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Wilkinson, Cragun & Barker

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1937 - 1982

Administrative History

Ernest L. Wilkinson (1899 1978) was a founding partner in the law firm of Wilkinson, Cragun & Barker, who handled the Indian Claims Commission cases during the 1950s-1980s. The firm broke up in 1982.

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Jerry C. Straus papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3665
Abstract

Contains a collection of transcripts from the Indian Claims Commission from the 19th and 20th centuries, concerning mainly the Shosone Indians; appraisals of land and mineral resources; exhibit material; selection of books and maps; reel-to-reel tapes; case petitions and pleadings and legislative history.

Dates: 1934-1982

Wilkinson, Cragun & Barker records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2382
Scope and Contents Additions to the Indian Litigation Files of the Wilkinson Law Firm, ca. 1949-1960. They are mostly files of the Ute Tribe and Menominee Tribe, plus some law office correspondence files.The seventeen bound volumes contain legal documents of Indian Litigation Cases heard by the Indian Claims Commission, 1949-1970. Litigants include the Turtle Mountain Band of the Chippewa Indians, the Uinta Utes, the Spokane Tribe, the Coeur D'Alene Tribe, and the Southern Utes.This...
Dates: 1949-1979

Wilkinson, Cragun & Barker records on Indian Claims Commission

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2291
Scope and Contents

This collection contains legal documents from the law firm Wilkinson, Cragun & Barker, concerning cases filed through the Indian Claims Commission.

Dates: 1950-1980

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Civil Procedure and Courts 2
Legal instruments 2
Letters 2
Politics, Government, and Law 2
Audiotapes 1