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Rancheros Visitadores Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: RC2022-019
Abstract

The Rancheros Visitadores Collection contains materials related to the riding group Rancheros Visitadores and its trail rides, including schedules, organization publications, invitations, and member correspondence. The majority of the correspondence is addressed to artist Joe De Yong, and a photograph of De Yong is included in the collection. The collection also contains an oversized watercolor, ink, and graphite panel.

Dates: 1935-1950, not dated

Ray J. Vigil Cowboy Poetry Collection

 Collection — Folder: 1 (SC 7-8)
Identifier: 2002-152
Abstract

This small collection features several poems by Ray Vigil.

Dates: circa 1989

Reba Perry Blakely Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RCFIC2005-283
Abstract Papers and photographs of rodeo performer and researcher Reba Perry Blakely, which include extensive correspondence with the National Cowboy Hall of Fame and fragmentary correspondence with several rodeo personalities, subject files connected with various writing and research projects, some of Perry’s articles in manuscript and printed form, and over 60 photographic images, mostly copy prints associated with her writing projects. Some correspondence connected with her research and writing...
Dates: 1903 - 1997

R.M. Bruchman Indian Trader Letterhead

 Collection
Identifier: RC2010-036
Abstract

This small collection contains a single sheet of letterhead from the R.M. Bruchman Indian Trader business.

Dates: circa 1910-1925

Robert E. Cunningham Oklahoma History Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2000-005
Abstract Cunningham, photograph collector and Stillwater photographer, chronicled the development of Oklahoma through his historical acquisitions and personal photographs. Cunningham’s collection records Oklahoma’s development from 1883 through the 21st century. The collection contains an extensive assemblage of negatives, photographs, documents and other archival materials. This description reflects the collection's documents and other archival materials. The photographic elements can be searched on...
Dates: 1856 - 1997

Robert G. McCubbin Western Photographs

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: RC2019-001
Abstract

The collection is comprised of 47 historic photographs featuring people and places in the American West.

Dates: 1878-1905 and not dated

Robert K. Abbett Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2002-088
Abstract

This collection of archival materials document the style and work of Robert K. Abbett, contemporary sporting and wildlife artist. His oil portrait of actor James Stewart hangs in the Western Performers Gallery.

Dates: 1975 - 2006

Rodeo Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 1988-009
Abstract

This collection contains 1,532 rodeo photographs featuring contestants such as Casey Tibbs, Larry Mahan, Fox Hastings, Freckles Brown, and 310 other rodeo participants and animals.

Dates: circa 1900-1988

Ron Bledsoe Trade Catalog and Ephemera Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1997-024
Abstract This collection consists of more than 200 saddle and tack catalogs dating from the late-1880s through the mid-1980s. It also includes saddle and tack related ephemera such as price lists, order forms, company envelopes, and advertising materials. Manufacturers featured in the collection include Edward H. Bohlin, Fred Mueller Saddle & Harness Co., George Lawrence Co., Hamley & Co., Hermann H. Heiser Saddlery, N. Porter Saddle & Harness Co., S. D. Myres Saddle Co., and Visalia...
Dates: circa 1880-1993

Round-Up in the Osage Nation Photograph

 Collection — Folder: 1 (SC 11-8)
Identifier: RC2010-042
Abstract

This small collection consists of one photograph of a cattle round-up in the Osage Nation.

Dates: circa 1890

Sam Garrett Trick Roping Photographs

 Collection — Folder: 1 (SC 4-1)
Identifier: 1986-011
Scope and Contents

This small collection contains four photographs and two copy negatives. All of the photographs represent Sam Garrett, mostly of him trick roping. Debbie Reynolds is represented in one autographed photograph.

Dates: 1920 - 1950

Samuel Thomas "Booger Red" Privett Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RC2010-048
Scope and Contents

The Papers contain original photographs, newspaper and magazine articles, and two date books owned by Ella Privett Linton with occasional entries about her daily activities while working for a circus. There are also copy photographs and negatives taken by Charlsie Poe, and the resulting books: World Champion Cowboy: Booger Red by Charlsie Poe and Texas Cowboys: Memories of the Early Days edited by Jim and Judy Lanning.

Dates: 1895 - 2007

Scott Hill Bumgardner Cowboy Poetry Collection

 Collection — Folder: 1 (SC 7-11)
Identifier: 2002-156-2
Abstract

Bumgardner is a storyteller and cowboy poet of Texas history, cowboys, and tall tales. This small collection contains a publicity photograph and promotional articles.

Dates: 2000 - 2002

Sidney R. Clarke III Collection

 Collection — Folder: 1 (SC 4-8)
Identifier: 1989-047
Abstract

This small collection consists of three photographs of Will Rogers and Wiley Post.

Dates: 1920s-1939

Sioux Girls at Indian School Cabinet Card

 Collection — Folder: 1 (SC 11-3)
Identifier: RC2010-037
Abstract

This collection is comprised of a single cabinet card from c1890 featuring Sioux girls at an Indian School in Pierre, South Dakota.

