District courts -- Oklahoma

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U.S. Marshal. Correspondence (1895-1946) regarding the Indian Territory Day Celebration of 1939, and Thomas Rhodes' World War I experience; certificates (1864-1912); clippings (1905-1950) and a scrapbook (n.d.) regarding lawmen, outlaws, judges, and Rhodes; the score (1894) of a patriotic hymn composed by a youth from Indian Territory; poetry and short stories (1894-1942) by various persons regarding Belle Starr, the Creek National Councilhouse at Okmulgee, and Oklahoma; and publications (1908-1938) including programs of the 1908 reunion of former U.S. marshals, and of the 45th anniversary of the First National Bank of Vinita, Oklahoma. Also in this collection is a manuscript (n.d.), presumably by Rhodes, regarding the U.S. District Court at Fort Smith, Arkansas, and its judge, Isaac C. Parker. Charles B. Rhodes Photograph Collection also in repository.

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Judge. Typescripts of instructions to juries (1907-1955) regarding civil and criminal cases, some issued by Judge Vaught while presiding over the U.S. District Court, Western District of Oklahoma.

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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.

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Judge. Correspondence, speeches, and clippings (1942) concerning Busby's unsuccessful candidacy for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senator from Oklahoma; correspondence (1918) concerning Busby's successful candidacy for election as judge of Pontotoc County, Oklahoma; correspondence (1924-1927) from Busby's term as a member of the University of Oklahoma Board of Regents; and correspondence (1935-1937) concerning his unsuccessful bid for nomination to a federal judgeship in Oklahoma. Orel Busby Photograph Collection also in repository.

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Ledgers (1896-1922), including daybooks (1898-1918), cashbooks, notary records (1904-1906), funeral records (1901-1911), ginners' cotton books, and books recording cotton bought and sold from the company's general store and cotton ginning operation. Also included in this collection are a petition from Spiro, Indian Territory regarding the relocation of the U.S. District Court, and the Treasurer's records from a Spiro-area school district.

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Stenographers' notebooks (1893-1910); books (1873-1912) of statutes, cases, and rules of procedure; U.S. Marshal's records (1890-1912), and Court Clerk's records (1892-1921) concerning witness, juror, prisoner, and court staff expenses; ledgers (1898-1935); and correspondence (1894-1926) of the Court Clerk and the Marshal with the Attorney General, the United States Attorney and others. U.S. District Court Photograph Collection also in repository.

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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.