University of Oklahoma Libraries Western History Collections Walter Ferguson Collection Ferguson, Walter Scott (1886–1936). Papers, 1863–1960. 17.33 feet. Banker. Business and personal correspondence (1883–1951), the majority concerning Walter Ferguson’s tenure as vice president of the Exchange National Bank in Tulsa, Oklahoma; a book-length manuscript (n.d.) on the Choctaw Indians; brand books (1906– 1918) of Walter Ferguson; correspondence (1902–1906) to Thompson B. Ferguson, governor of Oklahoma Territory; typescripts of annual reports (1904–1905) of Thompson B. Ferguson as governor of Oklahoma Territory to the secretary of the interior; and correspondence (1928–1942) to Lucia Loomis Ferguson concerning her syndicated newspaper column, “One Woman’s Opinion,” along with manuscripts (ca. 1930–1962) and clippings (ca. 1928–1942) of her column. Guide to the Collection

Series 1

Correspondence

Series 2

Printed Materials

Series 3

Financial Records

Series 4

Cattle Brands

Series 5

Government Documents

Series 6

Pins, Ribbons, and Medallions

Series 7

Literary Productions

Series 8

Corporate Records

Series 9

Legal Documents

Series 10

Scrapbooks and Scrapbook Material

Series 11

Posters

Series 1: Correspondence Inclusive dates: 1883-1951 Description: Business, personal, and official correspondence of Mr. and Mrs. W.S. Ferguson, T.B. Ferguson, as well as scattered correspondence of select other individuals. Subseries A: Business correspondence of W.S. Ferguson. Inclusive dates: 1927-1935. Topics reflected in this subseries include the financial status of many rural Oklahoma banks and financial institutions. Note: the materials comprising this subseries have been filed in the order in which they were received. Many files were categorized at the time they were created using a very eclectic system which is not contemporary. Occasionally, files beginning with one letter of the alphabet will be found filed elsewhere. As it was clear this was deliberate and not accidental, the archival concept of Sanctity of Original Order has been observed. Subseries B: Personal correspondence of W.S. Ferguson. Inclusive dates: 1883-1935. See note above regarding the system of filing used. Subseries C: Subject correspondence of W.S. Ferguson. Inclusive dates: 1928-1935. Includes that correspondence, generally extensive, of both business and personal nature which due to the special subjects involved were filed in a separate category. Subseries D: Correspondence of Mrs. W.S. Ferguson. Inclusive dates: 1902-1950. Includes files of letters from readers of her column. Series E: Correspondence of T. B. Ferguson. Inclusive dates: 1902-1906. Of an official nature, it is in regard to the affairs of his term as Governor of the Territory of Oklahoma - its administration, personages, politics, etc. Series F: Correspondence of miscellaneous individuals. Inclusive dates: undetermined. Authors occasionally unknown.

Box 1 Folder: Subseries "A": Business correspondence of W.S. Ferguson 1.

With various correspondents: "A", 1932-1935.

2.

With specific correspondents: "A". Includes Andy Adams, Charles B. Ames, M.H. Aylesworth, Amerada Petroleum Corporation, and James B. Alley, 19321934.

3.

With various correspondents: "B", 1932-1935.

4.

With specific correspondents: "B". Includes C.H. Baker, Williard J. Barnett, Rex Beach, Irvin Cobb, the Beaver, Meade & Englewood Railroad Company, S.T. Bledsoe, Burdette Blue, and A.E. Bradshaw, 1933-1935.

Box 2 Folder: 1.

With various correspondents: "C", 1932-1935.

2.

With specific correspondents: "C". Includes Cash M. Cade, the Clarks State Bank, Continental Oil Company, Melvin Cornish, and H.C. Couch, 1932-1935.

3.

With various correspondents: "D", 1932-1935. With specific correspondents: "D". Includes John Doolin and Buck Dunton, 19321935.

4.

With various correspondents: "E", 1932-1935. With specific correspondents: "E". Includes the Eason Oil Company, with numerous service station reports of that company, 1931-1932.

5.

With various correspondents: "F", 1932-1935.

6.

With various correspondents: "F". Includes the firm, Fenner, Beane & Ungerleider, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, First National Bank, Benton Ferguson, Mrs. T.B. Ferguson, and W.C. Fidler, 1930-1934.

Box 3 Folder: 1.

With various correspondents: "G", 1932-1935. With specific correspondents: "G". Includes the Garfield State Bank, 1927-1929.

2.

With various correspondents: "A", 1929-1932.

3.

With specific correspondents: "A". Includes the Bank of Aline of Aline, Citizens State Bank of Altus, First National Bank of Altus, Alva State Bank of Alva, Central National Bank of Alva, First National Bank of Alva, Applications, Atlas Life Insurance Company, Atlas Portland Cement Company, First National Bank of Ada, Farmers State Bank of Ames, Anadarko Bank of Trust Company of Anadarko, Anadarko National Bank of Anadarko, First National Bank of Anadarko, American National Bank of Apache, Home National Bank of Arkansas City, Kansas, Stockgrowers National Bank of Ashland, Kansas, Prairie State Bank of Augusta, Kansas, and Mr. F.G. Awalt, Deputy Controller of the Currency, 1927-1932.

4.

With various correspondents: "B", 1929-1932.

5.

With specific correspondents: "B". Includes C.H. Baker, W.J. Barnett, and Willard Barnett, Banking Commissioner of Oklahoma, 1929-1932.

Box 4

Folder: 1.

With specific correspondents: "B". Includes the Barnsdall Oil Company, Rex Beach, First National Bank of Beaver, First National Bank of Billings, and the Beaver, Meade and Englewood Railroad Company, 1929-1932.

2.

With specific correspondents: "B". Includes J.M. Bernardin, John R. Boardman, the Bolene Refining Company, the Security State Bank of Blackwell, Citizens Home Bank of Boise City, Building and Loan Associations, Bureau of Insular Affairs in Washington, Bus mail, Central State Bank of Buffalo, Oklahoma State Bank of Buffalo, and the Bank of Burlington of Burlington, 1929-1932.

3.

With various correspondents: "C", 1929-1932.

4.

