NA. Native Americans (including Seminole Indians) and Early Florida

Recordings of Seminole medicine chants and songs. Naturalist J. Harold Matteson recorded the chants and songs and includes a historical narrative.

A collection of research materials compiled by Larry Aten and his wife Carol Aten about the life and profession of amateur archaeologist Clarence B. Moore. This collection highlights various aspects of early 19th and 20th century archaeology, the history of Moore’s family, his personal and professional relationships, and archaeological excavation fieldwork conducted by Moore.

Photocopies of correspondence, reports, and other papers related to the Seminole Tribe of Florida found in the National Archives, primarily in the files of the Office of Indian Affairs between 1820 and 1897.

The Louis Bishop Capron Papers comprise personal correspondence, fiction and nonfiction manuscripts, and photographs of this children's author and amateur ethnographer of the Florida Seminole and Miccosukee Indians. Most of the materials pertain to Capron's interest in and friendship with the Seminoles.

Notes of Seminole War fort locations; photocopied originals of scouting reports, diaries, correspondence from the National Archives and typed transcriptions; photos of Seminoles. Compiled by Edward T. Keenan and Thomas Brown.

Papers written by or copied for Charles W. Spellman pertaining to his research on Catholic and Indian history. Location is primarily Florida but does extend to Georgia and Carolina history. Most of the reproduced documents come from the colonial era however there is correspondence from 1947-1952.

John M. Goggin was a renowned archaeologist and anthropologist who worked in the American Southwest and Southeast, the Caribbean, and Mexico. The collection includes his field notebooks, his publications and research files, photographs, and newspaper clippings.

Correspondence, reports, and other materials created or collected by Rex Quinn in his roles as Superintendent of the Seminole Agency and as Chief Tribal Operations Officer with the BIA in the 1950s and 1960s.

Case records related to The Seminole Indians of Florida v. The United States before the Indian Claims Commission. Specifically, these records pertain to a 1976 petition for attorney fees to be awarded to Effie Knowles.

The Albert DeVane Collection represents a portion of the papers and photographs of a historian who focused his life on Seminole Indian culture. The writings and photographs in the collection center around Seminole Indians from the Brighton Reservation.