Crime -- Oklahoma

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Vigilante group. Constitutions, rosters, minutes and proceedings (1895-1901) of Chapter 35, located in Fairview, Oklahoma Territory.

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Judge. Typescripts of instructions to juries (1907-1955) regarding civil and criminal cases, some issued by Judge Vaught while presiding over the U.S. District Court, Western District of Oklahoma.

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An Act (1875) of the Choctaw Nation establishing burglary as a crime; Acts (1889-1892) of the Cherokee Nation appointing delegates to Washington, D.C.; requests (1905-1906) for payment of salaries and expenses of the attorneys and Special Marshal of the Cherokee Nation; a committee report (1889) regarding payment for Cherokee lands given to the Osage under a Treaty of 1866; and a term paper by Wood entitled "The Indian Treaty Maker.".

Journalist. Typescripts and manuscripts (1889-1939), and clippings (n.d.) regarding the history and settlement of Oklahoma; and correspondence (1904-1950) between Wenner and the Territorial Board for the Leasing of School Lands, of which Wenner was secretary, and with notable personalities in Oklahoma regarding Oklahoma history. Fred L. Wenner Photograph Collection also in repository.

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The autobiography of Parker, an Oklahoma cattleman, relating his family's migration to the Oklahoma Panhandle in 1887. Included is an account of an immigrant family who killed several people before being apprehended.

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Anonymous manuscripts regarding crime and criminals in Kiowa County, Oklahoma, and specifically concerning Frank Nash, a bank robber and killer from Hobart, Oklahoma. Kiowa County Historical Society Photograph Collection also in repository.

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Collector. A petition (n.d.) signed by citizens of Seminole County, Oklahoma, listing rewards for the capture of a murder suspect; and copies of letters (1936-1938) to Reed from Isaiah and Mary Rutherford regarding famiy affairs.

Black and white original prints of Deputy United States Marshal R. Crockett Lee, along with scenes of confiscated stills, and lawmen from the area around McAlester, Indian Territory and Oklahoma. Ottie Lee Manuscript Collection also in repository.

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City engineer. Four criminal-case dockets from the U.S. Circuit Court, Third Division, Indian Territory (A.D. Matthews, Judge). Sam P. Matthews Photograph Collection also in repository.