University of Oklahoma Libraries Western History Collections

John W. Morris Collection

Morris, John Wesley (1907–1982). Papers, 1864–1982. 6.66 feet. Professor and geographer. Correspondence (1939–1982); papers (1942–1956) concerning Morris’s military service in the U.S. Navy and in the U.S. Army Reserve; certificates and diplomas (1864–1982); account books (1962–1969); and manuscripts, research notes, correspondence, and contracts (ca. 1950–1982) relating to books and articles written by Morris, a University of Oklahoma geography professor. ______

I. Personal A. Biographical 1. Other Family 2. JWM B. General Correspondence (alpha)

II. Professional Works A. Books B. Articles

III. Other Materials A. Research Materials 1. Ghost Towns 2. Mineral 3. Panhandle

I. Personal Materials

A. Biographical Materials

Box 1:

1-1 Knowles, Wesley R. Grandfather of J.W.M.

a. Discharge papers from Civil War service, Chicago, Illinois (October 10, 1864)

b. Homestead Entry Certificate, Enid, Oklahoma Territory (June 12, 1899).

1 c. U.S. Bureau of Pensions Certificate (October 27, 1904).

d. Tax Sale Redemption Certificate, Noble County (January 27, 1904).

e. U.S. Bureau of Pensions Certificate (September 2, 1913).

OS1 Knowles, Jennie L. Allen - Grandmother of J.W.M. Copy of the Billings (Oklahoma) News (Friday, December 24, 1909) containing obituary notice for Mrs. Knowles on page one.

1-2 Morris, Henry Lorenzo - Father of J.W.M. General Warranty Deed for lot in Washita, Oklahoma (January 23, 1913).

1-3 Morris, Mary Elizabeth Russell - Wife of J.W.M.

OS2 a. Common School Diploma (May 25, 1915)

OS3 b. Teachers Certificate (July 19, 1921).

c. Honor Roll Certificate, Southeastern State College, Durant, Oklahoma (May 20, 1941).

d. Honor Roll Certificate, Southeastern State College, Durant, Oklahoma (May 12,1942)

e. Life Membership Certificate, The University of Oklahoma Association (n.d.).

1-4 Morris, John Wesley - Miscellaneous Early Records.

a. Delayed Certificate of Birth (July 29, 1942). Photostatic copy.

b. Newspaper clipping, re: J.W.M.’s experiences a grocery delivery clerk (ca: 1925).

1-5 Morris, John Wesley - Education: Public Schools

OS4 a. Grammar School Diploma, Clinton, Oklahoma (May 20, 1920).

b. Diploma, Central High School, Oklahoma City (May 21, 1925).

1-6 Morris, John Wesley - Education: College Records

2 a. Transcript, University of Oklahoma (July 23, 1930). Records Bachelor of Science in Education to be conferred August 1, 1930.

OS5 b. Diploma, The University of Oklahoma (August 1, 1930). Bachelor of Science in Education

c. Diploma, Oklahoma Agricultural an Mechanical College (May 25, 1934). Master of Science.

d. Transcript, Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College (November 6, 1935). Records Master of Science in Education conferred May 25, 1934.

e. Transcript, Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College (August 20, 1942). Photostatic copy.

f. Diploma, George Peabody College for Teachers, Nashville, Tennessee (August 18, 1941). Doctor of Philosophy. Include note card, re degree, signed by S.C. Garrison, President of the College.

g. Transcript, George Peabody College for Teachers, Nashville, Tennessee (August 19, 1942).

1-7 Morris, John Wesley. Teachers Certificate (July 29, 1931).

1-8 Morris, John Wesley. Military Service: Oklahoma National Guard.

a. Appointment as First Sergeant (May 1, 1926).

b. Discharge Certificate (January 6, 1927).

c. Certificate of Service (August 19, 1942).

1-9 Morris, John Wesley. Military Service: U.S. Navy. Sheaf of orders, reports, etc., re: Morris’ service in U.S. Navy (1942-1951). Most of this material was formerly in a binder kept by Dr. Morris.

1-10 Morris, John Wesley. Military Service: U.S. Navy.

a. Appointment as Lieutenant (junior grade) in the Naval Reserve (October 22, 1942).

b. Certificate of Satisfactory Service (June 16, 1946).

c. Letter from Lt. Col. Charles H. Cox to JWM (April 4, 1946) re: appreciation for services of JWM upon return to civilian life.

d. Appointment as Lieutenant Commander in the Naval Reserve (June 1, 1949).

e. Certificate of Thanks from President Harry S. Truman (n.d.).

f. Series of cards, e.g. passes, records.

g. List of naval actions (August 31, 1943 - May 29, 1945). Dr. Morris has checked those which occurred while he was on duty in the Pacific.

1-11 a. Letter Paul M. Hart, Lt. Col. to JWM (4-25-56).

Re: Civilian Reserve Program, Intelligence, U.S. Army (1956)

b. Let PMH to JWM (5-14-56). Re: CRP; security clearance

c. Let Stanley R. Connor, Lt. Col. for PMH to JWM (6-6-56). Re: CRP, two-week familiarization program at Pentagon.

d. Form “Notification of Personnel Action, D of the Army” (6-18-56)

e. Form “Certification of Intention” (6-18-56) Re: JWM selection at Mobilization Designee in CRP.

f. Form “Responsibility Clearance Certificate” (6-29-56)

g. Letter: Harry O. Paxson, Brigadier Ge to JWM (7-30-56). Re: Application for JWM temporary duty at Pentagon.

Military Service - U.S. Army

1-12 Morris, John Wesley - Teacher’s Retirement System. Membership Certificates and application (1946-56)

1-13 Morris, John Wesley - Vitae (incomplete) (ca. 1968). [MISSING 11-12-2008]

1-14 Morris, John Wesley - Vitae (Ca. 1978).

1-15 Morris, John Wesley - Vitae (Ca. 1980).

1-16 Morris, John Wesley - Vitae (Ca. 1982). [MISSING 11-12-2008]

1-17 Morris, John Wesley - Certificates

4 a. Bicentennial 1776th Watershed Dedication of Lake Liberty, Oklahoma Conservation Commission (1976).

b. Central Seventy-five Distinguished Student Award, Central State College, Edmond, Oklahoma (ca. 1965).

c. Cherokee National Historical Society membership (1976).

d. Engineering Club of Oklahoma City Certificate of Appreciation (1979).

e. Gamma Theta Upsilon membership (1950).

f. National Cowboy Hall of Fame membership (n.d.)

g. National Geographic Society membership (1960).

h. Oklahoma Academy of Science Fellows Award (1955).

i. Oklahoma Educational Association life membership (1933).

j. Oklahoma Historical Society Life Membership (1975).

k. Oklahoma, State of, Commission as Commodore of the Oklahoma Navy (1953).

l. Oklahoma, State of, Appointment to Oklahoma White House Conference Committee on Children and Youth (1960).

1-18 Morris, John W. OU Retirement Bound to volume of letters presented to JWM May 14, 1973 upon his retirement. Correspondents include Ralph E. Olson, John S. Ezell, Fred B. Kniffen, Arthur H. Doerr, Bill J. Lillard, Lorrin Kennamer, Leslie Hewes, and Lawrence Sommers. Some loose cards are also inside.

1-19 George Peabody College for Teachers

Ault, O.C. (1942) Re: war and predictions of aftermath

Bailey, Morris J. (1967). Appreciation from former

Bellmon, Henry (1966). Appreciation for service re land use committee

1-20 JWM Personal - Farm Day Book.

1-21 Blissitt, Charles W. (1973). Congrats upon retirement of JWM “Bonnie” (1967), Appreciation from former student, Bradley, Milton H. (1969). Thanks for summer presentation at Panhandle State College, Goodwell, OK.

Brown, Horace B. (1953). Thanks for copy of OK Geography

1-22 “Cordell” (n.d.) Appreciation from Student

Cox, Allan (1973). Appreciation to JWM for service as members of U.S. National Committee for International Geographical Union.

Cross, Geo L. (1968). Appreciation for JWM services as chairman of D of G, appointment of to succeed.

Crowley, Carolyn (1958). Appreciation from student.

Debo, Angie (1953). Thanks for comments on copy of OK Geo

Dodge, Thomas H. (1960). Re: Osage Reservation

Fischer, LeRoy H. (1977). Thank-you for participation in OSU Institute of Oklahoma Studies

1-24 Harrison, Lowell H. (1966). Thanks for appearance at Panhandle Council for the Social Studies in Texas

Harrison, Richard (1940). Appreciation from a former student.

Hawkins, Tom G. (1970) Appreciation for appearance at workshop at Central State College, Edmond.

Helburn, Nicholas (1969). Congratulations on Methods of Geography Instruction.

Hudson, Tinm (1976). Appreciation.

Huffman, Huston (1976). Appreciation for service at OU.

Johnson, Mark R. (1967). Congrats on NCGE Distinguished Service Award

Lehmer, Donald J. (1968). Congrats on Instructor’s Manual for World Geo. Text

McCrater, Pete Kyle (1965). Congrats on HA of OK.

Monroney, A.S. Mike (1957), Appreciation for work; use of it in an article

Orr, Hattie (1964). JWM article in Oklahoma Teacher

Parkins, A.E. (1939). Personal

6 Robbins, James (1964). Thanks for tours

Robertson, Gordon A. (n.d.) Thank you

Robertson, Ina Cullom (1967), congrats on NCCE award

Rosenberg, Haus (1956). Thanks for help on dissertation

Sawvell, Robert D. (1973)

Shaw, Edward A. (1977). Book proposal

Simpson, Margaret Janaway (n.d.) Thank you for interest in daughter.

Sweeney, Charlene (n.d.) Thank you for talk on “Citizenship”

Whittemore, Katheryne Thomas (1966). Congrats on NCGE award

Wiley, Zelpha Fagan (1956), Appreciation from former student

Box 2:

2-1 JWM (1968-1969) Personal Calendar

Brief chronicle of Around-the-World trip

2-2 JWM (1960s) Personal Experience ledgers

2-3 Morris, John W. Obituary

a. Funeral Program (Sept 11, 1982)

b. Letter to Mrs. Mary Morris on JWM’s death, Art Doerr, J. Russell Whitaker, Richard G. Boehm, James W. Vining, J.R. Morris, Charles E. Engleman, Robert V. Peterson, Phillip E. Hurley

c. Phi Alpha Theta Membership (1946)

d. Society of the Sigma X: membership (1950).

e. University of Oklahoma appreciation (1968).

f. University of Oklahoma Association membership (n.d.)

g. Will Rogers Centennial Committee appreciation (1979).

7 2-4 Morris, John Wesley - Miscellaneous

a. Letter, T.T. Montgomery, President, Southeastern State College, to J.W.M. (December 31, 1945).

b. Letter, Bessie Harrin, Alumni Office, George Peabody College for Teachers, to J.W.M. (January 10, 1946). Re: Life Membership Pledge.

c. Letter, A.E. Shearer, Dean, Southeastern State College, to Edgar D. Meacham, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Oklahoma (February 26, 1948). Re: Letter of Recommendation for J.W.M.

d. Humorous congrats from “very humble friends” on completion of Ph.D.

e. Assorted membership cards

f. Durant (Oklahoma) Daily Democrat (Sunday, January 7, 1945). Picture of J.W.M. on page three announces his being on leave from the college.

g. Typescript of newspaper article re: Presidential citation for JWM for naval duty

h. Tax information (1944)

i. Clipping, see back. Clipping: “30 Authors Taking Part in City Autograph”

B. General Correspondence 2-5 a. American West Publishing Company (1976). Re: Missing book; from J.W.M.

b. Association of American Geographers (1980). Re: Request to review manuscript. Handwritten draft of J.W.M. reply.

Ault, O.C.

c. Banowsky, William S. (1981). Re: Thank-you for copy of Oklahoma Homes book.

d. Barton, Tom and Erselia (1974-75, 1980, 1982). Re: National Council for Geographic Education, personal, and general.

e. Bell, Ruth (1975). Re: Advice on business proposal; from J.W.M. Bellmon

8 2-6 Benson, Robert R. (1976, 1978-82). Re: Research on boundaries of Colorado and Oklahoma Panhandle. Includes manuscript on errors in Colorado boundaries and copy of letter to Bensai from Truman Tucker, Re: Panhandle history.

2-7 a. Black, Kay (n.d.) Re: Graduate work, handwritten draft by J.W.M.

b. Blackwood, Betty (1982). Re: Location of Blake, Oklahoma.

c. Bleakley, Laura (n.d.) Re: Oklahoma heritage Association tour.

d. Boone, Mariyane (1974). Re: Book on Newkirk and Kay County; from J.W.M.

e. Brown, Betty J. (1982). Re: Canadian County boundaries. Reply by J.W.M.

f. Bryant, Thomas L. (1974). Re: Personal; from J.W.M.

g. Calkins, Charles F. (1980). Re: Professional Meeting.

h. Callahan, Clyde (1975). Re: Copy of Pioneering in Kiowa County.

i. Campbell, David G. (1980-81) Re: Permission to use map from Historical Atlas of Oklahoma.

j. Campbell, O.B. (1978). Re: Oklahoma Heritage Association tour.

k. Carnegie Public Library, Shawnee (1982). Re: Receipt.

2-8 a. Central Michigan University (1975). Re: Letters of Recommendation for Joseph B. Schiel and David Sengenberger. Handwritten drafts by J.W.M.

b. Chessmore, Roy A. (1974). Re: Photographs and general. Reply by J.W.M.

c. Cole, Elizabeth (1981). Re: Newcastle Homecoming.

d. Coling, Jerome (1981). Re: Personal.

e. Conn, Jack T. (1977, 1982). Re: Congratulations.

f. Cornett, Essie R. (1974). Re: Information.

g. Doerr, Arthur H. (1968, 1974). Re: Personal

h. Doubleday and Company (1974). Re: Problem with book order; from J.W.M.

i. Dunlap, Mrs. Stuart (1973), Re: Request for permission to use map in Historical Atlas of Oklahoma. Reply by J.W.M.

j. East Carolina University (1975). Re: Job search

k. East Central State College (1973). Re: permission of J.W.M. to use library.

l. Encyclopedia of the United States (1980). Re: Proposal for J.W.M. to author article.

Ezell, John S. 7-21-70 Thanks for copy and congrats on Southwest U.S.

2-9 a. Fairleigh Dickinson University (1974). Re: Letter of Recommendation for Charles J. Parodi. Handwritten draft of reply by J.W.M.

b. Farmer, Dan (n.d.) Re: Request for information; handwritten draft by J.W.M.

c. Fellows, Mildred (1975?) Re: Thank you. See also Bell, Ruth.

d. Ferguson, Ruby (1975-1976). Re: Appreciation from former student Personal.

e. Finch, Linda (1980). Re: Personal and general

f. Fleet, Theodocia G. (1980). Re: Oklahoma Heritage Association tour

g. Fonstad, Todd and Karen (1981). Re: Personal.

h. Fox, Sara (1973). Re: Invitation to speak; reply by J.W.M.

i. Frost, Bob (1981). Re: Personal.

j. Gill, Ed (1974) Re: Books.

Glafcke (?) Mrs. Everett (1947). Appreciation for JWM help for niece; sent to P. Montgomery of SE .

2-10 a. Hart, John Fraser (1982). Re: Reviewer for Indian Atlas and personal.

b. Hatcher, Joe W. (1978). Cheyenne - Arapaho Celebration and Clinton Diamond Jubilee. Includes schedule of events.

c. Henry, Ruth F. (1976). Re: Oklahoma Heritage Association tour.

d. Hewes, Leslie (1974). Re: Personal.

e. Hisey, Cynthia (n.d) Re: Personal.

f. Hood, F. Redding (1976). Re: Oklahoma Heritage Association tour.

g. Hood, Virginia I1978, n.d.). Re: Oklahoma Heritage Association tour.

h. Howell, Jimmy C. (1976). Re: Proposed “Educator and Alumni Retirement Associates.”

i. Hubbard, Ruth (1981). Re: J.W.M. talk at Chisholm Trail Museum in Kingfisher. Handwritten draft of reply of J.W.M. to one of letters.

j. Hull, Billie Jean (1974). Re: Personal and book.

2-11 a. Illinois Geographical Society (1974). Re: Request to author editorial or article and general

b. Illinois State University (1975). Re: Letter of Recommendation for Thomas F. Barton; handwritten draft by J.W.M. Reply.

c. Indiana University (1975). Re: Letter of Recommendation for Carl Spurlock. Handwritten draft of reply by J.W.M.

d. Jackson, Berneice (1982). Re: Article for volume.

e. Jakle, John A. (1974). Re: Book Review.

f. Jameson, Carl (1974). Re: Personal and Request for letter of recommendation.

g. Johnson, Margaret P. (1980). Re: Map request.

h. Jones, Florence (1977). Re: Oklahoma Heritage Association tour.

i. Journeycake, Helen L. (1978). Re: Photograph request.

j. Kennamer, Lorrin (1974) Re: Personal Reply by J.W.M.

k. Kerr, Robert S., Jr. (1978). Re: Invitation to event honoring Roy A. Chessmore. Attached is handwritten draft of congratulatory letter to Chessmore from J.W.M.

l. Krull, Mrs. Fred (1975). Re: Article on Texoma; handwritten draft by JW.M. Reply.

2-12 a. Laidig, Kermit (1974). Re: Visit to college. Handwritten draft of reply by J.W.M.

b. Lantis, David W. (1980). Re: Personal and general.

c. Larason, Larry (1980). Re: Request for letter of recommendation for J.M. Caldwell. Handwritten draft of reply by J.W.M. on back.

d. Loeffler, Doris (1976-78). Re: Oklahoma Heritage Association tours.

e. Longenecher (?), Edna (1976). Re: Oklahoma Heritage Association tour.

f. Lottinville, Savoie (1978). Re: Nuttall Journal of 1819.

g. Markwell, Grace M. (1975). Re: Book request.

h. Medlock, Lester (1974). Re: General.

i. Memorial University of Newfoundland (1975) Re: letter of Recommendation for Joseph B. Schiel, Jr. Handwritten draft of reply by J.W.M.

j. Metcalfe, Howard and Helen (1981). Re: Personal.

k. Metropolitan State College (1974). Re: Letter of recommendation for Tom Terbush; copy.

2-13 Miles, Linda J. (1981-82). Re: General and requests for letters of recommendation. Includes copy of vitae and one chapter of dissertation on Ralph Hall Brown. Draft and typewritten letters of recommendation from J.W.M.

2-14 a. Muchmore, Garreth (1974). Re: Photographs.

b. National Council for Geographic Education (1974-75, 1979-80, 1982).

Re: Personal, general, Index, and applicant items.

c. National Geographic Society (1980). Re: Request for Assistance on Book, The Great Southwest. Includes part of text. Handwritten draft of one reply by J.W.M.

d. Nichol-Noble, Sandi (n.d.). Re: Personal

e. Nix, Thomas E., Jr. (1979-80). Re: Oklahoma Heritage Association Tours.

f. Noble, Allen G. (1980). Re: Paper, “Pioneer Settlement on the Plains: Sod Dugouts and Sod Houses.” Copy of paper included.

g. Oklahoma Academy of Sciences (1978). Re: Presentation of Outstanding Scientist of Oklahoma Plaque for 1978 to J.W.M.

2-15 Oklahoma Heritage Association (1973-75, 1977-82), Correspondence, re: membership, tours, talks, contributions, Stanley Draper Award, and general. Includes copy of letter from Robert Goins to E.L. Massad nominating J.W.M. for Draper Award.

2-16 Oklahoma Heritage Association (1976-80). Re: Itineraries for tours.

a. Oklahoma Historical Society (1980). Re: Publication problems.

b. Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department (1980). Re: Interpretive Conference.

c. Peeler, Helen J. (1975). Re: Request for information. Handwritten draft of reply by J.W.M.

d. Pemberton, Carol (1976-77, n.d.). Re: Oklahoma Heritage Association tours.

e. Peterson, Florence (1974). Re: Photographs and general; from J.W.M.; copy.

f. Pioneer America Society (1974, 1980). Re: Cost of publication and inclusion of J.W.M. paper. Reply of J.W.M. to one letter.

g. Poland, George (1976). Re: Request for data; handwritten draft by J.W.M.

h. Porter, Ross U. (1973). Re: Thank-you from J.W.M.; copy.

i. Rager, Charles (1982). Re: J.W.M. correspondence before Scout group.

j. Rainey, Tom G. (1975). Re: Preservation of George Rainey material. Several handwritten drafts of J.W.M.

k. Rawl, Robert C. (1975). Re: Request for information. Handwritten draft of J.W.M. reply on back.

l. Ray, Dee Ann (1978). Re: Cheyenne-Arapaho Celebration and Clinton Diamond Jubilee.

m. Ray, Joseph C. (1979, 1982). Re: Congratulations.

2-18 a. Rose, Mrs. Jimy Brady (1980). Re: Invitation. Carbon of J.W.M. Reply.

b. Ruth, Kent (1980, 1982) Re: Information and personal.

c. Sam Houston State University (1975). Re: Job opening and Joseph B. Schiel, Jr.

d. Schlacks, Doris DuBois (1982). Re: Reno City and Charles Dubois.

e. Security Mutual Life Insurance (1980). Re: Policy.

f. Sengenberber, David (1974-75) Re: Letters of Recommendation and general.

g. Schafer, Celia (1974). Re: Thank-you by J.W.M.; copy

h. Shirk, George (1975). Re: J.W.M. talk; handwritten draft.

i. Siddiqi, Mohamed Ismail (1980). Re: Personal.

j. Simon Fraser University (1974). Re: Letters of recommendation for David Lake. Copy of J.W.M. reply

k. Smith, Anne Hoover (1982). Re: Thank-you.

l. Southwest Oklahoma City Community College (n.d.). Re: Letter of recommendation for Thomas Terbush; handwritten draft.

m. Stephens County Historical Society (1982) Re: Photograph and county history.

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14 a. Thompson Book and Supply Company (1969, 1973, 1976). Re: Business matter.

b. Thornton, Russell (1980). Re: General.

c. Trask, Astrid (1978-1979). Re: Oklahoma Heritage Association tours.

d. United States Department of the Interior (1974) Re: List of officers of Seminole Nation

e. University and College Press of Mississippi (1974). Re: Review of Manuscript.

f. University of Alabama (1974). Re: Letter of Recommendation for Thomas A. Hord; copy.

g. University of Alberta (n.d.) Re: Letter of recommendation for N. Bjornstad; handwritten draft.

h. University of Arkansas (1974). Re: Letter of recommendation for James E. Humphries; copy.

i. University of Houston at Clear Lake City (1974). Re: Letter of Recommendation for John E. Steinbrink; copy.

j. University of Manitoba (1974). Re: letter of recommendation for Thomas A. Hord.

k. University of Mid-America (1978). Re: Tour.

l. University of Oklahoma Foundation (1975). Re: George Rainey historical materials.

m. University of Oklahoma Press (1980-82). Re: Review of book proposal, autographing sessions, and general.

2-20 a. University of Utah (1974). Re: Letter of recommendation for William Carl Jameson. Copy of J.W.M. reply.

b. University of West Florida (n.d.) Re: Letter of recommendation for Jerome Coling; handwritten draft.

c. University Press of Kansas (1975). Re: Review of manuscript. Handwritten draft of some replies and of review.

15 d. Walker, Mary Frances (1982). Re: Genealogy.

e. Weir, Mary Law (n.d.) Re: Oklahoma Heritage Association tour.

f. Wells, Laura Lou (1974). Re: Grant from Oklahoma Gas and Electric Foundation.

g. Whitaker, J. Russell (1970, 1981-82). Re: Work and personal.

h. Whitlock, Mrs. Harold Wesley (1979). Re: Thank you.

i. Wilbanks, Thomas J. (1973). Re: Personal; Letter recommending James R. Bohland for teaching award; copy.

j. Wilson, Steve (1982). Re: Article.

2-21 a. Wise, Lu Celia (1974). Re: Permission to use map from Historical Atlas of Oklahoma.

b. Witt, June (1982). Re: Congratulations on retirement; copy.

c. Young, Norma Jean (n.d.). Re: Thank you.

d. Zink, James K. (1974-1975). Re: Letters of recommendation on tenure for Mary E. Saxon and Jack Haley. One reply a copy; second a handwritten draft.

e. Dorothy and Lucille (n.d.). Condolences; handwritten draft.

f. Jane (n.d.). Re: Thank you.

g. Milly (n.d.). Re: Personal.

h. Arn (?) (Henderson?) 1982). Re: Congratulations.

i. Anon - Appreciation from student

2-22 Family Correspondence

II. Professional Works

A. Books Box 3:

16 3-1 Oklahoma Geography (Oklahoma City: Harlow Publishing Corporation, 1952). Manuscript. Partly typewritten; partly handwritten; handwritten alterations throughout.

3-2 Historical Atlas of Oklahoma (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1965). With Edwin C. McReynolds.

a. Bill for lettering from Monsen Typographers.

b. Date re: Oklahoma Colleges

(OS7) c. Printing plate for cover.

3-3 The Southwestern United States (New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1970). Correspondence and miscellaneous.

a. G. Etzel Pearcy to J.W.M. (February 18, 1968). Re: Critique of manuscript. Includes two-page critique.

b. George Hoffman to J.W.M. (February 25, 1968). Re: Critique of manuscript.

c. D. Van Nostrand Co to JWM (December 1, 1976). Assignment of rights to J.W.M.

d. Miscellaneous pages of manuscript; original typescript, carbon, and photostatic copies.

3-4 The Southwestern United States. Manuscript; typescript with alterations and corrections.

3-5 World Geography. Third edition. (New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1972). Correspondence with McGraw Hill, et al., Re: preparation for new edition (1969). Includes minutes of meetings and some proposed changes.

3-6 World Geography. Third edition. Correspondence with McGraw-Hill, et al., re: preparation for new edition (1970), Includes data on and examples of mapwork for new edition.

3-7 World Geography. Third edition. Correspondence with McGraw-Hill, contributors, et al., re: preparation for new edition (January-April, 1971).

3-8 World Geography. Third edition. Correspondence with McGraw-Hill, et al/. re: preparation for new edition (May-December, 1971)

17 3-9 Historical Atlas of Oklahoma. Second edition. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1976. with Charles R. Goins and Edwin C. McReynolds. Correspondence, re: second edition. Includes book reviews.

Box 4:

4-1 Historical Atlas of Oklahoma. Second edition. Manuscript; typescript with alterations and correction.

4-2 Geography of Oklahoma. The Oklahoma series, Volume VI. (Oklahoma City: The Oklahoma Historical Society, 1977). Correspondence with contributors and others, re: volume.

4-3 Geography of Oklahoma. Drafts of many of the chapters, together with supporting and other materials. Typescripts, handwritten drafts; printed material.

4-4 Geography of Oklahoma. Manuscript; typescript with handwritten alterations and corrections.

4-5 Ghost Towns of Oklahoma. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1977). Correspondence, re permission to use photographs, reaction to the volume, questions, etc.

4-6 Ghost Towns of Oklahoma. Correspondence, re: certificate of commendation from American Association for state and local history. Certificate included.

4-7 Ghost Towns of Oklahoma. Clippings, re: book reviews and other events mentioning volume. See also Outsized.

4-8 Ghost Towns of Oklahoma. Series of maps and diagrams used in volume; photo copies.

Box 5:

5-1 Ghost Towns of Oklahoma. List of place names by county, with location by township and range for each. List of ghost towns by county given at front. Typescript with handwritten innovations.

5-2 Ghost Towns of OK. Two spiral notebook with JWM notes on towns for consideration for inclusion in volume.

5-3 Ghost Towns of OK. Spiral notebook with data by county and site of population, for some towns (1910-1980) and what appears to be post office dates for others. Also in folder are (a) photocopy 1980 census data of Oklahoma (Persons by Race & Spanish Origin and Housing Unit Counts for Places: 1980”) and (b) list of photos of various towns from holder of WHC.

Box 6:

6-1 Ghost Towns of Oklahoma. Manuscript; typewritten with handwritten alterations and additions; original. Edited version of previous manuscript, with maps, photograph captions, and other material added.

6-2 Ghost Towns of Oklahoma. Manuscript; typewritten with handwritten additions and alterations; original. Edited version for use by OU Press. Series of maps place in Outsized materials. This folder contains the manuscript of the text.

6-3 Ghost Towns of Oklahoma. Manuscript; typewritten with handwritten additions and alterations; original. Edited version for use by OU Press. This folder contains the manuscript of the figure captions.

Box 7:

7-1 Cities of Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Series Volume XI (Oklahoma City: The Oklahoma Historical Society, 1979). Edited by J.W.M. Correspondence between J.W.M. and potential and actual contributors.

7-2 Cities of Oklahoma. Drafts of several chapters; typescript, with handwritten additions and corrections.

7-3 Cities of Oklahoma. Manuscript; typescript with handwritten additions and corrections.

7-4 Boundaries of Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Series, Volume XIV. (Oklahoma City: the Oklahoma Historical Society, 1980). Edited by J.W.M., Correspondence with contributors, et al, concerning the volume.

7-5 Boundaries of Oklahoma. Original illustrations used in volume. Includes maps, photographs, and November, 1964, issue of Oklahoma Geology Notes.

7-6 Boundaries of Oklahoma. Manuscript; typewritten with handwritten additions and corrections. This manuscript contains the chapters not written by J.W.M.

Box 8:

8-1 Boundaries of Oklahoma. Manuscript; typewritten with handwritten additions and corrections. This is a more complete version of the manuscript and includes the maps.

8-2 Boundaries of Oklahoma. Manuscript; typewritten with handwritten additions and corrections; photocopy. This is mainly a copy of the previous manuscript, but there are some original pages and other alterations.

8-3 Oklahoma Homes: Past and Present. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1980). With Charles R. Goins. Correspondence with OU Press.

