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Dr. Anna Lewis, Choctaw Historian |
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A Guide to the Anna Lewis Collection
Finding aid prepared by Kelly Brown
University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma Archives
April 2005
Descriptive Summary |
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Provenance: | Lewis, Anna | |
Title: | Anna Lewis Collection | |
Dates: | 1803 - 2005 | |
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Identification: |
Anna Lewis was a history professor at the Oklahoma College for Women from1917-1956.
Books, journal articles, unpublished manuscripts, photographs, newspaper clippings, lecture notes, and historical documents.
Collection is open for research.
Dr. Lewis's heirs retain copyright to the two books and other items she authored.
[Identification of item], Anna Lewis Collection, Nash Library, University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma, Chickasha, Oklahoma.
Received from Dr. Lewis at an unknown date and from Winnidell Wilson in 2004. Correspondence between the Director of Nash Library regarding Dr. Lewis's writings, papers, photographs, and other material that the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma acquired from Wilson have been added to the Lewis Collection
Series 1Writings - books, journal articles, manuscripts |
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Box 1 | 2 books with related items about each book |
Book - Along the Arkansas |
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Book reviews - Along the Arkansas | |
Research notes for Along the Arkansas | |
Book - Chief Pushmataha: American Patriot | |
Book reviews - Chief Pushmataha: American Patriot | |
Research notes for Chief Pushmataha: American Patriot | |
Dust jacket from Chief Pushmataha: American Patriot | |
Copyright Certificate of Registration for Chief Pushmataha: American Patriot | |
Publication announcement by Exposition Press for Chief Pushmataha: American Patriot | |
Letter from Edward Uhlan, President of Exposition Press, to Anna Lewis, September 19, 1958 | |
News release from Exposition Press announcing signing of contract to write Chief Pushmataha: American Patriot | |
Royalty statement from Exposition Press | |
Invitations to Chief Pushmataha: American Patriot book signing events | |
Letter from Jack Kytle to Anna Lewis, Sept. 6, 1960 | |
Letter from Herbert Bolton to Anna Lewis, June 14, 1934 | |
Box 2 | Publications by Anna Lewis |
"History of the Cattle Industry in Oklahoma, 1866-1893" Master of Arts Thesis, University of California, 1915 | |
"Problems in Oklahoma History: A Workbook for High School Students", 1931 | |
"Syllabus of Lectures, History I" [n.d.] | |
Box 3 | Journal articles and other publications with related items |
"French Interests and Activities in Oklahoma", The Chronicles of Oklahoma v. 2(3), September 1924 | |
"La Harpe’s First Expedition into Oklahoma", The Chronicles of Oklahoma v. 2(4), December 1924 | |
"Oklahoma as a Part of the Spanish Dominion, 1763-1803", The Chronicles of Oklahoma v. 3(1), April 1925 | |
"Du Tisne’s Expedition into Oklahoma, 1719", The Chronicles of Oklahoma v. 3(4), December 1925 | |
"Camp Napoleon", The Chronicles of Oklahoma v. 9(4), December 1931 | |
"Fort Panmure, 1779, As Related by Juan Delavillebeuvre to Barnardo de Galvez", Mississippi Valley Historical Review, Vol. 18, No. 4, March 1932 | |
"Jane McCurtain", The Chronicles of Oklahoma v. 11(4), December 1933 | |
"Fort Charles III, Arkansas Reports for the Year 1783", Mississippi Valley Historical Review, Vol. 20, No. 4, March 1934 | |
"Trading Post at the Crossing of the Chickasaw Trails", The Chronicles of Oklahoma v. 12(4), December 1934 | |
