David L. Boren Collection
Scope and Contents
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Correspondence from University of Oklahoma alumni and political figures to University of Oklahoma president David L. Boren regarding OU events and history; artifacts and a scrapbook regarding OU sports and OU history; an OU commencement address by Sam Nunn; and publications regarding OU history and OU personalities. The collection also contains items such as a set of photograph printing plates of OU administrators and professors; a U.S. flag bearing 46 stars; an engineering student's set of drafting tools; photographs of OU president emeritus Joseph Brandt, and of the bombed Alfred P. Murrah federal building in Oklahoma City; and printed programs of the Y.M.C.A. and the Y.W.C.A.
Dates
- 1905-2004
Restrictions on Access
Available for public access.
Extent
.66 ft. (.66 ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Papers and artifacts: Source of acquisition--Boren, David L. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1998.
- Boren, David, 1941-
- Boren, Molly Shi, 1943-
- Boyd House (Norman, Okla.)
- Brandt, Joseph A. (Joseph August), 1899-1984
- Cross, George Lynn
- Dole, Elizabeth Hanford
- Flags -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Gautt, Prentice, 1938-2005
- Halverstadt, Donald B., 1934-
- Holmes, Wayne B.
- Nunn, Sam
- Oklahoma City Federal Building Bombing, Oklahoma City, Okla., 1995 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Seismic reflection method Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Tutu, Desmond, 1931-
- University of Oklahoma -- : History.
- 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
