University of Oklahoma Libraries Western History Collections
Oscar Brousse Jacobson Collection
Jacobson, Oscar Brousse (1882–1966). Papers, 1916–1950. 1.33 feet. Professor. Newspaper editorial cartoons (1918–1930) regarding World War I and the post- war period; civilian defense correspondence (1917–1920) and publications (1942–1945), including plans, papers, and blueprints detailing civilian defense of the University of Oklahoma in the event of enemy attack; biographies (n.d.); and Jacobson’s unpublished manuscript (ca. 1954) regarding Oklahoma artists and the status of art in Oklahoma through 1930. ______
Box 1 (J-1) Folder: 1 Issue of Utlandssvenskarna magazine of 1955. See article within regarding Jacobson. Catalogues: 2nd-4th Annual Exhibition, the Art of the Southwest, University of Oklahoma, 1917, 1918 and 1919. Typescript, in English, of article in magazine. Pictures of our Country, Exhibit, Chicago Art Institute, 1919.
2 Materials regarding the Association of Oklahoma Artists dating from the nineteen teens. Includes organizational constitution, original typed version by Jacobson.
3 Re: World War One. League of the Allies materials.
4 Re: World War One. League of the Allies materials, and information packet from the national Treasury Dept. regarding a national poster competition to promote war savings campaigns.
5 Re: World War Two. Papers regarding civilian defense operations and initiatives at the University of Oklahoma.
6 Re: World War Two. Booklet: "Suggested Regulations For Retail Stores For Blackouts and Air Raids." By the U.S. Office of Civilian Defense.
7 Re: World War Two. Booklet: "Civilian Defense Protective Concealment." By U.S. Office of Civilian Defense.
8 Re: World War Two. Booklet: "The United States Civilian Defense Corps." By U.S. Office of Civilian Defense.
9 Re: World War Two. Booklet: "Protection of Industrial Plants and Public Buildings." By U.S. Office of Civilian Defense.
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10 Re: World War Two. Booklet: "Suggested Regulations for the Theaters For Blackouts and Air Raids." By U.S. Office of Civilian Defense.
11 Constitution and By-Laws of the Newcomer's Club. Original typed copy.
12 Biographical information regarding Oklahoma artists, all from 1916.
13 Jacobson Correspondence: 1917-1920.
14 Handwritten notes regarding artists.
15 Information regarding Indian painters.
16 Information regarding Indian Painters.
17 Biographical information regarding Oscar B. Jacobson.
Box 2 (J-13) Folders 1 - 60 contain Jacobson's unpublished manuscript.
