Patrick Jay Hurley Collection
Collection — Drawer: 8612
Identifier: WHC-M-1080
Scope and Contents
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Correspondence, reports and articles (1900-1956) from Hurley's service as National Attorney for the Choctaw Nation, regarding tribal enrollment, land tenure, and the Mississippi Choctaw; as United States Assistant Secretary of War and as a special presidential representative to the Soviet Union, Great Britain, Afghanistan and the Middle East; and as United States Ambassador to China during World War II, including correspondence regarding American and Allied war efforts in the Far Eastern theatre. Correspondents include Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Lord Louis Mountbatten, Mao Tse-tung, Chiang Kai-shek, Herbert Hoover, Douglas MacArthur, Henry A. Wallace, Joseph Stilwell, Helen Keller and Cordell Hull, as well as numerous officials of the U.S. diplomatic corps, including Averell Harriman and Harry Hopkins. Included are two scrapbooks of photographs of Chinese military operations before and during World War II.
Dates
- Creation: 1900-1956
Creator
Restrictions on Access
Available for public access.
Extent
188 Cubic Feet (188 ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Ownership and Custodial History
Gift of Ruth Wilson Hurley.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Papers: Source of acquisition--Hurley, Ruth Wilson. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1970.
Subject
- Aguinaldo, Emilio, 1869-1964 (Person)
- Arosemena, Juan Demóstenes, 1879-1939 (Person)
- Ballinger, Richard Achilles, 1858-1922 (Person)
- Barrett, David D. (David Dean), 1892-1977 (Person)
- Baruch, Bernard M. (Bernard Mannes), 1870-1965 (Person)
- Benedict, Omer K., 1873-1933 (Person)
- Canton, Frank, 1849-1927 (Person)
- Carter, Amon Giles, 1879-1955 (Person)
- Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975 (Person)
- Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958 (Person)
- Cheves, Gilbert X. (Gilbert Xavier), 1895-1985 (Person)
- Chiang, May-ling Soong, 1897-2003 (Person)
- Zhou, Enlai, 1898-1976 (Person)
- Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 (Person)
- Creel, George, 1876-1953 (Person)
- DePass, Morris Barnett, 1895-1981 (Person)
- Doak, William Nuckles, 1882-1933 (Person)
- Donovan, William J. (William Joseph), 1883-1959 (Person)
- Douglas, Clarence B. (Person)
- Drumright, Everett F. (Everett Francis), 1906-1993 (Person)
- Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 (Person)
- Fish, Hamilton, 1888-1991 (Person)
- Fraser, Peter, 1888-1950 (Person)
- Gauss, Clarence E. (Person)
- Geissler, Arthur H., 1877-1945 (Person)
- Gore, Thomas P. (Thomas Pryor), 1870-1949 (Person)
- Groseclose, Elgin Earl, 1899-1983 (Person)
- Halifax, Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, Earl of, 1881-1959 (Person)
- Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986 (Person)
- Harrison, Walter M., 1888-1961 (Person)
- Hastings, William Wirt, 1866-1938 (Person)
- Hearn, Thomas G. (Person)
- Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 (Person)
- Hopkins, Harry L. (Harry Lloyd), 1890-1946 (Person)
- Huffman, Roy (Person)
- Hull, Cordell, 1871-1955 (Person)
- Johnson, Royal C. (Royal Cleaves), 1882-1939 (Person)
- Jones, Richard Lloyd, 1873-1963 (Person)
- Judd, Walter H., 1898-1994 (Person)
- Keller, Helen, 1880-1968 (Person)
- Kelsey, Dana H. (Person)
- Landon, Alfred M. (Alfred Mossman), 1887-1987 (Person)
- La Follette, Robert M. (Robert Marion), 1855-1925 (Person)
- Ledbetter, Louis A. (Person)
- MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964 (Person)
- Mansfield, Mike, 1903-2001 (Person)
- Marshall, George C. (George Catlett), 1880-1959 (Person)
- Mao, Zedong, 1893-1976 (Person)
- McCurtain, D. C. (David Cornelius), 1873- (Person)
- McKinnis, George E. (Person)
- McMurray, John Frank (Person)
- McNally, Edward J. (Person)
- Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhaylovich, 1890-1986 (Person)
- Moseley, George Van Horn, 1874-1960 (Person)
- Mountbatten of Burma, Louis Mountbatten, Earl, 1900-1979 (Person)
- Nelson, Donald Marr, 1888-1959 (Person)
- Owen, Robert L. (Robert Latham), 1856-1947 (Person)
- Pearson, Drew, 1897-1969 (Person)
- Pepper, Claude, 1900-1989 (Person)
- Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948 (Person)
- Phillips, Frank, 1873-1950 (Person)
- Phillips, Waite, 1883-1964 (Person)
- Quezon, Manuel Luis, 1878-1944 (Person)
- Rhoads, Charles J. (Person)
- Robertson, Alice, 1854-1931 (Person)
- Rogers, Will, 1879-1935 (Person)
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 (Person)
- Rundle, Walter (Person)
- Sells, Cato, 1859-1948 (Person)
- Service, John S. (John Stewart), 1909-1999 (Person)
- Seymour, Horace (Person)
- Skelly, William Grove, 1878-1957 (Person)
- Sloanaker, Hiram Lyday (Person)
- Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953 (Person)
- Stettinius, Edward R., Jr. (Edward Reilly), 1900-1949 (Person)
- Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965 (Person)
- Stilwell, Joseph Warren, 1883-1946 (Person)
- Stimson, Henry L. (Henry Lewis), 1867-1950 (Person)
- Tiger, Motey, 1840- (Person)
- Tokugawa, Iesato, 1863-1940 (Person)
- Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 (Person)