With various correspondents: "C", 1929-1932.

5.

With specific correspondents: "C". Includes Cash M. Cade of the State Board of Affairs, Claude Calmes, Central Boarding Company, Bob Chase, the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company, Cleveland Building and Loan Association, the Clinton Hotel, W.H. Cloud, the Bank of Canton of Canton, Bank of Capron of Capron, Carmen State Bank of Carmen, Farmers National Bank of Carnegie, First National Bank of Chandler, Union National Bank of Chandler, Chicago banks, and Cherokee National Bank of Cherokee, 1929-1932.

Box 5 Folder: 1.

With specific correspondents: "C". Includes the Oklahoma State National Bank of Clinton, Security National Bank of Clinton, First National Bank of Cleveland, Collins-Dietz-Morris Company, Consolidated Cement Company, Thomas G. Cook, Consolidated Gas Utilities Company, 1929-1932.

2.

With specific correspondents: "D". Includes C.E. Daniels, manager of the Federal Reserve Bank in Oklahoma City, B.F. Davis, J.J. Dempsey, Detroit Investment Company, Dierks Lumber Company, Dixie Oil Company, Bank of Drummond, Clarence Douglas, and A.F. Denton, 1929-1932.

3.

With various correspondents: "E", 1929-1932. With specific correspondents: "E". Includes the Electric Appliance Company, C.L. Ellis, Enid Hotel, Enid, Enid (new building), Equitable Life Insurance Company, Enid Terminal Elevator Company, Ewing Statue, First National Bank of Edmond, Farmers National Bank of Elk City, Citizens National Bank of El Reno, Enid Bank and Trust Company of Enid, First National Bank of Enid, and Amos A. Ewing, 1929-1932.

4.

With specific correspondents: "F". Includes J.E. Finneran of Scripps-Howard newspapers, Ford Motor Company, First National Bank of Fairfax, Benton Ferguson, Fairview Building and Loan Association, Federal Farm Loan Board, J.B. Ferguson, Mrs. T. B. Ferguson, Freemont Foundry and Derrick Company, the

Frisco Railroad Company, Bank of Fairmont of Fairmont, Stock Exchange Bank of Fargo, and H.V. Foster of the Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company, 1929-1932. 5.

With specific correspondents: "F". Includes First National Bank of Frederick, Fidelity Building and Loan Association, Freedom State Bank of Freedom, Fullers Earth, and Mrs. W.S. Ferguson, 1929-1932.

Box 6 Folder: 1.

With various correspondents: "G", 1929-1932. With specific correspondents: "G". Includes the Farmers State Bank of Garber, J.E. Fouts, director of insolvent banks, regarding one in Gary, First National Bank of Gary, General Electric Corporation, General Mills Corporation, General Motors Corporation, Gibson Oil Company W. Irving Glover, second U.S. assistant postmaster general, guaranty roofing company, and guardian Detroit Bank, 1929-1932.

2.

With specific correspondents: "G". Includes Guaranty Detroit Bank (continued from last file), Gum Brothers, First National Bank of Guthrie, First National Bank of Goltry, and Senator Thomas P. Gore of Oklahoma, 1929-1932.

3.

With various correspondents: "H", 1929-1932.

4.

With various correspondents: "H", 1929-1932. With specific correspondents: "H". Includes City Guaranty Bank of Hobart, Farmers and Merchants National Bank of Hobart, Home State Bank of Hobart, Farmers National Bank of Holdenville, and General Roy V. Hoffman, 1929-1932.

5.

With specific correspondents: "H". Includes Hacker Flour Mills, E.A. Haines, George Riley Hall, Ewing Halsell, John J. Harden, J.W. Harreld, Luther Harrison, Walter M. Harrison, Hambleton Motor Company, Robert A. Hefner, Justice of the Supreme Court of Oklahoma, and the Helena National Bank of Helena, 19291932.

Box 7 Folder: 1.

With various correspondents: "H". Includes an Historical File containing information regarding the history of the Pioneer Telephone Company, with accounts of telephone service installed between Perry and Pawnee; the Pioneer Woman statue in Ponca City, the T-5 Ranch, and cowboys and ranches in the Cherokee Strip; Alpha G. Updegraff. Greer and Harmon Counties: G.A. Brown Judson Harmon, Muriel Wright, and the Choctaw language; Bank of Hillsdale of Hillsdale, First National Bank of Hinton, First National Bank of Hitchcock, the Homa-okla Oil Company, and the House File, 1925-1931.

2.

With specific correspondents: "H". Includes Hopeton State Bank of Hopeton, First National Bank of Hydro, Joseph Huckins, Bank of Hunter, and Patrick J. Hurley, 1928-1931. With various correspondents: "I". With various correspondents: "I". Includes State National Bank of Idabel, Indian funds, and Indian funds -- report.

3.

With various correspondents: "J", 1929-1932. With specific correspondents: "J". Includes C.N. Jackman, L.B. Jackson, J.E. Jarrett, and Roy M. Johnson, 1929-1932. With various correspondents: "K", 1929-1932. With specific correspondents: "K". Includes Kansas City banks, Kingfisher National Bank of Kingfisher, the Kingfisher Building and Loan Association, Kansas and Oklahoma railroads, Industrial Life Insurance Company, Dold, Jacob Packing Company, Kansas Flour Mills Corporation, Kansas City Waffle House, and Larry Katz, 1929-1932.

4.

With various correspondents: "L", 1929-1932. With specific correspondents: "L". Includes Lea Mex Development Company, Liberty Savings and Loan Association of Enid, First National Bank of Lahoma, Citizens Bank of Lahoma, City National Bank of Lawton, Robert Lindneaux, Liquidation accounts, Lusco Brick and Stone Company, and C.M. Light, 19291932.

5.

With various correspondents: "M", 1929-1932.

Box 8 Folder: 1.

With various correspondents: "M", 1929-1932. With specific correspondents: "M". Includes H.L. Mencken, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Mid Continent Life Insurance Company, Mid Continent Oil and Gas Company, Mid Continent Petroleum Corporation, the Missouri-Pacific Railroad, Missouri Portland Cement Company, W.N. Mitchell, Grant County Bank of Medford, J.W. McIntosh, 1929-1932.

