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A Guide to the Anna Lewis Collection

Finding aid prepared by Kelly Brown

University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma Archives
April 2005

Descriptive Summary

Provenance: Lewis, Anna
Title: Anna Lewis Collection
Dates: 1803 - 2005
Extent:
Identification:  


Biographical/Historical Note

Anna Lewis was a history professor at the Oklahoma College for Women from1917-1956.

Scope and Content

Books, journal articles, unpublished manuscripts, photographs, newspaper clippings, lecture notes, and historical documents.

Access or Use Restrictions

Access

Collection is open for research.

Usage Restrictions

Dr. Lewis's heirs retain copyright to the two books and other items she authored.

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Anna Lewis Collection, Nash Library, University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma, Chickasha, Oklahoma.

Acquisition Information

Received from Dr. Lewis at an unknown date and from Winnidell Wilson in 2004. Correspondence between the Director of Nash Library regarding Dr. Lewis's writings, papers, photographs, and other material that the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma acquired from Wilson have been added to the Lewis Collection

Contents List

Series 1

Writings - books, journal articles, manuscripts

Box 1 2 books with related items about each book

 

Book - Along the Arkansas
Book reviews - Along the Arkansas
Research notes for Along the Arkansas
Book - Chief Pushmataha: American Patriot
Book reviews - Chief Pushmataha: American Patriot
Research notes for Chief Pushmataha: American Patriot
Dust jacket from Chief Pushmataha: American Patriot
Copyright Certificate of Registration for Chief Pushmataha: American Patriot
Publication announcement by Exposition Press for Chief Pushmataha: American Patriot
Letter from Edward Uhlan, President of Exposition Press, to Anna Lewis, September 19, 1958
News release from Exposition Press announcing signing of contract to write Chief Pushmataha: American Patriot
Royalty statement from Exposition Press 
Invitations to Chief Pushmataha: American Patriot book signing events
Letter from Jack Kytle to Anna Lewis, Sept. 6, 1960
Letter from Herbert Bolton to Anna Lewis, June 14, 1934
Box 2 Publications by Anna Lewis
"History of the Cattle Industry in Oklahoma, 1866-1893" Master of Arts Thesis, University of California, 1915
"Problems in Oklahoma History: A Workbook for High School Students", 1931
"Syllabus of Lectures, History I" [n.d.]
Box 3 Journal articles and other publications with related items
"French Interests and Activities in Oklahoma", The Chronicles of Oklahoma  v. 2(3), September 1924
"La Harpe’s First Expedition into Oklahoma", The Chronicles of Oklahoma  v. 2(4), December 1924
"Oklahoma as a Part of the Spanish Dominion, 1763-1803", The Chronicles of Oklahoma  v. 3(1), April 1925
"Du Tisne’s Expedition into Oklahoma, 1719", The Chronicles of Oklahoma  v. 3(4), December 1925
"Camp Napoleon", The Chronicles of Oklahoma  v. 9(4), December 1931
"Fort Panmure, 1779, As Related by Juan Delavillebeuvre to Barnardo de Galvez", Mississippi Valley Historical Review, Vol. 18, No. 4, March 1932
"Jane McCurtain", The Chronicles of Oklahoma  v. 11(4), December 1933
"Fort Charles III, Arkansas Reports for the Year 1783", Mississippi Valley Historical Review, Vol. 20, No. 4, March 1934
"Trading Post at the Crossing of the Chickasaw Trails", The Chronicles of Oklahoma  v. 12(4), December 1934
"Nunih Waiya", The Chronicles of Oklahoma  v. 16(2), June 1938
"Letters Regarding Choctaw Missions and Missionaries", The Chronicles of Oklahoma  v. 17(3), September 1939
  "Diary of a Missionary to the Choctaws", The Chronicles of Oklahoma  v. 17(4), December 1939
"The Oklahoma College for Women", The Chronicles of Oklahoma  v. 27(2), Summer 1949
Reviews (6) of books from The Mississippi Valley Historical Review , 1934-1955
Letter from R. V. Coleman to Anna Lewis, re contributions to Dictionary of American History
Letter from Herbert Bolton to Anna Lewis, January 28, 1925
Box 4 Manuscripts for lectures and addresses
The Struggle for Equality Between the Sexes
The Founding and Purpose of the American Association of University Women
The Teaching of History
Women's Rights and Suffrage
The Most Important Task of Americans
The History of Indians and the Impact of White Civilization
How Can We Best Defend Democracy in Our Town, Community, etc.
Literature for Living
The Southern Part of the United States: An Analysis
John Ross, Cherokee Chief
The United Nations After Ten Years
The Russian Revolution
The Role of Communist USSR in the World in Relation to U. S. Policy
The History of the Land and People of China Before Communism
The Future of the United Nations
Oklahoma Women Pioneers
Roads to Peace
We Thought We Had Reached a Solution to War
Senior Day on Campus: Women in a Democracy
Farewell to Graduating Seniors
The Soong Family of China
What Must We Believe About World Peace
On Education
What I Remember as Worthwhile for the Files of OCW
Origin of the Creeks
Peter Hudson, Superintendent of Tuskahoma Female Academy
Miscellaneous pages from other lectures, possibly fugitive, mostly illegible

