Soldiers -- Oklahoma

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A collection of original letters from Clark Bruster, U.S. Field Artillery, to his family in Waverly, New York, 1918. He writes about his experiences during World War I while training and living at Camp Doniphan, Oklahoma.

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Historian. Correspondence, student term papers, theses and dissertations, and personal research materials regarding the history of Oklahoma and Indian Territories, the state of Oklahoma, Indians of North America and the American Southwest; teaching materials used by Dale at Harvard and the University of Oklahoma; administrative and other files of the Works Progress Administration's Indian-Pioneer History Project for Oklahoma; U.S. Government documents issued by various cabinet-level departments and agencies, including Agriculture and Interior; and a portion of the University of Oklahoma Persidential papers of James Shannon Buchanan and Stratton D. Brooks. Edward Everett Dale Photograph Collection also in repository.

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One issue (November 8, 1918) of the S.A.T.C. Special, published at the University of Oklahoma. The headline reads"Uncle Sam Waves His Magic Wand - OU Soldier Factory.".

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Minister. A typescript of the Rev. Smith's autobiography (1946) which includes accounts of his experiences in Oklahoma Territory and the origins of Oklahoma place names, as well as stories concerning religion, settlers, cowboys, marshals, the weather, and public opinion regarding the Spanish-American War and the Crazy Snake Rebellion in Indian Territory. The collection also includes a typescript of Smith's biography of James Patrick Major, C.S.A., who held important commands in the Southwest during the Civil War.

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Artist. Photocopies of typescripts (1953) regarding the death of Mrs. Quong's husband in the Korean War, and the internment of Japanese-Americans in the United States during World War II.

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Soldiers. Correspondence (1943-1945) of Sgt. Robert Arthur Clem and Sgt. James F. Clem of Shawnee, Oklahoma, to their relatives during World War II. The letters recount the brothers' military experiences in the South Pacific, Okinawa, the Philippines, and U.S. bases.

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Correspondence (1865-1866), alterations reports (1855-1902), muster rolls (1865-1869) and casualty returns (1856-1868) from the Regiment's service in Minnesota, Kansas, Utah, and Dakota Territories, as well as Cuba and the Philippines. Included are casualty statistics and action reports, several of which regard engagements with the Sioux and Cheyenne Indians. From 1898 on, many of the Regiment's soldiers were enlistees from Fort Reno, Oklahoma Territory.