2.

With specific correspondents: "M". Includes George B. "Deak" Parker, and the Magnolia Petroleum Company, 1929-1932.

3.

With specific correspondents: "M". Includes First National Bank of Mangum, Mangum Hotel in Mangum, Manhattan Construction Company of Muskogee, Marland Oil Company, Massachusetts Mutual Insurance Company, M.F. Maynard, Jr., Bank of Commerce of McAlester, Citizens State Bank of Manchester, National Bank of Marlow of Marlow, Charles E. Marsh, Memos, First National Bank of Medford, George A.H. Mills, Security State Bank of Mooreland, First National Bank of Muskogee, Mural decorations in Oklahoma, 1929-1932. With specific correspondents: "M". Includes the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad, and W.H. Murray, 1929-1932.

Box 9 Folder: 1.

With various correspondents: "N", 1929-1932. With specific correspondents: "N". Includes a file regarding New Hobbes, New Mexico -- miscellaneous solicitation, Nash Agency, National Politics, New business campaign, New State Ice Company, New York City banks, First National Bank of Norman, and North West Bancorporation.

2.

With various correspondents: "O", 1929-1932. With specific correspondents: "O". Includes First National Bank of Okarche, First National Bank of Okeene, State Guaranty Bank of Okeene, Oklahoma City banks, American National Bank of Okmulgee, Citizens National Bank of Okmulgee, Oklahoma Building and Loan Associations, Oklahoma Cotton Growers Association, Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company, Oklahoma Furniture Manufacturing Company, Oklahoma Gas Utilities Company, Oklahoma Life Insurance Company, Oklahoma Portland Cement Company, Oklahoma Wheat Growers Association

3.

With various correspondents: "P", 1929-1932. With specific correspondents: "P". Includes Hilton Phillips Hotel in Shawnee, and Shawnee, Oklahoma -- Hotels, and George B. "Deac" Parker, 1929-1932.

4.

With specific correspondents: "P". Includes Pacific Mutual Insurance Company, Patterson and Hoffman, Pennsylvania Railroad, J.C. Penney, Dr. Pepper, Petroleum Corporation of America, Petroleum Corporation of America, Petro Royalties Company, Philippine Islands, Phipps-Snyder, and Personal, 1929-1932.

Box 10 Folder: 1.

With specific correspondents: "P". Includes Personal (continued from last file), Pierce Petroleum Corporation, Pillsbury Mills, Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, U.S. Post Office Department, Postal Savings, and Prairie Oil and Gas Company, 1929-1932.

2.

With specific correspondents: "P". Includes Prudential Fire Insurance Company, Prudential Life Insurance Company, Pure Oil Company, First National Bank of Paden, Farmers & Merchants Bank of Perry, First National Bank of Perryton, First National Bank of Pond Creek, First State Bank of Pond Creek, McClain County Bank of Purcell, William D. Pratt, J.W. Pole, 1929-1932. With various correspondents: "Q". Includes the Quinlan State Bank of Quinlan, 1929-1932

3.

With specific correspondents: "C". Includes Bank of Crescent of Crescent, Bank of Cromwell of Cromwell, Continental Oil Company, Peoples Bank of Custer

City, County treasurers, and Charles Curtis, Vice President of the United States, 1927-1932. 4.

With various correspondents: "D". Contains information in regard to ranches in the Cherokee Strip, including the U-Ranch, and the Andrew Drumm Ranch, 19291932.

Box 11 Folder: 1.

With specific correspondents: "E". Includes Amos A. Ewing, 1930-1932.

2.

With various correspondence: F, 1929-1935. With specific correspondents: "F". Includes Mrs. W.S. Ferguson, H.V. Foster and David L. Frawley, 1929-1935.

3.

With various correspondents: "G", 1933-1935. With specific correspondents: "G". Includes Carl Giles, Thomas P. Gore and Guests.

4.

With various correspondents: "H", 1931-1935.

5.

With specific correspondents: "H". Includes the New Hobbes Bank of New Hobbes, New Mexico, 1930-1931.

Box 12 Folder: 1.

With specific correspondents: "H". Includes the New Hobbes Bank of New Hobbes, New Mexico, Walter M. Harrison, and more, 1930-1934.

2.

With specific correspondents: "H". Includes Carl B. Haun, E.I. Hanlon, Hugh L. Harrell, George A. Hill, Jr., Roy V. Hoffman, Z.G. Hopkins, 1930-1933.

3.

With various correspondents: "J", 1932-1935. With specific correspondents: "J". Includes Hugh M. Johnson, 1933-1935.

4.

With various correspondents: "K", 1933-1935.

5.

With specific correspondents: "L". Includes P.C. Lauinger and Gordon William" Pawnee Bill" Lillie, 1934-1935. With various correspondents: "M", 1931-1936.

6.

With specific correspondents: "M". Includes John F. Mahr, George A.H. Mills, the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad Company, H.L. Mencken, Memos to E.F. Higgins regarding calls made by W.S. Ferguson, and Murray, W.H., 19331935. With various correspondents: "N", 1933-1935.

With specific correspondents: "N". Includes North West Bancorporation, New Business contacts, and the National Rivers and Harbors Congress, 1933-1935.

Box 13 Folder: 1.

With various correspondents: "O", 1930-1935. With specific correspondents: "O". Includes Oklahoma Gas and Electric, and C.E. Daniels (sic), 1935.

2.

With various correspondents: "P", 1932-1934. With specific correspondents: "P". Includes the First National Bank of Waynoka (sic), 1929-1932.

3.

With various correspondents: "R", 1931-1935. With specific correspondents: "R". Includes Harry R. Rogers and H.H. Rogers, 1931-1935.

4.

With various correspondents: "R". Includes H.H. Rogers, 1929-1930.

5.

With various correspondents: "S". Includes or is in regard to the writings of Mrs. W.S. Ferguson, 1930-1932.

Box 14 Folder: 1.

With various correspondents: S", 1933-1934. With specific correspondents: "S". Includes information and a published, large booklet by Ferguson about the Salt Plains Wildfire Refuge, with attached extensive *

2.

