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Andrew N. “Jack” Boatman Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: WHC-M-47
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Attorney. Correspondence regarding Oklahoma politics and the University of Oklahoma Alumni Association, of which Boatman was president in 1924 and 1925.

Dates: 1922-1951

Andrew R. Wilson Collection

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Identifier: WHC-M-1317
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Hosteler. Guest register (1907-1908) of the Eskridge Hotel of Wynnewood, Oklahoma, listing guests, their home addresses, and the prices of rooms.

Dates: 1907-1908

Mildred Andrews Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: WHC-M-2857
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The collection includes materials donated by former students of Mildred Andrews. It includes family and professional photographs, wedding albums, memorial albums for Andrews and family members, marriage documents, biographical materials, correspondence with family, manuscripts, employment files, and items from her estate in Norman, Oklahoma. There is also material regarding Andrews' memorial concert held at the University of Oklahoma and the creation of the Mildred Andrews Boggess Memorial Organ Fund.

Dates: circa 1900-1999; Majority of material found within 1915-1987

Andrus, Selden Eugene (1858–1941)

 Collection — Box: Photo A-3
Identifier: WHC-P-1432
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A black-and-white original print of Mr. and Mrs. Selden E. Andrus.

Dates: undated

Angie Elbertha Debo Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: WHC-M-967
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Historian. A galley proof and the original typescript for Debo's book"Geronimo" published by the University of Oklahoma Press in 1966; correspondence (1967-1972) written by Debo on behalf of Alaskan Indians to regain their tribal lands, and newspaper clippings (1953-1954) of Debo's column in the Daily Oklahoman. Also included in this collection is one file of correspondence (1939-1972) between Debo and officials of the Princeton University Press regarding the publication of her controversial book"And Still the Waters Run".

Debo's book "Geronimo" can be found in the Western History Library and the Main Library at E 99 .A6 G324.

Dates: 1939-1976

Ann Mayer Cooper Collection

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Identifier: WHC-M-935
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A typewritten manuscript written by Cooper concerning the history of Lincoln County, Oklahoma. Includes information on the land runs into the Sac & Fox, Iowa, and Kickapoo reserves and early county officials.

Dates: 1949

Ann W. Gosman Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: WHC-M-1036
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Collector. One 46-star flag of the United States of America. The 46th star was added in 1908 to represent Oklahoma. The 46-star U.S. flag flew from July 1908 to July 1912.

Dates: undated

Anna Iverson Hollem Collection

 Collection — Box: H-12
Identifier: WHC-M-1258
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Collector. Correspondence, teacher's certificates and examination scores, letters of recommendation, and tax receipts belonging to Charles L. Hollem, Anna Hollem's husband. All materials date from 1892 to 1901, except for souvenirs from Hollem's lumberyard, and letters describing Hollem's funeral in 1935. Hollem taught school in Oklahoma Territory and later owned Lawton's first lumber-yard.

Dates: 1892-1935

Anna Iverson Hollem Photograph Collection

 Collection — Box: Photo H-10
Identifier: WHC-P-1178
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Black and white original prints of a sod school house in Woods County, and the Trekell and Rounds Lumber Yard in Lawton, Oklahoma. Anna Iversen Hollem Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: 1896-1901

Anna Kate Garretson Collection

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Identifier: WHC-M-2131
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Student. A diploma given to Anna Kate Garretson from Spaulding Female College, Muskogee, Indian Territory in 1907.

Dates: 1907

Anna Laura Brisky Hertzog Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: WHC-M-276
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Educator and civic leader. A combination account book, scrapbook and family diary (1904-1948) which includes descriptions of the mining boom in the Wichita Mountains and early school board meetings in Comanche County, Oklahoma; and a manuscript (n.d.) entitled "Pioneer Days in Comanche Co.".

Dates: 1904-1948

Anna Lee Brosius Korn Collection

 Collection — Box: K-2
Identifier: WHC-M-345
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Typescript of a lecture (n.d.) entitled "Progress and Development of Missouri Since 1860 from Gleenings Here and There" presented to the Missouri Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy; yearbook (1927) for the National Society, United States Daughters of 1812 for Oklahoma; and programs and clippings (1930-1955) concerning Korn and her various club activities. Anna Lee Brosius Korn Photograph Collection also in repository.

Dates: 1927-1955

Anna Picklum Photograph Collection

 Collection — Box: Photo P-37
Identifier: WHC-P-1113
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Black and white original prints of nurses and staff at the El Reno (Oklahoma) Sanitarium.

Dates: 1925

Anne Ross Piburn Collection

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Identifier: WHC-M-1217
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Programs (1937-1958) of the yearly reunions of graduates of Cherokee seminaries; a report (1955) regarding the old Murrell Home in Tahlequah, Oklahoma; a report (1953) regarding New Echota, Georgia; a publication (1954) of the Cherokee Foundation, Inc., entitled Tsa-La-Gi' Ga-Nah-Se-Da'; an undated list of freedmen granted Cherokee citizenship; and memorials (1883-1899) of the Cherokee Nation and its delegation to the U.S. Congress. Anne Ross Piburn Photograph Collection also in repository.

