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North Carolina (western part, i.e., Tennessee)

Map of Tennessee and the surrounding area at the time of the ratification of the Constitution, showing towns, roads, American-Indian reservations, rivers, creeks, and mountain ranges, with explanatory notes on road conditions. Map includes a legend in the lower-left corner and an inset map, titled "A Map of the United States of America," at the top of the map, below the title. The inset map designates Tennessee (marked as North Carolina) within the larger scope of the United States at the time. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:1,393,920] (22 miles to the inch).
Date: 1938
Creator: Smith, D.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shortchanged: Uncovering the Value of Pre-Removal Cherokee Property (open access)

Shortchanged: Uncovering the Value of Pre-Removal Cherokee Property

This article estimates the value of the Cherokee's land and other property that was lost due to the tribe's removal to Indian Territory. Economist Matthew Gregg has performed a detailed mathematical analysis of land sale records in Tennessee, North Carolina, Alabama, and Georgia around the time of removal. He arrives at an assessment that is consonant with Cherokee Chief John Ross's 1838 figure.
Date: Autumn 2009
Creator: Gregg, Matthew T.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Portions of a Book About Pioneer Narratives] (open access)

[Portions of a Book About Pioneer Narratives]

Portion of Narratives of the Early Settlers of the South-West containing the frontier accounts of Colonel Brown, John Shelby, John Rains, and John Carr. Many pages are partially or entirely missing.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Transcript of Letter from Charles Moore to Josephus Moore, January 6, 1859] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter from Charles Moore to Josephus Moore, January 6, 1859]

Transcript of a letter from Charles Moore to Josephus Moore regarding the local Choctaw, observations about the Christian missionaries among them, and the Skullyville Constitution.
Date: January 6, 1859
Creator: Moore, Charles B.
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Transcript of Letter from Ziza Moore to Charles B. Moore, July 9, 1860] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter from Ziza Moore to Charles B. Moore, July 9, 1860]

Transcript of a letter from Ziza Moore to Charles B. Moore discussing news of friends and family, agriculture, politics, and weather. He writes of the Know-Nothing party and what they have been doing in his area before continuing to speak of other unrelated local matters.
Date: July 9, 1860
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Maps of North America, Birmingham, Alabama and Nashville, Tennesee]

Map shows major cities, state and provincial boundaries, major railroads, submarine cables, and ocean banks in the Caribbean Sea; Dominion of Canada, Danish America, the United States, West Indies, Mexico, Central America; United States of Columbia include [modern] Panama; [modern] Oklahoma divided into Oklahoma and Indian Territory; street names, parks, and public institutions on verso. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale [ca. 18,700,000].
Date: [1889..1904]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Southwest Retort, Volume 17, Number 9, May 1965 (open access)

Southwest Retort, Volume 17, Number 9, May 1965

This publication of the Dallas-Fort Worth Section of the American Chemical Society includes information about research, prominent scientist, organizational business, and various other stories of interest to the community. Published monthly during long academic semesters. This issue includes information for the regional meeting in Memphis, Tennessee.
Date: May 1965
Creator: American Chemical Society. Dallas/Fort Worth Section.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Southwest Retort, Volume 18, Number 3, November 1965 (open access)

Southwest Retort, Volume 18, Number 3, November 1965

This publication of the Dallas-Fort Worth Section of the American Chemical Society includes information about research, prominent scientist, organizational business, and various other stories of interest to the community. Published monthly during long academic semesters. This issue includes the regional meeting resume for Memphis, Tennessee.
Date: November 1965
Creator: American Chemical Society. Dallas/Fort Worth Section.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
"With Great Difficulty and Labour": The Emigration of the McIntosh Party of Creek Indians, 1827-1828 (open access)

"With Great Difficulty and Labour": The Emigration of the McIntosh Party of Creek Indians, 1827-1828

Article outlines the travails of the first Creek emigrants to the trans-Mississippi region that is now Oklahoma, whose journey preceded the removal of the Creek Nation.
Date: Winter 2007
Creator: Haveman, Christopher D.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 70, July 1966 - April, 1967 (open access)

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 70, July 1966 - April, 1967

The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 697.
Date: 1967
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 31, July 1927 - April, 1928 (open access)

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 31, July 1927 - April, 1928

