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Farm life -- Oklahoma

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

Ada Public Library Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-P-800
Scope and Contents

Black and white copy prints of businesses, street scenes and buildings, railroads, farm scenes, families, schools and recreation in Ada, Roff and Wetumka, Oklahoma.

Dates: 1900-1937

Amy Perkins and J. T. Perkins Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-P-1145
Scope and Contents

Black and white original and copy prints of Osage and Kaw Indians, oil wells, farming scenes, schools, and scenes of Guymon and Tonkawa, Oklahoma Territory.

Dates: 1888-1904

Arza Bailey Collins and John O. Arnold Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-P-1403
Scope and Contents

Black and white original prints of Sac and Fox Indians. The collection includes views of Sac and Fox housing, agriculture, and transportation. Arza Bailey Collins Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: 1893-1930

Buffalo (Oklahoma) Museum Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-P-831
Scope and Contents

Black and white copy prints of Buffalo, Charleston, Selman, Augusta, Fargo, Dacoma, Wakita, Brule and Doby Springs, Oklahoma. Includes scenes of businesses, families, farming, ranching, sod houses, schools and school children in and around these Oklahoma communities.

Dates: 1870-1925

Corn Historical Society Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-P-838
Scope and Contents

Black and white copy prints of Arapaho, Clinton, Corn and Thomas, Oklahoma. Also included are scenes of agriculture, dust storms, funerals, houses, churches, and schools. The majority of the collection deals with the Mennonites in Washita County, Oklahoma.

Dates: 1890-1977

G. D. Boirun Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-749
Scope and Contents

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Farmer. A ledger (1897-1901) listing prices and types of liquor sold in a saloon in Burnett, Indian Territory; a ledger (1917-1921) in which Boirun chronicled the weather and day-to-day activities on his farm near Burnett, including a record of farm sales and purchases (1897-1902); and a letter (1908) from Mrs. Boirun's sister describing the problems of farming in the Van Alstyne, Texas area. G.D. Boirum Photograph Collection also in repository.

Dates: 1897-1921

Hollis Public Library Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-P-1132
Scope and Contents

Black and white copy prints of Hollis, Bethel, Dryden, Looney and Metcalf, Oklahoma. Includes scenes of businesses, postal service, agriculture, parades, schools, school children, and studio portraits from these communities during both the territorial and statehood periods.

Dates: 1878-1966

Irwin Brothers Studio Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-P-1147
Scope and Contents

Black and white original prints of Kiowa, Comanche, Apache, Hopi, and Papago Indians, ranching and homesteading scenes in the West Texas hill country along with hunting, farming, and business scenes. Photographs of Chickasha and Duncan, Indian Territory and of the Irwin family are also included.

Dates: 1880-1930

Pearl Ward Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-P-1460
Scope and Contents

Black and white copy prints of automobiles, musical groups, and scenes from the towns of Purcell, Johnson, and Byars, Oklahoma.

Dates: 1913-1922

R. Truman Tucker Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-P-1687
Scope and Contents

Black-and-white original prints of the Truman Tucker family that lived near Kenton, Oklahoma. Included are photographs of Truman and Fred Tucker as children celebrating Christmas in the early 1900s; street and business scenes of Kenton, Oklahoma; ranching and farming activities; and hunting scenes. The collection also contains photographs of Black Mesa in the Oklahoma panhandle.

Dates: 1887-1974

Shawnee Public Library Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-P-1124
Scope and Contents

Black and white copy prints of Hazel, Sayre, Shawnee, Romulus, and Newalla, Oklahoma. Includes scenes of schools, businesses, farming, railroads, sawmills and mining.

Dates: 1896-1928

Travis Dan Anthony Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-2042
Scope and Contents

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Teacher. Correspondence (1926, 1974-1989), newspaper articles (1982-1989), manuscripts (n.d.) and publications (1935-1987) by or about Travis D. Anthony and his stories based on life in rural Oklahoma, along with accounts of his student experiences at the University of Oklahoma in the 1930's. Travis D. Anthony Photograph Collection also in repository.

Dates: 1926-1989

William Hollis Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-P-1592
Scope and Contents

Black and white original prints of the Hollis family and Hollis, Oklahoma Territory and state, including photographs of street scenes, businesses, cotton gins, camp meetings, and statehood day celebrations.

Dates: 1901-1919

Woodward County Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-P-1186
Scope and Contents

Black and white copy prints of towns in Woodward County, Oklahoma including Woodward, Richmond, Curtis, Tangier, Mooreland, Haskew, Mutual and Enid. The collection also contains photographs of agriculture, businesses, cowboys, the range cattle industry, schools, and the United States Cavalry. Woodward County Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: 1893-1915