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Orel Busby Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-72

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

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.

Description rules
Appm
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Western History Collections Repository

Contact:
630 Parrington Oval
Room 300
Norman Oklahoma 73019 United States