Walter Scott Ferguson Collection
Scope and Contents
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Banker. Correspondence (1883-1951) of Thompson Benton Ferguson as Governor of the Territory of Oklahoma, and business and personal correspondence of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Ferguson; printed materials (1893-1933), including newspaper clippings, magazine clippings, and magazines; financial and estate records (1941-1960) of the Walter Fergusons; pictographs of cattle brands (1906-1918) of Texas; government documents (1863-1915) of the Territories of Oklahoma and Arizona and of the United States; pins, ribbons and medallions (1895-1907) marking the statehood of Oklahoma, and the election campaigns of territorial Oklahoma politicians; literary productions (n.d.), including manuscripts, speeches, and art; legal documents (1934-1955); and scrapbooks (1862-1938) chronicling the history and contributions of the Ferguson family to Oklahoma. Also included in this collection are typescripts of annual reports of the Territory of Oklahoma filed by its governor, Thompson Benton Ferguson.
Dates
- 1863-1960
Restrictions on Access
Available for public access.
Extent
17.33 feet (17.33 feet)
Language of Materials
English
Ownership and Custodial History
Purchase and gift.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Papers: Method of acquisition--Purchase and gift; Date of acquisition--1963.
- Baker, Bryant, 1881-1970. (Title of work: Pioneer woman.)
- Bankers -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Banks and banking -- New Mexico Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Banks and banking -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cattle brands -- Texas Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cornish, Melven, 1873-1944
- Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Eason Oil Company
- Exchange National Bank (Tulsa, Okla.)
- Ferguson, T. B. (Thompson Benton), 1857-1921
- Ferguson, Walter Scott, 1886-1936
- Ferguson, Walter, Mrs., 1887-1962
- Gambling -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Governors -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Journalists -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Land settlement -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Manuscripts Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oklahoma -- Finance Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oklahoma -- Politics and government -- To 1907 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Pioneer Telephone and Telegraph Co
- Reports Subject Source: Ftamc
- Women in journalism Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
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- Language of description
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- Script of description
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- Drawer: 8623 (Maps)
Repository Details
Part of the Western History Collections Repository
630 Parrington Oval
Room 300
Norman Oklahoma 73019 United States
westernhistorycollections@ou.edu
