Cruce, Cruce and Bleakmore Collection
Scope and Contents
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Legal documents and correspondence of the law firms of Cruce, Cruce and Cruce (1895-1901); Cruce, Cruce and Bleakmore (1901-1912); and Potter and Cruce (1912-1928) reflecting the firms' practice, representing Indian citizenship and allotment claims, banking interests, and oil and gas companies. Also in the collection are correspondence and speeches from Lee Cruce's Oklahoma gubernatorial campaign of 1907 and his senatorial campaign of 1930.
Dates
- Creation: 1899-1935
Extent
25.66 Cubic Feet (25.66 ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Ownership and Custodial History
Gift of Eliza Jane Cruce Hall, Lorena Cruce Norris, and Marion Cruce.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Papers: Source of acquisition--Hall, Eliza Jane, Lorena Cruce Norris, and Marion Cruce. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1948.
Subject
- Cruce, A. C., 1858-1919 (Person)
- Cruce, Lee, 1863-1933 (Person)
- Cruce, William Isaac, 1853-1928 (Person)
- Haskell, Charles Nathaniel, 1860-1933 (Person)
- Murray, William H. (William Henry), 1869-1956 (Person)
- Smith, Alfred Emanuel, 1873-1944 (Person)
- United States. Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes (Organization)
- Bleakmore, Willard Ranson, 1872-1955 (Person)
- Potter, William D. (Person)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Banks and banking -- Oklahoma
- Chickasaw Indians -- Land tenure
- Chickasaw Indians -- Tribal citizenship
- Choctaw Indians -- Land tenure
- Choctaw Indians -- Tribal citizenship
- Democratic Party -- Oklahoma
- Elections -- Oklahoma
- Govenors -- Oklahoma -- Elections
- Indian allotments -- Chickasaw Nation, Oklahoma
- Indian allotments -- Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
- Indian allotments -- Oklahoma
- Law firms -- Oklahoma
- Oil and gas leases -- Oklahoma
- Petroleum industry and trade -- Oklahoma
- 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
