Orel Busby Collection
Scope and Contents
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Judge. Correspondence, speeches, and clippings (1942) concerning Busby's unsuccessful candidacy for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senator from Oklahoma; correspondence (1918) concerning Busby's successful candidacy for election as judge of Pontotoc County, Oklahoma; correspondence (1924-1927) from Busby's term as a member of the University of Oklahoma Board of Regents; and correspondence (1935-1937) concerning his unsuccessful bid for nomination to a federal judgeship in Oklahoma. Orel Busby Photograph Collection also in repository.
Dates
- Creation: 1918-1959
Creator
- Busby, Orel, 1889-1965 (Person)
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
3 Cubic Feet (3 ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Ownership and Custodial History
Gift of Orel Busby.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Papers: Source of acquisition--Busby, Orel. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1950.
Subject
- Gassaway, P. L. (Percy Lee), 1885-1937 (Person)
- Gore, Thomas P. (Thomas Pryor), 1870-1949 (Person)
- Lee, Joshua Bryan, 1892-1967 (Person)
- Steed, Thomas Jefferson, 1904-1983 (Person)
- Thomas, Elmer, 1876-1965 (Person)
- Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
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