8-4 Oklahoma Homes: Past and Present. Correspondence, re: photographs and other aspects of volume.

8-5 Oklahoma Homes: Past and Present. Clippings, including reviews and other mention of volume. See also outsized.

8-6 Oklahoma Homes: Past and Present. Permissions to use photographs of homes; signed.

8-7 Oklahoma Homes: Past and Present. Notebook containing draft of “Introduction;” handwritten.

Box 9:

9-1 Oklahoma Homes: Past and Present. Manuscript; typewritten with some handwritten additions and alterations.

9-2 A History of the Greater Seminole Oil Field. (Oklahoma city: Western Heritage Books for the Oklahoma Heritage Association, 1981). With Louise Welsh and Willa Mac Townes. Correspondence with Oklahoma Heritage Association, et al. (1980).

9-3 A History of the Greater Seminole Oil Field. Preliminary materials; various handwritten and typewritten drafts.

9-4 A History of the Greater Seminole Oil Field. Drafts; typewritten with handwritten alterations.

a. “The Greater Seminole Area.”

b. “O.D. Strother.”

9-5 A History of the Greater Seminole Oil Field. “Boomtime Seminole.” Drafts; typewritten with handwritten alterations.

9-6 A History of the Greater Seminole Oil Field. Drafts; typewritten with handwritten alterations.

a. “Maud - St. Louis.”

b. “No Knives or Firearms Allowed.”

20 c. “Accidents and Fires.”

9-7 A History of the Greater Seminole Oil Field. “The Physical and Cultural Setting.” Drafts; typewritten with handwritten alterations. This is chapter one of J.W.M.’s doctoral thesis.

9-8 A History of the Greater Seminole Oil Field. Drafts; typewritten with handwritten alterations. Various parts of the book.

9-9 A History of the Greater Seminole Area. Fairly complete draft of the volume. Typewritten with handwritten alterations.

Box 10:

10-1 A History of the Greater Seminole Area. Slide show narrative on the area. Typewritten.

10-2 A History of the Greater Seminole Area. Newspaper clipping: “Quality of Life Depends on Oil Industry,” The Sage Age (June, 1981).

10-3 Drill Bits, Picks, and Shovels: A History of Mineral Resources in Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Series, Vol. XVII (Oklahoma City: The Oklahoma Historical Society, 1982). Edited by J.W.M. Correspondence between J.W.M. and individual contributors.

Drill bits, etc. to be requested at beginning of each following

10-4 Resource Materials. Includes (a) Oklahoma Geology Notes XLI, 6 (Dec., 1980)

(b) Oklahoma Geology Notes XL, 1 (Feb., 1981)

10-5 Introductory Material, Includes list of fixture, and JWM drafts of “Mineral communities” which was not in the published volume.

10-6 Drill Bits…Introduction JWM The draft and typescript.

10-7 Non-metallic Resources (JWM) The Draft with attached source material. Typescript.

10-8 Miscellaneous drafts of parts of book, some with correspondence from contribution.

10-9 Manuscript. Contains all but JWM contributions. Typescript on hw .

10-10 Manuscript. Total volume excluding preliminary .

10-11 Historical Atlas American Indians. Correspondence with OU Press and University Research Council currently proposed atlas.

10-12 Correspondence re outside. OU financial support.

10-13 Correspondence with possible sources for data.

10-14 Reduction of proposed maps for atlas.

10-15 Bibliography of sources . 73 pp.

Articles and Chapters Box 11:

11-1 “A Physical Geography Project for Science Clubs.” The Oklahoma Teacher, (March, 1934). Page 23. Page 23 only.

11-2 “Population Changes in the Greater Seminole Area, 1920-1940.” Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Science, XXI (1941). Pages 185-188. Reprint.

11-3 “Can’t We Do Better Than This?” The Oklahoma Teacher, XXIV, No. 1 (September, 1942). Pages 4-5. Complete issue; loose pages. [There is an introductory note with photograph of JWM on page 1.]

11-4 “Seminole Oil Field Camps.” Economic Geography. XIX, No. , ( , 1943). Pages 129-135. Reprint; two copies.

11-5 “Arbuckle Mountain Ranching Area.” Economic Geography. XXIII, No. 3 (July, 1947). Complete issue; reprint; photocopy of article.

11-6 “Skillful Use of Visual Aids.” The Oklahoma Teacher, XXIX, No. 2 (October, 1947). Page 15. Complete issue.

11-7 “Tobacco.” Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Science, XXVIII (1948). Pages 133-135. Reprint.

11-8 “How to Study.” Section in Let’s Orient Ourselves. Durant, Oklahoma: Southeastern State College, 1948. Pages 26-30. Complete publication.

11-9 “Recreation in Oklahoma.” The Oklahoma Teacher, XXX, No. 9 (May, 1949). Pages 18-19. Complete issue. [This article has handwritten annotations and emendations, possibly for use as a oral presentation by JWM.]

11-10 “University Students Study Soil Conservation.” The Soil Saver, II, No. 2 (October 1, 1949). Page 3. Complete issue.

11-11 “Books and References on Conservation and the Teaching of Conservation.” Science Leaflet No. 30, High School Science Service, University of Oklahoma (1949). Complete leaflet. O.S. “Rinstad Teaching Tests for Oklahoma: Geography” Ed. by Henry D. Rinstad. KC, Mo: Dodsworth School Supply, 1949, 13 pp.

11-12 “Geography Riddle Contest;” “Magazine Articles and Free Material.” The Oklahoma Geographer, No. 1 (January, 1950). Complete issue.

11-13 “The Role of the Geographer in Social Surveys.” The Professional Geographer, II, No. 3 ( , 1950). Pages 23-27. Reprint.

11-14 “Conservation Research: Oklahoma’s Primary Problem.” Sooner Quarterly, II, No. 2 (January, 1953). Pages 23-25. Complete insert. Two copies.

11-15 “This Dynamic World.” The Eleusis of Chi-Omega. LX, No. 2 (May, 1958). Pages 202-206. Complete issue; loose pages.

11-16 “Planning Your City.” Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Science, XXXVIII (1958). Pages 131-134. With J. Lee Rodgers. Reprint.

11-17 “Geography vs. The School and You.” Journal of Geography, LVIII, No. 2 (February, 1959). Pages 59-71. Complete issue; three reprints.

11-18 “Land and Resources in Southeastern Oklahoma.” The New Frontiers in Southeastern Oklahoma. Report of symposium sponsored by the Frontiers of Science Foundation of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City. Pages 1-8. Carbon of typescript. Complete report. [There is a photograph May 6, 1959, of JWM giving his paper on the page facing the article.]

11-19 “Irrigation in Oklahoma.” Journal of Geography, LVIII, No. 9 (December, 1959). Pages 421-429. With Arthur H. Doerr. Carbon of typescript. Complete issue; reprint.

11-20 “Geography and the Modern Curriculum.” N.P. (1959?). Reprint; three copies. [not listed on vitae]

11-21 “The Oklahoma Panhandle -- A Cross Section of the Southern High Plains.” Economic Geography, XXXVI, No. 1 (January, 1960). Pages 70-88. With Arthur H. Doerr. Typescript; reprint.

23 11-22 “Oklahoma Panhandle.” Landscape, No. 1 (Fall, 1960). Pages 32-35. With Arthur H. Doerr. Complete issue; reprint.

11-23 “Use of Geography in Teaching American History.” Chapter in Teaching American History in High School. Thirty-first Yearbook of the National council for the Social Studies. Edited by William H. Cartwright. Washington: 1961. Pages 388-397. Typescript with handwritten emendations. Reprint.

11-24 “Distribution of Indians in Oklahoma.” Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Science, XLI (1961). Pages 193-195. Reprint.

11-25 “Texoma -- A Panhandle Town.” Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Science, XLII (1962). Pages 149-152. Reprint.

11-26 “Social Studies in the Elementary School.” Chapter in The Elementary School in Oklahoma Today. Fifteenth Yearbook of the Department of Elementary School Administrators, Oklahoma Education Association. Oklahoma City: 1963. Pages 59-63. Complete yearbook.

11-27 “A Geography Institute.” Journal of Geography, LXII, No. 3 (March, 1963). Pages 120-122. Reprint; two copies.

11-28 “Geography in the Social Studies.” Grade Teacher. LXXX, No. 8 (April, 1963). Pages 54, 104, 106-107. Carbon of typescript, with handwritten emendations. Complete issue; reprint; later reprint for separate use.

11-29 “Geography -- World Understanding.” The Oklahoma Geographer, III (Spring, 1963). Pages 1-2. Typescript with handwritten emendations. Complete issue.

11-30 “List of Geographic Articles Published in the Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Science, Volumes 1-42.” Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Science, XLIII (1963). Pages 219-226.

11-31 “Geography -- Separate Course or Integrated?” Oklahoma Teacher, XLV, No. 6 (February, 1964). Pages 16-18. Complete issue.

11-32 “The Changing Face of Europe, 1907-1957.” Scholastic Teacher, LXXXV, No. 9 (November 11, 1964). Pages 14T-15T. Typescript with handwritten emendations. Complete issue; two copies.

Box 12:

12-1 “Geography -- Separate Course or Integrated?” Journal of Geography, LXIV, No. 5 (May, 1965). Pages 202-205. Complete issue.

24 12-2 1963, “How Many Counties Does OK Need?” Proceedings of the OK A of S, XLVI, pp. 205-208. Typescript ( ); 8 pp.

12-3 “An Age of Reality.” Southwestern Social Science Quarterly, XLVI, No. 1 (June, 1965). Pages 3-10. Complete issue; reprint.

12-4 1967 “Oklahoma” Merit Students Encyclopedia. Crowell-Collier Educational Corporation vol. 14. pp. 66-82

a. Correspondence C-CEC to JWM (1-12-66, 3-19-65)

b. Contract C-CEC/JWM signed 1-4-65

12-5 “Interdependence.” Journal of Geography, LXVII, No. 4 (April, 1968). Pages 196-197. Complete issue.

12-6 “Joe Russell Whitaker, Teacher-Geographer.” The Peabody Reflector, XLI, No. 4 (July-August, 1968). Pages 189-191. Complete issue.

12-7 1969 “Oklahoma.” American Peoples Encyclopedia Controller, Incorporated. Correspondence, APE to JWM (2-2-68, 2-8-68) Re: article

12-8 1969 World Book Encyclopedia. Field Enterprises Educational Corporation

a. Corr FEEC to JWM (12-9-69). Re: in updating map; draft of JWM reply

b. FEEC to JWM (5-22-81) Updating of entry in “Contributor List.”

12-9 “Area Distribution and Relationships.” Journal of Geography, LXIX, No. 4 (April, 1970). Pages 198-203. Complete issue; typescript.

12-10 1971 “Lawton, OK” (15) “Oklahoma City, OK” (18) “Tulsa, OK,” (24) “Oklahoma” (17), “Brazos River” (4) “Colorado River” (6) “Pecos River” (19) “Rio Grande” (21) “Cross Timbers” (8) “Edwards Plateau” 10 “Amarillo, TX” (1) “Austin, TX” (2) “Beaumont, TX” (3) “Brownsville, TX” (5) “Corpus Christi, TX” (7) “Dallas, TX” (9) “El Paso, TX” (11) “Fort Worth, TX” (12) “Galveston, TX{“ (13) “Houston, TX” (14) “Lubbock, TX” (10) “Port Arthur, TX” (20) “San Antonio, TX” (22) “Texas” (23) Geopaedia (German Encyclopedia of Geography)

Pergammon Press, Oxford. 32 articles, Inc. typescripts for 24

a. Con. U. of St. Andrews - John H. Paterson for JWM (6-5-70, 7-1-70)

7-25-70, 10-21-70, Undated [late 1970] 5-6-71

Replies by JWM 7-10-70, 8-1-70, 3-18-71, 5-13-71

b. Conv. Geopaedia [Wolf Tietze, 7-31-70, 3-18-71, 8-25-70, Albrecht A. Weis, 4-29-71, 5-5-71, Gisela Ottmer] re articles

c. Typescripts (original) of 24 articles listed above. [vitae says 32, JWM to 24)

12-11 1978? “Oklahoma” Unnamed encyclopedia

Aretê Publishing Co.

a) Com. APC to JWM (2-14-78) Re: article

b) Article typescript [Was this ever published]

c) Article (Typescript photocopy) 15 pp.

12-12 “An Age of Reality.” Journal of Geography, LXXX, No. 1 (January, 1981). Pages 4-6. Complete issue; two copies.

12-13 “Oklahoma.” Probable Encyclopedia Article. No publication indicated. Typescript; Untitled, re fourteen pages

12-14 South Central U.S. ditto to avove Type (extras); 7 pp., 2 copies.

Book Reviews

12-15 Butcher, Devereux, Exploring Our National Wildlife Refuges, 2nd ed. The Journal of Geography, LXIII, No. 5 (May 1964). Pages 229-230. Photocopy.

Other Published Works

12-16 A Guide to the Teaching of American Ideals in the Oklahoma Schools Grades K- 12: Recommendations of the State Social Studies Committee of the Oklahoma Curriculum Improvement Commission. Oklahoma City: Oklahoma State Department of Education, 1962. JWM was a member of the committee preparing this guide. Talks

12-17 “The Okinawa Gunto.” Geography Section, Southwest Social Science Association, Dallas (1947). Typescript. thirteen pp.

12-18 “Some Impressions of Malta.” Geography Section, Oklahoma Academy of Science, Shawnee, Oklahoma (1953). Typescript. seven pp.

12-19 “Distribution of Indians in Oklahoma.” Geography Section, Oklahoma Academy of Science (1953). Typescript with attached map. [This talk was published in the Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Science; the published work can be found under “Articles” in this inventory.]

12-20 “Let’s Teach Geography.” Texas Education Association, Ft. Worth, TX (1956). Typescript; how emendations, 7 pp.

12-21 “Distribution of Indians in the United States, 1950.” Geography Section, Southwestern Social Science Association, Dallas, Texas (19570. Typescript. six pp.

12-22 “Oklahoma -- The Transition State.” Public Lecture, Indiana University, Bloomington (1958). Four discrete typescripts of page #s; each with handwritten emendations. [This lecture was probably given in various occasions and later dates.]

12-23 “Geography vs. The School and You.” Banquet address of the East Lakes Division of the Association of American Geographers, Indiana University, Bloomington (October 10, 1958). Typescript with handwritten emendations. [This address was published in The Journal of Geography in 1959; the published work can be found under “Articles” in this inventory.]

12-24 “The Land and Resources of Southwestern Oklahoma.” Frontiers of Science Forum, Sayre, Oklahoma (1960). Typescript with handwritten emendations. Eleven pp.

12-25 “Geography in the Modern Social Studies Program.” Tulsa Education Association (March 10, 1961). Typescript. thirteen pp.

12-26 “Geography in the Junior High School Curriculum.” Eighth Annual Summer Conference, Washington Junior High School Principals’ Association, Bellingham, Washington (June 25, 1962). Typescript; conference program.

12-27 “An Age of Reality.” Presidential address, Forty-sixth Annual Meeting, Southwestern Social Science Association (April 16, 1965). Typescript. [This address was published in The Southwestern Social Science Quarterly; for the published version, see “Articles” above.]

12-28 “Importance of Geography in the Secondary School Curriculum.” NDEA Institute, Wisconsin State University, Oshkosh, Wisconsin (1965). Typescript. fourteen pp.

27 12-29 “Geography and the Modern Curriculum” (1967). Typescript with handwritten emendations. [This version of the text indicates that this talk was given in New Mexico.]

12-30 Untitled talk re importance of geography. Ca. 1967. Typescript with handwritten emendations; carbon of original. [A not on one text indicates that this talk was given in New Mexico.]

12-31 “An Age of Reality.” Keynote address, Mini-Program on Global Education, National Council for Geographic Education Annual Meeting, Des Moines, Iowa (1980). Typescript; two copies. eleven pp. [This address was later published in The Journal of Geography; for the published version, see “Articles” above.]

12-32 “Economic Geography of Oklahoma” T(c) seven pp.

12-33 “Geography” Discussion of the field of study T (c); 6 pp; 2 copies.

12-34 “Let’s Improve Our Sunday Schools.” T (c); five pp. [“Sub to Christian” hw at top.]

12-35 “The People of Oklahoma” (ca 1950s). T (c); eleven pp. Indians; white settlement; changes since statehood; today.

12-36 “The State’s Responsibility to Develop Wise Land-Use Programs.” T (c); ten pp. 2nd t (c); twelve pages.

12-37 High School Commencement Address. Undated. Typescript 14 pp.

12-38 Two partial mss (1) “Present-Day Demand for Geog.” T 2 pp.

(2) re changing economy of US, pp. 2-5

Box 13:

13-1 Re Economic and Industrial Geo. T with XX; eleven [This appears more of a workbook mss but is not listed in the JWM vitae.]

Course Materials

13-2 “A Geog. for Elementary Teachers” T (c) with hw e; 2 pp. This outline appears to be more of a book proposal.

13-3 Materials for “Geography Institutes.” Various quizzes and worksheets, as well as copy of “A Geog Institute” by JWM in J of G (March 1963)

13-4 Re: Historical Geography of the U.S. Mimeo; 2 pp.

13-5 “Industrial & Commercial Geo.” T; fifteen pp.

13-6 “Physical Geography” T; twenty

Other Work

13-7 “Population Report for OK” (1952). Contains pop projections for each of ten river basins to 1960, 1975. Counties, cities and rural population.

Lower Arkansas RB Lower Red River B

Upper Arkansas RBUpper Red River B

Cimarron Neosho (Grand)

North CanadianVerdigris RB

South Canadian Washita

13-? Dr. John W. Morris, Award of Merit Recipient for 1978.” [OK Academy of Science]. Proceedings of the OA of S LIX (1979) Pp. 126-127. Accompanying newspaper clipping.

13-8 Mss. Re Proposed World Geography text. Type (c) with hw emendations. 114 pp.

Works of Mary Elizabeth Morris

13-9 Comp. Bibliography of Theses on Oklahoma, in the University of Oklahoma Library. Institute of Community Development, University of Oklahoma, 1956 Spiral Bound ii + 104.

13-10 Index to the J of Geo., 1957-1971. National Council for Geographic Education, [date?] Type (photo) with hw emendations; 304pp. Loose

Sources

A. Re: JWM

13-11 “The ‘Red’ Goes to College [Professor John W. Morris, Oklahoma University, Advises His Students to Read the Connecting Rod]” The Connecting Rod [Service Pipe Line Company] VI, No. 11 (August, 1950). Pp. 6, 15.

13-12 “Distinguished Service Award” [National Council for Geographic Education] J of G LXV, No. 9 (Dec., 1966) P. 443.

13-13 “Dr. John W. Morris, Award of Merit Recipient for 1978.” [OK Academy of Science]. Proceedings a the OAFS LIX (1979) Pp. 126-127, Accompanying newspaper clippings.

Box 14:

Adair County 14-1

a. Newspaper Article: “Mayes Community at Site of Old Courthouse,” by Lucy Jane Makoske. Stilwell Democrat-Journal (Thursday, October 10, 1974). Page 13. Photocopy. There is also a second photocopy of this article, with handwritten annotations on the sketch map accompanying it.

b. Newspaper Article: “Proctor Fight -- 1872-1918,” by Eli H. Whitmire. The Westville Record (April 26, 1918). Typescript of article; two page; photocopy. c. Newspaper Article: “Rural Store Serves Community,” by Wade Zumwalt. Stilwell Democrat-Journal (Thursday, March 28, 1968). Page 7. Photocopy. Re: Wauhillau. d. Newspaper Article: “Busy Old Mill.” Oklahoma’s Orbit (Sunday, November 26, 1961.” Photocopy. Re: Bitting Springs Mill. e. Program: “Twenty-eighth Annual Strawberry Festival, Stilwell, Oklahoma, May 10, 1975.” f. List: historical sites in Adair County.” Handwritten [not by JWM]. g. Photograph of unidentified woman.

h. General Highway Map, Adair County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM; other annotations on map by JWM.

Alfalfa County 14-2 a. Correspondence: Bill Crain to “Dear Sir” (March 10, 1971). Re: lost towns; mentions Alveretta, Timberlake, and Vining. Photocopy.

b. Correspondence: Mrs. Kate (Griffin) Maddox to [?] (n.d.). Re: Ashley Post Office and Keith. Photocopy.

30 c. Correspondence: C.R. Barrick to “Messenger and Republican, Cherokee Publishing Company, Cherokee, Oklahoma” (March 16, 1971). Re: Auburn community. Photocopy.

d. Correspondence: Mrs. E.M. Jim Lookabaugh to “Dear ‘George’” (March 12, 1971). Re: Elkton. Photocopy.

e. Correspondence: Nell Hadwiger King to “Mr. Hughey” (n.d.) Re: Ashley and Marion communities. Photocopy.

f. Correspondence: Mrs. [Kate Griffin?] Maddox to “the Editor” (March 16, 1971). Re: ghost towns. Attached is four-page manuscript entitled “Ghost Towns.” Mentions Augusta, Lambert, Ayers, and other communities. Photocopies of all. g. Manuscript: “One of Oklahoma’s Early Post Office, 1896.” Handwritten by Mrs. Pear Br . Re: Lone Tree. One page; photocopy.

h. Newspaper Articles: “It’s (Mostly) the Truth --- by george.” Three separate columns re forgotten towns of Alfalfa County. Includes Ashley, Augusta, Elkton, Karoma, McWillie, Mendon, Milam, Marion, Erwin, Ingersoll, Needs, Oxford, Spring, and Lena. Two pages; photocopied. i. Correspondence: JWM to/from Mrs. Ila Cranmer (October, 1974). Re: photographes of Driftwood, Ingersoll, and Lambert. Three pages in all. j. Correspondence: JWM to/from Mrs. W.K. Griffin (February, 1975). Re: Lambert. Two pages in all. k. Notes: re: Ingersoll and Lamber-Yewed. Handwritten by JWM. At bottom of page is list of possible towns in Garfield County. One page. l. Extracts: Re: Burlington, Driftwood, Ingersoll, Lambert and Yewed. Photocopies from unidentified volume; ten pages in all. m. Newspaper Article: “Yewed,” by Pat Upton. Enid News and Eagle (Saturday, Marcy 28, 1981). Photocopy. n. Newspaper Article: “Remains Nostalgic Reminder: Yewed Woman Planning to Restore Her Station,” by Ed Kelley. Daily Oklahoman, July 21, 1978. Photocopy. o. Newspaper Article: “Bang Gone from Former Boom Town,” by Beth Lilley. Enid Morning News (Sunday, October 20, 1974). Re: Ingersoll. Photocopy. p. Pamphlet: Oklahoma Historical Society: “Homesteaders Sod House.” Re: McCully sod house north of Cleo Springs.

q. Pamphlet: Southwestern Bell Telephone: “Telephone Talk.” Has picture of McCully sod house.

r. General Highway Map, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM. Wilderness Study Summary: Salt Plains Natl. Wildlife Refuge.

Atoka County 14-3

a. Article: “Old Boggy Depot,” by Muriel H. Wright. From the Chronicles of Oklahoma. Pages 4-17. Photocopy.

b. Typescript: “Old Bogy Depot,” by J.B. Wright. Two pages; photocopy.

c. Extract: re: Daisy. Photocopied from unidentified volume; three pages. d. Typescript. Includes September 12, 1920, Daily Oklahoman article concerning death of Charles LeFlore and note that the Indian Citizen for November 22, 1890, carried notice that LeFlore had been appointed inspector on the M.K. and T. Railroad. One page; photocopy. e. Newspaper Article: “Please Pass the Dipper,” by Marie Moreland. Orbit (August 1, 1976); page 2. Re: Stringtown and Sulphur Spring. Photocopy. f. General Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM. Two sheets.

Beaver County 14-4 a. Newspaper Article: “Rancher Goes for Arabians,” by John R. Erickson. Orbit Magazine (October 30, 1977). Re: Mark Mayo in Beaver County. Photocopy.

b. Newspaper Article: “Watch Out for Flying Cow Chips!” Saturday Oklahoman and Times (April 16, 1977). Re: Cimarron Territory Celebration in Beaver. Photocopy.

c. Newspaper Article: “Ditch Valley Oasis in the Panhandle,” by Jeff Holladay. Orbit Magazine (February 13, 1977). Re: Ditch Valley north of Gate. Photocopy.

d. Newspaper Article: “Miners Help Us Keep Clean,” by Jeff Holladay. Orbit Magazine (May 2, 1976). Re: volcanic ash deposits near Gate. Photocopy.

32 e. Newspaper Article: “Putting an Old Depot on a Different Track,” by Jeff Holladay. Orbit Magazine (May 16, 1976). Re: old depot at Forgan. Photocopy. f. Newspaper Article: “Jesse and Venus,” by Jesse Berryhill. Orbit Magazine (September 5, 1976). Re: Jesse and Venus Berryhill of Slapout. Photocopy. g. Newspaper Article: “Bicentennial Dictim Triggers Rash of Local Histories,” by Kent Ruth [“Window on the Past” column]. Sunday Oklahoman Showcase (March 23, 1975). Includes notice of History of Beaver County. Photocopy. h. Newspaper Article: “Three Days to See Panhandle? Better Plan More,” by Kent Ruth [“Travel” column]. Sunday Oklahoman Showcase (n.d.). Photocopy. i. Newspaper Article: “Recession Not Hurting Slapout, Says Town’s Founder,” by James Johnson. Sunday Oklahoman (May 4, 1975). Photocopy. j. Newspaper Article: “’No Man’s Land’ Not Exactly Proper Term; It Could Have Been ‘No White Man’s Land,’” by Elizabeth Denman. Guyman Daily Herald (Thursday, April 25, 1974). Photocopy. k. Newspapers Article: “’No Man’s Land’ boasts of a Colorful History.” Guyman Daily Herald (Thursday, April 25, 1974). l. Newspaper Article: “No Man’s Land 90 Years Ago No Place for Timid,” by Elizabeth Denman. Guyman Daily Herald (Thursday, April 25, 1974). PC m. Newspaper Article: “Early Pioneers Existence Depended Entirely upon Their Own Resources,” by Elizabeth Denman. Guyman Daily Herald (Thursday, April 26, 1973). PC n. Newspaper Article: “’No Man’s Land’ Settlers Made Own Laws.” Guyman Daily Herald (Thursday, April 25, 1974). PC o. Newspaper Article: “The Weather -- It’s Awful.” Laverne Leader-Tribune (February 24, 1977). PC p. Newspaper Article: “Windmill Still Best Energy Bargain,” by Kent Ruth [“Window on the Past” column]. Sunday Oklahoman (n.d.). PC q. Newspaper Article: “52 Years Ago Today.” Daily Oklahoman (June 27, 1926). Re: Battle of Adobe Walls. PC r. Newspaper Article: “No Man’s-Land Has Many Ghost Towns.” Beaver Herald- Democrat (Thursday, February 20, 1936). PC

33 s. Article: “Knowles -- In Good Farming Country.” Photocopied from “Special Magazine Edition” of the Beaver Herald-Democrat (October, 1929).

t. Article: “Beaver City the County Seat Town.” Photocopied from “Special Magazine Edition: of the Beaver Herald-Democrat (October, 1929).

u. Article: “Forgan -- Another Wide-Awake Town.” Photocopied from “Special Magazine Edition” of the Beaver Herald-Democrat (October, 1929). v. Article: “An Early Story of the town of Floris.” Photocopied from “Special Magazine Edition” of the Beaver Herald-Democrat (October, 1929). w. Article: “Gate City -- Gateway to the Panhandle.” Photocopied from “Special Magazine Edition” of the Beaver Herald-Democrat (October, 1929). x. Article: “Historical Sketch of ‘No-Man’s-Land.” Photocopied from “Special Magazine Edition” of the Beaver Herald-Democrat (October, 1929). y. Article: “Turpin -- Situated on the Wheat Belt.” Photocopied from “Special Magazine Edition” of the Beaver Herald-Democrat (October, 1929). z. Extract: “Chapter IV: Description of the Country.” Photocopy of unidentified typescript; two pages. Re: Sodtown. a. Extract: untitled: re: “Old Beaver County.” Photocopy of unidentified typescript; one page. b. Extract: “The Neutral Strip -- Beaver County.” Photocopied from “Illustrated Oklahoma: The Land of the Fair God,” pages 183-185. c. Article: “Why Do They Call It Slapout?” by Bill Burchardt. Oklahoma Today (n.d.), pages 10-11. Re: place names in general. Photocopy. d. Typescript: “Beaver County.” Typescript from Oklahoma Historical Society; five pages. Photocopy. e. Article: “Beaver County in the 1890’s,” by H.S. Judy. Chronicles of Oklahoma, XXX, No. 2 (Summer, 1952). Pages 237-238. Photocopy. f. Manuscript: re: sites and historical stories about Gate. Five pages. Mimeographed. g. Report: “Beaver County” by Bertha Killian (May 18, 1936). Original and carbon; each five pages. h. Handwritten note: re; Indian ghost town in Beaver County. By JWM.

i. Brochure: “1976 -- the 89th Year, First Presbyterian Church, Beaver, Oklahoma.” j. Program: “Souvenir Program, Worlds Cow Chip Throwing Championships,” Beaver, Oklahoma (1977). k. Map: Soil Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture: “Present Land Use Map -- 1974, Beaver County, Oklahoma.” l. General Highway Map, Beaver County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM.