"Nunih Waiya", The Chronicles of Oklahoma v. 16(2), June 1938 | |
"Letters Regarding Choctaw Missions and Missionaries", The Chronicles of Oklahoma v. 17(3), September 1939 | |
"Diary of a Missionary to the Choctaws", The Chronicles of Oklahoma v. 17(4), December 1939 | |
"The Oklahoma College for Women", The Chronicles of Oklahoma v. 27(2), Summer 1949 | |
Reviews (6) of books from The Mississippi Valley Historical Review , 1934-1955 | |
Letter from R. V. Coleman to Anna Lewis, re contributions to Dictionary of American History | |
Letter from Herbert Bolton to Anna Lewis, January 28, 1925 | |
Box 4 | Manuscripts for lectures and addresses |
The Struggle for Equality Between the Sexes | |
The Founding and Purpose of the American Association of University Women | |
The Teaching of History | |
Women's Rights and Suffrage | |
The Most Important Task of Americans | |
The History of Indians and the Impact of White Civilization | |
How Can We Best Defend Democracy in Our Town, Community, etc. | |
Literature for Living | |
The Southern Part of the United States: An Analysis | |
John Ross, Cherokee Chief | |
The United Nations After Ten Years | |
The Russian Revolution | |
The Role of Communist USSR in the World in Relation to U. S. Policy | |
The History of the Land and People of China Before Communism | |
The Future of the United Nations | |
Oklahoma Women Pioneers | |
Roads to Peace | |
We Thought We Had Reached a Solution to War | |
Senior Day on Campus: Women in a Democracy | |
Farewell to Graduating Seniors | |
The Soong Family of China | |
What Must We Believe About World Peace | |
On Education | |
What I Remember as Worthwhile for the Files of OCW | |
Origin of the Creeks | |
Peter Hudson, Superintendent of Tuskahoma Female Academy | |
Miscellaneous pages from other lectures, possibly fugitive, mostly illegible |
Series 2
Box 1 | Books, pamphlets, and ephemera |
"The Last Run, Kay County, Oklahoma, 1893" (contributed by Juliette McNeese) | |
"The When How Why of Oklahoma to Accompany Geo. Rainey's Historical Map of 1939" | |
"Life in Oklahoma: Pictorial Soonerland", October 1939 | |
"The Cattleman", volume 22(10), March 1936 | |
"Speech of Former Governor Henry S. Johnston of Perry, Oklahoma Before the Chicago Democratic National Convention, Nominating William H. Murray for President of the United States" | |
"Wood and Water: Twin Problems of the Prairie Plains" by Edward Everett Dale, reprinted from Nebraska History, volume 29(2), June 1948 | |
"Pioneers in Sackcloth" by Carlos E. Castañeda, reprinted from The Catholic Historical Review, volume 25(3), October 1939 | |
"Guthrie: Oklahoma's First Capital" by Gerald Forbes | |
"Unto These Hills", program for 1953 Season of the outdoor drama of the Cherokee Indian | |
"Exhibition of Models for a Monument to the Pioneer Woman" | |
"The Boomer" 1908 annual for University Preparatory School, Tonkawa, Oklahoma | |
"History of the Oklahoma Historical Society" by Thos. H. Doyle | |
Oklahoma Historical Society Annual Meeting Programs, 1936 and 1939 | |
Governor J. C. (Jack) Walton Inauguration and World's Greatest Barbecue Souvenir Program, January 9, 1923 | |
"The Frontier Literary Society" by Edward Everett Dale, reprinted from Nebraska History, volume 31(3), September 1950 | |
"Historia" Quarterly by W. Campbell, in charge of the Oklahoma Historical Society, Whole Number 45, April 1, 1922 | |
Oklahoma Memorial Association, program, November 16, 1937 | |
"Oklahoma Indian School Magazine" Jones Academy Edition, volume 1(5), October 1932 | |
"Oklahoma Indian School Magazine", volume 1(1), March 1932 | |
"A Camera Trip Through Fort Sill" [n.d.] | |
"Historic Sites in Anadarko and Caddo County, Oklahoma, Tour by the Oklahoma Historical Society, April 1937 | |
Choctaw Educational Iksa, annual meeting programs 1939, 1940, 1941 | |
