Arthur James Williams Photograph Collection
Scope and Contents
Black and white original prints of sawmills, quarries, lime kilns, lumber yards, glass factories, smelters, oil wells and storage tanks, and ranches in Oklahoma. The collection includes photographs of numerous Oklahoma cities and towns; the University of Oklahoma; of railroads, automobiles, and airplanes; of Apache, Cheyenne, Comanche, Kiowa, Sioux, and Wichita Indians; of limestone and gypsum deposits in Oklahoma; and of the Oklahoma salt plains. Quanah Parker, Wanda Parker, Hollow Horn Bear, Hunting Horse, Mad Wolf, Geronimo, Bear Claw, and Amy Toughfeathers are among the photographs of individuals in the collection.
Dates
- 1910-1940
Creator
- Williams, Arthur James, 1877-1954 (Person)
Restrictions on Access
Open for public research.
Extent
954 items (954 items)
Language of Materials
Ownership and Custodial History
Gift of Arthur James Williams.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Photoprints: Source of acquisition--Williams, Arthur James. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--9999.
- Adobe houses Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Airplanes -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Automobiles -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Brickworks -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Caves -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cheyenne Indians -- Clothing Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cheyenne Indians -- Dwellings Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Comanche Indians -- Clothing Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cradleboards Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Dakota Indians -- Clothing Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Formations (Geology) -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Glass manufacture -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Granite -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Gypsum -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Gypsum industry -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Hotels -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Kiowa Indians -- Clothing Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Kiowa dance Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Limekilns -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Limestone -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Lumber-yards -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mines and mineral resources -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oil fields -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oil fields -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oil fields -- Texas Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oil storage tanks -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oil wells -- Equipment and supplies Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oil wells -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Parker, Quanah, 1845?-1911
- Petroleum workers -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Quarries and quarrying -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Railroad stations Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Railroads -- Design and construction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Railroads -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Sandstone -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Sawmills -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Schools -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Smelting -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- University of Oklahoma -- : Campus.
- Wichita Indians -- Dwellings Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Western History Collections Repository
630 Parrington Oval
Room 300
Norman Oklahoma 73019 United States
westernhistorycollections@ou.edu