Beckham County 14-5 a. Newspaper Article: “Buried Gold Cache Has Long Eluded Search Parties,” by Kent Ruth [“Window on the Past” column]. Sunday Oklahoman (n.d.). PC b. Newspaper Article: “Down Memory’s Lane,” by E.C. Searcy. Elk City Shopper (March 13, 1941). Re: various anecdotes. PC. c. Newspaper Article: “Faye Writes about Elk City Folds and Incidents” in the News Forty Years Ago,” by “Faye.” Elk City Shopper-Journal (n.d.). d. Newspaper Article: “Elk City Forty-Years-Old, Tuesday, March 18: An Old Timer Looks Back Over the Trail as City Nears It’s [sic] 40th Anniversary,” by E.C. Searcy. Elk City Shopper-Journal (Thursday, March 13, 1941). PC e. Typescript: “A Thumbnail Sketch of Ancient Erick,” by Wilhelm. Four pages, printed. f. Pamphlet: “Elk City, Oklahoma, U.S.A.” g. City Map: Elk City. Includes map of Beckham County. h. Handwritten notes: JWM: re: Sayre, et al. i. General Highway Map, Beckham County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM.

Blaine County 14-6 a. Correspondence: JWM to/from Essie R. Cornett (November, 1974; March, 1975). Re: Cantonment and Homestead.

35 b. Correspondence: JWM to John Schriver (December 2, 1974). Re: loaned negatives.

c. Newspaper Articles: “Eagle City’s Still hanging in There,” Watonga Republican (August 10, 1978). PC

d. Newspaper Article: “Memorial Day at Udora Cemetary.” Watonga Republican (Thursday, June 1, 1978). PC

e. Newspaper Article: “Canton Lake Marks 30th Year Since Dam Completed.” Watonga Republican (June 1, 1978). PC f. Newspaper Article: “Kiel Is Loyal Is…?” Watonga Republican (June 15, 1978). PC g. Newspaper Article: “Greenfield Sights.” Watonga Republican (April 13, 1978). PC h. Newspaper Article: “Omega … Not Quite.” Watonga Republican (April 20, 1978). PC

i. Newspaper Article: “Chamber Okays RRVHS-Choctaw Nation Plan.” Durant Daily Democrat (July 14, 1976). PC

j. Newspaper Article: “Only the Prairie Can Tell …,” by Bob Swearengin. Orbit Magazine (December 5, 1976). Re: yacht “Pirate.” PC

k. Newspaper Article: “OPC Land Title to Be Given Choctaw Nation.” Durant Daily Democrat (August 15, 1976). PC

l. Newspaper Article: “OPC Property ‘Sold’ to Choctaw Nation by Chamber.” Durant Daily Democrat (August 17, 1978). PC m. Newspaper Article: “Abandoned College Makes Ideal Setting for Museum,” by Kent Ruth [“Window on the Past” column]. Sunday Oklahoman Showcase (May 30, 1976). Re: Oklahoma Presbyterian College. PC

n. Newspaper Article: “Mead’s Once Busy Rail Depot Falls Victim to paving of U.S. 70,” by John Clift. Sunday Oklahoman (April 11, 1976). PC

o. Newspaper Article: “History Mag Is Scheduled.” McCurtain Gazette (May 9, 1973). Re: Red River Valley Historical Review. PC

p. Newspaper Article: “Ghost Towns of the Choctaw Nation?” by W.B. Morrison. Daily Oklahoman (March 22, 1936). Photocopy.

36 q. Newspaper Article: “…Expected at Hale-Halsell Opening” and part of ad in same paper. Durant Daily Democrat (June 4, 1953). Incomplete photoco

r. Report: “Brief History” of Durant. One page typescript.

s. Report: “Durant” (May, 1976). Part of “Oklahoma Community Data” series. Seven pages.

t. Memo: Elsie Clayton, Durant Chamber of Commerce, transmitting items “q” and “r” above.

u. Bibliography: “The Origin and Development of Oklahoma Presbyterian College,” by Anna Ruth Semple. Typescript; four pages.

v. Handwritten notes: JWM.

w. General Highway Map, Bryan County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM.

Caddo County 14-8

a. Correspondence: JWM to/from Ruth Cox (May, 1974). Re: photographs of Washita, Bridgeport, Albert, et al.

b. Newspaper Article: “Red Rock Mary -- A Love Story,” by John Davis. Orbit Magazine (August 14, 1977). Re: rock near Hinton named after Mary Conway. PC c. Brochure: “Guide to Anadarko.” Contains page-size map of the town.

d. Booklet: “Anadarko, Oklahoma. Indian Capital of the Nation.” Twelve pages.

e. Article: “Dating the Prehistory of Oklahoma.” By Robert E. Bell. Reprint from Great Plains Journal, VII, No. 2 (Spring, 1968).

f. Report: re: Anadarko. Typescript; thirty-two pages.

g. Typescript: re: Riverside Indian School and Missions.

h. Typescript: re: City of Anadarko, Old Town, National Hall of Fame for Famous Indians, Riverside Indian School, Indian City, U.S.A., et al. Three pages. Two copies.

i. Leaflet: “Caddo County.” Two pages.

37 j. Typescript: “Indian Tribes of Western Oklahoma.” Re: Arapahos, Fort Sill Apache, Caddo, Wichita, Kiowa Apache, Delaware, Comanche, Cheyenne, and Kiowa. Six pages. k. Handwritten notes: JWM. l. Map: Anadarko. m. General Highway Map, Caddo County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM. Two sheets.

Canadian County 14-9 a. Correspondence: JWM from J.E. Dyer (August 11, 1976). Re: El Reno data. b. Correspondence: JWM from H. Merle Woods (June 22, 1976). Re: county history. c. Correspondence: Frances C. Bremseth to Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner (August 7, 1970). Re: location of cemeteries in Canadian County. Photocopy. d. Newspaper Article: “Town’s First Bathroom -- Splendid!” by Sara Nee Ball. Unidentified newspaper. Re: Yukon. PC e. Newspaper Article: “County Town. Colonized by Veterans -- Was Candidate for State Capital.” Unidentified newspaper. Re: Frisco City. Photocopy. f. Newspaper Article: re: Frisco City. El Reno American (April 25, 1935). Incomplete photocopy. g. Newspaper Article: “Court Action Due on Town Long …,” by Francis Thetford. Daily Oklahoman (January 22, 1968). Re: Frisco. Incomplete photocopy. h. Newspaper Article: “Close Look at Canadian County an Eye-Opener,” by Kent Ruth. Sunday Oklahoman (October 14, 1979). PC i. Newspaper Article: “Mr. Fort Reno,” by Loren Kruse. Orbit Magazine (March 24, 1974). Re: Dwight Stephens. PC j. Newspaper. El Reno Daily Tribune (Friday, June 6, 1975). Historical edition. k. List: Schools in Canadian County. Photocopy of typescript; handwritten annotations by JWM.

38 l. Leaflet: “The History of Fort Reno,” compiled and edited by Edna May Arnold. Typescript; two pages.

m. Report: “The Concho School -- History and Facilities.” Typescript; three pages.

n. Report: “History of El Reno, Oklahoma” (June 1974). Typescript; four pages.

o. Report: “A Short History of Darlington” (April, 1975). Typescript; three pages. p. Report: “El Reno” (July, 1975). Part of “Oklahoma Community Data Series. Seven pages. q. Typescript: “Frisco (Ghost Town) and Frisco College.” Two pages. r. Typescript: “The Story of Old Frisco” (May 12, 1969). Fourteen pages. Photocopy. s. Typescript: “Canadian County Ghost Towns” (September 12, 1936), by Nora Lorrin. Three pages. Photocopy. Re: Frisco, Rock Island, Reno City, Prospect, Eda, Canadian City, et al. t. Newsletter: Canadian County Historical Society (March 1, 1976). u. Handwritten notes. JWM. v. Map: City of El Reno and Canadian County. Latter has sites of those towns noted. w. Map: “Canadian County, Oklahoma.” Two copies. x. General Highway Map, Canadian County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM. y. “A Comprehensive Plan for Canadian County.” Office of Community Affairs & Planning, Jan., 1973.

Carter County 14-10 a. “History of Woodford and the Surrounding Community by the Oklahoma History Class of Woodford High School.” Reprint from the 1930 Woodford Hillbilly, newspaper of Woodford High School. Mimeograph; four pages. b. Ardmore, Oklahoma. Ardmore: Ardmore Chamber of Commerce, 1946. Magazine re: city and region. 40 pages.

39 c. Newspaper Article: “Ardmore Builds and Grows,” by John Dexter. Printed in Oklahoma’s Farms, Fields, and Pastures (Sunday, July 14, 1954). PC

d. Article: “The Explosion,” by Russell B. Brown. Re 1915 “casinghead gas” explosion in Ardmore. One-page reprint “from 1965 Rodeo Program.” Photocopy. e. Article: “National Oil Organization Born in Ardmore,” by Russell B. Brown. Re Independent Petroleum Association of America. One page reprint “from 1965 Rodeo Program.” Photocopy. f. Article: “Battle of the Giants: Formation of the Arbuckle Mountains.” One-page adaptation by unknown author of 1939 article by Charles Weldon Tomlinson. Reprint “from 1966 Rodeo Program.” Photocopy. g. Excerpt from 1906-1907 catalogue of Hargrove College re history of the Ardmore institution. Photocopy; one page. h. Newspaper Article: “Gene Autry, Oklahoma. PC i. Transcriptions from Pages of History, Chickasaw Historical Society, Ardmore. Handwritten notes by JWM re Ardmore. j. Article: “Oil Rush vs. God Rush,” by Bill Burchardt. Oklahoma Today (n.d.). Pages 4-5, 30. Re Wirt (Ragtown) in Carter County. Photocopy. k. Excerpt: Pages 56-59 from Mary E. Frost, “The History of Carter County” (OU Thesis, 1942). Re: Healdton, Elk (Pooleville), Dresden, Berwyn, Gene Autry, Newport, Lone Grove, and Hewitt; also concerns oil boom period law enforcement. Photocopy. l. Correspondence with Omer Rowe re ghost towns (November 11, 1974). m. Newspaper Article: “The 35-Mile Railroad,” by Sherryl Warrick. Orbit Magazine (March 19, 1978). Page 6. Re: Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Pacific Railroad. PC n. Newspaper clipping from Wilson Post-Democrat (September 28, 1978). Shows historical photographs of Healdton and Ragtown. PC o. General Highway Map, Carter County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place-names circled in red by JWM. p. Map of Ardmore, Oklahoma, prepared by Burl Chadwell (1966). Printed with “compliments of the Ardmore Chamber of Commerce.”

40 Cherokee County 14-11

a. Newspaper Article: “111-Year-Old Tahlequah Courthouse Soon to Get a Rest,” by Debby Baxter. Daily Oklahoma (Tuesday, May 16, 1978). PC b. Newspaper Article: “Woman Writes Valuable Book,” by Kent Ruth [“Window on the Past” column]. Sunday Oklahoman Showcase (March 10, 1974). Re: Beth Herrington’s “Historic Homes of Tahlequah, Oklahoma.” PC c. Newspaper Article: “’Time Travelers’ Wander through Cherokee Village.” Rocky Mountain News (Denver, Colorado) (Monday, July 9, 1973). Re: Tsa-Li- Gi. PC d. Newspaper Article: “Lost City -- Colorful Name, Old …,” by Jim Etter. Muskogee Sunday Phoenix (December 31, 1967). Photocopy. e. Newspaper Article: “Park Hill Shrive Comes Out of the Past,” by Madelaine Wilson. Daily Oklahoman (Sunday, July 9, 1950). Photocopy. f. Newspaper Article: “When the Storm Flattened Peggs,” by Wayne Mason. Tulsa Sunday World (November 10, 1974). Photocopy. g. Newspaper Section: Tahlequah Times Weekly (Thursday, June 25, 1970). Titled “The Trail of Tears.” h. Pamphlet: “Tsa-La-Gi: Trail of Tears Historic Drama and Ancient Cherokee Village.” i. Pamphlet: “Tsa-La-Gi Inn.” j. Extract: re: stone chimney near Park Hill. Photocopied from unidentified source. One page. k. Booklet: Neva Couch: Pages from Cherokee Indian History, as Identified with Samuel Austin Worcester, D.D., for 34 Years a Missionary of the A.B.C.F.M. among the Cherokees. St. Louis: R.P. Studley and Company, Printers, for the Worcester Academy, 1884 [?]. Photocopy. l. Leaflet: “George Murrell and the Home.” Re: George Murrell and the Murrell Home in Tahlequah. m. Booklet: Cherokee County Historical Background. Reprinted from the Economic Base Report (June, 1971). Re: Cherokee History, Murrell Home, Tsa- La-Gi, Cherokee Hills, Park Hill, Fort Gibson, et al.

41 n. Handwritten notes: JWM: re: Park Hill, etc.

o. Map: Tahlequah City Map and Service Directory.

p. General Highway Map, Cherokee County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM.

Choctaw County 14-12

a. Newspaper Article: “State Archeologist Hunting Answers to Doaksville,” by Kent Ruth [“Window on the Past” column]. Sunday Oklahoman (n.d.). PC

b. Newspaper Article: “Doaksville -- Another Ghost Town,” by W.B. Morrison.

c. Extract: re: Oklahoma, Choctaw County, and general. Pages 28-32 photocopied from unidentified publication. d. Extract: re: Goodland. Photocopy from unidentified source. One page. e. Handwritten notes: JWM f. Magazine: Frontier Times, XLV, No. 5 (August-September, 1971). Contains article by Frances Imon, “The Choctaw Who Lived Lika a King.” Re: Robert McDonald Jones. g. General Highway Map, Choctaw County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM.

Cimarron County 14-13 a. Newspaper Article: “The Night They Bombed Boise City,” by John Davis. Orbit Magazine (July 10, 1977). Re: 1943 off-course bombing practice. PC b. Newspaper Clippings: Two early-day pictures of Kenton from Boise City News Historical Edition (Summer, 1968). PC c. Newspaper Article: Modern Successor to the One-Room School,” by Jeff Holladay. Orbit Magazine (May 9, 1976). Re: Felt School in rural Cimarron County. PC d. Newspaper Article: “Cloud Seeding Best Plan to Satisfy State’s Water Need,” by Ferdie J. Deering. Sunday Oklahoman (February 8, 1976). PC

42 e. Newspaper Article: “Old Ranch in State Used to Locate Hills. Daily Oklahoman (July 31, 1927). Re: 101 Ranch in Cimarron County. PC

f. Newspaper Article: “Neutral’s Strip.” Reprinted from Oklahoma Place Names by Charles N. Gould. Clipping undated. PC

g. Newspaper Article: “Fence Post Is to Be Given To History Unit.” Daily Oklahoman (July 31, 1927). Re: fence post from old 101 Ranch in Cimarron County. PC

h. Newspaper Article: “Historic Spot Near Kenton Still Visited.” Daily Oklahoman (May 16, 1926). Re: Robber’s Roost. PC

i. Newspaper Article: “Buried Treasure Elusive,” by Ed Montgomery. Daily Oklahoman (January 24, 1977). Re: purported treasure of Sugar Loaf Mountain. PC j. Newspaper Article: “Dirty Tricks of the Dust Bowl,” by Donovan L. Hofsommer. Orbit Magazine (June 19, 1975).

k. Newspaper Article: “Panhandle Cowboys Take Last Wild Horse Drove.” Daily Oklahoman (June 14, 1925). PC

l. Newspaper Article: “Prairie Ruts Mark Old Santa Fe Trail,” by Alvin Rucker. Daily Oklahoman (Sunday, April 3, 1927). PC

m. Newspaper Article: “Fort Nichols -- Kit Carson’s Mistake,” by Vernon T. Ewing. Orbit Magazine (June 1, 1975). Re: short-lived fort in 1865. PC n. Newspaper Article: “Out to the Well Once Too Often,” by Jeff Holladay. Orbit Magazine (March 23, 1975). Re: Ogallala aquifer. PC o. Newspaper Article: “Road Urged to Top of Black Mesa,” by Bob Foresman. Tulsa Tribune (June 7, [?]). Photocopy. p. Newspaper Articles: re: Helium Plant at Keyes (1959): “Senate Is Due to Vote Soon on Helium Bill,” “Keyes Helium Plant to Test,” “Keyes Helium Plant to Grow,” and “Helium Costs Cut at Keyes.” All photocopied on one page. q. Newspaper Article: “Need for Helium Growing, But It Keeps Getting Away from Us,” by Roy Stewart [“Country Boy” column]. No paper indicated. Photocopy.

r. Newspaper Article: “Frontier Gives Way in ‘No Man’s Land,’” by Alvin Rucker. Daily Oklahoman (Sunday, March 28, 1926). PC

43 s. Newspaper Article: “’The Rion Horse’ Opens Panhandle Country,” by Alvin Rucker. Daily Oklahoman (Sunday, April 8, 1928). PC t. Newspaper Article: “Out West -- But Still in Oklahoma,” by Alvin Rucker. Daily Oklahoman (Sunday, April 8, 1928). PC u. Newspaper Article: “’Children of Plains’ Leave Monuments -- in Cimarron County,” by Alvin Rucker. Daily Oklahoman (Sunday, March 13, 1927). PC v. Newspaper Article: “Outskirts of No Man’s Land,” by Alvin Rucker. Daily Oklahoman (Sunday, May 6, 1928). w. Article: “The Story Behind the Helium Plant at Keyes.” No author or source given. Three photocopied pages. x. Brochure: “Welcome to Cimarron County.” y. Report: re: Boise City (1977). One in series of Oklahoma Community Data reports. Seven pages. z. Leaflet: “Black Mesa State Park.” One page. Two copies a. Typescript: untitled: re: Felt. Thirteen mimeographed pages. b. Newsletter: Oklahoma Anthropological Newsletter, II, No. 1 (April, 1963). Contains article, “Basket-maker Cave of Cimarron County, Oklahoma.” Photocopy. c. Typescript: “Cimarron Country.” From the Library of the Oklahoma Historical Society. Four pages. d. Photograph: “Scene in Cimarron County, Oklahoma.” e. Booklet: “Oklahoma Land Company, Main Office, Boise City, Oklahoma.” Nineteen pages; photocopy. f. Correspondence: JWM to Robert J. French (May 16, 1974). Thanking for help; enclosing article. g. Handwritten notes: JWM. h. Land Map: Cimarron County. i. Map: Kenton Quadrangle, Oklahoma-Colorado. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior (1968).

44 j. Map: Dalhart Sheet, Western United States. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior (limited revision to 1962). 1: 250,000 series.

k. Map: Wheelless quadrangle, Oklahoma. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior (1969).

l. Map: Felt Southwest Quadrangle, Oklahoma-Texas. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior (1969). m. Map: Felt Quadrangle, Oklahoma-Texas. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior (1969). n. Map: “Present Land Use Map -- 1974: Cimarron County, Oklahoma.” Soil conservation Service, Department of Agriculture. o. General Highway Map, Cimarron County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM; other sites written in.

Cleveland County 14-14 a. Newspaper Article: “85-Year-Old Cemetery Not Forgotten,” by Virginia Bradshaw. Norman Transcript (August 10, 1975). Re: Denver Cemetery. PC b. Newspaper Article: “Saloon in the River,” by Kate J. Lewis. Orbit Magazine (Sunday, April 10, 1977). Re: underground homes. PC c. Newspaper Article: “Going Underground: House of Tomorrow?” by Bonnie Speer. Orbit Magazine (Sunday, April 10, 1977). Re: underground homes. PC d. Newspaper Article: “89er Writes of First Year on the Prairie,” by Sue Carter. Lexington Sun (April 21, 1977). Re: reminiscences of Lula Jarboe Stewart. PC e. Newspaper Article: “Sand Bar a Hot Town: Floods, Fires Marred Saloon Capital’s Life.” Lexington Sun (Thursday, April 21, 1977). Re: Sand Bar town (Lexington). f. Newspaper Article: “Grog Plentiful,” by Kent Ruth [“Window on the Past” column]. Sunday Oklahoman (November 13, 1977). Re: Lexington. g. Newspaper Article: “Underground Houses Newest Trend,” by Michael Waters. Lexington Sun (Thursday, April 20, 1978).

45 h. Newspaper Article: “Lancaster House Mixes Old Style, New Ideas,” by Roger DiSilvestro. Lexington Sun (Thursday, December 22, 1977). Re: Ambrister home moved from Norman to Noble. i. Typescript: “High Gate College.” Two pages. k. Seminar Paper: David Loftin: “The Geography of Cleveland County, 1873: A Reconstruction.” (1976). l. Extract: re: Higbee or Corbett. Photocopy from unidentified publication; one page. j. General Highway Map, Cleveland County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM.

Coal County 14-15 a. Newspaper Article: “Nobody Wants a Bromide,” by John Clift. Daily Oklahoman (?) (Sunday, November 8, 1953). Re: town of Bromide. PC b. Newspaper Article: “Down Wildcat Row to the Bijou,” by Mark Sarchet. Daily Oklahoman (Sunday, March 24, 1957). Re: Lehigh. Photocopy. c. Extract: re: Lehigh. Photocopied from unidentified source. One page. d. Extract: Oklahoma Gazetteer (1909). Re: Lehigh. Two pages: photocopy. e. Map: Copied from unidentified source. Shows Coal, Hughes, Pittsburgh, Atoka, Bryan, Pushmataha, Choctaw, McCurtain, LeFlore, Latimer, and Haskell counties in entirety, with acreages of pine, hardwood, and coal deposits for each. f. Land Patent for Charles Stewart, Town of Lehigh, Choctaw Nation (May 16, 1907). g. General Highway Map, Coal County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM.

Comanche County 14-16 a. Correspondence: Hugh D. Corwin to JWM (February 11, 1976). Re: enclosing list (included) of list of Old Comanche County school districts.

46 b. Newspaper Articles: “Gold Hunters Leave Tracks: Lawton Scouts Restoring Spanish Ore Crusher Found in Wichitas,” by John Clabes. Daily Oklahoman (Sunday, February 10, 1957). PC

c. Newspaper Article: “Eagle Park -- 50 Acres of History.” Orbit Magazine (January 29, 1978). PC

d. Newspaper Article: “Gold Rush in the Wichitas,” by Kathryn Comptom Smart. Orbit Magazine (November 21, 1976). PC

e. Newspaper Article: “Meers: A Town Whose Hopes Went A’Glimmering,” by J. Pat Carter. Orbit Magazine (January 11, 1976). PC

f. Newspaper Article: “Two Tribes at Peace,” by Lisa John. Daily Oklahoman (July 6, 1976). Re: Comanches and Ute peace treaty. PC

g. Extract: “The Old West Is Alive and Well!” From booklet: Oklahoma’s Great Plains Country.

h. Extract: re: Meers and gold-mining fever. Photocopied from unidentified source; three pages.

i. Article: “Mining in Wichita Mountains,” by C.W. Rose. Sturm’s Oklahoma Magazine (n.d.), pages 46-48. Photocopy.

j. Lawton Oklahoma City Map and general map of Comanche County.

k. Map: Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. U.S. Department of the Interior (July, 1973).*

l. General Highway Map, Comanche County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM.*

Cotton County 14-17 a. Newspaper Article: “Hope for Growth Seen in Devol, Hard-Hit by Failure, Disaster.” Daily Oklahoman (Thursday, December 28, 1961). PC

b. Brochure: “Walters, Oklahoma.”

c. Report: Economic Base Report: Cotton County (1970). Oklahoma City: Community Employment Development, Oklahoma State Employment Service, Oklahoma Employment Security Commission.

47 d. General Highway Map, Cotton County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM.

Craig County 14-18 a. Report: Economic Base Report: Cotton County (1970). Oklahoma City: Community Employment Development, Oklahoma State Employment Service, Oklahoma Employment Security Commission. b. Report: “Vinita” (October, 1972). Part of Oklahoma Community Data Series. Seven Pages. c. Typescript: “Vinita Historical Data.” Four pages. d. Typescript: re: Centralia. Photocopied from unidentified source: two pages. e. General Highway Map, Craig County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM.

Creek County 14-19 a. Newspaper Article: “Oil Dwindles, Trade Hunts New Bubble,” by Bob McMillin. Oklahoma City Times (July 4, 1951). Re: Slick and Shamrock. Includes two photographs. PC b. Extract: re: Drumright, Slick, and Shamrock. Photocopied from unidentified source: two pages. c. Draft Report: “Bristow” (n.d.). Part of Oklahoma Community Data Series. Seven pages. d. Brochure: “Bristow, Oklahoma.” Unfolds to show map of both Bristow and Depew. e. General Highway Map, Creek County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM. Two sheets.

Custer County 14-20 a. Newspaper Article: “Town Depends on the Country,” by Don Nelson. Orbit Magazine (Sunday, September 8, 1963). Re: Clinton. PC

48 b. Newspaper Article: “Clinton Was Opened after Long Battle.” Daily Oklahoman (April 23, 1939). Re: battle to acquire 30 acres of Indian land for townsite. PC

c. Newspaper Article: “Parkersburg Had Its Day.” Clinton Daily News (April 19, 1973). Includes photograph. PC

d. Newspaper Article: “Stafford Founded on Railroad Line.” Clinton Daily News (April 19, 1973). PC

e. Newspaper Article: “County Names Chosen by Vote on Opening of Oklahoma to Settlement.” Clinton Daily News (April 19, 1973). PC

f. Newspaper Article: Photograph of Independence, 1910. Clinton Daily News (April 19, 1973).

g. Newspaper: Weatherford Sunday News (February 5, 1972). Contains article “Indianapolis … Only a Memory,” by Cindy Pasby. Second copy of article only. PC

h. Newspaper Article: “The Indianapolis That Didn’t Make It,” by Lloyd B. Walton. Star Magazine (Indianapolis, Indiana) (December 18, 1977). Re: Indianapolis, Oklahoma. PC

i. Booklet: Clinton, Oklahoma: The Hub City. Shawnee, Oklahoma: Concept Enterprises and Publishing Company, 1974. Two copies.

j. Brochure: “!776th Bicentennial Watershed Dedication, May 14, 1976, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma.” Cover is reproduction of Clinton Daily News for April 5, 1934.

k. Map: Clinton, Oklahoma, Street Map. l. Map: Weatherford, Oklahoma, City Map. m. General Highway Map, Custer, County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM.

Delaware County 14-21 a. Newspaper Article: “Saline a Site of Both Beauty and Tragedy,” by Kent Ruth [“Window on the Past” column]. Sunday Oklahoman (n.d.). PC b. Newspaper Page: Grand Lake! Magazine. Shows picture of Cayuga Mission east of Grove. PC

49 c. Newspaper Article: “Old Indian Church at Cayuga, Oklahoma, Saved from Ruin,” by Don C. Grafton. Joplin Globe (August 2, 1953). PC

d. Newspaper Article: “The County: History.” Unidentified/undated source. PC

e. Newspaper Article: “Bernice -- Doomed Lady of the Lake,” by Dave Johnson. Daily Oklahoman (Sunday, January 7, 1940). PC

f. Newspaper Article: “New Dignity Granted Old Saline Courthouse,” by Joe Looney. Delaware County Journal (Thursday, July 21, 1977). PC

NA.Fifty Years of Recollection of Zena History -- As told by Uncle Charley Wood to Henry Wallace” page 1 of Delaware County Tour (3-27-41) DCJ (7-21- 77). Article incomplete. PC

g. Newspaper Article: “Tragedy of Going Snake Court House,” by Grant Foreman. Daily Oklahoman (Sunday, October 7, 1934).

h. General Highway Map, Delaware County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM. Two sheets.

Dewey County 14-22

a. Newspaper Article: “Fay’s a Mover.” Watonga Republican (May 11, 1978). PC b. Newspaper Article: “Lenora Ghost Prairie Town.” Photocopied from unidentified/undated paper. One page. c. Extract: “Last of the Cheyennes.” Photocopied from unidentified/undated source. Two pages. d. Extract: Cestos Business Directory. Photocopy; one page. e. Extract: Lenora Business Directory. Photocopy; three pages. f. Extract: “Dewey County Towns and Other Information.” Also has information on Deltis and Cestos. Photocopied from unidentified source. Three pages. g. General Highway Map, Dewey County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM.

Ellis County 14-23

50 a. Newspaper Article: “Mayo of the Plains,” by Ed Kelley. Orbit Magazine (August 1, 1976). Re: Newman Memorial Hospital and Clinic at Shattuck. PC b. Newspaper Article: “14-sided Structure Unique among Silos,” by Kent Ruth [“Window on the Past” column]. Sunday Oklahoman (May 21, 1978). Re; Davison silo. PC c. Newspaper Article: “Day Memoirs Grow,” by Kent Ruth [“Window on the Past” column]. Sunday Oklahoman (November 27, 1977). Re: Grand, Oklahoma. PC d. Newspaper Article: “Circuit Rider Recalls Ghost Towns,” by Kent Ruth {“Window on the Past” column]. Sunday Oklahoman (n.d.). Re: Charles A. Long. Photocopy. e. Newspaper Article: “Old Sooner Town Now Not-so-Grand,” by Bob Foresman. Tulsa Tribune (n.d.). Re: Grand, Oklahoma. PC f. Newspaper Article: “I Remember Grand,” by Leslie A. McRill. Unidentified/undated newspaper. Photocopy. g. Extract: re: Grand. Photocopied from unidentified source. One page, two copies. h. Extract from article: “Early History of Catesby and Vicinity,” by Chronicles of Oklahoma. Pages 190-191, 194-197. Photocopies. i. General Highway Map, Ellis County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM. Two sheets.

Garfield County 14-24 a. Historical Section: Enid Morning News and Enid Daily Eagle (Tuesday, November 16, 1976). Contains numerous articles on Enid, Rock Island Railroad war, Dick Yeager, Cherokee Strip, and Phillips University. b. Newspaper Article: “Prairie Town Without Men Short Lived,” by Robert E. Cunningham. Perry Daily Journal (September 13, 1973). Re: Bethsheba. PC c. Newspaper Article: “Ghost Towns and Historical Sites, Garfield County, Oklahoma,” by W.W. Grapes and R.C. Wilmot. Enid Daily Eagle (Tuesday, October 31, 1975). Includes map. d. Newspaper Article: “The Oklahoma Chinese Food Magnate,” by Jack Holladay. Orbit Magazine (November 28, 1976). Re: Dale Johnston of Enid.

