John Cannon Pearson Collection
Scope and Contents
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Merchant and mayor. Correspondence (1892-1931) regarding the administration of the cities of Pierson, Iowa and Marshall, Oklahoma, Pearson's business ventures, and the Methodist Episcopal Church of Marshall; minutes and certificates of incorporation (1906-1912) of the Capitol Grain and Elevator Company of Marshall; other certificates (1906-1946); legal papers (1896-1930) from Pearson's business ventures; programs (1909-1937); publications (1879-1948); and membership rosters (1895-1946), constitutions, codes and bylaws for lodges of the Masonic Order in Oklahoma and Iowa. John Cannon Pearson Photograph Collection also in repository.
Dates
- Creation: 1879-1949
Restrictions on Access
On June 26, 2023, the Western History Collections began a preservation project that has made many of its collections unavailable for a period of time. This collection is among the materials temporarily unavailable. Please contact Western History Collections if you wish to be added to a contact list to be notified when this collection becomes available.
Available for public access.
Extent
5.25 Cubic Feet (5.25 ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Ownership and Custodial History
Gift of John C. Pearson.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Papers: Source of acquisition--Pearson, John C. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1951.
Subject
- Pearson, John Cannon, 1862-1950 (Person)
- Capital Grain and Elevator Company (Marshall, Okla.) (Organization)
- Coal Dealers' Association of Iowa and Nebraska (Organization)
- Oklahoma Grain and Feed Dealers Association (Organization)
- Michigan Buggy Company (Organization)
- Oklahoma Retail Coal Merchants Association (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Cattle -- Iowa -- Transportation
- Cattle -- Oklahoma -- Transportation
- Church buildings -- Oklahoma
- Cities and towns -- Iowa
- Coal -- Iowa
- Coal -- Nebraska
- Coal -- Oklahoma
- Fraternal organizations -- Oklahoma
- Freemasonry -- Iowa -- Lodges
- Freemasonry -- Oklahoma -- Lodges
- Grain elevators -- Iowa
- Grain elevators -- Oklahoma
- Grain trade -- Iowa
- Grain trade -- Oklahoma
- Methodist Episcopal Church -- Oklahoma
- Municipal government -- Iowa
- Municipal government -- Oklahoma
- Real estate business -- Oklahoma
- Traffic signs and signals
- Water-meters
- 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
