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Law firms -- Oklahoma

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

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

Melven Cornish Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-1350
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Attorney. Case files (1903-1904) and letter books (1900-1905) from cases involving Choctaw and Chickasaw tribal citizenship claims; dockets (1903-1904) for the Southern and Central Divisions of the U.S. District Court for Indian Territory; an account book (1899) and a record book (1876) entitled "Proceedings of the Board of Chief Commissioners of the Court of Claims, Choctaw Nation"; along with clippings (1896-1907) and published court documents (1900-1940) relating to Choctaw and Chickasaw cases in U.S. courts. Cornish's law firm, Mansfield, McMurray and Cornish, represented the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations in cases involving tribal citizenship claims.

Dates: 1815-1943

Murphey and Noffsinger Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-1973
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Law firm. Legal papers (ca. 1910-ca. 1935), including court orders, appearance bonds, and arrest warrants from the law firms of Hutchings, Murphey and German, and of Murphey and Noffsinger, both of Muskogee, Oklahoma.

Dates: ca. 1910-ca. 1935

William Claude Austin Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-265
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Lawyer. Case and client files (1920-1943) from Austin's law firm in Altus, Oklahoma, in which Robert B. Harbison and David Ross Rutherford were associate members.

Dates: 1920-1943