Dates: 1883-1958

Anne Ross Piburn Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-P-1185
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Black and white original prints of the Ross and Murrell families, the Cherokee Male Seminary, and of students and the campus of the Cherokee Female Seminary. Also included in the collection is a portrait of Mock, a Sac and Fox Indian. Anne Ross Piburn Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: 1860-1910

Annie Stewart Higham Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-P-1148
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Black and white original prints of Sac and Fox, Ponca, Comanche, Oto, and Cheyenne Indians.

Dates: 1896

Anson Campbell Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: WHC-M-791
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A letter regarding the family history of the Anson Campbell family, and a typescript of a story regarding the Bullock family of Lindsay, Oklahoma and its contribution to early Lindsay.

Dates: 1965-1967

Anti-Horse Thief Association Collection

 Collection — Box: A-19
Identifier: WHC-M-718
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Vigilante group. Constitutions, rosters, minutes and proceedings (1895-1901) of Chapter 35, located in Fairview, Oklahoma Territory.

Dates: 1892-1902

Anton H. Classen Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: WHC-M-110
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Realtor. Correspondence (1900) between Classen and Governor Theodore Roosevelt of New York, regarding Roosevelt's attendance at the Roughriders' reunion of 1900 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Territory.

Dates: 1900

Apushmataha Collection

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Identifier: WHC-M-719
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American Indian chief. A typescript of an article from Sturm’s Oklahoma Magazine (1906) regarding the life of Apushmataha.

Dates: 1906

Arch Barnes Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: WHC-M-732
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Collector. Correspondence (1877–1900) concerning Barnes’s family matters and property taxes in the state of Kansas.

Dates: 1877-1900

Archer Hunter Watson Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-1297
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Correspondence from Watson to his fiancee regarding the controversy arising over the decision to move the capital of Oklahoma from Guthrie to Oklahoma City, reflecting Watson's inside knowledge of the conflict from his position as a State Corporation Commissioner. Also included is a news clipping regarding the hostility of citizens of Shawnee to Commissioner Watson's support for Oklahoma City as the site of the state's capital.

Dates: 1910

Archibald Cason Edwards Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-2020
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Investment broker. Correspondence (1875-ca. 1950) of the Robert James Edwards and J.S. Handy families; business correspondence (ca. 1890-ca. 1945) from Edward's investment securities firm, R.J. Edwards, Inc., including University of Oklahoma dormitory and memorial Union building bonds (1946-1948); and concert and theatre programs (1928-1987) from musical and theatre productions throughout the United States, particularly in Oklahoma City and at the University of Oklahoma.

Dates: 1875-1987

Architecture Library Blueprints

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-2896
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The Architecture Library Blueprints were originally part of the OU Architecture Library. The architectural drawings and blueprints in this collection were transferred to Special Research Collections at the Library Service Center in January 2023 when the Architecture Library closed. All of these drawings and blueprints are cataloged individually in the public catalog. Their barcodes are recorded in their scope and content notes.



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Dates: undated

Arley Rinehart Architectural Drawings

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Identifier: WHC-M-2883
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Architect. Architectural drawings (1960-1963) created by Arley Rinehart as a student at the University of Oklahoma’s School of Architecture. The drawings depict a laboratory, chapel, doctor’s clinic, and other buildings and architectural concepts.

Dates: 1960 - 1963

Arlowen Jordan Collection

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Identifier: WHC-M-2696
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A manuscript journal (1879) of a wagon train trip to the Cherokee Outlet presumably by Thomas Jefferson Jordan, Jr.; a land allotment deed of the Cherokee Nation for Watie B. Jordan (1907); a hand-copied bill of sale for a slave sold to "Stan Waity" (1856); plus transcriptions and digital copies of these original documents.

Dates: 1856-1907

Arlyss and Paula Cleveland Collection

 Collection — Box: C-19
Identifier: WHC-M-2585
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Printed materials (1977-1983) used in a course taught at Yavapai College, Prescott, Arizona, entitled"Oral Traditions of Pueblo Indians" including newspaper articles on the Navajo-Hopi land dispute, tribal feuds, Apache culture, and Zuni pilgrimages; articles on basket-making, medicinal plants, musical instruments, prayer sticks, rugs, and pottery; and biographical sketches of Ganado Mucho, Henry Chee Dodge, Yukioma, Carlos Montezuma, Atsidi Sani, Mangas Coloradas, Pope, Julian Martinez, Hasteen Klah, and Manuelito.

Dates: 1977-1983

Armand E. Gibson Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-P-1595
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Black and white copy prints of Dustin, Indian Territory and Oklahoma, including scenes of businesses, railroads, farming, and cotton gins. The collection also contains a scene of Cromwell, Oklahoma and a photograph of Creek Indians.

Dates: 1890-1920

Armentrout Studio Photograph Collection

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Identifier: WHC-P-1549
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Black and white original and copy prints of Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory and state, including street scenes, farming, businesses, railroads and industry.

Dates: 1889-1910

Armstrong, Charles E.

 Collection — Box: Photo A-11
Identifier: WHC-P-2294
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Black-and-white original and copy prints of the Kingfisher College track team, football team, and men’s glee club in Kingfisher, Oklahoma. This collection also includes images of gymnastics teams, the 1913 Notre Dame basketball team, and Ernest Hemingway as a member of the 1915 Oak Park High School football team in Oak Park, Illinois. Unpublished finding aid available.

Dates: 1903-1915

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