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Box Folder Folder Title Research Materials Cowboys and Western Figures Buckskin Joe 109 Artifacts 110 1 Book: Buckskin Joe or The Trapper Guide, by Silingsby 2 Business Cards 3 Certificates, 1856, 1890, 1884 4 Contracts, 1879, 1880, 1888 Correspondence 5 Christmas card, 1912 6 Correspondence 1888, 1910 7 Correspondence with Dr. Vance J. Hoyt, 1949 Diary 8 Union Army 1859 9 Sections of Civil War diary of Edward Jonathan Hoyt Ephemera 10 Souvenir pictures 11 Hand signal interpretations Newspaper clippings 12 Newspaper clippings 1908, 1912 Photographs 13 Portraits of Buckskin Joe aka Edward Jonathan Hoyt 14 Snapshots of Buckskin Joe 15 Buckskin Joe and Bill Palmer Central America 16 Buckskin Joe & Wife, Hoyt home, 1907 17 Cabin in Central America 18 Central America hotel 19 First Wild West Show band, 1885 20 Palace Hotel construction, 1889 21 “Attack on Indians” Wild West Show, 1892 22 First Wild West Show band, 1885 23 Tight rope walking, 1887 24 Wild West colleagues-Annie Oakley, Addie Carlisle, Ella Lance Hoyt Documents 25 Reminiscences about Buckskin Joe by grandson 26 Scrapbook 27 Title Bond, 1881 28 Newspaper clipping-articles by Lance Hoyt Buffalo Bill William F. Cody 111 1 Articles, 1903-1907 2 Articles, 1937, 1961-1970 3 Articles, 1970-1981 4 Articles, 1982-1984 5 Articles, 1949, 1991-2002 112 1 Play: “Life on the border’, 1965 Buffalo Bill Wild West Show 2-3 Notebook (assembled by Glenn Shirley) Shirley Papers 38 Research Materials, Cowboy & Western Figures Series Inventory

Box Folder Folder Title Programs 4 1983 5 1895 6 1899 7 1907 8 1907 9 1908 Custer, George Armstrong 113 1-6 Custer & the West articles 114 1-3 Custer & the West articles Eaton, Frank “Pistol Pete 4-6 Articles, 1904-2001 115 1-2 Articles, 1904-2001 Gray, Otto 116 1 78 RPM records 2 Articles, 1958, 1992, 1994, n. d. Calendars, diaries 3 1916-1917 4 1917 (photocopy) 5 1917, 1918, 1919 6 1920-1921 7 Band, May 1919-March 1927 8 1925 9 1926 original 10 1928 11 1930 (2 pieces) 12 1931 (2 pieces) 117 1 1932 (2 pieces) 2 1933 3 1934 4 1936 5 1937 (2 pieces) 6 1938 (2 pieces) 7 1939 8 1940 9 1941 118 1 1942 2 1943 3 1944 4 1945 5 1946 6 1947-1951 Contract 7 Oklahoma Cowboys Band, 1935 Early Life Documents 8 Obituary, 1900-1934, 1939, 1967, 1981 Play 9 “Otto Gray and his Oklahoma Cowboys: a sketch of comedy and Shirley Papers 39 Research Materials, Cowboy & Western Figures Series Inventory

