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Robert E. Cunningham Oklahoma History Collection

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Introduction
Biography
Scope & Content
Organization
Subject Terms
Accession Information
Processing Information
Ownership & Literary Rights
Restrictions on Access
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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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 1: Subject Files, 1890-1984
BOX/FOLDER # FOLDER TITLE/DESCRIPTION
036/001 Miscellaneous 1893-1980
036/002 Barnes, John H. (89er), 1939
FF2/D02 The Billboard, Otto Gray and his Oklahoma Cowboys, n. d.
036/003 Billy the Kid & Dynamite Dick, 1894-1929
036/004 Boot Hill, 1926
036/005 Cherokees, clippings, 1897-1955
036/006 Cheyenne Land, clippings, 1894-1942
036/007 Chickasaws, clippings, 1926-1928
036/008 Chilocco, clippings, 1928-1934
036/009 Choctaws, clippings, 1901-1935
036/010 Crazy Snake, clippings, 1901-1925
036/011 Creeks, clippings, 1897-1947
036/012 Custer, clippings, 1925
036/013 "The First 100 Days," manuscript
036/014 Indians, clippings, 1893-1981
036/015 Indian Fair, clippings, 1926-1929
036/016 Indian Poet, Alexander Posey, clippings, 1925-1939
036/017 Indian Religion, clippings, 1973
036/018 Indian Schools, clippings, photocopies, manuscript, 1973
036/019 Indian Wars, clippings, 1925-1936
036/020 Kiowa Opening, clippings, 1929-1936
036/021 Last Sundance, clippings, manuscript, 1898
036/022 Missionaries, clippings, 1924-1957
036/023 Stillwater "No Man's Land", manuscript
036/024 Osages, clippings, manuscripts, 1897-1963
036/025 Osage Murders, clippings, 1926
036/026 Plains Indians, clippings, 1925-1927
036/027 Quanah Parker, clippings, 1926-1985
036/028 Quapaws, clippings, 1928-1935
036/029 Red Jacket, clippings & notes, 1926
036/030 Sac & Fox, clippings, 1904-1926
036/031 Seals of the Five Tribes, clippings, 1940
036/032 Seminole Burning, clippings, 1898-1926
036/033 Sequoyah, clippings, 1928-1973
036/034 Treaties, clippings, 1893-1927
036/035 Wichita's, clippings, 1898-1927
038/001 Duck, S. P. Diary, Folder 1
038/002 Duck, S. P. Diary, Folder 2
038/004 Maps, 1936-1940
038/005 Plat of Sac and Fox, Iowa & Pottawatomie Reservations, O.T., 1891
036/036 Post Offices, clippings & articles, 1926-1970
038/006 Programs, 50th Anniversary A & M College, 1941
036/037 Certificates of Ownership (blanks), Saclahoma, O.T., 1891
036/038 Newspapers (Stillwater, O.T.), clippings, 1893-1945
036/039 Gray, Otto, songbooks, ca. 1930
036/040 McGinty, Billy, clippings, 1893-1970
036/041 Baptism in Cimarron, clippings, 1937
036/042 Beaver County, clippings, 1893-1929, letter, 1895
036/043 Boomers, clippings, 1898-1943
036/044 Boundaries, clippings, 1924-1926
036/045 Buffalo Bill, clippings, 1902-1934
036/046 Buffalo Jones, clippings, 1898
036/047 Capital Removal, clippings, 1927-1936
036/048 Chapman, B. B., 1945-1947
036/049 Chisholm Trail, clippings, 1926-1984
036/050 Church of the First Born, clippings, 1926
036/051 Cortez, Coronado, clippings, 1925-1941
036/052 County Fairs, clippings, 1907
036/053 Crime from the Inside, clippings, 1904-1924
036/054 Early Papers, clippings, 1904-1924
036/055 Ethnic Immigration, clippings, 1902
036/056 Fort Sill, clippings, 1924-1961, manuscript, letters, 1957, article 1969
036/057 Greer County, clippings, 1897-1961
036/058 Governor Barnes, clippings, 1897
036/059 Guthrie, manuscript, n. d., Program, 1899, clippings, 1901-1955
036/060 Guthrie Research, clippings, 1901-1938
036/061 Highlights of Oklahoma History, clippings, 1925-1981
036/062 Carson, Kit, clippings, 1925-1027
036/063 Houston, Temple, clippings, 1897