51 e. List: “Grain Elevator Storage Capacity at Various Cities and Ports” (May 10, 1967). Includes Enid and Oklahoma City. f. Brochure: “Diamond Jubilee, 1893-1968: A Look into Our Past Reminding Us of People, Events, Places, and Things of Our Pioneer Heritage, Enid, Oklahoma, in the Cherokee Strip.” g. Report: Greater Enid Chamber of Commerce: “Growth Statistics: Enid and Garfield County” (1976). Four pages. h. Report: “Enid” (June, 1976). Part of Oklahoma Community Data series. Seven pages. i. Brochure: “Enid, Oklahoma.” j. Reprint: “Dynamic Enid.” From Pulse of Oklahoma Business, V, No. 9 (October, 1975). k. Handwritten/typewritten notes: JWM: re: Chisholm Trail, Enid, etc. l. Map: City Map, Enid, Oklahoma. m. Map: Map of Enid. n. General Highway Map, Garfield County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM.

Garvin County 15-1 a. Newspaper Article: “Mansion Rich in History.” Daily Oklahoman (March 5, 1977). Re: Erin Springs Mansion at Lindsay. PC b. Newspaper Article: “Memories Relived at Daylight.” Wynnewood Gazette (Thursday, November 27, 1975). Re: Daylight, Oklahoma. PC c. Newspaper Article: “Memories Shared,” by Kent Ruth [“Window on the Past” column]. Sunday Oklahoman (January 29, 1978). Re: Maurice H. Merrill reminiscences of Moman Pruiett. PC d. Newspaper Article: “Two Historical houses on Tour.” Daily Ardmoreite (Thursday, November 2, 1978). Re: Tour of homes in Wynnewood. PC

52 e. Extract: re: Pierce Institute. Photocopied from Bluestem to Golden Trend: Garvin County History. Fort Worth: University Supply and Equipment Company, 1957. Page 180.

f. Extract: re: Pierce Institute. Photocopied from unidentified source. Three pages.

g. Report: “Lindsay” (November, 1976). Part of Oklahoma Community Data series. Seven pages.

h. Handwritten notes: JWM.

i. Map: City Map: “Welcome to Lindsay, Oklahoma.” Map of Garvin County on back.

j. Map: Pauls Valley Quadrangle, Oklahoma (Indian Territory) (Chickasaw Nation). Geological Survey, Department of the Interior (1939 reprint of 1902 edition). Two copies.

k. General Highway Map, Garvin County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM.

Grady County 15-2

a. Correspondence: JWM to Chickasha Chamber of Commerce (August 9, 1976). Re: information on Chickasha.

b. Correspondence: JWM to Norman Jean Gambill (March 21, 1974). Re: photographs of Silver City. Reply (May 2, 1976).

c. Correspondence: LaVon Hastings to JWM (undated). Re: names of original school districts in Grady County.

d. Correspondence: JWM to Roy Smith (March 21, 1974). Re: thank-you for information on Acme.

e. Newspaper Article: “Queen Chickasha Counts Her Blessings,” by John Dexter. Sunday Oklahoman (July 18, 1954). PC

f. Newspaper Article: “Neighbors Reunite: Laverty Memories Burn Bright,” by Ed Kelley. Sunday Oklahoman (September 28, 1975). Re: Laverty, Oklahoma. PC g. Article: “Meta Chestnut: Schoolmarm in Indian Territory,” by Louise Huston. The West (October, 1972). Pages 22-25, 46-47. Photocopy.

53 h. Extract: re: El Meta Bond College. Photocopied from the college’s “Annual Announcement” for 1906. Pages 12-15.

i. Extract: “Appendix V: Early Town and Settlements.” From The History of Rush Springs by Hobart D. Ragland. Rush Springs: Gazette Publishing Company, 1952. Pages 103-110. Photocopy. Re: Pauls Valley, Cherokee Town, Bradley, Chickasha, Trading Post at the Crossing of the Chickasaw Trails, and Old Fred. j. Typescript: “Additional Information on Silver City, Grady County, Oklahoma.” Derived from two articles in the Daily Oklahoman: “Oklahoma Ghost Towns” and “Relics on the run” [no author given] (April 19, 1964) and “Tuttle, ‘Loom of the middle West,’ Weaves Colorful Pattern in History,” by Roy Stewart [“Country boy” column] (May 13, 1962). k. Typescript: “El Meta Bond College.” No author or origin given. l. Clipping: “Silver City 1889,” by J.C. Malcolm. Pages 211-212 from Chronicles of Oklahoma, XXVI, No. 2 (Summer, 1958). Second sketch map by JWM included. m. Pamphlet: re: Silver City. Has Malcolm’s Sketch map on the cover. n. Program: “Industrial Appreciation Day, Chickasaw, Oklahoma, Saturday, June 7, 1975. o. Brochure: “Chickasha, All America City” (1972). Prepared by Chickasha League of Women Voters. p. Booklet: “Chickasaw: All-America City.” Chickasha: Dale’s Printing for Sooner Broadcasting Company (n.d.). q. Leaflet: “Chickasha, Oklahoma.” One page. r. Brochure: “The Chisholm Trail: A Sketch.” Text by Elmer Fraker. Published by Oklahoma Historical Society (1967). s. Handwritten notes: JWM. t. Map: City Map: “Welcome to Chickasha, Oklahoma.” Two copies. u. Map: “Chickasaw Quadrangle, Oklahoma (Indian Territory.” Geological Survey, Department of the Interior (1923 reprint of 1904 edition). v. General Highway Map, Grady County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM.

54 Grant County 15-3

a. Correspondence: JWM to Percy Bachelor (October 14, 1974). Re: Jefferson and Salt Fork. No reply.

b. Correspondence: JWM to Clark Clifford (October 15, 1974). Re: Renfrow. Replies by CC (October 29, 1974 and March 24, 1975). Latter reply contains two-page handwritten “History of Renfrow, Oklahoma” by Clifford.

c. Correspondence: JWM to Nina Pond (October 14, 1974). Re: Jefferson, Renfrow, and Salt Pork. No reply.

d. Newspaper Article: “Jefferson About to Drown Out.” Enid Morning News (Sunday, February 23, 1975). PC

e. Newspaper Article: “13 Salt Fork Residents Still Have Old General Store.” Unidentified newspaper (February 25, 1965). Photocopy.

f. Article: “Growing Up in the Small Town of Salt Fork,” Recalled by Pauline Woodard and written by Esther Gilbert. Photocopied from unidentified source, pages 8-9.

g. Extract: “Place Names and Historical Markers.” From Guy P. Webb, History of Grant County, Oklahoma, 1811-1970. North Newton, Kansas: The Grant County Historical Society, 1971. Pages 33-37. 86-89. h. Article: “Nashville, in Salt Fork Valley,” by Hunter James. From Sturm’s Oklahoma Magazine, VII, No. 5 (January, 1909), pages 67-68. Photocopy. i. Handwritten notes: JWM. j. General Highway Map, Grant County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM.

Greer County 15-4 a. Newspaper Article: “Ideas in Granite,” by Mike Gullinger. Orbit Magazine (January 22, 1978). Re: Bill Willis of Granite, Oklahoma. PC b. Newspaper Article: “A Tale of Two Ghost Towns: Reed, Russell Settled by Texans.” Oklahoma Rural News (May, 1978). PC c. Extract: re: Reed, Spavinaw. Photocopied (page 27) from unidentified source.

55 d. Typescript: “Location and History.” Re: Greer County and Mangum. Two pages.

e. Typescript: “Greer County: An Empire in Its Own Right, Formally [sic] Bigger Than the State of Delaware.” Six pages; two discrete copies.

f. Extracts: three typed extracts re: Henry Clay Sweet. Three pages; photocopied.

g. Typescript: “Old Greer County.” No author given. Two copies.

h. Handwritten notes: JWM.

i. General Highway Map, Greer County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM; additional sites in blue and green.

Harmon County 15-5 a. Correspondence: JWM to/from Wayne Jones (June 19, 1975 and undated). Re: Ron, Oklahoma. b. Report: “Harmon County” (1966?). Seven pages, plus map. c. Handwritten notes: JWM. d. Map: Hollis (n.d.). Three copies; each page-size. e. Map: Harmon County (1976). f. (General Highway Map, Harmon County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM; additional sites in green.

Harper County 15-6 a. Correspondence: JWM to/from Rose B. Douglas (February - April, 1975). Re: Harper County History book; Doby Springs. b. Correspondence: JWM to/from Hazel Martin Carver (May - June, 1974). Re: Doby Springs and Selman. c. Correspondence: JWM from Ralph F. Strete (February 17, 1975). Re: Ezell, Plainview, Quinlan, Tangier, Selman, and Yewed.

56 d. Newspaper Article: “Ed Lee, Country Editor.” Sunday Oklahoman (March 12, 1978). Re: Editor of Harper County Journal. PC

e. Newspaper Article: “Brule Bloomed But Briefly,” by Jack Immell. Orbit Magazine (March 28, 1976). PC

f. Map: Section map of Harper County, Oklahoma. Page-sized. g. General Highway Map, Harper County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM.

Haskell County 15-7 a. Correspondence: JWM to/from Oscar Fowler (undated). Re: Stigler, Kanima, San Bois, et al. b. Newspaper Article: “A Terrific Explosion at No. 2 Mine.” Haskell County News (March 22, 1912). Re: explosion at McCurtain. Photocopy.

c. Legal Papers: re: Suit to incorporate the town of Chant (1908). Typescripts; photocopies. Includes plat map of Chant townsite.

d. Handwritten manuscripts: not by JWM: re: Tamaha.

e. Handwritten notes: JWM.

f. Photographs: McCurtain Home at San Bois. Two color snapshots.

g. Map: Section map of Haskell County. Page-sized.

h. Map: Section map of Haskell County.*

i. General Highway Map, Haskell County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM.

Hughes County 15-8

a. Newspaper Article: “Alas! Non’s Non Existent, but Not to Her Population,” by Bob Beaton. Ada Sunday News (February 3, 1963). Re: Non, Oklahoma. PC

b. Newspaper Article: “In Gerty, There’s Slim’s General Store,” by Jim Cook. Ada Sunday News (January 10, 1971). Re: Gerty, Oklahoma. PC c. Handwritten notes/lists: re: Hughes County townsites.

d. General Highway/Map, Hughes County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM.

Jackson County 15-9 a. Newspaper Articles: “Navajoe” and “Greer County.” The Emigrant Guide (August, 1888). Photocopy.

b. Newspaper Article: “Bustling City of Navajoe Became Ghost Town,” by Hugh D. Corwin. Lawton Constitution (June 16, 1963).

c. Newspaper Articles: “A Brief History of Jackson County and Its Development.” And “Jackson a County of R’Ys. Paid for by Her People.” The Altus Times (November 24, 1910). PC

d. Newspaper Article: “The Altus Country Celebrates,” by Mattye Wilson Williams. Daily Oklahoman (Sunday, October 27, 1935). Re: local history. PC

e. Newspaper Article: “Old Houses Described.” Altus Times-Democrat (April 17, 1977). Re: Altus homes. Photocopy.

f. Extract: re: Frazer, Altus, and Navajoe. From B.S. Ethridge, “History of Greater Greer County” (M.A. thesis, University of Oklahoma, 1937). Pages 40-43, 46- 48. Photocopy.

g. Typscript: Mrs. W.C. Jabboe: re: “Altus.” Three pages.

h. Booklet: re: Jackson County and Altus. Eleven typed and printed pages.

i. Book: Altus, Oklahoma. Reprinted in 1969 by Altus Printing Company from original 1910 item published by Sam L. Stigall. Twenty-eight pages. Photocopy.

j. Packet of materials: re: Altus.

k. Map: “Welcome to Altus, Oklahoma.” City map.

l. Map: “Welcome to Altus, Oklahoma.” City map.

m. General Highway Map, Jackson County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM.

Jefferson County 15-10

58 a. Newspaper: The Ryan Leader (Thursday, March 14, 1974).

b. Newspaper: Waurika News-Democrat (March 21, 1974). c. Extract: re: Sugden. From Carlos M. Montandon, “A History of Jefferson County, Oklahoma” (M.A. Thesis, University of Oklahoma, 1939). Page 32. Photocopy. d. Typescript: re: Fleetwood. Two separate items photocopied on one page. e. Extract: re: towns in Jefferson County. From J.M. Dyer, History of Jefferson County. Waurika: 1957. Pages 7-8, 11-14, 23-24, 42-43, 49-50, 54-67. Re: Atlee, Grady, Waurika, Oscar, Ryan, Irving, Terral, Fleetwood, Sugden, Hastings, Claypool, Ringling, Cornish, and Mountain Home. f. General Highway Map, Jefferson County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM.

Johnston County 15-11 a. Newspaper Article: “Once A Health Spa, Now a Ghost Town,” by Art Cox. Orbit Magazine (February 2, 1975). Re: Bromide. b. Newspaper Article: “Tishomingo Once National Capital,” by Max McGailliard. Daily Ardmoreite (Sunday, May 30, 1976). PC c. Newsletter Article: “Chickasaw Capitol Now County Courthouse.” Newsletter of the Chickasaws (April-June, 1975). PC d. Booklet: Bromide and Its Resources: The Heart of Oklahoma’s Natural Riches (undated). Photocopy. e. Typescript: “Tishomingo.” Two mimeographed pages. f. Typescript: “Johnston County.” Two mimeographed pages. g. Typescript: “Bromide.” Two pages; photocopy. h. Map: “Welcome to Tishomingo, Oklahoma.” i. General Highway Map, Johnston County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM.

Kay County 15-12

a. Correspondence: JWM to Lyman Knapp (October 14, 1974). Re: Autwine, Oklahoma.

b. Correspondence: JWM to/from M.L. Miller (October-December, 1974). Re: Rock Falls.

c. Correspondence: JWM to/from Eleanor Reser (October, 1974). Re: Autwine, Oklahoma. Includes sketch map of town by Reser.

d. Correspondence: JWM to/from Alpha burger Skirving (October, 1974; May, 1976). Re: Autwine and Alert.

e. Newspaper Articles: (1) “Poncan Reaches 90th Year, Recalls Early Days in Woods, Kay Counties” in Ponca City News (Monday, July 31, 1972) and (2) “Town Lots Drew Many Hopeful Settlers into Strip Country: Autwine Vanishes Beneath Pasture; Folks Remember,” by Vern Orndorff in Ponca City News (September 14, 1968). Photocopies, with note to JWM from Tom [probably Bryant]. f. Newspaper Article: “Kay City Future Still Shaky,” by Jeff Holladay. Sunday Oklahoman (February 3, 1974). PC g. Newspaper Article: “The Last of the Boomers,” by Alvin Rucker. Daily Oklahoman (Sunday, December 16, 1928). Re: “Pawnee Bill” (Gordon W. Lillie) and David L. Payne. PC h. Newspaper Article: “Once There Was an Alert, Ok, and Located in SW Kay County,” by Warren F. Bickford. Blackwell Journal-Tribune (March 28, 1976). PC i. Newspaper Article: “Everybody’s Castle,” by Ivy Coffey. Orbit Magazine (June 27, 1976). Re: Marland Mansion. PC

j. Newspaper Section: “101 Ranch, 1871-1931,” by Glenn Shirley. Reprint of Shirley’s forward to Ellsworth Colling and Alma Miller England’s 101 Ranch. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1971. Section is from unidentified newspaper (Sunday, August 22, 1971).

k. Newspaper Article: “Ponca City Had … Early Day Struggles, But It Finally Came Out on Top Every Time.” Photocopied from unidentified newspaper.

l. Newspaper Article: “Oil Drilling, Refinery Job Hot 1912 News,” by Paula McKeever. Ponca City News (October 21, 1962). Photocopy.

m. Extract: “Kildare, Oklahoma.” Photocopied from unidentified source. One page.

60 n. Extract: “Hardy, Oklahoma.” Photocopied from unidentified source. One page. o. Extract: “Dilworth, Oklahoma.” Photocopied from unidentified source. One page. p. Extract: “Uncas, Oklahoma.” Photocopied from unidentified source. One page. q. Extract: “Peckham, Oklahoma.” Photocopied from unidentified source. One page. r. Newspaper: “The Ponocoan.” Centennial Edition (October, 1975). s. Brochure: re: Ponca City. Photocopy. t. Extract: “Chapter XLVII: The Pioneer Woman.” Pages 171-174 from unidentified source. Photocopy. u. Typescript: “Railroads Were Responsible for Deaths, Growths. Many Towns Gave Promise of Future Cities, But Are Forgotten.” (1938). Copy of newspaper article? Three pages. v. Newspaper Article: “First White Settlement May Be Park.” Daily Oklahoman (February 28, 1929). Re: Camp Ferdinandini and Rock Falls. Photocopy. w. Article: “Fight of Payne and the Boomers,” by George B. Jenness. Sturm’s Oklahoma Magazine, VIII, No. 2 (April, 1909). Pages 20-26. Photocopy. x. Typescript of letter: Floyd C. Allen to family in Greenlief, Kansas (October 8, 1893). Four pages. The letter is written from near Braman in present-day Kay County. y. Typescript: re: railroad towns. Photocopy. One page. z. Sketch map: JWM: “Plat of Rock Falls, Oklahoma Territory, 1884.” a. Typescript/Manuscript: re: Antwine and Round Grove. Cover memorandum. All photocopies. Eight copies. b. Report: “Ponca City” (1976). Community Data Report. Typescript; Nine pages. c. Report: “Statistical Data, Economic Growth Factors, Ponca City, Oklahoma, 1976.” Typescript; five pages. d. Leaflet: Ponca City Chamber of Commerce: “Settlement of Ponca City.” One typed page; two copies.

61 e. Typescript: “The Cherokee Strip: A Recorded History.” Two pages. f. Manuscript: JWM: “Manufacturing Establishments by Cities -- 5000+.” Nine pages. g. Handwritten note: JWM. h. General Highway Map, Kay County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM; others written in green.

Kingfisher County 15-13 a. Correspondence: JWM to/from Harold Hubbard (October, 1974). Re: Lincoln Cemetery. b. Newspaper Article: “Lincoln, O.T., Was a Town That Almost happened.” Tel- Ectric Topics (April, 1972). PC c. Newspaper Article: “A Town That Never Was,” by Louise Huston. Orbit Magazine (October 5, 1975). Re: Lincoln. PC d. Extract: re: Downs. Photocopied from unidentified source. e. Extract: re: Lincoln. Photocopied from unidentified source. f. Typescript: “’Horizon Hill,’ Kingfishers, O.T.,” by Isabella Seay Collins. Re: Seay Mansion and family history. Seven pages. Photocopy. g. Typescript: “Welcome, Trippers, to Dover.” One page, dated June 9, 1978, at top. h. Brochure: “Kingfishers: Buckle of the Wheat Belt.” i. General Highway Map, Kingfisher County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM.

Kiowa County 15-14 a. Correspondence: JWM from Flo Peterson (August 26, 1974). Re: Cooperton, et al.

62 b. Newspaper: The Caddo (Caddo Electric Cooperative, Binger, Oklahoma, Cooperton. Article Only photocopy.

c. Newspaper Article: “Western History Abounds at Quartz Mountain Park.” No paper or date given. PC

d. Newspaper Article: “It Took More than 70 Years -- But Lake Finally Getting Cold Springs,” by Clara Neal. Kiowa County Star-Review (October 12, 1972). PC e. Newspaper Article: “’Drowned’ Town Seen with Help of Drouth.” No paper or date given. Re: Lugert. Photocopy.

f. Extract: “Kiowa County Ghost town.” From Shortgrass Saga (August, 1951). Page 39. Re: Wildman. Photocopy.

g. Newspaper Article: “Gateway to the Fertile Cooperton Valley.” From Democrat- Chief Industrial Edition (August 4, 1925). Page 101. Re: Cooperton. Photocopy.

h. Newspaper Articles: “Only Inland Bank in the County” and “General Merchandise Firm Prospers.” From Democrat-Chief Industrial Edition (August 4, 1925). Page 102. Re: Cooperton. Industrial Edition (August 4, 1925). Page 102. Re: Cooperton. Photocopy. i. Newspaper Article: “Only Summer Resort in County.” From Democrat-Chief Industrial Edition (August 4, 1925). Page 106. Re: Cold Springs. Photocopy. j. Handwritten notes: JWM. k. Extract: re: Hobart. Detached from tourism brochure. l. Map: “Map of the City of Hobart, Oklahoma” (1970).* m. General Highway Map, Kiowa County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM; another added in green. Two sheets.

Latimer County 15-15 a. Correspondence: JWM to Clyde E. Wooldridge (n.d.). Re: Gower and Lodi. b. Newspaper Article: “The Eight Century Gap: Orbit Magazine (September 18, 1977). Re: McLaughlin-McCutcheon mound. PC

63 c. Report: “Latimer County.” Reprinted from Latimer County Economic Base Report, 1967. Typed; ten pages. Two copies. d. Sketch Map: Latimer County, Oklahoma. Shows historical sites and routes, as well as modern information. Two copies. e. Handwritten notes: JWM f. Map: “Map of City of Wilburton, Oklahoma.” Map of Latimer County on reverse.* g. General Highway Map, Latimer County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM.

Leflore County 15-16 a. Correspondence: JWM to Billy Bonnett (October 16, 1974). Re: Pine Valley. b. Correspondence: JWM to/from Roy A. Chesmore. (October-November, 1974). Re: Milton, Pine Valley, etc. c. Newspaper: “Heavener, Oklahoma, Welcomes You to Adventureland” (November, 1976). Contains material on Heavener Runestone and other local history. d. Newspaper Article: “Lodge Open Once Again,” by Kent Ruth [“Travel” column]. Sunday Oklahoman (n.d.). Re: Queen Wilhelmina Inn. PC e. Newspaper Article: “Oklahoma’s Socialist Colony,” by Mary Langthorp. Orbit Magazine (March 19, 1978). Re: Milton. PC f. Newspaper Article: “Memories of Oklahoma Stage Coach Era Flow at Historic Water Spot,” by Bob Foresman. Tulsa Tribune (Wednesday, July 4, 1962). Photocopy. g. Article: “’Everything Was Common Except Common Sense:’ Oklahoma’s Milton Colony,” by Mary Langthorp. Pages 2-6 photocopied from unidentified source [perhaps Southwest Heritage Magazine, IV, No. 1 (December, 1969)]. h. Typescript: re: Skullyville, LeFlore County. One page. i. Typescript: “A Brief Data Summary of Poteau, Oklahoma.” Prepared by Poteau Chamber of Commerce. Copy; two pages.

64 j. Booklet: “Join the Pioneers at Milton, Oklahoma …” Undated. Twenty-three pages; photocopy. k. Extract: Page containing pictures of Skullyville Post Office and Pay Station and the McCurtain Home at San Bois. No source indicated.

l. Brochure: “Come See Beautiful Kerr Museum.”

m. Brochure: “Poteau in Them Oklahoma Hills.”

n. Map: “Welcome to Poteau, Oklahoma.” Has map of Leflore County on reverse.*

o. General Highway Map, LeFlore County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM. Two sheets; Ouachita - A National Forest.

Lincoln County 15-17

a. Correspondence: JWM from Charles Good (January 30, 1973). Re: Balyeat notes on Lincoln County.

b. Correspondence: Bill Cox to Mrs. A.W. Duke (November 4, 1963). Re: Parnell (Payson), Oklahoma. Attached are two pages of handwritten notes n Payson and a photocopy of a newspaper article, “Mr. and Mrs. A.W. Duke Pioneers of Payson Community,” by Mrs. Don Turner (newspaper unidentified). All of this sheaf is photocopied.

c. Newspaper Article: “Sac and Fox Recreation Construction Underway.” Unidentified/undated newspaper. PC

d. Newspaper Article: “Deserted Ruins Near Stroud Were Once Headquarters for Sac and Fox Indians.” Daily Oklahoman (Sunday, July 24, 1949). PC

e. Newspaper Article: “Sacking the Sac …” Part of article from Daily Oklahoman (undated). Photocopy.

f. Newspaper Article: “Avery Community Gaining New Homes after Long Period of Decline,” by Mrs. Paul Mclaury. Cushing Daily Citizen (Sunday, February 25, 1973). PC

g. Newspaper Article: “One of a Kind Store,” by Jan Vassar. Orbit Magazine (March 26, 1978). Re: Tommy Thomas’ Store in Chandler. PC

65 h. Newspaper Article: “Land Run of September 22, 1891, Part of the ‘New West’ Settlement,” by Don E. Sporleder. The New Era (Davenport, Oklahoma) (Thursday, October 11, 1979). i. Newspaper Article: “Recognize This Early Business?” The New Era (Thursday, December 7, 1978). Re: photograph of early-day saloon. P j. Newspaper Article: “Graham Hotel Once a Popular Place for All.” Stroud American (October 27, 1977). Re: hotel in Stroud. PC k. Newspaper Article: “Fallis” A Season of Glory,” by Sherryl Warrick. Orbit Magazine (February 5, 1978). PC

l. Newspaper Article: “Fallis, a Faded Past Is Reviewed,” by Mazie Cox Read. The New Era (Thursday, October 26, 1976). PC

m. Newspaper Articles: “Oklahoma Biographs,” Re: Vingie Roe Jennie Harris Oliver, Aletha Caldwell Conner, and Blanche Seal Hunt. Various articles form 1935, 1936, and 1940. Photocopies stapled together.

n. Photograph of Blanche Seale Hunt.

o. Report: “Lincoln County.” Reprinted from Lincoln County Economic Base Report, 1966. Eight pages; two copies.

p. Typescript: “History of Chandler.” Seven pages; photocopy.

q. Typescript: “Fallis,” One page; photocopy.

r. Handwritten notes: JWM.

s. Map: Prague, Oklahoma.*

t. General Highway Map, Lincoln County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM.

Logan County 15-18 a. Correspondence: JWM to/from Angie Debo (undated). Re: Lovell (Perth), Oklahoma. b. Correspondence: JWM to Vera Mae Self (undated). Re: Lovell (Perth), Oklahoma.

66 c. Newspaper Article: “Guthrie’s Home Grown Industries.” Orbit Magazine (Sunday, April 23, 1961). PC

d. Newspaper Article: “Guthrie: Strong in the Past and in the Future,” by John Dexter. Unidentified paper (Sunday, September 26, 1954). PC

e. Newspaper Article: “Oklahoma’s Colorful Past Worth a Look.” Saturday Oklahoman and Times (Saturday, November 16, 1976). Re: Guthrie. PC f. Newspaper Article: “Guthrie Gives Look at Old Days,” by Kent Ruth [“Window on the Past” column]. Sunday Oklahoman Showcase (September 19, 1976). PC g. Newspaper Article: “Turrets and Towers Change the Prairie,” by Ivy Coffey. Orbit Magazine (October 10, 1976). Re: Jos. Foucart. PC h. Newspaper Article: “Logan County, Where State Was Born, Is Moving Ahead,” by Ed Montgomery. Daily Oklahoman (Sunday, February 25, 1962). PC i. Newspaper Article: “Cowboy Flat Book Now Off Presses,” by Mamie Oliver. Guthrie Daily Leader (April 16, 1972). Re: book by Maurice C. Rouse. PC j. Newspaper Article: “There Were Once 34 Post Offices in Logan County: Only Seven Still Operating,” by Louis Cozby. Guthrie Daily Leader (Sunday, April 16, 1972). PC k. Newspaper Article: “Waterloo History Traced from Beginning to End, 1892 to 1930,” by Pearl Bacus Loyd. Guthrie Daily Leader (April 14, 1974). PC l. Newspaper Article: “Meridian Once Booming Town in Early 1900s,” by Louis Cozby. Guthrie Daily Leader (Sunday, April 16, 1972). PC m. Newspaper Article: re: Meridian. Guthrie Daily Leader (April 16, 1972). PC n. Newspaper Article: “Langston Dream Faded.” Guthrie Daily Leader (April 16, 1972). PC o. Newspaper Article: “Orlando and Mulhall -- Seven Miles Apart -- Have Plenty in Common.” Daily Oklahoman (April 22, 1964). Photocopy p. Newspaper Article: “Orlando -- Where No One Is on Relief,” by Frank Dennis. Daily Oklahoman (Sunday, October 25, 1936). PC q. Photograph: street scene in Guthrie. Handwritten identifications added. r. Article: “Finding a Future in the Past: Guthrie May Become the ‘Williamsburg of the Prairies,’” by John Davis. Oklahoma Monthly (n.d.).

67 s. Three unidentified photographs of Orlando. t. Book: A History of Cowboy Flat -- Campbell -- Pleasant Valley, by M.C. Rouse. Two photocopies; one without title page. u. Extract: re: Pleasant Valley. Photocopied from unidentified source. Two pages. v. Extract: Pages 24-26 from Fred L. Wenner, The Story of Oklahoma and the Eighty-Niners. Guthrie: Cooperative Publishing Company, 1939. w. Manuscript: Pearl Bacus Loyd: “Waterloo of Yesteryear.” Six pages; two copies. x. Flyer: “Guthrie: Territorial Capitol of Oklahoma. Proud of Our Past … Building for Our Future” (undated). y. Handwritten notes: JWM. z. Map: “Welcome to Guthrie, Oklahoma.”* a. General Highway Map, Logan County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM.

