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James R. Hendricks Collection
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Box 1: H- 30
Folder
1. Correspondence regarding medical
remedies for various ailments, 1878-1886.
2. Miscellaneous correspondence and
fragments of paper, some written in Cherokee, 1860s-1880s.
3. Death list, also includes lists of
white intruders, those prohibited from voting, and a list of individuals put on
trial, 1872-1874.
4. Journal regarding legal cases which
Hendricks handled, 1884-1887.
5. Correspondence and a handbill regarding
the Old Settlers, 1873-1890.
6. Memoirs written by Hendricks,
describing Cherokee customs (pottery making, planting of gardens, etc.), and
his opinions on various aspects of law, 1884.
7. General correspondence, 1866-1896.
8. Family correspondence, 1865-1902.
9. Speeches and speech fragments,
1866-1888.
Box 2: H- 31
10. Notebooks and a journal, including brief
notes about cases heard, 1862-1887.
11. Estate settlements, including
correspondence and legal documents, 1865-1887.
12. Accounts with Isaac & R. Ross,
including receipts and invoices, 1868-1878.
13. Legal documents, including warrants, case
summaries, indictments, and orders, 1870-1898.
14. Legal documents, including warrants, case
summaries, indictments, and orders, n.d.
15. Handbooks and handbills regarding pension
claims, 1879.
16. Pension claims, including correspondence,
affidavits, and legal forms regarding the collection of pensions for veterans,
1878-1894.
17. Accounts, including receipts and
invoices, 1859-1896.
18. Accounts, including receipts and
invoices, 1859-1896.
Box 3: H- 32
19-23. Newspaper clippings.
24. Medical advertisements, circa 1880s.
25. Membership lists of the National Party,
Tahlequah Lodge, 1871-1885.
26. Membership lists of the National Party,
Tahlequah Lodge, and recipes for medicine, 1880-1882.
27. Blind asylum materials, including the
appointment of Hendricks to the board of trustees, abstracts of expenses, and
correspondence, 1879.
28. National Party election results and
nominations, 1871-1887.
29. Miscellaneous printed matter.
30. Miscellaneous newspaper clippings.
31. Miscellaneous advertisements for
hardware, dry goods, etc.
32. Program from a teacher's institute for
teacher training and professional development, held at Tahlequah, Indian
Territory, 1875.
33. Correspondence and documents regarding
the removal and reinstatement of Hendricks to his office as Judge in the Tahlequah
District, 1875-1876.
34. Laws, petitions, and correspondence, of
the Cherokee Nation, and a list of district officers (judges, sheriffs, etc.)
for the Cherokee Nation and the National Party, 1866-1887.
35. Printed matter regarding permits, Old Settlers,
and a blank permit for trade.
36. Thanksgiving Day proclamation, 1882
37. Miscellaneous entertainment
handbills; also the minutes of the 12th
annual meeting of Cherokee Baptist Association, 1880.
38. Election handbills, platforms, and tickets,
1879-1880.
39. Independent Party platform, 1885.
40. Miscellaneous clippings from Cherokee
newspapers, 1878-1888.
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