Alvin J. Herring Photograph Collection
Scope and Contents
Black and white original and copy prints of farming and coal mining near Chelsea, Oklahoma. The collection also includes street scenes in Chelsea. Alvin J. Herring Manuscript Collection also in repository.
Dates
- Creation: 1907-1938
Restrictions on Access
On June 26, 2023, the Western History Collections began a preservation project that has made many of its collections unavailable for a period of time. This collection is among the materials temporarily unavailable. Please contact Western History Collections if you wish to be added to a contact list to be notified when this collection becomes available.
Open for public research.
Extent
74 items (74 items)
Language of Materials
English Lang
Ownership and Custodial History
Gift of Al Herring.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Photoprints: Source of acquisition--Herring, Al. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1951.
Subject
- Herring, Alvin J., 1899-1954 (Person)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Automobiles -- Oklahoma
- Automobiles -- Oklahoma -- Marketing
- Banks and banking -- Oklahoma
- Business enterprises -- Oklahoma
- Church buildings -- Oklahoma
- Coal mines and mining -- Oklahoma
- Cotton -- Oklahoma
- Cotton gins and ginning -- Oklahoma
- Farm equipment -- Oklahoma
- Farmers -- Oklahoma
- Farms -- Oklahoma
- Gasoline industry -- Oklahoma
- Hotels -- Oklahoma
- Mines and mineral resources -- Oklahoma
- Parades -- Oklahoma
- Petroleum refineries -- Oklahoma
- School children -- Oklahoma
- Schools -- Oklahoma
- Tractors -- Oklahoma
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Western History Collections Repository
Monnet Hall, 3rd Floor
630 Parrington Oval
Norman Oklahoma 73019
405-325-2904
westernhistorycollections@ou.edu