036/064 Guthrie, manuscripts
036/065 Land Rush (1889), clippings & manuscripts, 1924-1949
036/066 Making of America, clippings, 1925-1955
036/067 Marshalls, clippings, 1925-1926
036/068 Madsen, U.S. Marshal, clippings, 1935
036/069 Maps, Oklahoma, 1926
036/070 Massacre at White Horse Lake, manuscripts, & clippings, 1898
036/071 Miller, Freeman A., clippings, letters, articles, 1894-1936
036/072 Miscellaneous, clippings, 1902-1943
036/073 Mulhall, clippings, 1936-1941
036/074 "No Man's Land," manuscripts, 1925-1967
036/075 Oil, clippings, 1924-1970
036/076 Old Forts, clippings, 1924-1949
036/077 Lowry, Robert A., letter to, 1894-1895
036/078 Oklahoma City, clippings, 1929-1979
036/079 101 Ranch, clippings, 1890-1963
036/080 101 Ranch, manuscripts & outlines, n. d.
036/081 OSU History, clippings, 1898-1955
036/082 Perry papers, clippings, 1893-94
037/001 OSU Stillwater, manuscripts, n.d.
037/002 "Out of the Wilderness," n.d.
037/003 Outlaws, clippings & articles, 1892-1941
037/004 Pawnee Bill, Otto Gray, Billy McGinty, clippings, 1925-1976
037/005 Payne County History & County Schools, 1938-1955
037/006 Perry, clippings & manuscripts, 1971-1983
037/007 Pioneers, clippings, 1924-1943
037/008 Pioneer Tales, Hunting Expedition into Indian Territory , 1905 as Told by Jimmy True, One of the Party
037/009 Pioneer Cowboy (Buck Eldridge), clippings, 1928
037/010 The Strip, Run of "93, clippings, 1893-1945
037/011 Ponca City, clippings, 1926-1946
037/012 Cross (Ghost Town) & Ponca City, clippings, 1926
037/013 Robbers (Bank), Jeff Durree, clippings, 1925-1971
Photographers, ca. 1899-1950
037/014 Dillon, Vince, manuscripts, n.d.
037/015 Flower, Warrenn. n.d.
037/016 Prettyman, W. S., letters & manuscripts, 1955 &1962
037/017 Wantland, Henry M., manuscripts, n d.
037/018 Wantland, Henry M., 1899-1950
037/019 Prehistoric, clippings, 1924-1935
037/020 Ranches & Cattle Brands, clippings, 1925-1944
037/021 Ripley, OK., clipping
037/022 Rogers, Will, clippings, 1938
037/023 Schools, clippings, 1904-1934
037/024 Settlement of Oklahoma, History of Ok. Color Strip by L. P. Thompson, clippings, 1957
037/025 Stillwater, Ok, clippings & typed transcripts, 1892-1962
037/026 Trains in the Cimarron & Railways, clippings & manuscript, 1929
037/027 Treasure Stories, clippings, 1925- 1946
037/060 Bank Draft, 1852
037/061 Book cover, Report of the Governor of Ok. To the Secretary of the Interior, 1900
FF2/D02 Brochure, Santa Fe Route Cherokee Strip and Oklahoma, 1893
037/062 Certificates, Cherokee Strip Land Run, ca. 1893
037/063 Correspondence: Business, 1957-1985
037/064 Correspondence: Couch, William L., 1886-1895
037/065 Correspondence: Democratic Club & A & M College, 1927
037/066 Correspondence: Miscellaneous, 1894-1957
037/067 Correspondence: Military, 1889
037/068 Correspondence: Personal, 1987
037/069 Correspondence: Religious, 1894
039/001 Correspondence: Wantland, Henry, 1888-1926
039/002 Handbooks, Payne County Normal Institute, 1897 & Ok. A & M College, 1940-1950, 1897-1950
074/001 Land Deed, Kiowa County, Oklahoma, 1906
039/003 Manuscript Drafts, folder 1, n. d. "Hermit Photographer"; "allotments, Capital 11-25-02"; "Battle of Washita"; "Black Gold Lacking in Romance"; Oil also is a "Cure All""; "Prairie Princes, 101 Ranch"; "Some Had No Desire to be Famous"; [Augusta V. Adams]; [Doolin Gang]; "Tom Slick Comes to County"; "Business Enterprises"; [John R. Hill]; [84th Southwestern Exposition]; "State Capital Sept. 14, 1902"; "Elephants Adopt a Favorite Girl";[Indian Territory]; "Upon This Rock"; "Invasion of the Homeseekers"; "Opportunity Lies Westward"; "Introduction"; "Foreward"; "Three Cottonwood Trees."
