Correspondence

Scope and Contents FULL FINDING AID (PDF)University of Oklahoma president. Personal and business correspondence (1910-1945), including correspondence from Bizzell's tenure as president of Texas A & M College, his association with Drury College and letters of condolence to his family upon his death; official correspondence (1925-1941) from Bizzell's tenure as president of the University of Oklahoma; University of Oklahoma Sociology Department lecture notes and class materials (1941-1943); correspondence, circulars, and reports (1941-1944) from Bizzell's tenure as a director of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka, Kansas; reprints (n.d.); manuscripts of articles and speeches (n.d.) by Bizzell; correspondence (1940-1944) concerning Bizzell's publications; a genealogy of the Bizzell family; and class notes (1919-1920) taken by Bizzell while attending Baylor and Columbia Universities....

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Author. Correspondence to and from Burchardt concerning the Western Writers of America Association (1960-1965). Also numerous manuscripts of short stories and articles by Burchardt (fiction and non-fiction) concerning the American West.

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Government employee. A letter (1914) describing Johnson's trip to Russia, along with newspaper clippings (1912-1917) of stories about Johnson and his work to prevent sale of alcoholic beverages to Indians. Among the clippings is a two-page article (1917) written by Johnson and entitled "Ten Years of Prohibition in Oklahoma.".

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Physician. Correspondence (1926-1940); manuscripts by Van Cleave, entitled "Indian Medicine" and "Important Points in the Early Diagnosis of Tuberculosis"; annual reports (1926-1934) of the Choctaw-Chickasaw Sanitorium; issues of the "TB Tom Tom" newsletter (1933); and newspaper clippings about Van Cleave and his work at the Sanitorium. William E. Van Cleave Photograph Collection also in repository.

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Correspondence, financial and tax records, clippings, and family memorabilia (ca. 1905-1950) of William E. Hoskinson. The collection also includes a family history (1970) entitled "Thomas Bowen Hoskinson: Of Ohio, Texas and California" and hymnals (1873-1907). William Earl Hoskinson Photograph Collection also in repository.

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Author. Correspondence (ca. 1923) regarding the Bender family of Kansas, and the genealogy of families in Big Sandy Valley, Kentucky; notebooks (ca. 1854-1913) concerning the American Civil War, linguistics, William Quantrill, Kansas Indians, and Kansas history prior to the 20th century; clippings (ca. 1855-1900) concerning Kansas Indians and history; manuscripts (ca. 1902) concerning politics, Indian mythology, folklore, linguistics and Kansas history; pamphlets (1857-1925); and diaries (1858-1911) of Henry William Ela recounting his Civil War experiences, and of Connelley.

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Economist. Description (Series): published and unpublished articles by Hixson on economic issues (1983-1988); correspondence (1981-1994) with Paul Sweezy, James Galbraith, Guy Routh, Milton Friedman, Sidney Lens, and Leon Keyserling; copies of Hixson's columns "Hixson's Corner" published in "Economic Reform" and "A Matter of Interest" published in "Greensburg Record Herald;" writings, prior to April 1983, by Hixson on economic subjects; and newspaper clippings, tables, and graphs.

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Professor. Correspondence and papers (1978-1990) of William F. Muhs a professor of finance at Washington State University and Montana State University and research materials (1847-1990) he collected about industrial efficiency pioneer Harrington Emerson. These include records and publications of Emerson's businesses the Emerson Company, Emerson Engineers, and Emerson Institute. Also included are photographs (1879-1929) of Harrington Emerson and his family, and sound recordings (1978-1982) from Muhs' research on Emerson, and from management conferences he attended.

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Physicians. Correspondence (1860-1954); class notes (1912-1936); case histories (1937); annuals, diplomas and certificates (1912-1953); clippings (1914-1953); and medals and medical instruments, of W.L. McClure, a surgeon from 1923 to 1930 at Massachusetts General Hospital, and W.C. McClure, a faculty member from 1940 to 1953 at the University of Oklahoma School of Medicine. William Lionel and William Charles McClure Photograph Collection also in repository.

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U.S. Marshal. Correspondence (1901-1960) to and from William M. and Zoe Tilghman regarding family affairs, outlaws, Communist infiltration of the Works Progress Administration in Oklahoma, and poets and writers of Oklahoma; Tilghman's personal financial records (n.d.); manuscripts and typescripts (n.d.), including Tilghman's memoirs; publications (1843-1949) from the Poetry Society of Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Authors' Club, the Women of '89 Club, etc., including a mid-nineteenth century etiquette book; programs (1903-1934) of various academic, social, charitable and religious organizations; clippings regarding outlaws; and showbills for western movies.

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Businessman. Personal correspondence (1940-1960) of Apelona Meyer; certificates and awards of William Meyer; greeting cards; travel pamphlets and brochures; and printed materials relating to American social life in Cuba, including invitations, programs, newspapers (1914-1960), and clippings; plus service records (1852-1893) of the Spanish Army in Cuba. William and Apelona Meyer Photograph Collection also in repository.

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Attorney. Briefs (1920-1946) of cases heard by the Oklahoma State Supreme Court, with related correspondence (1927-1934) and a newspaper obituary (1946) of Pryor, who served as counsel to the Court.

Scope and Contents FULL FINDING AID (PDF) Attorney and oilman. Correspondence (1927-1962), business and general files (1903-1990), and financial records (1904-1974) of Wirt Franklin, a longtime citizen of Ardmore, Oklahoma, who was key in developing the Healdton Field. His papers span nearly the length of his six-decade career as an attorney and oilman. Among them are the records of Apple & Franklin, his law practice with Samuel Apple, which represented citizens of the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations in citizenship claims and guardianship cases in the early 20th century. The largest portion of the collection consists of the business and financial files of his many companies and partnerships, including the Crystal Oil Company, Wirtaine Petroleum Corporation, Ardmore Investment Company, Franklin, Aston & Fair, and others. The collection also documents his work as a Special Field Assistant for...

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Translator. This collection contains the personal and professional papers (1956-2019) of Wolfgang Kubin, a German poet and translator of modern Chinese literature. The papers feature manuscript and published poetry by many authors, including Yang Lian, Bei Dao, Zheng Chouyu, Duoduo, and Gu Cheng. Translation drafts and notes in German, Chinese, and English are present throughout the collection, along with related correspondence with Kubin. The papers also contain newspaper clippings and magazine articles about Chinese poets and poetry during the late 20th and early 21st centuries.

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Literary journal. Correspondence (1926-2003) between the journal's directors, and University of Oklahoma administrators and faculty, and with authors and prospective authors, regarding the journal's operation, publishing procedures and standards, and works published. Also included are files (1926-1951) regarding the exodus of authors and playwrights from Nazi Germany and Spain to the United States and Mexico.

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International relief organization. Correspondence (1954-1955), financial records (1951), minutes (1951-1954) of boards and committees, and publications (1951-1958) of the Oklahoma-based World Neighbors, Inc., and of its predecessor, World Assistance, Inc.

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Correspondence (1917-1938) and financial ledgers (1927-1939) of the First National Bank of Yale, Oklahoma.

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Activity, financial and administrative records (1931-1948), and correspondence (1920-1950) of the University of Oklahoma chapters of the Y.M.C.A. and Y.W.C.A.; and bibliographies, scrapbooks and clippings (1925-1950) relating to the organization and its programs.

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General correspondence (1912-1930), bills of lading (1911-1921), account ledgers (1904-1928), and orders (1914-1924) of the Zweigel Mercantile Company of Atoka, Indian Territory and Oklahoma. The collection also includes oil, gas and mining leases (1935) to Choctaw Indian lands.