Box Folder Folder Title music in one act”, by Otto Gray, 1930 Band program 10 With songs, 1930 American Federation of Musicians 11 Constitution, By-Laws & standing resolutions, 1929 Correspondence 12 Song lists, telegrams, 1928 13 Contracts, mileage list, Cadillac service policy, 1930 14 1931, advertisements & radio stations 119 1 Contracts & financial documents, 1932 2 Contracts, financial receipts, 1933 3 1934 4 Business letters, fan mail & telegraph receipts, 1936 5 Midget Angus cows, 1939-1940 Catalogs 6 General Musicians Supply Company, 1936 Pamphlets 7 Hotel guide, 1928 Invitations 8 Radio transcribing session, 1958 Knife throwing act 9 Jack Edwards, 1928, 1957, n. d. Otto Gray and his Oklahoma Cowboys 10 Letterhead & publicity releases, n. d. Lawsuit 11 Otto Gray vs. Ken Hackley and his Oklahoma Cowboys, 1930- 1933 Magazine articles 12 Gray & Band, 1959, 1997, 1999 Newspaper clippings 13 Band, 1928 120 1 Band, 1929 2 Band, 1930 3 Band, 1930 4 Band, 1931 5 Band, 1932 6 Band, 1933 7 Band, 1934 8 Band, 1936 9 Band, n. d. 10 Horse, 1938 11 Otto Gray in Stillwater, 1935 12 Gray after band, 1939 13 Gray, 1940 14 Gray, 1948 121 1 1944, 1956-2001 Magazine 2 Ads, 1929, 1930 Shirley Papers 40 Research Materials, Cowboy & Western Figures Series Inventory

Box Folder Folder Title 3 Band flyers Photographs 4 Wade “Hy” Allen, 1930’s 5 Dorothy Bodole & whirling rope, 1929 6 Benny “Whitey” Ford, Duke of Paducah, 1943, 1953, n. d. 7 Eline, Grace 8 Gray farm, Mahan Valley, OK, 1890’s 9 Charles Gray, n. d. 10 Harrison & Nellie Gray, n. d. 11 Linias Gray & wife, n. d. 12 Minnie Gray & 4 children, Otto on left, c. 1891 & n. d. 13 Otto & Florence Gray & Jim Morris, Ethel Burdette, n. d. 14 Otto & Florence Gray, n. d. 15 Otto Gray, 1902, n. d. 16 Otto Gray, c. 1934 17 Otto Gray & his horses, n. d. 18 Otto Gray at an event featuring his midget cattle 19 Otto & Florence performing, 1914, 1913 20 Otto, his mother & 5 siblings before 1907 21 Otto & Owen Gray, n. d. 22 Owen Gray, c. 1924 23 Owen Gray, 1930 24 Owen Gray, “The Uke Buster”, 1934 25 “Margaret”, 1929, n. d. 26 Yankee Robinson Show, performers, Linda J. Julian, 1914 27 Performers from circus, The Silverlakes, n. d. 28 Yankee Robinson Show, side show performers “Fat Girl” 29 Yankee Robinson Show, side show performers “Midget” 30 J. E. Powell, great grandmother of Florence (Momie) Gray 31 Band member, Fred Wilson, Rochester, NY.,1930 32 Johanna Ziesenis, n. d. 33 The Band, 1928 34 1929, Band (shot is in newspaper clippings) including animals 35 Band, 1932 36 The Band and their truck, 1928 37 The Band performing for various children’s groups (as seen in newspapers) 1928 38 Band performing in Chillicothe, Ohio, 1928 39 Band performing for orphans (as seen in newspaper) 1929 40 Band, performing animals and Shetland Pony given away, 1928 41 Band’s animals performing, 1929 42 Publicity: 4 piece group, L to R: Rube Tronson, Owen Gray, Bugar “Booger” Pearson, Nealy Huff, 1929 43 Publicity: Florence & Otto, c. 1915 44 Publicity: Band, 1930 45 Publicity shot of band playing to crowd, 1931 46 Band vehicles, 1932 122 1 Band members performing rope tricks, 1932 Shirley Papers 41 Research Materials, Cowboy & Western Figures Series Inventory

