John Robert Williams Collection
Scope and Contents
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Political campaign manager. Correspondence (1906-1910), telegrams (1909-1910), publications (1910), news clippings (1910) and broadsides (1910) regarding the election campaigns of Lee Cruce and his opponent for the governorship of Oklahoma in 1910, and of the Democratic and Republican parties in Oklahoma. The collection includes correspondence (1906) from Senator Gordon Russell regarding Congress's plans for the admission of Oklahoma to the Union.
Dates
- 1906-1910
Restrictions on Access
Available for public access.
Extent
.45 ft. (.45 ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Ownership and Custodial History
Gift of Allan de Lasdernier Williams.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Papers: Source of acquisition--Williams, Allan de Lasdernier. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1987.
- African Americans -- Colonization -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- African Americans -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Barnard, Kate, 1875-1930
- Branson, Fred P., 1881-1960
- Broadsides Subject Source: Ftamc
- Campaign literature, 1910 -- Democratic -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Campaign management -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cruce, Lee, 1863-1933
- Democratic Party (Okla.)
- Elections -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Governors Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Governors -- Oklahoma -- Elections Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Haskell, Charles Nathaniel, 1860-1933
- McNeal, Joseph W.
- Murray, William H. (William Henry), 1869-1956
- Oklahoma -- Elections Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oklahoma -- Race relations Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Political campaigns -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Republican Party -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Russell, Gordon, 1859-1919
- Statehood (American politics) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Telegrams Subject Source: Ftamc
- Williams, John Robert, 1866-1931
- 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