"Oklahoma Emblems and Historic Places", March 25, 1937 | |
"The Home Folks Fortieth Anniversary", booklet for Oklahoma City Federal Savings & Loan, ca. 1938 | |
"Princess Atalie", extract from The Young Music Lover, volume 1(2), December 1931 | |
"Oklahoma Indian School Magazine", Creek Edition, volume 2(5), May 1933 | |
"Pushmataha's Proof Sheet", volume 1(1), July 1933 | |
"History of Apache, Oklahoma" by Geo. Levite | |
"The Coming of the Caddos" by Joseph B. Thoburn, extract from Sturm's Oklahoma Magazine | |
"Life and Adventures of Calamity Jane" by Herself | |
"An Indian Legend of the Flood", "A Pioneer Field", "Sheets of Bread", and "The Indian's Artistic Instinct and His Right to Express It" in a publication of the Boards of Home Missions [n.d.] | |
"Chickasha: Official Publication of the Chickasha Chamber of Commerce", October 1931 | |
"Felix Holt, the Radical" by George Eliot, 1911 |
Series 3
Box 1 | Student papers |
"Early History of Chickasha" by Lucille Gibson | |
"Indian Schools" by Mrs. J. J. Methvin (told to Mamie Spradlin?) | |
"History of Grady County", author unknown | |
"Davis, Oklahoma", author unknown | |
"Lawton", author unknown | |
"History of Mangum and Greer Country" by Helen Foster | |
"Interview With an Apache Indian, Jason Betzinez" by Rachel Vinyard | |
"Interview With John Choteau" by Ada Brooks | |
"Origin of the Apaches" by Ruby Holden | |
"Chief Stumbling Bear of the Kiowas" by Jimmie Sue Hess | |
"Quanah Parker, Comanche Chief" by Kathryn Fink, January 19, 1934 | |
"Some of the Early History of Grady County" by Louise Pound, January 9, 1931 | |
"Tulsa: From Its Founding to Oklahoma Statehood" by Mildred Jacobs | |
"Ragtown: Early Incidents in Chickasha" by Elizabeth Ann Harper, May 25, 1949 | |
"Southwest Oklahoma's Early Development" as told by John Stanley to Hazel Little | |
"Life in the Early White Settlements in the Indian Territory" as told by Mrs. Joe Dews to Genevieve Bell, January 21, 1931 | |
"Chickasha and Grady County" by Jeanne Carmichael | |
"Early History of Grady County and Chickasha" by Lucille Rose | |
"The History of Chickasha and Grady County" as told by "an old cattle man" to Ernestine Haley | |
"Early History of Chickasha" by Betty Jo Kennedy | |
"Early Days in Chickasha" by Geneva Smith | |
"Early History of Chickasha" by Frances Price | |
"A Brief History of Garvin County With Special Emphasis on Pauls Valley, the County Seat and Paoli, My Home Town" by Vera Mae Walden | |
"The Greer County Dispute" by Doris Rudolph, January 14, 1935 | |
"Navajoe, a Pioneer Settlement in Jackson County" by Davilla Bright | |
"Kingfisher" by Olive Maye Werner | |
"The History of Cyril" by Vera Mae Bynum | |
"Binger" by Zola Holmes | |
"Anadarko and the Indians" by Florence Armstrong | |
"History [of Clinton] by Mozelle Welch | |
"The Founder of Bray, Oklahoma" by Jimmie Floyd | |
"History of the Town of Bennington" by Gertrude Hale, May 16, 1930 | |
"History of Altus" by Tommie Henry | |
"Fort Gibson" by Dorothy Wells | |
"Mulhall Oklahoma" at told by Mr. E. L. Mills to Mina McDonald | |
"History of Marlow" by Julia Evans | |
"History of Oklahoma City" by Barbara Leverich | |
"The Site of Olustee" by Mildred Mitchell | |
"Olustee" by Marguerite Monk | |
"History of the Pauls Valley Enterprise" by Marie McWhirter | |
"Pauls Valley" by Marva Sult | |
"Early History of Tahlequah" by Margaret Jane Patton, May 16, 1930 | |
"Town of Washington" as written by Mrs. Daisy Turner's daughter and mailed to Wanda Wynn | |
"St. Agnes Mission School for Choctaw Boys and Girls", author unknown |
Series 4
Box 1 | Historical Documents |
Bills of sale for negro boy and girl, September 26, 1835 | |
Appointment naming Cuthbert Banks as notary for Montgomery County, Kentucky, February 4, 1818 | |
