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Farmer. Personal correspondence (1881-1946) of Hyde, including copies of addresses and public statements; correspondence (1909-1939) with farm, business and political organizations at the local, state and national level, together with informational circulars on their activities.

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Author. Correspondence, research notes, journal articles and one manuscript of an unpublished article regarding the Caddo Indians. Cleo Eugene Heflin Photograph Collection also in repository.

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Bank ledgers for various accounting functions such as bills receivable, drafts, checks, remittances, expenses, etc. Cleo State Bank Photograpph Collection also in repository.

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Collector. A $1,000 insurance beneficiary certificate (1907) bought by Cleve Vandeveer for her husband and children from the Supreme Forest, Woodmen Circle, in Denver, Oklahoma.

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Correspondence (1949-1956); board meeting minutes (1937-1945); financial records (1938-1952); and a corporate history of the Cleveland County (Oklahoma) Children's Clinic.

Scope and Contents Black-and-white and color original and copy prints, postcards, and stereograph cards of American Indians, Alaskan Natives, and First Peoples of Canada. A wide variety of American Indian subjects are pictured, such as dancing, ceremonies, traditional clothing, children, housing, schools, and cemeteries. The tribes represented are the Apache, Assiniboine, Blackfoot, Chaco, Cherokee, Chippewa, Choctaw, Comanche, Cree, Crow, Hopi, Kiowa, Koshare, Menominee, Navajo, Ojibway, Ponca, Pueblo, Sac and Fox, Santa Clara, Seminole, Shoshone, Sioux, Siwash, Umatilla, Ute, and Wichita. Among the many individuals pictured are Max Big Man, Bull Bear, William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody, Hector Crawler, Moskowekam, Mow-Way, Billy Osceola, Spotted Weasel, John Stink, and Weasel Calf. Also included in the collection are general western American images of rodeos, businesses, churches, street scenes, parades, world’s fairs and expositions, stage performances, World War II activities in Panama, and...

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Real estate agent. Personal correspondence (1918-1952); business correrspondence (1920-1947); financial records, including bank notes (1912-1946), deeds and leases (1914-1946), and daily and individual account ledgers; and certificates, including a homestead certificate (1893), from Pickard's real estate business in Norman, Oklahoma. Clyde C. Pickard Photograph Collection also in repository.

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Teacher. Teaching contracts (1894-1926) for P.M. Danner from Arkansas, and Beckham and Caddo Counties, Oklahoma; and a land patent (1906), a warranty deed (1915) and clippings (1941-1945). Clyde Danner Photograph Collection also in repository.

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University of Oklahoma geography professor. Papers (1915-1978), including reprints of eight articles by Bollinger; research notes, including calculations for Bollinger's solar atlas; and correspondence between Bollinger and other geographers.

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Collector. Information regarding the United States Army 33rd Infantry Association, including newspaper clipings (1937-1938), bulletins (1936), a membership roster (n.d.), an annual reunion event program (1943) and a booklet published by the association, a veterans' organization composed of members of the battalion. The battalion, the majority of whose members came from Indian Territory, was organized for special service during the Philippine Insurrection and existed from 1899 to 1901.

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Physician. Reprints of medical articles (1918-1936) by Dr. Rice and certificates and diplomas (1908-1937) awarded to Dr. Rice by medical schools and civic groups, as well as licenses to practice medicine in Oklahoma and Missouri. Clyde Vernon Rice Photograph Collection also in repository.

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Unpublished manuscripts entitled "Early History of the Co-Operative Publishing Co." "History of the State Capital" describing the Oklahoma State Capital Printing Company printing plant, and "An Historical and Economical Brief of Guthrie and Logan County, Oklahoma.".

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Original color print of Dr. Isabel Cobb.

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Black-and-white and color prints and postcards of street scenes, businesses, parks, government buildings, post offices, banks, houses, schools, refineries, cotton gins, and churches in Ardmore, Indian Territory and Oklahoma. Highlights include the Santa Fe depot, the Carter County courthouse, and the Carnegie Library. The collection also contains images of Turner Falls, Lake Murray, Ardmore Army Air Base, and the Arbuckle Mountains in Oklahoma. Unpublished finding aid available.

