Raymond Dancel Gary Collection
Scope and Contents
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Oklahoma Governor. Papers (1955-1958) of Oklahoma Governor Raymond D. Gary, including commissions and appointments; correspondence concerning bills before the state legislature; radio speeches and press files; correspondence concerning the teacher's retirement referendum; alphabetical files of Gary's executive assistant, Clarence Burch; minutes of meetings and correspondence from the Commissioners of the Land Office; files of the Budget Office, including payroll information; reports and correspondence concerning other individual state boards and committees; appointments and general correspondence of the Governor's office; welfare files, including claims and correspondence organized by county; correspondence concerning pardons, paroles and extraditions; and correspondence files, by organization, by personal name, and from out of state. Raymond Dancel Gary Photograph Collection also in repository.
Dates
- Creation: 1955-1958
Restrictions on Access
Available for public access.
Extent
41.66 Cubic Feet (41.66 ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Ownership and Custodial History
Gift of Raymond Dancel Gary.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Papers: Source of acquisition--Gary, Raymond Dancel. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1968.
Subject
- Burch, Clarence, 1906-2000 (Person)
- Gary, Raymond, 1908-1993 (Person)
- Oklahoma. Office of the Governor (Organization)
- Oklahoma. Commissioners of the Land Office (Organization)
- Oklahoma. Department of Public Welfare (Organization)
- Oklahoma State Board of Corrections (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
- Oklahoma -- Executive departments
- Oklahoma -- Finance
- Oklahoma -- Officials and employees
- Oklahoma -- Officials and employees -- Selection and appointment
- Oklahoma -- Politics and government -- 1907-
Topical
- Associations, institutions, etc. -- Oklahoma
- Criminal justice, Administration of -- Oklahoma
- Education -- Oklahoma -- Finance
- Governors -- Oklahoma
- Land grants -- Oklahoma
- Land use -- Oklahoma
- Legislation -- Oklahoma
- Legislative bodies -- Oklahoma
- Pardon -- Oklahoma
- Parole -- Oklahoma
- Patronage, Political -- Oklahoma
- Press and politics -- Oklahoma
- Public lands -- Oklahoma
- Public relations and politics -- Oklahoma
- Public welfare -- Oklahoma
- School lands -- Oklahoma
- Teachers -- Oklahoma -- Salaries, pensions, etc.
- Welfare recipients -- Oklahoma
- 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
