Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: The John Howard Payne Papers consist of fourteen volumes (many disbound and boxed for conservation purposes) of material relating to American Indians, primarily the Cherokee, between 1794 and 1842 (bulk 1825-1842). Collection includes correspondence, extensive notes and research, transcriptions, memoranda, unpublished works, and government publications and other printed items. The first six volumes have been edited and annotated into two books by a historian and two...