Manuscripts
Found in 221 Collections and/or Records:
Choctaw Nation Resolution, appointment of Robert L. Owen & U.S. Indian agent., undated
Cleo Eugene Heflin Collection
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Author. Correspondence, research notes, journal articles and one manuscript of an unpublished article regarding the Caddo Indians. Cleo Eugene Heflin Photograph Collection also in repository.
Co-Operative Publishing Company Collection
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Unpublished manuscripts entitled "Early History of the Co-Operative Publishing Co." "History of the State Capital" describing the Oklahoma State Capital Printing Company printing plant, and "An Historical and Economical Brief of Guthrie and Logan County, Oklahoma.".
Copy of a bill., undated
Copy of a Resolution, Choctaw Nation., undated
Copy of a suit of papers., undated
Copy of an Act of Appropriation, Cherokee Nation., undated
Copy of letter, Cherokee Strip Livestock Association., undated
Copy of pages from Posey diary., undated
Cortez Arthur Milton Ewing Collection
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University of Oklahoma professor. Manuscripts (1933-1961) of Ewing's papers on political theory, and his book "Essentials of American Government"; research materials (ca. 1930-1960); including information on impeachment and primary elections; lecture notes (ca. 1920-1930), and other teaching materials (ca. 1930-1960); correspondence (ca. 1930-1960); and speeches (ca. 1920-1950), all relating to American government.
Cy Martin Collection
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Author. Manuscripts (1968) of "Your Horoscope" and children's stories; books (1973-1975) written by Martin; magazines (1966-1975), some containing stories by Martin; and biographical information on Cy Martin, the pen name of William Stillman Keezer. Cy Martin Photograph Collection also in repository.
D. C. Ward Collection
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Missionary. A typescript of an article (1939) regarding the history of the Cache Creek Indian Mission, located in southwestern Oklahoma, which ministered to various Plains Indian tribes. D.C. Ward Photograph Collection also in repository.
Daisy Lemon Coldiron Collection
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Poet. Correspondence (1920-1941) concerning the Oklahoma Tuberculosis Association, including financial reports, and local candidates' positions on political issues such as women's suffrage, and with various publishers; a ledger (1924-1937) listing poem titles, publishers, and payments; and scrapbooks (1920-1941) containing published and unpublished poems, essays and greeting card manuscripts, copies of Mrs. Coldiron's column"Letters From Aunt Sallie" and articles from literary and political sources. Also included in the collection is a typed manuscript of "Ballads of the Plains" which was published posthumously in 1950.
David Ross Boyd Collection
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University of Oklahoma president. Correspondence (1899-1943) of Dr. Boyd regarding the establishment of the University of Oklahoma, and Boyd's tenure as its first president; speeches (n.d.) delivered by Boyd; newspaper clippings (-1957) regarding Boyd and the University; employment contracts (1892) between Boyd and the University's Board of Regents; certificates (1903-1924); obituaries and memorials (1936-1937); genealogies of the Boyd and Ross families; programs (1900-1909); songs, music and posters (1902-1907) from the University. Also included is a manuscript by Mary Alice Boyd, daughter of Dr. Boyd, describing the Boyds' years in Arkansas City, Kansas, and in Norman, Oklahoma. David Ross Boyd Photograph Collection is also in repository.
Denton Jaques Snider Collection
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Philosopher. A handwritten manuscript for a book by Snider entitled"A Biography of Ralph Waldo Emerson" published by the William Harvey Miner Company of St. Louis in 1921.
Dr. William M. Gallaher Collection
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Physician. Correspondence (1925-1950); manuscripts on various medical topics; account ledgers and day books from Gallaher's general practice in Shawnee, Oklahoma; and publications (1950-1954) concerning Oklahoma medical laws and the health and pension plans of the Rock Island Railroad.
Du Bois Family Collection
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A brief history of the Du Bois family from 1066 to 1849, which describes the arrival of Louis Du Bois in the Dutch colony of New Netherlands in 1661, the captivity of Catherine Du Bois by Indians, and the family's participation in the American Revolution.
Edwin C. McReynolds Collection
Correspondence (1945-1965); research notes on the Southern United States, the Civil War, Missouri, and Oklahoma; manuscripts (1930-1980) of historical books and articles; clippings and printed material on President John F. Kennedy, and on McReynolds, a University of Oklahoma history professor, 1943-1960. Edwin C. McReynolds Photograph Collection also in repository.
Elsbeth Estelle Freudenthal Collection
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Economist and author. Correspondence (ca. 1940-1950); research notes (ca. 1900-1950); manuscripts (ca. 1900-1950); printed material (1930-1953); and a bibliography (ca. 1930), all relating to the history of aviation, and Latin American aviation with an emphasis on Alberto Santos-Dumont and Pan American Airways. Elsbeth Estelle Freudenthal Photograph Collection also in repository.
Emil Lucka Collection
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Typescripts of unpublished short stories by Lucka, an Austrian author. After falling into disfavor with the German occupation forces in Austria in 1939, Lucka sent the manuscripts to literary colleagues in Oklahoma for safekeeping.
Emmett Caldwell Searcy Collection
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Businessman. Correspondence (1902) and manuscripts regarding the Red Moon Indian Boarding School for Cheyenne-Arapaho Indians; musical scores by Mrs. Kate Searcy; publications by temperance societies; items from the World's Fairs of 1893 and 1904; correspondence (1933-1934) from a veteran of the Battle of the Washita of 1868 describing General Custer's role and the conflict in general; and textbooks (1832-1866).
Esther A. Reed Wooton Collection
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Collector. An unpublished book-length manuscript (n.d.) by William E. Reed entitled "As It Should Be" a fictional work set in Oklahoma at the close of the Civil War; and letters (1941) describing the history of Paris, Illinois from the 1860's.
Ethel Moore and Chauncey O. Moore Collection
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Compilers. Manuscript (n.d.) entitled "Ballads and Songs of Oklahoma" and tapes (n.d.) of American, British and Scotch folk-songs recorded throughout Oklahoma.
Evelyn H. Shumard Collection
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Minutes (1898-1939) of the city council of Sapulpa, Oklahoma; diaries (1915) of Shumard; short manuscripts by Shumard entitled "Outlaws" "The Parade" "The Spirit of Tulsa" "My Life" and "Oklahoma"; scrapbooks compiled by Marion, Alice and Gordon Shumard on varius topics, including "An Early History of Sapulpa" and memorabilia from schools attended by the Shumards.