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Althea Leah Bierbower Bass Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: WHC-M-31
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Historian. Manuscript essays (1847-1850) written by Sarah Worcester, a daughter of Samuel A. and Ann Orr Worcester, missionaries to the Cherokees, while a student at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, along with a typed manuscript biography (1955) of Alice M. Robertson, Oklahoma's first Congresswoman, authored by Bass, and entitled "The Inheritance of Alice Robertson.".

Dates: 1847-1955

Harold L. Lyles Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-1337
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Collector. Pamphlet (1913) of speeches of Representative Claude Weaver of Oklahoma in the House of Representatives, and a pamphlet (ca. 1912) of excerpts of Weaver's speeches, including his closing speech in defense of William T. Peoples, charged with the murder of Eugene McLaughlin, at Peoples' trial in 1902.

Dates: 1912-1913

James Clark Nance Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-433
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Legislator. Transcripts of testimony (1922-1927), district court clerk reports (1911-1920), legislative committee reports (1956-1959), and legislative bills (1959), all regarding prohibition in Oklahoma and calls for its repeal in 1959.

Dates: 1911-1959

James Randolph Tolbert Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-617
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Attorney. Correspondence (1909-1941) regarding Tolbert's elections and terms as an Oklahoma state legislator, and the Al Smith for President campaign in Oklahoma, which he headed; reports (1923) and accompanying documentation of the impeachment proceedings of Governor John C. Walton by a special legislative committee, of which Tolbert was vice-chair; and Norman Rockwell posters (1942) entitled "The Four Freedoms.".

Dates: 1909-1941

Robert B. Harbison Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-251
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Lawyer. Correspondence (1938-1942) relating to Harbison's term as a senator representing District 5, encompassing Jackson and Tillman counties, in the Oklahoma state legislature.

Dates: 1938-1942

Robert O'Darrell Cunningham Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-142
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Politician. Articles (1952) regarding Oklahoma State Representative Cunningham's proposal for a 1952 Road Bond, including details of the proposal and favorable editorial comments.

Dates: 1952