Love County 15-19 a. Newspaper: Marietta Monitor (Friday, June 4, 1976). A special supplement for Love County Frontier Days filled with articles from the 1890s and showing the masthead for May 15, 1897. b. Newspaper: Marietta Monitor (Friday, June 6, 1975). A special supplement for Love County Frontier Days with front page being an exact reproduction for the May 15, 1897, issue. Two copies. c. Newspaper: Bicentennial Edition, Daily Ardmoreite (Sunday, April 25, 1976). This section deals with Marietta. d. Newspaper; Marietta Monitor (Friday, June 4, 1976). Concerns Frontier Days Celebration. Contains second copy of supplement listed in “a” above. e. Newspaper Article: “Old Washington House Is Visited,” by Mac McGalliard. Daily Ardmoreite (Monday, November 4, 1968). PC f. Leaflet?: “Washington Ranch Home Is Historic Site.” One page; photocopy.

68 g. Extract: “A Brief History of Love County, Oklahoma,” by Ralph L. Evans and Kenneth Bacon. “Reprinted from 1966 Rodeo Program.” One page; photocopy. h. Report: “Love County” (1972). Part of “Economic Base Report” series. Community Employment Development, Oklahoma State Employment Service, Oklahoma Employment Security Commission, Oklahoma City. [Check earlier entries for consistency.] i. Handwritten notes: JWM. j. Brochure: “Love County, Oklahoma.” Prepared by Love County Chamber of Commerce. k. General Highway Map, Love County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM.

McClain County 15-20 a. Term Paper: William G. Laatsch and C. Allen Williams: “Byars and Wanette: A Geographical Study.” University of Oklahoma (May, 1966). Typescript; twenty- five pages.

b. Extract: “Rosedale, New Oklahoma Central Town,” by Hunter James. Sturm’s Magazine, VII, No. 3 (November, 1908). Page 31.

c. General Highway Map, McClain County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM.

McCurtain County 15-21

a. Correspondence: JWM to Eugene Burke (October 29, 1974). Re: Hochatown.

b. Correspondence: JWM from Mrs. Lewis Stiles (April, 1975). Re: photographs.

c. Newspaper Article: “Preacher in Tamed Dogpatch Takes Off His Six-Gun,” by Robert B. Allen. Sunday Oklahoma (April 10, 1977). Re: Dogpatch, Oklahoma. PC d. Newspaper Article: “Still Gold in These Here Hills?,” by Len Green. McCurtain Gazette (Wednesday, May 23, 1973). PC Re: lost treasure tales. “Folk History” series; No. 25. PC

69 e. Newspaper Article: “Just Where Is This Haunted Canyon?” by Len Green. McCurtain Gazette (Thursday, May 17, 1973). “Folk History” series; No. 24. PC f. Newspaper Article: “Just Forward My Mail to Sweet Home,” by Len Green. McCurtain Gazette (Thursday, May 9, 1973). “Folk History” series; No. 23. PC

g. Newspaper Article: “Rural Life Happy in Early McCurtain County,” by Len Green. McCurtain Gazette (Wednesday, May 2, 1973). “Folk History” series; No. 22. PC

h. Newspaper Article: “Choctaw Were Heroes of World War I,” by Len Green. McCurtain Gazette (Wednesday, April 25, 1973). “Folk History” series; No. 21. PC i. Newspaper Article: “Cotton Pickers Were Once Plentiful,” by Len Green. McCurtain Gazette (Wednesday, April 18, 1973). “Folk History” series; No. 20. PC j. Newspaper Article: “Timber Provided County’s First ‘Boom,’” by Len Green. McCurtain Gazette (Wednesday, April 11, 1973). “Folk History” series; No. 19. PC k. Newspaper Article: “What’s In a Name?” by Len Green. McCurtain Gazette (Wednesday, April 4, 1973). “Folk History” series; No. 18. PC l. Newspaper Article: “How Idabel Became County Seat,” by Len Green. McCurtain Gazette (Wednesday, March 28, 1973). “Folk History” series; No. 17. PC m. Newspaper Article: “McCurtain County Was Well Named,” by Len Green. McCurtain Gazette (Wednesday, March 21, 1973). “Folk History” series; No. 16. PC n. Newspaper Article: “Sequoyah, No; Oklahoma, Yes,” Len Green. McCurtain Gazette (Wednesday, March 14, 1973). “Folk History” series No. 15. PC o. Newspaper Article: “Dawes Commission Shakes Choctaw,” by Len Green. McCurtain Gazette (Wednesday, March 7, 1973). “Folk History” series; No. 14. PC p. Newspaper Article: “Choctaw Nation Railroad Comes,” by Len Green. McCurtain Gazette (Wednesday, February 28, 1973). “Folk History” series; No. 12. PC

70 q. Newspaper Article: “Sporting Blood Among Choctaw,” by Len Green. McCurtain Gazette (Wednesday, February 21, 1973). “Folk History” series; No. 12. PC r. Newspaper Article: “Outlaws Made Choctaw Nation Thief Run” by Len Green. McCurtain Gazette (Wednesday, February 14, 1973). “Folk History” series; No. 11. PC s. Newspaper Article: “’White Wave’ Splashes Choctaw,” by Len Green. McCurtain Gazette (Wednesday, February 7, 1973). “Folk History” series; No. 10. PC t. Newspaper Article: “After Civil War, Freedmen Problem,” by Len Green. McCurtain Gazette (Wednesday, January 31, 1973). “Folk History” series; No. 9. PC u. Newspaper Article: “White Man’s War … Red Man’s Woe,” by Len Green. McCurtain Gazette (Thursday, January 25, 1973). “Folk History” series; No. 8. PC v. Newspaper Article: “Red River Packet, Link with World,” by Len Green. McCurtain Gazette (Wednesday, January 17, 1973). “Folk History” series; No. 7. PC w. Newspaper Article: “Religion and the Choctaw,” by Len Green. McCurtain Gazette (Wednesday, January 10, 1973). “Folk History” series; No. 6. PC x. Newspaper Article: “Residents of Choctaw Nation Enjoyed Life,” by Len Green. McCurtain Gazette (Thursday, January 4, 1973). “Folk History” series; No. 5. PC y. Newspaper Article: “Choctaw Nation Was True Democracy,” by Len Green. McCurtain Gazette (Wednesday, December 27, 1972). “Folk History” series; No. 4. PC z. Newspaper Article; “County Shows Signs of Early Human Residents,” by Len Green. McCurtain Gazette (Wednesday, December 13, 1972). “Folk History” series. No. 2. PC a. Newspaper Article: “American Ain’t … What “America Ain’t … What It Used to Be,” by Robert B. Allen. Sunday Oklahoman (March 16, 1975). Re: America, Oklahoma. PC b. Newspaper Article: “This Is America, Oklahoma,” by Frank Garner. Unidentified Newspaper (December 8, 1963). Photocopy.

71 c. Newspaper Article: “Coming Up from the Sea -- a Scenic Area,” by Len Green. McCurtain Gazette (Wednesday, June 22, 1977). Reprint of earlier article. PC d. Newspaper Article: “Old Miller Court House One of the Historic Spots in Southeast Oklahoma,” by Muriel H. Wright. Daily Oklahoman (Sunday, April 23, 1939). Photocopy. e. Newspaper Article: “Rise and Fall of Hochatown Interesting County Saga,” by Len Green. Idabel Gazette (June 19, 1972). “Folk History” series. PC f. Extract: “Recollections of Peter Hudson.” Pages 508-511 from Chronicles of Oklahoma X, No. 4 (1932). Re: Eagletown. Photocopy. g. Extract: re: Millerton. Photocopied from unidentified source. One page.

h. Newsletter: Bulletin, Postal History Society (Summer, 1959). Article on Eagletown is part of contents.

i. Typescript: “Miller County Courthouse (First Post Office in Oklahoma).” No author given. Eight pages.

j. Report: “McCurtain County Historical Background.” Reprinted from McCurtain County Economic Base Report. Eight pages.

k. Sketch maps: Eagletown area. One by JWM; second note. Latter has key to sites on map; original and four photocopies of map, one copy of key.

l. Research notes: JWM.

m. Map: “Oklahoma Region Road Recreation Map, 1975” by Weyerhauser Company.

n. Map: “Welcome to Idabel, Oklahoma.” Has map of McCurtain County on reverse.

o. General Highway Map, McCurtain County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM.

McIntosh County 15-22

a. Newspaper Article: “McIntosh County Historical Background.” No paper identified (July 4, ?). PC

b. Newspaper Article: “North Fork Town -- Historical Crossroads.” Indian Journal (June 28, 1973). PC

c. Newspaper Article: “Stidham Yesterday and Today.” Indian Journal (Thursday, June 28, 1973). PC

d. Newspaper Article: “Ghost Towns,” by Grant Foreman. Daily Oklahoman (Sunday, February 14, 1937). Photocopy.

e. Typescript: “Rentiesville.” Two separate pieces photocopied on one page.

f. Section map: McIntosh County. Page-sized. g. Sketch map: “McIntosh County Historical Background Map.” Page-sized. h. General Highway Map, McIntosh County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM. Two sheets.

Major County 15-23 a. General Highway Map, Major County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM.

Marshall County 15-23 a. Newspaper Article: “Visitors Welcome at Tiny Chapel.” Daily Oklahoman (July 7, 1975). Re: Chapel near Durwood, Oklahoma. PC b. Newspaper Articles: “History of Woodville,” by John R. Alexander. Unidentified newspaper (December 26, 1935). PC c. General Highway Map, Marshall County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM.

Mayes County 15-24 a. Newspaper Article: “Where is Pryor (Creek)? Name Doesn’t Jibe with Maps,” by Robert B. Allen. Daily Oklahoman (April 4, 1978). PC b. Brochure: “Salina: Oklahoma’s First White Settlement, 1796.” Taken from book by Vinson Lackey. Four pages.

73 c. Brochure: “Salina: Oklahoma’s First White Settlement, Establhished by Major Jean Pierre Chouteau in 1796.” Taken from book by Vinson Lackey. Different from “b” above. d. Brochure: “Salina: Oklahoma’s First White Settlement, 1796.” Taken from book by Vinson Lackey. Slightly different from “b” above. e. General Highway Map, Mayes County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM.

Murray County 15-25 a. Newspaper Article: “Park Sponsors History Walk.” Davis News (July 12, 1973). Re: Platt National Park. PC b. Newspaper Article: “Postal history Is Recited Here.” No paper given. Re: Murray County Postal Service. PC c. Newspaper Article: “Early History of Sulphur Is Recalled Here,” by Klaris Molder. No paper given. PC d. Newspaper Article: “Future of Park Depends on Meet.” No paper given. Re: Chickasaw National Recreation Area. PC e. Newspaper Article: “Price Falls Interest Revived,” by Mary Jo Nelson. Orbit Magazine (February 5, 1978). PC f. Newspaper Article: “a Past to Remember, a Future to Mold,” by Joyce Mulkey. Orbit Magazine (June 29, 1975). Re: Dougherty, Oklahoma. PC g. Newspaper Article: “Winter Wonderland.” Davis News (Thursday, January 26, 1978). Photograph of the castle at Turner Falls, PC. h. Newspaper Article: “Incident Causes Dougherty’s Name.” Sulphur Times Democrat (September 10, 1953). Photocopy. i. Newspaper Article: untitled: re Hickory, Oklahoma. Sulphur Times Democrat (September 10, 1953). Photocopy. j. Newspaper Article: “Dougherty Area of County Provides Very Interesting and Colorful Part in History.” Sulfur Times Democrat (September 10, 1953). Photocopy.

74 k. Newspaper Article: “More Than 300,000 Persons Entered Gats of This Area During the Year,” by La-Vere Shoenfelt Anderson. No paper given. Re: Platt National Park.

l. Extract: re: Donald McDonald, Platt National Park. Pages 4-8, 15-21 from unidentified source. Photocopy. m. Article: “Platt National Park,” by Kent Ruth. Oklahoma Today (undated). Pages 3-4. n. Handwritten notes: JWM. o. General Highway Map, Murray County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM.

Muskogee County 16-1 a. Correspondence: JWM from Belle R. Galtin (June 23, 1976). Re: Brewer Academy. b. Newspaper Article: “Tornado Kills Four,” by Gwen J. Nickels. Muskogee Daily Phoenix and Times Democrat (May 27, 1973). Re: Keefeton tornado. Photocopy. c. Newspaper Article: “Keefeton Tornado Changed Everything,” by De Wayne Wilkerson. Muskogee Phoenix and Times-Democrat (undated). Photocopy. d. Newspaper Article: “Keefeton Tornado Claims Fifth Victim.” Muskogee Daily Phoenix and Times Democrat (May 28, 1973). Photocopy. e. Newspaper Article: “Muskogee Editor Sees Storm Crush Small Community,” by John Lewis Stone. Muskogee Sunday Phoenix and Times-Democrat (May 27, 1973). Photocopy. f. Newspaper Article: “Oktaha Trading Company Building’s the Heart of Old Town,” by Jim Etter. Daily Oklahoman (Monday, March 24, 1975). PC g. Newspaper Article: “City River Boat Destruction Recalled,” by Phil Harris. Muskogee Sunday Phoenix and Times-Democrat (September 1, 1974). PC h. Newspaper Article: “Navigation of Arkansas River Isn’t New to Oklahoma for Packet Boats Used to …” Unidentified newspaper (Sunday, March 27, 1938). Incomplete photocopy.

75 i. Newspaper Article: “From Arkansas River History, a Glimpse of Its Promise for Muskogee’s Future,” by Sox Gage. Muskogee Sunday Phoenix and Times- Democrat (March 10, 1957). Re: river traffic. Photocopy.

j. Newspaper Article: “Business Is Dependent on Navigable Arkansas,” by Forman Thompson. Muskogee Daily Phoenix (Sunday, July 3, 1938). Photocopy.

k. Newspaper Article: “Steamboat on the Arkansas: Navigation of Stream Tried 77 Years Ago; Boat Plans Revived,” by Brian Coyne. Unidentified newspaper (undated). Incomplete photocopy.

l. Newspaper Article: “”Wigwam Neosho Location Is Still Debated,” by Phil Harris. Muskogee Times-Democrat (March 1, 1971). Incomplete photocopy.

m. Newspaper Article: “Hardware Firm Believed First for State.” Daily Oklahoman (Thursday, December 9, 1976). Re: Turner Hardware Company in Muskogee. PC

n. Newspaper Article: “Historic Registry Asked for Bacone,” by Kent Ruth [“Window on the Past” column]. Sunday Oklahoman (?). PC

o. Extract: “From Muskogee to the Sea” and “Navigation Means Much to Muskogee.” Photocopied page from unidentified source (1913?).

p. Map: “Welcome to Muskogee, Oklahoma.”

q. General Highway Map, Muskogee County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM; other information noted in green. Two sheets.

Noble County 16-2

a. Newspaper Article: “History Book Almost Closes on Deserted Town of Three Sands.” Daily Oklahoman (Sunday, June 24, 1956). PC

b. Newspaper Article: “Three Sands Just a Wasted Oil Field,” by Ed Kelley. Daily Oklahoman (January 8, 1978). PC c. Newspaper Article: “Unusual Home Going Up on Homestead,” by Ed Kelley. Daily Oklahoman (Monday, September 5, 1977). Re; Underground house near Perry. PC d. Extract: re: Three Sands. From article in Oklahoma Today (undated). Page 25 only 8 Page 25 only; photocopy.

76 e. Map: City of Perry f. General Highway Map, Noble County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community Place names circled one in red by JWM.

Nowata County 16-3 a. Newspaper Article: Untitled: re Alluwe. Daily Oklahoman (Sunday, January 12, 1958. Incomplete photocopy. b. Extract: re Alluwe. Page 655 from “Muskogee and Northeastern Oklahoma. Photocopy. c. Report: “Nowata County Historical Background.” Reprinted from Nowata County Economic Base Report, 1966. Eight pages. d. Handwritten notes: JWM. e. General Highway Map, Nowata County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM.

Okfuskee County 16-4 a. Correspondence: JWM to/from Dean Painter (April 23, 1973). Re: Pharoah, Oklahoma. b. Newspaper Article: “Old Tribal Town Remnants Linger,” by Gene Hartsell. Orbit Magazine (October 20, 1974). Re: Thlopthlocco. PC c. Newspaper Article: “Travel -- Then and Now as Seen from London House.” Okemah News Leader (?) (April 21, 1966). Re: Woody Guthrie’s old home. Photocopy. d. Newspaper Article: “Ramshackle House Woody’s Home: Scribblings of Passerby Testify to Singer’s Fame,” by Cathy Hobbs. Daily Oklahoman (Monday, October 14, 1974). PC e. Newspaper Article: “’Nothing Like Her Ever Happened Before.’ Columbia Law Student Captures Boley’s History,” by Lynn Hamilton. Sunday Oklahoman (November 27, 1977). PC f. Handwritten notes: JWM.

77 g. General Highway Map, Okfuskee County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM.

Oklahoma County 16-5

a. Correspondence: JWM to Mrs. J.T. Armstrong; reply from Mrs. G.A. Williams (May-June, 1974). Re: Douglas community. b. Newspaper Article: Photograph of Overholser Mansion. Sunday Oklahoman (November 21, 1976). PC c. Newspaper Article: “A Dream Explodes: Canal Ran Through Heart of Infant Oklahoma City,” by Judy Fosset. Orbit Magazine (February 24, 1974). PC d. Newspaper Article: “Sooner History Found in Main Library.” Daily Oklahoman (Monday, June 4, 1973). Re: Charles E. Francis Room in Oklahoma County Library. PC. e. Newspaper Article: “Arcadia’s Old Round Barn,” by Burnis Argo. Sunday Oklahoman (June 25, 1978). PC f. Newspaper Article: “The Buildings of Solomon Layton,” by Mary Jo Nelson. Orbit Magazine (March 26, 1978). PC g. Newspaper Article: “Hales Built History,” by Kent Ruth [“Leisure Life” series]. Sunday Oklahoman (April 9, 1978). PC h. Newspaper Article: “Oklahoma in ‘80s? Apocalypse Must Wait: Population Shift, Growing Economy Predicted,” by Jeff Holladay. Sunday Oklahoman (July 18, 1976). PC i. Newspaper Article: “In 30 Years, Strasbaugh Has Seen City Fall, Begin Rise.” Sunday Oklahoman (November 7, 1976). j. Newspaper Article: “The Architectural Legacy of William Wells,” by Mary Jo Nelson. Orbit Magazine (September 4, 1977). PC k. Newspaper section: “Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce. Sunday Oklahoma Special Report.” Sunday Oklahoman (November 30, 1975). l. Typescript: re Douglas City. Two pages. m. Typescript: extracts from various sources re Oklahoma Station Two pages.

78 n. Extract: Sketch and information re Orchard City. Sturm’s Magazine, IX, No. 5 (January, 1910). Photocopy.

o. Article: “Run of ’89,” by Pendleton Woods. Motorist (March/April, 1977). Pages 8-9, 12.

p. Map: Moore Quadrangle. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior (1938).

q. General Highway Map, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM.

Okmulgee County 16-6

a. Correspondence: JWM from John Brydges (August 18, 1976). Re: Okmulgee city and county. Attached list of manufacturers.

b. Newspaper Article: “Where Did You Say Kusa Was?” by Kent Ruth [“Window on the Past” column]. Sunday Oklahoman Showcase (August 17, 1975).

c. Typescript: “Okmulgee County.” Eleven pages. d. Handwritten notes: JWM. e. General Highway Map, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM.

Osage County 16-7 a. Correspondence: JWM to/from Gloria M. Cheshewalla (February, 1975). Re: Osage County. b. Correspondence: JWM to/from Archie L. Mason (February, 1975). Re: Grayhorse, Oklahoma. c. Newspaper Article: “Old Whizzbang Whizzes No More,” by Bob McMillin. Oklahoma City Times (Friday, July 6, 1951). Original and photocopy. d. Newspaper Article: “Fire on the Prairie,” by Ruth Randolph. Orbit Magazine (May 22, 1977). Re: 1976 prairie fire. PC e. Newspaper Article: re Whizzbang. Sunday Oklahoman (October, ?). Photocopy.

f. Article: “’The Foraker Country.’ In the Heart of This Farmer’s and Stockman’s Paradise, Flourishes Foraker -- One of the Best ‘Little Towns’ in the State,” by

79 Charles B. Caldwell. Reprint from The Osage Magazine in the Pawhuska Daily Journal (undated). Photocopy. g. Newspaper Article: “The Burbank Oil Field, Town Maker,” by Thelma Conner. Unidentified newspaper. Incomplete photocopy.

h. Article: “Swede’s Field: For 32 Years, Pearsonia Field, Oklahoma, Has Been the Home of Pumper ‘Swede’ Sandstorm.” Horizons (November-December, 1951). i. Map: Pawhuska, Oklahoma. Photocopy; taped together. j. Map: Kaw Lake and Reservoir.* k. Map: “Greetings from Fairfax, Oklahoma.”* l. Map: “Welcome to Fairfax, Oklahoma”.* Two copies; one incomplete. m. Map: “Welcome to Osage, County, Oklahoma.”* n. General Highway Map, Osage County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM. Four sheets; two of them partial.

Ottawa County 16-8 a. Correspondence: JWM to/from Frances Baker (Boswell) (June, 1975). Re: Lincolnville and Zincville. b. Newspaper Article: “Reunion Putting Lincolnville in Spotlight Again,” by Velma Nieberding. Miami News-Record (Sunday, September 2, 1973). PC c. Newspaper Article: re Pincher. Unidentified newspaper (Sunday, May 18, 1952). Incomplete photocopy. d. Typescript: “Miami, Oklahoma. County Seat of Ottawa County.” Compiled July 1, 1973. Four pages. e. Report: Miami (May, 1976). Part of “Oklahoma Community Data” series. Seven pages. Cover note from Linda McMinn of Miami Chamber of Commerce. f. Booklet: “Miami, Ottawa County, Oklahoma.” Prepared by the Chamber of Commerce, ca. 1973. g. Handwritten notes: JWM.

80 h. Map: City of Miami, Oklahoma (1975). i. Map: Historical map of Ottawa County, Oklahoma (1965). j. General Highway Map, Ottawa County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM. Two discrete editions.

Pawnee County 16-9 a. Correspondence: JWM to Editor of The Cleveland American (October 16, 1973). Re: Keystone Dedication edition. PC b. Newspaper Article: “Keystone Area Takes on New Look,” by Bill Butler. Completion. Photocopy. c. Newspaper Article: “Blackburn.” The Oklahoman Review (December, 1897). Typescript; two pages. d. Brochure: “Pawnee Bill Museum.” e. Photograph: Derricks at Quay. Printed copy; removed from unidentified volume. f. General Highway Map, Pawnee County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM. Two sheets; one with margin cut away.

Payne County 16-10 a. Newspaper Article: “Copper Mining Once Boomed in North Central Oklahoma.” Oklahoma City Times (February 17, 1976). PC b. Newspaper Article: “A Ghost Comes to Life,” by Elmer T. Peterson. Daily Oklahoman (Sunday, September 11, 1938). Re: Ingalls, Oklahoma. PC c. Newspaper Article: “Wheels of Progress at Ripley” and “And Then There Was Ripley,” both by Gene Orchard. Cushing Daily Citizen (February 28, 1973). PC d. Article: “Pipeline Crossroad: The Great Cushing Oil Field Mothered a Score of Pipe Lines, making the Area the ‘Pipe Line Capital’ of the World …” The Connecting Rod (July, 1949). Pages 1-4. Photocopy. e. Typescript: “Stillwater, Oklahoma, Points of Historical Interest.” One page.

81 f. Report: “Cushing” (November, 1975). Part of Oklahoma Community Data series. Seven pages.

g. Sketch map: JWM: Ingalls, Oklahoma. Taken from original in Chronicles of Oklahoma, XXXVI, No. 4 (Winter, 1958-1959). Page 434.

h. Handwritten notes: JWM.

i. Map: “Welcome to Stillwater, Oklahoma.” Map of Oklahoma State University Campus on reverse.

j. Map: “Cushing, Oklahoma.” Two copies.

k. General Highway Map, Payne County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM. Part of lower map cut away.

Pittsburg County 16-11

a. Newspaper Article: “Oklahoma’s Worst Mine Disaster 99 Years Ago at Krebs,” by Gil Broyles. Norman Transcript (Sunday, January 6, 1980). PC

b. Newspaper Article: “Coal Draws Founder to Old Town Site.” Daily McAlester Democrat (Friday, July 29, 1977). Re: original settled part of the town. PC

c. Newspaper Section: “’Old Town’ - McAlester.” McAlester News-Capital (Thursday, July 28, 1977).

d. Newspaper Article: “13 -- The Shades of a Tragic Past Stand Guard over Ghost Town’s Ruins,” by Ernie Hill. Oklahoma News (August 1, 1937). Re: Adamson and coal mine disaster in 1914. Photocopy.

e. Article: “Earlsboro -- Boom and Bust,” by JWM. Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Science (1964). Pages 209-212. Photocopy. f. Article: “Pearson and Oklahoma State Highway No. 18,” by JWM. Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Science (1964). Pages 203-205. Photocopy. g. Typescript: “Perryville and Its Historic Associations,” No author indicated. Seven pages. h. Map: McAlester. Page-sized.

82 i. General Highway Map, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM. Three sheets.

Pontotoc County 16-12

a. Correspondence: JWM to Director, Ada Chamber of Commerce (August 9, 1976). Re: data on Ada.

b. Correspondence: JWM to/from Julius Lester Madlock (April-May, 1974). Re: book. c. Newspaper Article: “Lawrence Isn’t There Anymore,” by Melody Davis. Orbit Magazine (September 19, 1976). PC d. Newspaper Article: “The History of Fittstown,” by Juanita Townsend. Unidentified Newspaper. Incomplete photocopy. e. Newspaper Article: “’Twas Different in Ada When Twentieth Century Arrived. Life Simpler Then in Small but Ambitiously Striving Town,” by J. Hugh Biles. Ada Evening News (Sunday, January 1, 1950). PC f. Report: “Ada” (February, 1976). Part of Oklahoma Community Data series. Seven pages. g. Leaflet: “Byrd Mill Spring.” One page. h. Typescript: “Thumbnail Sketch of Ada, Oklahoma.” (May 17, 1976). One page. i. Typescript: “East Central Callixylon Is Largest Example Known to Exist.” One page. j. Handwritten notes: JWM. k. Sketch map: JWM: Center, Indian Territory, in 1870s. l. Townsite plat: Center, Oklahoma, in the 1890s. Photocopy. m. Map: “Lake Liberty” site location map. Page-sized. n. General Highway Map, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM. Two sheets.

Pottawatomie County

83 16-13 a. Newspaper Article: “This Is Oklahoma: Pottawatomie County,” by Frances Thetford. Oklahoma’s Orbit (Sunday, March 6, 1960). Photocopy. b. Newspaper Article: “City of Keokuk Falls Dies with Distillery,” by Fred Allan Potter. Escort Sunday Magazine, Shawnee News-Star (May 6, 1973). Photocopy. c. Paper: “Earlsboro -- Boom and Bust.” JWM. Typescript; nine pages. d. Report: “Shawnee Statistical Review.” Typescript; nine pages; two discrete copies. e. Newspaper Article: “Earlsboro, The ‘Dirty, Stinking Town’ Jeff Cu … .” Partial photocopy from unidentified paper. f. Handwritten notes: JWM. g. Extract: re: Violet, by J.F. Stegall. h. Map: “Welcome to Shawnee, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma.”* i. General Highway Map, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM.

Pushmataha County 16-14 a. Correspondence: Jimi Ann Cocke to/from JWM (April - May, 1975). Re: Kosoma. b. Correspondence: Grace Klutts to/from JWM (March, 1974). Re: Jumbo. c. Newspaper Article: “The Great German Invasion of Pushmataha County! The Belzoni War Was Short but Fruious -- And Nobody Got Hurt,” by Jesse Berryhill. Sunday Oklahoman (August 27, 1978). Photocopy. d. Newspaper Article: “Sardis Becoming Ghost Town in Path of Clayton Lake. Mining Community ‘Quite a Place Back Yonder,’” by Robert B. Allen. Daily Oklahoman (November 18, 1977). Photocopy. e. Newspaper Article: “Kosoma Legends Are Told by Mike Emery.” Antlers American (n.d.). Photocopy. f. Extract: re Tuskahoma. Page 184 photocopied from “History of Indian Territory.”

g. Extract: re Tuskohoma. Page 32 photocopied from unidentified source.

h. List of towns in Pushmataha County. Locations and post office (if any) given for each.

i. Draft: Jimi Ann Cocke: “State Highway 144 -- Antlers to Clayton.” Re: sights along the same. Typescript; three pages; photocopy.

k. Report: Pushmataha County Historical Background. Six pages.

l. General Highway Map, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM. Two sheets.

Roger Mills County 16-15

a. Newspaper: The Hammond Advocate (May 2, 1968). Pioneer Day edition.

b. Newspaper Article: “The Historic 100th Meridian in Oklahoma.” by Alvin Rucker. Daily Oklahoman (Sunday, February 5, 1928). Photocopy.

c. Handwritten notes: JWM.

d. General Highway Map, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM. Two sheets.

Rogers County 16-16

a. Correspondence: (Mrs) J.B. Cole to/from JWM (1975). Re: Talala.

b. Newspaper Article: “’Boomtown’ Catale Now Only Memories.” Sunday Oklahoman (April 25, 1982). Photocopy.

c. Newspaper Article: “Oklahoma and Lynn Riggs,” by Vernon T. Ewing. Orbit Magazine (August 1, 1976). Photocopy.

d. Magazine Article: “Will Rogers’ Home Town,” by Debs Myers. Holiday (April, 1951). Pages 72-73, 75-76, 78-81. e. Report: “Economic Base Report: Rogers County, 1973.” Oklahoma City: Oklahoma Employment Security Commission.

85 f. Extract: re Foyil. Photocopied from unidentified source.

g. Handwritten notes: JWM.

h. General Highway Map, Rogers County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM.

