said Crawford was to receive a percentage of all money to be paid to the Creeks under the extinguishment of their title to that portion of their former domain popularly known as 'Oklahoma'...." Handwritten statement addressed to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, written in a writing tablet, 16p; photocopy of same.

"In looking through some old scrap books, I found the following yellowed old clipping...which describes the laying of the cornerstone of the old Agency Chateau on Honor Heights...." Photocopied press cutting of an article titled, "Chateau on Hill Marked an Epoch," 25 Aug 1929.

"In Observance of Easter." Article appearing in the Muskogee Daily Phoenix, 20 Apr 1930. (See Series 6: Oversize)

"The Indian Fair--1879." Photocopied press cutting of an article, 29 Sept 1929.

"Indian Territory. Three Invited--Forty-Three Came." Excised article about Alice Robertson appearing in Words From Workers, no date.

"Indian Territory has reached the period of transition form tribal government to that of statehood...." Typed speech given at an Oklahoma convention, with handwritten revisions, 3p.

[Intolerance and the Presbyterian Church.] Printed copy of an open letter to fellow Presbyterians and members of Bethany Church and the First Church, concerning the issue of religion in the presidential campaign. 23 Oct 1928. 3 copies.

"It is expected that in the ordinary course of procedure this bill will come up for action within the next three or four weeks...."  Carbon copy typed draft [to constituents] in reference to the Bonus Bill and veteran's pensions, 1p, 2 copies.

"It is not unfair in considering a bill that comes from a Committee to consider also the make up of the Committee reporting it...." Typed commentary, 1p.

"It is unconstitutional. It is class legislation...." Handwritten notes for a speech, 2p.

"It is very difficult to know just where to begin the story of Presbyterian Mission work among the Southwestern Indians this side of the Mississippi...."

Carbon copy typed draft with handwritten revisions, 1p.

Corrected typed draft, 1p; carbon copy of same.

"It is weeks since I began the preparation of this plea to you. In the mean while, with the quiet pride of wanting to get by myself I quietly sought other work by which it might be possible but without avail...." Handwritten fragment with handwritten revisions, 1p. 

[John Elliott's Homestead.] Photocopied press cutting of an article pertaining the relocation of the Elliott family cottage on West Broadway, Muskogee, appearing in the Muskogee Daily Phoenix, 15 Feb 1907.

"June 5, 1917...Do you remember this day eight years ago?...." Photocopied press cutting of an article, circa 1925.

"Justice of the Puritans." Article appearing in the Muskogee Daily Phoenix, 13 Jul 1930. (See Series 6: Oversize)

"Kiddy Stories." Photocopied press cutting of a story about pelicans, 12 Nov 1925.

"A Landmark Passes." Article pertaining to the National Hotel in Washington, DC, appearing in the Muskogee Daily Phoenix, 12 Jan 1930. (See Series 6: Oversize)

"The Last Christmas at Tullahassee." Article appearing in the Muskogee Daily Phoenix, 25 Dec 1910.  (See Series 6: Oversize)

"Letters From Washington." Photocopied of press cuttings of a series of letters relating the social and political environment of the Capital city for the Muskogee Daily Phoenix, Dec 1899-May 1900. (See also Series 6: Oversize)

Memoirs and Reminiscences

"My Memoirs." Typed transcription, with handwritten revisions, of the first chapter of the book being written at the time of Alice Robertson's death, 5p.
 
"I remember a mid-summer day, when all the family, except one or two that stayed at the house with the stuff, went into Tahlequah, five miles from Park Hill...."

Carbon copy and typed transcription, with handwritten revisions, in reference to the Robertson family prior to and at the time of their exile during the Civil War, 32p.

Revised typed with further handwritten revisions, 19p.

"The summer of 1860, when I was six years old, is one of melancholy, looking backward...."

Typed draft fragment, with handwritten revisions, 3p.

Revised typed draft with further handwritten revisions, 2p; typed and carbon copy of same, 2p each.

Incomplete typescript, another version, 6p.

"After our year in Winniconnee, in early Autum[n] of 1862 we went to Matoon, Ill[inois] where the Rev. and Mrs. D.F. McFarland were attempting to start a high school for boys and young men and the Matoon Female Seminary...." Typed fragment, 1p.
 
"It was an all day journey each way...." Typed account of the journey to Park Hill, 2p.
 
"It was mid-March in Indian Territory...." Typed fragment, 1p; carbon copy of same.
 
"An outstandin[g] memory of going to Grand pa's was always stopping for our wayside dinner at Bayou Manard, four miles beyond Fort Gibson...." Typed fragment, 1p.
 
"In going from Tullahassee to grand-father[']s mission at Park Hill we usually had to cross the Verdigris, and then the Grand...." Carbon copy draft, with handwritten revision, 4p.
 
"The spring and summer of 1867 was the wettest ever known in the country at that time...." Typed draft with handwritten revisions, 1p; revised carbon copy, 2p.
 
"As the months passed, there was a drifting back of the Indians, who were refugees in Texas and the Southern part of the Indian Territory...." Typescript with handwritten revisions, 4p; revised carbon copy with further handwritten corrections, 5p.
 
"On October 29, 1869, the school term opened with the full number of pupils with which it had closed in 1861, forty boys and forty girls...."  Carbon copy typescript, 2p.
 
"....From the middle of October to the middle of July, Tullahassee had its throng of Indian boys and girls attending boarding school...." Typed fragment, 2p.

"Col. Samuel Checote, the Soldier."

Typed fragment, with handwritten revisions, 1p.

Carbon copy typed draft of same with handwritten revisions and additions differing from those of the previous draft, 2p.

"At the time Tullahassee was burned, December 20, 1880, Col. Checote was Principal Chief of the Creeks...." Typed draft with handwritten revisions, 2p; revised typescript, 2p.
 
"We lingered long about the fire that night, busying ourselves with the simple preparations we were making for what we realized only too well was to be our last Christmas at old Tullahassee...." Article excised from the Muskogee Daily Phoenix, pasted on verso of Congressional stationery, 2p. (See also Series 6: Oversize)
 
"At that time I was with my mother and sister at the ranch of my brother-in-law, N.B. Moore, near the present town of Haskell. A messenger was sent out to me to come in to be ready to act as Secretary in the Peace Conference...." Carbon copy with handwritten revisions, 3p.
 
"After the outbreak of the insurgents under Isparhecher [or Ispahekchar] in the winter of 1882-1883...I went to Okmulgee for the purpose of confering with the Creek authorities...."

Carbon copy with handwritten revisions, 6p.
 
Revised typescript, 7p; carbon copy of same.

"In August, 1884, having finished my work in connection with raising funds and building the Mission at Nuyaka, I began my own individual work as teacher at Okmulgee...."

Carbon copy typescript with handwritten revisions and additions to text, 2p.
 
Revised typescript, 2p; carbon copy of same.

"A Thanksgiving When Redmen Roamed Muskogee." Article appearing in the Muskogee Daily Phoenix 28 Nov 1912. (See Series 6: Oversize)

"Memorable were those days in the early summer of '98, when the streets of Muskogee were thronged with young men who came and went in groups...."

Carbon copy typed fragment, 2p.
 
Typescript with handwritten revisions, 3p.

"Miss Alice Robertson was very much pleased yesterday to receive a warm congratulatory telegram from Mrs. Helen Longstreet of Gainesville, Georgia...." Typed article, with handwritten revisions in Alice Robertson's hand and excised fragment of an article from an unidentified journal pasted on; in reference to a postmasters convention, 3p.
 