Box Folder Folder Title 2 Crowds & theaters, 1932 3 Negatives, 1932 4 Lyric Theaters w/Band name on marque & band in street 5 Midget cattle, n. d. 6 Midget cattle original negatives 7 Midget cattle in a yoke, n. d. 8 Tom Mix visits Stillwater & Otto Gray, 1935 9 New shooting act, 1930 10 RKO State Theater w/crowd waiting for band, 1928 11 Otto’s dog-Rex 12 State Theater, Otto Gray name on kiosk 13 Winner of Shetland Pony contest, 1930 14 Promotional photograph Promotional 15 Postcards 16 Publicity flyers Songs 17 Handwritten composition with lyrics, n. d. 18 Scrapbook of songs clipped from newspapers, n d. 19 Otto Gray’s published songbooks, 1930, n. d. 20 Songs, n. d. 21 Songs, n. d. 22 Song lists, n. d. 23 Song lists, 1928 24 Song lists played in March, 1936 25 Script for the “Camel Pleasure Hour”, April 8, 1931 26 Script for “Bayuk Stag Party” September 6, 1931 27 Tour route, song list, contracts, 1929 28 Otto Gray Oklahoma Cowboy Band program/songbook Magazine ads 123 1 Band Flyers 2 The Billboard 3 Cattle sale 4 Publicity Oversized Photographs 5 Otto Gray, the Band and Owen Gray 6 Grace Eline Grey, Zane 124 1-2 Articles 3 Conventions 4 Motion pictures 5 The Zane Grey Review, 1985-1988 6 Zane Grey’s West Society, 1984-88 Haines, Wiley G Biographical 125 1 Identification card, 1913 2 U. S Marshal warrant book, 1902-1906 Shirley Papers 42 Research Materials, Cowboy & Western Figures Series Inventory

Box Folder Folder Title 3 Sheriff’s day book, 1894 Correspondence 4 Letter pressbook, 1905-1909 McGeeney, Patrick Sylvester “Purple Sage” Manuscripts 5 The Bells of San Xavier 6-7 Bloody Moon 126 1 Bloody Moon 2 Bloody Moon in the Big Bend 3-4 El Capitan 127 1-2 El Capitan 3 Loraine 4 My Tumbleweed 5 Various manuscripts McGinty, Billy 128 Business cards 129 1 Military record 2 Induction into National Cowboy Hall of Fame 3 Appointment of Mollie McGinty to Postmaster of Ripley, Payne County, OK, 1925, 1929 4 Mollie McGinty’s membership cards, 1947-1955 5 Billy McGinty’s membership cards, 1938-1959 6 Miscellaneous1890-1961 (certificates, leases, insurance) 7 Golden wedding anniversary, by Bob Woods 8 Notebook 9 McGinty stationary for Roosevelt’s Rough Riders 10 Personal, United Spanish War Veterans Correspondence 130 1 To and from Pickering & McGinty family, 1913, 1921-1927, 1943, 1950-1960 2 Condolence acknowledgement from Mr. Theodore Roosevelt 3 Assorted, 1898-1912 4 Personal, 1906-1923 5 Personal, 1930-1939 6 Personal from Warren S. Archer, 1935-1937 7 Personal, 1940-1949 8 Personal with Art Briese, 1947 9 Personal, 1940-1950 10 Personal, 1951 11 Non Billy McGinty, 1952- 12 Personal, 1952 13 Petition rural postal route, 1953 14 Personal, 1953 15 Personal, 1954 16 Personal, 1955 131 1 Personal, 1956 2 Death of wife Mollie, 1957 3 Personal, 1957 Shirley Papers 43 Research Materials, Cowboy & Western Figures Series Inventory

