Poets, American -- Oklahoma
Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
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a ledger (1924-1937) listing poem titles, publishers, and payments; and scrapbooks (1920-1941) containing published and unpublished poems, essays and greeting card manuscripts, copies of Mrs.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.
Donald Benson Blanding Collection
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Poet and author. Correspondence (1940-1946) of Don and Dorothy Blanding regarding his books, poetry, and their friends and travels; postcards (1940-1946); newspaper clippings (n.d.); and poetry (n.d.) by Blanding. Don Blanding Photograph Collection also in repository.
Edward Everett Dale Collection
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Historian. Correspondence, student term papers, theses and dissertations, and personal research materials regarding the history of Oklahoma and Indian Territories, the state of Oklahoma, Indians of North America and the American Southwest; teaching materials used by Dale at Harvard and the University of Oklahoma; administrative and other files of the Works Progress Administration's Indian-Pioneer History Project for Oklahoma; U.S. Government documents issued by various cabinet-level departments and agencies, including Agriculture and Interior; and a portion of the University of Oklahoma Persidential papers of James Shannon Buchanan and Stratton D. Brooks. Edward Everett Dale Photograph Collection also in repository.
Eva Ellsworth Dungan Collection
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Music instructor. Poem (ca. 1924) regarding the South Canadian River; programs (1917-1928); and clippings (1941-1945) regarding World War II.
Gerald Mason Van Dyke Collection
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Poetry and music manuscripts by Van Dyke, concerning the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, which he witnessed, and life in Cordell, Oklahoma, plus a biographical sketch of Van Dyke. Gerald M. Van Dyke Photograph Collection also in repository.
Harrison M. Elkins Collection
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Merchant. Poems (1952) by Elkins, including "Sooners and Settlers." Harrison H. Elkins Photograph Collection also in repository.
James H. Hayes Collection
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Physician. Patient account ledgers (1903-1929) from Hayes's Enid, Oklahoma medical practice, and one booklet (1923) of poetry by Oklahoma poet Ina Gainer.
Martha Sherwood Finch Johnson Collection
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Poet. Copies of three letters (1954) from Johnson to Mrs. Copeland, possibly Edith Copeland.
Mary Brownlee Frederickson Collection
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Typescripts and manuscripts of poetry and short stories regarding the Oklahoma oil fields and the oil industry, all by Mary B. Frederickson. Mary Brownlee Frederickson Photograph Collection also in repository.
Rollie Lynn Riggs Collection
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Poet and playwright. Correspondence (1921-1936), some with poetry enclosed; newspaper and magazine clippings (1926-1966); and manuscripts (1924-1932) by or regarding Riggs and his works. The collection also includes playbills for a number of his plays. Lynn Riggs Photograph Collection also in repository.
William Matthew Tilghman Collection
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U.S. Marshal. Correspondence (1901-1960) to and from William M. and Zoe Tilghman regarding family affairs, outlaws, Communist infiltration of the Works Progress Administration in Oklahoma, and poets and writers of Oklahoma; Tilghman's personal financial records (n.d.); manuscripts and typescripts (n.d.), including Tilghman's memoirs; publications (1843-1949) from the Poetry Society of Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Authors' Club, the Women of '89 Club, etc., including a mid-nineteenth century etiquette book; programs (1903-1934) of various academic, social, charitable and religious organizations; clippings regarding outlaws; and showbills for western movies.