Series 2

Books, pamphlets, and ephemera

Box 1 Books, pamphlets, and ephemera
"The Last Run, Kay County, Oklahoma, 1893" (contributed by Juliette McNeese)
"The When How Why of Oklahoma to Accompany Geo. Rainey's Historical Map of 1939"
"Life in Oklahoma: Pictorial Soonerland", October 1939
"The Cattleman", volume 22(10), March 1936
"Speech of Former Governor Henry S. Johnston of Perry, Oklahoma Before the Chicago Democratic National Convention, Nominating William H. Murray for President of the United States"
"Wood and Water: Twin Problems of the Prairie Plains" by Edward Everett Dale, reprinted from Nebraska History, volume 29(2), June 1948
"Pioneers in Sackcloth" by Carlos E. Castañeda, reprinted from The Catholic Historical Review, volume 25(3), October 1939
"Guthrie: Oklahoma's First Capital" by Gerald Forbes
"Unto These Hills", program for 1953 Season of the outdoor drama of the Cherokee Indian
"Exhibition of Models for a Monument to the Pioneer Woman"
"The Boomer" 1908 annual for University Preparatory School, Tonkawa, Oklahoma
"History of the Oklahoma Historical Society" by Thos. H. Doyle
Oklahoma Historical Society Annual Meeting Programs, 1936 and 1939
Governor J. C. (Jack) Walton Inauguration and World's Greatest Barbecue Souvenir Program, January 9, 1923
"The Frontier Literary Society" by Edward Everett Dale, reprinted from Nebraska History, volume 31(3), September 1950
"Historia" Quarterly by W. Campbell, in charge of the Oklahoma Historical Society, Whole Number 45, April 1, 1922
Oklahoma Memorial Association, program, November 16, 1937
"Oklahoma Indian School Magazine" Jones Academy Edition, volume 1(5), October 1932
"Oklahoma Indian School Magazine", volume 1(1), March 1932
"A Camera Trip Through Fort Sill" [n.d.]
"Historic Sites in Anadarko and Caddo County, Oklahoma, Tour by the Oklahoma Historical Society, April 1937
Choctaw Educational Iksa, annual meeting programs 1939, 1940, 1941
"Oklahoma Emblems and Historic Places", March 25, 1937
"The Home Folks Fortieth Anniversary", booklet for Oklahoma City Federal Savings & Loan, ca. 1938
"Princess Atalie", extract from The Young Music Lover, volume 1(2), December 1931
"Oklahoma Indian School Magazine", Creek Edition, volume 2(5), May 1933
"Pushmataha's Proof Sheet", volume 1(1), July 1933
"History of Apache, Oklahoma" by Geo. Levite
"The Coming of the Caddos" by Joseph B. Thoburn, extract from Sturm's Oklahoma Magazine
"Life and Adventures of Calamity Jane" by Herself
"An Indian Legend of the Flood", "A Pioneer Field", "Sheets of Bread", and "The Indian's Artistic Instinct and His Right to Express It" in a publication of the Boards of Home Missions [n.d.]
"Chickasha: Official Publication of the Chickasha Chamber of Commerce", October 1931
"Felix Holt, the Radical" by George Eliot, 1911