Dates: circa 1890

Smiley Burnette Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: H0000-007
Abstract

This collection contains photographs and emphemera related to actor and performer Smiley Burnette.

Dates: circa 1940s

Smith Western Movie Stills

 Collection
Identifier: 1976-022
Content Description The Smith Western Movie Stills is comprised of 431 photographs, 4 publicity magazines, 1 Wild West Stars magazine, 1 article concerning Bill Elliott, and a letter from Lewis H. Smith. The majority of the photographs are film stills and publicity photographs from western movies.The Stills are arranged by actor, and then by film they played in. Any description labeled “unknown” means there is no movie identified on the film still. Only two film stills have been digitized, and they...
Dates: 1915 - 1965

Smokey Snyder Collection of Pendleton Round-Up Photographs

 Collection — Folder: 1 (SC OS1-4)
Identifier: R-257
Abstract

Former rodeo bull riding champion of the 1930s and 1940s Smokey Snyder collected a number of photographs that were also printed alongside feature stories about the Pendleton Round-Up in The Oregonian. These photographs, with their newspaper clipping bylines taped or glued on the reverse side, feature events of the round-up from 1937-1953.

Dates: 1938 - 1953

Tim Graham Cowboy Poetry Collection

 Collection — Folder: 1 (SC 6-37)
Identifier: 2002-082
Abstract

Graham is cowboy musician and singer who was raised on a farm in the Midwest. This small collection contains a publicity packet whick includes several of his original cowboy poems.

Dates: 2002

Tom Lovell Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2000-035
Abstract

Along with personal papers, pamphlets, booklets, research notes and sketches, the Tom Lovell Papers contain approximately 16,000 negatives, photographs, and transparencies. The collection also contains numerous tearsheets of Lovell’s illustrations and paintings. Scrapbooks and folders in the collection contain the tearsheets of other illustrators.

Dates: circa 1845-1997

Tom Mix Publicity Photographs

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 1998-055
Scope and Contents

The Tom Mix Publicity Photographs is comprised of 143 photographs of Tom Mix. They range from movie stills to published behind-the-scenes images.

Dates: 1898 - 1940

Trailside Galleries and Main Trail Galleries Artists' Files

 Collection
Identifier: RC2022-005
Abstract

This collection contains materials relating to the operation of Trailside Galleries and the Flood art world. It includes letters, photographs, advertising, exhibition catalogs, sales information, and newspaper clippings.

Dates: 1935 - 1997

Troy Fort Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1988-019
Abstract

The Troy Fort Collection consists of six photographs of Troy Fort, three of which show him calf roping in rodeos.

Dates: 1955 - 1966

Vera M. Herder Collection

 Collection — Folder: 1 (SC OS1-2)
Identifier: R-204
Scope and Contents

This collection contains two photographs of Fritz Truan. Both photos are mounted on matte board. One is black and white, while the other is color. The both photographs are by DeVere Helfrich.

Dates: 1940

Verne Elliott Collection

 Collection
Identifier: R-271
Abstract

The Verne Elliot Collection is a scrapbook containing photographs of rodeo contestants and events.

Dates: circa 1920-1930

W. W. Blakeley Cowboy Poetry Collection

 Collection — Folder: 1 (SC 8-14)
Identifier: 2002-250
Abstract

This small collection contains two publicity stills of cowboy poets and singers, Curly Jim Musgrave & Richard Olsen.

Dates: undated

Walter Brennan Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1997-028
Abstract

The Walter Brennan Papers contains scripts, photographs and personal files of the actor. This collection contains 314 scripts, 1,338 photographs, 46 awards, and 7 personal scrapbooks related to his career and personal life.

Dates: 1895 - 1974

Willard H. Porter Rodeo Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2001-049
Abstract The subject files, photographic materials, Rodeo Hall of Fame and Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association Championship Awards invitations and London rodeo research were Willard Porter’s office files while employed at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. The collection contains rodeo photographic postcards, rodeo programs, subject files and research on the 1924 and 1934 London rodeos. In addition to the rodeo photographic postcards, 62 passport photos from the 1924 and 1934...
Dates: 1903 - 1986

William E. Irwin Photographic Portfolio & Photographs

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 2004-110-2
Abstract Portfolio of 50 American Indian photographs by William E. Irwin, a photographer active in Chickasha, Indian Territory in the 1890s and early-1900s, whose images document the Chiricahua Apache, Comanche, and Kiowa who lived near Anadarko, Indian Territory and Fort Sill. The collection consists primarily of portrait photographs, but images that document aspects of late 19th century American Indian life and material culture are also included. Notable persons pictured in the collection include...
Dates: 1899 - 2003

William F. Reese Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2002-214
Abstract The papers and photographs of William F. Reese a contemporary post-impressionist artist and art instructor whose work embraces landscape, portrait, still life, animals and wildlife, and scenes of the contemporary west. This collection covers a relatively narrow slice of Reese’s career, with the bulk of the collection dating from the 1980s. Most of the collection documents the writing, design, and production of the 1984 Mary Balcomb book William F. Reese, which was published by Reese’s own...
Dates: 1973 - 1992