"Marriage" announcement for Indian T. to Mr. O. K. Lahoma, March 6, 1906 | |
Letter to Charles E. Adams from unknown sender, February 15, 1890 | |
Notice of blank forms enclosure, Department of Interior, Office of Indian Affairs, May 27, 1878 | |
Account ledger (Agent Richards and L. Spooner), October 1, 1875 - November 1876 | |
Letter (likely a transcription) from H[enchy]. B. Sheriff to Malinda Sheriff, June 19, 1850 | |
Letter (likely a transcription) to William H. Thomas from C. G. Thomas, April 29, 1865 | |
Letter (likely a transcription) from Micajah Phelps to his daughter, April 15, 1839 | |
Letter of administration to Emanuel Coryell from William Woodruff, April 15, 1803 | |
Letter (typed transcription) from Albert Pike to Secretary of the Interior, July 12, 1882 | |
Schedule of Articles (contract) between Edward P. Smith, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and J. W. L. Slavens, May 24, 1875 | |
Letter from Belk, Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs to Geo. D. Day, February 20, 1893 | |
Letter from Frank C. Armstrong, Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs to Capt. H[ugh] G. Brown, November 16, 1893 | |
Letter from D[aniel] M. Browning, Commissioner of Indian Affairs to Capt. H[ugh] G. Brown, November 27, 1893 | |
Schedule of Articles (contract) between Edward P. Smith, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and James M. Piper, August 5, 1874 | |
Letter from D[aniel]. M. Browning, Commissioner of Indian Affairs to Capt. H[ugh] G. Brown, December 18, 1893 | |
Letter from Frank C. Armstrong, Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs to Capt. H[ugh] G. Brown, December 1, 1893 | |
Letter from Simpson and Smedley, lawyers, to Charles E. Adams, August 19, 1891 | |
Letter from Belk, Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs to Geo. D. Day, January 23, 1893 | |
Letter from Frank C. Armstrong, Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs to Capt. H[ugh] G. Brown, November 4, 1893 | |
Letter from Belk, Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs to Geo. D. Day, March 9, 1893 | |
Letter from D[aniel]. M. Browning, Commissioner of Indian Affairs to George D. Day, May 4, 1893 | |
Letter from W. N. Hailman to Lieut. Maury Nichols, September 14, 1894 | |
List of Annuities for Kiowa and Comanche, 1875 | |
Letter from J. W. Hadden to Maj. George D. Day, January 23, 1893 | |
Letter from S. R. Whitall to Col. P. B. Hunt, September 21, 1878 | |
Letter from Frank C. Armstrong, Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs, to Geo. D. Day, August 25, 1893 | |
Treasury Department circular, June 20, 1863, sent from Dennis Cooley to Milo Gookins | |
Letter (copy) from H. R. Clum to Enoch Hoag, July 23, 1873 | |
Schedule of Articles (contract) between Edward P. Smith, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and H. O. Armour, Philip D. Armour, and John Plankinton, May 1, 1873 | |
Schedule of Articles (contract) between Edward P. Smith, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and Edward Fenlon, May 15, 1873 | |
Letter from Henry E. Alvord to Lawrie Tatum, November 14, 1872 | |
Letter (transcribed copy) from Edward P. Smith, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, to Enoch Hoag, January 5, 1874 | |
Letter from Enoch Hoag to J. M. Haworth, January 9, 1874 | |
Letter from James W. Jones, Marshal, to Jonathan Richards, July 14, 1875 | |
Letter from Wentz C. Miller to Jonathan Richards, November 11, 1875 | |
Letter (likely a transcription) from Thomas Wood to Mrs. E. A. Wood, April 9, 1862 | |
Letter from Andrew Jackson to Capt. C[uthbert] Banks, June 18, 1810 | |
Letter (excerpt) from Sheriff J. T. Conn to unknown | |
Transcriptions of Indian agency correspondence (34 items) | |
