Indians of North America--Government relations
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
Reading Wood Black papers
Papers of Black include correspondence, diaries, business papers, legal papers, obituaries, and photographs of Black and his family, as well as correspondence between Mary Wills and Jane Black after Black’s murder.
S. A. Blain papers
Letters tell of Indian disturbances and warn that Indian trails are leading south.
Charles Grandison Bryant papers
Photocopied manuscripts and a typescript comprise the Charles Grandison Bryant Papers, 1842-1867, 1941, which relate to Bryant’s business and army activities, the service of his son Andrew Jackson Bryant in the Texas Navy, and his family.
Don A. Chamberlin papers
Edward Earle papers
Comprised of correspondence to his wife, the Edward Earle Papers, 1870-1871, document his experiences through Kansas and the Indian Territory and describes pioneer life, Quaker meetings, and Indian affairs.
C. L. Greenwood collection
Typed excerpts of publications and manuscripts compose the C. L. Greenwood Collection, 1835-1884, documenting Greenwood's research on conflicts between Texas settlers and Native Americans in the 19th century.
Rebecca McIntosh Hawkins Hagerty papers
Papers relating to the extended family of Rebecca McIntosh Hawkins Hagerty, a member of the Creek tribe who was also the only woman in Texas in 1860 who enslaved more than 100 people. Materials primarily include financial and legal documents, correspondence, and a newspaper clipping.
Sam Houston Hearne collection
Collection of Sam Houston Hearne, great-grandson of Sam Houston, consists primarily of Houston family correspondence, letters sent and received by Houston during and directly after the Texas Revolution and during his Texas presidency, and correspondence between Houston and Guy M. Bryan concerning Stephen F. Austin.
Sam Houston papers
Papers document the life of Sam Houston, including military service, as congressman from and governor of Tennessee, as commander-in-chief of the army in the Texas Revolution, as president of the Republic of Texas, as United States senator from and governor of the state of Texas. Many important state and national figures, especially Andrew Jackson, are represented, as well as personal friends and family members.
Power and Hewetson collection
This collection concerns the colonization of Texas, particularly James Power's and James Hewetson's request to their Mexican government for small islands across from their original grant. The documents reflect the concern of the Mexicans over the advance and encroachment of the Anglo-Americans.