Series 3

Student Papers

Box 1 Student papers
"Early History of Chickasha" by Lucille Gibson
"Indian Schools" by Mrs. J. J. Methvin (told to Mamie Spradlin?)
"History of Grady County", author unknown
"Davis, Oklahoma", author unknown
"Lawton", author unknown
"History of Mangum and Greer Country" by Helen Foster
"Interview With an Apache Indian, Jason Betzinez" by Rachel Vinyard
"Interview With John Choteau" by Ada Brooks
"Origin of the Apaches" by Ruby Holden
"Chief Stumbling Bear of the Kiowas" by Jimmie Sue Hess
"Quanah Parker, Comanche Chief" by Kathryn Fink, January 19, 1934
"Some of the Early History of Grady County" by Louise Pound, January 9, 1931
"Tulsa: From Its Founding to Oklahoma Statehood" by Mildred Jacobs
"Ragtown: Early Incidents in Chickasha" by Elizabeth Ann Harper, May 25, 1949
"Southwest Oklahoma's Early Development" as told by John Stanley to Hazel Little
"Life in the Early White Settlements in the Indian Territory" as told by Mrs. Joe Dews to Genevieve Bell, January 21, 1931
"Chickasha and Grady County" by Jeanne Carmichael
"Early History of Grady County and Chickasha" by Lucille Rose
"The History of Chickasha and Grady County" as told by "an old cattle man" to Ernestine Haley
"Early History of Chickasha" by Betty Jo Kennedy
"Early Days in Chickasha" by Geneva Smith
"Early History of Chickasha" by Frances Price
"A Brief History of Garvin County With Special Emphasis on Pauls Valley, the County Seat and Paoli, My Home Town" by Vera Mae Walden
"The Greer County Dispute" by Doris Rudolph, January 14, 1935
"Navajoe, a Pioneer Settlement in Jackson County" by Davilla Bright
"Kingfisher" by Olive Maye Werner
"The History of Cyril" by Vera Mae Bynum
"Binger" by Zola Holmes
"Anadarko and the Indians" by Florence Armstrong
"History [of Clinton] by Mozelle Welch
"The Founder of Bray, Oklahoma" by Jimmie Floyd
"History of the Town of Bennington" by Gertrude Hale, May 16, 1930
"History of Altus" by Tommie Henry
"Fort Gibson" by Dorothy Wells
"Mulhall Oklahoma" at told by Mr. E. L. Mills to Mina McDonald
"History of Marlow" by Julia Evans
"History of Oklahoma City" by Barbara Leverich
"The Site of Olustee" by Mildred Mitchell
"Olustee" by Marguerite Monk
"History of the Pauls Valley Enterprise" by Marie McWhirter
"Pauls Valley" by Marva Sult
"Early History of Tahlequah" by Margaret Jane Patton, May 16, 1930
"Town of Washington" as written by Mrs. Daisy Turner's daughter and mailed to Wanda Wynn
"St. Agnes Mission School for Choctaw Boys and Girls", author unknown