- Vandenberg, Arthur H. (Arthur Hendrick), 1884-1951 (Person)
- Wallace, Henry A. (Henry Agard), 1888-1965 (Person)
- Wedemeyer, Albert C. (Albert Coady), 1896-1989 (Person)
- Welles, Sumner, 1892-1961 (Person)
- Wright, Allen, 1826-1885 (Person)
- Arrow, Inc (Organization)
- Associated Gas and Electric Company (Organization)
- Continental Oil Company (Organization)
- Gilliland Oil Company (Organization)
- Mansfield, McMurray and Cornish (Organization)
- Murrow Indian Children's Home (Organization)
- Ohio Oil Company (Organization)
- Richfield Oil Corporation (Organization)
- Safety Tower Ladder Company (Organization)
- Sinclair Oil Corporation (Organization)
- Spencer Academy (Okla.) (Organization)
- United States. War Department -- : Officials and employees. (Organization)
- United States Flag Association (Organization)
- United States. Army. Division, 90th (Organization)
- United Kingdom Commercial Corporation (Organization)
- Wheelock Academy (Millerton, Okla.) (Organization)
- Bonus Expeditionary Forces (Organization)
- Teheran Conference (Location of meeting: Tehran, Iran). Date of meeting or treaty signing: (1943 :.) (Organization)
- Yalta Conference ((1945 :) (I︠A︡lta, Ukraine)) (Organization)
- Adams, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1927- (Person)
- Alley, John, 1875-1944 (Person)
- Perry, A. E. (Adolphus Edward), 1867-1939 (Person)
- Dwight, Ben, 1890-1953 (Person)
- Good, James W., 1866-1929 (Person)
- Parker, Gabe E. (Gabe Edward), 1878-1953 (Person)
- Locke, Victor M., Jr (Person)
- Page, Edward, 1905-1965 (Person)
- Shaw, T. (Tom), 1872-1938 (Person)
- Soong, Tsu-liang (Person)
- Stanford, Leland H. (Person)
- Wright, J. George (Person)
- Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
- Afghanistan -- History
- Australia -- History -- 20th Century
- China -- Economic conditions -- 1912-1949
- China -- Foreign relations -- 1912-1949
- China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949
- China -- History -- Republic, 1912-1949
- China -- History -- Southern Anhui incident, 1941
- China -- Politics and government -- 20th Century
- Choctaw Nation -- Legal status, laws, etc.
- Gansu Sheng (China)
- Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.)
- Iran -- History -- 20th Century
- Iran -- Politics and government -- 1941-1979
- Japan -- Politics and government -- 1912-1945
- Lebanon -- History -- French occupation, 1918-1946
- Luxembourg -- History -- Allied occupation, 1919
- Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, Mississippi
- New Mexico -- Elections
- New Mexico -- Politics and government
- New Zealand -- History
- Ningxia Huizu Zizhiqu (China)
- Oklahoma -- Politics and government
- Ouachita National Forest (Ark. and Okla.)
- Palestine -- History -- 1929-1948
- Philippines -- History -- 1898-1946
- Philippines -- History -- Japanese occupation, 1942-1945
- Saudi Arabia -- History -- 20th Century
- Shaanxi Sheng (China)
- Soviet Union -- History -- 1939-1945
- Syria -- History -- 20th Century
- Taiwan -- History -- 1895-1945
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1929-1933
- Vietnam -- History -- 20th Century
Topical
- Air mail service -- United States
- Airports -- Oklahoma
- Ambassadors -- United States
- Antiquities
- Argonne, Battle of the, France, 1918
- Autographs
- Bombers
- Canals -- Florida
- Choctaw Indians -- Arbitration and award
- Choctaw Indians -- Claims
- Choctaw Indians -- Education
- Choctaw Indians -- Kings and rulers
- Choctaw Indians -- Land tenure
- Choctaw Indians -- Legal status, laws, etc.
- Choctaw Indians -- Property
- Choctaw Indians -- Treaties
- Communism -- China
- Communism -- Japan
- Courts -- Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
- Creek Indians--Kings and rulers
- Elections -- Oklahoma
- Fighter planes -- United States
- Forest reserves -- Oklahoma
- Forests and forestry -- Oklahoma
- Judges -- Philippines
- Military pensions -- United States
- Petroleum industry and trade
- Philippine Sea, Battle of the, 1944 (June 19-21)
- Railroads -- Oklahoma
- Reconstruction (1914-1939) -- United States
- Schools -- Indian Territory
- Schools -- Oklahoma
- Sewage disposal in rivers, lakes, etc. -- Oklahoma
- Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
- Veterans -- United States
- Water -- Pollution -- Oklahoma
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Africa, North.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Australia
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Burma
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- China
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Philippines
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaings -- India
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, French
- World War, 1939-1945 -- New Zealand
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Palestine
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Soviet Union
Uniform Title
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Western History Collections Repository
Contact:
Monnet Hall, 3rd Floor
630 Parrington Oval
Norman Oklahoma 73019
405-325-2904
westernhistorycollections@ou.edu
Monnet Hall, 3rd Floor
630 Parrington Oval
Norman Oklahoma 73019
405-325-2904
westernhistorycollections@ou.edu