Sequoyah County 16-17 a. Correspondence: Eric Allen to JWM (February 3, 1975). Re: books by Allen. b. Correspondence: Flossie Neal to/from JWM (January - Marc, 1975). Re: Hanson.

c. Correspondence: Mrs. Roy Spear to JWM (January 23, 1975). Re: Remy. d. Newspaper Article: “A History of the Hanson Community,” by Mrs. J.B. Garvin. Sequoyah County Times (February 20, 1975 and February 23, 1975). Photocopies. e. Newspaper Article: “Wilson’s Rock to Three Forks Area in Spotlight as Navigation Nears.” Sequoyah Times (January 1, 1970). Photocopy.

f. Newspaper Article: “Heritage Trail,” by Eric Allen. Re: Texas Road.

g. Newspaper Article: “Hanson to Celebrate Eightieth Birthday,” by Flossie Neal. Sequoyah County Times (July 4, 1968). Photocopy.

h. Extract: re: Redland. Pages 175-176 photocopied from “History of Indian Territory.” Two copies. i. Leaflet: Sequoyah County Historical Society: re County History.

j. Extract: re Tahlonteeskee. Photocopied from “Historical Markers and Civil War Sites, Sequoyah County.”

k. General Highway Map, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM.

Seminole County 16-18

a. Newspaper Article: “Alvin Rucker Saw Seminole,” by Milt Phillips [“Cluttered Corner” column]. Seminole Producer (May 16, 1967). PC

86 b. Newspaper Article: “Early-Day Seminole Vice Well Organized. Citizens Protest Stories, Burn Newspapers,” by Kent Ruth [“Window on the Past” column]. Oklahoman (n.d.). PC c. Newspaper Section: Supplement to The Seminole Producer (Friday, July 15, 1977). Contains speech by Dean A. McGee under title “Oil Pioneer Recalls Colorful Exciting ‘Boom Days’ Here.” d. Newspaper Article: “How Our County’s Towns Got Names,” by Milt Phillips [“Cluttered Corner” column]. Seminole Producer (June 16, 1976). e. Newspaper Article: “Mansion Monument to Seminole Oilman. ‘Doc’ Grisso Built It as Dream House,” by Mayme Moore. Shawnee News-Star (November 28, 19760. Two photocopies. f. Newspaper Article: “Young Priest Granted Power to Found Sacred Heart Mission in 1876. Father Bernard Murphy Is Only American to Rule as Abbott.” NP (n.d.). Photocopy. g. Newspaper Section: Oklahoma Orbit (Magazine of the Daily Oklahoman) (August 7, 1960). Contains article, “This Is Oklahoma: Seminole County,” by Francis Thetford. h. Extracts: “Seminole District, Oklahoma.” Chapter 12.9 (Pages 553-562) photocopied from Trek of the Oil Finders: A History of Exploration for Petroleum. i. Extract: re Cromwell. Pages 118-120 photocopied from unidentified source. j. Extract: re Cromwell. Pages 224-227, 236-237 photocopied from Floyd Miller, Bill Tilghman: Marshal of the Last Frontier. Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company, 1968. k. Booklet: “Oil and Gas in Oklahoma. Geology of Seminole County,” by A.I. Levorsen. Oklahoma Geological Survey Bulletin No. 40-BB (1928). l. Typescript: “The Greater Seminole Area.” By JWM (?) Twenty-one pages. m. Typescript: Jake Simms -- Chief of Police at Seminole: “Seminole Is a Good Place to Live.” Six pages. [This word-processed typescript may be one of the oil interviews from the WPA project.] n. Booklet: “Seminole, Oklahoma. Growth -- for a Reason.” Chamber of Commerce Publication. Shawnee: Concept Publications, n.d. p. Handwritten notes: JWM.

87 q. General Highway Map, Seminole County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM. Two sheets.

Stephens County 16-19 a. Correspondence: Flodelle Hooten Gates to JWM (January 23, 1975). Re: book on Santa Fe, Oklahoma. b. Correspondence: Mrs. George E. Jenkins to JWM (July 26, 1973)> Re: Stephens County history and sources. c. Newspaper Article: “The Marlows -- Famous or Infamous?” by Bill Christian. Orbit Magazine (March 4, 1973). PC d. Newspaper Article: “Payne Family among Earliest Settlers.” Marlow Review (May 10, 1973). PC e. Leaflet: re Stephens County Historical Museum Open House (September 4, 1977). f. Typescript: J.G. Clift: “History of the City of Duncan.” Two pages; photocopy. g. Report: “Duncan: 1975.” One in Oklahoma Community Data Series. Seven pages. h. Booklet: “Duncan -- The Total Community.” Chamber of Commerce Publication. Fifty-two pages. i. Handwritten notes: JWM. j. Map: “Street Map of Duncan, Oklahoma, and Stephens County.”* k. General Highway Map, Stephens County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM.

Texas County 16-20 a. Newspaper Article: “Hundred Left Their Name along the Santa Fe Trail.” Guymon Daily Herald (April 30, 1977). Re: “inscription rock.” PC

88 b. Newspaper Article: “Battle Lines Drawn Between Cattlemen and Early Settlers,” by Cyndi Fagan. Guymon Daily Herald (Saturday-Sunday, April 30-May 1, 1977). PC c. Newspaper Article: “Cattle King Got Start in Area by Digging Wells.” Guymon Daily Herald (April 30, 1977). PC d. Newspaper Article: “Historic Relics Fenced,” by Ed Kelley. Daily Oklahoman (October 30, 1978). PC e. Newspaper Article: “Cattlemen Dominate No Man’s Land Until Early Settlers Move into Area.” [Beaver] Herald-Democrat (April 14, 1977). PC f. Newspaper Article: “Robber’s Roost, Hideout for Old West Outlaws,” Guymon Daily Herald (April 30 - May 1, 1977). PC g. Newspaper Article: “Brands Were the Password When Cattle Roamed the Areas.” Guymon Daily Herald (April 30, 1977). PC h. Newspaper Article: “Early Day Cattle Drives Needed Many Horses.” Guymon Daily Herald (April 30, 1977). PC i. Newspaper Article: “Early Guymon School Teachers Picked on Looks, Intelligence,” Guymon Daily Herald (April 30, 1977). PC j. Newspaper Article: “Area Pioneers Laid Foundation for Dust Storms,” by Cyndi Fagan. Guymon Daily Herald (April 30, 1977). PC k. Newspaper Article: “Jinglebobs Were Ferocious Looking.” Guymon Daily Herald (April 30, 1977). PC l. Newspaper Article: “No Man’s Land Called Paradise.” Guymon Daily Herald (April 30, 1977). PC m. Newspaper Article: “Departing Soil of Dust Storms Revealed Many Things.” Guymon Daily Herald (April 30, 1977). PC n. Newspaper Article: “The Settling of Texas County.” Guymon Daily Herald (April 30, 1977). o. Newspaper Article: “Museum Offers Unique History of Panhandle Area,” by Steve Ray. Guymon Daily Herald (April 30, 1977). PC p. Newspaper Article: “Historical Background of Guymon.” Guymon Daily Herald (April 30, 1977). PC

89 q. Newspaper Article: “Earp in Ulysses Was More Than a Gunman,” by Lile Tuttle. Guyman Daily Herald (April 30, 1977). PC

r. Newspaper Article: “Heavy Rains -- And a 7-inch Snow,” by Dan Manley. Daily Oklahoman (Friday, May 4, 1979). PC

s. Newspaper Article: Guymon to Honor True Area Pioneer,” by Ed Slater. Amarillo Daily News (April 21, 1977). PC

t. Newspaper Article: Map of the Santa Fe Trail. Guymon Daily Herald (April 25, 1977). PC

u. Newspaper Article: “’No Man’s Land’ Boasts of a Colorful History.” Guymon Daily Herald (April 26, 1973). PC

v. Newspaper Article: “Old Dombey Landmark Is Gone But Pioneers Still Remember,” by Mrs. J.R. Kulow, Sr. Guymon Daily Herald (April 26, 1973). PC w. Newspaper Article: “Panhandle Empire Queen Is Guymon,” by John Dexter. Daily Oklahoman (March 2, 1954). PC

x. Newspaper Article: “Still ‘Busting Out,’” by Cullen Johnson. Daily Oklahoman (October 3, 1948). Re: Guymon. Photocopy.

y. Report: Hudgins, Thompson, Ball, and Associates: re Texas County. Includes history (n.d.). Photocopy.

z. Envelope: Guymon, Oklahoma, scenes printed on it.

aa. Extract: “Guymon. Sweet Gas Capital of the World.” Photocopied from unidentified source.

bb. Extract. Pages 395-397 photocopied from Oscar A. Kinden, “The Squatters in No Man’s Land.” Chronicles of Oklahoma, XXVI, No. 4 (Winter, 1948-1949).

cc. Extract: re Texas County. Pages 122-124 photocopied from unidentified source.

dd. Report: “Guymon.” Part of Oklahoma Community Data series. Six pages.

ee. Report: Oklahoma Writers Project: “Texas County” (1936). Eight pages; photocopy. ff. Report: re Texas County. No author given. Typescript; seven pages.

90 gg. Report: “Wichita Farm Credit Letter” (Fall - Winter, 1977). Includes article, “Mastering No Mans Land,” by Donald A. Brown.

hh. Handwritten notes: JWM.

ii. Map: Section Page of Texas County (n.d.). Page-sized.

jj. Map: Plat Map of Mouser, Oklahoma (n.d.). Page-sized.

kk. Map: Street Map of Guymon, Oklahoma (n.d.). Page-sized. ll. Map: “Welcome to Guymon, Oklahoma” (n.d.).* mm. Map: Perryton Map, U.S.G.S. 1:250,000 series (1954; revised to 1965).*

nn. Map: “Present Land Use Map -- 1974, Texas County, Oklahoma.” Soil Conservation Service.* oo. Map: “All About Texhoma, U.S.A.” (n.d.).*

pp. Map: Oklahoma Department of Transportation: Historical Map Series. Shows “Trails” and “Civil War in Indian Territory, 1861-1865.”

qq. General Highway Map, Texas County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM. Additional sites labeled in green. rr. General Highway Map, County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. [Unmarked]

Tillman County 16-21 a. Correspondence: Bob Wyatt to/from JWM (October, 1974). Re: ghost towns. b. Newspaper Article: “They Brought Their Home,” by Carolyn Maxwell. Orbit Magazine (December 5, 1976). Re: Structure in Frederick, Oklahoma, brought from Ohio by Noan Nill. PC c. Newspaper Article: “The Search for Frederick’s Namesake,” by Carolyn Maxwell. Orbit Magazine (May 15, 1977). PC d. Newspaper Article: “Siboney -- The Town That Moved,” by Carolyn Maxwell. Orbit Magazine (May 15, 1977). PC

91 e. Newspaper Article: “Loveland High Alumni Sets Homecoming Activities at Frederick Hotel August 17.” N.P. (n.d.). Photocopy. f. Newspaper Article: “Loveland Postmark Sought by Lovers.” N.P. (n.d.). Photocopy. g. Extract: re Loveland. Pages 90-91 photocopied from unidentified source. h. Newspaper Article: “Once Boom Town, Loveland Dying Out,” by Richard Break. Frederick Daily Leader (August 25, 1968). Photocopy. i. Extract: re Eschiti. Page 39 photocopied from undate issue of Oklahoma Today. j. List: Tillman County Schools. Typescript; two pages. k. Report: “Tillman County Historical Background.” Reprinted from Tillman County Economic Base Report (1964). Three pages. l. Handwritten and typewritten notes: JWM. m. Map: “Frederick, Oklahoma.”* n. General Highway Map, Tillman County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM. Two sheets.

Tulsa County 16-22 a. Newspaper Article: “Waterway Aids in Growth.” Norman Transcript (November 21, 1976). Re: McClellan-Kerr Waterway. PC b. Newspaper Article: “Cattle Led the Way,” by Fannie Brownlee Misch. Your World (January 3, 1965). Re: Red Fork. PC c. Newspaper Article: “Whistle Stop Fades Away.” Oklahoma City Times (November 6, 1969). Re: Alumna. PC d. Brochure: “Tulsa Garden Center.” e. Brochure: “Tulsa.” Three copies. f. Brochure: Tulsa County Historical Society.

92 g. General Highway Map, Tulsa County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM. Three sheets.

Wagoner County 16-23

a. Newspaper Article: “Once a Bustling Town, Red Bird Now ‘Gone, Just Gone,’” by Ed Kelley. Daily Oklahoman (March 3, 1980). PC

b. Newspaper Article: “Okay, Oklahoma,” by Bea Spence. Oklahoma’s Orbit (February 27, 1966). PC

c. Newspaper Article: “Flash Back Shots on Early Day Wagoner.” Wagoner Record-Democrat (June 20, 1957). PC

d. Newspaper Article: “It’s Okay by Me,” by Thomas L. Wilson, as told to C.L. Packer. Tulsa World (July 2, 1967). Photocopy.

e. Extract: “Wagoner County (continued).” Photocopy; two copies. Mentions Tullahassee and Redbird.

f. Report: “Wagoner Schools.” Mimeograph; two pages.

g. Report: “Wagoner: From Early Day Cattle Town.” Reprinted from Record- Democrat (June 27, 1957). Mimeograph; five pages.

h. Report: “Wagoner: Called Queen of the Prairies.” Reprinted from Record- Democrat (June 20, 1957). Mimeograph; seven pages.

i. Report: “Wagoner.” Reprinted by John D. Benedict, Muskogee and Northeastern Oklahoma (S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1922). Mimeograph; six pages.

j. Report: “Wagoner.” Reprinted from History of Indian Territory (Lewis Publishing Company, 1901). Mimeograph; eleven pages.

k. Report: “Economic Base Report, Wagoner County, 1974.” … Twenty-four pages. l. Handwritten notes: JWM. m. Map: “Wagoner, Oklahoma.”* n. General Highway Map, Wagoner County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM. Two sheets.*

Washington County 16-24 a. Correspondence: Elmer J. Sark to/from JWM (1973, 1975). Re: local history. b. Newspaper Article: “Phillips Brings in $146 Million.” Bartlesville Examiner- Enterprise (September 16, 1976). PC c. Newspaper Article: “Bartlesville’s Sources Recalled,” by Kent Ruth [“Window on the Past” column]. Sunday Oklahoman (May 7, 1978). PC d. Newspaper Article: “OSPE [Oklahoma Society of Professional Engineers] Observes Engineers Week; List Significant Achievements.” Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise (February 23, 1976). e. Newspaper Article: “Silver Lake Is Rich in Oklahoma History,” by Joanne Ford. Unidentified newspaper (November 14, 1965). f. Extract: re Silver Lake. Photocopied from unidentified source; one page. g. Extract: re Silver Lake. Pages 110-113 photocopied from unidentified source. h. Booklet: “The First Baptist Church, Bar, Oklahoma, Seventy-third Anniversary, 1891-1964,” by Elmer J. Sark. i. Handwritten notes: JWM. j. Map: “City Map, Bartlesville.”* k. General Highway Map, Washington County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM. Two sheets.

Washita County 16-25 a. Correspondence: Wayne Schoonmaker to/from JWM (1975). Re: Port, Oklahoma. b. Correspondence: Lonnie Vanderveer to/from JWM (1975). Re: Port, Oklahoma. c. Newspaper Article: “The Story of … John Seger.” Clinton Daily News (Thursday, April 19, 1973). Re: Seger and Colony, Oklahoma. PC

94 d. Newspaper Article: “Cloud Chief, Washita’s First Big Town.” Clinton Daily News (April 19, 1973). PC e. Newspaper: Sentinel Leader (May 12, 1966). Contains several photographs and stories about Port, Oklahoma. One complete and one incomplete copy of the issue. f. Newspaper Article: “Port Largest Consolida …” Sentinel newspaper (April 10, 1930). Incomplete photocopy. g. Newspaper Article: “The Ghost Town of Port, Washita County,” by Hugh Corwin. (Historical Sites: No. 48.) Lawton Constitution (n.d.). Photocopy. h. Typescript: “Washita County.” (January, 1970?) Four pages; photocopy. Contains information on Cloud Chief, Foss, Port, Bessie, Dill City, Canute, Sentinel, Rocky, Corn, etc. i. Article: “Port Consolidated School District No. 5, Washita County,” by Lonnie T. Vanderveer. Pages 174-186 photocopied from probably Prairie Lore. j. Extract: re “Foss, The Live Young City.” Two pages photocopied from unidentified source. k. Extract: re: Foss. Two pages photocopied from “History of Washita County,” by Vester Montgomery. Thesis at OU (1929). l. Report: re: “Foss.” Reprinted from article in Clinton Daily News (1937). Typescript; three pages; photocopy. Several articles are included. m. Extract: re Port. Pages 53 photocopied from identified source. [Head of page reads “Chapter VI. The Development of Port Join Independent School District #5.”] n. Extract: re: Cloud Chief. Two pages photocopied from Thomas A. Edwards, “Early Days in the Cheyenne and Arapahoe …” o. Extract: “Chapter 4. Industries -- Cloud Chief.” Pages 22-29 photocopied from B. E. Bryant, Prairie Pioneer. p. Extract: re: Cloud Chief. Photocopy; two copies. q. Map: “Washita and Kiowa Counties, Oklahoma.”* r. General Highway Map, Washita County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM.

95 Woods County 16-26 a. Correspondence: JWM to Ralph Strete (n.d.). Re: ghost towns. b. Newspaper Article: “Ol’ Salty Blackmon Says Luck Sent Him to the Salt Mines,” by Jeff Holladay. Orbit Magazine (November 9, 1975). Re: Big Salt Plain. PC

c. Newspaper Article: “Woods County Remembers Its Heritage,” by Kent Ruth [“Window on the Past” column] Oklahoman (n.d.). PC

d. Newspaper Article: “Supermarket? No! Avard’s General Store is Sufficient,” by Vera O. Kretzinger. Sunday Oklahoman (October 11, 1953). Photocopy. Re: Avard, Oklahoma.

e. Leaflet: “Avard -- Red Carpet Country -- U.S.A.” One page detached from larger publication.

f. Brochure: “Freedom, Oklahoma.”

g. Map: Alva, Oklahoma.*

h. General Highway Map, Woods County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM. Two sheets.*

Woodward County 16-27

a. Newspaper Article: “Big Iodine Plant Near Woodward Will Begin Operations Next Week,” by Jim Reid. Daily Oklahoman (January 16, 1977). PC

b. Newspaper Article: “A Garden Spot That Became a Early Fame of Boiling Springs.” Orbit Magazine (October 24, 1975). Re: William P. Morrow homestead. PC

c. Map: U.S.G.S. Quadrangle: “Fort Supply, Oklahoma” (1971). U.S. Geological Survey.

d. General Highway Map, Woodward County, Oklahoma. Prepared by Oklahoma Department of Highways. Community place names circled in red by JWM. Two sheets.

Panhandle Materials Box 17

96 17-1 JWM Notes.

Handwritten notes: re: outline of proposed volume, potential bibliography, and research notes.

17-2 JWM Articles.

a. “The Oklahoma Panhandle -- A Cross Section of the Southern High Plains,” Economic Geography, XXXVI, No. 1 (January, 1960), Pages 70- 88. With Arthur H. Doerr. Photocopy.

b. “Oklahoma Panhandle.” Landscape, X, No. 1 (Fall, 1960). Pages 32-35. With Arthur H. Doerr. Photocopy.

17-3 Miscellaneous Printed Materials.

a. Bookley. Maynard, Louis. Outlaws of No Man’s Land, The Empire of Greer, and Other Stories. N.P.: Barker-Maynard, Publisher, 1977. 73 pages.

b. Leaflet. Finnell, H.H. “Dust Storms Come from the Poorer Lands.” U.S. Department of Agriculture Leaflet No. 260. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1949. 8 pages.

c. Journal. Oklahoma Geology Notes, XXXVIII, No. 1 (February, 1978). Norman: Oklahoma Geological Survey. Pages 19-20 are noted: U.S. Board on Geographic Names Decisions” on those pages contains some panhandle names.

d. Newsletter. “Oklahoma Heritage,” VIII, No. 5 (May, 1979). Oklahoma City: Oklahoma Heritage Association. 4 pages.

e. Booklet. Chrisman, Harry E., ed. Some Experiences of Boss Neff in the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandle. 2nd edition. 30 pages.

f. Journal. Oklahoma Highwayman, VI, No. 4 (November, 1971). Historical issue.

17-4 Extracts from Books.

a. Pages 40-43 from Oklahoma Author’s Club, The Romance of Oklahoma. Oklahoma City: NP, 1920. Re: pioneer teachers. Photocopy.

b. Thomas, Maude O. “No Man’s Land.” Given at Statehood Anniversary, 1929. Pages 419-420 in Lerona Rosamund Morris, Oklahoma: Yesterday-

97 Today-Tomorrow. Guthrie: Cooperative Publishing Company, 1930. Photocopy.

c. “No Man’s Land and ‘Cimarron Territory.’” Chapter XIX (Pages 202- 204) in Luther B. Hill, A History of the State of Oklahoma. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, 1910. Photocopy.

d. Page 600 of Volume II of Thoburn, History of Oklahoma. Re: claims and claim adjudication. Photocopy.

e. Pages 63-65 from R.L. Kidd, Oklahoma Past and Present. Oklahoma City: Frontier Publishing Company, 1939, Re: Panhandle. Photocopy.

f. Booklet: re: Fort Nichols. 2nd printing. Walters Press Publication, 1967. 29 pages. Photocopy.

g. Pages 1-3, 6-13, 16-23, 34-37 from Boise City and Cimarron County, Oklahoma.

h. Chapter XIV, “In Beaver County or ‘No Man’s Land.’” J.H. McCuistion, What Happened, 1865-1936. Pages 40-45. N.P.: n.d. Photocopy.

17-5 Articles: Chronicles of Oklahoma.

a. Wardell, M.L. “Southwest’s History Written in Oklahoma’s Boundary Story: Struggle for Control of Mississippi Valley Leaves Its Mark on State. Chronicles of Oklahoma, V (Pages 287-296). Photocopy.

b. Pages 90-93 from “No Man’s Land.” Chronicles of Oklahoma, unidentified. Photocopy.

c. Pages 238-239 from “Notes and Documents,” Chronicles of Oklahoma XXX, NO. 2 (Summer, 1952). Re: Beaver County. Photocopy.

d. Kinchen, Oscar A. “The Squatters in No Man’s Land.” Chronicles of Oklahoma, XXVI, No. 4 (Winter, 1948-1949). Pages 385-398.

e. Beck, T. E. “Cimarron Territory.” Chronicles of Oklahoma, VII, No. 2 (June, 1929). Pages 168-169 (incomplete?). Photocopy.

f. “No Man’s Land: Notes on Early Settlement by Elmer E. Brown.” Chronicles of Oklahoma, IV, No. 2 (June, 1926). Pages 89-99. Photocopy.

98 g. Wardell, Morris L. “No Man’s Land, or Old Beaver County.” Chronicles of Oklahoma, I, No. 1 (January, 1921). Chapter II: “The Empresario Land System” only. Pages 68-74. Photocopy.

h. Frederick, J.V. “The Vigilantes in Early Beaver.” Chronicles of Oklahoma, XVI, No. 2 (June, 1938). Pages 190-196. Photocopy.

17-6 Articles -- Sturm’s Oklahoma Magazine

a. Gould, Charles N., and Gould, Nina A. “The Architecture of No Man’s Land.” Sturm’s Oklahoma Magazine, V, No. 4 (December 1907). Pages 58-63. Photocopy.

b. Overstreet, R.M. “The Story of No Man’s Land.” Sturm’s Oklahoma Magazine, no. 5 (January, 1908), pages 53-60; V. No. 6 (February, 1908), pages 17-23; and VI, No. 2 (April, 1908), pages 24-29. Photocopy.

17-7 Articles -- Miscellaneous Journals and Magazines

a. Hamilton, Roger. “Can We Harness the Wind?” National Geographic. (December, 1975). Pages 812-828.

b. Bonnifield, Paul. “The Oklahoma Panhandle’s Agriculture to 1930.” Red River Valley Historical Review, III, No. 1 (Winter, 1978). Pages 61-76.

c. Judd, B. Ira, and Matthews, John. “Nature’s Four Horsemen Ravage the Plains; Dust Bowl Revisited.” Grain Producers News (October, 1974). Pages 2-5. Photocopy.

d. Benton, Robert R. “The Elusive Northeast Corner of New Mexico.” The Old Timers News (April, 1977). Pages 4-10.

e. Browning, Boo. “God’s Land, But No Man’s.” Oklahoma Monthly (December, 1977). Pages 80, 81-87. Photocopy.

f. The Western Empire: The Development Magazine. (July, 1929). [“Introducing Cimarron County, Oklahoma”] Complete issue. Photocopy.

17-8 Newspaper Clippings

a. Rucker, Alvin. “Time Draws Curtain on Cimarron Territory.” Daily Oklahoman (April 4, 1926). Photocopy.

b. “Some of the Past in This Country.” Guymon Herald (1911). Photocopy.

99 c. “The First Grave: Some Reminiscences of Pioneer Days by R.B. Quinn.” Guymon Herald (June 18, 1908). Photocopy.

d. Smith, E.D. “The Blizzard of 1886).” Reprinted from Meade News in an unidentified newspaper. Photocopy.

e. “In No Man’s Land (The Laws as Observed).” Unidentified newspaper published in Watonga, Blaine County (August 12, 1915). Photocopy.

f. “Cutting Up the Ranches: Immigration into Beaver County, Oklahoma Seems to Have Come to Stay -- How Settlers Prevent Lonesomeness.” Reprinted from Chicago Inter Ocean in unidentified newspaper (n.d.). Photocopy.

g. Drummond, T.S. “A Hundred Miles through a Blizzard. What One Woman Dared for A Sight of Her Boy Alice.” Unidentified Newspaper (n.d.). Re: incident in winter of 1888-1889. Photocopy.

h. “In the Early Days.” Guymon Herald (April 16, 1908). Photocopy.

i. Montgomery, Ed. “Biggest Landlord Changing Rules for Collecting Rent.” Daily Oklahoman (April 4, 1976). Re: Oklahoma Commissioners of the Land Office. Photocopy. j. Ruth, Kent. “Irrigation in 1890? Sure.” [“Window on the Past” column]. Sunday Oklahoman (April 11, 1976). Photocopy.

k. Randolph, Ruth. “’Dust Bowl’ Days Revisited. Soil Conservation Remains Concern Today.” Orbit Magazine (March 28, 1976). Photocopy.

l. Holladay, Jeff. “The Great Panhandle ‘Exodus’ Furor. Interior Secretary Ickes Suggested Relocation; Gov. Murray Threatened to Call Out the National Guard.” Orbit Magazine (June 19, 1977). Photocopy.

m. Speer, Bonnie. “Hooking the Prairie Winds.” Orbit Magazine (June 19, 1977). Photocopy.

n. Hogan, Gypsy. “Dry Period Reminds Area Farmers of 30s.” Sunday Oklahoman (February 1, 1976). Photocopy.

o. Deering, Ferdie J. “Cloud Seeding Could Help Sooner Crops.” Sunday Oklahoman (February 1, 1976). Photocopy.

100 p. Seldon, Dave. “Crops in Panhandle Dying in Dry Fields: Framers See ‘Dust Bowl’ Crisis Again.” Sunday Oklahoman (February 1, 1976). Photocopy. q. Bentley, Max. “Building of Panhandle Has Started in Texas Panhandle: Towns Grow Side by Side and Flourish.” Daily Oklahoman (May, 30, 1926). Photocopy. r. Deering, Ferdie J. “Our Shifting State Border.” Orbit Magazine (October 23, 1977). Mimeographed copy. s. Kelley, Ed. “Four Corners Motorists Pay Cash. Station Little-Changed Since 1928.” Daily Oklahoman (April 3, 1978). Photocopy. t. Kelley, Ed. “Short on Water, Boise City Banking on Deep Well. Daily Oklahoman (April 17, 1978). Photocopy. u. “Guymon Honored for Reclaimed Site.” Daily Oklahoman (March 15, 1978). Photocopy. v. Bean, Covey. “Urban Runoff Source of Water Pollution. Construction, Car Washes, Garbage Prime Examples” and Bean (?) “Oil Industry an “Obvious’ Culprit.” Daily Oklahoman (May 21, 1979). Photocopy. w. Tucker, Truman. “Analysis Made of Local Pictographs.” Boise City News (January 2, 1980). Re: pictographs in Kenton area. Photocopy. x. Kelley, Ed. “Thinning-Out Pro … . Town has Highest Per Capita Income.” Sunday Oklahoman (March 2, 1980). Re: Guymon. Photocopy. y. Delaplain, Kathy. “Major Shelterbelt Campaign Blowing in the Wind Again.” Oklahoma Daily (October 14, 1977). z. Kelley, Ed. “Dream Mansion Comes True. Tamarish 8, 300-Square-Foot Guymon Showcase.” Sunday Oklahoman (September 9, 1979). Photocopy. a. “Department of Tourism Knows Panhandle Exists.” Boise City News (August 29, 1979). Photocopy. b. “Dirty Thirties. Beaver Folks Varied Reactions to 1935 Black Sunday.” Beaver Herald-Democrat (April 14, 1977). Photocopy. c. Tracy, M.E. “Under Seven Flags.” Daily Oklahoman (April 23, 1939). Typescript of article; four pages.

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OS1 Beaver Herald-Democrat (April 14, 1977). Cimarron Territory Celebration section.

OS2 Boise City News (June 3, 1981). “Santa Fe Trail Daze” activities listed.

OS3 Map. U.S. Geological Survey. “Dalhart” sheet; Western U.S. 1: 250,000 series. Includes Cimarron County, Oklahoma.

