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2009.090. A. Y. Owen Collection, 1911-1990
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Collection Summary
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Mix of some originals and some copies.
Courtesy of the Oklahoma Historical Society
A.Y. Owen Collection, Oklahoma Historical Society Research Division
Accession No. 2009.090.1.
Released on 2009-05-27.
format M2009.090. Manuscripts, 1911-1990
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The A.Y. Owen Collection contains family and business correspondence, documents regarding Owen's photography work, and publications featuring his photographs.
Accession No. 2009.90.1.
Released on 2009-05-27.
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box 1. Personal & Family Correspondence, 1911-1990
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Container List
Folder 1. Gertrude Morgan - Church of Christ letter January 29, 1911.
Folder 2. Letter to Gertrude Morgan from A.Y. Owen Senior - 1920.
Folder 3. Newspaper clipping copies - 1909 - 1945.
Folder 4. War rationing books & stamps (Mrs. Gertrude Owen) 1941 - 1945.
Folder 5. Letters to Lt. A.Y. Owen - 1944.
Folder 6. Letters to Parents from A.Y. Owens - April 7, 1936 - May 9, 1945.
Folder 7. Funeral service for A.Y. Owen Senior & Christmas letter from Pastor - 1947.
Folder 8. A.Y. Owen letters to Mother & Grandmother - August 1954 - November 12, 1954.
Folder 9. Letters to Mrs. A.Y. (Gertie) Owen, 1924 - 1961.
Folder 10. Letters to Mrs. A.Y. (Gertie) Owen, 1962 - 1965.
Folder 11. Letters to Mrs. A.Y. (Gertie) Owen, 1966.
Folder 12. Letters to Mrs. A.Y. (Gertie) Owen, 1967 - 1970.
Folder 13. Correspondence between A.Y. Owen and David Love, 1967 - 1990.
Folder 14. Request for A.Y. Owen photograph copies from magazine covers, 1963 - 1977.
Folder 15. Correspondence between A.Y. Owen and Don Ultang, 1952 - 1968.
Folder 16. Correspondence between A.Y. Owen and Robin Perry, 1978.
Folder 17. Letters from Jerry Cobb, 1961 - 1986.
Folder 18. Miscellaneous Notes & Letters, 1957 - 1978.
Folder 19. Personal Correspondence to Eva Van Horn from Joye Edwards, 1945, re: family strife.
Accession No. 2009.90.1.
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box 2. Personal & family records, school records, personal stories, & legal documents, 1921-1990
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Folder 1. A.Y. Owen homework, March 10, 1921.
Folder 2. A.Y. Owen letters to Santa, 1923.
Folder 3. A.Y. Owen report cards, 1927 - 1934.
Folder 4. A.Y. Owen Junior high School Certificate & High School Diploma & Commencement, 1931 - 1934.
Folder 5. A.Y. Owen high school papers & army notebook.
Folder 6. Graduation exercises, Yale University, August 1943.
Folder 7. Biographical materials, 1941 - 1969.
Folder 8. A.Y. Owen writings, Animated Religion, (a story for Elwin Hatfield).
Folder 9. A.Y. Owen writings, Northwest Passage Expedition.
Folder 10. A.Y. Owen writings, Personal Survial Story (Mountain Climbing).
Folder 11. A.Y. Owen writings, WKY antenna story and WKY Radio & Television tear sheet advertisements (3).
Folder 12. A.Y. Owen writings, In the Fastness of the Arbuckle Wilderness.
Folder 13. A.Y. Owen writings, Now-When I Was A Soldier; Also Cuff Stuff Army magazines: November 1941, May 1944, and October 1940.
Folder 14. A.Y. Owen writings and photographs, Story of Two Truck Drivers, 1976.
Folder 15. A.Y. Owen writings, Life in These United States, 1977.
Folder 16. Congratulations, Awards, & Certificates.
Folder 17. Letters for Veterans Administration training money for photography school, 1947 - 1948.
Folder 18. Roots of Oklahoma preview invitation from Lt. Governor Spencer Bernard, 1979.
Folder 19. Quartz Mountain Photography Adventure (A.Y. Owen as one instructor) 1989.
Folder 20. State of Oklahoma and Oklahma Library Association citations honoring A.Y. Owen.
Folder 21. Time Life Alumni Society brochure (1981) and Directory (1990).
Folder 22. Photokina/Life Magazine award to A.Y. Owens (and separately) to Ed Thompson, 1958.
Folder 23. Hollywood introduction letter for A.Y. Owen from the Oklahoma Publishing Company, 1939.
