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Financier. Correspondence (1888-1921), news clippings (1896-1921) and two scrapbooks (1896-1917) of news clippings and broadsides, regarding the life of Turner, his campaign for election as a U.S. Senator from Oklahoma, and his involvement with finance. Of special note are a number of letters (1916-1920) addressed to Turner from Brig. Gen. John J. Pershing requesting Turner's assistance in obtaining Pershing's promotion to the rank of Major General.

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Educator. Reports, circulars, press releases, newsletters, correspondence, and clippings (1940-1949) relating to legislative programs sponsored by the Oklahoma Education Association for state education and its funding.

Scope and Contents FULL FINDING AID (PDF)Oklahoma Governor. Papers (1955-1958) of Oklahoma Governor Raymond D. Gary, including commissions and appointments; correspondence concerning bills before the state legislature; radio speeches and press files; correspondence concerning the teacher's retirement referendum; alphabetical files of Gary's executive assistant, Clarence Burch; minutes of meetings and correspondence from the Commissioners of the Land Office; files of the Budget Office, including payroll information; reports and correspondence concerning other individual state boards and committees; appointments and general correspondence of the Governor's office; welfare files, including claims and correspondence organized by county; correspondence concerning pardons, paroles and extraditions; and correspondence files, by organization, by personal name, and from out of state. Raymond Dancel Gary...

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Politician. Articles (1952) regarding Oklahoma State Representative Cunningham's proposal for a 1952 Road Bond, including details of the proposal and favorable editorial comments.

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Photocopies of correspondence (1804-1899) between U.S. Indian agents throughout the southern Great Plains region and various officials, regarding Cheyenne, Arapaho, Kiowa, Osage, Pawnee, Sac and Fox, Wichita and other Indian tribes. Correspondents include John Beach, Lawrie Tatum and Generals Townsend, Sheridan and Sherman.

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Offices included under the Controller's Office include Grants and Contracts and the Bursar. The records of Jerry B. Farley, Controller (1973-86) contain primarily printed materials, but there are also handwritten and typed notes regarding the 1984-85 budget and Financial Analyses for 1984-85. Publications include: Documentation Manuals/Notebooks (1973-82) regarding finances, payroll, and position control system; Operating budgets, Norman (1975-80); Operating Budget Needs (1979-82); Financial statements and Supplementary information (1972-82); Financial Statements, Lew Wentz Foundation (1975-80); Annual and Quarterly Reports of Endowment and Loan Fund (1955-74); Gifts, Grants, and Bequests (1955-63); Sponsored Programs Financial Management Reports (1983-87); and a Newsletter "The 15x: A Grants & Contracts Quarterly Newsletter" (1983-84).

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Publications include regulations, Articles of Incorporation, and bylaws (1940-83); Descriptive and promotional literature (1945-70); Financial records and Annual Reports (1962-73); Audit Reports (1970); Newsletters including "The Pace-Setter" (1964) and "Priority" (1977-86); and Sooner Magazine (1981-).

Scope and Contents FULL FINDING AID (PDF)Banker. Correspondence (1883-1951) of Thompson Benton Ferguson as Governor of the Territory of Oklahoma, and business and personal correspondence of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Ferguson; printed materials (1893-1933), including newspaper clippings, magazine clippings, and magazines; financial and estate records (1941-1960) of the Walter Fergusons; pictographs of cattle brands (1906-1918) of Texas; government documents (1863-1915) of the Territories of Oklahoma and Arizona and of the United States; pins, ribbons and medallions (1895-1907) marking the statehood of Oklahoma, and the election campaigns of territorial Oklahoma politicians; literary productions (n.d.), including manuscripts, speeches, and art; legal documents (1934-1955); and scrapbooks (1862-1938) chronicling the history and contributions of the Ferguson family to Oklahoma. Also included in this...