Patrick Jay Hurley Collection
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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
- 1900-1956
Creator
Restrictions on Access
Available for public access.
Extent
188 ft. (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.
- Adams, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1927-
- Afghanistan -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Aguinaldo, Emilio, 1869-1964
- Air mail service -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Airports -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Alley, John, 1875-1944
- Ambassadors -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Antiquities Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Argonne, Battle of the, France, 1918 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Arosemena, Juan Demóstenes, 1879-1939
- Arrow, Inc
- Associated Gas and Electric Company
- Australia -- History -- 20th Century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Autographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Ballinger, Richard Achilles, 1858-1922
- Barrett, David D. (David Dean), 1892-1977
- Baruch, Bernard M. (Bernard Mannes), 1870-1965
- Benedict, Omer K., 1873-1933
- Bombers Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Bonus Expeditionary Forces
- Canals -- Florida Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Canton, Frank, 1849-1927
- Carter, Amon Giles, 1879-1955
- Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958
- Cheves, Gilbert X. (Gilbert Xavier), 1895-1985
- Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975
- Chiang, May-ling Soong, 1897-2003
- China -- Economic conditions -- 1912-1949 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- China -- Foreign relations -- 1912-1949 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- China -- History -- Republic, 1912-1949 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- China -- History -- Southern Anhui incident, 1941 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- China -- Politics and government -- 20th Century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Choctaw Indians -- Arbitration and award Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Choctaw Indians -- Claims Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Choctaw Indians -- Education Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Choctaw Indians -- Kings and rulers Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Choctaw Indians -- Land tenure Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Choctaw Indians -- Legal status, laws, etc. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Choctaw Indians -- Property Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Choctaw Indians -- Treaties Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Choctaw Nation -- Legal status, laws, etc. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Communism -- China Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Communism -- Japan Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Continental Oil Company
- Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Courts -- Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Creek Indians--Kings and rulers Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Creel, George, 1876-1953
- DePass, Morris Barnett, 1895-1981
- Doak, William Nuckles, 1882-1933
- Donovan, William J. (William Joseph), 1883-1959
- Douglas, Clarence B.
- Drumright, Everett F. (Everett Francis), 1906-1993
- Dwight, Ben, 1890-1953
- Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969
- Fighter planes -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Fish, Hamilton, 1888-1991
- Forest reserves -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Forests and forestry -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Fraser, Peter, 1888-1950
- Gansu Sheng (China) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Gauss, Clarence E.
- Geissler, Arthur H., 1877-1945
- Gilliland Oil Company
- Good, James W., 1866-1929
- Gore, Thomas P. (Thomas Pryor), 1870-1949
- Groseclose, Elgin Earl, 1899-1983
- Halifax, Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, Earl of, 1881-1959
- Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986
- Harrison, Walter M., 1888-1961
- Hastings, William Wirt, 1866-1938
- Hearn, Thomas G.
- Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
- Hopkins, Harry L. (Harry Lloyd), 1890-1946
- Huffman, Roy
- Hull, Cordell, 1871-1955
- Iran -- History -- 20th Century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Iran -- Politics and government -- 1941-1979 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Japan -- Politics and government -- 1912-1945 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Johnson, Royal C. (Royal Cleaves), 1882-1939
- Jones, Richard Lloyd, 1873-1963
- Judd, Walter H., 1898-1994
- Judges -- Philippines Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Keller, Helen, 1880-1968
- Kelsey, Dana H.
- La Follette, Robert M. (Robert Marion), 1855-1925
- Landon, Alfred M. (Alfred Mossman), 1887-1987
- Lebanon -- History -- French occupation, 1918-1946 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Ledbetter, Louis A.
- Locke, Victor M., Jr
- Luxembourg -- History -- Allied occupation, 1919 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964
- Mansfield, McMurray and Cornish
- Mansfield, Mike, 1903-2001
- Mao, Zedong, 1893-1976
- Marshall, George C. (George Catlett), 1880-1959
- McCurtain, D. C. (David Cornelius), 1873-
- McKinnis, George E.
