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Reports submitted by the W.P.A. Archaeological Survey Project of Oklahoma, regarding sites excavated in thirteen counties in Oklahoma. Included are reports entitled "Excavation of Prehistoric Indian Sites.".

Scope and Contents FULL FINDING AID (PDF) Book-length manuscripts, research and project reports, and administrative records generated by the W.P.A. Historic Sites and Federal Writers' Projects for Oklahoma during the 1930's. Arranged by county and by subject, there are reports on biographies, birthplaces and homes of prominant Oklahomans, business enterprises and industries, judicial centers, banks and banking, Masonic orders, soil conservation, and land runs; on historic sites, including cemeteries and burial sites, churches and missions, schools, towns and ghost towns, post offices, roads and trails, stage coaches and stagecoach lines, ranches, ruins and antiquities, bridges, crossings and ferries, battlefields, trading posts and stores, military posts and camps, and the state parks; on Indians of North America in Oklahoma, including agencies and reservations, treaties,...

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Inventories (1937-1942) of church, county, state and federal archives in 33 states, compiled by the Works Progress Administration Historical Records Survey. Included are inventories for eleven Oklahoma counties and various church, state and federal departments and agencies, as well as the vital statistics record for the state (1941) and a listing of religious organizations (1942) in Oklahoma. The collection also includes inventories of 33 Texas county archives.

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Publications of W.P.A. programs in Oklahoma, including the Statewide Recreation Project; the Statewide Museum Service; and the Community Service Program. The collection also includes a radio script for "The Museum of the Air" series, sponsored by the W.P.A. on the University of Oklahoma radio station, WNAD.

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Literary journal. Correspondence (1926-2003) between the journal's directors, and University of Oklahoma administrators and faculty, and with authors and prospective authors, regarding the journal's operation, publishing procedures and standards, and works published. Also included are files (1926-1951) regarding the exodus of authors and playwrights from Nazi Germany and Spain to the United States and Mexico.

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International relief organization. Correspondence (1954-1955), financial records (1951), minutes (1951-1954) of boards and committees, and publications (1951-1958) of the Oklahoma-based World Neighbors, Inc., and of its predecessor, World Assistance, Inc.

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Photographs detailing the World War I Observation Balloon Unit and Signal Corps with the American Expeditionary Forces. This unit trained in Omaha, Nebraska and Fort Stills, Oklahoma.

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Correspondence (1917-1938) and financial ledgers (1927-1939) of the First National Bank of Yale, Oklahoma.

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Black-and-white original prints of conferences, YM CA and YWCA leaders, the University of Oklahoma campus, Will Rogers, and Carl Albert. The collection also includes photographs of YWCA activities under Caroline Duval Smith in Mexico City, Mexico. Unpublished finding aid available.

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Genealogy/Family History. Typed genealogy/family history of the Young family (1700s-2008) with corresponding photocopies of personal photos. Typed genealogy/family history of the Duncan family (1660-2017) with corresponding photocopies of personal photos. Typed genealogy/family history of the Sowell family (1725-1914) with corresponding photocopies of personal photos. Typed genealogy/family history of the Murphy and Meehan families (1820-2002) with corresponding photocopies of personal photos. All family histories were researched and compiled by James V. Young.

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Activity, financial and administrative records (1931-1948), and correspondence (1920-1950) of the University of Oklahoma chapters of the Y.M.C.A. and Y.W.C.A.; and bibliographies, scrapbooks and clippings (1925-1950) relating to the organization and its programs.

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Correspondence (1926-1930), newspaper clippings (1927-1964), and printed material (n.d.) on the life and work of Colonel George H. Wark, Prohibition Director of Kansas, and U.S. Prohibition Administrator for the Fifteenth District (Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas).

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General correspondence (1912-1930), bills of lading (1911-1921), account ledgers (1904-1928), and orders (1914-1924) of the Zweigel Mercantile Company of Atoka, Indian Territory and Oklahoma. The collection also includes oil, gas and mining leases (1935) to Choctaw Indian lands.