Cherokee Centennial Celebration broadside
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of one broadside, written in southern Illinois, entitled "Cherokee Centennial Celebration," circa 1937-1938. It provides historical information about the presence of the Cherokee in Southern Appalachia from circa 1800-1838, when General Winfield Scott was charged with forcibly removing the Cherokee people from their lands. It further describes the creation of prison camps that housed 14,000 Cherokee, the hardships they experienced, and their eventual forced move to Oklahoma, known as the Trail of Tears. The Cherokee traveled through southern Illinois on the way to Oklahoma. The author(s) of the broadside proposed an event for Fall 1938 to "commemorate this tragic event."
Dates
- circa 1937-1938
Language
The materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
The materials from Appalachian State University Libraries' Special Collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The nature of these collections means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. As a result, the user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source.
Conditions Governing Use
Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the Appalachian State University assumes no responsibility.
Extent
0.01 Linear Feet (1 folder)
Acquisitions note
This collection was purchased from L&T Respess in 2014.
Processing Information
The collection was processed by Anita Elliott in July 2015 with assistance from Claire Stamper.
- Cherokee Nation Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Cherokee Centennial Celebration broadside
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Anita Elliott, updated by Kim Sims
- Date
- July 2015
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Research Center Repository
