Tag Archives: Oklahoma

Perry Douglas Erwin letters

Posted on 2017 March 24 by Jennifer Murphy

McFarlin Library Special Collections and University Archives has an extensive World War I Collection. Our department has been collecting World War I material since the 1970s with the acquisition of hundreds of unit histories and other books comprising the original … Continue reading →

Posted in Collections, Digital Collections, History, World War I | Tagged collections, correspondence, history, letters, Libraries, library, Oklahoma, Tulsa, World War I, World War One | Leave a comment

J. F. Standiford, photographer

Posted on 2016 April 1 by Marc Carlson

Jacob Frank Standiford (1852-?) was a photographer in Indian Territory. He was originally from what would become West Virginia, and part of his life was lived in Illinois and Kansas. In 1878, he moved to Muskogee, I.T. and received a … Continue reading →

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Oklahoma, Where Green Grow the Lilacs and the Wind Comes Sweeping Down the Plain

Posted on 2016 March 30 by Anna Petross

Born in 1899 near the small Oklahoma town of Claremore, Rollie Lynn Riggs, better known as Lynn Riggs, was an American author, playwright, and poet. Of Cherokee descent, Riggs wrote 21 plays, several short stories, a television script, and several … Continue reading →

Posted in Collections, General, Guide to Literary and Related Materials, History, literature | Tagged author, Claremore, Green Grow the Lilacs, Lynn Riggs, Oklahoma, playwright | Leave a comment

Barbara Santee archive of Oklahoma women’s reproductive rights

Posted on 2016 January 25 by Melissa Kunz

This past summer, Special Collections acquired the archive and library of Dr. Barbara Santee, who has spent the last 40 years working to improve and maintain women’s reproductive rights through activism in the state of Oklahoma. She served as the … Continue reading →

Posted in Acquisitions, Collections | Tagged abortion rights, barbara santee, button collection, Oklahoma, pro-choice, reproductive rights | Leave a comment

Henry B. Bass “Dear Everybody” Newsletters: An Oklahoman Point of View

Posted on 2015 October 12 by Anna Petross

Henry B. Bass was an Enid, Oklahoma contractor and an avid collector of poetry about Abraham Lincoln. Bass was elected into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 1967. He was a nationally recognized authority on the Civil War. He also wrote … Continue reading →

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The Rise of the Aerospace and Aviation Industries in Oklahoma

Posted on 2013 February 18 by Carlos Acosta

Many people outside the state of Oklahoma do not realize the role the Sooner State has played in the history of the aerospace and aviation industries in the United States. Since World War II, Oklahoma has been one of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Collections, History | Tagged aerospace, aviation, Bob McCormack, Oklahoma, Wiley Post, Will Rogers | Leave a comment

New Acquisitions

Posted on 2011 August 29 by Alison M. Greenlee

We have recently acquired the following titles and collections: Fulbright, Jim and Albert Stehno. The vanished herd: the history of the Cherokee Strip Cowpunchers’ Association and the cattlemen and drovers of early-day Oklahoma. Wyandotte, Okla.: Gregath, 2011 (F702.C42 F85 2011): … Continue reading →

Posted in Acquisitions, Collections | Tagged acquisitions, Charles Dickens, collections, cowboys, justice, Literature, local, Oklahoma, Tulsa, tulsa race riot, World War I, World War One, WWI | Leave a comment