Floy Duncum Collection
Scope and Contents
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Collector. Memoirs (n.d.) of James Louis Avant, relating his experiences as bailiff of the U.S. District Court for Western Arkansas at Fort Smith, and as a Disciplinarian of the Kiowa Government Schools at Anadarko, Oklahoma Territory, along with anecdotes of a hunting trip in the Kiamichi (Oklahoma) Mountains, plus two obituaries (1941) of Avant.
Dates
- Creation: 1941
Creator
- Duncum, Floy, 1896-1985 (Person)
Restrictions on Access
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Available for public access.
Extent
3 items (3 items)
Language of Materials
English
Ownership and Custodial History
Gift of Floy Duncum.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Papers: Source of acquisition--Duncum, Floy. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1949.
Subject
- Avant, James Louis, 1862-1941 (Person)
- Parker, Isaac Charles, 1838-1896 (Person)
- Pruiett, Moman, 1872-1945 (Person)
- United States. District Court (Arkansas : Western District) (Organization)
- United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Anadarko Area Office (Organization)
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Kiowa Agency (Organization)
Genre / Form
Topical
- Bailiffs -- Arkansas
- Courts -- Arkansas -- Officials and employees
- District courts -- Arkansas
- Hunting -- Oklahoma -- Anecdotes, facetiae, satire, etc.
- Indians of North America -- Education
- Indians of North America -- Missions
- Judges -- Arkansas
- Kiowa Indians -- Education
- Kiowa Indians -- Missions
- Methodist Church -- Missions -- Oklahoma
- Methodist Church -- Missions -- Oklahoma -- Anadarko
- United States marshals
- 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
