Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
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 joint collections of the participating Southeastern U. S. libraries and archives (see below). The documents include 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.
Topics:
- Indians of North America
- Cherokee Indians
- Chickasaw Indians
- Choctaw Indians
- Creek Indians
- Seminole Indians
- Southern States
Document types:
- 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
Participating institutions:
- 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