University of Oklahoma. College of Arts and Sciences

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Correspondence (1998-2000), and photocopied newspaper articles and other printed materials (1989-1999) regarding the life of Etta Roberts Hopson, a 1930 graduate of the University of Oklahoma College of Arts and Sciences. Includes reminiscences of her days as a child in Indian Territory, as a student at the University of Oklahoma, and as an Oklahoma public school teacher, as well as notes on her friendship with the George H. Bush family of Texas. Also includes a brochure and photographs of the Round Barn in Arcadia, Oklahoma.

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A family history entitled, The George A. Meacham Family, by George A. Meacham, III. A brief spiral bound history of the Meacham family in Custer County, Oklahoma, including notes on farming, family life, and early days in Clinton, Oklahoma. Also contains Meacham family genealogical information and notes on individual members of the Meacham and related families. The collection also includes a typescript family history titled"Aunt Alta's Letter to Maryjo: Meacham Family Memoirs" n.d.

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History professor. Transcript of an oral history interview (1984) conducted by Herbert R. Hengst with John S. Ezell, recounting Ezell's tenure as Dean of the University of Oklahoma College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; research and seminar papers (1955-1980) written by Ezell's students and colleagues, including three by Jack Ericson Eblen concerning the growth of the black slave population in nineteenth-century America and Cuba, and one by Gary L. Cunningham concerning gambling in frontier Kansas.

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Historian. Correspondence (1921-1956) concerning Wardell's tenure as a Professor of History and as an Assistant to the President of the University of Oklahoma, concerning student affairs, curriculum, academic department administration, accreditation, military training, housing, post-war planning, and state legislation; academic and admistrative departmental reports (1929-1945); correspondence concerning Wardell's teaching and publishing activities, and his involvement with civic organizations; lecture notes; research materials; and manuscripts regarding the Cherokee and Osage Indians, historic sites in Oklahoma, and the history of the American West. Morris L. Wardell Photograph Collection also in repository.

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College dean. The papers of Professor Paul B. Bell, Jr., are primarily comprised of his professional correspondence files (1972-2017) that were generated over more than thirty years at the University of Oklahoma as a zoology professor, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, and Vice Provost for Instruction. The correspondence reflects issues related to the Department of Zoology, administration of the University of Oklahoma’s international exchange and study abroad programs, the Confucius Institute, student retention, and program and curriculum development. In addition to the correspondence files, the collection contains his calendars, which provide an outline of his day-to-day activities, and a series of notebooks that hold Bell’s notes on meetings, and personal reminders.

Scope and Contents FULL FINDING AID (PDF)Publications of the College and its Departments and Schools including: Preparatory School, Chemistry & Biochemistry, English, History, Physics& Astronomy, Classics, Mathematics, Botany & Microbiology, Zoology, Philosophy, Modern Languages, Literatures& Linguistics, Psychology, Geography, Political Science (Government), Sociology, Journalism & Mass Communication, Social Work (Social Service), Home Economics, Anthropology, Library & Information Studies (Library Science), Communication (Speech), Biology, Applied Biology, Human Relations, Letters, and Biological Station comprise Official University Bulletins/Catalogs/Announcements describing courses, staffing, and facilities (1907-79); "Apex" (1979, 1990-91); Rosetta Briegel Barton Lecture programs (1980-84); "The Gittinger Review" (1982); "Genre"...

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Major series include Curriculum Revision Questionnaires (1940) returned by college departments; Enrollment graphs (1935-40) by department; Sub-Committee reports (1940) and letters to members of the Committee.

Scope and Contents FULL FINDING AID (PDF)Included are the files of John S. Ezell who served as Dean between 1965 and 1973 and records created and maintained by Dean William E. Livezey (1953-65). Major series include Departmental files (1941-74) which include correpondence and memoranda arranged alphabetically by name of department; Personnel records (prior to 1973) arranged alphabetically by name of department; Faculty Activity Reports (1972-73) arranged alphabetically by departmental name; Miscellaneous files including applications for Truman Scholarship (1977-79); Faculty Personnel Files (prior to 1980) arranged alphabetically by last name of faculty person; Personnel files including Faculty resignations (prior to 1970) arranged alphabetically by last name of faculty person; Admissions Analyses Reports (1958-66) arranged chronologically; and Subject Files (1941-71) whose original order was...