James Jackson McAlester Collection
Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-2046
Scope and Contents
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Businessman and state official. Correspondence (1888-1914); store ledgers (1874-1950); daybooks (1888-1926); inventory books (n.d.); cash books (1886-1925) and other records from the J.J. McAlester Mercantile Company in McAlester, Indian Territory.
Dates
- 1874-1950
Extent
58 ft. (58 ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Ownership and Custodial History
Gift of Paul Olinger, Harold Hopkins, Sudie Barnes, and Mrs. W.B. McAlester.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Records: Source of acquisition--Olinger, Paul, Harold Hopkins, Sudie Barnes, and Mrs. W.B. McAlester. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1949.
- Account books Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Bucklucky (Indian Territory) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cashbooks Subject Source: Ftamc
- Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Daybooks Subject Source: Ftamc
- General stores -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- General stores -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Inventories Subject Source: Ftamc
- J.J. McAlester Mercantile Company
- McAlester (Okla.) -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- McAlester, James J., 1841-1920
- Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company
- Railroads -- Indian Territory Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Retail trade -- Oklahoma -- McAlester Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Stores, Retail -- Oklahoma -- McAlester Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States marshals 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
Contact:
630 Parrington Oval
Room 300
Norman Oklahoma 73019 United States
westernhistorycollections@ou.edu
630 Parrington Oval
Room 300
Norman Oklahoma 73019 United States
westernhistorycollections@ou.edu
