Women -- Oklahoma

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Oral history collection. Typescripts of interviews conducted with hundreds of American Indians in Oklahoma regarding the histories and cultures of their respective tribes. Included are accounts of Indian ceremonies, customs, social conditions, philosophies, and standards of living. Members of every tribe resident in Oklahoma were interviewed.

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Professor. Correspondence (1942-1945) from former students serving in the armed forces during World War II; journals (1904-1950) recounting her early experiences as an educator first in Mississippi and later in Oklahoma in the early days of statehood; Miller's teaching materials; and various clippings, poems, quotations, and sermons (1935-1968).

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Two scrapbooks (1922-1927, and undated) compiled by Lela Dorothy Sautbine Brazelton of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The scrapbooks document her engagement and marriage to Arthur Davis Brazelton in 1923, and her general interests and activities during that time period.

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Printed family history of Maggie Short, titled "Maggie and Her Family: True Story of a Courageous Oklahoma Woman Before and After Statehood" (2007). Includes a paper copy in a binder and a compact disk copy. This family history describes the life of Maggie Short, who was born in Arkansas in 1885 and lived much of her life in Indian Territory and Oklahoma. Her husband George W. Maxwell was killed by the outlaw Davis/Starr gang in 1911. The account includes brief descriptions of Short's several marriages and of hardships of life in early Oklahoma.

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Oklahoma colonist in Bolivia. Correspondence (1924-1928) and memorabilia (1932-1936) from Marion Murray, the wife of Johnston Murray, to family members in Oklahoma regarding the experiences of the Murray family in Bolivia, the establishment of William H. Murray's colony, and its daily operation. A number of letters contain diagrams of the colony's layout. Marion Draughon Unger Photograph Collection also in repository.

Black and white copy prints of scenes of the Depression and dust bowl in rural Oklahoma. Included are photographs of migrants, dust storms, and foreclosed farms.

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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.