Folder 24. President of the U.S. Award to A.Y. Owen, June 20, 1941.
Folder 25. A.Y. Owen Texas oil lease materials, 1987 - 1988.
Folder 26. Marriage License & Death Certificates for John Paul Evans and LaMonie Evans & Probate records, Also death certificate for Pearl Keller, 1953 - 1979.
Folder 27. Attorney fees for A.Y. Owen's wife.
Folder 28. Insurance list for photography equipment, 1967.
Folder 29. War bond and telegrams, 1943 - 1945.
Folder 30. Address and phone book.
Folder 31. Power of Attorney - A.Y. Owen, signed by Ronald Reagan, Motion Picture Unit, 1945, Military Service Certification, James P. Jackson, 1919.
Folder 32. Warranty Deed, Release of Mortgage - J.M. Owen and Lulu Owen, Eva L. Van Jorn, H.E. Van Horn, John J. Kirsch, Minnie H. Kirsch 1925-1926, Note - Eval L Van Horn, 1954.
Folder 33. Tax Documents - Notices, Receipts, Correspondence, Ross M. Stuntz, Rose M. and Duke Oakman Stuntz, 1923-1931.
Folder 34. Minnie L. LeMaster - Notary Public Commission, 1964, 50 year Certificate Eastern Star, 1983.
Folder 35. Examples of Checks.
Accession No. 2009.90.1.
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box 3. Personal interests & hobbies, 1934-1978
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Folder 1. Greeting cards and Oklahoma Historical Society letter, 1950's - 1982.
Folder 2. University Place Christian Church reports & brochure, 1970.
Folder 3. Caving & National Speleological Society, 1946 - 1979.
Folder 4. Professional Photographers of America (1969 - 1971) & Press Photographers Association Directory, 1963.
Folder 5. Oklahoma Camera Club Exhibit brochure, 1934.
Folder 6. OKC Ballet, 1968.
Folder 7. Small Tracts of Government Land (brochure).
Folder 8. Classic Movie Catalog, February 1968.
Folder 9. John Wayne Commemorative Coin brochure & order form, 1979.
Folder 10. Mining & mineral extraction process, 1955.
Folder 11. Vampire bats 1962 - 1963.
Folder 12. Lichen, grasses, & aloe vera, 1976 - 1977.
Folder 13. Hunting & fishing articles, February 17, 1966.
Folder 14. Scottish Rite Temple (Guthrie, OK) big brochure.
Folder 15. Rite Brush Company, 1963 - 1967.
Folder 16. Rotary Club, 1977 - 1978.
Folder 17. Worm raising, Also Cowboy spurs (brochures) 1969.
Folder 18. Gardening brochures, 1965 - 1965.
Folder 19. Melba's Swap Shop letter re song: May I Sleep in Your Barn Tonight Mister?".
Folder 20. Letter to A.Y. Owen from the Upper Room (devotional religious guide), December 4, 1973.
Folder 21. Correspondence - Improved Order of Red Men, 1911, Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, Ross M. Stuntz, 1927.
Folder 22. Political Campaign Items - Robert S. Kerr, John L. Clifton, Hubert Humphrey, Landon-Knox, "Politics" by Andrew Oliver, Delegate Credential Card.
Folder 23. Auto Expense Report - Ross M. Stuntz, 1928, Company Information H.C. Schauble & Co.
Folder 24. Sheet Music - "Sweet Paradise" Mrs. W.W. Wilson, Calling card for Miss Genevieve Seger, Program - Capitol Hill Christian Church, Article - "First Lease Didn't Jell" Sal Veder, Tulsa World, 1953.
Folder 25. Meal Tickets - OHS Luncheon, Menu and Program Ruth Bryan Owen Club Luncheon, Minutes - Unknown Club Meeting.
Folder 26. Tourism Information - Oklahoma.
Accession No. 2009.90.1.
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box 4. Business letters to A.Y. Owen and stories written by A.Y. Owen, 1941-1979
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Container List
Folder 1. Business Letters to A.Y. Owen, 1941 - 1966.
Folder 2. Business Letters to A.Y. Owen, 1967 - 1969.
Folder 3. Telegraphs & Letters of photo assignments, 1950 - 1967.
Folder 4. United States Information Agency, 1966 - 1968.
Folder 5. McGraw Hill, 1969.
Folder 6. Oklahoma Water Resources Board, 1968 - 1969.
Folder 7. American Society for State & Local History (Missouri Photo job) 1976.
