Allen Wright Collection

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Allen Wright Collection

Minor Box W-13

1. The Presbyterian Historical Almanac and Annual Remembrances of the Church by Joseph M. Wilson, Volumes five and six. 1863, 1864

2. The Presbyterian Historical Almanac and Annual Remembrances of the Church by Joseph M. Wilson, Volumes seven, nine and ten. 1865, 1867, 1868

3. Presbyterian Church - Oklahoma.

Synod of Oklahoma. Minutes of meeting.

1922 (Oct. 12-16) 15th annual. 3 copies.

1924 (Oct. 17-20) 18th annual.

Minor Box W-14

1. Manuscripts:

· Tali Hekia Church, Blue County, Choctaw Nation. Minutes of session, Sep. 19, 1886 - Sep. 5, 1909. Includes registers of elders, deacons, communicants, infant baptisms, adult baptisms, and deaths.

· Inventory of Governor Allen Wright Library, Old Boggy Depot.

· Presbyterian Sunday School of Wapanucka, Sunday School Record, 1925-26.

2. Government Publications:

· A Manual on School-Houses and Cottages for the People of the South. G.P.O., Washington, D.C., 1868.

· Annual Register of the United States Naval Academy. G.P.O., Washington, D.C., 1884.

· Report of the Secretary of the Interior. G.P.O., Washington, D.C., 1884.

· Bureau of Education. Circulars of Information:

1885 #1 - "City School Systems in the United States"

1883 #2 - "Coeducation of the Sexes in the Public Schools of the United States"

1983 #3 - "Proceedings of the Department of Superintendence of the National Education Association at its Meeting at Washington, Feb. 20-22, 1883"

1884 #2 - "The Teaching, Practice, and Literature of Shorthand"

1882 #2 - AProceedings of the Department of Superintendence of the National Education

Association at its Meeting at Washington, Mar. 21-23, 1882," 2 copies

3. Pamphlets, Fragments:

Pamphlets

· "Letter of Albert Pike to the Choctaw People." 1872, Washington, D.C..

· "Social Bible - Reading 1884."

· "Some Questions and Answers About Christian Giving."

Fragments

· The North American Review

· Home, The School, and The Church of the Presbyterian Education Repository. Volume 7, 1857. 2 copies.

· Comprehensive Quarterly. Volume 12, No. 3, 1896.

Minor Box W-15

1. Wisconsin State Historical Society, Report and Collections. Volume 9, 1882, and Delta Phi Catalog, 1827-1887.

2. Books

· The Select Works of Thomas Chalmers. New York, 1848. Volume 4 of 4 volumes.

· John Angill James, An Earnest Ministry; The Want of the Times. New York, 1851. 4th edition.

· Chickasaw Constitution. 2 copies.

3. Schools

· Union Theological Seminary.

o Dedication of New Buildings. 1885. 2 copies.

o "Semi-Centennial Anniversary of the Connection of Professor Isaac W. Jackson, L.L.D., with the Faculty of Union College." 1876.

· Western Female Seminary, OxFord, Ohio. "Fourth Annual Circular of the Alumni Association." 1884.

· Albany Medical College. "Introductory Address of the Course of 1883-1884." Sep. 11, 1883. 2 copies.

· Central Female College, Lexington, Missouri. "Annual Announcement," session 1886-1887.

Minor Box W-25

1. Message of Allen Wright, Inaugural Address, November 17, 1866, from the Senate Records of the Choctaw Nation. re: legislation, etc.

2. Copy of same speech of Allen Wright, as taken from the original in possession of Miss Muriel Wright.

3. Proclamation of Allen Wright from the Senate Records of the Choctaw Nation, February 15, 1867. Re: ordering out of the Nation lands all white men and freedmen.

4. Message of Allen Wright, October 8, 1867 to the legislature of the Choctaws. Re: a review of affairs, etc.

5. Special message of Wright, November 12, 1867 from the original in the possession of M.H. Wright. Re: education in the Choctaw Nation.