Series 4

Historical Documents and Photographs

Box 1 Historical Documents
Bills of sale for negro boy and girl, September 26, 1835
Appointment naming Cuthbert Banks as notary for Montgomery County, Kentucky, February 4, 1818
"Marriage" announcement for Indian T. to Mr. O. K. Lahoma, March 6, 1906
Letter to Charles E. Adams from unknown sender, February 15, 1890
Notice of blank forms enclosure, Department of Interior, Office of Indian Affairs, May 27, 1878
Account ledger (Agent Richards and L. Spooner), October 1, 1875 - November 1876
Letter (likely a transcription) from H[enchy]. B. Sheriff to Malinda Sheriff, June 19, 1850
Letter (likely a transcription) to William H. Thomas from C. G. Thomas, April 29, 1865
Letter (likely a transcription) from Micajah Phelps to his daughter, April 15, 1839
Letter of administration to Emanuel Coryell from William Woodruff, April 15, 1803
Letter (typed transcription) from Albert Pike to Secretary of the Interior, July 12, 1882
Schedule of Articles (contract) between Edward P. Smith, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and J. W. L. Slavens, May 24, 1875
Letter from Belk, Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs to Geo. D. Day, February 20, 1893
Letter from Frank C. Armstrong, Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs to Capt. H[ugh] G. Brown, November 16, 1893
Letter from D[aniel] M. Browning, Commissioner of Indian Affairs to Capt. H[ugh] G. Brown, November 27, 1893
Schedule of Articles (contract) between Edward P. Smith, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and James M. Piper, August 5, 1874
Letter from D[aniel]. M. Browning, Commissioner of Indian Affairs to Capt. H[ugh] G. Brown, December 18, 1893
Letter from Frank C. Armstrong, Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs to Capt. H[ugh] G. Brown, December 1, 1893
Letter from Simpson and Smedley, lawyers, to Charles E. Adams, August 19, 1891
Letter from Belk, Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs to Geo. D. Day, January 23, 1893
Letter from Frank C. Armstrong, Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs to Capt. H[ugh] G. Brown, November 4, 1893
Letter from Belk, Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs to Geo. D. Day, March 9, 1893
Letter from D[aniel]. M. Browning, Commissioner of Indian Affairs to George D. Day, May 4, 1893
Letter from W. N. Hailman to Lieut. Maury Nichols, September 14, 1894
List of Annuities for Kiowa and Comanche, 1875
Letter from J. W. Hadden to Maj. George D. Day, January 23, 1893
Letter from S. R. Whitall to Col. P. B. Hunt, September 21, 1878
Letter from Frank C. Armstrong, Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs, to Geo. D. Day, August 25, 1893
Treasury Department circular, June 20, 1863, sent from Dennis Cooley to Milo Gookins
Letter (copy) from H. R. Clum to Enoch Hoag, July 23, 1873
Schedule of Articles (contract) between Edward P. Smith, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and H. O. Armour, Philip D. Armour, and John Plankinton, May 1, 1873
Schedule of Articles (contract) between Edward P. Smith, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and Edward Fenlon, May 15, 1873
Letter from Henry E. Alvord to Lawrie Tatum, November 14, 1872
Letter (transcribed copy) from Edward P. Smith, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, to Enoch Hoag, January 5, 1874
Letter from Enoch Hoag to J. M. Haworth, January 9, 1874
Letter from James W. Jones, Marshal, to Jonathan Richards, July 14, 1875
Letter from Wentz C. Miller to Jonathan Richards, November 11, 1875
Letter (likely a transcription) from Thomas Wood to Mrs. E. A. Wood, April 9, 1862
Letter from Andrew Jackson to Capt. C[uthbert] Banks, June 18, 1810
Letter (excerpt) from Sheriff J. T. Conn to unknown
Transcriptions of Indian agency correspondence (34 items)
Letter from Jonathan Richards to Enoch Hoag, January 8, 1872
Letter (transcribed copy) from Richard Henry Pratt to Commissioner of Indian Affairs, March 6, 1877
Letter (transcribed copy) from Richard Henry Pratt to Adjutant General of the Army, February 20, 1887
Letter (copy extract) from Richard Henry Pratt to J. W. Forsyth
