Ethan Allen Hitchcock collection on Indian removal
Scope and Contents
Dates
- 1804 - 1896
Creator
Language of Materials
Conditions Governing Access
Conditions Governing Use
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Arrangement
Extent
1.05 Linear Feet (5 boxes)
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Overview
Ethan Allen Hitchcock (1798-1870)
Custodial History
Processing Information
This collection received a basic level of processing, including rehousing and minimal organization, in 2012. Various acquisitions associated with the collection have not been merged and organized as a whole. Each acquisition is described separately in the contents list below, titled according to the date of acquisition.
Information included in the Description of Papers note and Collection Contents section is drawn from information supplied with the collection and from an initial survey of the contents. Folder titles appearing in the contents list below are often based on those provided by the creator or previous custodian. Titles have not been verified against the contents of the folders in all cases. Otherwise, folder titles are supplied by staff during initial processing.
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
Former call numbers: WA MSS S-947, WA MSS S-1068, Uncat WA MSS 55, Uncat WA MSS 146, Uncat WA MSS 147, Uncat WA MSS 174
- Alabama
- Cherokee Indians
- Choctaw Indians
- Cogswell, Jonathan
- Creek Indians
- Creek War, 1836
- Florida
- Fort Gibson (Okla.)
- Fort Wayne (Ind.)
- Generals -- United States
- Generals -- United States
- Georgia
- Harris, Carey A.
- Hitchcock, Ethan Allen, 1798-1870
- Indian Removal, 1813-1903
- Indian agents
- Indian agents -- 19th century
- Indians of North America -- Alabama
- Indians of North America -- Florida
- Indians of North America -- Georgia
- Indians of North America -- Government relations
- Indians of North America -- Missouri
- Indians of North America -- Oklahoma
- Indians of North America -- Treaties
- Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1815-1875
- Jesup, Thomas Sidney, 1788-1860
- Missouri
- Oklahoma
- Osceola, Seminole chief, 1804-1838
- Seminole Indians
- Seminole War, 2nd, 1835-1842
- Soldiers -- United States
- Soldiers -- United States -- 19th century
- Southern States
- Spencer, John C. (John Canfield), 1788-1855
- United States -- History -- 1815-1861
- United States. Army (Military life)
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs
- Title
- Guide to the Ethan Allen Hitchcock Collection on Indian Removal
- Author
- by Lisa Conathan
- Date
- 2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository
Location
121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
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Access Information
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