6. Law Regulating Granting Permits by A? Wright from a printed copy in the possession of M.H. Wright. Re: permit to seal in Indian lands by whites, etc., November 20, 1867.

7. Letter of A. Wright to C. Harris, January 21, 1868 from the original in possession of M.H. Wright. Re: hostilities between the Chickasaw and Comanche.

8. Message of Allen Wright, October 8, 1868 from the Senate Records of the Choctaw Nation. Re: State of the Union type message.

9. Letter of Wright to President Grant, March 15, 1869, from the original in the possession of M.H. Wright. Re: the Five Civilized Tribes will try to bring peace with the Plains Indians.

10. Message of A. Wright to the legislature from the original in the possession of M.H. Wright, ca. 1869. Re: legality.

11. Notice of A. Wright from the Vindicator, March 27, 1875. Re: Indian Presbyterian meeting.

12. Letter of A. Wright to editors of Vindicator, from the Vindicator, June 12, 1875. Re: the permit laws.

13. News item on A. Wright from the Vindicator, July 3, 1875. Re: mill of Wright at Old Boggy Depot.

14. Address of A. Wright and Coleman Cole from the Vindicator, July 10, 1875. Re: visiting dignitaries.

15. The International Council from the Vindicator, December 22, 1875. Re: Council of the Five Civilized Tribes.

16. A. Wright Candidate for Principal Chief from the Vindicator, May 24, 1876.

17. Editorial on A. Wright and Burney from the Star-Vindicator, January 20, 1877, announcing the date they will speak.

18. Editorial on Wright from the Star-Vindicator, February 3, 1877. Re: the date of the speech of Wright.

19. Editorial on A. Wright from the Star-Vindicator, February 10, 1877. Re: Wright will not be able to fill appointments from some time.

20. Meeting of the Indian Presbyterian from the Star-Vindicator, May 4, 1878.

21. Speech of A. Wright from the Atoka Independent, July 12, 1878. Re: the relationship of the white and the Indian.

22. Editorial, address and speech on Wright, from the Star-Vindicator, July 13, 1878. Re: remarks on the July 4 speech of Wright at Fort Scott. (3 items)

23. Report of Wright on Public Schools, from the original in the possession of M.H. Wright, December 28, 1881.

24. Investigation Report of A. Wright and C.S. Vinson to the Rev. Turnbull, from the original in the possession of M.H. Wright, February 17, 1885.

25. Biography of Wright from the Indian Champion, April 11, 1885.

26. Biography of Wright from Indian Territory by D.C. Gideon.

27. Letter of Wright to Editor from the Indian Citizen, September 13, 1906. Re: the Indian and the Republican Party.

28. Editorial from the Indian Orphan, February 1, 1926. Re: account of a female missionary in the Indian lands in March 1885.

29. Biographical sketch of Wright from the Daily Oklahoman, January 12, 1930.

30. Biography of Wright from The Indian Territory, by H.F. OBerine.

31. Presbyterian Church - United States

"Manual for Communicants of the First Presbyterian Church of Durham, N.Y.." 1858.

"The Bible, An Unveiling of that Which Is Eternal." Sermon by James H. Ecob. Albany, N.Y. 1884.

"The Book of Church Order of the Presbyterian Church in the United States. 1876.

Board of Home Missions. Sixteenth Annual Report. May 20, 1886.

Executive Committee of Home Missions.

Annual Report. Apr. 1, 1885.

Annual Report. Apr. 1, 1884.

Executive Committee of Foreign Missions.

Annual Report. Apr. 1, 1884.

Annual Report. Apr. 1, 1874.

Annual Report. Apr. 1, 1885.

Executive Committee of Publication

Annual Report, 24th. May 21, 1885.

Annual Report, 23rd. May 15, 1884.

Annual Report, 16th. May 17, 1877.

Annual Report, 18th. May, 1856.

Committee on Retrenchment and Reform. Abstracts of majority and minority reports. May 20, 1880.

Executive Committee of Sustenation. Annual Report. Apr. 1, 1879.

Southern Presbyterian Church. Debates and Proceedings of the General Assembly. May 15-24, 1879.

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