Finding Aid to Sequoyah's Cherokee Alphabet Correspondence MS.867
Holly Rose Larson
Library and Archives at the Autry
2012 December 13
210 South Victory Blvd.
Burbank, CA 91502
rroom@theautry.org
Contributing Institution:
Library and Archives at the Autry
Title: Sequoyah's Cherokee Alphabet Correspondence
Creator:
Hodge, Frederick Webb
Creator:
Antony, Claudius, Brother
Identifier/Call Number: MS.867
Physical Description:
0.1 Linear Feet
(1 folder)
Date: 1934 January
Abstract: This is a note and envelope sent to Frederick Webb Hodge by Brother Claudius Antony of St. Mary's College, California, 1934
January 21. The cover, which is also the envelope, is postmarked Tahlequah, Oklahoma, 1934, and is stamped with "Sequoyah's
Cherokee Alphabet" honoring the invention of the Cherokee syllabary.
Language of Material:
English
.
This is a note and envelope sent to Frederick Webb Hodge by Brother Claudius Antony of St. Mary's College, California, 1934
January 21. The cover, which is also the envelope, is postmarked Tahlequah, Oklahoma, 1934, and is stamped with "Sequoyah's
Cherokee Alphabet" honoring the invention of the Cherokee syllabary. The explanatory note inside is written with ink made
from the General Sherman, Sequoia Gigantes tree in Sequoia National Park, California. The envelope is stamped "J. F. Hinton"
on verso.
Sequoyah's Cherokee Alphabet Correspondence, 1934, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.867.
Processed by Library staff before 1981. Finding aid completed by Holly Rose Larson, NHPRC Processing Archivist, 2012 December
13, made possible through grant funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commissions (NHPRC).
Donated by Brother Claudius Antony, 1934 February.
Copyright has not been assigned to the Autry Museum of the American West. All requests for permission to publish or quote
from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Research Services and Archives. Permission for publication is
given on behalf of the Autry Museum of the American West as the custodian of the physical items and is not intended to include
or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
Appointments to view materials are required. To make an appointment please visit
https://theautry.org/research-collections/library-and-archives and fill out the Researcher Application Form.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Cherokee language
Correspondence
Envelopes
Sequoyah