1 Newspaper article by Nan Sheets on Dr. O.B. Jacobson.
2 Index: Art and Artists in Oklahoma
3 Foreword and Introduction
4 The Ancients
5 Catlin
6 Heinrich Baldwin Molhausen, Elbridge Ayer Burbank
7 Frederic Remington
8 John Mix Stanley
9 E.W. Lenders, R.P. Harrison, Henrietta Clopath
10 Samuel Holmberg I, Patricio Gimeno, Narcissa C. Owen, Lawrence Pickett Williams
11 Gerrer
12 Nellie Sheppard, John Noble, Mrs. Linley M. Tompkin
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13 Robert Garrison
14 Dr. W.J. Boyd, Mrs. Minta Jackson, Marshall Lackey
15 Gayle Evans McKnight, Glen and Treva Wheete, Gwendolyn Meux
16 Marjorie Dodge Tapp, Daisy McCool, Edna Bradley Stevenson
17 William Harold Smith, Joseph De Sigall, Nan Sheets
18 W. Rex Gorey, Ralph Shead, Dr. Basil A. Hayes
19 Melcina Thomas Sampson, Jo Lee Rodke, Adah M. Robinson
20 Doel Reed, Madeline G. Ritz, Mrs. Edith Reed
21 Augusta J. Metcalfe, Anita Moore, Edith Mahier
22 Harriet Kritser, Florence Brown Joslyn, Alexandre Hogue, Myrle E. Kelly
23 S. Deborah Haines, Eula Grimes, Fr. Overton Colbert, Alice Fleming
24 Clyde C. Clack, Frederic Becker, Harriet George Barclay, Francis Fite Armbrister
25 E.R. Abbott, May Todd Aaron, Joseph R. Taylor, Gwen Hendrickson
26 Julius Struppeck, Dorothea Stvenson, Lawrence Tenney Stevens, Dorothy Kirk
27 John O'Neil, Edith Ogle, Eugene J. McFarland, J.J. McVicker
28 Paul Mannen, Mary Lamb Lewis, Anita Howard Kramer, Eugene Kingman
29 Elizabeth Janes, Willa Baze Lane, Robert Evans, Lowell and Stanley Hess
30 Olinka Hrdy, Patty Patterson, Leonard Phelps Good, Bernand Frazier.
30a. Ina Annett, Paul Emerson, Eugene Jesse Brown, Minnie Baker.
31 Emilo Amero, Jessy Stone Archer, Edgar A. Albin, Louis Weinberg
32 Don Loewen, Willard Stone, Yeffe Kimball, Robert Massey
33 Charles Banks Wilson, Joe S. Morris, Riley White, Anna H. Miller
34 Martha Avery, Rev. John L. Walch, Richard H. Taflinger, J. Craig Sheppard.
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35 Patric Rowley, Martha Francis Ratcliffe, John W. Randolph, Loraine Moore
36 Stuart H. Mong, Jeanne Haughton Lawrence, Yolande Jacobson, Richard V. Goetz
37 Duncan Stuart, Owen Keith Harry, Edgar Roy Huxley, Robert Earl Gardner
38 Sylvia A. Flynn, Richard S. DeFalco, Quinton L. McCristy, Elmer Capshaw
39 Eugene Bavinger, Leroy Bond, Mary Todd Aaron
40 Indians and art
41 Woodrow Crumbo, G.C. Keahbone (A-san-ta)
42 Carl Sweezy, Ernest Spybuck, Monroe Tsa-to-ke, Steve Mopope
43 Spencer Asah, Lois Smoky, James Auchiah, Jack Hokeah
44 Francis Blackbear Bosin, Cecil Murdock, Chief Saul, Archie Black Owl
45 Woody Big Bow, Leonard Riddles, Larry Saupity, Victor Pepion
46 Roland Whitehorse, Herman Toppah, Oscar Howe, Paul Goodbear
47 Fred Beaver, Acee Blue Eagle, Allen Houser
48 Allen Bushyhead, Franklin Gritts, Cecil Roy Dick, C. Earl Poodry
49 Solomon McCombs, Dick West
50 The Government in art
51 Murals in public buildings
52 Museums: University of Oklahoma museums of art and history
53 Museum: St. Gregory's and Father Gregory
54 Museums: Oklahoma State Historical Museum, Oklahoma State Historical Society
55 Museum: Osage Museum
56 Museum: Philbrook Art Center
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57 Museum: Woolaroc
58 Pioneer Woman
59 Ponca City Library
60 Art Exhibitions and art schools
Jacobson's unpublished manuscript ends here. Any remaining folders are in relation to other matters.
61 Indian biographies dating from the nineteen teens.
Box 3 (J-18) Folder: 1 Cartoons: 1918 (re: World war One)
2 Cartoons: 1919 (re: World War One)
3 Cartoons: 1920
4 Cartoons: 1921
5 Cartoons: 1922
6 Cartoons: 1928-1930
7 Miscellaneous, plus cartoons
8 Personal correspondence
9 Miscellaneous
10 Exposition of Indian Tribal Arts
11 Correspondence regarding coin collecting
12 Rough draft of “North American Indian Costumes, 1564-1950” by O.B. Jacobson and illustrated by Oscar Howe, 1950. Also includes a 3-page article on transparencies: “Indian Artists of Oklahoma” by Oscar B. Jacobson from The Oklahoma Almanac.
13. Notebook 1: Images of paintings [1 of 2]
14. Notebook 1: Images of paintings [2 of 2]
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15. Notebook 2: Images of paintings [1 of 2]
16. Notebook 2: Images of paintings [2 of 2]
17. Notebook 3: Images of paintings [1 of 2]
18. Notebook 3: Images of paintings [2 of 2]
19. Notebook 4: Images of paintings
20. Notebook 5: Images of paintings [1 of 2]
21. Notebook 5: Images of paintings [2 of 2]
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