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Bars (Drinking establishments) -- Oklahoma

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

Audley P. Swearingen Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-P-1401
Scope and Contents

Black and white original prints and glass plate negatives of the settlement of Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory. The collection includes images of street scenes, businesses, building construction, Guthrie as a tent city, railroads, and the United States military at Guthrie.

Dates: 1889-1905

Bureau of Land Management Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-P-1553
Scope and Contents

Black and white copy prints of the towns of Lawton, El Reno, Perry and White Rock, Oklahoma Territory. The collection includes scenes of settlement, businesses, railroads, the opening of the Cherokee Strip, the land drawing at El Reno, and a wagon train of settlers during the Land Run of 1889.

Dates: 1893-1901

Frank Dale Healy Photograph Collection

 Collection — Box Photo H-10
Identifier: WHC-P-1191
Scope and Contents

Black and white copy prints of the Healy Brothers' ranching activities in the Oklahoma Panhandle. The collection also includes scenes of Beaver City and Woodward, Oklahoma Territory. Frank Dale Healy Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: 1886

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

John Wesley Morris Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-P-1647
Scope and Contents

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: 1880-1975

John Womack Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-2744
Scope and Contents

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Postal worker and historian. Manuscripts (1982-1984) by Womack; publications by Womack, including newspaper clippings (1984), and pamphlets (1981-1983); and correspondence (1980-1984) and research materials relating to the publications. Research materials include claims (1890-1920), saloon licensing papers (1896-1909), tax levies and assessments (1902-1912), bonds (1906-1912), reports (1902-1910), and other records of Cleveland County, Oklahoma.

Dates: 1889-1987

Joseph Horace Benton Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-P-1548
Scope and Contents

Black and white original prints of the towns of Riverton (Sayre), El Reno, and Doxey, Oklahoma Territory. Also included are photographs of the Benton family, businesses, railroads, and University of Oklahoma students. Joseph Benton Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: 1901-1907

Lida White Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-P-1607
Scope and Contents

Black and white original prints of Norman and Orlando, Oklahoma Territory, including schools, school children, teachers, and businesses. Lida White Manuscripts Collection also in repository.

Dates: 1890-1900

Martha T. Swearingen Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-P-1625
Scope and Contents

Black and white original prints of Ramona, Indian Territory and Oklahoma state, including scenes of businesses, ranching, and oil storage construction. Martha T. Swearingen Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: 1904-1930

Robert E. Cunningham Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-P-1666
Scope and Contents

Black and white glass plate negatives from original prints, original glass plate negatives and copy prints of settlement scenes of Guthrie, Oklahoma City, Perry and Lawton, Oklahoma Territory. Included are scenes of numerous other Oklahoma towns, the oil industry, businesses, railroads, farming, the military, and cowboys, along with studio portraits of Afro-Americans. The collection also contains photographs of the Land Run of 1893.

Dates: 1880-1930

W. E. Tomlinson Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-P-1643
Scope and Contents

Black and white original and copy prints of Lawton, Oklahoma Territory, including street scenes, businesses, United States marshals, the Lawton police, and railroads. W. E. Tomlinson Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: 1878-1901

William Matthew Tilghman Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-P-1165
Scope and Contents

Black and white original and copy prints of Oklahoma marshals, outlaws, frontier life, and agriculture along with scenes of the communities of Perry, Guthrie, Fort Sill and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The collection also includes photographs of Apache, Cherokee, Cheyenne, Comanche, Kiowa, Sioux and Wichita Indians. William M. Tilghman Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: 1889-1925

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