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Soldiers

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 41 Collections and/or Records:

A dance at the British air school., Undated

 Item — Box Photo R-9A, item: 361
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original prints of the University of Oklahoma, the Naval Air Station at Norman, Oklahoma, defense work at Tinker Field, including women workers, the British Air School at Miami, Oklahoma, during World War II, dust storms, Ponca and Cherokee Indians and scenes of the 101 Ranch. Grace Ernestine Ray Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: Undated

Bolivian soldiers marching in the tropical interior of El Gran Chaco, Bolivia.  The area at the time was contested between Bolivia and Paraguay., undated

 Item — Box Photo U-2, item: 27
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black-and-white original prints of the Johnston Murray family, the Murray Bolivian colony, Argentinean ranches, and Bolivian natives, soldiers, landscapes, housing, and agriculture. Unpublished finding aid available.

Dates: undated

British flying cadets marching., Undated

 Item — Box Photo R-9A, item: 360
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original prints of the University of Oklahoma, the Naval Air Station at Norman, Oklahoma, defense work at Tinker Field, including women workers, the British Air School at Miami, Oklahoma, during World War II, dust storms, Ponca and Cherokee Indians and scenes of the 101 Ranch. Grace Ernestine Ray Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: Undated

Cameron, Ewen, 1811?-1843

 Person
Dates: Existence: 1811 - 1843-04-25

D. Horton Grisso Collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: WHC-M-237
Scope and Contents

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Diaries of John F. Lafferty, who enlisted in the Ohio militia during the Civil War. Included are hand-drawn maps of Union battlefield maneuvers and artillery magazines, and lists of daily rations. The diaries are written almost exclusively in Pitman-style shorthand, and are not transcribed.

Dates: 1851-1865

Doniphan, Alexander William, 1808-1887

 Person
Dates: Existence: 1808-07-09 - 1887-08-08

Ezra Fowler Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-2545
Scope and Contents

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Soldier. Three handwritten letters from Ezra Fowler to his sister Lucy dated October 22[1862], November 17, 1862, and March 18, 1863, respectively, written during his service in the United States Army (Union forces) in the Civil War. Also included are typed transcripts of letters.

Dates: 1862-1863

Fowler, Ezra, 1840-1916

 Person
Dates: Existence: 1840-05-07 - 1916-04-28

Group of young men from England, being trained as fighter pilots in Miami, Oklahoma, marching from classroom to barracks., Undated

 Item — Box Photo R-9A, item: 358
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original prints of the University of Oklahoma, the Naval Air Station at Norman, Oklahoma, defense work at Tinker Field, including women workers, the British Air School at Miami, Oklahoma, during World War II, dust storms, Ponca and Cherokee Indians and scenes of the 101 Ranch. Grace Ernestine Ray Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: Undated

Henry Lee Neal Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: WHC-M-1788
Scope and Contents

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Postmaster. Correspondence (1879-1972); banking records from the Ash Flat Valley Bank in Olney, Indian Territory; Rural carrier's registration book (n.d.); Register of Money Orders Issued (1906, 1910); Record of Registered Matter (1908-1910); other material from the Wanette, Oklahoma post office, along with a scrapbook (1936-1964) outlining the career of Henry Neal, Wanette, Oklahoma postmaster from 1936 to 1964; and recollections of several of the last surviving U.S. soldiers who fought in the Indian Wars. Henry Neal Photograph Collection also in repository.

Dates: 1879-1964

Hillers, John K. (John Karl), 1843-1925

 Person
Dates: Existence: 1843 - 1925

Horton, Trenton Devade, 1838-1863

 Person
Dates: Existence: 1838-04-08 - 1863-11-25

Image of military men sitting lined up in a trench in their uniforms and helmets. Postcard., Undated

 Item — Box Photo H-6, item: 107
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black-and-white original prints of American Indians, including Caddo, Cheyenne, Hopi, Kiowa, Menominee, Navajo, Pueblo, and Sioux; airplanes; baseball players; Belle Starr; businesses; cowboys; the land run of 1889; mining operations in Nome, Alaska; mining; schools; soldiers; street scenes; tornado damage in Duke, Oklahoma; the Anadarko Indian Fair in Anadarko, Oklahoma; Baxter, Hawarden, and Smithland, Iowa; Fort Riley, Kansas; Ellsworth, Minnesota; Cameron, Missouri; and Fort Gibson, Fort Sill, and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Unpublished finding aid available.

