Samuel Williams Collection
Scope and Contents
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Cotton farmer. Correspondence (1909-1949) to and from Williams regarding the Beckham County, Oklahoma World War I relief and finance effort, including a letter (1918) from Gov. Robert L. Williams; correspondence regarding Williams' invention and patenting of a cotton cleaning machine; blueprints (ca. 1924) of the machine; a typescript (n.d.) by Williams regarding the Chisholm Trail in Beckham County; and official reports (1918-1919) regarding the Liberty Bond and Liberty Loan Drives in Beckham County. Samuel Williams Photograph Collection also in repository.
Dates
- 1909-1949
Creator
- Williams, Sam, 1905-1985 (Person)
Restrictions on Access
Available for public access.
Extent
.66 Cubic Feet (.66 ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Ownership and Custodial History
Gift of Samuel Williams.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Papers: Source of acquisition--Williams, Samuel. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1949.
- Agricultural machinery -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Beckham County (Okla.) -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Blueprints Subject Source: Ftamc
- Cattle trails -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Chisholm Trail Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cotton -- Oklahoma -- Cleaning Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Farm equipment Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Inventions -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Inventors -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Manuscripts Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oklahoma Cotton Ginners' Association
- Reports Subject Source: Ftamc
- Trails -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Williams, Robert L. (Robert Lee), 1868-1948
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Oklahoma 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