The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 385.
Date: 1928
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 69, July 1965 - April, 1966 (open access)

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 69, July 1965 - April, 1966

The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 561.
Date: 1966
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Colored Tennessean. (Nashville, Tenn.), Vol. 1, No. 25, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 14, 1865 (open access)

The Colored Tennessean. (Nashville, Tenn.), Vol. 1, No. 25, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 14, 1865

Weekly African-American newspaper from Nashville, Tennessee that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 14, 1865
Creator: Scott, Waring and Company
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Tennessean. (Nashville, Tenn.), Vol. 2, No. 12, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 18, 1866 (open access)

The Tennessean. (Nashville, Tenn.), Vol. 2, No. 12, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 18, 1866

Weekly African-American newspaper from Nashville, Tennessee that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 18, 1866
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Colored Tennessean. (Nashville, Tenn.), Vol. 1, No. 45, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 31, 1866 (open access)

The Colored Tennessean. (Nashville, Tenn.), Vol. 1, No. 45, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 31, 1866

Weekly African-American newspaper from Nashville, Tennessee that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 31, 1866
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Colored Tennessean. (Nashville, Tenn.), Vol. 1, No. 24, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 7, 1865 (open access)

The Colored Tennessean. (Nashville, Tenn.), Vol. 1, No. 24, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 7, 1865

Weekly African-American newspaper from Nashville, Tennessee that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 7, 1865
Creator: W. B. Scott & Son
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

Pleasant Grove School

Photograph of African-American children posing beside Pleasant Grove School near Clarksville, Indian Territory.
Date: 1900~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Pleasant Grove School

Photograph of African-American children posing beside Pleasant Grove School near Clarksville, Indian Territory.
Date: 1900~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Pleasant Grove School

Photograph of African-American children pose with older figures beside Pleasant Grove School near Clarksville, Indian Territory.
Date: 1900~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

A map of the Tennassee [sic] Government.

Map shows late eighteenth century Tennessee Indian settlement boundaries, military outposts, and river fords. Includes references and descriptive text. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [1:1,393,920].
Date: 1795
Creator: Smith, Daniel, 1748-1818
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Americanism (open access)

Americanism

A newspaper clipping from page 8 of the Monday, December 22, 1941 edition of the Memphis Press-Scimitar (Memphis, Tennessee) featering an article on Americanism, written by Edward J. Meeman, Editor. Meeman answers the question "What is Americanism" as asked by T. N. Carswell, For the Committee, Parramore Post No. 57 American Legion, Abilene, Texas.
Date: December 22, 1941
Creator: Meeman, Edward J.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Sunny Slopes of Long Ago (open access)

The Sunny Slopes of Long Ago

Volume of popular folklore of Western America, including ballads, cowboy stories, myths, folk songs and other miscellaneous folklore. The index begins on page 201.
Date: 1966
Creator: Hudson, Wilson M.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Transcript of minutes from the General Council, November 15, 1835] (open access)

[Transcript of minutes from the General Council, November 15, 1835]

Copy of transcript for minutes from a meeting of the General Council, which cover the need to approach independence carefully, forecasting when volunteers will arrive from the U. S., discussing location of various ships along the coast, and other things.
Date: November 15, 1835
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Charles Scheffel, May 10, 2000 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Charles Scheffel, May 10, 2000

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charles Scheffel. Scheffel grew up in Oklahoma and enlisted in the Army ROTC in 1940. He was called up in 1941 after Pearl Harbor. He was allowed to finish out his senior year of college and was married in March 1942. He embarked on the Queen Elizabeth from New Jersey in September 1942. As leader of 200 men, he landed in Scotland and drove with them to Whittington Barracks where they joined with the British 51st Highlanders. He lists the three main survival lessons he learned from the seasoned English soldiers: having a batman to back you up, digging a two-man foxhole, and waiting for the ""crack and thump."" Scheffel how the ""crack and thump"" lesson would later save his life when he was seriously wounded when attacking the Siegfried Line. From England he went to Algeria with the British troops on the Scythia. The ship is torpedoed off the coast limps into Algiers. Scheffel made the decision to leave the British Highlanders and join up with American 9th Division in February 1943. The division went into Tunisia. Then he was sent to spend another month with the …
Date: May 10, 2000
Creator: Scheffel, Charles
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History