039/004 Manuscript Drafts, folder 2, n.d. [Church]; [Oklahoma City]; National Dairy Month]; [Payne County]; [Ponca Indiana]; [Vince Dillon]; "Guthrie's Infant Industries"; "Retirement."
039/005 Manuscript Drafts, Folder 3, n.d.
039/006 Manuscript Drafts & Notes, n.d. [Osage history and movement]; "Author"s Preface"; "Panhandle Wanted by State Despite its Early Reputation"; "Oppose allotments in 5 Nations"; "Primitives Resist Change";
039/007 Manuscript Drafts & Notes [Osage Indian Manuscripts], n. d. "The Civil War Comes to the Osage Nation"; "Let's Eliminate Indian Cages"; Dress Style was Last Change"; "Oil Brought Money and Misery"; "Country Homes were Joyful Escapes"; "Indians Love Children"; "Osages"; "Osages were quick to Adapt"; "Osage Weddings Were Elaborate Affairs";
039/008 Manuscript Draft, "A Brief History," n.d.
039/009 Manuscript Draft, "A Brief History & Epilogue," and Miscellaneous, " n.d.
039/010 Manuscript Draft, "Capt. Wm. Couch," n.d.
039/011 Manuscript Draft, "The Oklahoma Story," n.d.
039/012 Manuscript Draft, & Notes, Oil Story, 1927
FF2/D02 Map, Cherokee Strip, Indian Territory, 1883
FF2/D02 Map, Highway Map of Oklahoma, ca. 1930s
FF2/D02 Map, Oklahoma Territory, 1900
FF2/D02 Map, Oklahoma & Indian Territory, 1902
FF2/D02 Map, Payne County, n.d.
039/013 Picture, End of Trail, n.d.
039/014 Pistol Pete
039/015 Programs, Church, Stillwater, 1892-1927
039/016 Programs, Commencements & Convocations, Oklahoma A & M, 1917-1948
039/017 Programs, Commencement, Stillwater High School, 1903
039/018 Programs, 50th Anniversary of the Division of Home Economics, A & M College, 1950
039/019 Programs, Organizational, 1892-1928
039/020 Programs, 75th Anniversary Central State College, 1965
039/021 Programs, Souvenir Historical Anniversaries, 1968 & 1970
039/022 Published Materials, ca. 1900-1957
040/001 Records, Government, Payne County, O.T. & Oklahoma, 1899-1917
040/002 Register, Methodist Episcopal Church, Stillwater, 1892
040/003 Report of the Agricultural and Mechanical College, Governor's Message to the 3rd Legislative Assembly of Oklahoma, 1895
040/004 Sigma Literacy Society 1893-1897, 1951
FF2/D02 Southeastern Oklahoma Brands Association brand poster,
040/005 Souvenir 1903 Calendar of Oklahoma
040/006 Souvenir Ribbon World's Columbian Exposition, 1893
040/007 Storyboards, "The Oklahoma Story," Folder 1, n.d.
040/008 Storyboards, "The Oklahoma Story," Folder 2, n.d.
040/009 Timetable, Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, 1922
040/010 World War II -- German Propaganda Pamphlets & Map; American Cartoon; Museum Ticket, ca. 1940s
074/006 Souvenir Program, 101 Ranch, The National Editorial Program, 1905




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