"Miss Alice Says." Photocopied press cuttings of a daily column appearing in the Muskogee Daily Phoenix, Aug-Nov 1925. (See also Series 6: Oversize)
 
"Miss Alice Tells Cleveland Story." Article appearing in the Muskogee Daily Phoenix, 17 Jun 1924. (See Series 6: Oversize for original tear sheet and related articles, "Miss Alice Tells More of Big Time" and "Skelly's Dinner Impressed Alice")
 
"Miss Alice Tells of Trip to White House in Early Days." Photocopied press cutting of article appearing in the Muskogee Daily Phoenix, no date.
 
"Miss Alice Tells More of Big Time." Article appearing in the Muskogee Daily Phoenix, 23 Jun 1924. (See Series 6: Oversize for original tear sheet and related articles, "Miss Alice Tells Cleveland Story" and Skelly's Dinner Impressed Alice")

"Missions among the Cherokees East would seem to have started in 1801. It will be remembered that there had been many alliances between Indian families and soldiers of the English crown...."

Typescript with handwritten revisions, 2p.

Revised typescript with handwritten corrections, 2p. carbon copy draft, another copy, 2p.

"The Morning After the Primary." Article appearing in the Muskogee Daily Phoenix, 3 Aug 1930. (See Series 6: Oversize)
 
 [The Muskogee Daily Phoenix.] Photocopied press cutting of an article pertaining to the establishment of the newpaper after the fire in 1887, appearing in the Muskogee Daily Phoenix, 17 Nov 1927.
 
[Muskogee Prison.] Photocopied press cutting of reminiscences of the unrest at the old stockade prison in 1898. 4 Aug 1929.
 
"Muskogee's Early Fairs." Article appearing in the Muskogee Daily Phoenix 5 Oct 1930. (See Series 6: Oversize)
 
"Muskogee's Historic Spot." Article appearing in theMuskogee Daily Phoenix, 9 Feb 1930. (See Series 6: Oversize)
 
"My Christmas Orange." Photocopied press cuttings of an account of the Robertson family Christmas in 1882 appearing in the Muskogee Daily Phoenix and another unidentified newspaper, Dec 1921.

"My Old Gray Blanket." Photocopied press cutting of an article pertaining to experiences during the five years as superintendent of the Creek Nation schools, appearing in the Muskogee Daily Phoenix, 8 Dec 1925.
 
"Nancy Thompson." (See Series 1: Writings: Thompson, Nancy)
 
[National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs.] Photocopied press cutting of an article pertaining to the conference; incomplete, no date.
 
"The newspapers announced that a delegation of women were to urge the President to appoint a woman member of the Disarmament Committee...." Mimeographed statement in reference to her being misquoted, with handwritten revision, 1p. 3 copies.
 
 "A Nurse From Muskogee." Article appearing in the Muskogee Daily Phoenix 26 Jan 1930. (See Series 6: Oversize)

[Oklahoma/Sequoyah statehood.]  Typed stenographer's draft, with handwritten revisions, of a speech given by Alice Robertson at a meeting of the Lake Mohonk Conference of Friends of the Indian and other Dependent Peoples in which Alice Robertson argues for Indian Territory to be divided into two separate states, 5p.

Cover typed Conference secretary to Alice Robertson, 10 Nov 1905, 1s.
 
Incomplete carbon copy of a speech, with handwritten revisions, to the women of Connecticut, 6p.
 
Photocopied press cutting of a related article appearing in the Muskogee Daily Phoenix, 22 Sept 1929.

"One hundred and fifty years ago Jas. Oglethorpe an English philanthropist sought and obtained the royal charter to an extensive tract of land in the new world for founding a colony...." Handwritten draft, 8p.
 
"Our Christmas at the Mission had been deferred for reasons that had not been stated with sufficient detail...." Typed fragment, 1p; carbon copy of same.
 
"Our Minister." Handwritten and signed essay, signed "Mary Alice," 1p. Includes handwritten essay fragment, "The Grasshopper."
 
"Outside and Inside." Handwritten and signed essay, 25 Oct 1871, 2p.
 
"Paddy Carr." Article appearing in the Muskogee Daily Phoenix, 15 Dec 1929. (See Series 6: Oversize)
 
"A Pioneer of Muskogee." Article appearing in the Muskogee Daily Phoenix 27 Apr 1930. (See Series 6: Oversize)
 
 [Portland Rose Festival.] "No city in America has made a more profound impression upon me than yours...." Typed speech with handwritten revisions, 2p.
 
"Preserving Historic Spots." Article appearing in the Muskogee Daily Phoenix, 6 Apr 1930. (See Series 6: Oversize)
 
"Quaker Policy Nothing New to Indians." Photocopied press cutting of an article pertaining to Quakers taking charge of Indian agencies, appearing in the Muskogee Daily Phoenix, c1929.
 
"The recent celebration by the First Methodist Episcopal Church South of Muskogee, Oklahoma, is full of historical incidents...." Incomplete typescript, 2p.
 
[Republican National Convention.] Photocopied press cutting of an article pertaining to Alice Robertson's impressions of the convention in Cleveland, Ohio. no date.

[Republican State Convention. Bangor, Maine.]

Typed press release with handwritten correction, pertaining to Alice Robertson, her family history, and her reasons for accepting the invitation to speak at the convention, 3p; another copy, 2p.
 
Typed speech given by Alice Robertson, 2p; carbon copy of same.

"Rules of Council." Handwritten draft, 6p.

"Sawokla Cafeteria."

Photocopied press cuttings of advertisement/commentary column appearing in various newspapers including the Muskogee Daily Phoenix, Muskogee Times-Democrat, and Kansas City Star, circa 1920.
 
Typescript of proposed text, 1p, with photocopied press cutting of column as it appeared.

"The School That Went." Article appearing in the Muskogee Daily Phoenix, 8 Jun 1930. (See Series 6: Oversize)

"Scene. R.R. depot at Dayton, Ohio. Time, midnight dramatis personae...." Handwritten draft account of a train trip to Elmira College, circa 4 Sept 1872, 2p.
 
"Scenes in the Indian Country." Typed account of a year's experiences amongst the Creek Indians, 2p; carbon copy of same.
 
"Several requests were made to me that my article this week should tell of Clarence W. Turner, admittedly Muskogee's greatest early town builder...." Photocopied press cutting of an article appearing in the Muskogee Daily Phoenix 28 Sept 1930.
 
"Skelly's Dinner Impressed Alice." Article appearing in the Muskogee Daily Phoenix, 15 Jun 1924. (See Series 6: Oversize for original tear sheet and related articles, "Miss Alice Tells Cleveland Story" and "Miss Alice Tells More of Big Time")
 
"Socialist Vote Noteworthy." Article appearing in the Muskogee Daily Phoenix, 10 Nov 1929. (See Series 6: Oversize)
 
"The Southern Commercial Congress." Article on Alice Robertson's reminiscences, appearing in the Muskogee Daily Phoenix 30 Mar 1930. (See Series 6: Oversize)
 
"Spring Conventions Are Underway." Article appearing in the Muskogee Daily Phoenix 30 Mar 1930. (See Series 6: Oversize)
 
"Step Into My Parlor." Article appearing in the Muskogee Daily Phoenix, 22 Sept 1929. (See Series 6: Oversize)
  
"Supreme Court Justices." Article appearing in the Muskogee Daily Phoenix, 16 Feb 1930. (See Series 6: Oversize)
 
[Tariff on oil.]  Typed draft [transcription from the Congressional Record], with handwritten revisions, of Alice Robertson's objection to the decision of the Ways and Means Committee to place a tariff on oil, 4p.
 
"This Administration is striving for Economy and Efficiency. The Government has called for bids from Everett and Seattle for contract to carry mail to Whidby Island...." Handwritten argument for Everett, Washington, to be given contract, 2p.
 
"This is the year of the long session of Congress, which brings the primaries and general elections affecting every Representative and one third of the Senate....." Carbon copy typescript, with handwritten revisions, of a congressional speech pertaining to women in the Congress, 15p.
 
