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Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

A framed studio portrait of a young man with dark hair dressed like a Catholic priest., undated

 Item — Box Photo R-18, item: 89
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Black-and-white original prints of the Rugeley family from Cameron, Texas.

Dates: undated

Armentrout Studio Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-P-1549
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Black and white original and copy prints of Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory and state, including street scenes, farming, businesses, railroads and industry.

Dates: 1889-1910

Charles C. Bush, II, Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: WHC-M-73
Scope and Contents

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Professor. Instructional materials and student papers from collegiate history courses at the University of Oklahoma; manuscripts and published materials regarding various historical events; correspondence to and from Bush regarding historical events and research; and an original letter (1829) regarding Tecumseh and the Battle of the Thames of 1813, written by a soldier who participated in the battle. Charles C. Bush Photograph Collection also in repository.

Dates: 1829-1965

Cunningham-Prettyman Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-P-2340
Scope and Contents

Black and white original glass plate negatives with copy prints of Cheyenne, Nez Perce, Kiowa, Sac and Fox, Pawnee, Ponca, Apache, Iowa, Kickapoo, Shawnee, Cherokee, Creek, Sioux, Kaw, Osage, and Oto Indians. Also includes scenes of farming, ranching, wild west shows, railroads, oil wells and Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory.

Dates: 1880-1910

Frank Phillips Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-P-1133
Scope and Contents Black and white original prints, copy prints and glass plate negatives of the Apache, Comanche, Delaware, Temeculz, Kawaiisu, Creek, Umatilla, Chippewa, Paiute, Sioux, Oto, Choctaw, Pawnee, Osage, Ponca, Mohave, Kickapoo, Taos, Pueblo, Yuma, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Crow, Navajo, Kiowa, Tonkawa, Sac and Fox, Kalispel, Kutenai, Flathead, Spokan, Attu, Quileute, Seminole, Wasco, Modoc, Shasta, Yakima, Shoshoni, Kiowa-Apache, Skitswish, Cheyenne, Shawnee, Nez Perce, Arapaho, Caddo, Wichita, Yakima, Makah, and Blackfoot Indians. Also includes images of mining, the oil industry, the military, agriculture, the range cattle industry, education, and transportation in Oklahoma Territory, Oklahoma state, and Indian Territory. Scenes of the towns of McAlester, Edmond, Alva, Weatherford, Pawhuska, Clairemore, Ponca City, Purcell, Duncan, Noble, Lexington, Shawnee, Beaver. Plainview, Lavern, Henryetta, Atoka, Tahlequah, Guthrie, Tishomingo, and Eufaula are included. In addition the first year of...
Dates: 1870-1930

Franklin Campbell Smith Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-1748
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Minister. A typescript of the Rev. Smith's autobiography (1946) which includes accounts of his experiences in Oklahoma Territory and the origins of Oklahoma place names, as well as stories concerning religion, settlers, cowboys, marshals, the weather, and public opinion regarding the Spanish-American War and the Crazy Snake Rebellion in Indian Territory. The collection also includes a typescript of Smith's biography of James Patrick Major, C.S.A., who held important commands in the Southwest during the Civil War.

Dates: 1946

Fred Lincoln Wenner Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: WHC-M-652
Scope and Contents

Journalist. Typescripts and manuscripts (1889-1939), and clippings (n.d.) regarding the history and settlement of Oklahoma; and correspondence (1904-1950) between Wenner and the Territorial Board for the Leasing of School Lands, of which Wenner was secretary, and with notable personalities in Oklahoma regarding Oklahoma history. Fred L. Wenner Photograph Collection also in repository.

Dates: 1887-1950

Religious Denominations of Oklahoma Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-1821
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Publications (1895-1950) of various religious denominations and individual churches in Oklahoma, including Congregational, Baptist, Methodist, Mennonite, Catholic, Presbyterian, Episcopalian and Lutheran. The materials include church bulletins, directories, conference proceedings and pamphlets.

Dates: 1895-1950

Saint Gregory's Abbey Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-P-1524
Scope and Contents

Blacka nd white copy prints of Sacred Heart Mission, Abbey and College, along with scenes of St. Gregory's College and Abbey, St. Benedict's Mission, and St. Patrick's Mission, all in Oklahoma. The collection also includes photographs of students, members of monastic orders, and construction of the schools and abbeys.

Dates: 1892 - 1974

Sooner Catholic Magazine Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-P-1146
Scope and Contents

Black and white copy prints of Catholic churches, schools and monastic orders in Oklahoma. Also includes Osage and Quapaw Indians and scenes of Guthrie, Boley, Langston, Fairfax, Ardmore, Antlers and Chickasha, Oklahoma.

Dates: 1889-1920

Stovall Museum Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-1738
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Antiphonaries, psalmody manuscripts, and a Roman Catholic missal from a colonial-era church in San Lucas Camotlan, Oaxaca, Mexico. Stovall Museum Photograph Collection also in repository.

Dates: 1634-1721

Theophile Caudron Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-93
Scope and Contents

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Priest. Clippings (1912-1970) concerning Monsignor Caudron's long career as pastor of St. Michael's Catholic Church, Henryetta, Oklahoma, and as superintendent of the Parochial school; and correspondence (1965) concerning the closing of the upper six grades of the school; and telegrams from prominant political figures. Theophile Caudron Photograph Collection also in repository.

Dates: 1912-1970

Works Progress Administration Historic Sites and Federal Writers' Project Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-1234
Scope and Contents FULL FINDING AID (PDF) Book-length manuscripts, research and project reports, and administrative records generated by the W.P.A. Historic Sites and Federal Writers' Projects for Oklahoma during the 1930's. Arranged by county and by subject, there are reports on biographies, birthplaces and homes of prominant Oklahomans, business enterprises and industries, judicial centers, banks and banking, Masonic orders, soil conservation, and land runs; on historic sites, including cemeteries and burial sites, churches and missions, schools, towns and ghost towns, post offices, roads and trails, stage coaches and stagecoach lines, ranches, ruins and antiquities, bridges, crossings and ferries, battlefields, trading posts and stores, military posts and camps, and the state parks; on Indians of North America in Oklahoma, including agencies and reservations, treaties,...
Dates: 1937-1941