University of Oklahoma Libraries
Western History Collections
CHEYENNE AND ARAPAHO MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
Black, Albert Hamilton (1936- )
Manuscript 1492-1985
1 item
Tribal historian. A typewritten manuscript (ca. 1985) by Black entitled
"Ceremony of the Earth People," and regarding the history and
religious ceremonies of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians from the time of first
contact with Europeans to the 1980s. The author details the procedures and
appropriate time of each ceremony.
View the Albert Hamilton Black Collection Inventory
Camp Supply Collection
Letterbook 1869-1878
1 item
Military post. A letterbook (1869-1878) containing copies of letters
sent; lists of names of captured Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians; data relating to
their provisioning and outfitting; and reports on hostile bands kept by the
commissary supply officer at Camp Supply, Indian Territory, which was
established in 1868 as a base for operations against the plains Indian tribes.
View the Camp Supply Collection Inventory
Covington, J. A.
Diaries 1863-1900
.10 feet
Government employee. Photocopies of diaries (1863-1900) kept by Covington
and describing his work at the Cheyenne-Arapaho Indian Agency and his travels
to Alaska during the Klondike gold rush.
View the J. A. Covington Collection Inventory
Dill, C. A.
Typescript 1868-1869
1 item
Collector. A typescript of the journal (1868-1869) of Lt. P. V. Hardman,
an officer on Gen. George Armstrong Custer's staff, Seventh U.S. Cavalry,
detailing the Battle of the Washita from the Osage scouts' reconnaissance to
the departure of the Cheyenne prisoners for Fort Supply, Indian Territory.
View the C. A. Dill Collection Inventory
Henderson, Arnold G.
Papers 1965-1970
11 feet
Professor. Source materials (1965-1970), including correspondence, research notes, interview forms, survey forms, and reports accumulated in compiling housing surveys and environmental studies of various Indian tribes, with an emphasis on the Cheyenne and Arapaho.
Moore, John H. (1939- )
Papers 1880-1985
16 feet
Professor. Photocopies of field notes (1933) compiled by Fred Eggan during his studies of Cheyenne and Arapaho Indian kinship, bands, societies, marriage, genealogy, ceremonies, child care, and social customs; U.S. census coding sheets (1880, 1900); Cheyenne and Arapaho Indian censuses (1888-1977); computer printouts showing Cheyenne-Arapaho allotments, census data, and kinship analyses (n.d.); printed materials and copies of records (1867-1982) relating to Northern Cheyenne Indians; printed material and copies of records (1864-1981) relating to Sand Creek Cheyenne Indians; copies of Cheyenne Indian probate records (1920s); and grant-related records (1975-1985).