"To the Honorable Kings and Warriors of the Muskogee Nation...The Presbyterian Board of Home Missions heard that the people of the Muskogee Nation were very anxious to have all their children educated...." Handwritten draft petition, 2p.
 
"Today and Twenty-Three Years Ago." Article appearing in the Muskogee Daily Phoenix,
 
"Under instructions from Secretaries Kendall and Roberts I left New York on the 26th ultimo...." Handwritten fragment of a report on the cost appraisal for the Muskogee Creek school, 1p.

[United States Veterans Hospital, Muskogee, OK.] Incomplete typed draft, with handwritten revisions, of a proposal to make 45 acres of Sawokla property into Sawokla Memorial Park, 2p.

Typescript, another version, 2p; carbon copy of same.

Typescript, with handwritten revisions, of the history of the veteran's hospital located in Muskogee, 7p; typed corrected draft, with further handwritten revisions, 7p.

"The Vinita Chieftain." Article appearing in the Muskogee Daily Phoenix, 6 Jul 1930. (See Series 6: Oversize)
 
"Washington." Photocopied press cuttings of a series of articles, circa Dec 1925. (See also Series 1: Writings: "Letters From Washington")
 
"A Washington Romance." Article appearing in the Muskogee Daily Phoenix, 27 Oct 1929. (See Series 6: Oversize)
 
"We were two old timers who met at the Ward-Way station to take the Okmulgee bus, where we were to be witnesses in a trial...." Photocopied press cutting of an article appearing in the Muskogee Daily Phoenix, 15 Sept 1929.
 
"When My Ship Comes In." Typed essay written while at Elmira College, 8 Nov 1871, 1p, 2 copies.
 
"Why 'Sawokla' Is For Sale." Article appearing in the Muskogee Daily Phoenix, 21 May 1925. (See Series 6: Oversize)
 
"Woman At the Capitol." Typed essay written while at Elmira College, 28 May 1872, 1p; 2 copies.
 
"Women of the White House." Two articles appearing in the Muskogee Daily Phoenix, 6 and 20 Oct 1929. (See Series 6: Oversize)

Unidentified

Typed fragment with handwritten revisions and additions to text, pertaining to inexperienced men and women wishing to run for political office, 1p.
 
Typed fragment, with handwritten revisions, regarding a child labor amendment, corruption in legislation, Federated Women's Clubs, etc., 4p.
 
Carbon copy of an incomplete draft story, with handwritten revisions, involving individuals named Pe lo che, Li sa, Chaynie, John Wesley, and Ah ne, 30p.
 
Handwritten fragment pertaining to schools in Cherokee Nation and Boudinot's murder. Extract from a report of Creek agent, J.L. Dawson. 1842.
 
Handwritten fragment regarding the granting of a certificate of location to traveling preachers, 1p.

"ABC Rhymes." Handwritten alphabet rhyme, 1p.

"A.E. first child of Rev. Samuel Austin Worcester D.D. and Ann Orr Worcester, had her birth at the Brainard Station of the ABCFM among the Cherokees on the banks of the Chicamauga...."

Typed biographical sketch, 6p.

Typed transcription, with handwritten revisions, 6p.
 
Revised typescript, 5p.

"The above is a literal translation of the verse from Arts. to explain its construction...." Handwritten draft, 1p.
 
"And again, the Israel mother Mrs. A.E.W.R. I hear standing and calling to us and saying there is salvation...." Photocopy of a handwritten fragment. (For original See Series 1: Writings: Creek Papers)
 
"Ann Eliza Worcester Robertson was the first child of Rev. Sam'l A. Worcester...." Handwritten and signed biographical sketch, 3p. Includes cover letter to "Editor, etc.", 6 Nov 1890, 1s.

"Ann Eliza Worcester Robertson. Words used by S.J. McPherson, D.D., pastor of The Second Prebyterian Church, Chicago, Ill. in a memorial address concerning her cousin, Rev. J.H. Worcester Jr., D.D., are equally applicable to Mrs. Robertson and show something of the peculiar obligations under which Providence has placed her to life of service...."

Handwritten draft, 5p.
 
"There seems no more appropriate way of beginning this sketch than in words used by Rev. S.J. McPherson in his Memorial Discourse in Union Seminary concerning a cousin of [---] subject of this [Prof.] J.H. Worcester, Jr., D.D...."  Handwritten draft, similar to previous draft, material from which was used for the article, "Famous Women," by Mrs. Emma E. Everest, featured in Chaperone Magazine, Aug 1894, 4p.
 
Excised copy of the article, with handwritten corrections and notations by [Mrs. Everest].

"As treasurer of your body for the year 1889-90 I hereby present my report...."  Handwritten and signed draft report for the S.L.C. of Indian Territory, 1p.
 
 "Bible Translation in Missionary Work Among the Indians of the U.S."  Handwritten draft, 2p.

"The busy wearisome weeks immediately following the burning of Tullahassee so promptly and sympathizingly mentioned in your Columns seemed to furnish no interval in which those who remained by the broken walls could write to tell through the press of their sad calamity to the Creeks caused by this disaster...."

Handwritten draft, 1p.
 
Typed and carbon copy typed transcriptions of same, 3p each; typed fragment, 2p.

"Christie Dawson Derrisaw, great grand-daughter of the former Creek Chief R--- McIntosh...." 1p.
 
"The Creeks. In 1830 Congress authorised the Prest. of the U.S. to give to the Indians east of the Mississippi lands in what is now the Indian Territory in exchange for theirs and grant patents for said lands...." Handwritten draft, 2p; typed transcription of same, with handwritten corrections, 2p.
 
"Enter visitor. Teacher shakes hands, "How do you do. Take a seat...."  Handwritten play [?], 1p.
 
"Expletives Again. I rejoice in the admission that 'any expression which is a substitute for the name of God, such as 'my gracious' is inadmissable...." Handwritten and signed draft on a used envelope.

"The Fable of the Corn. I am going to tell about a fable of the ancients...."

Handwritten translation of the Muskogee fable as told by Taylor Postoak (13 Oct 1879), 3p. Includes explanatory notes regarding the translation.
 
Cover letter to "Sir", 18 Oct 1882, regarding this and other translation work from the New Testament.
 
Typed transcription with handwritten corrections, 5p.
 
(See also Series 1: Creek Papers: Postoak, Taylor)

"Few deaths could probably throw a wider shadow than that of Mrs. Porter...." Handwritten draft, 1p.

"For the Missionary Society of the Forest Hill Seminary, Rockford, Illinois. I would that it were in my power to give the date of the commencement of the Pres. mission of the A.B.C.F.M. among the Creeks...."

Handwritten draft, 4p.
 
Typed transcription with handwritten corrections, 9p.

"Have Mercy on the Wheat." Handwritten draft fragment, 1p.

"He loved knowledge himself and always tried to encourage others...." Handwritten draft in reference to Samuel Austin Worcester or WSR, 1p.

"His name was given to him in early childhood in honor of Rev. Elias Boudinot, D.D. of New Jersey, a true friend of the Indians...."

Handwritten draft biographical sketch, 2p.
 
Typed transcription of same, with handwritten corrections, 4p; typed transcription, another copy with different corrections, 5p.

"How a Young Indian Stood Strong For the Right." handwritten story, 1p.
 
"....how difficult was our position; I wish you could have heard remarks of good people in Highland of which I heard to the effect that Mr. R. had carried on the work of the mission...." Handwritten account regarding problems with the behavior of older boys and girls at the school, 2p.
 
"I am sure you will admit to your columns so few words in defense of a fellow worker for the rescue of the Indians of the U.S. from their deplorable condition...." Handwritten draft, 2p.

