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Collector. Letter (1907) from W. E. Campbell to his son, R. B. Campbell describing the successes of his oil company; news clippings regarding oil in Oklahoma; and one reprint (1948) of an article regarding the elder Campbell.

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History professor. Photocopies of correspondence (1853-1854) from the letterbook of the commanding officer of the garrison at Fort Union, New Mexico; typescript of the diary (1853-1854) of Caleb Burwell Rowan Kennerly, entitled "Diary of a Journey to California, 1853-1854"; photocopies of articles on the founding of D'Hanis, Texas, and on exploring expeditions through the American Southwest; and notecards (n.d.) made by Gamble while conducting historical research on the Southwest.

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Collector. Newsletters of the Model Railroad Interest Group (1960-1986) for which Garrity served as editor, plus his notes and typescripts for same. Also included are correspondence (1950-1988); published and unpublished articles by Garrity and others regarding railways, Oklahoma natural history, local history, and solar energy; photos relating to Garrity's articles; newspaper clippings; and one cubic foot of oral histories on cassette tapes.

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Army officer. Personal correspondence to family members regarding Hewitt's military service and war-related experiences (1942-1944); additional correspondence to Hewitt family from E.C. McCallum of Stanolind Oil and Gas Company (1944-1953); news clippings (1943-1946); telegrams (1943-1944); and personal records (1923-1946) all relating to Robert C. Hewitt. Also includes Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal, and Purple Heart.

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Business correspondence and papers (1871-1935) of Fritz Sittell relating to the Choctaw Coal and Railway Company, the Choctaw Trading Company, Sittel's other business interests, and the development of the town of McAlester, Oklahoma; personal correspondence (1871-1943) including letters from Tams Bixby, Peter Pitchlynn, members of the Pitchlynn family, Green McCurtain, Robert L. Owen, Moritz Lippman and others; certificates (1890 & 1900) of Sittell's appointment as a United States Marshal, and as a Special Deputy of Tobucksy County, Choctaw Nation; along with clippings, business cards, a sketch of house floor plans, government documents and biographical materials relating to Sittell's family. Rogers-Neill Photograph Collection also in repository.

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Poet and playwright. Correspondence (1921-1936), some with poetry enclosed; newspaper and magazine clippings (1926-1966); and manuscripts (1924-1932) by or regarding Riggs and his works. The collection also includes playbills for a number of his plays. Lynn Riggs Photograph Collection also in repository.

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Correspondence; news releases; clippings; and municipal, organizational and legislative resolutions (1957-1959) regarding the Army's plan to create a missile firing range at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and the formation of a regional citizens' coalition, the Southwestern Oklahoma Survival Association, which eventually thwarted the plan. Also included in this collection is information regarding prior expansions of Fort Sill, Oklahoma, 1869-1957.

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Priest. Clippings (1912-1970) concerning Monsignor Caudron's long career as pastor of St. Michael's Catholic Church, Henryetta, Oklahoma, and as superintendent of the Parochial school; and correspondence (1965) concerning the closing of the upper six grades of the school; and telegrams from prominant political figures. Theophile Caudron Photograph Collection also in repository.

Scope and Contents FULL FINDING AID (PDF)Indian traders. Papers of Thomas M. Finney, Indian trader at Gray Horse, Osage Agency, and of Frank F. Finney, historian and employee of the Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company including correspondence (1925-1936) relating to T.M. Finney's book"Pioneer Days with the Osage Indians;" historical materials (1827-1977) such as correspondence, news clippings, magazine articles, and bibliographic notes of T.M. Finney and F.F. Finney on such topics as the Cherokee Strip, the Osage Indian Agency, Gray Horse Trading Post, the Dalton Gang, Kaw Indian Agency, Buffalo Bill, Pawnee Bill, peyotism, President Herbert Hoover's early days in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, and Maria Tallchief; nine field notebooks (1915-1919) kept by F.F. Finney while an employee of the Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company; finished and unfinished articles and stories (1891-1969)...

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Teacher. Correspondence (1926, 1974-1989), newspaper articles (1982-1989), manuscripts (n.d.) and publications (1935-1987) by or about Travis D. Anthony and his stories based on life in rural Oklahoma, along with accounts of his student experiences at the University of Oklahoma in the 1930's. Travis D. Anthony Photograph Collection also in repository.