17-9 Newspaper Articles -- Amarillo Globe-News.

a. Smith, Doug. “Printers Ink Traces Trails of History. For Musician Butterbaugh and Boise City.” Amarillo Glove-News (August 16, 1970).

b. Vail, Sandy. “Cowboy’s Whoop Breaks Pre-Dawn Quiet on Open Range. Little Has Changed in West When Roundup Time Arrives.” Amarillo Daily News (May 4, 1972). Photocopy.

c. Letter. Clarence C. Roberts to Jerry S. , Farm Editor, Amarillo Daily News (March 17, 1965). Re: Wheeless Post Office. Photocopy.

17-10 Extracts from Unidentified Sources

a. “More About Side Notch and Corner Notch Points.” Re: Arrow Points in Panhandle area. Photocopy; four pages.

b. Chapter VII (pages 85-87): “Economic Development.” Re: unidentified county. Photocopy.

c. “Historical Data. (b) Oklahoma Prior to 1890.” Pages 11-12, 14-15, 17, 20-26, 28-29. Photocopy.

17-11 Miscellaneous.

a. Program. Re: Siegel Nelson and paintings. No Man’s Land Historical Museum, Panhandle State University, Goodwell, Oklahoma (November- December, 1975).

17-12 Barde, Fred S., Collection -- Extracts from.

a. Newspaper Article: “A Territory of Cimarron. Some Interesting Data of ‘No Man’s Land,’ Oklahoma. Men Who Dreamed of Beaver County as a Commonwealth of the United States -- A Delegate Elected whom Congress Would Not Seat.” Unidentified newspaper (November 24, ). Photocopy.

102 b. Newspaper Article: “The Early Days of Beaver. Cowmen and Hunters Feared the Settlers More than The Indian. Breaks in ‘No Man’s Land’ Were Once Thought Not Enough Protection for Cattle -- The ‘Old Timers’ Who Followed the Buffalo.” Unidentified newspaper (December 31, 1899). Photocopy.

c. Newspaper Article: “Story of ‘No Man’s land. A Bit of United States History That the Records Don’t Show. It Was the Slave Question Which Left More than 3-1/2 Million Acres Unclaimed by Any State -- The Indian Tale Taught at School.” Unidentified newspaper (September 27, ). Photocopy.

d. Extract. Spears, John R. “The Story of No Man’s Land.” Pages 176-180 photocopies from an unidentified source. e. Booklet: “Call for a Mass Meeting to Be Held at Beaver City, November 29, 1886.” with “Rules and Regulations Adopted at a Mass meeting of the Residents and Citizens of Beaver City, Cimarron Territory, Held Nov. 29, 1886” on second page. Pueblo, Colorado: Chieftain Print, 1886. Eight pages. Photocopy. f. Newspaper Article (?): re No Man’s Land, “Jack Hardesty War,” and the “League.” Typescript; three pages; photocopy.

g. Newspaper Article (?): re No Man’s Land, blizzard of 1883-1884, “Jack Hardesty War,” and the “League.” Typescript; five pages; photocopy.

h. Extract: Oklahoma Writers Project. Shumate. “Texas County.” (July 22, 1936). Typescript; eight pages; photocopy.

i. Newspaper Article: Baker, William E. “Cimarron County Comes Back After Drought. Cover-crops and Good Management Have Worked Out Salvation.” Daily Oklahoman (April 23, 1939). Typescript; two pages; photocopy.

j. Newspaper Article: “Plan of No Man’s Land Originally to Become State. Cimarron Territory Organized in 1889, When Strip Was Ungoverned. Congress Prevented. Early Northwest History in Possession of Beaver Old Settler.” Unidentified newspaper (July 27, 1912?). Photocopy.

k. Report: E.R. (?) “Cimarron County” (n.d.) Typescript; four pages; photocopy. l. Newspaper Article: “The Old National Cow Trail.” Guymon Herald (Thursday, April 30, 1908). Typescript; three pages; photocopy.

103 m. Newspaper Article: Rucker, Alvin. “The Santa Fe Trail in Oklahoma.” Daily Oklahoman (June 21, 1931). Typescript; nine pages; photocopy.

n. Newspaper Article: “Growth of Texas County. A few Facts Gathered from Here and There, and a Gathering Together of Articles Which Have Appeared from Time to Time in the Guymon Herald.” Guymon Herald (July 2, 1908). Photocopy.

o. Newspaper Article (?): re: A.J. Kline, J.E. Stanley, and their promotion of the townsite of Boise City which led them to prison for fraud. Typescript: two pages; photocopy.

p. Newspaper Article (?): “Oklahoma Negroe [sic] See World’s End in Dust Storm. Phenomenon That Is Exciting Wide Interest Among Scientists Convinces the Blacks that the Destruction of Mother Earth Predicted by a Baby is Under Way. Sun Obscured Till it Resembles Leaden Disc. Most Plausible Explanation Is That Particles of Dirt Were Swept Up by Cyclonic Wind in Another State and Carried in Air Until Gravity Asserted Itself.” Unidentified newspaper (June 9, ). Photocopy.

q. Extract: re: Beaver county happenings. Typescript; five pages; photocopy.

r. Newspaper Article: Hall, Al. “Repaving of Road Opens Kenton Part to Tourists.” Amarillo Daily News (June 18, 1954). Photocopy.

s. Newspaper Article: Miller, R.G. “The Smoking Room.” Daily Oklahoman (n.d.). Re: petrified log in northwestern Cimarron county. Photocopy.

t. Extract: Oklahoma Writers Project (?): Killian, Bertha. “Beaver County” (May 18,1936). Typescript; six pages; photocopy.

u. Extract: Oklahoma Writers Project (?): Revelle, Juanita. “Beaver County” (September 11, 1936). Typescript: five pages; photocopy.

v. Extract: Oklahoma Writers Project (?): Salter. “The Neutral Strip -- Beaver County” (February 26, 1936). Typescript; four pages; photocopy.

17-13 Benedict, Calvert P.

Term paper: Field Report on Oklahoma Panhandle.” ca. 1958. Includes photographs, charts, and map. Thirty-two pages.

17-14 Bonnifield, Paul.

104 Paper: “The History of Texas and Cimarron Counties During the Thirties: Depression, Dirt, and Men” (n.d.). Typescript; twenty-four pages; photocopy.

17-15 Brown, E.E.

Reminiscences of E.E. Brown (ca. 1935) of experiences in Panhandle beginning ca. 1886. Typescript; twenty-two pages.

17-16 Chrisman Collection -- Extracts from

a. Newspaper Article: Chrisman, Harry E. “Cattle Rustling on the Cimarron River Harassed Pioneer Ranchmen in This Area.” Southwest Daily Times (Liberal, Kansas) (September 17, 1960). Photocopy.

b. Newspaper Article: Chrisman, Harry E. “Cattle Rustling on the Cimarron Harassed Pioneer Ranchmen Here.” Southwest Daily Times (Li8beral, Kansas) (September 19, 1960). Photocopy.

c. Newspaper Article: Chrisman, Harry E. “Cattle Rustling on the Cimarron Harassed Pioneer Ranchmen Here.” Southwest Daily Times (Liberal, Kansas) (September 21, 1960). Photocopy.

d. Newspaper Article: Chrisman, Harry E. “Cattle Rustling on the Cimarron Harassed Pioneer Ranchmen Here.” Southwest Daily Times (Liberal, Kansas) (September 22, 1960). Photocopy.

e. Newspaper Article: “Irvin Green Tells of Early Day Cattle Rustling in Oklahoma Panhandle Southwest of Liberal.” Southwest Daily Times (Liberal, Kansas) (June 22, 1961). Photocopy.

f. Newspaper Article: “Palo duro Red Rock Was Scene of Mysterior Indian Ceremonials in Early Days of Okla. Panhandle.” Southwest Daily Times (Liberal, Kansas) (June 23, 1961). Photocopy.

g. Newspaper Article: “John George Termed ‘One of the Finest Men Ever to See the Range’ in Green Reminiscences.” Southwest Daily Times (Liberal, Kansas) (June 24, 1961). Photocopy.

h. Newspaper Article: “Memories of Many Old Timers of Liberal and This Area Recalled in Reminiscences in Irvin Green.” Southwest Daily Times (Liberal, Kansas) (June 27, 1961). Photocopy.

i. Newspaper Article: “Irvin Green Mentions Well Known Pioneer Resident of Liberal and vicinity in Reminiscences.” Southwest Daily Times (Liberal, Kansas) (June 28, 1961). Photocopy.

105 j. Newspaper Article: “In Concluding Memories of Early Days of This Area, Irvin Green salutes the Southwest Pioneers.” Southwest Daily Times (Liberal, Kansas) (June 29, 1961). Photocopy.

k. Article: Chrisman, Harry E. “Treasure of the Rifle Pits.” The West, XVI, No. 2 (September, 1972). Pages 30-33, 44-45. Photocopy.

l. Newspaper Article: Lemert, Bernard H. “Bernard H. Lemert Reminisces of His Cattleman Experiences of 1879-1889.” Southwest Daily Times (Liberal, Kansas) (November 24, 1956). Photocopy. m. Newspaper Article: Lambert, Bernard H. “Bernard H. Lemert Reminisces of His Cattleman Experiences of 1879-1889.” Southwest Daily Times (Liberal, Kansas) (November 24, 1956). Photocopy. n. Newspaper Article: Lemert, Bernard H. “Bernard H. Lemert Reminisces of His Cattleman Experiences of 1879-1889.” Southwest Daily Times ( Liberal, Kansas) (November 26, 1956). Photocopy. o. Newspaper Article: Lemert, Bernard H. “Bernard H. Lemert Reminisces of His Cattleman Experiences of 1879-1889.” Southwest Daily Times (Liberal, Kansas) (November 27, 1956). Photocopy. p. Newspaper Article: Correspondence: “Intense Prairie Storm During 1884 Roundup Recalled by Bernard Lemert.” Southwest Daily Times (Liberal, Kansas) (November 28, 1956). Photocopy. q. Newspaper Article: Correspondence: “Cowboy Funeral Out on the Prairie Touching Event of 1884 Roundup.” Southwest Daily Times (Liberal, Kansas) (November 29, 1956). Photocopy. r. Newspaper Article: Lemert, Bernard H. “Roundup Capt. Settles Dispute - - with Six Shooters and Bowie Knife in Belt.” Southwest Daily Times (Liberal, Kansas) (November 30, 1956). Photocopy. s. Newspaper Article: Lemert, Bernard H. “Early Day Cowboys Risked Their Lives on the Range for $35 to $30 a Month. Southwest Daily Times (Liberal, Kansas) (December 1, 1956). Photocopy. t. Newspaper Article: Lemert, Bernard H. “Cowboys Would Have to Go All Day Without Water; Stone in Mouth Help.” Southwest Daily Times (Liberal, Kansas) (December 1, 1956). Photocopy. u. Newspaper Article: Lemert, Barnard H. “Horse Sometimes Saved Early Day Cowboy from Serious Injury.” Southwest Daily Times (Liberal, Kansas) (December 5, 1956). Photocopy.

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v. Newspaper Article: Lemert, Bernard H. “In Days of Old West Cowboys Rode Everywhere Unhampered by Fences.” Southwest Daily Times (Liberal, Kansas) (December 6, 1956). Photocopy.

w. Newspaper Article: Lemert, Bernard H. “Colorful Early West Cattle Days Are Vivid in Memory of Few Survivors.” Southwest Daily Times (Liberal, Kansas) (December 8, 1956). Photocopy.

x. Newspaper Article: Chrisman, Harry E. “Irvin Green, Now Living in Ill., Recounts Experiences of His Pioneering Family in Southwest.” Southwest Daily Times (Liberal, Kansas) (June 18, 1961). Photocopy.

y. Newspaper Article: Chrisman, Harry E. “Irvin Green, Now living in Ill., Recounts Experiences of his Pioneering Family in Southwest.” Southwest Daily Times (Liberal, Kansas) (June 18, 1961).

z. Newspaper Article: Chrisman, Harry E. “Irvin Green, Now Living in Ill., Recounts Experiences of his Pioneering Family in Southwest.” Southwest Daily Times (Liberal, Kansas) (June 19, 1961). Photocopy.

a. Newspaper Article: Chrisman, Harry E. “Irvin Green Tells How ‘Horse and Buggy’ Dr. Geo. S. Smith Reached Injured man, Traveling in Relays.” Southwest Daily Times (Liberal, Kansas) (June 20, 1961). Photocopy. b. Newspaper Article: Chrisman, Harry E. “Blizzards, Prairie Fires Were Among Trials of Cattlemen of Early Days Irvin Green Relates.” Southwest Daily Times (Liberal, Kansas) (June 21, 1961). Photocopy. c. Typescript: Eldridge, Mrs. Marion, Sr. “The Old Hardesty Ranch.” Transcribed by Harry E. Chrisman from original letter. Two pages; photocopy. Second typescript; carbon; five pages. d. Newspaper Article: Chrisman, Harry E. “Coyotes Once Seward Co. Official melon Testers.” Southwest Daily Times (Liberal, Kansas) (June 30, 1960). Photocopy. e. Newspaper Article: “Personal Facts About Surveyors Slain in Lone Tree Massacre told by Cousin of Captain O.F. Short.” f. Newspaper Article: Ownbey, Jenna V. “Canadian River Bridge Near Plemons Has Long and Colorful History.” Unidentified newspaper (May 24, 1950?). Photocopy.

107 g. Newspaper Article: Ownbey, Jenna V. “Oklahoma County Is Conservation Conscious.” Borger, Texas, News-Herald (May 24, ) Re: Texas County. Photocopy.

h. Newspaper Article: “Clark County and No Man’s Land in General. Englewood in Particular.” Unidentified Older Newspaper; undated. Photocopy.

i. Newspaper Article: Hitch, Charlie. “The Last of the Buffalo Herds in ‘No-Man’s-Land.’” Unidentified newspaper; undated. Photocopy.

j. Newspaper Article: Houck, L.H. “Dog-Iron Brand.” Rocky Mountain Empire Magazine (March 21, 1948). Re: Will Rogers. Photocopy.

k. Newspaper Article: Chrisman, Harry E. “Story of the Old Windsor Hotel at Springfield, Seward Ghost Town Symbolic of History of Early Day towns Which Rose and Vanished.” Southwest Daily Times (Liberal, Kansas) (December 30, 1960). Photocopy.

l. Newspaper Article: Tate, R. Crompton. Indian Trails and Cattle Trails Preceded Turnpikes.” (Incomplete). Unidentified newspaper; undated. Photocopy.

m. Newspaper Article: Untitled: re cattle drives. Southwest Daily Times (Liberal, Kansas) (March 30, 1961). Photocopy.

n. Newspaper Article: Hitch, Charley. “Charley Recalls Railroad into Liberal and Early Boom Towns.” Unidentified newspaper; undated. Photocopy.

o. Newspaper Article: McClung, Paul. “Oklahoma’s Panhandle Was Once ‘No Man’s Land.’” Unidentified newspaper (September 3, 1972). Photocopy.

17-17 Indian-Pioneer Papers -- Extracts from

a. Interview with Jim England, Optima, Oklahoma, by Carl H. Mayfield (February 17, 1938). Re: Shade Well. XXVIII; pages 86-88; photocopy.

b. Interview with Bill Ewing and George Forman by Carl H. Mayfield (June 17, 1937). Re: Ox Ranch and blizzard of 1903. XXXVIII; pages 432- 434: photocopy.

c. Interview with Arthur Black, Arnett, Oklahoma, by Linnaeus Ranck (February 22, 1938). Re: No Man’s Land. VIII: pages 210-212; photocopy.

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d. Interview with James Frederick Beecham, El Reno, Oklahoma, by Anna R. Barry (June 24, 1937). Re: No Man’s Land in late nineteenth century. VI; pages 402-407; photocopy.

e. Interview with J.D. Sapp, Dombey, Oklahoma, by Carl H. Mayfield (June 19, 1937). Re: No Man’s Land in Early Twentieth Century. LXXX; pages 211-214; photocopy.

f. Interview with T.B. Howell, Guymon, Oklahoma, by Carl H. Mayfield (July 18, 1937). Re: No Man’s Land in Early Twentieth Century. XLIV; pages 361-365; photocopy.

g. Interview with J.D. Sapp and Bill Ewing by Carl H. Mayfield (July 20, 1937). Re: “The Big [Prairie] Fire of 1904.” LXXX; Pages 207-208; photocopy.

h. Interview with M.A. Willoughby, Guymon, Oklahoma, by Carl Mayfield (May 29, 1937). Re: No Man’s Land in Early Twentieth Century. XC; pages 74-75; photocopy.

i. Interview with Marion Albert Yoakam, Guymon, Oklahoma, by Carl H. Mayfield (July 29, 1937). Re: Cimarron County. CI; pages 170-172; photocopy.

j. Interview with William Hogan (May 2, 1938). Re: No Man’s Land in 1890s; Hay stack Massacre. XLIII; pages 157-158; photocopy.

k. Interview with William W. Cullar (June 15, 1937). Re: Cimarron County in 1880s. XXII; page 261; photocopy.

l. Interview with Jack N. Innis, Supply, Oklahoma (August 25, 1937). Re: No Man’s Land in 1880s. XLVI; pages 413-414; photocopy.

17-18 Panhandle-Plains Museum, Canyon, Texas.

a. Newspaper Article: Untitled: Re: Weather Modification in Texas County. Amarillo Daily News (July 14, 1973). Photocopy.

b. Extract: reminiscences: re: Beaver County and No Man’s Land. Pages 23-31 of unidentified handwritten document. Photocopy.

17-19 Rister, Carl Coke, Collection -- Extracts from (Part 1).

a. Handwritten notes: re: articles, National Archives Materials, and Information. Handwritten; four pages; photocopy.

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b. Newspaper Articles: Extracts from articles in the Garden City, Kansas Weekly Sentinel (October 19, 1888) and The Weekly and Cultivator (March 14, 1888). Re: No Man’s Land. Typewritten extracts; three pages; photocopy. c. Article: Nough, E. “The Last Buffalo Hunt.” Pages 212-213 from the Kansas Magazine, VI, No. 8 (January, 1887). Handwritten notes; five pages; photocopy.

d. Extract: Notes, in “Confession of Error”: re: Alleged murder case in Neutral Strip (No Man’s Land) in July, 1888. Handwritten and Typewritten; six pages; photocopy.

e. Interview with Bill Duncan, Guymon, Oklahoma (August 2, 1937). Re: No Man’s Land. Handwritten copy from Indian-Pioneer Papers. XXVI; pages 171-?” photocopy.

f. Extract: Pages 259 and 261 from Grant Foreman, A History of Oklahoma. Re: No Man’s Land. Handwritten; six pages; photocopy.

g. Extract: Pages 365-366 of Vol. VIII of McMasters, History of the People of the United States. Re: camels. Handwritten; two pages; photocopy.

h. Extract: Letter of W.H.H. Miller, Attorney-General, to Secretary of the Treasury (January 31, 1890), re jurisdiction over No Man’s Land. Typescript copy from records of the Department of Justice; seven pages; photocopy.

i. Extract: Letter of John Hall, Hugoton, Kansas, to “Hon. Atty. Gen. Garland” (September 24, 1888), re jurisdiction over No Man’s Land. Typescript copy from records of the Department of Justice; one page; photocopy.

j. Extract: Letter of Q.A. Jenks, Acting Attorney-Generals, to John Hall, Hugoton, Kansas (October 1, 1888), re jurisdiction over No Man’s Land. Typescript copy from records of the Department of Justice; one page; photocopy.

k. Extract: Letter of N.F. Acers, Collector, to Joseph S. Miller, Commissioner of Internal Revenue (December 20, 1887), re reporting of illicit distillery in No Man’s Land and requesting course of action. Typescript copy from records of the Department of Justice; one page; photocopy.

110 l. Extract: Memorandum: Acting Com. E. Henderson, Office of Internal Revenue, to Charles S. Fairchild, Secretary of the Treasury (December 30, 1887), re enclosing report of Acers about illicit distillery. Typescript copy from records of the Department of Justice; one page; photocopy.

m. Extract: Letter to the Attorney General from Tracy Bros., Beaver City, N.S.F.I.T. (February 22, 1887), re requesting protection. Typescript copy from records of the Department of Justice; one page; photocopy.

n. Extract: Summation of letter of Henry M. Hobson, U.S. Attorney, Denver, Colorado, to Attorney-General (November 5, 1888), re jurisdiction over No Man’s Land. Typescript copy from records of the Department of Justice; one page; photocopy. o. Extract: Letter of W.H. Miller, Attorney-General, to J.H. Wilson, U.S. Attorney, Galveston, Texas (April 19, 1890), re arrest of Mrs. Hodge of Beaver City after alleged encounter with “desperados” in No Man’s Land; request for investigation. Typescript copy from records of the Department of Justice; one page; photocopy. p. Extract: Letter of A.H. Garland, Attorney-General, to The President (November 15, 1887), re jurisdiction over No Man’s Land. Typescript copy from records of the Department of Justice; two pages; photocopy. q. Extract: Letter of W.C. Jones, U.S. Marshall, Topeka, Kansas, to A.H. Garland, Attorney-General (March 21, 1887), re enclosing “communication from citizens living adjacent to No-Man’s Land” and others concerned with jurisdiction over that area. Typescript copy from records of the Department of Justice; one page; photocopy. r. Extract: Letter of Eugene Hogan, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Topeka, Kansas, to W.C. Jones, U.S. Marshal, Topeka, Kansas (March 22, 1887) re acknowledging receipt of copy of letter to the No Man’s Land. Typescript copy from records of the Department of justice; one page; photocopy. s. Extract: Letter of W.C. Perry, U.s. Attorney, Topeka, Kansas, to Attorney-General (June 24, 1887), re acknowledging receipt of letter regarding alleged murder of Oliver Bennett and another man in Beaver City and commenting on lack of jurisdiction of over the crime. Typescript copy from records of the Department of Justice; one page; photocopy.

t. Extract: Letter of James M. Hill, et al., from “the northeast part of the Public Strip better known as North Maryland,” to “Mr. Matson” (October 3, 1887), re numerous murders committed in past fourteen months; requesting assistance. Typescript copy from records of the Department of Justice; one page; photocopy.

111 u. Extract: Letter of S.N. Wood, Woodsdale, Kansas, to Attorney-General Miller (May 5, 1889), re cold-blooded murders in No Man’s Land. Typescript copy from records of the Department of Justice; one page; photocopy. v. Extract: Summation of letter of W.C. Perry, U.S. Attorney, ‘Topeka, Kansas, to the Attorney-General (June 24, 1887), re lack of jurisdiction over recent murders. [See “s” above.] Typescript copy from records of the Department of justice; one pages; photocopy. w. Extract: Letter of S.V. Benett, Acting Secretary of War, to “War Department” (June 18, 1887), re enclosing letter of Calvin Vaughn, West Plains, Kansas, about murder of Oliver Bennett and another man. Typescript copy from records of ?; one page; photocopy. x. Extract from page 14 of “Oklahoma Government Report, 1892,” re school lands in Beaver County. Typescript copy from records of ?; one page; photocopy. y. Extract: Letter of C.M. Horton, Examiner, to Attorney-General (May 4, 1891), re: U.S. vs. George Gillen, indicted for murder of George Montgomery in No Man’s Land. Typescript copy from records of the Department of Justice; five pages, photocopy. z. Extract: Letters from W.L. Cabell, U.S. Marshall, Dallas, Texas, to Richard Coke, U.S. Senator (September 19, 1888), re request for jurisdiction over No Man’s Land. Reply by Coke (September 24, 1888). Both typescript copies from records of the Department of Justice; two pages; photocopy. a. Extract: Letter of S.N. Wood, Woodsdale, Kansas, to A.H. Garland, Attorney-General (August 28, 1888), re murders in No Man’s Land. Typescript copy from records of the Department of Justice; one page; photocopy. b. Extract: Letter of J.C. McComb, U.S. Attorney, paris, Texas, to Attorney- General (October 2, 1889), re murder of sheriff and party in No Man’s Land. Typescript copy from records of the Department of Justice; one page; photocopy. c. Extract: Letter of R.W. Griggs, County Attorney, Meade, Kansas, to The President (March 12, 1890), re warrant for arrest of Winn Hobbs for murder of John H. Meyer and question of jurisdiction. Typescript copy from records of the Department of Justice; one page; photocopy.

112 d. Extract: Letter of Joseph H. Wilson, U.S. Attorney, Paris, Texas, to Attorney General H.H. Miller (April 30, 1890), re murder case. Typescript copy from records of the Department of Justice; one page; photocopy.

e. Extract: Letter of D.L. Baker, et al., sent from Fairview, Indian Territory, to President Grover Cleveland (October 6, 1889), re murders in No Man’s Land. Typescript copy from records of the Department of Justice; one page; photocopy.

f. Extract: re: U.S. vs. Stephen Perry, et al., for murder of David De Vauill. Typescript copy from records of the Department of Justice; two pages; photocopy.

g. Extract: Letter from C.N. Horton, Examiner, to the Attorney-General (June 9, 1891), re U.S. vs. Stephen Perry et al. [see above.] Typescript copy from records of the Department of Justice; two pages; photocopy.

h. Extract: Letter from C.W. Bugbee, Beaver County, Territory of Oklahoma, to M.M. Rose, Assistant Commissioner, U.S. Land Office (March 20, 1893) re Beaver townsite; acquisition thereof from government. Typescript copy from records of the Department of the Interior (?); three pages; photocopy.

i. Extract: Part of letter from Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railway to Secretary of the Interior (February 19, 1891), re Beaver City townsite. Typescript copy from records of the Department of the Interior (?) two pages; photocopy.

k. Extract: Letter from V. Metger, et al., Beaver, Indian Territory, to W.H.Miller, Attorney-General (February 3, 1890), re relief from outlaws. Typescript copy from records of the Department of Justice; two pages; photocopy.

17-20 Rister, Carl Coke, Collection -- Extracts from (Part 2).

a. Extract: “A Tragedy and Trial of No Man’s Land.” Re; Hugoton- Woodsdale strife and murder in No Man’s Land. Typescript copy of records in the Library of Congress; ten pages; photocopy.

b. Extract: Tate, R.C. “The Trail of Fences and Farms, Towns, and Railroads Mark the passing of No Man’s Land.” Typescript copy from unidentified source; six pages; photocopy.

113 c. Extract: Pages 74-75 from “Report of the Governor of Oklahoma to the Secretary of the Interior, 1898.” Re: Beaver County. Transcript copy; one page; photocopy.

d. Address: Thomas, Maud O. “Story of No Man’s Land.” Delivered a the Annual Meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society, April 30, 1936. copy; partially typewritten an partially handwritten; seven pages; photocopy.

e. Extract: Spears, J.R. “Story of No Man’s Land.” Typescript beginning on page 176 of book; ten pages; photocopy.

f. Newspaper Article: “Severity of the Storm in Western Kansas -- Great Loss of Horses and Cattle -- The Antelope Coming into the Thickest Settlements.” The Daily Commonwealth (January 15, 1886). Typescript copy; four pages; photocopy.

g. Extract: Hunting in No Man’s Land.” Portion of letter to F. S. Baird, Guthrie, Oklahoma (September 12, 1910), about events in October, 1883. Typescript; two page; photocopy.

h. Letter. Frank Dale Healy [Jr.], Claremont, California, to Carl Coke Rister (November 10, 1950). Re: enclosed photographs of No Man’s Land and accompanying family history. Typed; thirty-sic pages; photocopy.

Box 18:

18-1 Rister, Carl Coke, Collection -- Extracts from (Part 3).

a. Report: “Cimarron Territory.” Pages 582-604 from unidentified source; report appears complete. Typescript; twenty-three pages; photocopy.

b. Article: Potter, Jack. “Before Law Came.” Re: No Man’s Land. Typescript copy from unidentified source; eight pages; photocopy.

c. Article: Potter, Jack. “After Law Came.” Re: No Man’s Land. Typescript copy from unidentified source; seven pages; photocopy.

18-2 Rister, Carl Coke, Collection -- Extracts from (Part 4).

Selection from typescript entitled “Acts of Violence.” Pages 1-42, 65-81, and 92-114 photocopied. Separate items within entire manuscript include

a. “Prehistorical Civilization in No Man’s Land and Surrounding County.” No author given; two pages.

114 b. “My Experience as a Pioneer,” by A.N. Howe, Laverne, Oklahoma. Eighteen pages.

18-3 Wardell, M.L. Collection -- Extracts from.

a. Letter. E.E. Brown, Wild Rose Farm, McComb, Oklahoma, to Morris L. Wardell (October 1, 1925). Enclosing notes of “recollections and observations” on No Man’s Land. One-pate letter and sixteen types pages of note; photocopy.

b. Letter: R.M. Overstreet, Emporia, Kansas, to Freeman Miller, Stillwater, Oklahoma (January 22, 1896), re reminiscences Beaver County, territorial Council, etc. Three pages; photocopy.

c. Typescript: Erhler of Oklahoma City, re reminiscences of No Man’s Land, including Springer Bill, John Dale and O.C. Chase, etc. Three pages; photocopy.

d. Extracts: from The Territorial Advocate (February 15, 1888). Re: Territorial government for No Man’s Land. Typescript copy, two pages; photocopy.

e. Letter: W.L. Couch, Washington, D.C., to E.H. Eiklar, Benton, Neutral Strip (March 6, 1888), re Springer Bill. Attached resolution for territorial organization for Neutral Strip. Typescript copy; three pages; photocopy.

f. Reminiscences (?): E.L. Gay, Pawhuska (October 27, 1925). Discussion of No Man’s Land, moves to organize territory, murders, Benton, etc. Typescript three pages; photocopy.

g. Article: Overstreet, R.M. “The Story of No Man’s Land.” Sturm’s Oklahoma Magazine V. No. 6 (February, 1908), pages 17-23. Typescript copy; eight pages; photocopy.

h. Resolution: Canvassing Board of Rothwell Congressional Convention, Boyd City, Public Land Strip (November 18, 1887). Re: election of John Dale as delegate to Congress from the Public Land Strip. Typescript copy; two pages, photocopy.

i. Newspaper Article (?): John Dale, Letter to the Kansas City Times (November 22, ). Titled “The No-Man’s land Troubles: History of the Political Feud Concerning the Council. How the Scheme for a Council Developed in the Mind of Mr. Chase -- Unsatisfactory Elections - - The September Convention -- What It Accomplished -- The Congressional Fight.” Typescript copy “from Morgan’s Scrapbook;” six pages; photocopy.

