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Investor. Three deeds (1838, 1857) for land in Vermont, along with one deed (1903) for land in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

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Collectors. Three deeds (1890-1891) to lands in Norman, Oklahoma Territory, and a letter (1909) regarding a related deed. The principal persons named in the documents include D.L. and Nellie Larsh, M.M. Kahn, J. Estill Turns, and the heirs of J.H. Condict.

Scope and Contents FULL FINDING AID (PDF)Corporate records arranged in five functional sub-groups of executive files; legal files; engineering records; property accounting; and real estate and industrial development records. Record series of the executive sub-group include minutes (1905-1915, 1947-1975); annual reports (1884-1908, 1915-1932, 1941, 1948-1975); subject files (1900-1984); monthly letters to the Board of Directors (1921-1972); correspondence (1913-1976); corporate files of associated railroads (1910-1975); liquidation files (1968-1984); and stock ledgers (1853-1864; 1906-1933). In the legal sub-group are: subject files (ca. 1925-1979); correspondence (1969-1976); contracts (1900-1910, 1930, 1950-1960); merger files-Union Pacific (1963-1975); merger files-other railroads (1920-1980); litigation files (1830-1960); legislation files-state level (1908-1920); and...

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Real estate agent. Personal correspondence (1918-1952); business correrspondence (1920-1947); financial records, including bank notes (1912-1946), deeds and leases (1914-1946), and daily and individual account ledgers; and certificates, including a homestead certificate (1893), from Pickard's real estate business in Norman, Oklahoma. Clyde C. Pickard Photograph Collection also in repository.

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Collector. Two deeds (1906 and 1910) for land in Harmon County, Oklahoma.

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Merchant. Land titles and deeds (1858-1879) from Georgia and the Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory; entrance ticket to the 1900 Democratic National Convention; minutes (1900) of the Vinita, Indian Territory Democratic Club; election poll list and tally sheet (1907) from Vinita, Cherokee Nation; and a court document (1886) from the Cooweescoowee District Court, Cherokee Nation.

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Mineralogist. Deeds (1901-1907) from Oklahoma and Indian Territories, one for land inherited by an Indian; and servant indentures (1621-1849) issued in Great Britain. Herbert K. Lininger Photograph Collection also in repository.

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Bills, land deeds, leases, and correspondence of the Ben Lafayette and Brothers Company of Checotah, Indian Territory.

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Businessman. Tax receipts (1903-1908), mortgages and stock certificates (1912-1923), and patents and deeds (1906-1915) of Menton, a Lehigh, Oklahoma businessman.

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Businessman. Correspondence (1900-1943) concerning Harris's activities with the Oklahoma Republican Party, of which he was state chairman, 1909-1924; legal correspondence, papers, deeds, and mortagages (1900-1947) from Harris's real estate business in Wagoner, Oklahoma; clippings (1914-1918); accounts and receipts (1853) from Harvey Harris, James Harris's father; and a genealogy (1924) of the Harris family.

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Businessman. Land deeds (1903-1908) issued by the Choctaw-Chickasaw Nations; Choctaw land allotment certificates (1903-1904); stock certificates (1918-1923); and a letter (1926) by Oklahoma Congressman William Wirt Hastings replying to charges made by his opponent.

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A deed transferring land sold to James T. Johnson by Walter W. Durham in Hunt County, Texas.

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Photographer. An account (n.d.) by Peters of his participation in the Land Run of 1893 into the Cherokee Strip; correspondence (1904) regarding settlement of the estate of a deceased relative; a warranty deed (1900); and a Garfield County Tax Assessment List (1927). Kay Peters Photograph Collection also in repository.

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Collector. Deed (1811) transferring ownership of two slaves in South Carolina; and a letter (1849) from David to Robert L. Elliot regarding his plans to settle in Texas.

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Collector. A deed to a cemetery lot in the Odd Fellows Cemetery in Cleveland County, Oklahoma, dated August 14, 1946.

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Collector. A mining lease (1896) for land in Georgia; a grazing lease (1907); a homestead certificate (1904) and a deed (1907) for land in Oklahma Territory; and mortgage contracts (1920-1921), all issued to Frank R. Rogers.

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Collector. Lecture notes (1859–1866) and theological books (1797–1866) of H. R. Schermerhorn, seminary student and, later, Indian Territory missionary; personal land records (1908–1917), including land deeds from the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations and unallotted land deeds signed by Chickasaw governor Douglas H. Johnston and Choctaw principal chief Victor M. Locke, Jr.

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Oilman. Correspondence (1920-1939); reports (1930-1939); tax records (1926-1933); leases; and deeds (1914-1973) from the estate of Tom Slick, regarding his various petroleum and real estate interests in Oklahoma. Newspaper clippings and an article concerning the life, business, and death of Slick, as well as an obituary of Charles F. Urschel.