Frankie Colbert Murray Photograph Collection
Scope and Contents
Black and white original prints of the William H. (Alfalfa Bill) Murray family. Includes scenes of Alfalfa Bill as governor, the 1907 Oklahoma Constitutional Convention, the inauguration of Johnston Murray as Governor of Oklahoma, the Cherokee Nation Senate, the Murray farm in Tishomingo, Oklahoma, and Murray State College in Tishomingo, Oklahoma. Also contains scenes of the Oklahoma National Guard, petroleum industry operations in Oklahoma, colonists of the Murray family in Bolivia, and scenes of the Murray Colony in Bolivia.
Dates
- 1880-1967
Creator
Restrictions on Access
Open for public research.
Extent
242 items (242 items)
Language of Materials
Ownership and Custodial History
Gift of Frankie Murray.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Photoprints: Source of acquisition--Murray, Frankie. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1987.
- Automobiles Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Bridges Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Broken Bow (Okla.) -- Pictorial works Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cherokee Indians -- Clothing Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Chickasaw Indians -- Clothing Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Choctaw Indians -- Clothing Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Constitutional conventions -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Creek Indians -- Clothing Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Democratic Party (Okla.)
- Ferguson, Walter Scott, 1886-1936
- Guthrie (Okla.) -- Pictorial works Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Haskell, Charles Nathaniel, 1860-1933
- Murray State College (Tishomingo, Okla.) -- : Buildings.
- Murray, Johnston, 1902-1974
- Murray, William H. (William Henry), 1869-1956
- Oil wells Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oklahoma City (Okla.) -- Pictorial works Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Petroleum industry and trade Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Porter, Pleasant
- Railroads Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Seminole Indians -- Clothing Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Swimmer, Washington
- Tahlequah (Okla.) -- Pictorial works Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Tishomingo (Okla.) -- Pictorial works Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Tulsa (Okla.) -- Pictorial works 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
