Jerry Whistler Snow Collection
Scope and Contents
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Correspondence (1893-1915) to and from various members of the Whistler family regarding life in Oklahoma Territory, describing a first ride in an automobile, sicknesses, diseases and quarantines, floods, Sac and Fox Indian dances and customs, the Sac and Fox Indian Agency and its Agent, Lee Patrick, the Chilicco Indian School, Wild West shows, and holiday celebrations. Correspondents include Maude Mayes Whistler, Pearl Mayes Whistler, and Gertrude Naden. Jerry Whistler Snow Photograph Collection also in repository.
Dates
- Creation: 1893-1915
Restrictions on Access
On June 26, 2023, the Western History Collections began a preservation project that has made many of its collections unavailable for a period of time. This collection is among the materials temporarily unavailable. Please contact Western History Collections if you wish to be added to a contact list to be notified when this collection becomes available.
Available for public access.
Extent
2 Cubic Feet (2 ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Ownership and Custodial History
Gift of Jerry Whistler Snow.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Papers: Source of acquisition--Snow, Jerry Whistler. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1986.
Subject
- Flynn, Dennis Thomas, 1861-1939 (Person)
- Kenneth, Margaret (Person)
- Keokuk, Frank (Person)
- Nadan, Gertrude (Person)
- Patrick, Lee (Person)
- Snow, Jerry Whistler (Person)
- Whistler, Maude Mayes (Person)
- Whistler, Pearl Mayes (Person)
- Chilocco Indian School -- : Oklahoma. (Organization)
- Grand Army of the Republic (Organization)
- Lincoln County Producer's Association (Okla.) (Organization)
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Sac and Fox Agency (Kan. and Okla.) (Organization)
- St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Company (Organization)
- Buckskin Bill's Historical Wild West Show (Organization)
- Carl Hagenbeck's Circus (Organization)
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. La Pointe Agency (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
- Oklahoma -- Health and hygiene
- Oklahoma -- History -- 1907-
- Oklahoma -- History -- To 1907
- Oklahoma -- Social life and customs
Topical
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Western History Collections Repository
Monnet Hall, 3rd Floor
630 Parrington Oval
Norman Oklahoma 73019
405-325-2904
westernhistorycollections@ou.edu