Letter from Jonathan Richards to Enoch Hoag, January 8, 1872 | |
Letter (transcribed copy) from Richard Henry Pratt to Commissioner of Indian Affairs, March 6, 1877 | |
Letter (transcribed copy) from Richard Henry Pratt to Adjutant General of the Army, February 20, 1887 | |
Letter (copy extract) from Richard Henry Pratt to J. W. Forsyth | |
Letter (typed transcription) from John H. Singleton to his mother, February 6, 1847 | |
Memorial Day Proclamation, May 30th, 1900 | |
Manuscript - Handwritten April Fool and envelope | |
S. 3165, 71st Congress, 2d Session, May 26, 1930 (An act conferring jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims to hear, consider, and report upon a claim of Choctaw and Chickasaw Indian Nations or Tribes for fair and just compensation for the remainder of the Leased District lands. | |
Newspaper clipping [n.d.] describing an article in the Walton's Daily (Montpelier, VT) Journal about the confiscation of General Richard Taylor's plantation in Louisiana | |
Newspaper clipping (not wallpaper edition), July 2, 1863, from Vicksburg Daily Citizen | |
Newspaper clipping [1898?] "An Appalling Silence: When Niagara Falls Ran Dry Just Fifty Years Ago" | |
"Receipt" for traveling the public road, signed by Quanah Parker, authenticity unverified | |
Box 2 | Miscellaneous Manuscripts |
"Education in the Indian Country Prior to 1890", author unknown, likely Anna Lewis | |
"Choctaw Schools", author unknown, likely Anna Lewis | |
"The Ribbon Dance of the Creeks" as told by Harriette Westbrook of Okmulgee, author unknown, likely Anna Lewis | |
"Quanah Parker", author unknown, likely Anna Lewis | |
"Choctaw Schools: 1901-1907", author unknown, likely Anna Lewis | |
"The Jones Academy" based on information from Houston Nelson, author unknown, likely Anna Lewis | |
"Anna Elizabeth Stewart Crouch" by Mary Bailey (?) based on letter (included) from Anna Crouch | |
"A Record of Research Made in an Effort to Establish the Identity of Julia Leflore Roan" by Bernice Hesler (includes related correspondence) | |
"Apache Ceremonies and Traditions", author unknown, likely Anna Lewis | |
"Geronimo", author unknown, likely Anna Lewis | |
"Geronimo", author unknown, likely Anna Lewis (different version from above) | |
"Geronimo", author unknown, likely Anna Lewis (different version from above) | |
"Pushmataha", author unknown, likely Anna Lewis | |
"Fred, or the Trading Post at the Crossing of the Chickasaw Trails", author unknown, likely Anna Lewis | |
"Early History of Shawnee ("Sewan"-south)", author unknown, likely Anna Lewis | |
"Early History of Rush Springs", author unknown, likely Anna Lewis | |
"The Settling of Newkirk and How It Got Its Name", author unknown, likely Anna Lewis | |
"Early Mangum", author unknown, likely Anna Lewis | |
"Quanah Parker", author unknown, likely Anna Lewis | |
"The Literature of the Cattle Period", author unknown, likely Anna Lewis | |
"Chief Opothleyahola", author unknown, likely Anna Lewis | |
"Harry Shirley", author unknown, likely Anna Lewis | |
"Black Beaver", author unknown, likely Anna Lewis | |
"Naming Blaine County" by Geo. Rainey | |
"The Ranches of Grady County in the Last of the Nineteenth Century as Told to Me by George Petty", author unknown, likely Anna Lewis | |
"Early History of Tulsa", author unknown, likely Anna Lewis | |
"Kiowa Legend of the Seven Sisters", author unknown, likely Anna Lewis | |
"Grady County" by Anna Lewis | |
"Jane McCurtain", author unknown, likely Anna Lewis | |
"Sitting Bull or Tatanka Yohanka", author unknown, likely Anna Lewis | |
"Funeral of Millie Durgan | |
"Reminiscences of Anna Fait" | |
Box 3 | Historical Photographs |
Big Tree (Kiowa) | |
Chief Little Man | |
Charley Chaddleconkey and family (Kiowa) | |
Cruis and family (Comanche) | |
