Jacobson, Oscar Brousse, 1882-1966

Black-and-white original and copy prints of Oscar B. Jacobson, interior and exterior views of his Norman home, and a group photo of four members of the Kiowa Five: Spencer Asah, Jack Hokeah, Stephen Mopope, and Monroe Tsatoke. Also included are photographs of Oklahoma pilot Wiley Post; murals in post offices by Acee Blue Eagle, Randall Davey, and Olive Rush; and a mural by Woody Crumbo at the Department of the Interior Building in Washington, D.C.. Unpublished finding aid available.

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Professor. Newspaper editorial cartoons published during World War I regarding the conflict; publications, plans, papers and blueprints detailing civilian defense of the University of Oklahoma, all dating from World War II; and correspondence, biographies and Jacobson's unpublished manuscript regarding Oklahoma artists and the status of art in Oklahoma through 1930. Oscar Brousse Jacobson Photograph Collection also in repository.

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Posters, full color and black and white, published in the United States and Europe, regarding wild west shows, traveling medicine shows, vaudeville acts, theatrical events, political elections, and the U.S. military. Also included are government propaganda posters, published in the United States, France and Italy during the first and second World Wars, regarding materials conservation, patriotism, liberty loans, military recruitment and other prominent wartime themes.

Performer. Correspondence (1920-1994) to and from Te Ata Fisher, along with printed materials (1923-1976) used by Te Ata as resource material for her performances as a storyteller and interpreter of Indian folklore and culture. The collection also includes a scrapbook (1936) of a Scandinavian tour, four scrapbooks concerning Te Ata's life and works, along with some correspondence (1922-1953) and printed material, mostly reprints (1913-1936), relating to Te Ata's husband, Clyde Fisher, a naturalist.

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Correspondence (1928-1956) between Press directors, University of Oklahoma officials, and authors regarding books published by the press, its publishing procedures and standards, and its daily operations. Also included are readers' reports (1930-1956) of submitted manuscripts; rejected book manuscripts (1934-1956); accepted book manuscripts (n.d.); and minutes and proceedings (1944-1961) of various working committees of the University of Oklahoma and the American Association of University Presses. University of Oklahoma Press Photograph Collection also in repository.

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Literary journal. Correspondence (1926-2003) between the journal's directors, and University of Oklahoma administrators and faculty, and with authors and prospective authors, regarding the journal's operation, publishing procedures and standards, and works published. Also included are files (1926-1951) regarding the exodus of authors and playwrights from Nazi Germany and Spain to the United States and Mexico.