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
- 1918-1959
Creator
- Busby, Orel, 1889-1965 (Person)
Restrictions on Access
Available for public access.
Extent
3 ft. (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.
- Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Courts -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Democratic Party -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- District courts -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Elections -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Gassaway, P. L. (Percy Lee), 1885-1937
- Gore, Thomas P. (Thomas Pryor), 1870-1949
- Judges -- Oklahoma -- Appointment, qualifications, tenure, etc. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Judges -- Oklahoma -- Election Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Lee, Joshua Bryan, 1892-1967
- Oklahoma -- Politics and government -- 1907- Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education
- Patronage, Political -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Political campaigns -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Political parties -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Pontotoc County (Okla.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Speeches, addresses, etc. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Steed, Thomas Jefferson, 1904-1983
- Thomas, Elmer, 1876-1965
- 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
