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Image Title Creator Culture Accession # Materials/Techniques
Treaty stipulations covering cessation of hostilities between the U. S. and Confederate Cherokees Chief John Ross, Stand Watie American 4026.314 ink on paper
Letter from James Orr to his parents-in-law, Jonah and Sarah Washburn Jonah Washburn, Sarah Washburn, James Orr American 3826.1934 ink on paper
Certified copy of certificate of Cherokee citizenship No. 114 issue to John Swain John W. Swain Native American, Cherokee 5126.814 ink and pencil on paper
Letter from Robert L. Owen, U.S. Senate to Rebecca M. Swain Rebecca McNair Swain American 3827.6568 ink on paper
Letter from James Orr to his sister-in-law Lavinia Washburn James Orr, Lavinia Washburn American 3826.1935 ink on paper
Certified copy of Act of Cherokee National Council to dissolve marriage between T.W. Lindsay and Susan R. Lindsay Native American, Cherokee 5126.815 ink on paper
Agreement between John Swain and J.M. Pipes assigning mineral license rights John W. Swain Native American, Cherokee 5126.819 ink on paper
Letter from M.W. Orr to her parents, Jonah and Sarah Washburn Sarah Washburn, Minerva Washburn Orr, Jonah Washburn, James Orr American 3826.1936 ink on paper
Bill of sale of lots in Vinita from C.N. Austin and Eliza Tucker to John Swain Eliza Tucker, John W. Swain Native American, Cherokee 5126.816 ink on paper
Copy of Cherokee Mineral Law certified by Robert T. Hawks Native American, Cherokee 5126.817 ink on paper
D'apres Nature Francis S. Belton, John Howard Payne American 13.1269 pencil on paper
Letter from James and Minerva Orr to Miss Lavinia Washburn James Orr, Minerva Washburn Orr, Lavinia Washburn American 3826.1937 ink on paper
License to prospect for coal and oil issued by Robert B. Ross to John Swain John W. Swain Native American, Cherokee 5126.818 ink on paper
Letter from Principal Chief D. W. Bushyhead to R. M. Swain and K. S. Blythe Dennis Wolf Bushyhead, Rebecca McNair Swain Native American; Cherokee 3826.6566-.2 ink on paper
Letter from James and Minerva Orr to Lavinia Washburn, a letter from Minerva W. Orr to Lydia Washburn, and a letter from James Orr to Lydia Washburn Lavinia Washburn, Minerva Washburn Orr, Lydia Washburn, James Orr American 3826.1938 ink on paper
Bill of sale by W. E. and Sarah E. Foster to Mollie Shelton, assigned to R. M. Swain Rebecca McNair Swain Native American, Cherokee 5126.820 ink on paper
Letter from S.A. Worcester and a note from Elias Boudinot to James Orr Samuel Austin Worcester, Elias Boudinot, James Orr American, Native American; Cherokee 3826.1939 ink on paper
Two letters, one from T.M. Bissell and one from James Orr both to Lydia Washburn James Orr, Lydia Washburn American 3826.1940 ink on paper
Envelope with the notation 'Made out blank for Widow's Pension today" Native American, Cherokee 3827.6567-.1 ink on paper
Newspaper clippings from The Christian Science Monitor entitled 'A Cherokee Chronicle, Part I' Samuel Austin Worcester Native American; Cherokee 4127.200 ink on paper