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Finding Aids

Center of Southwest Studies Archival Collections

 

The Center’s archival collections provide invaluable insights into the history and culture of Fort Lewis College, as well as the broader Southwest region. Our collections encompass a wide variety of materials, including letters and correspondence, photographs, slides, negatives, financial and business records, maps, audiovisual media, posters, published books and periodicals, original research data, digital files, and more. These resources are non-circulating but accessible to the broader public.

To explore our archival collections, please follow the link below. Many of the Center’s archival holdings are also cataloged at the collection level in the Fort Lewis College Library Catalog.

 

Link to Archival Database

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Archival Finding Aids

Finding aids are essential tools for exploring archival collections. They offer detailed information, including collection summaries, historical or biographical context, subject lists, and descriptions of the materials and their arrangement. Most finding aids also include a container list to help locate specific items within a collection. To learn more about using finding aids, please consult our Guide to Finding Aids

 

Our finding aids are updated on an ongoing basis as we add information about collections that are newly processed.

Finding Aids

I017 - Cherokee Indian Agency records (RG 75) on microfilm

Collection Overview

  • Creator: Various
  • Dates:
  • Extent: 14 rolls
  • Abstract:

    Records of agency in Tennessee, including correspondence with officials of the War Dept., Bureau of Indian Affairs, Federal commissioners in Indian treaty negotiations, Indian agents, Army officers, Federal and State officials, and private parties. (M208, 14 rolls) Topics include Cherokee economic and social conditions; trade and travel; the work of missionaries; friction between whites and Cherokee and within the tribe; the treaty of 8 July 1817; and the Cherokee migration westward. Some fiscal records and lists of agents.

  • Language: English
  • Collection Identifier: I017
  • Physical Location: This collection is located at the Center of Southwest Studies on the campus of Fort Lewis College (1000 Rim Dr. Durango, CO).
CreatorVarious
Extent14 rolls

Records of agency in Tennessee, including correspondence with officials of the War Dept., Bureau of Indian Affairs, Federal commissioners in Indian treaty negotiations, Indian agents, Army officers, Federal and State officials, and private parties. (M208, 14 rolls) Topics include Cherokee economic and social conditions; trade and travel; the work of missionaries; friction between whites and Cherokee and within the tribe; the treaty of 8 July 1817; and the Cherokee migration westward. Some fiscal records and lists of agents.

LanguageEnglish
Collection IdentifierI017
Physical LocationThis collection is located at the Center of Southwest Studies on the campus of Fort Lewis College (1000 Rim Dr. Durango, CO).
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