Letter (typed transcription) from John H. Singleton to his mother, February 6, 1847
Memorial Day Proclamation, May 30th, 1900
Manuscript - Handwritten April Fool and envelope
S. 3165, 71st Congress, 2d Session, May 26, 1930 (An act conferring jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims to hear, consider, and report upon a claim of Choctaw and Chickasaw Indian Nations or Tribes for fair and just compensation for the remainder of the Leased District lands.
Newspaper clipping [n.d.] describing an article in the Walton's Daily (Montpelier, VT) Journal about the confiscation of General Richard Taylor's plantation in Louisiana
Newspaper clipping (not wallpaper edition), July 2, 1863, from Vicksburg Daily Citizen
Newspaper clipping [1898?] "An Appalling Silence: When Niagara Falls Ran Dry Just Fifty Years Ago"
"Receipt" for traveling the public road, signed by Quanah Parker, authenticity unverified
Box 2 Miscellaneous Manuscripts
"Education in the Indian Country Prior to 1890", author unknown, likely Anna Lewis
"Choctaw Schools", author unknown, likely Anna Lewis
"The Ribbon Dance of the Creeks" as told by Harriette Westbrook of Okmulgee, author unknown, likely Anna Lewis
"Quanah Parker", author unknown, likely Anna Lewis
"Choctaw Schools: 1901-1907", author unknown, likely Anna Lewis
"The Jones Academy" based on information from Houston Nelson, author unknown, likely Anna Lewis
"Anna Elizabeth Stewart Crouch" by Mary Bailey (?) based on letter (included) from Anna Crouch
"A Record of Research Made in an Effort to Establish the Identity of Julia Leflore Roan" by Bernice Hesler (includes related correspondence)
"Apache Ceremonies and Traditions", author unknown, likely Anna Lewis
"Geronimo", author unknown, likely Anna Lewis
"Geronimo", author unknown, likely Anna Lewis (different version from above)
"Geronimo", author unknown, likely Anna Lewis (different version from above)
"Pushmataha", author unknown, likely Anna Lewis
"Fred, or the Trading Post at the Crossing of the Chickasaw Trails", author unknown, likely Anna Lewis
"Early History of Shawnee ("Sewan"-south)", author unknown, likely Anna Lewis
"Early History of Rush Springs", author unknown, likely Anna Lewis
"The Settling of Newkirk and How It Got Its Name", author unknown, likely Anna Lewis
"Early Mangum", author unknown, likely Anna Lewis
"Quanah Parker", author unknown, likely Anna Lewis
"The Literature of the Cattle Period", author unknown, likely Anna Lewis
"Chief Opothleyahola", author unknown, likely Anna Lewis
"Harry Shirley", author unknown, likely Anna Lewis
"Black Beaver", author unknown, likely Anna Lewis
"Naming Blaine County" by Geo. Rainey
"The Ranches of Grady County in the Last of the Nineteenth Century as Told to Me by George Petty", author unknown, likely Anna Lewis
"Early History of Tulsa", author unknown, likely Anna Lewis
"Kiowa Legend of the Seven Sisters", author unknown, likely Anna Lewis
"Grady County" by Anna Lewis
"Jane McCurtain", author unknown, likely Anna Lewis
"Sitting Bull or Tatanka Yohanka", author unknown, likely Anna Lewis
"Funeral of Millie Durgan
"Reminiscences of Anna Fait"
Box 3 Historical Photographs
  Big Tree (Kiowa)
  Chief Little Man
  Charley Chaddleconkey and family (Kiowa)
  Cruis and family (Comanche)
  Edna Lightfoot (Pawnee)
  War Dance
  Jack McCurtain (Choctaw)
  Kiowa squaws
  Collage of photos of Indians
  Kiowa squaw and papoose
  Kiowa family
  Mammedaty
  Lone Wolf, Geronimo, and two unidentified men
  Chief Bill Goodsell and unidentified woman
  Wah-Shun-Gah (Kaw)
  Satanta (Kiowa)
  White Sheel (Kiowa)
  Wichita grass hut
  War dance (Comanche)
  Chisholm Trail
  Chisholm Trail (different view)
  Chisholm Trail near Alex highway
  Chisholm Trail as it goes over hill to Washita River
  Postmaster's home at town of Fred
  Graveyard at town of Fred
  Military road from Atoka to Wichita Agency
  Craterville Park Covenant
  Largest tree in Oklahoma
  Fort Sill, OK around 1918
  Unknown monument
  Monument to first white settlement in Oklahoma
  Tintype of two violin players
  Quanah Parker's home
  Burial place of Quanah Parker
  Postcard of Buffalo Bill Cody
  Henry Starr
  Harmon house
  Moran house
  Charles Alston Cook