Folder 8. Darwin Series for Life Magazine (South America story) 1958.
Folder 9. Houston to Alaska (Trucker story) 1976.
Folder 10. Regarding Lake Living article in Sunday Oklahoman, 1971.
Folder 11. Long's Peak climb in Grand Canyon story (Sports Illustrated) 1955.
Folder 12. Arabian Horses (letters & published photos) 1975 - 1979.
Folder 13. Long horn steer cover (Smithsonian) with history & letters, 1973 - 1976.
Folder 14. Trinity Baptist Church (post card order) 1957.
Folder 15. Copies of various photographs.
Folder 16. 36 year history of Life magazine, 1936 - 1972.
Accession No. 2009.90.1.
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box 5. Photography jobs and various technical information, 1942-1989
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Container List
Folder 1. Names, phone numbers, job record notebooks.
Folder 2. Treck Photography expense records, Also model release forms.
Folder 3. A.Y. Owen photography release forms.
Folder 4. Copyright application forms.
Folder 5. Darkroom signs & magazine labels.
Folder 6. A.Y. Owen Studio assignment sheets & stationery.
Folder 7. Techniques for photograph development chemicals (War Department).
Folder 8. Color patches, gray scales & photographic formulas.
Folder 9. Color photography development techniques, 1953 - 1989.
Folder 10. Transmitting aerial photos through television, 1942 - 1945.
Folder 11. Televison training, 1945.
Folder 12. 3-D glasses & stereo photo viewers information (includes 3D postcards of both Oklahoma and the University of Oklahoma) 1953 - 1954.
Folder 13. Brochures, camera repairs, warranties, 1966 - 1973.
Folder 14. Buiding and Lighting brochures.
Accession No. 2009.90.1.
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box 6. Photogaph assignment letters by magazine & date, includes copies of articles, 1951-1984
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Folder 1. Crowell-Collier, 1966.
Folder 2. Oklahoma City Times & Oklahoman article copies.
Folder 3. Oklahoma's Orbit Magazine, 1966 - 1976.
Folder 4. Saturday Evening Post, 1962 - 1965.
Folder 5. Sports Illustrated, photo instructions & labels, 1955 - 1967.
Folder 6. Saturday Evening Post: Senator Robert S. Kerr - photograph copies and letters, 1962 - 1963.
Folder 7. Life Magazine, 1951 - 1956.
Folder 8. Life Magazine, 1957 - 1960.
Folder 9. Listen Magazine: Governor Johnston Murray photographs, 1951.
Folder 10. Life Magazine, 1961 - 1965.
Folder 11. Life Magazine, 1966.
Folder 12. Life Magazine's South America Book, 1966.
Folder 13. Life Magazine, 1967.
Folder 14. Time-Life Magazine, 1968 - 1969.
Folder 15. Time-Life Magazine, 1970 - 1984.
Folder 16. Time-Life Magazine consent form.
Folder 17. Topic Magazine, 1972.
Folder 18. True Magazine, 1961.
Accession No. 2009.90.1.
Released on 2009-05-27.
box 7. A.Y. Owen photographic assignments & ideas for photo shoots, 1928-1985
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Folder 1. Charles Banks Wilson: in Oklahoma Today (page 36), Also Don Hume Leathergoods calendar with Banks painting on cover (1976 bicentennial catalog).
Folder 2. Charles Banks Wilson: sketch copies and letters & brochures, 1973 - 1980.
Folder 3. Charles Banks Wilson: VHS tapes for high schools and universities to order, 1977 - 1985.
Folder 4. Bells: A.Y. Owen story and ideas for photographs, 1928 - 1966.
Folder 5. Carnival glass story ideas, 1966.
Folder 6. Milwaukee Journal, Story of injured Green Bay blocking guard: Jerry Kramer, Oct 3, 1965.
Folder 7. Photograph identification: letters describing names, dates and places on photographic contact sheets, 1962 - 1977.
Folder 8. Cowboy Hall of Fame: A.Y. Owen story, 1965.
Folder 9. Olympic National Park: A.Y. Owen story, 1955 - 1956.
Folder 10. Preservation of Natural Resources: A.Y. Owen story.
Folder 11. Spokane Washington Fog Dispersal: A.Y. Owen story, 1965 - 1966.
Folder 12. Rosemary Prinz "Queen of the TV Soap Opera", 1965.
Folder 13. U.S. Federal Civil Defense Administration - Photographer Bulletin, 1955; U.S. Air Force Regulation on Accident Information Release, 1954-1958.
Folder 14. Oklahoma Photographer, 1972 - 1973.
