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Albert Rennie Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-519
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Attorney. Family and business correspondence, legal documents, and printed material belonging to Rennie, a Pauls Valley, Oklahoma attorney. Much of the material relates to real estate transactions which include land allotted to Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians.

Dates: 1889-1948

Bayard Taylor Hainer Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: WHC-M-245
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Judge. Correspondence (1906-1927); commissions and appointments (1898-1906) to the Oklahoma Territory Supreme Court; certifications as attorney (1897-1909); press excerpts (1906-1926); and clippings (1900-1933) concerning Hainer's career as an Oklahoma Territorial Supreme Court Justice and Federal Trade Commission attorney. Bayard Taylor Hainer Photograph Collection also in repository.

Dates: 1887-1933

Bower Broaddus Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-61
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Judge. Findings of fact, conclusions of law, and case files (1940-1949) from Broaddus's tenure as judge for the Eastern, Northern, and Western Districts of the 10th Federal District Court; case files (1933-1940) from Broaddus's law practice in Muskogee; business and personal correspondence (1930-1949); and speeches of Broaddus and others.

Dates: 1930-1949

Charles Gordon Watts, Sr., Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-1953
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Judge. Correspondence (1907-1944) regarding Watts's personal affairs, his interest in the Democratic Party and in government at the state and local levels, and regarding the status of legal cases; plus publications (1914-1944) regarding politics and government.

Dates: 1907-1944

Cruce, Cruce and Bleakmore Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-140
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Legal documents and correspondence of the law firms of Cruce, Cruce and Cruce (1895-1901); Cruce, Cruce and Bleakmore (1901-1912); and Potter and Cruce (1912-1928) reflecting the firms' practice, representing Indian citizenship and allotment claims, banking interests, and oil and gas companies. Also in the collection are correspondence and speeches from Lee Cruce's Oklahoma gubernatorial campaign of 1907 and his senatorial campaign of 1930.

Dates: 1899-1935

David Swank Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-2030
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University professor and attorney. Correspondence and legal papers (1961-1972) of Swank in his role as University Legal Counsel, along with printed materials relating to his legal research and teaching at the University of Oklahoma.

Dates: 1950-1972

Fred Barton Woodard Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: WHC-M-680
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Lawyer. Personal and business correspondence (1934-1953), mostly relating to Republican Party politics. Also included are government documents and other published materials (1920's-1940's) regarding Native Americans, such as hearings before Congressional Committees on Indian Affairs relating to relief of needy Indians (1940); claims of the Shawnee and Delaware tribes (1920's-1936), the Yakima tribes (1939), the Snake or Paiute tribes (1940), and the Wichita and related tribes (1939); a report (1946) concerning the reduction in size of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation; a proposed constitution for the Brotherhood of North American Indians; and a biographical sketch of Charles Journeycake, a chief of the Delaware, written by Woodard in 1943. Fred Barton Woodard Photograph Collection also in repository.

Dates: 1886-1955

Hampton Tucker Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: WHC-M-622
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Lawyer. Legal files, correspondence, coal mining reports (1899-1916), and related papers concerning Tucker's service as mining trustee for the Choctaw Nation (1912-1918), for the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations (1929-1949), and as national attorney for the Choctaw Nation (1924-1929).

Dates: 1895-1945

Henry Simpson Johnston Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-323
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Oklahoma governor. Correspondence (1900-1960) relating to Johnston's political and legal careers, and to his affiliation with various fraternal organizations; speeches and other papers (1914-1930) relating to his election campaigns; legal papers (1909-1934) documenting court cases with which Johnston was involved; and printed material and newspaper clippings (1920-1960) collected by Johnston. Henry S. Johnston Photograph Collection also in repository.

Dates: 1891-1960

John Frank McMurray Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: WHC-M-1207
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Lawyer. Published court records and correspondence regarding McMurray's suit against the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations for legal fees and expenses, incurred in McMurray's successful representation of Choctaw and Chickasaw individuals in an earlier lawsuit, regarding taxation of Indian lands.

Dates: 1898-1926

Joseph G. Ralls Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-510
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Correspondence from Ralls' law practice, concerning the representation of various Choctaws during townsite payments and the allotment of Choctaw lands from 1903-1907. Joseph G. Ralls Photograph Collection also in repository.

Dates: 1870-1924

Maurice H. Merrill Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-2031
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Attorney. Correspondence of Merrill; class notes taken by Maurice and Orpha Merrill; printed material, including copies of the Phi Beta Kappa Key (1911-1918), the Supreme Court Reporter (1964-1975), and proceedings (1959-1975) of the National Conference of Commissioners of Uniform State Law.

Dates: ca. 1903-1975

Redmond Selecman Cole Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-1951
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Judge. Correspondence (1894-1927) regarding Cole's personal affairs, politics and government at both local and state levels, and cases tried in Oklahoma courts; legal briefs (1909-1925); publications (1908-1956) concerning politics and government; and speeches (n.d.) delivered by Cole before civic and fraternal organizations.

Dates: 1894-1956

Roscoe Simmons Cate Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: WHC-M-91
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Attorney. Manuscripts in the Creek language; copies of correspondence from officials connected with Indian affairs, such as Maj. Gen. Thomas S. Jessup, Opothleyahola, and Albert Pike; a compilation of names and locations of Creek towns in Alabama and Oklahoma; and briefs, trusts and correspondence relating to the court case concerning the estate of Jackson Barnett, one of Oklahoma's wealthiest Indians. Roscoe Simmons Cate Photograph Collection also in repository.

Dates: 1819-1970

Wilburn Nash Redwine Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: WHC-M-516
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Attorney. Correspondence (1898-1943) regarding his legal practice; legal case files (1898-1943) in which Redwine was involved; published legal briefs (n.d.); client account ledgers (1904-1917); and political posters and leaflets (1910, 1924) published during Redwine's campaigns for election to the state supreme court and senate. The entries in the expense ledgers prior to November, 1907 concern legal services provided for a number of Choctaw Indian families experiencing difficulty in receiving or claiming allotments.

Dates: 1898-1943

William W. Pryor Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: WHC-M-503
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Attorney. Briefs (1920-1946) of cases heard by the Oklahoma State Supreme Court, with related correspondence (1927-1934) and a newspaper obituary (1946) of Pryor, who served as counsel to the Court.

Dates: 1920-1938