"I have delayed my report for a few days, working on Hebrews in Creek instead...." Handwritten draft 1st quarterly report for 1895 for Our Brother in Red.
 
"I have just been reading Rev(!) W.O. Tobey on Indian Policy and find myself in a complete puzzle. If the Indians have no claim to land in the United States, who have?...." 1p.
 
"I think it must have been that the Cherokees had come more in contact with good white people that they won't seem to have been earlier than any of the tribes around them in welcoming Christian teachers among them...." Handwritten draft, 3p.

"I trust your young readers would be interested in a dialogue written for two Creek boys in the Tullahassee Boarding School, and well spoken with great animation by them at the annual public examination of the Tullahassee Boarding School...."

Incomplete handwritten transcription of the dialogue, directed to the editor of Youth's Companion,  2p.
 
Handwritten draft, another version, 2 pieces.
 
Typed transcription of previous draft, with handwritten corrections, 2p.

"I was quite amused to see in your issue of Sept. 18th the above translation ["Am I a soldier of the Cross" in Creek] attributed to 'E.Q.', and it gives me opportunity to explain the use of those letters in the Creek Hymn Book, as well as to ask through your columns whether any one can tell who was the translator of that hymn...."

Handwritten draft directed to the editor of the Indian Journal, 1p.
 
Typed transcription of same, 1p, with typed lists of names of composers, hymns and the books in which they can be found, 2p.

"In 1836 my father chose the site of his mission at Park Hill and in 1837 took his family there where there was no neighbor within 3/4 of a mile...." Handwritten draft, 1p.
 
"In addition to the day schools there are four boarding schools, the funds for defraying the expenses of which are provided for from the educational fund of the Creek Nation...." Handwritten fragment, 1p.

"In Eastern Tennessee and Georgia and in the highlands of Carolina and Alabama, lived four tribes - the Cherokees, Choctaws, the Chickasaws and Creeks - who with the addition of the Seminoles are now known as the 'five civilized tribes'...."

Typed transcription of a biographical sketch, with handwritten revisions, 3p.
 
Typed corrected draft, 3p; carbon copy of same, incomplete, 2p.

"Influence of the Multiplicity of the Publications of the Present Day Upon the Intelligence of Our People."

Handwritten essay, signed "Ann Eliza Worcester," 11 Oct 1844, 1p.

Typed transcription of same with handwritten correction, 3p.

"Last January the return of Rev. R.M. Loughridge, the first superintendent of the Tullahassee School...." Handwrittebn fragment, 1p.
 
"Let us not measure our obligation to the Indians by the number and promise of the Japanese race...." Handwritten draft, 1p.
 
"List of Songs Translated." Handwrittten list, 1p.

"Literature. Translating Into the Muskogee or Creek."

Typed directed to the editor of the Oklahoma School Herald, with handwritten corrections, 4p. Includes additional handwritten note by Althea Bass.
 
Typed transcription of previous draft, revised and incomplete,

"The Lord's Day." Handwritten draft, 1p.
 
"The man who is governed by desire for popularity. Where can the man be found, who is not in some degree influenced by this desire?...." Handwritten draft signed "Ann Eliza Worcester," 22 Mar 1844, 2p; typed transcription of same, 2p.
 
"Many people have thought Jesus in speaking in this verse about the coming of the Son of man meant His coming again upon the earth as man, whom the people could see...." Handwritten fragment, 1p.
 
"Many who read this book now can remember Rev. David Winslett...." Handwritten fragment of a commentary, 1p.
 
"Mr. B and his people know how greatly this school needed another teacher...." Handwritten draft, 1p.
 
"Mr. Jimboy tells of the [---] camp-meeting Aug 5th-7th which he says was appointed by Rev Thos. Little but begun by himself at 11 a.m. on the 5th...." Handwritten fragment, 1p.
 
"Mr. Jimboy writes a few words about the recent annual conference. He says that White men and Indians met together...." Handwritten fragment, 1p.

"The Muskokees. I wonder how many of you in studying U.S. History have noticed the name Muskokee, (spelt in various ways,) as belonging to a body of warlike Indians in the South...." Handwritten draft, 5p.
 
"My Young Interpreter, N.B. Sullivan." Handwrittena and signed draft, 28 Mar 1900, 12p; typed transcription of same with handwritten corrections, 9p.
 
"Near the end of his life the Vermont Convention of Churches met which determined my grandfather to meet his people...." Handwritten draft, 1p.
 
"Not long ago I asked you to rejoice with me over money having been sent to help pay for giving the Creeks the New Testament in their own language...." Handwritten article directed to the readers of Childrens Work, 2p.
 
"Now twenty-five Tullahassee children have gone to Carlisle and my translator to New Jersey...." Incomplete typed transcription, 1p.
 
"Nut and screw from a drawer knob of a little bureau...." Handwritten fragment in reference to Samuel Austin Worcester, his imprisonment, and the wooden cabinet he built while in prison, 2p.
 
"The N.Y.O. and the Indian Policy." (See Series 3: Personal Papers: Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions)

"'O wad some power the giftie gis us/To see oursel's as ithers see us.' I have been most forcibly reminded of these oft' quoted lines by the account your St. Louis correspondent gives of his recent visit to Tullahassee...."

Handwritten and signed draft for the Herald and Presbyter, 1p.
 
Typed  transcription with handwritten corrections, 1p.

"On Luke, I had in revisions, the help of many, but Rev. T.W. Perryman was my chief helper...." 1p.
 
"On the 16th of April next it will be forty years since I left my mission work among the Cherokees, the tribe among whom I was born, and to whom I had expected to give the work of my life...."  Handwritten draft directed to the editor of Church, 3p.
 
"Our former scholars have given us great aid in our work as interpreters, trustees of our school, etc., and we bless God both for this and for the help they give their nation as members of council judges, etc. But it seems as if the Indians of this Territory were never to recover from the effects of the war...." Handwritten fragment, 1p.
 
"Please allow me to address through your columns I trust those who are interested in rescuing Christian people...."  Handwritten draft, 1p.
 
"Please give a 'Foreign Missionary' room for an appeal to Christian sisters, through your columns, for the 'volunteers' in the Lord's army, surely hundreds of souls are stirred as is mine...."  Handwritten fragment, 1p.
  
"Please permit me through your columns to give to the many friends and helpers of the Tullahassee Mission among the Creeks, information in regard to it, to which they are entitled, but which would require too large a number of letters [of] private correspondence...."  Incomplete handwritten draft, 2p.
 
[Recipe for rheumatism.] Handwritten and signed recipe given to L[eonard] Worcester by a friend, 1 piece.
 
"Rev. D.L. Berryhill writes concerning Rev. Wm. Jones, who was the senior [native] Creek member of the Methodist Conference, but who died on [---] Oct 30th...." Handwritten draft, 1p.
 
"Rev. James Perryman was one of at least six sons of ---. When a large boy he attended the mission boarding school at Union on Grand River, then among the Osages...." Handwritten draft, followed by Creek translation of an unidentified hymn, 1p.
 
"Roving Willie Gray." Handwritten poem, 1p.
 
"Seeing in a recent number of your paper that Rev. D.L. Berryhill is writing about my giving the Creeks the New Testament and song book speaks of his praying 'God out of his riches to bless me'...." Photocopy of a handwritten and signed draft directed to unidentified editor. (See Series 1: Writings: Creek Papers)
 
"Southern Pioneer Missionaries." Excised copy of an address read before the Ladies' Foreign Mission Society of the First Church, Augusta, Georgia, 10 Feb 1896, printed in Southwestern Presbyterian, 20 Feb 1896. Contains mention of Ann Eliza Worcester Robertson and bears her handwritten notations.
 
