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Sponsor. Mrs. Morrison sponsored several Korean boys in their studies at Oklahoma City University and Oklahoma University. Collection includes forty-three letters (1949-61) written to Mrs. Morrison by the Korean students; Korean Christmas cards; Holt Adoption Program newsletters (1960-62); and various Korean printed materials such as magazines, booklets and a calendar.

A black-and-white original print of Dr. Earl F. Camp, mayor of Buffalo, Oklahoma.

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Letterbook (1869-1878) kept by the commissary supply officer of Camp Supply, Indian Territory, established in 1868 as a base for operations against the Plains Indians. The letterbook contains copies of letters sent, lists of names of captured Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians, information relating to their maintenance, and reports on bands of hostile Indians.

A black-and-white copy print of Dr. J. F. Campbell.

A black-and-white original print of John McKoy Campbell in military uniform.

Black-and-white copy prints of Indian students and buildings at Carlisle Indian School, Riverside Indian School, Dwight Mission, Cherokee Female Seminary, and Fort Sill Indian School and a street scene in Bluejacket, Oklahoma. Also included are photographs of Red Cloud, Quanah Parker, and Elias Cornelius Boudinot; Wichita grass houses; street scenes from Marble City, Oklahoma; and unidentified cowboys. Unpublished finding aid available.

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Correspondence (1905-1937) to and from Russell regarding the Oklahoma Corporation Commission of which he was a member; political posters (ca. 1920-1930) from Russell's election campaigns for the Corporation Commission and to Congress; speeches (ca. 1920-1930); by-laws and the certificate of incorporation (1933) for the Self-Help Exchange, a Depression-era unemployed persons league; and publications (1919-1936), including newspapers (1919-1925) printed by Russell for propaganda purposes, and transcripts (n.d.) of Oklahoma State Supreme Court proceedings.

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Indian Agency. Records of the Cantonment (Oklahoma) Indian Agency and Cantonment (Oklahoma) Training School including general and official correspondence (1903-1923) concerning agency affairs, the school, and its students, along with financial records such as billing and account statements, invoices and receipts, property vouchers, and applications for renewal of Indian trader licenses. Also contains applicant files (1910-1926) concerning the agency superintendant's approval and disbursal of funds of individual Indians; subject files (1902-1931) containing lease records, property cards, land patents and deeds, and miscellaneous records concerning Seger Indian Agency, Colony, Oklahoma; and checking account stubs and Office of the Assistant Treasurer of the U.S. receipts (1902-1920).

Black-and-white and hand-colored original prints of Dr. Madison T. J. Capshaw and his family. Unpublished finding aid available.

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Historian. Student grade books (1929-1951) from history courses taught by Rister at the University of Oklahoma; manuscripts (1889-1920) regarding the settlement of Oklahoma prepared by Rister's students; and typescripts of the official reports (1868-1871) of Generals William T. Sherman and Philip Sheridan regarding the actions of their commands with the Indians. The original reports are in the Library of Congress. Carl Coke Rister Photograph Collection also in repository.

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Geologist. Correspondence (1900-1975) regarding the Oklahoma Geological Survey, of which Branson was longtime director, and the geology of Oklahoma.

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Attorney. Correspondence (1946) regarding Carl J. O'Hornett's inquiries to oil companies in Oklahoma to lease 1250 royalty acres out of approximately 5400 acres of the North Burbank area of Kay and Osage Counties. Also, a map of the North Burbank area and a map of a plat in Washita County, Oklahoma.

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Railroad developer. Correspondence (1888-1941) to the Turpins regarding family and personal affairs; reports (1934-1938) of the Oklahoma State Federation of Women's Clubs; newspaper clippings (1916-1941); cancelled checks (1913-1918); and programs (1909-1938) of various organizations, including the Oklahoma State Federation of Women's Clubs, the New Century Club, the Edelweiss Club and the Clinton (Okla.) Literary Club. Carl J. Turpin Photograph Collection also in repository.