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j. Extract: Newspaper Article: “Alpine, I.T. The History, Location, Present Condition and future Prospects” (n.d.). Typescript copy (Incomplete) “taken from Morgan’s Scrapbook;” one page; photocopy.

k. Newspaper Article: Letter from John Dale, No-Man’s Land, Alpine, Neutral Strip, et Ed., Journal (March 13, 1887). Re: Conditions in No Man’s Land. Typescript copy; two pages; photocopy.

l. Report: “Petition of Hon. John Dale to Congress.” Re: “Wants of the people of No Man’s Land, the manner of his election and the imposition of the self-constrained delegate, Dr. Chase.” Typescript copy with introduction by ?; four pages; photocopy.

m. Newspaper Article: Letter of John Dale to Ed., Clipper (January 1, 1988). Re: goings-on in Washington in behalf of organizing government for No Man’s Land. Typescript copy; two pages; photocopy.

n. Newspaper Article: “The national Capital. The Election of the Member from ‘No Man’s Land’ Being Contested. Confirmation of Lamar, Vilas and Dickinson Considered Certain. Pleuro-Pneumonia Legislation -- Formation of house Committees -- Personal and General.” Unidentified newspaper; dateline December 13, . Typescript copy; two pages; photocopy. o. Newspaper Article: “Congressional Convention in the Neutral Strip.” Unidentified newspaper (n.d.). Typescript copy; two pages; photocopy.

p. Newspaper Article: “Alpine Airings.” Advocate (n.d). Typescript copy; two pages; photocopy.

q. Newspaper Article: “Dale’s Letter.” Letter of John Dale, to “Editors, Enterprise” (undated). Typescript copy; two pages; photocopy.

r. Newspaper Article: Letter of John Dale to “Editor, Clipper” (February 25, 1888). Re: legislation for Public Land Strip. Typescript copy; two pages; photocopy. s. Table of Contents, re book on No Man’s Land. Typescript; one page; photocopy. t. Chapter VII: M.L. Wardell. “History [of Texas Country]” Typescript, with handwritten emendations; sixteen pages; photocopy.

u. Letter; General Land Office to M.L. Wardell (April 18, 1926), re surveys in northwestern Oklahoma. Typescript; two pages; photocopy.

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v. Report: Proposed Resolution of the Territory Assembly of Cimarron Territory submitted by Judiciary Committee, re proposed Organic Act (included in resolution). Undated. Typescript copy; ten pages; photocopy.

w. Correspondence: M.L. Wardell to/from E.L. Gay, Pawhuska (September 18, September 23, and September 26, 1925). Re: information on No Man’s Land. Typescripts; total of five pages; photocopy.

x. Newspaper Article: “The No Man’s Land Days. A Record of What Is Now Beaver County, Oklahoma. An Official Journal of the Proceedings of the Old-Time ‘Claim Boards’ Now Owned by a Stillwater, OK, Collector.” Kansas City Star (December 19, 1902). Typescript copy; seven pages; photocopy.

General Oklahoma/Western United States Materials

18-4 JWM Notes.

Handwritten notes, re houses, colleges; Indian Territory, bibliography, city population, territorial governors, lakes, and miscellaneous individuals, chiefs of the Choctaw, Cherokee, Creek, Chickasaw, and Seminole nation.

18-5 JWM Notes -- Re: Photographs.

Several lists of photographs identified by site and location.

18-6 Newspaper Articles.

a. Newspaper Article: untitled, re town names in Oklahoma. Daily Oklahoman (September 30, 1956). Photocopy.

b. Newspaper Article: “Never a Dull Day.” Daily Oklahoman (n.d.). Re: Day County and proposed log building museum in Arnett. Photocopy.

c. Newspaper Article: Johnson, Dave. “The Chouteau Influence Lives On.” Daily Oklahoman (n.d.). Re: Jean Pierre Chouteau and descendants. Photocopy.

d. Newspaper Article: “All Over Oklahoma.” Daily Oklahoman (August 20, 1933). Re: Oklahoma Superlatives. Photocopy.

e. Newspaper Article: Tanner, J.D., “Beck Mill, 104 Years Old, Scene of Tragedy.” Davis News (June 1, 1939). Re: Mill near Flint, Oklahoma, and history surrounding it. Photocopy.

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f. Newspaper Article: Stahl, Beatrice. “Oklahoma -- Home of the Red Man.” Daily Oklahoman (September 21, 1947). Re: general history. Photocopy. g. Newspaper Article: Stewart, Roy P. “A Toast to Oklahoma.” Daily Oklahoman (April 21, 1940). Re: anniversary salute. Photocopy. h. Newspaper Article: Peterson, Elmer T. “Million Dollar Healing for the Indian.” Daily Oklahoman (January 7, 1940). Re: Talihina Indian Hospital. Photocopy. i. Newspaper Article: Funderbuck, Davis. “They’re Doing Things at Denison.” Daily Oklahoman (March 24, 1940). Re: Dam and Lake Texoma. Photocopy.

j. Newspaper Article: Scanlan, Sam W. “See Oklahoma First, Advises Traveler Who Didn’t.” Farmer-Stockman (February, 1947). Photocopy. k. Newspaper Article: Stewart, Roy P. “Taming the North Canadian.” Daily Oklahoman (June 22, 1947). Re: Canton Reservoir. Photocopy. l. Newspaper Article: Johnson, Cullen. “In Memoriam -- The Washita.” Daily Oklahoman (September 7, 1947). Re: flood control projects on the river. Photocopy. m. Newspaper Article: “Oklahoma’s Old Man Rivers.” Daily Oklahoman (September 24, 1933). Re: Grand, North Canadian, Illinois, Arkansas, Cimarron, et al. Photocopy. n. Newspaper Article: “Greenleaf Lake to be Reopened.” Unidentified newspaper (n.d.). Re: lake in Cookson Hills. o. Newspaper Article: “This Streed Divided Two Indian Nations.” Unidentified newspaper (n.d.). Re: Seminole Street in Wewoka. Photocopy. p. Newspaper Article: Rucker, Alvin. “Time Draws Curtain on Cimarron Territory.” Daily Oklahoman (April 4, 1926). Re: No Man’s Land. Photocopy. q. Newspaper Article: “Log Cabin Open House Saturday, Oct. 24.” Ellis County Capital (October 21, 1970). Re: museum. Photocopy. r. Newspaper Article: Newson, Mary Jo. “Oklahoma’s Giant Trees.” Orbit Magazine (March 5, 1978). Photocopy.

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s. Newspaper Article: “Geological Survey Major Influence in State’s Resources.” Norman Transcript (September 23, 1979). Photocopy.

t. Newspaper Article: Harris, Jim. “150 Years of Missions.” Tulsa World (October 5, 1952). Re: Presbyterian missions on Oklahoma and Arkansas. Photocopy.

u. Newspaper Article: Schulz, Blaine. “McCall Wants Early Completion of Northwest Future Water Needs Studies.” Oregonian (January 17, 1967). Photocopy.

OS1 Newspaper Section: “See and Know Oklahoma,” edited by R.G. Miller. Supplement to the Daily Oklahoman (May 16, 1948). Removed to Outsized Materials.

OS2 Newspaper Section: Historical Section in Daily Oklahoman (April 19, 1964). Re: Boomer Campaign, water projects, early industry, etc., at time of Seventy- fifth Anniversary of the Run of 1889. Removed to Outsized Materials.

OS3 Newspaper Section: “The Cities of Oklahoma.” Daily Oklahoman (October 20, 1957). Removed to Outsized Materials.

OS4 Newspaper: Wewoka Daily Times (June 19, 1966). Centennial Pictorial edition. Seven sections.

OS5 Newspaper section: Wewoka Daily Times (1976). Contains reproductions for historic front pages of the Times.

OS6 Old Timers News. V. No. 12 (August, 1979). Includes article “Indian Policy on the Santa Fe Road -- The Fitzpatrick controversy of 1847-1848,” by Robert A. Trennert.

OS7 Elkhart, Kansas, Tri-State News (April 25, 1963). Fiftieth Anniversary of Elkhart edition. Four sections.

OS8 Newspaper Section: “Lake Living and Outdoor Guide” issue of Orbit (May 7, 1972).

18-7 Articles and Reports.

a. Magazine Article: Allen, Eric. “The Best of Oklahoma: A Three-Day Motor Trip Around a State Rich in Cattle Land, Heroes, and Cole Oily Cash.” Holiday (March, [ca. 1964]). Pages 19-21, 23-25.

119 b. Magazine Article: Smith, Liz. “The Desert is Arizona’s Ocean.” Unidentified, undated magazine. Pages 36-39.

c. Pamphlet: Oklahoma Industrial Development and Part Department: “Aviation in Oklahoma” (n.d.). Four pages.

d. Report: U.S. Army corps of Engineers. “Oklahoma Water Resources Development” (January, 1973). 54 pages, plus maps.

18-8 Annexation, Municipal.

Research paper: Ballentine, Thomas M. “Notes on Annexation in Six Oklahoma Counties. Re: corporate annexation in Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, McClain, Oklahoma, and Pottawatomie counties. Typescript, twenty pages; with handwritten editing by JWM.

18-9 “Audio-Visual Profile of Oklahoma.”

Study by J.L. Rogers, re “visual profile of Oklahoma from the southeastern extremity to the northwestern most corner.” Text with slides showing the transverse in Spring, 1970. Combination of typescript and mimeographed forms with information filled in by handwriting for slides. Twenty-nine pages total.

18-10 Butner.

Typescript: Nall, Mildred. “The Story of Butner.” Photocopy of unpublished manuscript dated 1977. Typescript; ix + 65 pages. Original in Seminole Nation Museum Library.

18-11 Canadian River Basin.

Report: Jimmie L. Rogers: “The Canadian Basin of Oklahoma” (October, 1970). Typescript: sixty pages, with accompanying plates, as well as maps within body of text.

18-12 “Changing Land Use of Western Oklahoma.”

Report: W.K.J. “The Changing Land Use of Western Oklahoma.” Re: prehistoric and historic changes in the patterns of land use. Typescript; nine pages; photocopy.

18-13 Dust Bowl.

Floyd, Fred. “A History of the Dust Bowl.” Ph.D. dissertation, University of Oklahoma, 1950. Incomplete typescript; pp. v-viii, 1-268; photocopy.

Box 19:

120 19-1 Fort Arbuckle.

Extract: “New Fort Arbuckle.” Pages 20-22 photocopied from unidentified source, with sketch map of grounds from second source attached. Total of four pages; photocopies.

19-2 Holdenville.

a. Report: “Community Profile of Holdenville, Oklahoma.” Industrial Development Department, Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company (1980). Forty-six pages.

b. Report: Holdenville, Oklahoma (n.d.). Part of Oklahoma Community Data Series. Seven pages.

c. Extract: “Highlights of Holdenville History.” Page 2 photocopied from unidentified source. Page dated “11-5-74” at bottom.

19-3 Jefferson, Marion County, Texas.

a. Typescript, re Marion County. One page; photocopy.

b. Typescript, re Jefferson. One page; photocopy.

c. Map: “Historic Jefferson, Texas.” Sketch map with historic sites located by number and described on reverse.

d. Map: City of Jefferson, Texas.

19-4 Kingfisher County.

Report. McGee, Tom G. “The Story of the Kingfisher County Districts of 1889! As Recorded in Platbook 1, 2, 3, County Superintendent Office and in Other Records of That Office.” Miscellaneous records transcribed from County Superintendent of Schools records. Ninety-seven pages.

19-5 Norman.

Term Paper: Frank E. Studnicka. “Some Aspects of the Norman Area Landscape, 1832- 1889” (1970). Re: physical and human landscapes of the period. Iii + 21; includes maps.

19-6 Oil.

Typescripts written as part of the Federal Writers’ Project: “People in Oil” in Oklahoma. All are photocopies of the originals unless otherwise noted. Typescripts are in varying states of editing and often contain handwritten emendations.

121

a. De Witt, Ned. “The Rig-Builder” (August 16, 1939). Eighteen pages.

b. De Witt, Ned. “The Rig-Builder” (No. 2) (August 16, 1939). Eighteen pages.

c. Garrison, Dan. “The Pipeliner” (June 15, 1939). Eleven pages.

d. Hope, Welborn. “Spudder Man” (June 9, 1939). Nine pages. Second, earlier typescript titled “The Poor-Boys” or “Spudder Man.” Ten pages.

e. De Witt, Ned. “The Pumper” (August 22, 1939). Seven pages.

f. De Witt, Ned. “The Second-Hand Man” or “Salvage and Supplies” (n.d.). Thirteen pages.

g. Hope, Welborn. “Supply House Blues” (July 14, 1939). Eight pages.

h. De Witt, Ned. “The Oil-Field Cook” (May 24, 1939). Eighteen pages.

i. De Witt, Ned. “The Machinist: ‘I Try to Make a Good Hand’” (August 11, 1939). Nineteen pages.

j. No author given. “The Driller” (May 22, 1939). Nineteen pages.

k. No author given. “A Tale of the Booms -- Reminiscences [sic] of a Prostitute.” Word-processed typescript of the original; five pages.

19-7 Oil.

Unidentified manuscript, re “Oil in Oklahoma.” Photocopy of typescript with some annotations by JWM. Ninety-two pages.

19-8 Oil.

Unidentified manuscript, re: oil in Oklahoma. Photocopy of typescript with some annotations by JWM. Eighty pages. Chapters in the manuscript are as follows:

a. “The Fields.” 7 pages.

b. “Oil Boom Towns.” 11 pages.

c. “The Workers.” 10 pages.

d. “The Camp Followers.” 9 pages.

122 e. “The Merchants.” 7 pages.

f. “Living Conditions.” 13 pages.

g. “Agents of Civilization.” 7 pages.

h. “The Bust.” 10 pages.

i. Bibliography. 6 pages.

19-9 Oklahoma.

Booklet. “Oklahoma.” Published for the Frisco Line by Woodard and Tiernan Printing Company of St. Louis in 1899. Nonpaginated. Photocopy.

19-10 Oklahoma City.

a. Term paper: Roy L. Judd. “An Historical Sketch of the Grand Avenue, Grand Canal, and Grand Boulevard of Oklahoma City” (1966). iii + 24 pages.

b. Term paper: Mary L. Prosser. “The Historical Geography of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma” (1972). iii + 31 pages.

19-11 Oklahoma History.

Course Outline for Oklahoma History. No author indicated. Typescript with handwritten emendations; five pages; photocopy.

19-12 Ottawa County.

“The Ottawa County Pioneer” (1962). Historical magazine published by the Ottawa County Historical Society. Includes data on the Society, historic sites in the county, Indian agencies and schools, and post offices. Twenty-five pages. Photocopy.

19-13 Robinson, James Fountain.

Book. John Allen Robinson. James Fountain Robinson, 1865-1929. N.P. (1958). Ninety-three pages. Photocopy of volume in Miami, Oklahoma, Public Library.

19-14 Santa Fe Trail.

Address: Mattison, Ray H. “Historical Aspects of the Santa Fe Trail.” Delivered at the Annual Meeting of the Santa Fe Trail Highway Association, Council Grove, Kansas, December 9, 1962. Typescript; sixteen pages; photocopy.

123 19-15 Seminole.

Typescript: “Seminole.” This part of a larger work, perhaps by JWM. Thirty-two pages. [Was this the thesis? The typescript leads off on page 1with “The city of Seminole is the center of the oil industry in the Greater Seminole Area. When oil was discovered in July, 1926, Seminole was a village of about 800 people. It was a farming center that existed only for the purpose of serving the farmers and the Seminole Indians that lived within ten miles or so of the village.”]

19-16

Service Area Reports.

Typescript, giving “location,” “physiography,” “climate,” “soils and vegetation,” and “economic activities” for various service areas of rural electrical cooperatives; seventy- eight pages; photocopy. The typescript has some handwritten emendations by JWM, but this work does not appear on any vitae for JWM. Service areas included are Alfalfa, Caddo, Canadian Valley, Choctaw, Cimarron, Cotton, Harmon, Kay, Kiamichi, Kiwash, Northfork, Northwestern, Oklahoma, Peoples, Red River Valley, Rural, Southeastern, and Southwestern.

Box 20 :

20-1 Siegrist, Walter W.

Booklet. Walter W. Siegrist? “The First Seventeen Years and the Dallas Adventure” (April, 1971). iv + 46 + 10. Photocopy.

20-2 Tornadoes.

Typescript: John Duncan (?): “Tornadoes.” Five pages.

20-3 Wewoka.

a. Program: “Centennial Celebration, Wewoka, 1866-1966.” For 100th Anniversary, June 20-24, 1966. Eighty pages.

b. Pamphlet: Wewoka Chamber of Commerce. “Wewoka, Oklahoma” (ca. 1977). Unfolds to show map of the city.

c. Extract: re: history of Wewoka. Photocopied from unidentified source. One page.

Indian Materials

20-4 Newspaper Articles.

124

a. “Seminole Nation Museum Traces Colorful History.” Daily Oklahoman (n.d.). Photocopy.

b. Benjamin, Stan. “American Indian, ‘An Alien in His Own Land,’ Coming Back.” Norman Transcript (July 14, 1968). Photocopy.

c. “Report Shows Indians Made Big Advances.” Daily Oklahoman (July 27, 1968). Photocopy.

d. Maule, Linda. “Indians Begin Corps Stine.” Daily Oklahoman (July 16, 1967). Re: Peace Corps. Photocopy.

e. Oklahoman (July 16, 1967). Photocopy.

f. Coffey, Ivy. “Indians Hurdle Job Barriers.” Oklahoma City Times (July 17, 1967). Photocopy.

g. Coffey, Ivy. “Indian Health Bad, But Getting Better.” Oklahoma City Times (July, 1967). Photocopy.

h. Coffey, Ivy. “Many Indians Hindered by Opposites: Paternalism, Neglect.” Oklahoma City Times (July 20, 1967). Photocopy.

i. “Program Will Go to Indians.” Oklahoma City Times (December 12, 1967). Re: education. Photocopy.

j. Holm, Don. “The American Indian: A Profile of a Myth.” Northwest Magazine (January 15, 1967). Photocopy.

k. Maule, Linda. “Indian Jobs Firm Planned.” Oklahoma City Times (October 23, 1967). Photocopy.

20-5 Reports, Speech, Etc.

a. Speech: Fred R. Harris: “American Indians -- New Destiny,” together with comments of colleagues. Reprinted from the Congressional Record (April 21, 1966). Pages 8310-8316.

b. Report: Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior: “Estimate Reservation Population and Reported Land” As of June 30, 1963.

c. Article: Hart, Virginia S., and Ware, Leonard. “Tourism on Indian Reservations.” Reprinted from Trends in Parks and Recreation (January, 1965). Three pages.

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d. Booklet: Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior: “Indians as Your Hosts” (1963). Re: celebrations in various areas of the country. Sixteen pages.

e. Paper: Vining, James W. “The Early Geographers’ Views of American Indians” (undated). Typescript; twenty-nine pages; photocopy.

20-6 Anadarko Area Program Handbook.

Handbook: Division of Program Development, Budget and Self-Determination, Anadarko Area Office, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior. “Anadarko Area Program Development and Tribal Information Handbook” (ca. 1979). ii + 52.

20-7 Billy, Isom.

a. Pamphlet: “Nitak Nata Hosh Wek Nitak Ammonia Ho.” Printed at Atoka, OK by the Indian Citizen Democrat, Ca 1915.

b. Note: Dave Gardner: re above document.

c. NC: Disciple of Christ Church in Lexington, KY.

20-8 Butterfly Allotment.

a. Circular Letter: re application for per capita payment due Ellen Crippen, nee Butterfly, Choctaw No. 339. (November 10, 1911).

b. Allotment Certificate: Ellen Butterfly, Choctaw No. 339. (December 2, 1903). Issued by the Chickasaw Land Office.

c. Homestead Certificate: Ellen Butterfly, Choctaw No. 339. (December 2, 1903). Issued by the Chickasaw Land Office.

20-9 Jones Family.

Booklet: re: Nathaniel Jones, Wilson Nathaniel Jones, and descendents. Sixteen pages; photocopy.

20-10 Navajo.

a. Letter: Caroline Kline, St. Michaels, Arizona, to James Goodman, Norman, Oklahoma (March 5, 1968). Re: problems at St. Micahels. Photocopy.

126 b. Newspaper Article: Tiede, Tom. “Navajo Reservation -- Hope Is Weak.” Norman Transcript (December 7, 1967). Photocopy.

c. Newspaper Article: “Plight of Tribal Indians Terrible.” Unidentified newspaper (n.d.). Photocopy.

d. Newspaper Article: Hauton, Bob. “Navajo’ Reactions Mixed About Arizona Field Play.” Daily Oklahoman (April 8, 1967). Re: Oil. Photocopy.

e. Newspaper Article: Tiede, Tom. “The Medicine Man Is Important.” Norman Transcript (December 8, 1967). Photocopy.

f. Article: Virginia S. Hart. “Manpower Training in Navajo land.” Reprinted from School Life (March, 1963). Three pages.

20-11 Wautaugans.

Typescript: “The Wautaugans.” Re: the Wautauga Valley and its history. Fourteen pages; photocopy.

20-12 Zuni.

Reports: Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior: Re Zuni history, culture. Typescript; ten pages; photocopy.

Geography Materials

20-13 JWM Notes.

Handwritten extracts from various articles and books about the nature of geography. Ca. 46 extracts, each identified as to source.

20-14 General.

a. Newsletter: “The Curriculum Letter.” III, No. 3 (October, 1963). Published by Croft Educational Services. This issue has an article, “Nine Pillars of Geography,” relating to an article in the “Curriculum Guide for Geographic Education,” published by the National Council for Geographic Education at OU.

b. Magazine article: Olson, Ralph E. “Do They That in a University?! Re: geography at OU. Pages 12-14 in Sooner Magazine, XXXVIII, No. 5 (July, 1966). Entire issue saved.

c. Flyer (?):

127

1. “For Education That Educates” Reprint of editorial from Chicago Daily News (April 19, 1943), re importance of geography in education;

2. “Dr. [John W.] Studebaker [U.S. Commissioner of Education] Calls for Geography.” Excerpts of remarks at National Conference of College and University Presidents, Baltimore, March 3, 4, 1942.

d. Editorial: Spokane, Washington, Spokesman Review: “A Plea for More Geography Study” (May 12, 1960).

20-15 Historical Geography -- General.

a. Handwritten notes: JWM.

b. Model: “A Model for Solving Problems Through Historical Geography.” Hand drawn. No author indicated.

20-16 Historical Geography -- Course Outlines.

Various syllabi and lecture series outlines for a course in historical geography and components thereof. A combination of handwritten, offset, and mimeographed sheets, sometimes of the same material.

20-17 Historical Geography -- Notes.

Pages and notecards of various aspects of historical geography. Includes lecture outlines, notes, and sketch maps.

20-18 Historical Geography -- Printed Maps.

Original or photocopied maps of U.S. railroads (seven pages) and the Gettysburg and Vicksburg campaigns in the Civil War.

20-19 Historical Geography -- Sketch Maps.

Various hand drawn maps of aspects of the historical geography of the United States, including the War of 1812, the Pacific Northwest, Southwest, physiography, precipitation, exploration, and Indians.

20-20 Historical Geography -- Printed Materials.

a. Newspaper Article: Reed, Mort. “Nation of the Osage” [“Mondy Clips” column]. Cheyenne Sunday Magazine (June 24, 1973). Photocopy.

128 b. Newspaper Article: “Inland Gates Unlocked by ‘Great River’ Find.” Denver Post (July 5, 1973). Re: Marquette-Jolliet exploration. Photocopy.

c. Newspaper Article: Draheim, H. Paul. “Small Factors, Strange Errors Defeated British Plans in 1777.” Unidentified newspaper (n.d.). Photocopy.

d. Journal Article: Taylor, James Woodall. “Geographic Bases of the Gadsden Purchase.” Reprinted from Journal of Geography, LVII, No. 8 (November, 1958), pp. 402-409.

e. Bookley: Vestal, Staanley. Wagons Southwest: Story of Old Trail to Santa Fe. New York: American Pioneer Trails Association, 1946. Fifty pages.

f. Journal Issue. “Kansas Natural History in 1863.” Vol. 9, No. 2 (January, 1963) issue of The Kansas School Naturalist, published by the Kansas State Teachers College, Emporia, Kansas.

g. Journal Issue. Vol. ILVI, No. 1 (July, 1968) of the Peabody Journal of Education. Among the articles is one by J. Russell Whitaker, “Recurrent Themes in the Historical Geography of the United States.” (pages 9-13).

20-21 Kentucky.

Notes and editorial comments on a geography of Kentucky. This probably refers to the series of state geographies published by the Harlow Publishing Company and edited by JWM. Handwritten and typewritten materials; nine pages; photocopy.

20-22 Oklahoma Geographer.

Two issues of The Oklahoman Geographer: II, No. 1 (December, 1951) and VI, No. 1 (November, 1955).

20-23 Parkins, Almon Ernest.

Journal Article: J. Russell Whitaker. “Almon Ernest Parkins.” Reprinted from Annals of the Association of American Geographers, XXXI, No. 1 (March 1941), pages 46-50. Inscribed to JWM by Whitaker.

20-24 Pollution and Technology.

a. Article: Lear, John. “Predicting the Consequences of Technology.” SR (March, 1941), pages 46-50. Inscribed to JWM by Whitaker.

129 b. Article: Nessen, Ron. “From Dump to Glaring Dump.” Today’s Health (June, 1970), pages 20-23, 72.

20-25 Population.

a. Notes by JWM on population and poverty.

b. Newspaper Article: Taylor, Henry J. “Cities’ Ills Run Deep.” Unidentified newspaper (n.d.). Re: remarks by John W. Gardner upon retiring as chief of National Urban Coalition.

c. Extract: “The Dimensions of Change.” Re: city as instrument of environmental change. Photocopied from unidentified source.

d. Article: Huxley, Julian. “The Age of Overbreed.” Best of Playboy, No. 4, (n.d.), pages 51-57.

e. Article: “Problems of Population Growth.” Reprinted from Department of State Bulletin (August 11, 1969). Incomplete; pages 3-8 (end) only.

20-26 Whibaker, J. Russell

a. Remarks: JWM: re WRW. Four pages, photocopy.

Includes Rare Magazine 1874, Permit 1896

Box 21:

21-1 Textbook Records, 1930-1982

21-2 Correspondence In re: Retirement 1973-1977

21-3 Letter About Two Photos of a Dust Storm, (In Special Collection, 1980)

21-4 Peterson’s Magazine Lxvi, No. 2 (Aug. 1874)

21-5 Permit Indian Territory, 1896

21-6 Material on Tri-State Corner, 1928-1958

21-7 Vitae: Material on J.W. Morris, 1907-1982

21-8 Material on Weather, 1949

21-9 Historical Atlas of Oklahoma Printing Press Cover Plate. No date.

130 21-10 Material on Adair-Kay counties, 1900-1980

21-11 Maps of Oklahoma, no date

21- Index Cards on Oklahoma’s geography

Note Cards in File on Panhandle and Historic Homes

Box 22:

Panhandle Cards are handwritten notes or typed information on a specific town or county. Retyped newspaper articles on related subjects.

Historic Homes cards tell location address, owner, dates, architectural information.

Box 23:

3 spiral notebooks containing research on Indians in Oklahoma, alphabetized.

3 spiral notebooks containing misc. lists on Indian nations in Oklahoma.

A spiral containing material for a standard atlas of Woods County, Oklahoma.

A spiral notebook containing material on historical geography.

A spiral notebook containing notes on photographs.

A spiral notebook containing material for Indian atlas.

Box 25:

25-1 Anadarko, Oklahoma: A General Plan Study (1958).

25-2 A Study of Capital Improvements Financing for Antlers, Oklahoma, 1963-1968, (1964).

25-3 Bethany, Oklahoma: A General Plan Study (1964).

25-4 Blackwell, Oklahoma: A General Plan Study (1960).

25-5 Bristow, Oklahoma: A General Plan Study, (1959).

131 25-6 A General Plan Study: Clinton, Oklahoma (1960); An Economic Base Study, Clinton, Oklahoma (1961).

25-7 Duncan, Oklahoma: A General Plan Study (1964).

25-8 Fairview, Oklahoma: Master Plan Study (1966).

25-9 Frederick, Oklahoma: A General Plan Study, (1964).

25-10 Guthrie, Oklahoma: A General Plan Study (1963).

25-11 Hinton, Oklahoma Community Plan (1974).

25-12 Comprehensive Physical Development Plan Study, Lexington, Oklahoma (1973); Lexington, Oklahoma; The Planning Document (1973).

25-13 Lindsay, Oklahoma: A General Plan Study (1961).

25-14 The Planning Document: Mustang, Oklahoma (1971).

25-15 Sayre, Oklahoma Master Plan Study (1966).

25-16 Sapulpa, Oklahoma: The Planting Document (1964).

25-17 Woodward, Oklahoma: A General Plan Study (1964).

Box 26 A medal given to Dr. John W. Morris when he was inducted posthumously into the Oklahoma Historical Society’s Hall of Fame in 1998.

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