Henry Benjamin Bass Collection
Scope and Contents
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Material from Bass's participation with the Oklahoma Civil War Centennial Commission, including general correspondence and correspondence regarding Abraham Lincoln (1962-1965); subject files regarding Civil War historical sites, events and personalities; and programs received from other state commissions. Also, Bass's travel diaries (1943-1966); correspondence (1933-1936) to and from patriotic societies; correspondence (1935-1940) from J. Edgar Hoover regarding conferences on crime; speeches (1935-1940) by Hoover; and reports from conferences regarding crime. Henry Benjamin Bass Photograph Collection also in repository.
Dates
- Creation: 1861-1966
Creator
- Bass, Henry B., 1897-1975 (Person)
Restrictions on Access
Available for public access.
Extent
12 Cubic Feet (12 ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Ownership and Custodial History
Gift of the Bass family.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Papers: Source of acquisition--Bass family. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1978.
Subject
- Bellmon, Henry (Person)
- Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 (Person)
- Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 (Person)
- Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972 (Person)
- Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863 (Person)
- Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 (Person)
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 (Person)
- Watie, Stand, 1806-1871 (Person)
- Oklahoma. Civil War Centennial Commission (Organization)
- State Fair of Oklahoma (Organization)
- United States. Civil War Centennial Commission (Organization)
- Confederate States Centennial Conference (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
- Fort Towson (Okla.)
- Fort Washita (Okla.)
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns and battles
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Confederate States
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Poetry.
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons
- United States. -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Indian troops
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
