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Service organization. Programs, newspaper clippings, and a membership list of the Broken Bow (Oklahoma) Lions Club.

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Black-and-white negatives and contact prints of horse-drawn carriages. Unpublished finding aid available.

Scope and Contents FULL FINDING AID (PDF)A genealogical and historical collection which pertains to the Brown-Wilcox family as well as the history of Clinton, Custer County, Oklahoma, and western Oklahoma. The Brown-Wilcox Family Papers Collection consists of 87 volumes (notebooks) of copied documents, including recollections, letters and cards, poems, essays, newspaper clippings, stories, drawings, invitations, obituaries, bulletins, business cards, political posters, certificates, programs, recipes, legal documents, land records, sale bills, histories, diaries, military records, coats of arms, telegrams, speeches, catalogs, calendars, and photographs, all relating to the Brown-Wilcox family. An index to the collection entitled "Indices of Our Volumes" arranged by volume number, page number, type of material, date and author is kept with the inventory to the collection. "Indices...

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Architect. Designs (circa 1957) drawn by Bruce Goff for the Donald Pollock House in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

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Architect. A set of architectural plans (1971) by Bruce Goff for an unbuilt house for Mr. and Mrs. S.J. Wakil and family in Houston, Texas. This set of drawings was owned by Georgia architect and Bruce Goff scholar, Nelson Brackin.

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A journal kept by Joseph R. Smith of New York, recording his experiences while on a surveying expedition through Indian Territory. Smith describes the expedition's encounters with hostile Comanches, friendly Osages, severe weather and insect hordes. Also included in this collection are photocopies of a legislative document (1858) and a published article (1850), both regarding Creek Nation boundaries.

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Color original stereograph cards produced by Dr. S. I. Rainforth depicting various skin conditions, including syphilis, lupus, psoriasis, dermatitis, and eczema. Unpublished finding aid available.

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A black-and-white original print of Dr. F. R. Buchanan in his office at Canton, Oklahoma.

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A 1931-1932 University of Oklahoma Freshman Handbook.

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Engineer. Correspondence to Murray from friends and relatives, including his mother, Alice (1931-1938) and father, William H. (1932-1952). Also included is correspondence from Murray's brothers, Massena, Billy and Johnston, and from his sister, Jean. Subjects include Murray family affairs, William H. Murray's term as governor of Oklahoma, Murray's Colony in Bolivia, and his views regarding Oklahoma, politicians, World War II, the future of the United States and Mexico, and family members. Burbank Murray Photograph Collection also in repository.

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Proceedings and debates of the Constitutional Convention of Oklahoma (1906-1907); reports of studies made by the Oklahoma State Planning Board (1936-1938), the Oklahoma Tax Commission (1935-1936), the Oklahoma State Legislative Council (1947-1952), the University of Oklahoma College of Business Administration (1950), and the Bureau of Government Research (1951-1961); manuscripts (1910-1931) of newspaper articles relating to the Socialist Party of Oklahoma; and a chart (1962) showing the organization of Oklahoma state government.

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Black-and-white original prints of Dr. Samuel L. Burns and his family. Unpublished finding aid available.

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Collector. Scrapbooks containing newspaper stories and clippings (1898–1918) detailing the early history of aviation in Oklahoma.

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A black-and-white original studio portrait of Dr. Wallace Byrd.

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Collector. Typescript of a journal, supposedly by an officer on General George A. Custer's staff of the 7th Cavalry, Lt. P.V. Hardman, recounting the Battle of the Washita from the time of the Osage scouts' reconnaissance to the departure of the Cheyenne prisoners for Fort Supply. The journal, along with a discussion of the author's true identity, is published in the "Chronicles of Oklahoma" 36: 371-410 (Winter 1958).

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Surveyor. A certificate of allotment (1904) issued to Charles Wilson by the Cherokee Land Office at Tahlequah, Indian Territory.

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Grocer. Letters of reference (1901) regarding Tuggle; a printed letter (n.d.) from President Woodrow Wilson urging Americans to support the country's war effort during World War I; picture postcards (ca. 1907) of the University of California, Berkeley, and Siloam Springs, Arkansas; along with a stock certificate (1921). C.E. Tuggle Photograph Collection also in repository.

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Judge. Records (1930-1931) of the Oklahoma Bar Association's Board of Governors; speeches (1927-1936) by Cutlip; manuscripts regarding the history of Seminole County, Oklahoma, Wewoka, Oklahoma, and the Seminole Nation; Seminole Indian land allotment certificates (1901-1902); records (1905-1910) of the Wewoka Masonic Lodge; and a financial ledger (1867-1872) of the Wewoka Trading Company. C. Guy Cutlip Photograph Collection also in repository.

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Interpreter. A Comanche-English dictionary, with Comanche alphabet and diacritical markings, compiled by Detrick while serving as an interpreter for the Red Store Trading Post at Fort Sill, Indian Territory. The collection also includes typescripts on the Comanche language, customs and conventions, the Lord's Prayer in Comanche, a translated Comanche reminiscence with language notes and explanations, and a typewritten memoir by Detrick on his work at the Trading post. C.H. Detrick Photograph Collection also in repository.

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Typescripts of newspaper articles on Cherokee governmental issues during Harris's tenure as Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation and his service in the Cherokee Senate, including allotment, the Dawes Commission, land transfers and tribal politics.

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Merchant. A ledger of accounts from Merriott's Dry Goods Company in Walters, Oklahoma.

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Collector. A copy of the Saint Patrick's Day issue of The Oklahoma Daily for 1918. Printed in green ink, this issue of the University of Oklahoma student newspaper is dedicated to the engineering students of the university and their adopted saint. It bears the banner headline "St. Pat Ran the Snakes Out of Ireland and the Engineers Will Run the Kaiser Out of Germany."

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Black and white original panoramas of mining activities near Picher and Miami, Oklahoma.

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Attorney. Personal and business correspondence (1893-1948) relating to Hume's family, his association with the University of Oklahoma, and his activities as an attorney for the Caddo Indians. Also included are numerous legal documents relating to Indian claims and historical papers and documents regarding the Indians of Oklahoma, the Shirley Trading Post, the Anadarko (Oklahoma) area and the University of Oklahoma. C. Ross Hume Photograph Collection also in repository.

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Temperance organization. Notebook containing the constitution, by-laws, and proceedings of the Cable Temperance Union of Cable, Illinois. The notebook also contains inspirational songs and readings.

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Subject collection. A Caddo County Educational Directory (1945–1946) and a Caddo County Teachers’ Convention program (1945).

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Minute ledgers (1904-1941) of the Caddo County (Oklahoma) Medical Society, from its inception through its evolution into the Caddo County Medical Association.

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Black-and-white original prints of Spanish missions in California, including San Juan Capistrano, San Diego, San Gabriel, and Los Angeles Mission Chapel. Unpublished finding aid available.

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Black-and-white studio portraits of Drs. W. K. Callahan and J. O. Callahan. Unpublished finding aid available.