Birds -- 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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Ornithologist. General correspondence (1943-1982) of Sutton; manuscripts (ca. 1920-1967), diaries, and field notes (1814-1920); artifacts relating to ornithology; dissertations of his students; lantern slides (1929-1930) hand-tinted by Sutton which were taken on Southampton Island, Canada; and E.D. Crabb's field notes on Oklahoma birds. George M. Sutton Photograph Collection also in repository.

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Ornithologist. Correspondence (1920-1945) with fellow ornithologists; notebooks (1914-1929) of bird sightings in Oklahoma; notecards (1905-1929); research notes (1920-1930) of Margaret Nice; a typescript copy (n.d.) of "Wild Life of Tulsa County (Oklahoma)" by Edith R. Force; a manuscript"Economic Value of Oklahoma Birds" by E.D. Crabb; and reprints (1930-1952) of articles about birds. Margaret Morse Nice Photograph Collection also in repository.

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Correspondence and reports regarding the operation and status of the Society, including files concerning the organization's membership, constitution, special projects, and stance regarding the official Oklahoma state bird, along with record copies of the Society's publications, the "Oklahoma Ornithological Society Bulletin" and "The Scissortail" (1951-2002).

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Amateur ornithologist. Two handwritten manuscripts (c. 1920) including "Birds in Northwest Oklahoma (Panhandle): Another Look, Sixty Years Later;" eight letters (1922-1932) between Walter E. Lewis and Margaret Nice; four letters (1990-1991) between John Tomer and Wayne S. Lewis; and a pamphlet (n.d.) about Walter Lewis as a candidate for the office of Oklahoma state representative.