Earl L. Bell Collection
Scope and Contents
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Receipts for business transactions between Thomas J. Stephenson and merchants of Vicksburg, Mississippi (1869-1909); contracts with Northern Pacific Railroad Company for sale of land in Washington and Idaho Territories (1881); and letters to the railroad from homesteaders regarding their purchases of land from the railroad (1876-1930). Earl L. Bell Photograph Collection also in repository.
Dates
- Creation: 1869-1966
Creator
- Bell, Earl L. (Person)
Restrictions on Access
On June 26, 2023, the Western History Collections began a preservation project that has made many of its collections unavailable for a period of time. This collection is among the materials temporarily unavailable. Please contact Western History Collections if you wish to be added to a contact list to be notified when this collection becomes available.
Open for public research.
Extent
.33 Cubic Feet (.33 ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Ownership and Custodial History
Purchased from Bell Estate.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Papers: Source of acquisition--Bell Estate. Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1970.
Subject
- Bell, Earl L. (Person)
- Stephenson, Thomas J. (Person)
- Northern Pacific Railroad Company (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- 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
