1998.028. Creek Indian Tribal Towns Collection, 1929-1957

Item 1. Undated. Typewritten list of forty-seven Creek towns. Origin of list not noted but probably copied from 98.28.8. 1 page. 8.50 x 11 inches. Condition: Good.

Item 2. Undated. Carbon copy of above typewritten list of forty-seven Creek towns. 1 page. 8.50 x 11 inches. Condition: Fair, onionskin paper.

Item 3. Undated. Carbon copy of above typewritten list of forty-seven Creek towns. 1 page. 8.50 x 11 inches. Condition: Fair, onionskin paper.

Item 4. Undated. Carbon copy of above typewritten list of forty-seven Creek towns. 1 page. 8.50 x 11 inches. Condition: Good.

Item 5. Undated. Carbon copy of typewritten list of forty-eight Creek towns. Origin of list not stated. 1 page. 8.50 x 11 inches. Condition: Fair, blurred.

Item 6. Undated. Typewritten manuscript, Sodom, Indian Territory by Carolyn Thomas Foreman. Describes location; gives names of teachers for Sodom school beginning in 1875; the investigation of Col. Ethan Allen Hitchcock; quotes testimony given by several Creek Indians and other individuals. Some individuals mentioned are Benjamin Marshall, Capt. James R. Stephenson, Samuel Smith, Necose Yohola, Alexander Berryhill, Little Sims, Cussena Barnett, Samuel Mackey, Lewis and Ellen (Winslett) Perryman, Matthew Arbuckle, Lucius B. Northrup, Greene L. Erwin, G. M. Swanson, D.N. and William McIntosh, Ben Sancho/Sango, William E. Richards, Cuffy Drew, M. F. Williams, Lila Harrison, David and Abram Grayson, J. M. Rentie and Edith Hicks. 9 pages. 8.50 x 11 inches. Condition: Good.

Item 7. Undated. Hand drawn map of Muskogee. Note at bottom right says This info given to Rella Looney by Bill Porter, grandson of Pleasant Porter. Data on both sides. 1 page. 8.50 x 11 inches. Condition: Fair, some discoloration.

Item 8. 12 Mar 1929. ADS. Towns of the Creeks. List of forty-seven towns given by C. H. Drew, Creek Indian Attorney of Wewoka, Oklahoma. 1 page. 8.50 x 14 inches. Condition: Good.

Item 9. 13 June 1932. ALS. Letter (typewritten) from S. W. Beyer, Assistant, on American Anthropologist letterhead to Dr. Ohland Morton, Eastern Oklahoma College, Wilburton, Oklahoma. Refers to Dr. [Robert H.] Lowie [editor] and Mr. [E. W.] Gifford [associate editor] and use of map in connection with paper. 1 page. 8.50 x 11 inches. Condition: Good.

Item 10. Undated, but apparently copy of map of Creek Nation probably referred to in the above letter. Comments on bottom of map, This map is taken from Volume II, Part 2 of Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association entitled, The Creek Indians of Taskigi Town, by Frank G. Speck. Used by permission. 1 page. 9.50 x 11.25 inches. Condition: Good, edges are tattered and stain in upper left corner.

Item 11. Undated, but referred to in Documents 98.28.9, 98.28.12 and 98.28.13. Manuscript (typed), Some Facts Regarding the Creek Towns in Indian Territory, by Ohland Morton, Eastern Oklahoma College, Wilburton, Oklahoma. Mentions previous articles in The Chronicles of Oklahoma; lists Upper Creek, Lower Creek and Hitchiti towns. Some remarks have been lined through and handwritten entries are present. The last page is a list of forty-four towns compiled by Mrs. D. B. Childers of Broken Arrow, who states the Rev. Sam J. Haynes asked her to furnish the names. Haynes was the last presiding officer of the House of Kings and that she was the only woman that ever held the Secretary's position in that office during tribal existence. 8.50 x 11 inches. Condition: Good, some discoloration.

Item 12. 22 May 1934. ALS. Letter (typewritten) from John R. Swanton on Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Washington, D. C. letterhead to Mr. Grant Foreman, Secretary of the Oklahoma Historical Society. Apparently returning the manuscript [98.28.10] with some comments on content of article. 1 page. 8.50 x 11 inches. Condition: Good, portion of upper left corner is missing.

Item 13. 24 May 1934. ALS. Letter (typewritten) from Dan W. Perry, Secretary, Oklahoma Historical Society (on Historical Society letterhead) to Dr. Grant Foreman, 1419 West Okmulgee Ave., Muskogee, Oklahoma. Advising he has just received letter from John Swanton returning the Morton article and suggesting if changes could be made it could be published in the June issue. Mentions George Evans. 1 page. 8.50 x 11 inches. Condition: Good.

Item 14. 27 Dec 1938. Constitution and By-laws of the Thlopthlocco Tribal Town Oklahoma: Ratified December 27, 1938. Booklet printed under the auspices of the United States Department of Interior, Office of Indian Affairs by the U. S. Government Printing Office, 1939. This copy was donated to OHS by Armand E. Gibson, McAlester, OK in September 1957. 5 pages, 5.75 x 9 inches, soft cover. Condition: Good.

Item 15. 27 Dec 1938. Constitution and By-laws of the Thlopthlocco Tribal Town Oklahoma: Ratified December 27, 1938. Copy 2. Booklet printed under the auspices of the United States Department of Interior, Office of Indian Affairs by the U. S. Government Printing Office, 1939. 5 pages, 5.75 x 9 inches, soft cover. Condition: Good.

Item 16. 10 Jan 1939. Constitution and By-laws of the Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town Oklahoma: Ratified January 10, 1939. Booklet printed under the auspices of the United States Department of Interior, Office of Indian Affairs by the U. S. Government Printing Office, 1939. 5 pages, 5.75 x 9 inches, soft cover. Condition: Good.

Item 17. 13 Apr 1939. Corporate Charter of the Thlopthlocco Tribal Town Oklahoma: Ratified April 13, 1939. Booklet printed under the auspices of the United States Department of Interior, Office of Indian Affairs by the U. S. Government Printing Office, 1941. 3 pages, 5.75 x 9 inches, soft cover. Condition: Good.

Item 18. 24 May 1939. Corporate Charter of the Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town Oklahoma: Ratified May 24, 1939. Booklet printed under the auspices of the United States Department of Interior, Office of Indian Affairs by the U. S. Government Printing Office, 1939. 6 pages, 5.75 x 9 inches, soft cover. Condition: Good.

Item 19. 12 June 1941. Constitution and By-laws of the Kialegee Tribal Town Oklahoma: Ratified June 12, 1941. Booklet printed under the auspices of the United States Department of Interior, Office of Indian Affairs by the U. S. Government Printing Office, 1942. 6 pages, 5.75 x 9 inches, soft cover. Condition: Good.

Item 20. 17 Sep 1942. Corporate Charter of the Kialegee Tribal Town Oklahoma: Ratified September 17, 1942. Booklet printed under the auspices of the United States Department of Interior, Office of Indian Affairs by the U. S. Government Printing Office, 1943. 6 pages, 5.75 x 9 inches, soft cover. Condition: Good.

Item 21. 23 Sep 1957. Letter from Armand E. Gibson, 731 South 3rd, McAlester, Oklahoma to Oklahoma Historical Society enclosing booklet [98.28.14] and stating that he was doing research on the tribal town of the Creeks. 1 page. 8.50 x 11 inches. Condition: Good.