Series 5

Newspaper Clippings

Box 1 Newspaper clippings about Anna Lewis' presentations and activities
"Romance in Oklahoma History" presented to Wednesday Assembly
"The Appreciation of American Ideals" presented to Lawton B&PW, October 1941
"The Oklahoma Historical Society - Its History and Activity" presented to Chi Beta Delphian Study Club
OCW History faculty invited to DeGolyer dinner
"Relationship Between European Nations" presented to Chickasha Kiwanis Club
"Education in the US and USSR" presented to Pushmataha Hospital Auxiliary
Talk to OCW Faculty Forum
"North American Indian" presented to DAR meeting
Announcement of Anna Lewis' inclusion in Who's Who
"Know Your Oklahoma Women Who Have Made Your State" presented to Fortnightly Study Club, Ada, OK April 1953
"Defense of American Ideals" presented to AAUW Chapter, Enid, OK
Announcement of Anna Lewis named as a director of National Hall of Fame for Famous Indians
Announcement of Anna Lewis' entry on "Shawnee" in the 1961 Encyclopedia Brittanica
Announcement of establishment of International Relations Club at OCW
Announcement of Anna Lewis' roles in the 1952 annual meeting of the Oklahoma Association of College History Professors
Announcement of Anna Lewis' trip to Washington, DC
Announcement of Anna Lewis' induction into Oklahoma Hall of Fame
Announcement of Anna Lewis awarded Alpha Phi Alumnae award for professional achievement
Announcement of Anna Lewis awarded "Outstanding Faculty" (1953)
"International Relations" presented to Owl Club, Duncan, OK, February, 1938
Announcement of field trip to Anadarko, April 17, 1955
Article about Anna Lewis using a cane
Announcement of Anna Lewis' role in 1946 Girls State convention
Article about Anna Lewis' chicken mustard jar collection
"Renewal of American Principles and Ideals" presented to Chickasha Kiwanis Club
"The United Nations" presented to the City Federation, Chickasha, OK
Announcement of Anna Lewis' role in state B&PW convention
Announcement of review of Inside Asia by John Gunther presented by Anna Lewis to Lion's Club
"Indian Women and Their Part in Early Oklahoma History" presented to Ohyohma Club of McAlester, OK
Announcement of Anna Lewis as principal speaker at American Legion Auxiliary
"Seventh Anniversary of the United Nations and Its Purpose" presented to Chickasha B&PW Club
News coverage of historians tour of Oklahoma, June 1953
"Indian Relics and Early Pictures Contained in the College Museum"
"Silver Medal Dated 1817 Found in State"
"How Firm a Foundation"

Series 6

Biographical and Family Related Items

Box 1 Letters, certificates, and other documents
  "Anna Lewis: A Great Woman of Oklahoma" by Winnie Lewis Gravitt, The Chronicles of Oklahoma  v. 40(4), Winter, 1962-63
  "Dr. Anna Lewis, Historian at the Oklahoma College for Women" by Linda W. Reese, manuscript submitted to The Chronicles of Oklahoma, August 18, 2003
  "Dr. Anna Lewis" unpublished manuscript by Dr. Dan Hobbs
  "Anna Lewis, PhD. 1885-1961" unpublished manuscript by Winnidell Gravitt Wilson, August 1981
  Letter from W. A. Lewis (Papa) to Anna Lewis, October 9, 1912
  Letter from Esther Lewis to Anna Lewis, December 8, 1959
  Letter from Curtis Lewis to Anna Lewis (n.d.)
  Letter from Anna Lewis to Winnie Lewis (n.d.)
  Newsclipping regarding Oklahoma University graduation and special notation of doctorate awarded to Anna Lewis, second doctorate awarded at University of Oklahoma
  Program from "Honoring Representative Women of Oklahoma", October 15, 1930
  Letter of congratulations regarding Oklahoma's "Honor Roll" for Women from Mrs. Edna V. Adams (Aunt Susan) to Dr. Anna Lewis, September 18, 1930
  National League of American Pen Women, membership card, April 10, 1936
  Letter to Anna Lewis from Scott P. Squyres regarding Dr. Lewis' induction into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame, August 29, 1940
  Certificate awarded to Dr. Anna Lewis upon her induction into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame, November 16, 1940
  Letter of congratulations regarding Dr. Lewis' induction into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame from Rep. Jed Johnson to Anna Lewis, November 19, 1940
  Newsclipping regarding sale of Tuskahoma Female Seminary to Anna Lewis (n.d.)
  Newsclipping (photocopy) regarding Anna Lewis as recipient of 1947 MacDowell Award, May 4, 1947
  Newsclipping regarding addition of "The History of the Indian Tribes of North America..." by McKenney and Hall to the Oklahoma College for Women library
  Certificate of Cooperation issued by Chickasha Chamber of Commerce to Anna Lewis (n.d.)
  Certificate of induction into Oklahoma Educators Hall of Fame, Inc., posthumously awarded to Dr. Anna Lewis, November 16, 1985
  Newsclippings and program from induction of Dr. Anna Lewis into the Oklahoma Higher Education Hall of Fame, October 7, 2003
  Oklahoma College for Women Faculty Award presented to Dr. Anna Lewis by The Senior Class of 1953
  Escrow statement from Washita Valley Abstract Company regarding unknown property, December 3, 1956
  Letter from Lt. Governor George Nigh to Anna Lewis, March 14, 1959
  Obituaries (photocopies) for Anna Lewis
  Newsclipping regarding Anna Lewis' donation of books to Oklahoma College for Women, November 28, 1961
  Winnie Lewis Gravitt materials (poems, obituary, photo)
  Letter and press release from Ed. Foster to Anna Lewis about Nanih Waiya marker dedication, August 23, 1950
  "William Wayne Keeler: Chief of the Cherokees" handwritten (by Winnie Lewis Gravitt) manuscript
Box 2 Photographs
  William Ainsworth and Elizabeth Moore Lewis (Anna Lewis' parents)
  William Ainsworth and Elizabeth Moore Lewis (later date)
  Winnie, Curtis, and Alice Lewis (Anna Lewis' siblings)
  Winnie Lewis
  Anna Lewis with nieces Winnidell and Roseanna
  Anna Lewis with graduating class of unknown institution
  Anna and Winnie Lewis on trolley trip in Los Angeles
  Anna Lewis, circa 1917
  Anna Lewis, date and occasion unknown
  Anna Lewis, date and occasion unknown
  Sketch of Anna Lewis, circa 1932
  Anna Lewis in the 1950s
  Anna Lewis in the 1950s (different occasion)
  Anna Lewis with two students at May Queen event
  Anna Lewis next to globe  
  Anna Lewis in rocking chair
  Anna Lewis standing next to New Hampshire House at the MacDowell Colony
  Anna Lewis sitting on porch at New Hampshire House at the MacDowell Colony
  Anna Lewis in California, date unknown
  Oklahoma Presbyterian College
  Anna Lewis swimming with Esther and Mimi Lewis
  Grady, Esther and Mimi Lewis
  Anna Lewis and Joan Blish, June 2, 1947
  Curtis Lewis home in Tuskahoma, Oklahoma
  William Lewis home in Bokchito, Oklahoma
  Winnidell Gravitt Wilson, March 16, 2003
  Anna Lewis, Mell Nash, and several unidentified men at Camp Napoleon marker dedication ceremony
  Anna Lewis, four unidentified men at Camp Napoleon marker dedication ceremony
  Photos of unidentified women, possibly Anna Lewis' students at Oklahoma Presbyterian College
Box 3 Diplomas
  Bachelor of Arts conferred by the University of California, 1915
  Master of Arts conferred by the University of California, 1918
  Doctor of Philosophy conferred by the University of Oklahoma, 1930