- McMurray, John Frank
- McNally, Edward J.
- Military pensions -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, Mississippi Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhaylovich, 1890-1986
- Moseley, George Van Horn, 1874-1960
- Mountbatten of Burma, Louis Mountbatten, Earl, 1900-1979
- Murrow Indian Children's Home
- Nelson, Donald Marr, 1888-1959
- New Mexico -- Elections Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- New Mexico -- Politics and government Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- New Zealand -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Nine-Power Treaty (1922 February 6) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Ningxia Huizu Zizhiqu (China) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Ohio Oil Company
- Oklahoma -- Elections Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oklahoma -- Politics and government Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Ouachita National Forest (Ark. and Okla.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Owen, Robert L. (Robert Latham), 1856-1947
- Page, Edward, 1905-1965
- Palestine -- History -- 1929-1948 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Parker, Gabe E. (Gabe Edward), 1878-1953
- Pearson, Drew, 1897-1969
- Pepper, Claude, 1900-1989
- Perry, A. E. (Adolphus Edward), 1867-1939
- Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948
- Petroleum industry and trade Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Philippine Sea, Battle of the, 1944 (June 19-21) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Philippines -- History -- 1898-1946 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Philippines -- History -- Japanese occupation, 1942-1945 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Phillips, Frank, 1873-1950
- Phillips, Waite, 1883-1964
- Quezon, Manuel Luis, 1878-1944
- Railroads -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Reconstruction (1914-1939) -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Reports Subject Source: Ftamc
- Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
- Rhoads, Charles J.
- Richfield Oil Corporation
- Robertson, Alice, 1854-1931
- Rogers, Will, 1879-1935
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
- Rundle, Walter
- Safety Tower Ladder Company
- Saudi Arabia -- History -- 20th Century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Schools -- Indian Territory Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Schools -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Sells, Cato, 1859-1948
- Service, John S. (John Stewart), 1909-1999
- Sewage disposal in rivers, lakes, etc. -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Seymour, Horace
- Shaanxi Sheng (China) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Shaw, T. (Tom), 1872-1938
- Sinclair Oil Corporation
- Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Skelly, William Grove, 1878-1957
- Sloanaker, Hiram Lyday
- Soong, Tsu-liang
- Soviet Union -- History -- 1939-1945 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Spencer Academy (Okla.)
- Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953
- Stanford, Leland H.
- Stettinius, Edward R., Jr. (Edward Reilly), 1900-1949
- Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965
- Stilwell, Joseph Warren, 1883-1946
- Stimson, Henry L. (Henry Lewis), 1867-1950
- Syria -- History -- 20th Century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Taiwan -- History -- 1895-1945 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Teheran Conference (Location of meeting: Tehran, Iran). Date of meeting or treaty signing: (1943 :.)
- Tiger, Motey, 1840-
- Tokugawa, Iesato, 1863-1940
- Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
- United Kingdom Commercial Corporation
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1929-1933 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States Flag Association
- United States. Army. Division, 90th
- United States. War Department -- : Officials and employees.
- Vandenberg, Arthur H. (Arthur Hendrick), 1884-1951
- Veterans -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Vietnam -- History -- 20th Century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Wallace, Henry A. (Henry Agard), 1888-1965
- Water -- Pollution -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Wedemeyer, Albert C. (Albert Coady), 1896-1989
- Welles, Sumner, 1892-1961
- Wheelock Academy (Millerton, Okla.)
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Africa, North. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Australia Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Burma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- China Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Philippines Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaings -- India Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, French Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945 -- New Zealand Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Palestine Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Soviet Union Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Wright, Allen, 1826-1885
- Wright, J. George
- Yalta Conference ((1945 :) (I︠A︡lta, Ukraine))
- Zhou, Enlai, 1898-1976
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Repository Details
Part of the Western History Collections Repository
630 Parrington Oval
Room 300
Norman Oklahoma 73019 United States
westernhistorycollections@ou.edu