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Flyers, leaflets, and handbills advertising the lands in Oklahoma Territory, both settled and unsettled. Also contains a proclamation (1893) by Territorial Governor William Renfrow and a commencement ceremony program (1882) from Indian University in Muskogee, Indian Territory.

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Black-and-white copy and original prints of broadsides and posters advertising land openings. Also included are images of the Santa Fe depot in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, and a portrait of Captain D. L. Payne. Unpublished finding aid available.

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Black-and-white and color copy prints of Daniel J. and Ruth F. Boorstin with politicians and leaders, including Ronald and Nancy Reagan, George H. W. Bush, and Joan A. Mondale. Unpublished finding aid available.

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Black-and-white original and copy prints of U.S. Representative Lyle Boren with government officials. Portraits of Harry S. Truman, Clinton P. Anderson, David L. Boren, and Peruvian President Manuel Prado are included in this collection, along with a photograph of servicemen in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. Unpublished finding aid available.

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A black-and-white original print of Dr. H. D. Boswell.

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Black-and-white original and copy prints of western fiction author Bertha Muzzy Bower writing, riding horses, and with her family in San Jose and Monterrey, California, and in Big Sandy, Montana. This collection also includes images of Bower’s second husband, Bertrand W. “Bill” Sinclair, also known as “The Fiddleback Kid.” Unpublished finding aid available.

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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.

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University administrator. Files (1947-1953) pertaining to the alumni development funds for several projects, including the university museum, Bizzell Memorial Library Fund, Books Abroad, and Max Westheimer Field.

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Black-and-white and color copy prints of playwright Lynn Riggs and friends, including Ida Rauh Eastman, Enrique Gasque-Molina, Dr. Paul Green, Elizabeth Green, Willard “Spud” Johnson, George O’Neil, and Gilbert Seldes. The collection contains views of Yaddo writers’ colony in Saratoga Springs, New York; and the Villagra Book Shop and Sunmount Sanatarium in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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Architect. Architectural drawings by Brenda J. Stubel primarily for the set design of Everyman: A Sacred Opera, which premiered at St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church in Dallas, Texas, in March of 1986. Stubel was a graduate of the University of Oklahoma’s School of Architecture and a member of St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church.

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Translator. This collection contains the professional papers (1971-2020) of Brian Holton, translator of award-winning poet Yang Lian’s poetry from Chinese to English and Scots. The papers contain correspondence, translation drafts, writing and research notes, and diaries related to Holton’s translation work, teaching, and associated activities. Printed publicity materials from poetry readings, festivals, and other events document many of his public appearances. Also included are documents and photographs on computer disks, as well as recorded readings and performances on both digital and analog media.

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Historian. Booklets, pamphlets, journals, reports, speeches, bulletins, etc. concerning modern French history.

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Service organization. Programs, newspaper clippings, and a membership list of the Broken Bow (Oklahoma) Lions Club.

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Black and white original prints of Herbert Chandler.

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Black-and-white negatives and contact prints of horse-drawn carriages. Unpublished finding aid available.

Scope and Contents FULL FINDING AID (PDF)A genealogical and historical collection which pertains to the Brown-Wilcox family as well as the history of Clinton, Custer County, Oklahoma, and western Oklahoma. The Brown-Wilcox Family Papers Collection consists of 87 volumes (notebooks) of copied documents, including recollections, letters and cards, poems, essays, newspaper clippings, stories, drawings, invitations, obituaries, bulletins, business cards, political posters, certificates, programs, recipes, legal documents, land records, sale bills, histories, diaries, military records, coats of arms, telegrams, speeches, catalogs, calendars, and photographs, all relating to the Brown-Wilcox family. An index to the collection entitled "Indices of Our Volumes" arranged by volume number, page number, type of material, date and author is kept with the inventory to the collection. "Indices...

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Architect. Designs (circa 1957) drawn by Bruce Goff for the Donald Pollock House in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

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Architect. A set of architectural plans (1971) by Bruce Goff for an unbuilt house for Mr. and Mrs. S.J. Wakil and family in Houston, Texas. This set of drawings was owned by Georgia architect and Bruce Goff scholar, Nelson Brackin.

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A journal kept by Joseph R. Smith of New York, recording his experiences while on a surveying expedition through Indian Territory. Smith describes the expedition's encounters with hostile Comanches, friendly Osages, severe weather and insect hordes. Also included in this collection are photocopies of a legislative document (1858) and a published article (1850), both regarding Creek Nation boundaries.

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Color original stereograph cards produced by Dr. S. I. Rainforth depicting various skin conditions, including syphilis, lupus, psoriasis, dermatitis, and eczema. Unpublished finding aid available.

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A black-and-white original print of Dr. F. R. Buchanan in his office at Canton, Oklahoma.

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Black and white copy prints of Buffalo, Charleston, Selman, Augusta, Fargo, Dacoma, Wakita, Brule and Doby Springs, Oklahoma. Includes scenes of businesses, families, farming, ranching, sod houses, schools and school children in and around these Oklahoma communities.

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A 1931-1932 University of Oklahoma Freshman Handbook.

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Black and white copy prints of Tulsa, Indian Territory and state and of Bartlesville and Morris, Oklahoma. Included are scenes of bands, businesses, schools, and a cotton market.

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Engineer. Correspondence to Murray from friends and relatives, including his mother, Alice (1931-1938) and father, William H. (1932-1952). Also included is correspondence from Murray's brothers, Massena, Billy and Johnston, and from his sister, Jean. Subjects include Murray family affairs, William H. Murray's term as governor of Oklahoma, Murray's Colony in Bolivia, and his views regarding Oklahoma, politicians, World War II, the future of the United States and Mexico, and family members. Burbank Murray Photograph Collection also in repository.

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Black and white original prints of the William H. (Alfalfa Bill) Murray family. Includes a scene of Alfalfa Bill with the Oklahoma National Guard during the Red River Bridge War with Texas, the inauguration of Alfalfa Bill, the Oklahoma National Guard at Fort Sill, U. S. Army airplanes, and the Murray family and colonists in Bolivia.

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Proceedings and debates of the Constitutional Convention of Oklahoma (1906-1907); reports of studies made by the Oklahoma State Planning Board (1936-1938), the Oklahoma Tax Commission (1935-1936), the Oklahoma State Legislative Council (1947-1952), the University of Oklahoma College of Business Administration (1950), and the Bureau of Government Research (1951-1961); manuscripts (1910-1931) of newspaper articles relating to the Socialist Party of Oklahoma; and a chart (1962) showing the organization of Oklahoma state government.

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Black and white copy prints of the towns of Lawton, El Reno, Perry and White Rock, Oklahoma Territory. The collection includes scenes of settlement, businesses, railroads, the opening of the Cherokee Strip, the land drawing at El Reno, and a wagon train of settlers during the Land Run of 1889.

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Black-and-white original prints of Dr. Samuel L. Burns and his family. Unpublished finding aid available.

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Collector. Scrapbooks containing newspaper stories and clippings (1898–1918) detailing the early history of aviation in Oklahoma.