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Research materials on the history of pharmacy in Oklahoma, collected by Carl K. Buckner, who served as Dean of the University of Oklahoma’s College of Pharmacy from 1997 to 2002. Many of these materials were used for Dr. Buckner's book, Profiles of Oklahoma Pharmacy (2008), and his published articles on pharmacists and the practice of pharmacy in Oklahoma, and in Indian Territory. The collection also includes publications regarding OU College of Pharmacy alumni, and various pharmaceutical industry publications such as Molecular Interventions, Pharmacy in History, Apothecary's Cabinet, and others.

Black-and-white original prints of Dr. A. E. Carlock and Missouri Medical College students. Unpublished finding aid available.

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Government employee. Pamphlets by Montezuma proposing the abolition of the U.S. Indian Service, entitled "Let My People Go" and "Abolish the Indian Bureau"; newsletter by Montezuma entitled "Wassaja: Freedom's Signal for the Indian"; and a pamphlet-length obituary of Montezuma.

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Newspaper editor. Correspondence (1906-1924) to and from Weaver, regarding the prospects for and operation of a newspaper in Ada, Oklahoma, and regarding Ku Klux Klan activities, especially political activities, in Oklahoma.

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A ledger (1908) and a remittance register (1922-1923) from the First National Bank of Carmen, Oklahoma.

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Anthropologist. Correspondence, interviews, research notes and reprints relating to Rachlin's research on the Sac and Fox and the Shawnee. Also included are field notes from her archaeological research on the weaving of the mound builders.

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Collector. Seven World War II ration books (1942–1945) issued by the Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, ration board.

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Collector. Copy of a poem (1871) by an unidentified Cherokee Indian, and a letter (1958) to Schwegler from an official of Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri, in which he tells Schwegler he is unable to help with her question regarding a possible identification of the poet.

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Photographs and news clippings which document the life and career of Carolyn Rexroat Warner as a high school student at Classen High School in Oklahoma City, as a student at the University of Oklahoma, as a television personality at WKY-TV in Oklahoma City, as a contestant in the Miss Oklahoma City contest, as the Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction, as the 1984 Arizona Democratic Gubernatorial nominee, and as the author of "The Last Word.". News clippings and photo with autograph of actress Susan Peters. Interview with Carolyn Rexroat Warner regarding her role in early radio talk shows and television in the Oklahoma City area on February 17, 1995, at the Waterford Hotel in Oklahoma City by Kristina Southwell (cassette tape and typed transcript).

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Collector. A receipt for a delivery of wheat by William Robinson and Charles Applegate for the Commissary General of Oregon Territory, 1868.

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Musician. Two diplomas (1909–1913) issued to Carrie Edna Staggs by Stephens College in Missouri and by the University School of Music in Michigan.

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Personal correspondence (1886-1892) of Carrie LeFlore, wife of Basil LeFlore, governor of the Choctaw Nation, with friends and family, along with expressions of condolence on the death of her husband.

A black-and-white original print of Dr. F. L. Carson in his automobile at Shawnee, Oklahoma.

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Historian. Photocopies of articles from Ku Klux Klan journals such as "Kourier Magazine" and "Imperial Night-Hawk" many dealing with the Klan in Oklahoma; newspaper articles on the Klan in Oklahoma; papers relating to Oklahoma Governor Jack Walton and the Klan; various Klan pamphlets, handbooks and interview typescripts with Ira M. Finley, Albert S. Giles and Leon Hirsh regarding the Klan in Oklahoma. C.B. Clark Photograph Collection also in repository.

Poet and medievalist. Papers (1955-2021) of Osage poet and academic Carter Revard. Materials include over 60 years of professional and personal correspondence (1957-2018), teaching materials, research on Medieval studies and Native American topics; and organizational documents from the American Indian Center of Mid-America and the Native Writer’s Circle Association. The collection also includes drafts and manuscripts of Revard’s writings; photographs and audiovisual material relating to his research and career; clippings and personal documents; Native American files and travel documents; as well as miscellaneous records that include general printed material, memorial documents, and artifacts.

Black-and-white copy prints of Otto and Alan Cartwright farming near Roosevelt, Oklahoma. Unpublished finding aid available.

A black-and-white original print of James Case.