Gary Giessmann Collection
Scope and Contents
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Collector. Letters (1862-1863) from Union soldier, Robert Stansberry, to his family; business records (1904-1929) from the Southwest Merchandise Company; Sanders family correspondence and records (1870-1957); a diary (1886) by an unknown author recounting a trip from Carrolton, Arkansas, to Indian Territory; letters (1918) from Charles Robert Edgerly to his family regarding his military training; and various printed materials including pocket editions of the New Testament, song books, and medical books.
Dates
- 1862-1994
Creator
- Giessmann, Gary, 1952- (Person)
Restrictions on Access
Available for public access.
Extent
1.66 ft. (1.66 ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Ownership and Custodial History
Gift of Gary Giessmann.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Papers: Source of acquisition--Giessmann, Gary. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1991.
- Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Diaries Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Edgerly, Charles Robert, 1890-1975
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Indian Territory Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Retail trade -- Missouri -- Southwest City Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Saunders family
- Southwest Mercantile Company
- Stansberry, Robert R. (Robert Roger), 1928-
- United States -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives 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