Series 7

Miscellaneous


Box 1

Letter from J. E. DeVore to Margaret Boone, January 22, 1932 on the subject of arrowheads
  Photograph of graduating class of Beethoven Conservatory, June 1910
  Pencil drawing of Wapanucka Academy by N. M. Davidson
  10 D'Elia prints of Will Rogers for Gerlach Barklo; 2 photographs of Will Rogers
  Photograph of Ada, OK 1909 lynching and photograph of U. S. Marshall in Ardmore, I. T. ca. 1900, contributed by Audrey Akers, 1940
  Fabric swatch - Scotch Calico, woven in Scotland
  Nuggets of gold from Alaska gold fields
  Delta Kappa Gamma Society - Correspondence related to Pioneer Women in Education Project, 1945
  "William McKinley" paper
  Requisition for first library furniture at the Oklahoma Industrial Institute and College for Girls, October 31, 1911
  Warrant to pay Sigmon Furniture Mfg. Co. for furniture at the Oklahoma Industrial Institute and College for Girls, June 30 1911
  Charter certificate for Ittanaha, the Oklahoma Council of College Indian Clubs, January 1, 1941
  Postcard from Louise Kamansker to Anna Wade O'Neill bearing picture of Oklahoma Industrial Institute and College for Girls on front
  Brochure from Will Rogers Memorial (n.d.)
  Translation of the Indian Calendar of Big Bow, September 11, 1930
  Photostat of Cherokee newspaper pages, circa 1828
  Photostat of "Captives Recovered from Indians, or supposed to be with them", taken from Kiowa file "Indian depredations 1869-1876"; from Oklahoma Historical Society
  Photostat of "Official trails 1881 on which cattle were to be driven"; from Oklahoma Historical Society

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