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
- 1861-1966
Creator
- Bass, Henry B., 1897-1975 (Person)
Restrictions on Access
Available for public access.
Extent
12 ft. (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.
- Bellmon, Henry
- Blueprints Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Confederate States Centennial Conference
- Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Crime Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Criminals Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
- Diaries Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Fort Towson (Okla.) Subject Source: Naf
- Fort Washita (Okla.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
- Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972
- Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863
- Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
- Oklahoma. Civil War Centennial Commission
- Programs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Stagecoaches Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- State Fair of Oklahoma
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns and battles Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Confederate States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Poetry. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States. -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Indian troops Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States. Civil War Centennial Commission
- Watie, Stand, 1806-1871
- 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
