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University of Oklahoma Libraries Western History Collections Madeline Czarina Colbert Conlan Collection Conlan, Madeline Czarina Colbert. Papers, 1756–1932. .33 foot. Historian. Typewritten manuscripts (1920–1938), including research notes, speeches, and reports on the history and culture of Oklahoma’s Indian tribes and their leaders, with an emphasis on the Choctaws. Folder: 1. "Personal Reminiscences of the Days of Indian Territory" by Britt Willis. 2. Notebook 1: pages 1-111. 3. Notebook 1: pages 112-198. 4. Notebook 2: pages 1-124. 5. Notebook 2: pages 125-234. Notebook 1: "The Indians' Twenty Third Psalm"--1. "The Indian in Political and Civic Life in Oklahoma:--2 to 5. "The American Indian?? His Response to the Gospel and Society or His Place in American Life"--6 to 15. "American Indian Day"--16 to 19. "Sketches of Outstanding Chiefs of the Choctaws"--20 to 29. "The American Indian with Church and Educational Advantages"--30 to 37. "One of My Interesting Experiences"--38. "One of the Historic Trip (sic) of 1927"--39 to 40. "Four Governors of the Chickasaws with in Thirty Days"--41. "Wampum"--42 to 43. "Choctaws"--44 to 51. "Cherokee Tribal Legends"--52 to 53. "The Indians' Twenty Third Psalm"--54. "The Sacred Fire Dance of the Navajo"--55 to 57. "Story of the Green Corn Dance"--58 to 60. "The Red Man"--61 to 65. "Letters written to my daughter Lottie when Away"--66 to 67. "Peter P. Pitchlynn, Chief of the Choctaws"--68 to 69. "Reverend Israel Folsom"--70. Part of a letter from Ms. Conlan to her daughter--71. "People of Indian Blood Who Are or Have Done Things"--72. Letters to Lottie--73 to 84. "Indian Welfare"--85 to 86. "The American Indian with Church and Educational Advantages"--87 to 93. "Cherokee Clans"--94. "Western Baptist Blanket Indian Association"--95 to 96. "Greeting from the State Historical Society"--97. "History of the Green Corn Dance"--98. "Indian Myths"--99. "Platt National Park"--100 to 103. "Letters of Importance to Mr. W.P. Poland of Ardmore"--104 to 106. "Noted Pipe of Peace"--107 to 111. "Our Ancestors"--112. "Nanih-Waya"--113. "Camp Illinois"--114 to 115. "Mrs. Czarina Colbert Conlan"--116 to 118. "A True Chickasaw Story"--119. "Chief Gilbert Dukes of the Choctaw Nation"--120. Letter about American Indian Day--121. "The Chickasaws Had Four Governors With In a Few Weeks" 122. "Indian Citizenship or Citizen-Wards as Voters"--123 to 124. "Forts of Oklahoma"--125 to 128. "Oklahoma Negro Slave Composed Famed 'Swing Low'"--129. "The Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek"--130 to 132. Second page from the "Swing Low" article--133. "American Indian Statues"--134 to 143. "The American Indian?? His Response to the Gospel and Society or His Place in American Life"--144 to 152. "Old Dwight Mission"--153 to 159. Address to Confederate Veterans and Daughters of the Confederacy--160 to 161. First page of the "Old Dwight Mission" article--162. "American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions"--163 to 166. First page of the "Old Dwight Mission" article--167. "American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions"--168 to 171. "Forts of Oklahoma"--172 to 181. "Indian Citizenship or 'Citizen-Wards' as Voters"--182 to 185. "Kiowa Indian Art"--186 to 190. "A Wish of a Choctaw"--190A. "Report of Oklahoma Chairman of Indian Welfare 1932"--191 to 194. "Indian Education"--195 to 198. Notebook 2: "Treaty of 1784 with Spain"--1 to 2. "Origin of the Indian Country"--3 to 4. "The Choctaws and Chickasaws"--5 to 34. "Regarding Choctaws and Chickasaws in the state of Oklahoma"--35. "Notes on the Choctaws and Apushmataha"--36 to 51. "Article on Apushmataha"--52 to 53. "Peter Pitchlynn, Chief of the Choctaws"--54 to 65. "The Migration of the Choctaws"--66. "A Cheyenne Indian Story"--67. "Sacred to the Memory of the Rev. Alfred Wright"--68. "Museum Department of the State Historical Society"--69. Miscellaneous notes--70. "Governors of the Chickasaws"--71. "Chiefs of the Choctaws"--72. "Treaty of 1855"--73. "Notes on the Indian Race"--74 to 75. "A Choctaw Woman Who Believes in Raising Better Chickens"--76. "Experiences in Collecting Historical Material"--77 to 78. "A Trip