United States. National Youth Administration
Dates
- Existence: 1935
Biographical / Historical
Established 1935
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
Cordell Christian College Building at the time used as NYA training. Cordell, OK 1942., 1942
Black and white copy prints of Cloud Chief, Oklahoma Territory, and the towns of Ardmore, Foss, Gotebo, and Cordell, Oklahoma. Also included are photographs of businesses, railroads, farming, picnicking, schools, a Ku Klux Klan parade and tornado damage. James Franklin Parman Manuscript Collection also in repository.
National Youth Administration truck. Sayre, OK 1942., 1942
Black and white copy prints of Cloud Chief, Oklahoma Territory, and the towns of Ardmore, Foss, Gotebo, and Cordell, Oklahoma. Also included are photographs of businesses, railroads, farming, picnicking, schools, a Ku Klux Klan parade and tornado damage. James Franklin Parman Manuscript Collection also in repository.
NYA poster on the side of a truck., undated
Black and white copy prints of Cloud Chief, Oklahoma Territory, and the towns of Ardmore, Foss, Gotebo, and Cordell, Oklahoma. Also included are photographs of businesses, railroads, farming, picnicking, schools, a Ku Klux Klan parade and tornado damage. James Franklin Parman Manuscript Collection also in repository.
NYA training program office. Sayre, OK 1942., 1942
Black and white copy prints of Cloud Chief, Oklahoma Territory, and the towns of Ardmore, Foss, Gotebo, and Cordell, Oklahoma. Also included are photographs of businesses, railroads, farming, picnicking, schools, a Ku Klux Klan parade and tornado damage. James Franklin Parman Manuscript Collection also in repository.
University of Oklahoma Archives, Extension Division directors' records, RG44/01
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Three men, Herbert H. Scott (1937-43), Morris L. Wardell (1943-45), and R. Boyd Gunning (1945-48) were directors during this time. Subject files (1937-45) contain correspondence, letters, reports and printed materials and are arranged alphabetically. Also, contains financial records (1945-47).
University of Oklahoma Archives, Ima James chairperson records, RG40/25
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The records of Ima James, who served as chairperson of this department between 1941 and 1946 and in various prior positions beginning in 1918, contain the following series: Activity Records (1919-45), reflecting activities in which James and the department participated, are arranged alphabetically by name of organization or activity; Correspondence (1927-29, 1938-44) arranged alphabetically by name; Gradebooks (1918-46); Physical Examination Records (1922-27) arranged alphabetically by last name; Recommendations of Resident Physician (1941-47) arranged alphabetically by last name; processed informational materials on sports, hobbies, crafts, games, and recreation. Additionally, for the Women's Athletic Association there are Meeting Minutes (1919-34) and Financial Records (1928-40).
University of Oklahoma Archives, Morris L. Wardell assistant to the president's records, RG03/03
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Series include College Work Program papers (1939-43) which include appropriations, correspondence, and reports; National Youth Administration records (1937-43); Works Project Administration (1935-45) reflecting activities with the War Labor Board and various projects including Archaeology, Art, Museum, Music, Recreation, Vocabulary and Writers; Red Cross including War Fund correspondence (1943-47); and 8.3 cubic feet of unprocessed personal papers.
University of Oklahoma Archives, Office of the Dean of Students Collection, RG16
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Records created and maintained by the predecessor positions to the Dean of Students: the Dean and Counselor of Men. Spanning the administration of five deans, these subject files (1926-48), arranged alphabeticallyby topic, include General and special correspondence (1929-47); Fraternity Correspondence (1928-40); Fraternity Grade Point Averages (1922-43); Fraternity Membership (1924-43); Veterans' Grades (1944-46); and annual reports (1940-46).
University of Oklahoma Archives, Roscoe Simmons Cate, Jr. editorship records, RG12/04
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Cate served as Editor of Sooner Magazine and Assistant in Press Relations beginning December 1, 1936 and continued in those capacities until 1942 when he became acting Secretary of the Alumni Association, acting manager of the Oklahoma Memorial Union, and Editor/Manager of Sooner Magazine. In 1944 Cate became Financial Assistant to President George Lynn Cross. The administrative files, arranged alphabetically by subject, contain primarily advertising records, newsclippings and correspondence.
University of Oklahoma Archives, William Bennett Bizzell presidential records, RG03/01/06
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General Correspondence arranged alphabetically by subject or personal name for each academic year beginning 1925 and ending 1941; Personal papers, including presidential engagement dates, letters, and correspondence, are arranged alphabetically by subject for each academic year between 1925 and 1939; Inauguration papers, 1926; and miscellaneous financial reports, 1921-1941.