"That 'Home Missions' Dollar! It came in a Christmas box for the 'Presbyterian School for Girls' at Muscogee...."  Handwritten and signed draft, 1p.

"That Remarkable House Fly Again. I little dreamed that he would be turned into a horse fly, before his sad story would be read, and so he be made to teach a second lesson, the importance of careful proof reading in English as well as Creek...."

Handwritten draft directed to the editor of the Muskogee Phoenix, 1p.
 
Typed transcription with handwritten corrections, 2p.

"That Remarkable House Fly and The Lesson It Teaches. Will you not allow me to take advantage of a funny mistake in the Creek hymn you pulished last week to give such of your readers as may be interested in the subject, a little talk in regard to the importance of correct spelling in the Creek language?...."

Incomplete handwritten draft directed to the editor of the Muskogee Phoenix, 1p.
 
Typed transcription of same, with handwritten corrections, 3p.

"This first draft of the translations of Psalms [Bibliography of the Muskogeen Languages] made by Rev. J.R. Ramsay (with the help of Rev. Dorsey Fife as Indian interpreter,) was left early in the season of 1891-2 with A.E.W. Robertson for preparation...." Handwritten draft, 1p; typed transcription, 2p.
 
[Tullahassee Boarding School.] Handwritten account of the school, some of its former students who became teachers, and those who gave their assistance to Ann Eliza Worcester Robertson (e.g. Catherine Brown, Annie Anderson Severs, and N.B. Sullivan).  Handwritten draft on a scratch pad, 16p.

"Twenty-five Creek Pupils for Carlisle. Your readers have been informed of the burning on the 19th ult. of the Tullahassee Mission building of which mention has sometimes been made in your column...." Typed transcription with handwritten revisions, 3p. (See Series 1: Writings: Robertson, Anne Eliza Worcester: on verso of "Not long ago I asked you to rejoice....")
 
"Two or three years ago your St. L. correspondent in writing for your readers of his visit to the Cherokee Nation mentioned his search for the grave of Rev. Wm. Worcester, who had long labored as a missioinary of the A.B.C.F.M...."   Incomplete handwritten draft biographical sketch, 2p.
 
"What a horrible picture this is, even worse than the one we saw in The Home Missionary lately of an Ind. medicine man dressed in a bear skin...."   Handwritten draft. (See Series 1: Writings: Robertson, Ann Eliza Worcester: "Not long ago I asked you to rejoice with me....")
 
"Whereas some of our most earnest temperance workers are detered from joining the WCTU...." Handwritten and signed speech, 18 Jul 1888, 10p.

"Will you allow a reader to ask through your columns, Wither are Presbyterians drifting?...."

Handwritten commentary directed to the Presbyterian, 2p.
 
Typed transcription of same with handwritten corrections, 2p.

"With all my heart I thank you for the plea for honest treatment of the Indian in your article concerning the Cherokees. It is time voices were being heard...." Photocopied press cutting of a commentary dated 5 Mar 1890, directed to the editor of Mid-Continenet.
 
"Within the last week or so I have put much thought upon the question whether it would be possible for me so to plan other engagements as to attend you delightful gathering at Columbus...." Handwritten and signed draft directed to the sisters of Woman's Work, 2p.
 
"Yea, though my heart be like to break...." Handwritten draft verse, 1 piece.
 
 "Your issue of July 9th has just reached me. A few words of explanation in regard to Dr. Worcester (and the work of his granddaughters) will give your readers a more correct idea of the cause of his incarceration...." Handwritten draft, 1p.

Writing tablet

Contains various handwritten and handwritten and signed fragments of letters and writings; contents identified whenever possible:
 
"Another touching letter from Rev. W. Tanyan reached me a few weeks ago, giving incidents to show the Seminoles need of an ordained missionary....", p1-2.
 
Handwritten letter fragment to Hermann Warrawick [?], Superintendent of American Missions to the Jews, p2.
 
"The Rock That Is Higher Than I." Translated into Creek, p3-4.
 
"Merry Merry Christmas." Article pertaining to Samuel Austin Worcester hand printing press and the publication of Our Monthly, p5-6.
 
Fragment pertaining to D.L. Berryhill and his appointment as superintendent of the Wealaka school, p8-9.
 
Commentary on an article on the Five Civilized Tribes by Julian Ralph for Harper's Weekly, p11-12.
 
"Dr. Hart, I think it is about a year [---] I sent to Mrs. Quinton an article for the Indian's Friend...." p12-13.
 
Transcription of an article in the Herald and Presbyter, 12 Feb, in reference to the words of Bishop Porter, p20.
 
"Poor Sarah." Creek translation, p23-42.
 
"Christian Endeavor Pledge," p43-45.
 
"Rev. Wm. Jimboy tells of a meeting at Honey Creek, where he had an appointment. He says when he arrived on Saturday Rev. M. Tiger preached to them and he followed his in a few words...." p48.
 
"I have looked again and again at the eloquent plea of Mead Holmes in behalf of The Presbyterian House, and it makes me think more an more of the other side of the question, i.e. of the field and its workers and their needs....", p50-51.
 
Creek translation or notes pertaining to the Book of Isaiah, p52-53.
 
"Rev. Wm. Jimboy writes from McDermit, Sept 16th, 1896. Hear this, all our brothers, In Okmulgee District Rev. Daniel Webster, pastor of the Spring--- church departed from this world June 25th, 1896....", p55.
 
"That Rock Was Christ." Commentary regarding an article by Rev. S.E. Wishard, D.D. appearing in the Herald and Presbyter, p58-59.
 
Creek translation of Psalm 12, p60.
 
"....One thing for which I have greatly valued your paper has been its being so out-spoken as to the evils of the Roman Catholic System...."  Handwritten and signed letter to the editors, N.Y.O., p62.
 
"Mr. Berryhill thinks that as the U.S. Govt. has determined an allotment for them they had better accept it and with money paid for their lands purchase a home in another country...." p63-64.

"David. When I read in Obadiah Oldschool's admirable article in The Interior of Feb 11th of 'the ram and the he-goat that David saw in his vision,' I first wondered if David had had such a vision...."

Article published in "Piths and Points," 11 Feb 1897, p65.
 
Typed transcription of same, with handwritten corrections, 1p; carbon copy typed corrected draft, 2 copies, 1p each. p65A.

"Please don't let your readers think any longer than until they see this that I think they need to be told that 'Daniel was one of God's prophets'....", 5 Mar 1897, p67-68.
 
"To my youngest sister [Mary], This is not a silver wedding present, but I hope it may prove to you worthy to be counted a 'Silver Wedding' gift by furnishing a silver lining to clouds....", p69.
 
"William Shenck Robertson, A.M., was born in Huntington, S.C. Jan 11, 1820...." p69-73.
 
Handwritten letter to Mrs. Benson in response to her request for a letter from Ann Eliza Worcester Robertson about her work among the Creeks for Mrs. Benson's missionary society meeting, 21 Aug 189-, p73-78.
 
"My dear patron friends, Does it seem to you that nearly a year has passed since I wrote to you last?...." p79-82.
 
"The Intolerance of Children." Article by M. Bourehier Sanford, 12 Aug 1897, transcribed by Ann Eliza Worcester Robertson with her letter to the editor of N.Y.O. following, p83-84.
 
Fragment from the Book of Ezekiel, p85.

"For 'Pros and Cons'. In the notes of the [Herald and Presbyter] of Sept 29th on the SS lessons for Oct 10th, is not unintential and yet important grave injustice done to Paul in the statement 'the bigoted Jews saw him in the temple enclosure with one or two persons known to be of Gentile origin...." p86
 
Fragment mentioning the Dawes Commission, p87.
 
History of Samuel Austin Worcester and his missionary work, p88-91.
 