With various correspondents: "S", 1934-1935. With specific correspondents: "S". Includes information and correspondence regarding the Salt Plains Wildfire Refuge, Robert P. Scripp, Arthur Seligman, Statement of Public Monies on Deposit, C.C. Sitterley, Thomas Baker Slick, M.S. Sloan of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad system, and N. Bert Smith, 1934-1935. With various correspondents: "T", 1934-1935.

3.

With specific correspondents: "S". Includes information regarding Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1934-1935. With specific correspondents: "T". Includes Senator Elmer Thomas, 1934-1935.

4.

With various correspondents: "L", 1930-1933.

*

historical information about the Salt Plains; and extensive historical information about Andrew Drumm and his ranch. NOTE: for convenience, all information regarding the Salt Plains has been removed from Folder 2 and placed in Folder 1.

With various correspondents: "M", 1930-1933. 5.

With various correspondents: "T", 1934-1935. With specific correspondents: "T". Includes information regarding a trip to the TBone Ranch for a duck hunting trip, and C.S. Thompson, 1934-1935.

Box 15 Folder: 1.

With various correspondents: "U" and "V", 1933-1935. With specific correspondents: "U" and "V". Includes Universal Credit Corporation, U.S. District Court, U.S. lines, U.S. Treasurer, and Judge Edgar S. Vaught, 1933-1935.

2.

With various correspondents: "W", 1929-1933.

3.

With specific correspondents: "W". Includes First State Bank of Weatherford, First State Bank & Trust Company, Federal Reserve Bank of Washington, Wentz trustee, and Lou Wentz, 1928-1932.

4.

With various correspondents: "X" and "Y" and "Z", 1929-1932. With specific correspondents: "X" and "Y" and "Z". Includes John M. Young, 1929-1932. SUBSERIES "B': Personal Correspondence of W. S. Ferguson

Box 16 Folder: 1.

With various correspondents, 1927-1933.

2.

With various correspondents, 1930-1937.

3.

With various correspondents. Contains information regarding Cal Miner and Jack Tearney, and of gambling in territorial Oklahoma, 1930-1932.

4.

With various correspondents, 1923-1931.

5.

With various correspondents. Includes information regarding Jacob Achenbach and the Beaver, Meade and Englewood Railroad Company, 1931-1935.

Box 17 Folder: 1.

With various correspondents, 1931-1932.

2.

With various correspondents. Includes information regarding Statehood Day of 1929 and the State of Oklahoma, 1930-1937.

3.

With various correspondents. Includes information regarding the origins of the photographs of the collection of W. S. Ferguson, L.C. Niblack, Charles F. Colcord, Joseph Bradfield Thoburn, the Oklahoma Historical Society, Moses Weinberger, and the rations issued the first settlers in the Territory of Oklahoma by the federal government. Also includes one piece of correspondence between Dennis Wolf Bushyhead, Chief of the Cherokee Nation, appointing John W. Jourdan a Special Agent of that Nation in the Cherokee Strip, 1885-1941.

4.

With various correspondents, Includes information regarding William H. Taft, Andy Adams, National Bank of Shattuck, the Beaver, Meade and Englewood Railway, M.H. Aylesworth, and one piece of correspondence regarding the entry of liquor into the Cherokee Nation, 1883-1932.

5.

With various correspondents. Includes information regarding Earle M. Simon, 1928-1933.

6.

With various correspondents, 1928-1933.

Box 18 Folder: 1.

With various correspondents. Includes Exchange National Bank internal memos, and information regarding the Miller Brothers and their 101 Ranch, Roy V. Hoffman, Amos A. Ewing, L.G. Niblack, Frank G. Buttram, and Dennis T. Flynn, 1929-1932.

2.

With various correspondents, 1927-1932.

3.

With various correspondents. Includes information regarding Cassius M. Cade, Amos A. Ewing. George B. "Deac" Parker and Benton Ferguson. Also included is several items of correspondence apparently belonging to Amos A. Ewing, dated 1900-1901, in regard to among other things, C.M. Barnes, 1900-1935.

4.

With various correspondents. Includes, information regarding James Joseph McGraw and George B. "Deac" Parker, 1923-1932.

Box 19 Folder: 1.

With various correspondents. Includes information regarding Gambling in the Territory of Oklahoma, drawings by Benton Ferguson, Will J. French, and Amos A. Ewing. Also included is a subpoena commanding W. S. Ferguson to attend the impeachment trial of Governor Henry S. Johnston at the Skirvin Hotel in Oklahoma City, 1929-1932.

2.

With various correspondents. Includes information regarding Amos A. Ewing, Zach T. Miller, the Miller Brothers' 101 Ranch, and George B. "Deac" Parker, 1932.

3.

With various correspondents, 1930-1934.

4.

With various correspondents. Includes information regarding Hugh M. Johnson, J.J. McGraw, Walter S. McLucas, and trade missions by Oklahomans. Also includes a legal flyer entitled "Notice of the Formation of a School District in Day County, Oklahoma Territory (1894). Day County no longer exists, 1905-1926.

5.

With various correspondents. Includes information regarding Oklahoma trade delegations (trade missions), 1925-1927.

Box 20 Folder: 1.

With various correspondents, 1924-1926.

2.

With various correspondents. Includes information regarding George B. "Deac" Parker and Amos A. Ewing, 1925-1927.

3.

With various correspondents. Includes information regarding J.W. McIntosh, 1922-1931.

4.

With various correspondents. Floral remembrance cards from W. S. Ferguson's funeral.

5.

With various correspondents. Includes information regarding George B. "Deac" Parker, a biography of Elva Ursula Shartel Ferguson, a wedding invitation in Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory dated 1890, a program of the Inaugural Ball of 1901 of the Governor of the Territory of Oklahoma, Harry Pentacost, and a membership card dated 1909 granting membership in the Society of '89ers, 18901931.

Box 35 Folder: 1.

With various correspondents. Includes information regarding Benton Ferguson, etc., 1930-1935. SUBSERIES "C": Subject Correspondence of W. S. Ferguson

Box 21 Folder: 1.

With various correspondents. Includes information regarding W. S. Ferguson's life insurance policies, the Universal Credit Corporation, 1931-1935.

