Last Cherokee Nation Council photographs
Overview
The Cherokee Nation Council was established as the lower house of the legislature by the 1839 constitution of the Cherokee Nation. Its membership was composed of three representatives from each of the eight districts of the nation. The last council meeting with the power to make laws for the tribe and held in Talequah, territorial government that was formed by the Organic Act of 1890 which established the jurisdiction of the United States over the Indian Territory. The collection consists of portraits of the members of the last Cherokee Nation Council meeting in 1889. The photographs were donated by Mrs. Moffett Bell Phillips, a niece of Frank Mayo Morgan, who was a member of the last Cherokee Nation Council.
Dates
- Creation: approximately 1889
Conditions Governing Access
No access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
Extent
.35 Linear Feet (39 photographs in 1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
RH PH 20
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, Mrs. Moffett Bell Phillips, 1953
Subject
- Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma. National Council (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Last Cherokee Nation Council Collection
- Subtitle
- Last Cherokee Nation Council photographs
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by lgg, 1973. Finding aid encoded by rw, 2008. Finding aid revised by mwh, 2021.
- Date
- 2008
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in English.
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/0409556318
- Preferred citation
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Last Cherokee Nation Council Collection, RH PH 20, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository