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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 9: Postcards, ca. 1900-1940s  
BOX/FOLDER#
CATALOG#
FOLDER TITLE/DESCRIPTION
    Single Cards  
   
Oklahoma
 
053/001 2000.005
.16.001
"1889" Opening of Oklahoma, "The Run" Colored
  .16.002 "1889" Opening of Oklahoma, "The Run" Colored
  .16.003 "1889" Opening of Oklahoma, "The Run" Colored
  .16.004 "1889" Opening of Oklahoma, "The Run" Colored
  .16.005 "1889" Opening of Oklahoma, "The Run" Colored
  .16.006 "1889" Opening of Oklahoma, "The Run" Colored
  .16.007 "1889" Opening of Oklahoma, "The Run" Colored
  .16.008 Cimarron River B&W
  .16.009 Early Day Oklahoma Colored
  .16.010 An Oklahoma Corn Field Colored
  .16.011 Picking Oklahoma Cotton-5 Colored
  .16.153 Early Day Oklahoma Colored
  .16.139 Early Day Oklahoma Colored
  .16.140 Indian Territory Oklahoma Colored
       
   
Oklahoma Tourist Sites, ca.1930s-1940s
 
053/002 2000.005
.16.012
Oklahoma State Capitol, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Colored
  .16.013 State capitol, Oklahoma City, Okla. Colored
  .16.014 Hair-Pin Curve on Highway 77 Turner Falls, Okla B&W
  .16.015 Just Monkeying around, Turner Falls B&W
  .16.016 Old Indian Cemetary [sic] near Turner Falls B&W
  .16.017 Turner Falls Tavern B&W
  .16.018 Winter at Turner Falls B&W
  .16.019 Woman-Face Rock Turner Falls, Okla B&W
  .16.020 [Turner Falls] B&W
  .16.021 The Tavern Turner Falls Park, Davis, Okla. B&W
       
    Towns & Cities  
   
Edmond, Oklahoma, ca. 1900-1940s
 
053/003 2000.005
.16.022
City Hall B&W
  .16.023 Churches B&W
  .16.024 First Methodist Church B&W
  .16.025 M.E. Church B&W
  .16.026 Presbyterian Church B&W
  .16.027 Senior High School B&W
  .16.028 City Hall Colored
  Guthrie, Oklahoma, ca. 1907 - 1940s  
  2000.005
.16.029
City Hall B&W
  .16.030 Ione Hotel B&W
  .16.031 Oklahoma Avenue East, ca. 1907 B&W
  .16.033 Birds-eye View Colored
  .16.034 Birds-eye View Colored
  .16.035 Carnegie Library Colored
  .16.036 Carnegie Library Colored
  .16.037 Christian Church Colored
  .16.038 Episcopal Church Colored
  .16.039 Masonic Home for the Aged Colored
  .16.040 Masonic Home of Oklahoma Colored
  .16.041 Masonic Home for Boys Colored
  .16.042 Masonic Temple Colored
  .16.043 Post Office Colored
  .16.044 New Scottish Rite Temple Colored
  .16.048 Scottish Rite Temple Colored
  .16.049 Scottish Rite Temple Colored
  .16.050 Residence District on W. Cleveland Ave., 1906 Colored
  .16.051 Country club and Lake Colored
  .16.052 Scene on the Cottonwood River Colored
   
Schools
 
  2000.005
.16.045
Central School Colored
  .16.046 High School Colored
  .16.032 High School, ca. 1907 B&W
  .16.047 St. Joseph's Academy Colored
    Norman, Oklahoma, 1908-ca.1940s  
053/004 2000.005
.16.053
NHS [Norman High School], 1908 B&W
  .16.054 State Hospital Colored
       
 
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, ca. 1909-1940s
 
  2000.005
.16.055
Oklahoma City, June 9, 1909. Your Truly, Fairbanks B&W
  .16.056 [one LS portrait woman in automobile. ca. 1909. Postcard with items 2000.005.16.035 & .037] B&W
  .16.057 [one MS portrait of unidentified male, 1909. See 2000.005.16.035] B&W
  .16.058 [one CU portrait of unidentified female. 1907] B&W
  .16.059 Camera theatre, 1918 B&W
  .16.060 Camera theatre, Main St., 1919 B&W
  .16.061 Camera theatre, 1919 B&W
  .16.062 Greetings from Oklahoma City, 1907 B&W
  .16.063 Boating at Belle Isle Colored
  .16.064 Carnegie Library--46 Colored
  .16.065 Monkey Island, Lincoln Park-- 75 Colored
  .16.066 Sky Scrapers -- 5 Colored
  .16.067 Stiles Park -- 22 Colored
  .16.068 Winnie Mae and Wiley Post, Municipal Air Terminal Colored
   

Schools

Colored
  .16.069 Harding Junior High School -- 49 Colored
  .16.070 Oklahoma City High School Colored
       
   
Stillwater, Oklahoma, ca. 1910s-1940s
 
053/005 2000.005
.16.071
Christian Church, Virtes Williams, Pastor B&W
  .16.072 Christian Church, Virtes Williams, Pastor B&W
  .16.073 Christian Church, Virtes Williams, Pastor B&W
  .16.074 Payne County Court House B&W
  .16.075 Municipal Building B&W
  .16.135 Looking North on Main St. Stillwater, Okla. 204-1920 Smith Studio, 1920 B&W
  .16.136 Stillwater Gazette Staff. 1906. Bess Lowry, Ned Brown, Chas. Clarly, J. P. Hinkel, Geo. Gelder, Art McEwen, Phil Masterson, 1906 B&W
       
   
Tulsa, Oklahoma, ca. 1940s
 
  .16.076 Exchange National Bank Building Colored
  .16.077 Philtower Building Colored
    Churches  
  .16.078 Boston Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church South Colored
.16.079 First M. E. Church Colored
  .16.080 First Christian Church Colored
  .16.081 Third Street Looking East Colored
       
   
Miscellaneous Towns, ca. 1911-1940s
 
  .16.082 Greetings from Antlers, Oklahoma Colored
  .16.083 Greetings from Antlers, Oklahoma Colored
  .16.084 Greetings from Antlers, Oklahoma Colored
  .16.085 Lincoln County Court House Chander, Oklahoma B&W
  .16.086 First Methodist Episcopal Church, Cushing, Oklahoma Colored
  .16.087 Bath Pool, Medicine Park, near Lawton, Okla., 1916 Colored
  .16.088 Fire at Ripley, Okla Oct 24 1911 B&W
  .16.089 Buffalo Spring Platt Nat'l Park Sulphur, Okla B&W
  .16.090 Bromide Trail Platt National Park Sulphur, Okla. B&W
  .16.091 "Rock Inn" Highway No. 27 B&W
       
   
Universities, ca. 1910-1940s
 
053/006 2000.005
.16.092
Central State Normal, Edmond, Okla. Colored
  .16.093 South Building. C. S. N. Colored
  .16.094 Fire station--Campus, Okla. A & M college, Smith's Studio 1-47, 1947 B&W
  .16.095 Fire station--Campus, Okla. A & M college, Smith's Studio 1-47, 1947 B&W
  .16.096 Fire Station, campus of Oklahoma A & M, Stillwater, Oklahoma B&W
  .16.097 Morrill Hall, A & M College, Stillwater, Okla. B&W
  .16.098 Murray Hall, one of the Girls' Dormitories, as seen across Theta Pond, Oklahoma A & M, Stillwater, Oklahoma B&W
  .16.099 Theta Pond. Okla. A & M College Campus, Stillwater, Okla. Smith's Studio 3-40-photo B&W
  .16.100 William's Hall, Okla. A & M College, Smith's Studio 2-47, 1947 B&W
  .16.101 William's Hall, Okla. A & M College, Smith's Studio 2-47, 1947 B&W
  .16.154 [Old Central] B&W
  .16.155 Morrill Hall, A & M College, Stillwater, Okla. B&W
  .16.156 Morrill Hall, A & M College, Stillwater, Okla. B&W
  .16.157 Morrill Hall, A & M College, Stillwater, Okla. B&W
  .16.102 Administration, Oklahoma University, Norman, Oklahoma Colored
  .16.103 Fine Arts Colored
  .16.104 Liberal Arts, Oklahoma University, Norman, Oklahoma Colored
  .15.105 Six of the Fourteen Main Campus-Oklahoma A & M, Stillwater, Okla. Colored
  .16.106 Armory and Gymnasium, Oklahoma A & M College, Stillwater Okla. Colored
  .16.107 Armory and Gymnasium, Oklahoma A & M College, Stillwater Okla. Colored
  .16.108 Armory and Gymnasium, Oklahoma A & M College, Stillwater Okla. Colored
  .16.109 Engineering and Life Science Buildings, A & M College, Stillwater, Okla. Colored
  .16.110 Okla. Fire Service Training School, A & M College, Stillwater, Okla. Colored
  .16.111 Okla. Fire Service Training School, A & M College, Stillwater, Okla. Colored
  .16.112 Okla. Fire Service Training School, A & M College, Stillwater, Okla. Colored
  .16.113 Okla. Fire Service Training School, A & M College, Stillwater, Okla. Colored
  .16.114 Okla. Fire Service Training School, A & M College, Stillwater, Okla. Colored
  .16.115 Okla. Fire Service Training School, A & M College, Stillwater, Okla. Colored
  .16.116 Whitehurst Hall, A & M College, Stillwater, Okla. Colored
  .16.117 Whitehurst Hall, A & M College, Stillwater, Okla. Colored
  .16.118 Whitehurst Hall, A & M College, Stillwater, Okla. Colored
  .16.119 Whitehurst Hall, A & M College, Stillwater, Okla. Colored
  .16.120 Whitehurst Hall, A & M College, Stillwater, Okla. Colored
  .16.121 Whitehurst Hall, A & M College, Stillwater, Okla. Colored
  .16.122 Whitehurst Hall, A & M College, Stillwater, Okla. Colored
  .16.123 Whitehurst Hall, A & M College, Stillwater, Okla. Colored
  .16.124 Whitehurst Hall, A & M College, Stillwater, Okla. Colored
  .16.125 Whitehurst Hall, A & M College, Stillwater, Okla. Colored
  .16.126 Whitehurst Hall, A & M College, Stillwater, Okla. Colored
       
   
Portraits, ca. 1900-1910
 
053/007 2000.005
.16.127
"Min-Ne-Ha-Ha," 1907 B&W
  .16.128 "On the War Path," 1909 B&W
  .16.129 When Shall We Two Meet Again? [Group portrait, 2 unidentified females] B&W
  .16.130 Chief Sitting Bull. 5702 Colored
  .16.131 Frank (Pistol Pete) Eaton, gunman, law enforcement officer, cowboy and trail driver, a real veteran of the Old West, now 96 years old, and lives at Perkins, Oklahoma. [74] Colored
  .16.137 "Pistol Pete" Colored
  .16.138 "Pistol Pete" Colored
  .16.150 Five Indians in dress B&W
  .16.151 "Indian War Dance!" 1914 by Vince Dillon 25, 1914 B&W
  .16.152 "The Indian on The New Nickle. Chief Iron Tail and the Bison" B&W
   
Oil, 1909-ca.1910s
 
053/008 .16.141 Teamsters Hauling Material to the Oil Field B&W
  .16.142 Funk & Rider Oil Co., Cushing Oil Fields, Cushing, Okla. B&W
  .16.143 Rig Collapsed While Pulling 10 in. Caseing Higganbottom No. 5, Snowden, McSweeney Co. Breckenridge, Texas, Photo by The Texas Studio. B&W
  .16.144 Burning of the National Oil Well. Breckenridge, Texas Photo by The Texas Studio copyright applied. B&W
  .16.145 Glenn Oil Field Kiefer, Ok. Storage Tk. Copyright 1909 by Chas. H. Wells Texas Sta. B&W
  .16.146 Glenn Oil Field, Tulsa, Okla. B&W
  .16.147 Oil Scene near Jenks, Okla. B&W
  .16.148 Oil Scene near Jenks, Okla. B&W
  .16.149 Oil Scene near Jenks, Okla. B&W
       
    Folios, ca. 1910-1940s  
053/009 2000.005
.16.132
Camp Doniphan, Fort Sill, Oklahoma [10] B&W
  .16.133 Oklahoma A & M College, Stillwater, Oklahoma, 1943 [17] Colored
  .16.134 Oklahoma A & M College, Stillwater, Oklahoma, 1940 [12] Colored
       
       
Series 10: Scrapbook Albums, 1882-1984  
BOX/FOLDER#
CATALOG#
FOLDER TITLE/DESCRIPTION
073/002   Scrapbook Album #1, n.d.  
073/003   Scrapbook Album #2, 1882  
072/001   Souvenir Edition Opening of Oklahoma 50th Anniversary, 1893-1984  
       
       
Series 11: Sheet Music, 1906  
BOX/FOLDER#
CATALOG#
FOLDER TITLE/DESCRIPTION
074/005   Cover, Iola, 1906  
       
       
Series 12: Audio Visual, 1893-1903  
BOX/FOLDER#
CATALOG#
FOLDER TITLE/DESCRIPTION
    Filmstrip, n. d.  
046/001   " The Oklahoma Story"  
046/002   " The Oklahoma Story"  
046/003   " The Okla. Story, Part I"  
046/004   " The Okla. Story, Part I"  
046/005   " The Okla. Story, Part I"  
047/001   " The Oklahoma Story"  
047/002   " The Oklahoma Story"  
047/003   " The Okla. Story, Part I"  
047/004   " The Okla. Story, Part I"  
047/005   " The Okla. Story, Part I"  
Microfilm, 1893-1903  
041/011   Microfilm Reel Boxes & notes  
048/001   National Archives, NAS-265, Guthrie, Military Correspondence, 20 ft.  
049/001   Stillwater Daily Gazette, 6 Feb. 1901 -31 Jan. 1902; Missing: 6 April, 3 May, 24 June, 29, 30, 31 July, 3, 22 Aug., 10, 24 Sept. 1901.  
050/001   Stillwater Daily Gazette, 1 Feb. 1901-19 Feb. 1903. Missing: 2 Feb., 20, 28 March, 9 May, 22 Aug., 22 Sept. 1903  
051/001   The Populist Weekly, 7 June 1895-31 Oct. 1895; Payne County Populist, 4 Jan.- 27 Dec. 1900; Stillwater Gazette 7 Aug. 1891-29 Dec. 1893; Oklahoma Eagle 14-29 Dec. 1893.  
052/001   National Archives, Oklahoma City strips, NAS-11, 34 ft.  
       
       
Series 13: Pennants, n.d.  
BOX/FOLDER#
CATALOG#
FOLDER TITLE/DESCRIPTION
FF2/D04 2000.005
.19.0001
101 Ranch, n.d.  
FF2/D04 2000.005.
19.0002
Oklahoma A & M College, n. d.  
       
       
Series 14: Negative & Ferrotype Sleeves & Notes, ca. 1860s - 1970s  
BOX/FOLDER#
CATALOG#
FOLDER TITLE/DESCRIPTION
042 2000.005
.7.0001-.0486
Safety Negative sleeves & notes  
043 .7.0487-.0737 Safety Negative sleeves & notes  
044/001 .8.0001-.0094 Nitrate Negative sleeves & notes  
044/002 17.0019 Ferrotype Sleeve  


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