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Robert E. Cunningham Oklahoma History Collection

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Introduction
Biography
Scope & Content
Organization
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Accession Information
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Preferred Citation

Container List
Series 1, Subject Files
Series 2, Photographs
Series 3, Advertising Cards
Series 4, Clippings
Series 5, Journals
Series 6, Magazines
Series 7, Newspapers
Series 8, Notebooks
Series 9, Postcards
Series 10, Scrapbook Albums
Series 11, Sheet Music
Series 12, Audio Visual
Series 13, Pennants
Series 14, Negative & Ferrotype Sleeves & Notes
Series 15, Booklets & Pamphlets

Appendix A
Appendix B

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GUIDE to the
ROBERT E. CUNNINGHAM OKLAHOMA HISTORY COLLECTION, 1856-1997

ROBERT E. CUNNINGHAM (1906-1991). Collection, 1856-1997.
35.2 cubic feet (32 glass plate boxes, 1 lantern slide box, 2 record boxes, 14 document boxes, 6 flat boxes, 15 photo binder boxes, 2 filmstrip boxes, 5 microfilm boxes, 1 ferrotype box, 3 file cabinet drawers, 10 oversized folders).
Location: 0085-0110; Negative Cabinet 3; Flat File 2; Audio Visual Storage Area.

Series 3: Advertising Cards, 1893-ca. 1930s
BOX/FOLDER# FOLDER TITLE/DESCRIPTION
040/011 Advertising cards
FF2/D02 Advertising poster, Round Oak Stoves, ca. 1900
068/001 Advertising flyer, "W. A. Hawkins, Sea Shells, Marine Curios, Shell Souvenirs," ca. 1910s
   