2.

With various correspondents. Includes information regarding congratulations upon W. S. Ferguson's retirement, and W. S. Ferguson's acquisition of books of an historical nature, 1932-1935.

3.

With various correspondents. Includes information regarding W. S. Ferguson's acquisition of books of an historical nature, 1931-1935.

4.

With various correspondents. Includes information regarding the Indian Trust Bill before Congress, Interest rates, and Charles J. Rhoads, U.S. Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1928-1931.

Box 38 Folder: 1.

With various correspondents, 1927-1931. SUBSERIES "D". Correspondence of Mrs. W. S. Ferguson

Box 35 Folder: 2.

Readers' letters regarding Mrs. Ferguson's writings, 1921-1951.

3.

Readers' letters regarding Mrs. Ferguson's writings, as well as a smattering of related and other correspondence. Of special note is a letter to Mrs. Ferguson by Helen Keller. Includes information regarding Benton Ferguson, George B. "Deac" Parker, 1919-1950.

4.

Readers' letters regarding Mrs. Ferguson's writings, 1948-1950.

Box 38 Folder: 2.

Readers' letters regarding Mrs. Ferguson's writings, 1933-1941.

3.

Readers' letters regarding Mrs. Ferguson's writings, 1931-1942.

4.

Readers' letters regarding Mrs. Ferguson's writings, 1932-1942.

SUBSERIES "E". Correspondence of Thomas Benton Ferguson Box 36 Folder: 1.

With various correspondents, 1902-1905.

2.

With various correspondents. Includes information regarding Bird S. McGuire, the single statehood movement for Oklahoma, and Governor Frank Franz, 19031906.

3.

With various correspondents. Includes information regarding the temperance movement in the Territory of Oklahoma, 1902-1906.

4.

With various correspondents. Includes information regarding the Republican Party of the Territory of Oklahoma, S. Douglas Russell, African-Americans in the Indian and Oklahoma Territories, the Inter-Territorial Negro Protective League, prohibition in the territories, the Okla-Anti-Saloon League, Amos A. Ewing, and the Grand Army of the Republic in the Territory of Oklahoma, 1902-1906.

Box 37 Folder: 1.

With various correspondents. Includes information regarding Dennis T. Flynn and the Republican Party in the Territory of Oklahoma, 1902, 1906.

2.

With various correspondents. Includes information regarding Dennis T. Flynn, 1902.

3.

With various correspondents, 1902.

4.

With various correspondents. Includes information regarding the Northwestern Territorial Normal School in Alva, Sango Baptist College and Industrial Institute in Muskogee, Creek Nation, the Southwestern Territorial Normal School, the Central Territorial Normal School in Edmond, Northern Oklahoma College in Tonkawa (as the preparatory school), and the Creek-Seminole College and Industrial Institute, 1902-1906.

SUBSERIES "F". Miscellaneous Correspondence Box 38 Folder: 5.

Correspondence of various persons addressed to different persons. Contains information regarding Jesse James Dunn, the Squirrel Rifles of statehood-era fame, William H. Murray, and Thomas Benton Ferguson, n.d.

Box 44 Folder: 2.

Correspondence of various persons, all of whom were invited to write biographical material regarding W. S. Ferguson, including their memories,

thoughts, and recollections of him. Included is a sketch compiled by George B. "Deac" Parker, Ferguson's good friend, 1939.

Series 2: Printed Materials Inclusive dates: 1893-1933 Description: Journals, magazines, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, booklets and flyers in loose form. Subseries A Newspapers and newspaper clippings. Inclusive dates: undermined. Most are in regard to the Fergusons. Subseries B Publications in bound form. Inclusive dates: 1893-1933. Includes journals, magazines, booklets, flyers, handbills and brochures, most bearing or containing information by or about the Fergusons. Subseries C Certificates and diplomas. Inclusive dates: 1885-1933. Includes licenses, certificates and diplomas awarded the Fergusons, both of official and private nature.

SUBSERIES "A": Newspaper and Newspaper Clippings Boxes: 22.

Same.

23.

Same.

24.

Same.

25.

Same.

26.

Same.

27.

Same.

28.

Same.

29.

Same.

30.

Same. SUBSERIES "B": Publications in Bound Form

Box 30

Folder: 1.

Issues of "Scripps-Howard News," "The Sooner Magazine," "Beta Etan," "Lloyd's," and "Harlows' Weekly" containing stories regarding the Fergusons, 1924-1932.

2.

Large size booklet, "Pictorially Presenting Greater Tulsa" issued in honor of the First International Petroleum Exposition and Congress in Tulsa, 1923.

3. a. b. c.

Booklets and pamphlets, as follows: 1893-1904 "City Federation: Women's Clubs of Guthrie", 1904. "Okla Editorial Association … Calling the Roll at Hennessey", 1897. "Territorial Teachers' Association of Oklahoma … Third Annual Meeting… Oklahoma City, O.T.", 1893.

Box 43 Folder: 15.

d. "Third Annual W.C.T.U. Convention and School of Methods of Logan Logan County, Oklahoma. (This stands for Women's Christian Temperance Union), 1903.

13.

Large-size booklet entitled "The Pioneer Woman" -- souvenir program, and "unveiling ceremony -- April 22, 1930 -- Ponca City, Oklahoma", 1930.

14.

Flyers and bills, as follows: a. Hon. Temple Houston's Eloquent Plea in Defense of Alfred Son -Delivered at El Reno, Okla., Terr., Nov. 16th, 1897. b. "An Eloquent Plea in District Court … at Woodward, Oklahoma. Friday, May 25th, 1899, by Honorable Temple Houston", 1899. c. "Opera Courier," apparently a regular publication. This copy datelined Guthrie, Oklahoma, May 28, 1902. Reporting the senior class play presentations of Shakespeare, 1902.

Outsized Material: large-size poster, large-size display booklets, etc. advertising the release and show of the classic, popular movie, "Cimarron", 1931 SUBSERIES "C": Certificate and Diplomas Outsized Material: located in the Certificates and Diplomas Collection, Box 3, as follows: a. Marriage license granted by the state of Kansas to Mr. Thompson Benton Ferguson and Miss Elva Ursula Shartel, 1885. b.