"L. Brent Vaughan, Ed., Current Magazine. My daughter Miss A.M. Robertson has passed over to me your letter of inquiry of the 9th inst. As my honored father Rev. S.A.W., D.D., was the one who [preferred] the Cherokee Sl. invented by Sequoya or George Guess for use in printing I am glad to be able to give some information in regard to it...." p92-93.
 
"Presbyterian Missions among the Seminoles. Revs John Lilley and John Bems, not then ordained, began the Presbyterian Mission among the Seminoles in 1848...." p94-97.
 
"For 'Pros and Cons. He knows our dark Gethsemane.' Can it be a mistaken or exaggerated sensitivness that makes this speaking of the Gethsemane of human beings so saddening to me...." p98.
 
"In 1847 Sam'l W. second son of the missionary Rev. Elisur Butler, D.D. gathered into one volume for A.E. Worcester the following Cherokee books...." p99.
 
"Would not the readers of Over Land and Sea like to hear something about a little Seminole boy?...." p100-101.
 
"For Dr. W.R. Lambuth, Secr'y of Home Mission M.E. Ch'h South. You ask for a brief sketch of my life, and an account of the work of translation which I have done...." p102-107.
 
"The Voice in the Twilight. I noticed with pleasure in the [Herald and Presbyter] of June 7th the giving of credit to the writer of a story that had appeared credited to an 'Exchange'...." 13 Jun 1899, p107.
 
"Dear Mrs. DuBois, Your letter came promptly, and I would be glad to give you a euphonious Indian name for your well, (on the possession of which I congratulate you)...." 6 Sept 1899, p108.

Creek translations from the Book of Isaiah, p109-110.

"Dear [Herald and Presbyter], I have just been looking at the article in yours of Oct 11th 'A Message to Garcia' [---] 'Ex,' which contains some very important lessons...." p112.
 
"Dear [Herald and Presbyter], I hope you will give this a place in your 'Pros and Cons'. There seems such a tendency in these days to emphasize assertions by such expressions as those quoted that it seems to me you can hardly do a better work than to throw your influence against it...." p112-113.
 
"For 'Pros and Cons'. Tokens of Love. Reading in a comparatively recent number of the [Herald and Presbyter] an account of the presentation of a diamond ring to a beloved pastor's wife by the parishioners as a farewell token of their love, set me to thinking...." 9 Oct 1899, p114.
 
"Editor H.M. Monthly.   The other day I was reading with the greatest interest in your columns the article entitled 'Friend of the Cherokees,' when suddenly I stopped and exclaimed audibly, 'Here is a dreadful mistake'...." p115-116.
 
"Ed. Presbyterian Review. Ever since the death of [---] Mary A. wife of Rev. John Lilley so many years a missionary in the I.T., I have regretted that I did not myself send some notice of it for publication...." p116-121.
 
"My first year in the I.T.; May 1835 to May 1836. Would that Sabbath school teachers generally were like Mr. Redfield in this respect! Those who know with any intimacy the family of Mr. A.W. Robb of the Redfields of Ardmore know that they are proud to own their connection with the self-sacrificing and devoted missionaries to the Osages, the Regans and the Redfields...." p121.
 
"My Loving Interpreter. I think it was in the Fall of 1875, before [---] the Indian boarding school when among the crowds of applicants for admission came a boy of about seventeen...." p122-123, 128-130.
 
"Mrs. John [Elizabeth] Elliot." Obituary, p124-126.
 
"April 23rd, 1900. To Mrs. Pierson after thanks for invitation to attend annual meeting at St. L during Gen'l Assembly...." p131.
 
"To the members of the Florida State E--worth Leagues. My dear young friends, Rev. D.W. Black of your mission to the Florida Seminoles has introduced you to me. I hope your [p---] can introduce me to you. I wonder how many of you have actually seen and shaken hands with a Florida Seminole...." p132-135.
 
"Rev. W.J. Carpenter, Prest, F.E.L. Convention. Dear Mr. Carpenter, Rev. E.W. Black of the Seminole Methodist Mission has requested me to send you a copy of the Creek Testament for the State E.L. Library...." p135-138.
 
"A Dying Sioux Girl. I only want to tell how Jesus was with a dying Indian girl, in an Indian Orphan School in Highland, Kas...." p139.
 
Creek translations from the Book of Daniel, p140-144.
 
"Dear Dr. Lambuth. Suppose that a few days after entering the 75th year of your life and a few months after having entered the fifty-sixth year of working under appointment as a missionary to the Indians you found yourself on the bed reading a letter containing words like these...." p145-147.
 
Creek translations from the Books of Daniel, p148-156.
 
 "To the Woman's Board of the North West, Chicago, Ill. My dear sisters, I want simply to say that I feel both honored and comforted in finding myself to have been made an honorary member of your band...." 16 Jan 1901, p157.
 
Recounting of the story of the imprisonment of Samuel Austin Worcester for Mrs. C.E.W. McConnell, Feb 12th, 1901, p158-159.
 
"Dear Dr. Lambuth, Yours of the 19th inst. [reached] me, and I have thought over the question [with] regard to giving some account of Mr. Bla[ck's] work among the Seminoles....", 2 Jul [1901], p160-161.

Creek translations from the Acts of the Apostles, p162-166.
 
"To the members of the Woman's Miss'ry Soc[iety] of the First Presbyterian Church of Muscogee. I am thankful to your President for the invitation to be present at your annual Praise meeting...." p167.
 
"The story of the one hundred dollars sent by Mrs. Hobart of Denver for interpreter's help on the translation of the Creek Testament...." p168-169.
 
"Right Rev. Wm. Crane Gray, D.D., Church Mission House, NY, Aug 7th, 1901. Dear Bishop Gray, In answer to a letter of inquiry of mine as to the condition of affairs with regard to the probability of Miss Lissie Browning's appointment as interpreter helper to himself and wife, he tells me that you will want a strong letter of recommendation...." p170-173.
 
"Rev. J.R. Miller, Editorial Supt., P.B.P., Dear Dr. Miller, I wonder if seeing the postmark will remind you of a letter from myself some years ago in regard to an article in FORWAlice RobertsonD (?) whose influence I feared was calculated to foster such superstitious forms (idolatrous forms) as setting the image of the cross before on in praying...." 21 Aug 1901, p174-176.
 
"A Mistake Corrected. Editor, Eve Times, I was glad to see in your issue of the 15th inst. notice of the presence in town of Miss Jennie E. Chapin, who has been a missionary for the A.B.C.F.M...." p176.

"A Mistake Corrected. When I wrote the article on 'My Young Interpreter' of which appears in the [B. ---], under the head of 'Reminiscences of a Translator,' I was under the impression that I owed the gift of a hundred dollars which had enabled me to give my interpreters some renumeration for their work...." p176-177.
 
4:1-2 Creek translations from the Book of Isaiah for Thomas Little, Keokuk Falls, Dec 1901, p180-182.
 
Creek translation of the "Declaration of Faith" from the Baptist Church Manual, p182-194.
 
"Rev. Lyman Abbott, D.D., Editor in Chief of Outlook. Dear Dr. Abbott, I wonder if in the '30s and '40s there was any home in the U.S. except among kindreds where the name Abbott was so nearly a household word as in that of Rev. S.A.Worcester, D.D...." 3 Feb 1901, p194-196.
 
"Death of two former pupils of the [Presbyterian] School for Girls at Muskogee." In reference to the deaths of Mrs. William Hardridge and Mrs. [P---] Tanyan Yarbrough, p197.
 
"W.J. McGee, Ethnologist in Charge, Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of Ethnology, Washington. Dear Mr. McGee, Your favor of dates July 1st and Aug 9th containing so large an amount of information concerning the great work which is being carried on by the Bureau of which you are in charge has reached me for which please accept my sincere thanks...." 19 Aug 1902, p198-199.
 
