- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Excerpt from] Early history of the Cherokees, 1917 / Emmet Starr
- Creator:
- Starr, Emmet
- Publisher:
- Manuscript held by the The Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN, State Library Cherokee Collection, box 19, folder 10, document ch097.
- Date of Original:
- 1917
- Subject:
- Cherokee Indians--Missions
Cherokee Indians--Education - Location:
- United States, Southern States, 33.346678, -84.119434
- Medium:
- histories
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This document is a brief excerpt from Early history of the Cherokees by Emmet Starr, 1917, pertaining to the education of the Cherokees in one district in 1826. This excerpt contains several minor typographical variations from Starr's original.
Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville Libraries in 2000, as part of GALILEO, funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. - Local Identifier:
- ch097
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_ch097
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_ch097#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_ch097/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of item], State Library Cherokee Collection, The Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia
- Extent:
- 1 page/leaf
- Holding Institution:
- Tennessee State Library and Archives
- Rights:
-
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Starr: Early History of the Cherokees, p. 84
"In one district (in
1826) there were about 1,000 good books and eleven periodicals, both religious and political. They were subscribed for and read at this time. Most of the schools are under the care of Christian missionaries."
(from the Chamberlain Mss.)