Certificate of appointment issued to Frank C. Hubbard as deputy United States Marshal by the Northern District of Indian Territory, 1897.

c.

Certificate of appointment issued to W. S. Ferguson as First Lieutenant in Company "A" of the First Regiment by the Oklahoma National Guard of the Territory of Oklahoma, 1902.

d.

Certificate verifying that a person had contributed money to help fund the Indian Territory World's Fair Exhibit at the Louisiana Purchase Exhibition in St. Louis, Missouri, 1904.

e.

Certificate commissioning W. S. Ferguson as an officer in the Chickasaw Squirrel Rifles, 1908.

f.

Certificate swearing in W. S. Ferguson as a Special Police Officer for the city of Oklahoma City. This certificate is assumed to save some relation to the impeachment trials underway in Oklahoma City at the time, but this can not be confirmed, 1923.

g.

Permit issued to W. S. Ferguson by the Military Authorities to be upon the streets of Oklahoma City after the hour of midnight, 1923. This too, is assumed to have been issued during the time of material law during the impeachment trials of 1923

h.

Certificate granting Mrs. T. B. Ferguson membership in the Oklahoma Memorial Association, 1933.

Box 43 Folder: 3.

i. Notice of the formation of a school district, to occur in Day County, Oklahoma Territory, 1901. j. Applicant's examination record administered by the Office of the County Superintendent of Schools of Day County, Oklahoma, in Grand, Oklahoma (the county seat). Test was used to gauge teachers' knowledge of various subjects. This item is unused (blank), 190? Series 3: Financial Records

Inclusive dates: 1941-1960 Description: Banking and estate records of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Ferguson. There is no division by subseries. Note: refer also to the estate records contained in the Series 9 ("Legal Documents"). There is no division by subseries.

Box 18 Folder: 5.

Personal banking records of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Ferguson including cancelled personal checks dated February - March 1950, and check stubs (showing the

checks written and amount of each) dated November 1941 - May 1942, 19411950. Box 31 Personal financial records of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Ferguson including cancelled personal checks dated 1955 through 1962 (intermittent), as well as information regarding the estate of W. S. Ferguson upon his death and that of his widow, Mrs. Ferguson, upon hers, 1955-1962. Box 32 Personal banking records of Mrs. W. S. Ferguson, consisting of cancelled personal checks dated 1951 through 1954, 1951-1954. Box 33 Personal banking records of Mrs. W. S. Ferguson, consisting of cancelled personal checks dated 1950-1960 (intermittent), 1950-1960. Box 34 Personal banking records of Mrs. W. S. Ferguson, consisting of cancelled personal checks dated 1954 through 1960 (intermittent), 1954-1960.

Series 4: Cattle Brands Inclusive dates: 1906-1918 Description: Journal books containing descriptions and pictographs of livestock brands in use in Texas and elsewhere, as recorded by the Cattle Raisers Association of Texas. There is no division by subseries.

Box 39 Folder: 1.

Small journal book consisting of hand-drawn and handwritten pictograms of cattle brands, cattle earmarks, and the cattlemen using each. Marked, "Secretary's Office, Cattle Raisers Association of Texas, Forth Worth, Texas." Also marked "No. 12, Series of 1906", 1906.

2.

Small journal book consisting of hand-drawn and handwritten pictograms of cattle brands, cattle earmarks, and the cattlemen using each. Marked, "Secretary's Office, Cattle Raisers Association of Texas, Forth Worth, Texas." Also marked "No. 12, Series of 1906." (This item identical to that in Box 39, Folder 1, except in content -- seems to be a continuation of the listings found in Box 39, Folder 1), 1906.

3.

Small journal book consisting of hand-drawn and handwritten pictograms of cattle brands, cattle earmarks, and the cattlemen using each. Marked, "Cattle Raisers Assn, Ft Worth, Texas." Also marked "#4, Series 1918", 1918.

Series 5: Government Documents Inclusive dates: 1863-1915 Description: Carbon copies, photocopies, and original documents generated by the governments of the Cherokee Nation, Territory of Arizona, Territory of Oklahoma, and State of Oklahoma. These include judicial, legislative and executive records. There is no division by subseries.

Box 40 Carbon copies of the official reports of the Governor of the Territory of Oklahoma, T. B. Ferguson, to the Honorable Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior. Includes separate reports and information in detail regarding the following subjects: statehood, irrigation, agricultural research, climate, railroads, highways and roads, prisons, crime, insane asylum, the deaf and mute, Oklahoma Historical Society, telephones and telegraphs, schools, the territorial normal schools (now Central State, Northern State, Southwestern State, and Langston Universities, as well as the Northern Oklahoma College in Tonkawa), and his histories and functions of the following territorial governing departments: Legal Dep't, Board of Health, Board of Pharmacy, and Board of Dental Examiners, 1904. Carbon copies of the official reports of the Governor of the Territory of Oklahoma, T. B. Ferguson, to the Honorable Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior. Same subjects as listed above, 1905.

Box 43 Folder: 11.

Court documents of Cochise County, Territory of Arizona, including one charging a Chinese worker with the use of opium, 1885-1895.

12.

Photocopy of an executive document of the Cherokee Nation entitled, "An Act Emancipating the Slaves in the Cherokee Nation," signed by the national officers of the Nation, 1863.

Outsized Material: (Box 1): a. Criminal Docket of the United States for Woods County, Oklahoma Territory, as completed by U.S. Deputy Marshals, 1894. b.

Box 44

Jail Calendar of Day County, Oklahoma Territory, listing each person imprisoned and the details of the charge against him ("assault and battery," etc.). After the end of Day County and its subsequent dismemberment the calendar is continued as the official jail calendar for Ellis, Beaver, and Roger Mills Counties, 1903-1911.

Folder: 4.

Transcript of a portion of the hearing conducted by the state legislative committee investigating the state sanitarium in Norman. Interview conducted with Mr. J.B. Ferguson, 1915? Transcript of a portion of the hearing conducted by the territorial legislative committee investigating the suspended Capitol National Bank of Guthrie. Interview conducted with Mr. T. B. Ferguson, Governor, 1905.

