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Alderson (Okla.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Arthur H. DeRosier Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-958
Scope and Contents

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Photocopies of correspondence (1780-1842) between William and Diana Dunbar regarding the American Revolution, New Orleans, and the Napoleonic Wars in Europe, along with correspondence (1901-1903) between the Department of the Interior and its surveyor, Charles L. Wood, regarding townsite locations and surveys in Indian Territory.

Dates: 1780-1903

Coal minter posed outside mine #15 at Alderson. Several are Italian., Undated

 Item — Box Photo M-30, item: 41
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy prints of Italian Americans in Pittsburg County, Indian Territory and Oklahoma. Included in the collection are photographs of their organizations, businesses, coal mining, sports, and cemeteries, along with photographs of the towns of McAlester, Indian Territory and Oklahoma state, Krebs, Indian Territory, and Hartshorne and Crowder, Oklahoma.

Dates: Undated

Four men seated on the ground in front of automobiles, playing cards. Left to right: Nick Barron, Joe Bonat, Joe Vezzetti, John Maffeo. Near Alderson, Oklahoma, ca. 1935., circa 1935

 Item — Box Photo M-30, item: 17
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy prints of Italian Americans in Pittsburg County, Indian Territory and Oklahoma. Included in the collection are photographs of their organizations, businesses, coal mining, sports, and cemeteries, along with photographs of the towns of McAlester, Indian Territory and Oklahoma state, Krebs, Indian Territory, and Hartshorne and Crowder, Oklahoma.

Dates: circa 1935

Gas station which was convert into a church in Alderson, Oklahoma, undated

 Item — Box Photo M-22, item: 451
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original and copy prints of numerous Oklahoma towns, including scenes of businesses, health resorts, stone quarries, railroads and dust storms. The collection also contains prints of Cherokee, Creek, Chickasw, Choctaw, Seminole, and Sac and Fox Indians. John Wesley Morris Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: undated

Members of Order of Odd Fellows, Dante Lodge, posed in front of a shelter, wearing shawl-collars. This was an Italian local unit. Alderson, Okla., 1915., 1915

 Item — Box Photo M-30, item: 45
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy prints of Italian Americans in Pittsburg County, Indian Territory and Oklahoma. Included in the collection are photographs of their organizations, businesses, coal mining, sports, and cemeteries, along with photographs of the towns of McAlester, Indian Territory and Oklahoma state, Krebs, Indian Territory, and Hartshorne and Crowder, Oklahoma.

Dates: 1915

Silva and Michela families posed, outdoors at a picnic. One man holds an accordion. Alderson, Oklahoma, ca. 1914., circa 1914

 Item — Box Photo M-30, item: 7
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy prints of Italian Americans in Pittsburg County, Indian Territory and Oklahoma. Included in the collection are photographs of their organizations, businesses, coal mining, sports, and cemeteries, along with photographs of the towns of McAlester, Indian Territory and Oklahoma state, Krebs, Indian Territory, and Hartshorne and Crowder, Oklahoma.

Dates: circa 1914

Six members of the bocce club, standing outdoors. Left to right: Zeke Miller, Charlie Ghigleri, Tony Petitti, Louis Ferando, Snipe Hamilton. Alderson, Oklahoma, 1940s., 1940s

 Item — Box Photo M-30, item: 18
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy prints of Italian Americans in Pittsburg County, Indian Territory and Oklahoma. Included in the collection are photographs of their organizations, businesses, coal mining, sports, and cemeteries, along with photographs of the towns of McAlester, Indian Territory and Oklahoma state, Krebs, Indian Territory, and Hartshorne and Crowder, Oklahoma.

Dates: 1940s