Creek translations from the Acts of the Apostles, Gospel according to John, Mark, Matthew, and Luke, p200-209, 212-214.
 
"Nina Tanyan's Leptekvs 25:8-14," dated 4 Dec 1902, p210.
 
"My dear Mrs. M., Our pastor has passed over to me your request for such account of missionary work among the Indians in this part of our country as would be interesting in a missionary society meeting...." p215-217.
 
Creek translations of Corinthians, p219-223.
 
"John McIntosh." Obituary, p224.
 
Creek translations from the Book of Isaiah, and other translations unidentified, dated 23 Aug 1902, p225-232.
 
"Rev. T.L. Mellen, Conference Miss'ry Secr'y, Pres. Elder Forest , Miss. Dear friend, I am very sorry to have been so long in getting around to your interesting letter of the fst. ult., but since receiving it, I have done considerable translating and as much or more of writing explanations of New Testament verses in the Creek...." p232-233.
 
Printed passages from the Bible excised from an unknown source, p234.
 
"How firm a foundation." Creek translation of the hymn.

Creek translations from the Book of Exodus, p236-270.

 "Mr. Perryman helped me to Ex. 3:10, May 25, 1900." Also translation of the Books of Kings. p271-311

"I have felt the necessity for a more practical knowledge of the English among your people the more from my nearness to the U.S. Court here, and hearing doubts expressed by lawyers as to the defendants being able to understand or to be understood, through the ignorance of an innocent may be made to suffer the penalty of crime in a far away prison...." p312-313.
 
"Gen'l P. Porter, Chairman of the Creek Commission for treating with the Dawes Commission. My dear friend and former pupil, Allow me to thank you, and your fellow Commissioners through you, for the honor I feel that you have done me in counting me among yourselves in the allotment of your lands...." 1 Oct 1897, p314.
 
"We have had a Society of Presbyterian Endeavor connected with our Presbyterian Mission in this place for several years...." p315-317.

Handwritten response to an unidentified editor regarding Indians coming under US government and the conflicts between the various tribes throughout the US, 1p.
 
Handwritten draft to an unidentified editor regarding McGuffey's readers, 1p.
 
"Well, Professor, Mr. McIntosh has sent you some game...." Handwritten draft, 1p; typed transcription of same, 3p.
 
Miscellaneous unidentified fragments, 14p.

"A Little Lesson For Children and Their Mothers." Article featured in Scientific Therapy and Practical Reearch, 15 Dec 1925.

Writing tablet containing handwritten and signed and handwritten poems:

"Leaving Home." With handwritten note, "left home for school-1 Sept 1873."
 
"The Eclipse."
 
"The Banner." Broad Oaks, West Virginia, Summer 1876.
 
 "The Siege of Leyden (written as a 'composition' in imitation of Macaulay's 'Battle of Ivry.'" Wheaton Seminary, Norton, Massachusettes, 29 Apr 1876.
 
"Sappho Society - Parting Song."
 
"Two Sunbeams." Auburndale, Massachusettes, 13 Jan 1877.
 
"Boating - The Proposal." Bufford, New Hampshire, winter vacation 1876.
 
"Class Spread." With handwritten note, "Written as a Rush Light item."
 
"Parting Song." Lyrics to be sung to the tune of "How Can I Leave Thee," for graduation day.
 
"Life Sculpture. Class Poem." Published in The Congregationalist, 14 Aug 1878.
 
"Looking Back." Published in The Congregationalist,; copied by N.E. Journal of Education and New York [Tribune]. Note reads, "Written mostly on the cars returning from a visit to the Seminary."
 
"Dark to Light." Atlanta University, Atlanta, Georgia, 31 Dec 1878. Published in the Indian Journal.
 
"An Hourglass of Hands." Published in N.E. Journal of Education 17 Jul 1979.
 
"Ken[n]esaw Mountain." After a visit to Kenesaw Mountain and Marietta Cemetery, 29 Mar 1879.
 
"Decoration Day on Ken[n]esaw Mountain." Signed "Grace R. Merriman," Chicago, May 1894.
 
"Only." Atlanta, Georgia, after her visit to Ken[n]esaw Mountain.
 
 "Toil and Blessing." 27 Apr 1888. Published in the Indian Journal., 14 Oct.
 
"Capponi and the Bells."
 
"An Easter Melody." Signed "Grace R. Merriman," Chicago, Easter 1895.
 
"His Father's House." Chicago, Feb 1898. Published in The Interior.
 
"The Proposal." Excised press cutting of a poem written for the American Banner, found tipped in.
 
"I Wouldn't Be Cross," by Margaret E. Sangster; press cutting found tipped in.
 
"The Blue and Gray." Handwritten and signed poem, 1p; typed transcription of same, 1p.
 
"Brown Bill." Handwritten and signed poem, Aug 1881, 4p.
 
"Daybreak." Handwritten and signed poem, 1p.
 
"Life at Our School." Handwritten and signed poem, 19 Jan 1877, 1p; typed transcription of same, 2p.
 
"Life Sculpture." Handwritten and signed poem, Wheaton Seminary, 13 Jun 1878, 3p.
 
"Tullahassee Ruins." Handwritten and signed transcription of a poem, 2p; typed transcription of same, 2p.
 
"Pussy white foot."  Handwritten draft fragment of a school composition, 1p.

Handwritten and signed contract between the congregation of Huntington of Long Island with Sanuel Austin Robertson, engaging him as their pastor; signed by the church elders, 14 Oct 1816, 1p. Typed transcription of same, 1p.

Robertson, William Shenck

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"Antichrist. Usurp[a]tions of the Popes."

Handwritten essay, 77p.

"Antichrist. The general opinion of the saints concerning Antichrist during every age of the christian church," 39p.
 
"Antichrist as discribed by the Waldenses, to 1120," 42p.

"Bishop Bale's Testimony of Rome," 39p.

"Antichrist. Characteristical features of Antichrist vir. First and Second. A priest-king. Third, Exaltation," 27p.

 "Eternal God I desire to present my self before thee with the deepest humiliation of soul sensible how unworthy I am to appear before thee...."

Handwritten and signed vow with handwritten revisions, dated 23 Mar 1839, 1p.
 
Handwritten and signed comment, dated Mar 1849, added at bottom; typed transcription of same, 1p.

"Fellow Teachers Gentlemen and Ladies. The occasion which has brought us together is one of no common interest. The objects which you have met to promote should secure the sympathies and aid of every philanthropist and patriot...."

Handwritten address, in a notebook, delivered before the Normal Institute of the Cherokee Nation, Tahlequah, IT, no date., 10p.
 
Typed transcription of same, with handwritten corrections, 12p.

"Resolution of respect by the Board of Trustees at the death of Rev. W.S. Robertson." Handwritten signed by Trustees L.C. Perryman, Samuel Brown, D. Anderson, D.M. Hodge [?], and T.W. Perryman [?], 2p; typed transcription of same, 2p.

"You may have wondered that our teachers should think it worth while after past years, to call you together to hear so small a company of us go through our lessons, and indeed we all often wondered whether we would not be scattered at the close of the term as unceremoniously as we were after the never to be forgotten fire of the 19th of December 1880...."

Handwritten fragment relaying William Shenck Robertson's last words to the students of the academy, colleagues and family before his death, 2p.
 
Handwritten fragment, another account, 1p.

Sermons

The following sermons were written in one- and two- signature manuscript notebooks:

Psalm 103:2. 29 Nov 1855, Thanksgiving. "Bless the Lord O my soul and forget not all his benefits...."  Incomplete handwritten draft, 46p.

Ecclesiastes 8:11. "Because sentence against an evil work is not executed spedily [sic], therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil...." Incomplete handwritten incomplete draft, 30p.

