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Arley Rinehart Architectural Drawings
Architect. Architectural drawings (1960-1963) created by Arley Rinehart as a student at the University of Oklahoma’s School of Architecture. The drawings depict a laboratory, chapel, doctor’s clinic, and other buildings and architectural concepts.
Arlowen Jordan Collection
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A manuscript journal (1879) of a wagon train trip to the Cherokee Outlet presumably by Thomas Jefferson Jordan, Jr.; a land allotment deed of the Cherokee Nation for Watie B. Jordan (1907); a hand-copied bill of sale for a slave sold to "Stan Waity" (1856); plus transcriptions and digital copies of these original documents.
Arlyss and Paula Cleveland Collection
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Printed materials (1977-1983) used in a course taught at Yavapai College, Prescott, Arizona, entitled"Oral Traditions of Pueblo Indians" including newspaper articles on the Navajo-Hopi land dispute, tribal feuds, Apache culture, and Zuni pilgrimages; articles on basket-making, medicinal plants, musical instruments, prayer sticks, rugs, and pottery; and biographical sketches of Ganado Mucho, Henry Chee Dodge, Yukioma, Carlos Montezuma, Atsidi Sani, Mangas Coloradas, Pope, Julian Martinez, Hasteen Klah, and Manuelito.
Armstrong, Charles E.
Black-and-white original and copy prints of the Kingfisher College track team, football team, and men’s glee club in Kingfisher, Oklahoma. This collection also includes images of gymnastics teams, the 1913 Notre Dame basketball team, and Ernest Hemingway as a member of the 1915 Oak Park High School football team in Oak Park, Illinois. Unpublished finding aid available.
Arn Henderson papers
Architect. The papers (1935-2014) of Arnold G. “Arn” Henderson document his career as an architect and professor of architecture at the University of Oklahoma, and his efforts to preserve buildings in Oklahoma and across the American southwest. The collection features drawings and floor plans for numerous buildings that Henderson helped renovate. The papers include photographic and manuscript materials for Henderson’s biography of Bruce Goff, as well as photographic prints and slides of Henderson’s own architectural projects and various projects by students. The collection also contains Native American housing surveys and environmental studies, with an emphasis on the Cheyenne and Arapaho.
Arrell Morgan Gibson Collection
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Historian. A collection of research materials gathered for use in various research and writing projects. Most of the material deals with Fort Smith, Arkansas, and the Civil War in Indian Territory.
Arthur Barto Adams Collection
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Professor. A manuscript (1924) for "Economics of Business Cycles" written by Adams and published in 1925. Dr. Arthur B. Adams was Dean of the College of Business and Professor of Economics at the University of Oklahoma.
Arthur F. Halloran Collection
Biologist. Reprints of articles by Arthur F. Halloran regarding wildlife in southwestern Oklahoma, Arizona, and New Mexico, along with a complete index of all of Halloran’s articles that appeared in the Lawton, Oklahoma, newspapers.
Arthur H. DeRosier Collection
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Photocopies of correspondence (1780-1842) between William and Diana Dunbar regarding the American Revolution, New Orleans, and the Napoleonic Wars in Europe, along with correspondence (1901-1903) between the Department of the Interior and its surveyor, Charles L. Wood, regarding townsite locations and surveys in Indian Territory.
Arthur H. Geissler Collection
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Diplomat. Scrapbooks containing news clippings, magazine articles, government documents, pamphlets, photographs, handbills, and memorabilia accumulated by Geissler while serving as United States Ambassador to Guatemala and reflecting events throughout Central America for the period 1922-1928.
Arthur Irving Ortenburger Collection
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Zoologist. Consumer rationing books (1943) issued during World War II to the Ortenburger family; and journals (1892-1898) of Charles C. Dean, Mrs. Ortenburger's father, regarding visits to Florida, Mexico and Guatemala. Also included is a letter (1921) from renowned herpetologist, Raymond L. Ditmars. A.I. Ortenburger Photograph Collection also in repository.
Arthur James Williams Collection
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University of Oklahoma professor. Correspondence (1913-1930) from the Oklahoma Bureau of Geology regarding its publications and operations, and the geological and mineral characteristics of Oklahoma counties; geological reports (1913-1930) with accompanying maps; oil well logs (1905-1925), organized by county; and registers of student grades (1915-1951) maintained by Dr. Williams while a member of the University of Oklahoma faculty.
Arthur L. Lynn Collection
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Arthur L. Lynn was an alumnus of the University of Oklahoma. The collection includes one 1920-1921 photograph of the University of Oklahoma band, and a hat worn by a member of the band.
Arthur Leslie Gregory Collection
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Physician. A diploma (1918) from St. Louis College of Physicians and Surgeons, and a certificate (undated) for a post-graduate course in anatomy.