5.

Affidavit signed and notarized by a Notary Public in Woods County, O. T. certifying the contents of the Minority Report of the Single Statehood Committee meeting there, 1905.

Series 6: Pins, Ribbons and Medallions Inclusive dates: circa 1895-1907 Description: Artifacts of a personal decorative nature, including pins, buttons, ribbons, and medallions, most commemorating or advocating the creation of the State of Oklahoma, political party conventions, and the election campaigns of various territorial politicians. There is no division by subseries.

Box 40 Folder: 1.

Ribbon, mounted on a thin board-like substance, labeled "… for (a person's profile) and Statehood -- Republican Territorial Convention -- at Guthrie, August 8, 1900". Top part of ribbon, possibly button, is missing. Profile may be T. B. Ferguson, 1900.

2.

Buttons and medallions of a commemorative and souvenir sort. Includes, among others, one of the Territorial University of Oklahoma in Norman (bearing the University Hall which was destroyed by fire in 1907), and one showing a small photograph of the "new home" of the El Reno Lodge No. 743, B.P.O.E. One of the several buttons is marked Jesse J. Dunn, ca. 1900.

3.

Buttons and medallions of a political sort. Includes campaign and electoral race buttons of Lee Cruce (ca. 1913), Frank Mathews, Bird S. McGuire ("Statehood"), Charles N. Haskell ("The Constitution"), Martin Luther Turner (for U.S. Senator), J.W. McNeal, John Fields, Frank Frantz, Tom Ferguson (for Congress), Robert Latham Owen (for Senate), Albert B. Cummins (for President), and one entitled "The Democratic Ticket and the Constitution -- Oklahoma 1907 -- Let the People Rule" (ca. 1907).

4.

Buttons and medallions marking the heritage of Oklahoma. Includes buttons attached to small American banners marked with mistletoe (the official flower of Oklahoma Territory and later of Oklahoma), showing Oklahoma with the words,

"The 46th," showing the seal of the Territory of Oklahoma held by the Stars and Stripes and the American eagle, and also one entitled "Oklahoma -- the Next Star", ca. 1907.

Series 7: Literary Productions Inclusive dates: Undetermined Description: Manuscripts, speeches, and artwork, by various persons. Subseries A Manuscripts. Includes manuscripts of books, articles, and short stories of fictional or historical nature, some regarding the history of the Fergusons and of Oklahoma. Subseries B Speeches. Includes typescripts of oratory and addresses by Mrs. W. S. Ferguson, Jesse J. Dunn, and Frank Greer. Subseries C Artwork by Benton Ferguson in cartoon and animated form. Of both personal and commercial nature. SUBSERIES "A": Manuscripts Box 42 Folder: 1.

Various manuscripts by Mrs. W. S. Ferguson -- often untitled, n.d.

2.

Various manuscripts by Mrs. W. S. Ferguson -- often untitled, but including information or stories about the truth behind Edna Ferber's book and movie. "Cimarron," General W. B. Hazen, Charles Radziminski, W.P. Davis, etc, n.d.

3.

Various manuscripts by Mrs. W. S. Ferguson -- often untitled, n.d.

4.

Various manuscripts by Mrs. W. S. Ferguson -- often untitled, n.d.

5.

Various manuscripts by Mrs. W. S. Ferguson -- often untitled, but including information or stories about Elva Ursula Shartel Ferguson, and women journalists in Oklahoma, n.d.

Box 41 Folder: 1.

Various manuscripts by Mrs. W. S. Ferguson -- titled, n.d.

2.

Manuscripts by Elva Ursula Shartel Ferguson entitled "Homesteading" regarding the early days of Oklahoma, and "At Bill Doolin's Camp House -- Early Days in the Flat Iron County", n.d.

3.

Manuscript by Andy Adams, unpublished, and entitled. "Barb Wire." Appears to be in regard to the advent of successful fencing on the Great Plains and the open range it doomed, n.d.

4.

Manuscript by T. B. Ferguson entitled, "Men of the Border." Manuscript by an unknown author, entitled, apparently, "The Choctaw People Before 1865." Pages 1-245. (Note: author may be Dr. Angie Debo, and this may be the first draft of her book, "The Rise and Fall of the Choctaw Republic.") Ibid., pages 246-???, n.d.

Box 43 Folder: 1.

Manuscript and short-length stories by and about various persons, including the following: the Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company (I.T.I.O.), oil, the Pioneer Women Statue in Ponca City, Andrew Drumm and his U-Ranch, Frank Frantz, Jacob Achenbach, John Robert Williams, Matthew John Kane, Mary Holland Kinkaid, Frank Burford, John Doolin, Cash M. Cade, the Land Run of 1889, D.F. "Fatima" Smith, Cherokee Indians -- laws and legislation, newspapers, Buck Campbell, Frontier and pioneer life (Iowa), etc. *

Box 17 Folder: 4.

Manuscript biography of Raymond H. Fields, publisher and editor of the Guymon Daily Herald newspaper. Manuscript by Mrs. W. S. Ferguson, "The Development of the Newspaper."

SUBSERIES "B": Speeches Box 43 Folder: 2.

Speeches by Mrs. W. S. Ferguson regarding various subjects.

3.

Speeches by Jesse J. Dunn

4.

Speeches by Jesse J. Dunn.

Box 17 Folder:

*

Also biographical sketches of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Ferguson.

2.

Speech by Frank H. Greer, pioneer Guthrie journalist, before the Old Settlers Banquet in Tulsa in 1929.

SUBSERIES "C": Artwork Box 43 Folder: 4.

Artwork by Benton Ferguson in cartoon/animated form, most of which was to commemorate parental anniversaries and special days.

Outsized Material: Material which is a continuation of that described in Box 43, folder 4 -- larger size. (Note: this material is filled in two separate locations within Outsize storage: some items have been placed in the location assigned the posters, and others have been placed within Box 6 in Outsize -- depending upon their format.

Series 8: Corporate Records Inclusive dates: 1930-1944. Description: Daily records and reports of the Exchange National Banks of Tulsa, the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad Company, and Phillips Petroleum Corporation. Included is a report regarding the proposed Hulah Reservoir on Caney Creek in eastern Oklahoma. There is no division by subseries.

