William Vance Shook Collection
Scope and Contents
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Minister. A typewritten autobiography (1953) of the Rev. W. Vance Shook, a Methodist circuit-rider in Oklahoma, describing the churches he founded and pastored; newspaper clippings (1938-1957) regarding the death of Shook's wife, Lottie Lee, and the establishment of the Methodist Episcopal Churches in Putnam City (Okla.) and at Eighth and Lee Streets in Oklahoma City; and publications (1918-1935), including a booklet regarding the history of the Methodist Church in Logan County, Oklahoma, and programs from the Putnam City and Eighth and Lee Streets Methodist Churches. William Vance Shook Photograph Collection also in repository.
Dates
- 1918-1954
Creator
- Shook, William Vance, 1871- (Person)
Restrictions on Access
Available for public access.
Extent
.1 ft. (.1 ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Ownership and Custodial History
Gift of the Rev. William Vance Shook.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Papers: Source of acquisition--Shook, Rev. William Vance. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1953.
- Anadarko (Okla.) -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Autobiographies Subject Source: Ftamc
- Cement (Okla.) -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cemeteries -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Chickasha (Okla.) -- Description and travel Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Church buildings -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Church buildings -- Oklahoma -- Crescent Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Church buildings -- Oklahoma -- Logan County Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Church buildings -- Oklahoma -- Putnam City Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Church buildings -- Oklahoma -- Spindle Top Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Circuit riders -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Clergy -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- German Americans -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Gracemont (Okla.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Histories Subject Source: Ftamc
- Land settlement -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Methodist Church -- Oklahoma -- Oklahoma City Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Methodist Church -- Clergy Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Methodist Church -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Methodist Episcopal Church -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Ninnekah (Okla.) -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Pioneers -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Programs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Putnam City Methodist Church (Okla.)
- Rural clergy -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Schools -- Arkansas Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Schools -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Shook, Lottie Lee Hemphill
- Union City (Okla.) Subject Source: Naf
- 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