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Trade tokens issued by retail stores in Oklahoma Territory, Indian Territory, and Oklahoma (1892-1920); currency issued by the Bank of Augusta, Georgia (1816), the Confederate States of America (1863-1864), the states of Arkansas (1863) and North Carolina (1862), and by the Presiding Bishop's Office of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City, Utah (1896).

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Black-and-white original and copy prints of Charles F. Colcord, his home in Perry, Oklahoma Territory, his mansion in Oklahoma City, and a street scene of the Oklahoma City market in 1912. Unpublished finding aid available.

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Black-and-white original and copy prints of naturalist and essayist John Burroughs and his family and friends, including Frank Sanborn, Henry Ford, J. T. Trowbridge, and Dr. Clara Barrus at each other’s homes, and at Walden Pond, Massachusetts, and Roxbury, New York. Unpublished finding aid available.

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Choctaw Chief. Typescripts of correspondence relating to Choctaw participation in the Indian Union proposal developed in the Okmulgee Council; published speeches; Choctaw Tribal Council proceedings; accounts of Choctaw court cases; and other papers pertaining to intruders, tribal citizenship, and royalties from Choctaw coal lands, all during the period of Cole's tenure as Principal Chief, 1874-1878.

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Collector. Two deeds (1906 and 1910) for land in Harmon County, Oklahoma.

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Employee records, including wage reports (1938-1942), payrolls (1940-1947), record of orders and employees' pay (1939-1948), and a time book (1942-1947); shipment records (1943-1947); correspondence (1941-1949); financial reports (1940-1947); expenses and sales accounts (1937-1946); and Bituminous Coal Producers Board Reports (1939-1942), all from the Collins Coal Company in Krebs, Oklahoma. Collins Coal Company Photograph Collection also in repository.

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Black-and-white and color original prints of Dr. H. Dale Collins in his office and with patients; and Collins family members. Unpublished finding aid available.

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Ledgers, business records, and various catalogs of jewelry, saddles, stoves, and other merchandise from the Collins Hardward Store in Hydro, Oklahoma.

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Black-and-white copy prints of the foremen of Collins Ranch with their horses. Unpublished finding aid available.

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Correspondence (1859 1862) dealing with Spencer Academy and the Choctaw Indians; correspondence (1864-1871) concerning the Omaha Mission in Nebraska; correspondence (1861-1864) dealing with the Civil War; and correspondence (1852-1894) of Charles S. Rogers to Mrs. O.S. Lee.

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Correspondence of Columbus E. Hewlett and Lena Rausch during their courtship and shortly after marriage. There are 46 letters from Hewlett to Rausch, 10 of which are from Poteau, Oklahoma, and 36 are from Exeter, Missouri; 2 letters are from Rausch to Hewlett from Pierce City, Missouri; and five tintype photographs. Hewlett worked for the St. Louis and San Francisco Railway Company.

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Historical society. Copy of the first issue of The Chronicles of Comanche County (1955) and two land titles (1901–1903) for lots in Lawton, Oklahoma.

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Records of mortgages (circa 1890-1949), insurance (circa 1890-1950), contracts and agreements (1900-1950), and other materials from the First State Bank of Commerce, Oklahoma. Also included are records relating to several mining companies, including the Scott Eagle Mining Company, the Golden Eagle Mining Company, the Weaden Oil Company, and the Walker Coal Company.

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An account ledger (1935-1936) from the Commercial National Bank of Muskogee, Oklahoma.

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Subject collection. Provision returns (1861); memoranda (1861-1864); and correspondence (1862); all regarding the provision of rations by the Confederate States of America to the Five Civilized Tribes, and the Osage, Comanche, and Caddo Indians.

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A transcript of the proceedings (1951) of the opening ceremony for the Jacob Johnson Library at Connors State Agricultural College in Warner, Oklahoma.