Box 43 Folder: 5.

… of The Exchange National Bank of Tulsa. Daily Reports dated May through November 1930 labeled, "From -- Collection Department, To -- Country Bank Department", 1930.

6.

… of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad Company. A report entitled, "An Analysis of Missouri Kansas Texas," and "railroad analyses", volume XIX, 1931. … of Campbell-Mithun, Inc., an advertizing firm employing Benton Ferguson. This is an untitled report regarding the services offered by the company. Benton Ferguson's work is displayed throughout, 1944.

7.

… of The Phillips Petroleum Company. Report entitled, "Request for Approval of Hulah Flood Control Reservoir as a Federal Project." Is in regard to flood conditions in the Caney River Valley in Oklahoma, and contains extensive documentation. (Note: it is possible this report was prepared by engineers of Phillips Petroleum but submitted by individuals outside of the company.), 1933.

Series 9: Legal Documents Inclusive dates: 1934-1955. Description: Estate and land transaction records of Mr. Mrs. T. B. Ferguson and Mrs. W. S. Ferguson. There is no division by subseries. Box 43 Folder: 8.

… of Mrs. W. S. Ferguson. "Last Will and Testament". Dated 1955. … of Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Ferguson. Agreement between the Fergusons and Leo Layton regarding a transaction concerning a piece of land, 1934.

Series 10: Scrapbooks and Scrapbook Material Inclusive dates: 1892-1938. Description: Scrapbooks and loose material containing information regarding Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Ferguson and family, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Ferguson and family, Ferguson genealogical data, the gubernatorial administration of T. B. Ferguson, and Amos A. Ewing. Several scrapbooks contain excellent photographic images which cannot be safely removed for proper separation to the Photographic Archives Division. There is no division by subseries.

Box 43 Folder: 9.

Various items of Jesse James Dunn, including class attendance cards from the University of Kansas, event programs of Masonic lodge of Oklahoma's Guthrie headquarters (dated 1910-1911), etc, 1892-1911.

10.

Various items of Amos Alexander Ewing, including one item of correspondence from Al J. Jennings, a convicted criminal, regarding Ewing's communication of his life sentence in prison to five years: court document from Payne County, Oklahoma Territory regarding the case, United States versus Amos A. Ewing, along with a handwritten court brief of this case charging Ewing with embezzling, stealing, and purloining public monies: and one document of the Senate and House of Representatives appointing Ewing as a member of a state delegation to attend Chicago to ascertain the extent to which Oklahoma would participate in the exhibition there entitled. "The Century of Progress", 1895-1933.

Outsized Material: two scrapbooks, one regarding Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Ferguson and his term as Governor of the Territory of Oklahoma, and the other regarding the life and death of W. S. Ferguson, 1903-1904, 1936. Outsized Material: (listed by Outsize Box number)

Outsized Box 2 Scrapbook containing Mrs. W. S. Ferguson's newspaper columns of the year 1948. Outsized Box 3 Scrapbook compiled by Ada Loomis Ferguson for Mrs. W. S. Ferguson containing clippings of her newspaper columns and features, 1915-1935, and also clippings regarding the Fergusons, 1915-1935. Scrapbook containing clippings of newspaper articles written by or about Mrs. W. S. Ferguson, 1923-1931. A number of excellent photographs appear in the back, 1923-1931. Outsized Box 4 Scrapbook containing clippings of newspaper articles by Mrs. W. S. Ferguson. Indexed by subject, n.d. Outsized Box 5 Scrapbook entitled "Rambling Around the World With Mrs. Tom B. Fergu son." Contains diary entries, many photographs of excellent quality, postcards, and prints all detailing Elva Ferguson's travels throughout the Near, Middle and Far East, and Indian subcontinent, in the years, 1930-1931. Outsized Box 6 Scrapbook of articles regarding Mrs. W. S. Ferguson, 1931-1938. Scrapbook of articles regarding the Ferguson family, 1921-1927. Scrapbook regarding W. S. Ferguson. Circa 1930s, ca. 1930s. Outsized Box 7 Scrapbook containing clippings of inspirational passage. Undated, ca. 1910s. Scrapbook containing clippings of newspaper articles regarding Jesse Dunn, 1904. Outsized Box 8 Scrapbook containing clippings of newspaper articles, diplomas, certificates, and letters regarding the life of Tom B. Ferguson, Jr. ("Trad") and his death in 1918 of influenza while serving in the U.S. Army, 1910-1918. Scrapbook containing clippings of newspaper articles regarding Mrs. T.B. Ferguson, 1909-1929.

Outsized Box 9 Scrapbook containing clippings of a newspaper story series by Mrs. T.B. Ferguson entitled. "The Story of Oklahoma's Pioneer Newspapers", 1932. Book in which was pasted clippings of newspaper articles regarding W. S. Ferguson's life in the Wentworth Military Academy, 1902. Scrapbook containing clippings of a newspaper story series entitled "Tulsa's Titans: The Story of the Career of Exchange Banks", 1934. Book, "The Holy Bible," containing Ferguson family genealogical data (in middle). Published in 1890. Dates of the data are broad, n.d. Outsized Box 10 Scrapbook of clippings of newspaper articles regarding W. S. Ferguson, early career, ca. 1905. Scrapbook containing newspaper articles written by Mrs. T. B. Ferguson and entitled "Rambling Around the World With Mrs. T. B. Ferguson." Written from various points of her world tour, 1930-1931. Scrapbook of clippings of newspaper articles and obituaries published upon death of W. S. Ferguson, 1936. Scrapbook containing clippings of newspaper articles, invitations and announcements, etc, generated during the administration of T. B. Ferguson as Governor of the Territory of Oklahoma. These items illustrate the relations of the Fergusons with territorial officials on a formal social basis, and provides a glimpse into life of the social set of Guthrie during its days as territorial capital. A unique item, 1902-1906.

Series 11: Posters Description: Posters and drawings. Most of the posters are movie posters from the release of the movie Cimarron. There are also hand drawn cartoons done by Ferguson. For more detail, please consult the WHC poster guide.