Folder 15. School of the Ozarks, tourist literature.
Folder 16. Daily Oklahman Manual for copy desk & reporters, 1936.
Folder 17. Time Magazine Stringer Manual & Correspondents List, 1952 - 1955.
Accession No. 2009.90.1.
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box 8. Publications containing A.Y. Owen photographs, 1911-1977
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Folder 1. Horticulture - October 1977 pg 36 (2 copies.) Also May 1978, Cover and pgs 40 - 49.
Folder 2. Jiaoliu Magazine (Japanese) - May 1984, Cover.
Folder 3. National Geographic - September 1965, Vol. 128, No. 3, pg. 319.
Folder 4. Oklahoma Today - Summer 1974 Vol. 24, No. 3.
Folder 5. Smithsonian - November 1972, Vol. 3, No. 8, pgs. 82 -89. (2 copies).
Folder 6. Smithsonian - June 1974 Vol.5, No. 3, Cover and pgs. 44 - 51.
Folder 7. Smithsonian - September 1975 Vol. 6, No. 6, Cover and pgs. 42 - 48.
Folder 8. Smithsonian - June 1976 Vol. 7, No. 3, Cover and pgs. 66 - 76.
Folder 9. Smithsonian - October 1977 Vol. 8, No. 7, pgs. 58 - 65.
Folder 10. Sports Illustrated - April 1, 1957, Cover.
Folder 11. Sports Illustrated - September 14, 1959, Vol. 11, No. 11, Cover.
Folder 12. Sports Illustrated - Novermber 9, 1962, pgs. 20-24.
Folder 13. Time - December 1, 1986, Vol. 128, No. 22, pg. 30.
Folder 14. Window on the Past by Ruth Kent - 1974 (Historical Sites in Oklahoma.).
Folder 15. He's In The Army Now by Captain William h. Baumer, Jr. - 1941.
Folder 16. Chemical Warfare & Weather - April 17, 1944 (War Department Technical Manual TM 3-240.).
Accession No. 2009.90.1.
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box 9. Various publications and brochures; some with A.Y. Owen photographs, 1941 -1980
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Folder 1. Taking Pictures Of Children At Their Best (Kodak brochure) - Cover and title page photo my be by A.Y. Owen. No Date.
Folder 2. 45th Division News - July 25, 1941, Vol. 1, No. 42. Camp Barkeley, Texas.
Folder 3. Army brochure covers - 1944. (3 different.).
Folder 4. Daily Oklahoman & Oklahoma City Times (copies) - February, 1950. Leopard escapes Lincoln Park Zoo.
Folder 5. New York Photo Show - April 15, 1970. Description of various photos only.
Folder 6. Letters from Holland McCombs - 1967 - 1973. Also Life Magazine spoof.
Folder 7. American Photographer - January, 1987. A.Y. Owen photographed for Life Reunion Photo. pg. 62-63.
Folder 8. Boys With Their First Car - 1957. Published in Life 1958, 1986 and also Time 1986. Posted printed by Graphique de France and also Boston.
Folder 9. American Monthly - October, 1976, Cover.
Folder 10. Bill Stockwell's Wedding Photography Catalog (no date) and also 1980 Professional Photography in Oklahoma.
Folder 11. Oklahoma State Fair Brochure - 1978, Cover.
Folder 12. Oklahoma Publishing Company - Colorgraphics Division brochure. A.Y. Owen took first photograph inside.
Folder 13. Various brochures & reports.
Folder 14. Braum's Brochures & Calendars - 1979 - 1985.
Folder 15. Bama Pie, Inc. Tulsa, Oklahoma. No date.
Folder 16. Lawrence Holmberg Company - 1962.
Folder 17. Pittsburg Plate Glass Company brochures - 1965.
Folder 18. A. Y. Owen Studio brochure - 1968.
Folder 19. Various brochures, cards, & decals. 1949 - 1980.
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box 10. Copy of the Gettysburg Address; Also copied material (1930 - 1971) for an unfinished book on Lon Chaney Sr. (1883-1930) which A.Y. Owen planned to write & later get published by the Colorado Historical Society in 1990., 1911-1977
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Folder 1. Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln. (2 copies, no date.).
Folder 2. Lon Chaney book introduction.
Folder 3. Lon Chaney newspaper clippings & material 1930 - 1973.
Folder 4. Faces, Forms, Films: The Artistry of Lon Chaney by Robert G. Anderson 1971 (copied pages.).
