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1 University of Oklahoma Libraries Western History Collections Patrick J. Hurley Collection Hurley, Patrick Jay (1883 1956). Papers, 1900 1956. 188 feet. ambassador. Correspondence, reports, and articles (1900 1956) regarding Hurley s positions as national attorney for the Choctaw Nation, including enrollments, land questions, and the Mississippi Choctaw Indians; as assistant secretary of war and secretary of war; as a special presidential representative to the Soviet Union, Great Britain, Afghanistan, and the Middle East; and as ambassador to China during World War II, including correspondence regarding American and Allied efforts in the Far Eastern theater. Correspondents include Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Louis Mountbatten, Mao Tse-Tung, Chiang Kai-Shek, Herbert Hoover, Douglas MacArthur, Henry A.
2 Wallace, Joseph Stilwell, Helen Keller, and Cordell Hull, as well as officials of the diplomatic corps, such as Averell Harriman and Harry Hopkins. _____ Guide to Collection Subject: Boxes: Choctaw Nation 1- 16 Government documents regarding the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations 17 Victor M. Locke, Jr., Chief of the Choctaw Nation 18 Native Americans, Miscellaneous 19-20 Department of War 21-46 Bonus Riots of 1932 47-48 Internal improvements and conservation 49-52 Defense matters 53-54 Crime 55-56 Politics: Drew Pearson 57-58 Business (Oil), Mexico/Mexican Oil Expropriation of 1938 59-77 World War II 78 World War II: Australia, New Zealand, Soviet Union 79-80 World War II: Middle East 81-85 World War II: China and the Far East 86-98 Miscellaneous Correspondence 99-101 Post World War II 102-128 Pre-World War II: Politics; Republican Party 129-152 Politics, Republican Party 153-182 Speeches by Patrick J.
3 Hurley 183-202 Speeches by Others 203-206 Personal and Family Materials 207-263 Requests and Invitations 264-287 Sigma Chi 288-293 Business Materials (oil, real estate) 294-427 Miscellaneous 428-430 Scrapbooks and Clippings 431-493A Miscellaneous Correspondence and Printed Materials 493B-C Artifacts 494 Human Events Magazine 495-496 Certificates 497 Outsized Material (scrapbooks, artifacts) Outsized Room See also: Certificates and Diplomas Collection Map Collection Photographic Archives Patrick J. Hurley Collection Box 1: Choctaw Nation: Land, 1882-1913 Folder: 1. Warranty Deed and Abstract of Title to Leavitt in or near Muskogee, Okla., 1908. The property was originally part of an allotment to Etta Malvin, a Creek freedman.
4 2. a) Abstract of Title to Thomas Meagher for property in the Owen addition in Tulsa, OK, 1909. The property was originally part of the Creek Nation. b) Letter of i nstructions concerning the property from Meagher to , 1910. c) Packet containing a draft from the Bank of Oklahoma to Meagher for $800 and a statement of the Tulsa Transfer and Storage Company. 3. a) Green vs. The Menominee Tribe in Wisconsin. No. 30179. b) Defendants Brief in Support of Demurrer to claimants petition. 1908 c) Defendants Demurrer to claimants amended petition, 1908. d) Defendants motion for rehearing. 1910. 4. Contract for legal services between Jimmie Douglas and attorneys and Fred A. Fulghum, to sue for recovery of property (land), dated August 7, 1911.
5 5. Supreme Court opinions rendered on George W. Choate, et al. Plaintiffs in Error vs. Trapp, Secretary of the State Board of Equalization, et al. No. 809, October 1911. (Taxation of Indian Property) 6. a) Brief and Argument of Defendant in Error; Gleason, Love, McGee vs. Wood (contract dispute) No. 475, October 1911. b) Telegram from to Davenport requesting a copy of the decision. 7. Marchie Tiger vs. Western Investment Company, in the Oklahoma Supreme Court. (Tests the constitutionality of disposition of allotted lands by Native Americans.) Decision handed down by Justice Day in May 1911. 8. a) 25067, 62nd Congress, 2nd Session, June 3, 1912. Provides for the sale of restricted surplus allotments of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Tribes in Oklahoma .
