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Franklin Campbell Smith Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-1748

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.

Description rules
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Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Western History Collections Repository

Contact:
630 Parrington Oval
Room 300
Norman Oklahoma 73019 United States