Series 4: Clippings and Notes, 1878-1983
BOX/FOLDER# FOLDER TITLE/DESCRIPTION
038/007 "The History of Oklahoma in Pictures," 1928-1929
040/012 1893-1983
040/013 Negative Clippings & Notes, 1944, 1950, n.d.
  "Marena Store Had Bargains." Marena Payne Co. Ghost Town 1 neg.[clipping] [Refer to negative 2000.005.7.005]
  Hastings, Annie L. No. 15176, Missionary Pioneer. Richard Lee Lawyer. [Note] [Refer to negative 2000.005.7.0250A-E]
  Reimy, Ralph. No. 13675. Merchant and wife. [Photographer photo call number card] [Refer to negative 2000.005.7.0267A&B]
  W. L. Blizzard, Dean with bull. No. 11889. Hamar, George (Dean W. L. Blizzard) Dean of Agri. Look up Dean W. L. Blizzard, April 1950. Mailed to Springfield Mo. George Hamar. Roy Burley 1480 Ex.-59 called. Bull #11889. [Refer to negative 2000.005.7.0279A-E]
  Easter 1900. Apri. 7. OSU Co-eds. Print (newspaper) with names. Hester Thatcher, Nettie Cook, Ollie Hillerman, Merle Oschman, Louise Eyler, Dora Nevin, Jessie Thatcher, Minnie Davis, Erma Nevin, Dilla Hanner.[clipping with typed note] [Refer to negative 2000.005.7.0410]
  "More Early Beauties," OSU No. 798. Martha Duck, Hester Thatcher, Lottie Austin, Nettie Cooke. [clipping] [Refer to negative 2000.005.7.0409]
  OSU. Baker, Ellis. Dean engineering. [photo order form] [Refer to negative 2000.005.7.098A-D]
  Schools, Payne Co. Alcott School 1896. Stillwater. Spring 1901. Refer to typed page. [Typed list of Alcott photograph] [Refer to negative 2000.005.7.0519]
  Stillwater girls band. [typed name list] [Refer to negative 2000.005.7.0618]
  Rain in Stillwater. 3 negs. Fine. 20 minutes. Stop F 16. Dark rainy night in October. Results-Good. [handwritten note on extra sleeve][Refer to negative 2000.005.8.0691A-C]
  Old Cars. Students. 1930 No. 396. Mrs. John Olary, 218 S. Stallard St., Stillwater OK. 74074. Robert C. for the book. The nicest thing I can think of, on page 161 in car drivers seat is my son as a teenager and full of fun. So many places of memories to me. Thanks again. Golda O'lary. [Thank you card and envelope]
  German propaganda used during war. Will you ever hear her sweat [sic] voice again? You dear ones, your wife and children are looking on! [2 photocopies of propaganda bulletins] [Refer to 2000.005.7.0497 & .0644]
  "They Had Gittars Then Too." Portrait Group. O. 672. They Had Gittars Then Too-This could not possibly be a protest group, although there is a guitar in the picture. These are a few of the earliest students. They are, standing: Hartman, Tom, 98; Cora Miltmore, 98; Norric Gilbert, 98; Willa Adams, 99; George Bowers, 97; and Minnie Dysart, 99; Seated: Earl Myers, 99 and Jessie Thatcher, 97. Myers was a transfer student, and spent only his last college year here. Jessie Thatcher had the honor of being the first woman graduate of the college. [Refer to negative 2000.005.7.0492]
  "Why die for Stalin? Here Lies Sam Doodle." Leaflets Dropped by the Nazis in the American Lines in Normandy. August 1944. [1 photocopy and original] [Refer to negative 2000.005.7.005.7.0497 & .0644]
040/014 Oil, Payne County, 1938-1961
040/015 Oil by Robert E. Cunningham, 1965-1970
040/016 Oil Story, 1925-1975
040/017 Photograph clippings & notes, 1878-1988, n.d.
  [advertising flyer, Wantland's Art Studio, ca. 1900] [Refer 2000.005.9.1469]
  "Harvest Carnival Held at Cushing in 1894," May 21, 1926, Daily Oklahoman [clipping] [Refer to 2000.005.9.0935]
  "Picture of 14 Day old Oklahoma City wins a Prize," Jan. 16, 1939, Daily Oklahoman [clipping] [Refer to 2000.005.9.1693]
  "Pioneer Payne Resident Dies," n. d. [Wantland obituary clipping] [Refer to 2000.005.9.1555]
  "Rites for 114 year old Chief held near Perkins," 1956 [clipping, obituary of Chief Big Bear Two Hands] [Refer to 2000.005.9.0787]
  unidentified magazine, n.d. [clipping, Oklahoma A & M 1905 football team, unidentified male group& unidentified man] [Refer to 2000.005.9.1400]
  unidentified magazine, n.d. [clipping] [Refer to 2000.005.9.1547]
  "Old Central," [transparency] & Letter, May 18, 1988, Reader's Digest [Refer to 2000.005.9.1441]
  [photocopy of portrait photograph, ca. 1900] [Refer to 2000.005.9.1494]
  "Portrait of Henry Watland" [sic], 1878 [photocopy] [Refer to 2000.005.9.1505]
  Stillwater News Press, June 23, 1976 [photocopy, Payne Co. Bank, Stillwater State Bank, Farmers & Merchants Bank] [Refer to 2000.005.9.1804]
  [Transparency, Untitled, n.d.] [Refer to 2000.005.9.1692]
  "Mud To Stimulate Work," Oct. 3, 1926, Daily Oklahoman [clipping] [Refer to 2000.005.9.1139]
075/001 Daily Oklahoman, 1964 [clipping]
075/002 "No Water, He Traded Claim in Strip for Snort of Rum," 1936 [clipping]
075/003 "Orbit,"Daily Oklahoman, 1960 [clipping]
075/004 "Orbit," Daily Oklahoman, 1961 [clipping]
075/005 "Orbit," Daily Oklahoman, 1964-1967, 1976 [clipping]
075/006 Stillwater News-Press, 1944 [clipping]
075/007 Stillwater News-Press, 1962 [clipping]
075/008 Stillwater News-Press, 1963 [clipping]
075/009 Stillwater News-Press, 1964 [clipping]
075/010 Stillwater News-Press, 1965 [clipping]
075/011 Stillwater News-Press, 1966 [clipping]
075/012 Stillwater News-Press, 1967 [clipping]
075/013 Stillwater News-Press, 1968 [clipping]
075/014 Stillwater News-Press, 1969 [clipping]
075/015 Stillwater News-Press, 1970 [clipping]
075/016 Stillwater News-Press, 1971 [clipping]
076/001 Stillwater News-Press, 1972 [clipping]
076/002 Stillwater News-Press, 1974 [clipping]
076/003 Tulsa World, 1955 [clipping]
076/004 Tulsa Sunday World Magazine, 1957 [clipping]
076/005 Misc., 1929, 1939 & n. d. [clipping]
074/002 White Horse Lake Massacre, 1898 [clipping]
   