Folder 5. Faces, Forms, Films: The Artistry of Lon Chaney by Robert G. Anderson 1971 (copied pages.).
Folder 6. The Short Life of Lon Chaney by Dan Thomas - 1950, NEA News Service.
Folder 7. Various articles on Lon Chaney, including newspaper clippings - 1930.
Folder 8. Lon Chaney book material (No date.).
Accession No. 2009.90.1.
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oversize box 11. Oklahoma's Orbit Magazine - August 16, 1964 to September 1, 1974. Holiday Inn Magazine October, 1965. Oklahoma State Fair Program 1968. Oklahoma State Fair Market Research 1977 (partial page.), 1911-1977
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Folder 1. Holiday Inn Magazine: For Today's Traveler - October 1965. Official Program State Fair of Oklahoma, OKC September 21-29, 1968; Oklahoma's Orbit Magazine: August 16, 1964; August 30, 1964; September 6, 1964; September 13, 1964; October 6, 1964; November 1, 1964; November 22, 1964; November 29, 1964; December 6, 1964; February 2, 1965; April 4, 1965; February 13, 1966; February 20, 1966; October 2, 1966; April 14, 1968; June 30, 1968; July 14, 1968; December 31, 1967; February 25, 1968; March 3, 1968; March 10, 1968; April 28, 1968; May 19, 1968; June 16, 1968; June 23, 1968; October 12, 1969; September 1, 1974.
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oversize box 12. Life Magazine; Panorama; Sunday Pictorial. 1950 - 1957., 1911-1977
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Folder 1. Life - January 16, 1950, pgs. 30 - 31.
Folder 2. Life - September 21, 1953, pgs. 179, 180, & 182.
Folder 3. Life - June 14, 1954, pgs. 132 - 133.
Folder 4. Life - May 14, 1956, pgs. 2, 104 - 113.
Folder 5. Life - April 29, 1957, Cover, pgs. 2, 132 - 136.
Folder 6. Life - Various loose pages, no dates.
Folder 7. Sunday Pictorial - February 5, 1950, pgs. 2 & 8.
Folder 8. Panorama Magazine (German) March 17, 1950, pgs. 23 - 25.
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oversize box 13. Life Magaine. 1958 - 1986., 1911-1977
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Folder 1. Life - July 14, 1958, pgs. 2, 90 - 97.
Folder 2. Life - June 1, 1959, Cover & pg. 39.
Folder 3. Life - September 28, 1959, pgs. 58 - 59. (2 copies).
Folder 4. Life - March 7, 1960, pgs. 48 - 50.
Folder 5. Life - May 9, 1960, pgs. 71 - 74.
Folder 6. Life - August 8, 1960, pg. 39.
Folder 7. Life - March, 1986, pg. 90.
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oversize box 14. MAPS, BLUEPRINTS, CERTIFICATES. 1938 - 1971., 1911-1977
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Folder 1. 4 color photostat - USA book by Time - 1967; Olympic National Park map - 1954; 1963 Kodak International Color Competition Certificate of Excellence; Oklahoma Water Resources Board Certificate of Appreciation 1971; 2 (diff) Blueprints of Camuy River Cave in Bayaney, Puerto Rico, October 10, 1960; Waukesha Daily Freeman (section 2) - June 12, 1953 (First 3-D picture used in a newspaper); Pictorial map of Hollywood (originally drawn by R.H. De Grange 1934; Ozark National Forest map - 1965; "Camelot Regained: The Second Time Around" Fred Jones Mfg.; Geographia Latest Map and guide of New York: Four Maps in One; New York Transit System Subway and Elevated Lines; Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority Pre-1956; RCA Film Div. print T-607894 - 1938; RCA Victor Div. Lens Schematic print MI-3946-A,B,C Optic System 1943 P-171980; RCA Victor Div. Connection print M-142667-1944; RCA Victor Div. Schematic print M-142150; RCA print T-161487 & K-185617; RCA Chart M-41756; Vernier Scale P-172027.
Accession No. 2009.90.1.
Released on 2009-05-27.
format P2009.090. Photographs
box 1. photographs
photograph (black and white) 20494.2436.1. Woman posing while sitting on a boulder
Collection Files
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format A2009.090. Audio
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2009.9.1. "The Roots of Oklahoma" Photos b y AY Owen, narration by Charles Banks Wilson, "History of the Murals in the Oklahoma State Capital".
2009.9.2. The Roots of Oklahoma.
2009.9.3. The Roots of Oklahoma.
2009.9.4. The Roots of Oklahoma.
Released on 2012-12-20.