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A Guide to the Edward T. Keenan Collection of Documents Related to the Seminole Indians of Florida

Finding aid prepared by Dept. Staff

University of Florida Smathers Libraries - Special and Area Studies Collections
March 2005


Descriptive Summary
Provenance: Keenan, Edward T.
Title: Edward T. Keenan Collection of Documents Related to the Seminole Indians of Florida
Dates: 1817-1858
Abstract: Notes and reproductions of documents related to the Seminole Indians of Florida gathered from the National Archives and other repositories by Edward T. Keenan and Thomas Owen Brown.
Extent: 3 linear feet.
Identification: Ms 59

Biographical/Historical Note

U.S. military officer, historian. 1882-1971?

Scope and Content

Notes and reproductions of documents related to the Seminole Indians of Florida and the Seminole Indian Wars. These materials were gathered from the National Archives and other repositories by Edward T. Keenan and Thomas Owen Brown (1907-). Includes correspondence, reports, memoirs, notes, and diaries. Also includes copies of D. B. McKay's newspaper column, "Pioneer Florida," which appeared in the Tampa Tribune.

Access or Use Restrictions

Access

Collection is open for research.

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Edward T. Keenan Collection of Documents Related to the Seminole Indians of Florida, Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Mr. Tom Brown.

Processing Information

The Keenan collection also included books and maps, which were incorporated into the P. K. Yonge Library of Florida History.

Contents List

Keenan Collection


Box 1
Florida forts and sites: A-Z
Seminoles wars, 2nd and 3rd. Officers
Seminoles wars, 2nd and 3rd. Artillery
Seminoles wars, 2nd and 3rd. Cavalry
Seminoles wars, 2nd and 3rd. Infantry
Seminoles wars, 2nd and 3rd. Battles
Seminoles wars, 2nd and 3rd. Forts

Box 2
Niles Register, 1851-1859 (Florida items indexed) Photos: Personal, and Seminole Indians
U.S. Steamer Grey Cloud 1855-1858 (plus Keenan's correspondence re: steamer)
Miscellaneous correspondence, military 1636-1857 (Dada Massacre, Ft. Dada, General Clinch, etc.)
Chauffer, Military Posts of Florida
Military battles, 1837-1842
Peliklakaha
Lockahatchee
Hatcheelustee

Box 3
Gen. Arbuckle, Mathew (1821)
Capt. Backus, Electus. (Diary of the campaign in Florida, 1837-1838)
Lieut. Benson, Henry (Kissimmee River, 1855)
Gen. Blake, Luther (Correspondence 1851-1853)
Lieut. Casey, John (1849-1850)
Col. Clarke, Newman (Scouting on the Withlacoochee, 1841)
Dexter, Horatio (Report on a journey to south part of Florida, 1823)
Forry, Samuel, M.D. (Letters written daring service in Florida, 1837-1838)
Capt. Gates, Collinson (Diary thru the Everglades, 1842)
Gen. Harney, William (Report, 1857)

Box 4
Col. Humphries, Gad (Indian agent, Letters, 1825-1830)
Lieut. Ives, Joseph (Memoir to accompany a military map, 1856)
Capt. Pratt, Henry C. (Letters, 1855 [with Ives' memoir])
Capt. Hays, William (Letters, 1855 [with Ives' memoir])
Col. Lawson, Thomas, M.D. (Letter from Cape Sable, 1838)
Col. Loomis, Gustavus (Reports 1857-1858)
Lieut. Meade, George (Letter, Indian River area, 1850)
Lieut. Phelps, John (Letters, 1837-1838)
Col. Smith, Persifor (Expedition to Charlotte Harbor and Peas Creek, 1836)
Gen. Twiggs, David. (Twiggs' road, etc., 1849-1850)
Scouting and field operations in Florida, 1841-1842
Various: D.B. McKay, Pioneer Florida ( articles from the Tampa Tribune, 1953-1955, 1958, 1960-1966)


Selected Subjects and Access Points
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog:
Subject Terms:
Florida -- History -- 1821-1865.
Seminole Indians.
Seminole War, 2nd, 1835-1842.

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