Histories

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Professional organization. Correspondence, membership lists, reports, newspaper articles, bulletins, yearbooks, histories, by-laws, and other related materials from the Oklahoma Division and the Norman (University of Oklahoma) Chapter of the American Association of University Women.

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Correspondence (1916-1921) and a chapter history of the Beckham County (Okla.) Red Cross, a local chapter of the American Red Cross formed during World War I.

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Grain milling company. Correspondence (1914-1952), financial records (1899-1952), and associated historic agricultural and economic material, all pertaining to the operation of the Chickasha Milling Company of Chickasha, Oklahoma. Also included is a typescript history of the company, 1899-1952.

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Correspondence (1949-1956); board meeting minutes (1937-1945); financial records (1938-1952); and a corporate history of the Cleveland County (Oklahoma) Children's Clinic.

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Women's club. Membership lists, minutes, and a club history of this Norman, Oklahoma club that sponsored local beautification projects.

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Farmer. A manuscript (1942) of "My People - A Story of the Apaches" by Jason Betzinez (145 pages).

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Civic organization. Correspondence (1913-1946); minutes (1904-1951); account books (1903-1915); minutes of the Round Table Section (1904-1907); program calendars (1928-1950); yearbooks (1904-1988); clippings (1956-1978); and copies of "History of Mountain View" (1970), from the Mountain View (Oklahoma) Twentieth Century Club.

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Collector. Typescripts of letters (1856-1865) by Abraham J. Seay, second Governor of Oklahoma Territory, regarding the role of the American Party in Missouri, and Seay's experiences and views regarding the Civil War; and typescript of a manuscript (1856-1876) regarding the history of Seay's parents and family.

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Homemaker. A handwritten manuscript regarding the origin and history of the Garber Christian Church in Garber, Oklahoma.

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History and membership list of the Woden Club of Norman, Oklahoma, plus a newspaper clipping marking the club's fortieth anniversary.

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A copy of the forty-ninth annual calendar of the La-Kee-Kon Garden Club of Nowata, Oklahoma, containing the club history, a membership roster, and the club's constitution and by-laws.

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Published material (1922-1985) from women's clubs throughout Oklahoma, including yearbooks, programs, newsletters, histories and directories, arranged alphabetically by town and by club.

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Student. Two copies of "The Early Explorations of the Columbia River" a paper (n.d.) written by Stigler for History 209, a seminar in western history, at the University of Oklahoma.

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Programs (1935-1985), minutes and club records (1952-1985), club publications (1914-1985) and histories (1914-1985) of the Rotary clubs throughout Oklahoma, compiled in 1985-1986 by the Rotary International of Oklahoma, under the direction of Doane Farr.

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English professor. correspondence (1916-1942); freshman English placement exams and results (1936-1940), and English Department circulars and course outlines (1929-1940) from the University of Oklahoma; report of an audit (1905) of the University's finances; manuscript accounts by Hadsell of the early history of the University, including "(Vernon L.) Parrington in Oklahoma" (n.d.)"A History of the University of Oklahoma" (1929), and "Twenty-Eight Years After" (1928), which relates Hadsell's experiences with the 1900 expedition of the Oklahoma Geological Survey, plus a typescript of Hadsell's diary from the expedition. Sardis Roy Hadsell Photograph Collection also in repository.

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Original history, constitution and meeting minutes (1910-15); membership rolls (1910-81); and miscellaneous articles, letters, and citations (1910-81).

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Professor. Correspondence (1907-1941), reports (ca. 1941) and a map (1931) regarding Dr. Parrington and his career at the University of Oklahoma, including a history (n.d.) of the University of Oklahoma English Department, and a report (1908) submitted by Parrington to the Board of Regents concerning a new campus plan for the University of Oklahoma. Also included is a map of the Parrington Building and its grounds at the University of Washington at Seattle.

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Minister. A typewritten autobiography (1953) of the Rev. W. Vance Shook, a Methodist circuit-rider in Oklahoma, describing the churches he founded and pastored; newspaper clippings (1938-1957) regarding the death of Shook's wife, Lottie Lee, and the establishment of the Methodist Episcopal Churches in Putnam City (Okla.) and at Eighth and Lee Streets in Oklahoma City; and publications (1918-1935), including a booklet regarding the history of the Methodist Church in Logan County, Oklahoma, and programs from the Putnam City and Eighth and Lee Streets Methodist Churches. William Vance Shook Photograph Collection also in repository.