Beaird, T. M., 1898-1950

University administrator. Certificates (1921) granting Beaird membership into the University of Oklahoma chapters of the Delta Sigma Rho and Pi Kappa Alpha fraternities.

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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).

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Subject files, arranged alphabetically, contain general correspondence (1935-47) and commercial correspondence (1927-39); Visual Education bulletins (1940-45) and other printed materials. Five men were in charge of this department during these years including Philip G. Phelps (1915-20), James W. Shepherd (1920-26), Ted M. Beaird (1926-37), R. Boyd Gunning (1937-42) and Thurman J. White (1942-48).

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General Correspondence (1936-46) arranged chronologically; Special correspondence (1936-39) arranged alphabetically by subject. The 4 directors during this period were Ted M. Beaird, Herbert H. Scott, John F. Malone and Charlotte Shepherd.

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General Correspondence (1938-46) arranged alphabetically by subjects and titles of short courses; and series associated with the department of Inter-School Speech Activities (1935-42) which include Director's Correspondence (1936-37); High School Correspondence (1935-42); Junior college correspondence (1936-41); and miscellaneous files (1935-42) regarding Judge's decisions, tournament and awards, handbooks, Speech league regulations, and bulletins.

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Records of the Stadium-Union Memorial Fund including Annual Report (1941-42); Correspondence (1927-44) involving Ted M. Beaird and Frank Cleckler; Financial Records (1922-40); legal documents (1941); and Minutes from Board of Governors (1940-43), Board of Trustees (1935-43), and OU Association (1926-40).

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Professor. Letters (1932-1940) of recommendation for senior students at the University of Oklahoma for admission to the University's President's Class; corrected manuscripts (n.d.) for "Mahan on Sea Power" (University of Oklahoma Press, 1947) and "The Philippines and the United States" (University of Oklahoma Press, 1951), the latter co-authored with Garel A. Grunder; and correspondence and minutes (1939-1950) of the Board of Governors of the Oklahoma Memorial Union. William Edmund Livezey Photograph Collection also in repository.