Charles B. Rhodes Collection
Scope and Contents
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U.S. Marshal. Correspondence (1895-1946) regarding the Indian Territory Day Celebration of 1939, and Thomas Rhodes' World War I experience; certificates (1864-1912); clippings (1905-1950) and a scrapbook (n.d.) regarding lawmen, outlaws, judges, and Rhodes; the score (1894) of a patriotic hymn composed by a youth from Indian Territory; poetry and short stories (1894-1942) by various persons regarding Belle Starr, the Creek National Councilhouse at Okmulgee, and Oklahoma; and publications (1908-1938) including programs of the 1908 reunion of former U.S. marshals, and of the 45th anniversary of the First National Bank of Vinita, Oklahoma. Also in this collection is a manuscript (n.d.), presumably by Rhodes, regarding the U.S. District Court at Fort Smith, Arkansas, and its judge, Isaac C. Parker. Charles B. Rhodes Photograph Collection also in repository.
Dates
- 1864-1950
Restrictions on Access
Available for public access.
Extent
.75 ft. (.75 ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Papers: Source of acquisition--Unknown. Method of acquisition--Unknown; Date of acquisition--1959.
- Banks and banking -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Camp Pike (Little Rock, Ark.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Certificates Subject Source: Ftamc
- Childers, John C. (John Carren), 1846-1926
- Christie, Ned, 1852-1892
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Courts -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- District courts -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Enid (Okla.) -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Executions and executioners Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Manuscripts Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Muscogee (Creek) Nation -- Capital and capitol Subject Source: Naf
- Music -- Manuscripts -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Musical scores Subject Source: Ftamc
- Okmulgee (Okla.) -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Outlaws -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Parker, Isaac Charles, 1838-1896
- Poetry Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Rhodes, Charles B., 1862-1949
- Rhodes, Thomas
- Scrapbooks Subject Source: Ftamc
- Starr, Belle, 1848-1889
- United States marshals Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States. District Court (Arkansas : Western District)
- 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
