Franklin Campbell Smith Collection
Scope and Contents
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Minister. A typescript of the Rev. Smith's autobiography (1946) which includes accounts of his experiences in Oklahoma Territory and the origins of Oklahoma place names, as well as stories concerning religion, settlers, cowboys, marshals, the weather, and public opinion regarding the Spanish-American War and the Crazy Snake Rebellion in Indian Territory. The collection also includes a typescript of Smith's biography of James Patrick Major, C.S.A., who held important commands in the Southwest during the Civil War.
Dates
- 1946
Restrictions on Access
Available for public access.
Extent
.33 ft. (.33 ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Ownership and Custodial History
Gift of Talbot Smith.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Papers: Source of acquisition--Smith, Talbot. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1958.
- African Americans -- Colonization -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- African Americans -- Oklahoma -- Religion Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Autobiographies Subject Source: Ftamc
- Biographies Subject Source: Ftamc
- Catholic Church -- : Oklahoma.
- Cherokee Strip (Okla. and Kan.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cheyenne Indians -- Education Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Church buildings -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Colorado -- History -- 1876-1950 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Confederate States of America. Army -- : Officers.
- Cowboys -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Creek Indians -- Wars Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cyclones -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- El Reno (Okla.) -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Enid (Okla.) -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Fort Reno (Okla.) Subject Source: Naf
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Colorado Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Indian Territory Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Guthrie (Okla.) -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Indian Territory -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Indian land transfers -- Oklahoma -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of North America -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Land settlement -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Major, James Patrick
- Missions -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Names, Geographical -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Norman (Okla.) -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oklahoma -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oklahoma -- History -- Land Rush, 1893 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oklahoma Panhandle (Okla.) -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Perry (Okla.) -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Pioneers -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Smith, Franklin Campbell, 1874-
- Soldiers -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Spanish-American War, 1898 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- St. Stephen's Mission (Okla.)
- Tornadoes -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States. Army. Volunteer Cavalry, 1st
- University of Oklahoma -- : History.
- 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