Isaiah 28: 9-10. "Nothing is more delightful, than to instruct those who love to learn...." Handwritten draft, 46p.

Ezekiel 36:26.   Handwritten notes, 10 Apr 1874, 4p.

Matthew 17:8. "And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save Jesus only...."  Handwritten draft, 4p.

Matthew 25:46. "These shall go away into everlasting punishment but the riteous [sic] into eternity...."  Handwritten draft, 7p, with handwritten note, written inside back cover, regarding those who mock religion and list of dates and locations on verso.

Mark 4:26.  Handwritten notes, 11 Nov 1877, 4p.

Mark 9:38.  Handwritten notes, 6 Jun 1878, 4p.

Luke 12:20. "But God said unto him Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee...."  Incomplete handwritten draft, 30p, with dates and locations noted on first page.

Luke 12:32. "Fear not little flock. We naturally look forward with some anxiety about the futer [sic]...."  Handwritten draft, 3p.

Luke 18:1.  Handwritten draft notes, 4p.

John 1:42.   Handwritten draft notes, 6 Feb 1879, 3p.

John 2:2. "And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for our[s] only but also for the sins of the whole world...."  Handwritten draft, 36p, with list of dates and locations and additional quote from John 4:10 on last page. 

John 10:9.  Handwritten draft notes, 24 Feb 1878, 2p.

John 14:6. "Jesus saith unto him I am the way and the truth and the life: no man cometh unto the Father but by me...."  Handwritten draft, 47p, with list of dates and locations on last page.

Romans 3, Ephesians 2. "We are justified by faith. All men feel that they are sinners...."

Incomplete handwritten fragment, 1p.
 
On verso: Romans 8. "This chapter is one of the choice [---] of the believer...."

Colossians 2:6-7. "As ye have therfore received C. J. the S. so walk ye in him...."   Handwritten draft, 38p.

"....honour, wealth or pleasure. Their patriotism. Their morality. Their honisty [sic] is all selfish. Others are greatly concerned for the Ch. Their country and world...."  Handwritten draft, missing p1-2, with inserts to text, 29p; list of dates and locations on last page.

"....in the regular order of succession separate periods of time that marked the structure of the heavens...."   Incomplete handwritten draft.

"....lumps of ice, now, says he, 'I have sinned.' He is but a type and specimen of multitudes of the same class...."  Imcomplete handwritten draft, including references from the books of Numbers 22:34, 1 Samuel 15:24, Matthew 27:4, Job 7:20, and Luke 15:18; 36p.

"....place for you, and if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto my self; that where I am there ye may be also...." Handwritten draft, missing p1-2, 40p.

"....probably considered the most wise and learned of any in the world...." Handwritten draft, missing p1-2, with 1p insert to text, 36p.

Handwritten draft notes, 29 Dec 1878, 4p.

Unidentified fragments, some possibly related, 12p.

"One of the most remarkable characters in the missionary work among the Indians...."

Carbon copy typed biographical sketch and anecdotes composed by Alice Robertson, 3p.
 
Typed draft, another copy, with handwritten revisions, 3p.
 
Typed draft, first page only, with additional handwritten text.

"She withdrew from the mission simply because of her advanced age. That was in 1851...."

Typed draft with handwritten revisions, 3p.
 
Photocopied press cutting of an article about Nancy Thompson by Barbara Burney, no date.

Carbon copy typed benediction on the occasion of the funeral of Pleasant Porter, 4 Sept 1907, 1p.

"History of Tullahassee and Cent'l Year. The first step in giving a true history of the Tullahassee Me. L. Boarding School among the Creeks under the charge of the Presb. Board of Foreign Missions must be the mention of the late Hon. Walter Lourie [Lowrie]...." Typescript with handwritten revisions, 10p.

"Presbyterianism and Civil Liberty." Carbon copy typed article, 10p.

"A Journey. The thirtieth of April arrived--the day upon which I expected to bid adieu to my prairie home, and the loved ones there to be absent perhaps for years...."

Carbon copy and typed transcriptions of two essays written from Holyoke, 27 Oct 1849.
  
"A Journey, Continued. On Wednesday night our boat eased with another--the Prairie Bird--during the whole night. There was great excitement among the passengers the ladies sprang from their state rooms...." Handwritten essay, continued, 5p.
 
Carbon copy typed transcription, 4p, 2 copies.

"And I said, What is it Lord? And he said, Let them treat the believers who are sprinkled as brethren...."  Handwritten and signed draft by Sanuel Austin Worcester under the pseudonym, Aliquis, 2p.
 
"Comparison of Jer. 23:5-7, and 33:14-16."  Handwritten draft, 4p; typed transcription of same, 10p.
 
"Copy of a resolution adopted by the Council of the Western Cherokee Nation, (ct 29, 1835."  Handwritten authorization to erect a printing establishment, 1p; typed transcription of same, 2p.
 
"Envy's censure, flattery's praise...." Typed transcription of hymn, dated 4 Jul 1815, 2p.
 
"Song of the Cherokee Cold Water Army of the Olden Time."  Printed lyrics for a song to be sung to the tune of "Yankee Doodle, from the Cherokee Almanac, 1856;"  typed transcription of same, 1p.
 
State of Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles. Photocopied certificate of unconditional pardon of Samuel Austin Worcester and Elihu Butler, 15 Sept 1992.

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Journals

"Journal of Agency at Salem and Vicinity, July 2-13, [1825]."

Handwritten journal entries; incomplete typed transcription by OWH [?], 25p. (Handwritten and signed note by Roger L. Amidon, 10 Jun 1981, suggests there appears to be at least two months entered prior to 30 Aug 1924, and that after consulting a universal calendar, it is possible that 1825 was written instead of 1824.) Includes handwritten note by Alice Robertson pertaining to the journals, 1p.

31 Aug 1824-12 Jan 1825.

21 Jan 1825-18 Apr 1825.

Nov 1825-29 Aug 1830.

Incomplete typed transcription of previous segment, 62p.

"Some History of Missionary Work Among the Cherokees and Creeks." Carbon copy typed draft, 7p; typed transcription of same, 10p.
 
"Oklahoma! In the Fifties."  Handwritten draft, 6p; typed transcription of same, 3p.
 
"Bishop William Capers, pioneer in movements for the evangelization of Red and Black people...." Typed draft with handwritten revisions, 4p.
 
"I was glad to hear what has been said on the old heathen ways that so many of our people still cling to...." Handwritten draft, 1p; typed transcription, 2p.
 
"Under instructions from Secretaries Kendall and Roberts I left New York on the 26th ultimo, reaching Oswego, Kansas on the night of Saturday the 28th...On Monday morning I prepared a contract...." Mimeograph handwritten report, 2p.
 
"A Denominational Garden."  Handwritten transcription of "extracts from Lovey Mary/copied by Kate A. Richardson," 4p.
 
"History of Muskokee education since the close of the war I am today proud of the progress made...."
 
"We are marching on with shield and banner bright...."  Handwritten poem, 1p.
 
"The terrible war which has brought so much sorrow and desolation into our country fell heavily on the different tribes there...." Typed fragment, 1p.
 
"A very interesting episode in the life of Capt. Callahan was when he went to Washington...." Typed fragment, 1p.

"As an editorial introduction to a list of fifty questions a part of which I copy, Ida Clyde Clark writes...." Typed with handwritten revisions, 1p.
 
"First day build their tents & c--- 2nd day the women cook the sofkee & the men bring wood to the camps...."  Handwritten account, 2p; typed transcription of same, 2p.

Handwritten reference/research notes in reference to Henry Kendall College, Alice Robertson, the meaning of the name "Sawokla," etc., 10p.
 
Miscellaneous fragments, 26 pieces.