Dates: Undated

Ives, Charles Purdy, 1840-1913

 Person
Dates: Existence: 1840-01-27 - 1913-10-29

Military drill at Fort Reno. Circa 1890. Negatives, glass plate, 5x7 acetate., 1890

 Item — Box Photo S-20, item: 47
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy prints and original glass plate negatives of Cheyenne-Arapaho, Arapaho, Kiowa, Cheyenne, Sioux, Wichita, and Pawnee Indians. Also includes scenes of the U.S. Army, Fort Reno, Darlington Indian Agency and Concho Indian School, Indian Territory.

Dates: 1890

Military Parade at Fort Reno. Military band at left. Circa 1890. Negatives, glass plate, 4x5 acetate., 1890

 Item — Box Photo S-20, item: 41
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy prints and original glass plate negatives of Cheyenne-Arapaho, Arapaho, Kiowa, Cheyenne, Sioux, Wichita, and Pawnee Indians. Also includes scenes of the U.S. Army, Fort Reno, Darlington Indian Agency and Concho Indian School, Indian Territory.

Dates: 1890

O. W. Gilman diary

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-2724
Scope and Contents

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Soldier. A diary that contains an account by O. W. Gilman regarding his experiences in the Mexican War from May 8, 1847, to December 14, 1847, and diary entries (1855) by Harriet ("Hattie") L. Gilman of Buffalo, New York. Gilman's Mexican War account was most likely written into this book from his original journal within the few years after his return from the war. The war account comprises approximately twenty pages of entries, beginning with Gilman sailing from Fort Hamilton, New York, bound for Texas and Mexico. Gilman gives numerous details of the march, burning sands and scorching heat, including incidents of men who either drown in the Rio Grande or are killed by snipers. Also included are details of the visit to their camp by General Zachary Taylor.

Dates: 1847 - 1855

Pilots at the British-operated aviation pilot training school at Miami, Oklahoma., Undated

 Item — Box Photo R-9A, item: 350
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original prints of the University of Oklahoma, the Naval Air Station at Norman, Oklahoma, defense work at Tinker Field, including women workers, the British Air School at Miami, Oklahoma, during World War II, dust storms, Ponca and Cherokee Indians and scenes of the 101 Ranch. Grace Ernestine Ray Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: Undated

Platoon of infantrymen, O.M.C. European War, 1914-18. (Outsize), 1914-1918

 Item — Oversize box Photo Room 9a, Item: 19
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original prints and panoramas of the Grand River Dam, mining and smelting in the Picher, Oklahoma area, the town of Miami, Oklahoma and businesses. Also included are photographs of Will Rogers and of Quapaw and Seneca Indians.

Dates: 1914-1918

Plenty Coups, 1848-1932

 Person
Dates: Existence: 1848 - 1932

Pvt. Pat Wilkerson, Undated

 Item — Box Photo L-6A, item: 61
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original and copy prints of the Foress B. Lillie family and Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory and state. The collection includes street scenes, transportation, businesses, outlaws, and oilwells, as well as scenes of places, cities and towns in California, New York, Massachusetts, and New Jersey. Foress B. Lillie Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: Undated

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

 Person
Dates: Existence: 1858-10-27 - 1919-01-06

Seger, John H. (John Homer), 1846-1928

 Person
Dates: Existence: 1846-02-23 - 1928-02-06

Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891

 Person
Dates: Existence: 1820-02-08 - 1891-02-14

Soldiers at a target competition camp, Fort Niagara, New York, undated

 Item — Box Photo R-7A, item: 121
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original prints of oil drilling activities in Osage County, Oklahoma Territory, and scenes of the towns of Ramona, Indian Territory and Oklahoma, Claremore, Webbers Falls, Dewey, Tulsa, Miami, Bartlesville, Garvin, Avant, and Skiatook, Oklahoma. The collection also contains scenes of the U.S. Army, railroads, busineses, and schools. William B. Randall Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: undated

Soldiers in the Philippines during the Spanish American War, 1898., 1898

 Item — Box Photo M-11, item: 11
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black-and-white copy prints of military units and barracks in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War. Unpublished finding aid available.

Dates: 1898

Soldiers of the Spanish American war. Philippines, 1898., 1898

 Item — Box Photo M-11, item: 9
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black-and-white copy prints of military units and barracks in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War. Unpublished finding aid available.

Dates: 1898

Soldiers of the Spanish American War with musical instruments and guns. Philippines, 1898., 1898

 Item — Box Photo M-11, item: 8
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black-and-white copy prints of military units and barracks in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War. Unpublished finding aid available.

Dates: 1898

Soldiers playing poked in the military barracks during the Spanish American War. Philippines, 1898., 1898

 Item — Box Photo M-11, item: 10
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black-and-white copy prints of military units and barracks in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War. Unpublished finding aid available.

Dates: 1898