6 B) 25068. Provides for same as 25067. 9. Memorandum for Mr. Adams, 1912. Regulations governing oil royalties from leased belonging to the Otoe, Ponca, and Sac and Fox reservations. The rate set was lower than the rates set on the Osage Reservation due to the nature and size of the leases. 10. a) 17839, 62nd Congress 62nd Session, January 1912. Authorized the reappraisement of certain town lots in Wilburton, Oklahoma . b) Letter from the Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs to , Attorney for the Choctaw Nation concerning the above bill. March 1912. c) 3896; 63rd Congress 1st session, April 1913. Provided for reappraisement of the addition to the town of Wilburton, Oklahoma . d) Schedule of appraisements of lots in Wilburton prepared by the Choctaw Townsite Commission.
7 Lists lots by owner. 11. a) Letter to P. J. H. and Carter, Fourth District Oklahoma Indian Affairs committee. Regarding proposed bill permitting the Fair Association to buy the surface of the mineral land belonging to the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations, May 31, 1912. b) Letter from to Carter in reply to the above letter, June 1, 1912 c) copy of the above letter d) Letter from to Honorable Samuel Adams, First Assistant Secretary of the Interior. Regarding opposition to the proposed bill mentioned in the above letters, July 18, 1912. 12. Letter from the First Assistant Secretary of the Dept. of the Interior to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Regarding the sales of Choctaw-Chickasaw lots in McAlester, Okla. previously reserved for use by the Bolen-Darnell Coal Company.
8 13. Letter from unidentified to Gov. Dick Locke. Regarding a suit for the recovery of, or the value of, land sold without permission, September 17, 1912. 14. a) Letter from to Hon. J. Geo. Wright, Commissioner to the Five Civilized Tribes. Regarding appraisal of the coal and asphalt lands of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations for the Stigler District, August 22, 1912. b) Letter from Edgington, Boles, and McGowan, Coal Land Appraisers, to Hon. J. Geo. Wright, Commissioner to the Five Civilized Tribes. Regarding same as above, September 12, 1912. c) Letter from Hon. J. Geo. Wright to Regarding same as above, Sept. 14, 1912. d) Letter from to Hon. Wright. Regarding same as above, Sept. 16, 1912. e) Telegram from Joseph W.
9 Howell, Special Inspector, to Regarding same as above, November 9, 1912. f) Telegram from to Hon. Victor M. Locke, Jr. Regarding same as above, November 9, 1912. g) Letter from to Hon. Cato Sells, Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Regarding same as above, September 6, 1913. h) Letter from unidentified to Hon. Cato Sells. Regarding same as above, no date. 15. a) Letter from Principal Chief of the Choctaw Nation and Governor of the Chickasaw Nation to Hon. Sid Graham, Senate Chamber, Oklahoma City, Okla. Regarding a printed bill which provides for the establishment of public roads across grazing districts, January 18, 1913. Includes the printed bill. 16. a) Letter from Semple, Probate Attorney for the Choctaw Nation to Hon.
10 Dana H. Kelsey, Indian Superintendent. Regarding legality of Native Americans last wills and testaments for the purposes of land inheritance, August 16, 1913. b) Letter from to Hon. Dana H. Kelsey. Regarding same as above, no date. c) Letter from Semple to Regarding same as above, October 17, 1913. d) Copy of an act for the removal of restrictions from part of the lands of allottees of the Five Civilized Tribes, and for other purposes, May 27, 1908. 17. a) Letter from Hastings, National Attorney for the Cherokee Nation to Regarding amendments to the Indian Appropriation Bill, May 5, 1913. b) Letter from Hastings to Regarding same as above, May 13, 1913. c) Letter from to Hastings. Regarding same as above, May 20, 1913.