Series 5: Journals,1889
BOX/FOLDER# FOLDER TITLE/DESCRIPTION
038/008 City of Guthrie Charter, 1889
045/001 Ledger, Guthrie, 1889
   
Series 6: Magazines, 1891-1968
BOX/FOLDER# FOLDER TITLE/DESCRIPTION
041/001 Magazines, 1891-1902
  Cosmopolitan, 1891 Oct., "The Massacre of the Peace Commissioners;" Cosmopolitan, 1898 Jan. "In the World of Art and Letters;" Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly, 1901, Oct., Vol. LI, No. 6, "The Texas Rangers: The Most Efficient Police Force in the World;" Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly, 1902, Nov., Vol. LV No1, "The Greatest Fur Company of the World;" Midland Monthly, 1897 Sept. "Chief Black Hawk;" Midland Monthly, 1899, Feb. "The First Continental Congress of North American Indians;" Munseys, 1901, Oct. "Making the Warrior a Worker."
041/002 The Beacon, 1957
041/003 College Mirror, Oklahoma A & M, 1896
041/004 The College Paper, 1899
041/005 The Daily Bang, 1929
041/006 I Was a Share Cropper, ca. 1940s
074/003 Life, 1971
074/005 The Mirror, 1897
045/002 The National Spectator, 1926
041/007 The Normal Philomath, 1897
041/008 The Oklahoma A & M College Magazine, 1952-1957
   
Series 7: Newspapers, 1893-1917
BOX/FOLDER# FOLDER TITLE/DESCRIPTION
076/006 The Citizen, Taloga, D County, Oklahoma, 26 May 1893, Vol. 2, Number 1
076/007 The Cleveland American, Cleveland, Oklahoma, 20 May 1965
076/008 The Daily Gazette, Stillwater, Oklahoma, 3 June 1898, Vol. 1, Number 113 & 5 June 1898, Vol. 1, Number 115
076/009 The Daily Press, Stillwater, Oklahoma, 10 May 1915, Vol. 5, Number 174; 24 August 1917, Vol. 8, Number 231
076/010 Home Field and Forum, Guthrie, Oklahoma, December 1893, Vol. 1, Number 12; February 1894, Vol. 2, Number 2
076/011 Mekeel's Weekly Stamp News, St. Louis, Missouri, 15 April 1897, Vol. IX, Number 15, Whole Number 328
076/012 The Morning Sentinel, Perry, Oklahoma, 18 October 1893, Vol. 1, Number 8; 18 February 1894, Vol. 1, Number 112
076/013 Oklahoma Farmer, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 25 November 1893, Vol. 1, Number V
076/014 Oklahoma Review, Enid, Oklahoma, 15 August 1897, Vol. 1, Number 1
076/015 Oklahoma Neuigkeiten, Perry, Oklahoma, 10 March 1904, Vol. 2, Number 47
076/016 The Perry Democrat, Perry, Oklahoma, 29 October 1897, Vol. V, Number 1; 31 December 1897, Vol. V, Number 10
076/017 The Perry Republican, Perry, Oklahoma, 8 February 1912, Vol. IVIII, Number 5
076/018 St. Louis Republic, St. Louis, Missouri, 4 March 1898, Vol. LXXXI, Number 214500
076/019 The Stillwater Democrat, Stillwater, Oklahoma, 20 October 1898, Vol. 10, Number 31
076/020 Stillwater Gazette, 5 June 1908, Vol. XIX, Number 25
   
Series 8: Notebooks, 1890, n.d.
BOX/FOLDER# FOLDER TITLE/DESCRIPTION
038/003 Election Poll Book, O.T., 1st Precinct, 6th county, 1890
041/009 Notebooks, folder 1, n.d.
  #01, n. d.
  #02, n. d.
  #03, n. d.
041/010 Notebooks, folder 2, n.d.
  #01, n.d.
  #02, n.d.
  #03, n.d.
  #04, n.d.


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