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Robert E. Cunningham Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-P-1666

Scope and Contents

Black and white glass plate negatives from original prints, original glass plate negatives and copy prints of settlement scenes of Guthrie, Oklahoma City, Perry and Lawton, Oklahoma Territory. Included are scenes of numerous other Oklahoma towns, the oil industry, businesses, railroads, farming, the military, and cowboys, along with studio portraits of Afro-Americans. The collection also contains photographs of the Land Run of 1893.

Dates

  • Creation: 1880-1930

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

726 items (726 items)

Language of Materials

English Lang

Ownership and Custodial History

Purchased.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Glas plate negatives: Source of acquisition--Unknown. Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1978.

Genre / Form

Geographic

Topical

Description rules
Appm
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Western History Collections Repository

Contact:
Monnet Hall, 3rd Floor
630 Parrington Oval
Norman Oklahoma 73019
405-325-2904