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Gary L. Cheatham
Kansas Territory in 1857         Kansas Territory in 1857

Academic Background:
B.S. (Missiology), Northwest Christian College (now Bushnell University)
M.Div., Brite Divinity School, Texas Christian University
M.S.L.S., School of Information Sciences, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Cheatham's Publications
Research and Publication Interests:
Cherokee Nation in the 19th century
Osage Nation in the 19th century
Quapaw Tribe in the 19th century
Kansas in the 1850s and 1860s
Useful Online Resources for the Above Research Interests:
American Civil War in Missouri (State Historical Society of Missouri)
American Journeys: Eyewitness Accounts of Early American Exploration and Settlement (Wisconsin Historical Society)
Ancestry.com
Annals of Kansas (1875)
Annual Reports of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs (1826-1932) (University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries)
Arizona Memory Project (Arizona State Library)
Arkansas Digital Archives (Arkansas State Archives)
California Digital Newspaper Collection (University of California, Riverside)
Cherokee Advocate (Cherokee Newspaper, 1845-1906 / Oklahoma Historical Society)
Chronicles of Oklahoma (Oklahoma Historical Society)
Chronicling America (Library of Congress)
Civil War Veterans in Kansas (Kansas Historical Society)
Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection
Confederate Veteran (Vols. 1-30, 1893-1922 / HathiTrust)
Confederate Veteran (Vols. 1-40, 1893-1932 / University of Pennsylvania Library)
Congressional Globe, 1833-1873 (Library of Congress)
Congressional Globe, 1833-1873 (UNT Digital Library)
Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865 (National Archives)
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Denver Public Library Digital Collections
Descriptive Rolls for Civil War Soldiers in Kansas Regiments (Kansas Historical Society)
Digital Library of the KSGenWeb
Digital Public Library of America
Digital Southern Historical Collection (University of North Carolina)
Digitized Kansas Maps (Wichita State University Libraries)
FamilySearch
Find a Grave
Fold3
Gateway to Oklahoma History (Oklahoma Historical Society)
Genealogy Gophers (80,000 genealogy and history books)
General Land Office Records (U.S. Dept. of the Interior)
Geographic Names Information System (U.S. Geological Survey)
GovInfo (Free public access to official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government)
HathiTrust Digital Library
Historical Maps of States (University of Alabama)
History Hub: Crowdsourcing Platform (National Archives)
History of the State of Kansas, Vol. 1 (by William G. Cutler, published by A.T. Andreas, 1883)
History of the State of Kansas, Vol. 2 (by William G. Cutler, published by A.T. Andreas, 1883)
History of the State of Kansas / 2 vols. in 1 (by William G. Cutler, published by A.T. Andreas, 1883)
IDA Treaties Explorer (National Archives)
Index to District Court (Third District: Salt Lake County) Probate Case Files (1852-1896)
Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties (Kappler's) (Oklahoma State University)
Indian-Pioneer Papers Collection (University of Oklahoma)
Internet Archive
Jackson County, Missouri, Recorder of Deeds (Full Text Historical Public Records)
Jesuit Digital Collections & Resources (Jesuit Archives & Research Center, St. Louis, Missouri)
Kansas County Plat Atlases (Kansas Historical Society)
Kansas Historical Quarterly, 1931-1977 (Kansas Historical Society)
Kansas Memory (Kansas Historical Society)
Library of Congress Digital Collections
Louisiana Digital Library (Louisiana Digital Consortium)
Making of America Collection (Cornell University Library)
Missouri Birth & Death Records Database, Pre-1910 (Missouri Digital Heritage)
Missouri City Directories (Missouri Digital Heritage)
Missouri Civil War Records (Missouri Digital Heritage)
Missouri County Histories (Missouri Digital Heritage)
Missouri Digital Heritage (Homepage)
Missouri Digital Newspapers (State Historical Society of Missouri)
Missouri Historical Review (State Historical Society of Missouri)
Missouri Land Records, 1777-1969 (Missouri Digital Heritage)
Missouri Soldiers' Records: War of 1812 - World War I (Missouri Digital Heritage)
National Archives: Access to Archival Databases
National Archives Catalog
National Park Service: The Civil War Search for Soldiers
Nebraska Memories (Nebraska Library Commission)
Nebraska Newspapers (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
New Mexico Archives Online (University of New Mexico)
New Mexico Historical Newspapers (University of New Mexico)
Newspapers.com
Newspapers.com (All Newspapers)
Oklahoma Confederate Pension Index Cards (Oklahoma Digital Prairie)
Oklahoma Digital Maps (Oklahoma State University)
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas)
Place Names of Colorado (Colorado Council of Genealogical Societies)
St. Louis Catholic Historical Review, 1918-1923 (HathiTrust)
Salt Lake City Tax Assesment Rolls, 1856-1892 (Utah Division of Archives and Records Service)
Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938 (National Archives)
State Digital Resources (Library of Congress)
State Historical Society of Missouri Digital Collections
Territorial Papers of the United States (HathiTrust)
Texas Digital Archive: Confederate Pension Applications
Texas Digital Newspaper Program (University of North Texas)
Texas Rangers (Historical Partial List)
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
TopoView: Historical Topographic Maps (U.S. Geological Survey)
Tribal Treaties Database (Oklahoma State University)
University of Missouri Digital Library
U.S. Civil War Draft Registration Records, 1863-1865 (name index, Ancestry)
U.S. Senate Journal: First Forty-Three Sessions of Congress (Library of Congress)
Utah Digital Newspapers (University of Utah)
Utah Division of Archives and Records Service Collections (Historical Index)
Utah Government Digital Library (full text access to archived issues of Utah Historical Quarterly)
Utah State Digital Archives (Utah Division of Archives and Records Service)
War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (and Navies) (Making of America / Browse)
War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (Ohio State University / Search)
War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (HathiTrust / Original from University of Michigan / Browse and Search)
War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (and Navies) (enter the title to retrieve all the individual volumes that are keyword searchable / from UNT)
Western History Collections - Native American Manuscripts (University of Oklahoma)
Wyoming Digital Newspaper Collection (University of Wyoming & Wyoming State Library)
Other Useful Online Resources:
Air University Press
Army Publishing Directorate (Gateway to Doctrine publications, Field Manuals, etc.)
Defense Technical Information Center
Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
Ike Skelton Combined Arms Research Library Digital Library
Institute for the Study of War
Marine Corps Supplement to the Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
Modern War Institute at West Point
Rand Corporation
U.S. Army Center of Military History
Wayback Machine
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