Arthur Norris Bragg Collection
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Zoologist. Correspondence (1946-1967) with professional colleagues and associates regarding Bragg's research and publications; reprints of articles (1934-1968) regarding his subject field; and galley proofs and book manuscripts authored by Bragg regarding amphibious creatures and the zoology of Oklahoma. Arthur N. Bragg Photograph Collection also in repository.
Arthur R. Curry Collection
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Librarian. A notebook, labeled "To My Successor" in which Curry describes his duties as the reference librarian of the University of Oklahoma library from 1921-1923.
Arthur S. Covey papers
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Publications (1905-1960) describing Covey's art, sketches, and lithographs.
Arthur W. Evans Collection
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Collector. Correspondence (1906–1968); certificates (1891–1918); and news clippings (1928–1939) regarding University of Oklahoma president Arthur Grant Evans, federal funding for schools in Indian Territory, the issue of separate statehood for Oklahoma and Indian territories, and Evans’s participation in the United States’ propaganda effort in World War I; a typescript regarding the history (1816–1831) of the Presbyterian church and missions in the eastern Cherokee Nation; a diary (1887) of A. G. Evans; and original records (1830–1857) of the New Echota Church in the Cherokee Nation, as recorded by Samuel A. Worcester, church clerk. Arthur W. Evans Photograph Collection also in repository.
Arza Bailey Collins and John O. Arnold Collection
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Government employee. Diaries (1912-1933) kept by Collins recording his travel and activities as a U.S. farmer for the Sac and Fox Agency; correspondence relating to lease disputes, weekly reports (1922-1925) to the Shawnee Agent, and other records relating to the Sac and Fox and Iowa Indians in Oklahoma. Arza Bailey Collins Photograph Collection also in repository.
Asa Orrin Weese Collection
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Professor of Zoology. Personal correspondence (1948-1955); zoology articles (1921-1943) by Weese; reports and publications (1947-1953) of the Oklahoma Academy of Science and the Oklahoma Fish and Game Council; and minutes (1942-1956) of the meetings of the University of Oklahoma Faculty Senate and of the Department of Zoology faculty. Also included in this collection are meteorological and climatological data reports (1933-1947) compiled for the Oklahoma City, Oklahoma area. A.O. Weese Photograph Collection also in repository.
Atoka Lions Club Collection
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Civic organization. Accounts ledger (1927-1930), plus minutes, officer and membership lists, financial reports, and correspondence, all dated 1927-1930 from the Atoka, Oklahoma, Lions Club.
August Gustav Burchardt Collection
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Collector. Correspondence, publications, bulletins, and membership lists, all dated 1952-1955, of the International and Oklahoma Lions Club, of which Burchardt was a district governor.
Aute Richards Collection
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University of Oklahoma Zoology professor. General correspondence (1939-1947); correspondence (1934-1950) relating to the Lions Club and to the University of Oklahoma Biology Department; printed material (1916-1941), including university publications and copies of Richards' published articles; scrapbooks (1931-1950); newspaper clippings on Norman, Oklahoma history; books (1895-1926); reviews (1941-1948) of scientific books; postcards, road maps and travel brochures (ca. 1910-1950) collected by Richards. Aute Richards Photograph Collection also in repository.
Aziel Henry Crouch Collection
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Physician. Certificates (1904–1916) authorizing Crouch to practice medicine in Oklahoma
and appointing him a medical examiner for the Aetna Life Insurance Company and a camp
physician for the Modern Woodmen of America.
B. C. Burney Collection
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Typescripts of editorials which originally appeared in the Star Vindicator, the Cherokee Advocate, and the Purcell Register, commenting on Burney's administration as governor of the Chickasaw Nation from 1878-1880, and of Burney's messages to the Chickasaw Legislature.
B. F. Johnson Collection
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Ledgers listing patients, visits and charges from Johnson's practice as a physician and pharmacist in Fairview, Oklahoma. B.F. Johnson Photograph Collection also in repository.
B. M. Bower Collection
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Business and personal correspondence (1924-1941) of western novelist B. M. Bower and family; manuscripts and research notes (1904-1940) for books by Bower; publishing and copyright contracts (1904-1951); and photographs (1882-1911) of the Bower family.
B. S. Stafford Collection
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Businessman. Manuscript (1932) of Stafford's memoirs entitled "Incidents and Recollections of My Life" in which he describes the Civil War in South Carolina, and slavery on his father's planatation. Also included are accounts of land speculation and bank failures in Oklahoma and Texas.
Baehr, Ann Ruth E.
Black-and-white copy prints of Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians from the Clinton, Oklahoma area. The collection features images of Indian church congregations (mainly Mennonite), encampments, and a powwow held in the early 1950s. Prominent Cheyennes pictured are Wolf Chief, White Shield, Tall Bear, Wolf Face, and White Skunk. Unpublished finding aid available.
Bailey, Jay
Black-and-white copy prints of businesses in Cordell, Oklahoma. Also in the collection are photographs of tornadoes and buildings destroyed by tornadoes. Unpublished finding aid available.