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Cate served as Editor of Sooner Magazine and Assistant in Press Relations beginning December 1, 1936 and continued in those capacities until 1942 when he became acting Secretary of the Alumni Association, acting manager of the Oklahoma Memorial Union, and Editor/Manager of Sooner Magazine. In 1944 Cate became Financial Assistant to President George Lynn Cross. The administrative files, arranged alphabetically by subject, contain primarily advertising records, newsclippings and correspondence.

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Actor. Business and personal correspondence (1937–1971); contracts (1961–1969); financial statements (1959–1969); greeting cards and records of legal cases (1963–1969); newspaper clippings (1936–1968); playbills (1934–1963); records of stock transactions (1964–1969); and telegrams (1932–1938) from the life and career of Van Heflin. The collection also contains materials related to his family members, including Frances Heflin and Vana O'Brien, among others.

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Government employee. Correspondence, memoirs, recollections, allotment records, Civil War papers, clippings and other materials relating to Indian Territory, reflecting Chaney's experiences while traveling through the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations as clerk in charge of the Choctaw-Chickasaw Allotment Division of the Dawes Commission. Warren P. Chaney Photograph Collection also in repository.

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Physician. Personal and professional correspondence (1896-1953), including correspondence (1897-1949) from Tolleson's work as a company physician for the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad; financial papers (1887-1949); medical school lecture notes (1894-1895); clippings (1925-1942) regarding medicine; and materials from Tolleson's Eufaula, Oklahoma medical practice, including equipment and supply catalogs (1928), registers of prescriptions (1929-1937) and patient account and appointment registers (1875-1942); posters (1895-1898) demonstrating 17th and 18th century medical practices; and certificates (1948-1949). William Alfred Tolleson Photograph Collection also in repository.

Scope and Contents FULL FINDING AID (PDF)University of Oklahoma president. Personal and business correspondence (1910-1945), including correspondence from Bizzell's tenure as president of Texas A & M College, his association with Drury College and letters of condolence to his family upon his death; official correspondence (1925-1941) from Bizzell's tenure as president of the University of Oklahoma; University of Oklahoma Sociology Department lecture notes and class materials (1941-1943); correspondence, circulars, and reports (1941-1944) from Bizzell's tenure as a director of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka, Kansas; reprints (n.d.); manuscripts of articles and speeches (n.d.) by Bizzell; correspondence (1940-1944) concerning Bizzell's publications; a genealogy of the Bizzell family; and class notes (1919-1920) taken by Bizzell while attending Baylor and Columbia Universities....

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Correspondence, financial and tax records, clippings, and family memorabilia (ca. 1905-1950) of William E. Hoskinson. The collection also includes a family history (1970) entitled "Thomas Bowen Hoskinson: Of Ohio, Texas and California" and hymnals (1873-1907). William Earl Hoskinson Photograph Collection also in repository.

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Author. Correspondence (ca. 1923) regarding the Bender family of Kansas, and the genealogy of families in Big Sandy Valley, Kentucky; notebooks (ca. 1854-1913) concerning the American Civil War, linguistics, William Quantrill, Kansas Indians, and Kansas history prior to the 20th century; clippings (ca. 1855-1900) concerning Kansas Indians and history; manuscripts (ca. 1902) concerning politics, Indian mythology, folklore, linguistics and Kansas history; pamphlets (1857-1925); and diaries (1858-1911) of Henry William Ela recounting his Civil War experiences, and of Connelley.

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Physicians. Correspondence (1860-1954); class notes (1912-1936); case histories (1937); annuals, diplomas and certificates (1912-1953); clippings (1914-1953); and medals and medical instruments, of W.L. McClure, a surgeon from 1923 to 1930 at Massachusetts General Hospital, and W.C. McClure, a faculty member from 1940 to 1953 at the University of Oklahoma School of Medicine. William Lionel and William Charles McClure Photograph Collection also in repository.

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U.S. Marshal. Correspondence (1901-1960) to and from William M. and Zoe Tilghman regarding family affairs, outlaws, Communist infiltration of the Works Progress Administration in Oklahoma, and poets and writers of Oklahoma; Tilghman's personal financial records (n.d.); manuscripts and typescripts (n.d.), including Tilghman's memoirs; publications (1843-1949) from the Poetry Society of Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Authors' Club, the Women of '89 Club, etc., including a mid-nineteenth century etiquette book; programs (1903-1934) of various academic, social, charitable and religious organizations; clippings regarding outlaws; and showbills for western movies.

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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.