Edna Lightfoot (Pawnee) | |
War Dance | |
Jack McCurtain (Choctaw) | |
Kiowa squaws | |
Collage of photos of Indians | |
Kiowa squaw and papoose | |
Kiowa family | |
Mammedaty | |
Lone Wolf, Geronimo, and two unidentified men | |
Chief Bill Goodsell and unidentified woman | |
Wah-Shun-Gah (Kaw) | |
Satanta (Kiowa) | |
White Sheel (Kiowa) | |
Wichita grass hut | |
War dance (Comanche) | |
Chisholm Trail | |
Chisholm Trail (different view) | |
Chisholm Trail near Alex highway | |
Chisholm Trail as it goes over hill to Washita River | |
Postmaster's home at town of Fred | |
Graveyard at town of Fred | |
Military road from Atoka to Wichita Agency | |
Craterville Park Covenant | |
Largest tree in Oklahoma | |
Fort Sill, OK around 1918 | |
Unknown monument | |
Monument to first white settlement in Oklahoma | |
Tintype of two violin players | |
Quanah Parker's home | |
Burial place of Quanah Parker | |
Postcard of Buffalo Bill Cody | |
Henry Starr | |
Harmon house | |
Moran house | |
Charles Alston Cook |
Series 5
Newspaper Clippings
Box 1 | Newspaper clippings about Anna Lewis' presentations and activities |
"Romance in Oklahoma History" presented to Wednesday Assembly | |
"The Appreciation of American Ideals" presented to Lawton B&PW, October 1941 | |
"The Oklahoma Historical Society - Its History and Activity" presented to Chi Beta Delphian Study Club | |
OCW History faculty invited to DeGolyer dinner | |
"Relationship Between European Nations" presented to Chickasha Kiwanis Club | |
"Education in the US and USSR" presented to Pushmataha Hospital Auxiliary | |
Talk to OCW Faculty Forum | |
"North American Indian" presented to DAR meeting | |
Announcement of Anna Lewis' inclusion in Who's Who | |
"Know Your Oklahoma Women Who Have Made Your State" presented to Fortnightly Study Club, Ada, OK April 1953 | |
"Defense of American Ideals" presented to AAUW Chapter, Enid, OK | |
Announcement of Anna Lewis named as a director of National Hall of Fame for Famous Indians | |
Announcement of Anna Lewis' entry on "Shawnee" in the 1961 Encyclopedia Brittanica | |
Announcement of establishment of International Relations Club at OCW | |
Announcement of Anna Lewis' roles in the 1952 annual meeting of the Oklahoma Association of College History Professors | |
Announcement of Anna Lewis' trip to Washington, DC | |
Announcement of Anna Lewis' induction into Oklahoma Hall of Fame | |
Announcement of Anna Lewis awarded Alpha Phi Alumnae award for professional achievement | |
Announcement of Anna Lewis awarded "Outstanding Faculty" (1953) | |
"International Relations" presented to Owl Club, Duncan, OK, February, 1938 | |
Announcement of field trip to Anadarko, April 17, 1955 | |
Article about Anna Lewis using a cane | |
Announcement of Anna Lewis' role in 1946 Girls State convention | |
Article about Anna Lewis' chicken mustard jar collection | |
"Renewal of American Principles and Ideals" presented to Chickasha Kiwanis Club | |
"The United Nations" presented to the City Federation, Chickasha, OK | |
Announcement of Anna Lewis' role in state B&PW convention | |
Announcement of review of Inside Asia by John Gunther presented by Anna Lewis to Lion's Club | |
"Indian Women and Their Part in Early Oklahoma History" presented to Ohyohma Club of McAlester, OK | |
Announcement of Anna Lewis as principal speaker at American Legion Auxiliary | |
"Seventh Anniversary of the United Nations and Its Purpose" presented to Chickasha B&PW Club | |
News coverage of historians tour of Oklahoma, June 1953 | |
"Indian Relics and Early Pictures Contained in the College Museum" | |
"Silver Medal Dated 1817 Found in State" | |
"How Firm a Foundation" |
Series 6
Biographical and Family Related Items
Series 7
Miscellaneous
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