to Caddo County in September 1920: 'Red Rock'"--79 to 82. "Creeks"--83 to 85. "Seminole Indians"--86. "The Report of the 25th Annual Convention of the U.D.C. (United Daughters of the Confederacy) at Louisville, KY"--87 to 90. "Report of Czarina C. Conlan, Given to State Historical Society"--91 to 93. "Annual Report of Czarina C. Conlan"--94 to 96. "A True Cheyenne Story"--97. "Annual Report of Czarina C. Conlan"--98 to 101. "Fourth Annual Report of Czarina C. Conlan"--102 to 105. "Report of Czarina C. Conlan to the Historical Society"--106 to 109. "Reverend Charles Journeycake, Last Chief of the Delawares"--110. "Talk given at Hugo, Dec. 18th, 1919, before a Choctaw Meeting"--111 to 112. "Talk on Shakespeare Given Before the Lindsay Club"--113 to 115. "First Talk Given in the Room for Daughters and Veterans (of the Confederacy)"--116. "Choctaw and Chickasaw Constitutions"--117 to 118. "Notes on the Choctaws and Chickasaws"--119. "Levy Colbert"--120 to 121. "Evidence of a Brave Indian"--122. "Religious Life of Some of the Colberts"--123 to 124. "Wheelock Church"--125 to 126. "An Epoch in the Life of Chief John Ross"--127. "Ida McCurtain Moore's Story of Real Life"--128. "Venice, the Queen City of the Adriatic Sea"--129 to 130. "Our First Visit at Gibraltar and Naples"--131 to 132. "Paper on Paris, Read Before the Pioneer Club in Atoka"--133 to 135. Miscellaneous--136. "A Flag of 1812"--137. Miscellaneous--138 to 139. "Song of the Choctaw Girl"--140. "Notes from the American Historical Association"--141 to 142. "Article Written for the Oklahoma School Journal"--143 to 144. "The Romance of John Howard Payne, and the Cherokee Indian Girl"--148 to 149. "A Choctaw Indian Boy Bear Story Which is True"--150. "The Value of an Historical Collection"--151 to 153. "Two Important Historical Days"--154. "Importance of an Historical Collection"--155. "Lone Wolf, Chief of the Kiowas, in Washington"--156 to 157. "Short Plains Indian Stories that are Facts"--158. "An Indian's Loyalty to His Own State Museum"--159 to 162. "Plains Indians Sweat House (Cheyenne)--163. "Easter Monday Among the Cheyenne Indians"--164 to 165. "The Significance of Indian Legends"--166/ "Legend of the Chickasaws and Choctaws"--167 to 168. "Short Facts Dotted Down as They Came in Mind"--169. "Legend of Man's Acquisition of Corn (a Seneca legend)--170 to 171. "Sketch of the Life of Coleman Cole, Principal Chief of the Choctaws"--172. Various legends--173 to 174. "Historic Spots of Oklahoma"--175. "An Indian Bullfrog Story"--176. "A Choctaw to a Cayote (sic)"--177. "Zitkala-Noni ('lost bird' in Sioux)"--178. Talk given at Mrs. Alice B. Davis' swearing in as Chief of the Seminoles. August 16, 1922. Talk given at the American Indian Day Banquet--180. "Oklahoma Day, November 16th, 1907"--181 to 182. "Otis W. Leader"--183. "An Indian Who was the Second Greatest World War Hero"--184 to 186. "An After Noon with the Sac and Fox Indians"--187. Speech of Colonel David Folsom at the Choctaw Council, September 19, 1829--188. "The Red Man"--189 to 196. "Trip to Pawhuska, September 15th, 16th, 1922"--197 to 198. Interview with Mrs. Narcissa Owen, mother of Senator R.L. Owen--199. "The Star Maiden"--200. "Naming of the Kiamichi River"--201. "An Afternoon with the Sac and Fox Indians"--202. "Lone Wolf's Part in the Burial of the Unknown Soldier"--203 to 204. "Tribute to Confederate Soldiers"--205 to 206. "A Visit at the Home of Mrs. Henry B. Page"--207 to 208. "The Home of the Five Civilized Tribes, Oklahoma"--209. "America's First Indian Woman Chief of Her Tribe"--210. "Decorations of Simpsons Auditorium and Social Features of the Biennial in Los Angeles"- -211 to 212. "Indian Flute"--213. "Cherokee Clans"--214. "The Plains Indians Western Baptist Association, August 9th to 11th, 1933"--215. "One Day's Experience From My Notebook. March 4th, 1924"--216. Second page of the Western Baptist Association article--217. Proclamation of Governor J.B.A. Robertson concerning American Indian Day--218. "Pryor, Oklahoma, July 15th, 1922"--219. Letters to Lottie--220 to 223. "The Value of Our Historical Department"--224. "Will of Israel Folsom"--225 to 228. "Indian Heroins (sic)"--229 to 233. "The Indian's Twenty Third Psalm"--234. .