Box Folder Folder Title 4 Personal, 1958 5 Personal, 1959-1962 6 Chisholm Trail 7 McGinty’s cowboy band, 1925-1927 8 Death-sympathy cards, 1957 9 Songs and poems Family 10 Mollie McGinty ephemera 11 Otto McGinty “Jack” 12 Pickering, obituaries/memorials/news clippings Magazine articles 13 McGinty’s cowboy band “Star struck at KVOO” 1980 14 McGinty’s cowboy band “Through the ether: the birth of radio in central Oklahoma”, 1983 15-16 McGinty’s cowboy band “Music in Oklahoma by the Billy McGinty Cowboy Band”, 1960 17 Oklahoma-Yesterday-Today-Tomorrow, 1930 (copy) 18 “The career of John R. Thomas”, 1974 19 “The story of an Oklahoma Cowboy. William McGinty and his wife” 20 “World’s best darn bronco buster” 21 “Just a plain old bronc rider” 22 “The horse I didn’t ride” 23 “The last of the great cowboys” 24 “Bad bullets & broncos” 25 “Oklahoma poetry” 26 “Oklahoma in the Spanish-American War”, 1942 27 “High, wide and handsome”, 1948 28 Magazine articles 1908-1969 132 1 Newspaper articles 1906-1990, miscellaneous 2 Newspaper articles, Ripley history Photographs 3 Anderson Cemetery 4 Augusta Metcalfe, author 5 Burrel family (nieces) 6 Burt Brine, 1910 7 Charles Labaugh in New York, 1900 8 D. J. “Kid” McGinty 9 “The dying cowboy” set 10 McGinty, Billy on “Dynamite” 1931 11 Ed Borein, artist, St. Louis, 1910 12 McGinty family 13 Farm pictures 14 Flying Pan Ranch 15 McGinty, Billy, horses, mounted on horse 16 “Ivey” Moore 17 Ingalls, 1938 18 Juarez, Mexico, 1923 Shirley Papers 44 Research Materials, Cowboy & Western Figures Series Inventory

Box Folder Folder Title 19 K. V. O. O. staff artists 20 Lon Case old Cherokee Strip cowboy 21 Lon Muxlow, St. Louis, 1910 22 Lulu Belle 133 1 McGinty, Billy, misc. 2 Gray family visit to Galveston 1925 3 McGinty, Billy, Otto Gray 4 McGinty, Billy, Pawnee 5 Pickering family 6 Dr. Pickering and sons Earl and Roy 7 John Pickering family and sisters 8 Pickering home, 1890 9 Warnie Pickering and wife 10 McGinty, Billy, portrait 11 101 Ranch 12 Riley house 13 Santiago de Cuba Sept. 5, 1898 14 Trophy room 15 Wife Mollie 16 Witt farm Writings 17 Adventure Trails manuscripts/drafts, Rough Riders 134 1 Adventure Trails manuscripts/drafts, Rough Riders 2 Adventure Trails manuscripts/drafts, Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show 3 Adventure Trails manuscripts/drafts, Return to Ingalls/Dinner with Roosevelt 4 Adventure Trails, McGinty publication, 1937-1939 5 Book advertisements, “The Ripley Review”, 1937 6 Newspaper articles, “The Ripley Review” 1935-38 7 “The Old West”, “The Ripley Review”, 1935-36 8 “The Old West” book publication, 1937 135 Miscellaneous photographs 136 Miscellaneous negatives 137 Miscellaneous ribbons Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show 138 1 Contract, 1900 2 Correspondence, 1890-1900 3 Magazine articles, 1891-1899 4 Newspaper articles, Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show at Rough Rider Reunion, 1900 5 Photographs, New York, early 1900’s 6 Photographs 7 Photographs, Buffalo Bill Monument 8 Program, 1910 9 Route books Billy McGinty’s Cowboy Band 10 Magazine article Shirley Papers 45 Research Materials, Cowboy & Western Figures Series Inventory

Box Folder Folder Title 11 Newspaper articles, 1925 12 Newspaper articles, 1926 13 Newspaper articles, 1927 14 Newspaper articles, 1960-1994 15 Miscellaneous notes, 1924-1927 16 Photographs 139 1 Song requests, May 1925 2 Song requests, June 1925 3 Song requests, Nov. 1925 4 Song requests, 1926 Rough Riders 5 Brochures, program schedules, 1940-1980 6 Constitution and by-laws 7 Correspondence, Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Association 8 Roll calls & miscellaneous notes 9-10 Magazine articles, 1898-1998 11 Correspondence, 1910 12 Correspondence, 1940-1949 13 Correspondence, 1951 14 Correspondence-Business, Rough Rider Reunion 1952 15 Correspondence-Personal, Rough Rider Reunion 1952 16 Correspondence-Business, Rough Rider Reunion 1953 140 1 Reunion business notes, 1953 2 Correspondence-Business, Rough Rider Reunion 1954 3 Correspondence-Business, Rough Rider Reunion 1955 4 Correspondence, Rough Rider’s Reunion, Office of the President of the U. S., Eisenhower, 1956 5 Correspondence-Business, Rough Rider Reunion 1956 6 Correspondence-Business, Rough Rider Reunion 1957 7 Correspondence-Business, Rough Rider Reunion 1958 8 Correspondence-Business, Rough Rider Reunion 1959-1961 9-10 Newspaper articles, 1899-1901 12 Newspaper articles, 1898-1902 141 1 Newspaper articles, 1904-1918 2 Newspaper articles, 1926-1948 3 Newspaper articles, 1950-1952 4 Newspaper articles, 1953 5 Newspaper articles, 1954 6 Newspaper articles, 1955-1957 142 1 Newspaper articles, 1958-1969 2 Newspaper articles, 1979-1998 3 Pamphlet, “Who got there first”, 1948 4 Photographs, Rough Rider Reunions 5 Photograph, McGinty, Billy and school children, Riley, OK, 1930’s 6 Theodore Roosevelt, 1910, n.d. McGinty, John 143 1 Box of photographs Shirley Papers 46 Research Materials, Cowboy & Western Figures Series Inventory

Box Folder Folder Title 2 Business cards & envelopes 3 Legal case, 1913 4 Photographs 5 Financial records, 1907, 1916, 1920-24, n. d. 6-8 Letters to John McGinty and George Johnson, 1907-1936 9 Envelopes for letters 10 Postcards to George Johnson 11 Postcards to John McGinty Pawnee Bill 144 1 Magazine articles, 1926, 1937 2 “Major Gordon W. Lillie’s own story”, by L. M. Sullivan, n. d. 3 “Life story of Pawnee Bill”, 1916 4 Christmas card, n. d. 5 Drawing of Pawnee Bill 6 Golden wedding anniversary celebration, 1936 7 Form letters from Pawnee Bill 8 Pawnee Bill’s Historical Wild West Show, 1891 9 Flyer from Coney Island mentioning Pawnee Bill’s Wild West Show, n. d. 10 Ephemera 11 Pawnee Bill’s Buffalo Ranch flyers 12 May Lillie film flyer, n. d. 13 Rodeo, n. d. 14 Souvenir program 15 Pawnee Bill’s Buffalo Ranch stationary 16 Pawnee Bill Rodeo Association stationary 17 Pawnee, Oklahoma Chamber of Commerce stationary 18 Pawnee Bill’s Buffalo Ranch, Scotch Shorthorns cattle sale, 1929, brochure 19 Magazine articles, 1928, 1958, 1977 20 Pawnee Bill’s Indian Trading Post catalogs 21 Pawnee, OK, Pawnee Indian Homecoming brochure, 1953 22 Pawnee County advertising for Pawnee Bill Ranch 23 Pawnee, Ok festival brochure 24 Pawnee Bill Museum brochures 25 Advertisements using Pawnee Bill’s name 26 Herbal recipe & dream book published by “The Kickapoo Indians” 1885, n. d. Payne, David 145 1-5 The Moses of the Boomers, notebook 1 6-9 The Moses of the Boomers, notebook 2 10-11 The Moses of the Boomers, notebook 3 146 1-2 The Moses of the Boomers, notebook 4 3 The Moses of the Boomers, notebook 5 Rogers, Will 147 1 Will Rogers Memorial (Claremore, OK) 2-5 Will Rogers, parts 1-4 148 1-5 Will Rogers, parts 5-9 Shirley Papers 47 Research Materials, Cowboy & Western Figures Series Inventory

Box Folder Folder Title 6 The Will Rogers Papers project 149 1 “The writings of Will Rogers” 2-5 Will Rogers articles 150 1-2 Will Rogers articles 3 Will Rogers Papers announcement 4 Will Rogers: symbolic man, journalist and film maker, by Peter C. Rollins 5 Ephemera Roosevelt, Theodore 151 1-4 Articles