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Western
History Collections
Rogers-Neill
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1.
Abstracts. Land in and around McAlester, Oklahoma. Six dated: 1908, 1910,
1910, 1915, 1923, and 1935. Receipts
and correspondence.
2.
Banking (1895-1932). Checks- 1895, 1898.
Deposit receipts, 1898-1904. Fee
check, Gypsy Oil Company, 1916. Check
stubs, 1932.
3.
Bills, Purchase Orders and
Store Inventories (1888-1932).
Inventories, Choctaw Trading Company, 1890. Purchase Orders, Choctaw Coal and Railway Company,
1890-1894. Bills to Choctaw Coal and
Railway Company, 1890-1897. Bill to
Fritz Sittel, 1888-1932. Miscellaneous,
1888-1897.
4.
Bills of Sale and Releases
(1874-1902).
Land (1874-1902)
Livestock (1888-1894)
Miscellaneous (1888-1890)
Releases: land, oil and gas leases (1891, 1892,
1916, and 1919)
5. Claims, Contracts and Agreements
(1888-1920)
Mineral Claims (1889-1894)
Damage
Claim, M.K. & T. (1890)
Contracts
and Agreements. re: land; oil and gas; coal; Choctaw Coal and
Railway
Co.; and miscellaneous.
6. Correspondence
(A-C) (1865-1902). Including some
correspondence from Tams Bixby; Edwin Chadick; and Benjamin Smallwood.
7. Correspondence
(D-Q) (1889-1923). Including some
correspondence from Green McCurtain; and Robert L. Owen.
8. Correspondence (R-Z)
(1882-1936).
9. Correspondence (Moritz
Lippman) (1895-1896). re: the founding of the
Choctaw Coal and Railway Company.
10. Correspondence
(Pitchlynn family) (1881-1889). Includes correspondence from Peter Perkins
Pitchlynn; Capt. Wm. B. Pitchlynn; and other members of the Pitchlynn family.
11. Court Documents (1882-1901).
A) Affidavits:
1. Fritz Sittel, to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian
Affairs (c. 1889).
2. Islin
Watson, written in Choctaw (1882).
B) Briefs
(printed):
1. Fritz Sittel vs. The Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad
Company, et al, (1895).
2. Edward
Sittel vs. Allen Wright (1901).
C) Briefs
and Documents (handwritten):
1. Guardianship of the minor children of Capt. Wm. B. Pitchlynn
(1891).
2. Trouth
vs. Sittel (1894).
3. Sittel
vs. Johnson (1891).
4. Sittel
vs. J.J. McAlester (1894).
5. Edward
Sittel vs. Fritz Sittel, et al. (1895).
D) Miscellaneous
Documents (handwritten) (1890).
E) Naturalization
Papers of Fritz Sittel (1890).
12. Deeds, Lease, Mortgages and Promissory
Notes (1890-1935).
Deeds (1902-1922)
Lease (1901)
Mortgages: releases (1919-1925)
Correspondence (1891-1935)
Payment Receipts (1915-1922)
Promissory Notes (1890-1916)
Blank mortgage and promissory note forms
13. Insurance, License and Permits
(1883-1935).
A) Correspondence
(1932-1935).
B) License to marry Melvina Pitchlynn, and application for
license (1883).
C) Permits:
1. Farm:
a. Edward
Sittel, 1898.
b. John
Staler, 1894.
c. Sam
Armstrong, 1898.
d. J.
Ruff, 1894.
e. J.
Ruff, 1896.
2) Labor:
a. Edward
Sittel, 1893.
b. One
Green, 1886.
3) Occupation:
a. John
Tomlinson, 1897.
b. Jessie
Gran, 1888.
c. Clint
Gallahen, 1889.
d. G.W.
Robinson, 1897.
14. Ledger and Account Books (nine items)
15. Miscellaneous General (1872-1943).
Clippings, 1922-1943.
Business cards
Advertisements, c. 1891.
Blank order and mineral claim forms
Prescriptions and home remedies, 1894.
Miscellaneous notes.
List of the birth dates of the children and wife of
Sittel, 1903.
Program:
Everyman's Bible Class Rally, 1926.
Luggage tag.
Order of payment to Capt. Washington for jury duty
time, 1872.
Sketch of house floor plan
Government documents: The Creek Agreement, 1902 and H.R. 11224, Jurisdiction of Indian
Territory.
16. Miscellaneous Notices and Receipts
(1871-1937).
17. Sittel, William B. (1920-1928). Correspondence
and clippings. re: the death of William
B. Sittel, and insurance settlements.
18. Taxes (1900-1935).
Assessment lists, 1913-1931.
Receipts, 1900-1935.
Correspondence, 1935.
19. Township Plats
(1904-1905). Plats showing land owned by
Sittel and his children in townships:
a. 15N-13E
b. 15N-14E
c. 6N-13E
d. 6N-12E
Correspondence, 1904-1905.
Miscellaneous sketches of property boundaries.
20. United States Deputy Marshal (1890-1922).
Commission as U.S. Deputy Marshal, 1890. (located in Certificates and Diplomas
Collection).
Correspondence, 1891-1922. Commission as Special Deputy Sheriff of Tobucksky County, Indian
Territory, 1900.
Endorsements for Sittel for Pittsburg County
Sheriff.
1.
License
issued to Edward Sittel for the purpose of operating a hotel (Elk House) in
McAlester, Indian Territory; signed by J. F. McCurtain, Principal Chief of the
Choctaw Nation, 1884.
2.
Court
order to Fritz Sittel, 1893.
3.
Beneficiary
certificate of the Grand Legion of Missouri: names Melvina Sittel as
beneficiary of Fritz Sittel; and application, 1888.
4.
Livestock
registration certificate, 1890.
5.
Commission
of Fritz Sittel as U.S. Deputy Marshal, 1890.
6.
Chattel
mortgage and certificate of record, 1891.
7.
Certificate
of third degree membership in the International Order of Odd Fellows, 1892.
8.
Certificate
of membership in the Acme Library and Supply Association, 1893.
9.
Notice
of Choctaw tribal enrollment, 1905.
10.
Insurance
policy: The Ocean Accident and
Guarantee Corporation, Ltd., 1906.
11.
Homestead
patents 21607 and 21762, issued to Jennette Sittel (Choctaw Roll #394); signed
by Green McCurtain and Douglas Johnston, 1907.
12.
Three
mortgages from the Humphrey Investment Company, 1915.
13.
Livestock
registration certificate, 1918.
14.
Three
insurance policies: Niagara Fire Insurance Company, 1932.
15.
Newspaper: McAlester, News-Capital; pp. 3-6; Article: "Origin of City of McAlester
is credited to Fritz Sittel.", 1933.
16.
Miscellaneous
newspaper clippings, no dates.
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