The Western History Collections is a special collection within the University of Oklahoma Libraries system. Its purpose is to enhance the University Libraries general collection on the history of the American West; to support the research and teaching programs of the University of Oklahoma; and to provide opportunities for research through the acquisition, preservation, and access of materials relating to the development of the Trans-Mississippi West and Native American cultures.
Draper Collection MFM 1339
File on the Osage Indian Murders MFM952
John Collier Papers, 1922-1968 MFM794
Letters Received by the Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-80 MFM 609
Major Council Meetings of American Indian Tribes MFM724
Native American Reference Collection: documents Collected by the Office of Indian Affairs MFM 1273
Papers of William T. Sherman MFM 455
Records of the Cherokee Indian Agency in Tennessee 1801-35 MFM473
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I Have Spoken: American history through the voices of the Indians by Virginia I. Armstrong
Call Number: 970.1 Ar5i 1991
ISBN: 0804005303
Publication Date: 1971-01-01
The American Indian: Past and Present by Roger L. Nichols
Call Number: 973.0497 Am35n 1992
ISBN: 0070464995
Publication Date: 1991-10-01
Cambridge history of the native peoples of the Americas by Bruce G. Trigger (Editor); Wilcomb E. Washburn (Editor)
Call Number: 970.00497 C14
ISBN: 0521344409
Publication Date: 1996-10-28
Building the Past by Brian G. Redmond (Editor); Robert A. Genheimer (Editor)
Call Number: Walker Library - 4th Floor 977 B8688
ISBN: 9780813060408
Publication Date: 2015-03-10
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