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Blair Family Papers, 1755-1968, (bulk 1829-1892)

Title: Blair Family Papers 1755-1968 (bulk 1829-1892)

Prominent family in nineteenth century national politics. Correspondence, speeches and writings, legal files, financial records, historical research files, printed matter, and estate records documenting principally the careers of Francis Preston Blair, journalist and presidential advisor, Frank P. Blair, soldier and politician, and Montgomery Blair, lawyer and cabinet officer.

ArchivalResource: 19,050 items; 73 containers plus 1 oversize; 29.5 linear feet; 49 microfilm reels

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United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Central Superintendency. United States, Office of Indian Affairs, Central Superintendency, collection, 1807-1855 (bulk 1829-1832, 1839-1855).

Title: United States, Office of Indian Affairs, Central Superintendency, collection, 1807-1855 (bulk 1829-1832, 1839-1855).

Records of William Clark & other superintendents, agents, and sub agents, 1807-1855, including correspondence, accounts, journals, and other records of the Missouri (1812-21), St. Louis (1821-51) and Central (1851-55) superintendencies under the leadership of Superintendents Clark, Joshua Pilcher, David D. Mitchell, Thomas H. Harvey, and Alfred Cumming. The collection also includes records of the Missouri Fur Company, 1812-1817, of which Clark served as a director. Also known as the William Clark papers. Superintendency records include claims, 1807-1830; licenses & permits, 1813-1825; correspondence, 1813-1855; descriptions, 1815-1817; accounts, 1822-1853; journals, 1826-1835; field notes & plats of Indian lands, 1830-1836; treaties & agreements between the United States & various tribes, 1831-1838; correspondence registers, 1837-1839; and property returns, 1840-1853, of the Missouri, St. Louis, and Central Superintendencies of Indian Affairs. The records contain information on Indian relocation, treaties, the fur trade & fur companies, claims, Indian education, killings, roads, employees, meteorology, smallpox, steamboats, surveys, and trading posts. Indian agencies represented in the superintendency records include the Osage, Sac & Fox, St. Peters, Upper Missouri River, and others. Indian nations include the Arapaho, Arikara, Delaware, Fox, Illinois, Iowa, Kansa, Kickapoo, Mandan, Menominee, Omaha, Osage, Oto, Ottawa, Pawnee, Peoria, Piankashaw, Potawatomi, Sauk, Seneca, Shawnee, and Winnebago. Correspondents include Nicholas Boilvin, Henry C. Brish, P.L. Chouteau, William Clark, Alfred Cumming, Marmaduke S. Davenport, John Dougherty, Thomas Forsyth, Richard Graham, Thomas H. Harvey, John Francis Hamtramck, Augustin Kennerly, George H. Kennerly, James Latham, Alexander McNair, G. Maguire, Pierre Menard, D.D. Mitchell, Joshua Pilcher, Felix Saint Vrain, John F.A. Sanford, Benjamin O'Fallon, Lawrence Taliaferro, and Jefferson Van Horne. Missouri Fur Company records consist of articles of association, Jan. 24, 1812; records of the Board of Directors, 1812-1814; accounts, 1812-1814; and ledgers, 1812-1813, 1817.

ArchivalResource: Originals: 34 v. + 1 oversize folder.Typescripts: 16 v. in 28 (6 v. in 13 are carbon copies)Microfilm: 7 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/54116899 View

United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Central Superintendency. Records of the United States Superintendency of Indian Affairs, St. Louis, Mo., 1807-1855 (bulk 1829-1832, 1839-1855).

Title: Records of the United States Superintendency of Indian Affairs, St. Louis, Mo., 1807-1855 (bulk 1829-1832, 1839-1855).

Records of William Clark & other superintendents, agents, and sub agents, 1807-1855, including correspondence, accounts, journals, and other records of the Missouri (1812-21), St. Louis (1821-51) and Central (1851-55) superintendencies under the leadership of Superintendents Clark, Joshua Pilcher, David D. Mitchell, Thomas H. Harvey, and Alfred Cumming. The collection also includes records of the Missouri Fur Company, 1812-1817, of which Clark served as a director. Also known as the William Clark papers. Superintendency records include claims, 1807-1830; licenses & permits, 1813-1825; correspondence, 1813-1855; descriptions, 1815-1817; accounts, 1822-1853; journals, 1826-1835; field notes & plats of Indian lands, 1830-1836; treaties & agreements between the United States & various tribes, 1831-1838; correspondence registers, 1837-1839; and property returns, 1840-1853, of the Missouri, St. Louis, and Central superintendencies of Indian affairs. The records contain information on Indian relocation, treaties, the fur trade & fur companies, claims, Indian education, killings, roads, employees, meteorology, smallpox, steamboats, surveys, and trading posts. Indian agencies represented in the superintendency records include the Osage, Sac & Fox, St. Peters, Upper Missouri River, and others. Indian nations include the Arapaho, Arikara, Delaware, Fox, Illinois, Iowa, Kansa, Kickapoo, Mandan, Menominee, Omaha, Osage, Oto, Ottawa, Pawnee, Peoria, Piankashaw, Potawatomi, Sauk, Seneca, Shawnee, and Winnebago. Correspondents include Nicholas Boilvin, Henry C. Brish, P.L. Chouteau, William Clark, Alfred Cumming, Marmaduke S. Davenport, John Dougherty, Thomas Forsyth, Richard Graham, Thomas H. Harvey, John Francis Hamtramck, Augustin Kennerly, George H. Kennerly, James Latham, Alexander McNair, G. Maguire, Pierre Menard, D.D. Mitchell, Joshua Pilcher, Felix Saint Vrain, John F.A. Sanford, Benjamin O'Fallon, Lawrence Taliaferro, and Jefferson Van Horne. Missouri Fur Company records consist of articles of association, Jan. 24, 1812; records of the Board of Directors, 1812-1814; accounts, 1812-1814; and ledgers, 1812-1813, 1817.

ArchivalResource: Reference copies: 7 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.Originals: 34 v. + 1 oversize folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/724512765 View

James, Herman D., 1943-. Afro-Americans and the Constitution: a contradictory but evolutionary relationship, 1987 Nov.

Title: Afro-Americans and the Constitution: a contradictory but evolutionary relationship, 1987 Nov.

Transcript relating to the development of the U.S. Constitution as it relates to African Americans including the 3/5 compromise; the rights of states as outlined in article IV; laws regulating slavery; Supreme Court decisions in the case of Scott v. Sanford, the 13th, 14th, 15th, and 24th amendments, Plessy v. Ferguson, and Brown v. Topeka; and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (22 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70975792 View