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Ada (Okla). -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Carlton Weaver Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-646
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Newspaper editor. Correspondence (1906-1924) to and from Weaver, regarding the prospects for and operation of a newspaper in Ada, Oklahoma, and regarding Ku Klux Klan activities, especially political activities, in Oklahoma.

Dates: 1906-1924

Mike McCarville Collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: WHC-M-1382
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Author. A manuscript account of a 1909 lynching in Ada, Oklahoma, written by McCarville; a copy (1957) of Oklahoma City's charter; a program (1965) for a dinner at the John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library in Oklahoma City; and four pieces (n.d.) of United States military scrip. Mike McCarville Photograph Collection also in repository.

Dates: 1957-1965

Roy J. McKeown Collection

 Item
Identifier: WHC-M-1954
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Editor. A typescript entitled "Life History of Joannah Floyd Reed and William J. Reed, As Told by Joannah Floyd Reed" recounting their settlement in Ada, Oklahoma, which was named after their eldest daughter, and where they operated several businesses.

Dates: 1951

Samuel Price Ross Collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: WHC-M-534
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Physician. Patient account ledgers (1912-1922); certificates and diplomas (1899-1922); and a typescript (ca. 1936) of an account by Mrs. Ross of her experiences as the wife of a physician in the Indian Territory. Samuel Price Ross Photograph Collections also in repository.

Dates: 1899-1936