Bass, Henry B., 1897-1975

Henry Benjamin Bass Collection

Collection

Identifier: WHC-M-734

Scope and Contents

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Material from Bass's participation with the Oklahoma Civil War Centennial Commission, including general correspondence and correspondence regarding Abraham Lincoln (1962-1965); subject files regarding Civil War historical sites, events and personalities; and programs received from other state commissions. Also, Bass's travel diaries (1943-1966); correspondence (1933-1936) to and from patriotic societies; correspondence (1935-1940) from J. Edgar Hoover regarding conferences on crime; speeches (1935-1940) by Hoover; and reports from conferences regarding crime. Henry Benjamin Bass Photograph Collection also in repository.

Dates: 1861-1966

Found in: Western History Collections / Henry Benjamin Bass Collection

Henry Benjamin Bass Photograph Collection

Collection

Identifier: WHC-P-2303

Dates: 1862-1963

Found in: Western History Collections / Henry Benjamin Bass Photograph Collection

Poster Collection

Collection

Identifier: WHC-M-1235

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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.

Dates: 1884-1986

Found in: Western History Collections / Poster Collection

Dates

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Henry Benjamin Bass Collection

Henry Benjamin Bass Photograph Collection

Poster Collection

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