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Southeastern native American documents, 1730-1842

Over 2,000 documents and images dating from 1730 to 1842 on the history of Native Americans in the Southeastern U.S., letters, legal proceedings, military orders, and more.

More About This Collection

Date of Original
1730/1842

Subject
Indians of North America
Cherokee Indians
Chickasaw Indians
Choctaw Indians
Creek Indians
Seminole Indians
Southern States

Location
United States, Florida, 28.75054, -82.5001
United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
United States, North Carolina, 35.50069, -80.00032
United States, Tennessee, 35.75035, -86.25027

Medium
accounts
claims
diagrams
drawings (visual works)
engravings (prints)
financial records
financial statements
invoices
legal documents
manuscripts (documents)
maps
petitions
records (documents)
texts (document genres)
visual works
writings

Type
Still Image, Text

Description
Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842, contains approximately 2,000 documents and images relating to the Native American population of the Southeastern United States from the collections of the University of Georgia Libraries, the University of Tennessee at Knoxville Library, the Frank H. McClung Museum, the Tennessee State Library and Archives, the Tennessee State Museum and the Museum of the Cherokee Indian. The documents are comprised of letters, legal proceedings, military orders, financial papers, and archaeological images relating to Native Americans in the Southeast., Funded in part by an Institute of Museum and Library Services National Leadership Grant.

Metadata URL
http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zlna

Language
eng, chr

Holding Institution
Hargrett Library
Museum of the Cherokee Indian
Tennessee State Library and Archives
Frank H. McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture
LaFayette-Walker County Library
Tennessee State Museum
University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Special Collections

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