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2006.033. Barbara Kerr Scott Collection
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Collection Summary
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Courtesy of the Oklahoma Historical Society
Barbara Scott Kerr Collection, Oklahoma Historical Society Research Division
Accession No. 2006.33.1. Acquired 2004-05-06
Released on 2012-12-20.
format M2006.033. Manuscripts, 1918-1945
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All originals.
The collection contains correspondence relating to the postal service, taxes, and family matters as well as real estate information relating to Cyrus Tilloson. Additionally, the collections contains bank notes and other financial correspondence. Books, documents and other material related to The New Deal, The Great Depression and The Experiences of Oklahomans under Federal Relief
Organizations. Includes publications.
Released on 2013-01-09.
Index Terms
box 1. Correspondence, Financial Papers, and Postal Service Information, 1918-1945
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Container List
Folder 1. Correspondence with Cyrus Tilloson, 1918-1924, 1952-1953, William H. Murray Platform, 1932, U.S. Post Office, 1938.
Folder 2. WWI correspondence between the Tilloson family, 1918-1924.
Folder 3. Personal correspondence of the Tilloson family, 1918-1945.
Folder 4. Correspondence with the 90th Division Association, 1919-1920.
Folder 5. Deed and Mortgage papers for Cyrus Tilloson, 1923-1927.
Folder 6. Real Estate papers in Corpus Christi Texas, 1927-1945.
Folder 7. Homeowners insurance documents for Cyrus and Mattie Tilloson, 1937-1944.
Folder 8. Financial papers for Cyrus Tilloson, undated.
Folder 9. Bank notes, payment notice, and reciepts from the Homeowners Loan Corporation, 1934-1937.
Folder 10. Poll tax reciepts, 1922-1930.
Folder 11. Bank notes and reciepts, 1939-1945.
Folder 12. Tax reciepts and correspondence, 1931-1940.
Folder 13. Bank notes from various banks, bond statements nad financial papers, 1933-1949.
Folder 14. Postal Employees Credit Union information, 1931-1936.
Folder 15. Photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Love and Mrs. Shidmore, 1913.
Folder 16. Narrative "A Trip on the Train"- author unknown, undated.
Folder 17. Post office error slips, 1932-1936.
Folder 18. Civil service examination scores and postal service correspondence, 1923.
Folder 19. I.D. cards for Cyrus Tilloson, postcards, and booklets, undated.
Folder 20. Certificates, Cyrus Tilloson, National Geographic Society, 1932, Selvidge Business School, 1913, 8th Grade Graduation, 1913.
Released on 2013-01-09.
box 2. Murals in Oklahoma, WPA
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Container List
Folder 1. Newspaper Clippings, WPA Art.
Folder 2. Thomas Hart Benton - Chronological Autobiography, Bibliography, "Thomas Hart Benton and the WPA Mural Program".
Folder 3. Newspaper Clippings - Ruth Munro Auger, Garfield County Murals, Notes.
Folder 4. The Beach Chalet, San Francisco, California.
Folder 5. Manuscript "Anglo Interest in Indian Art: from Anthropology to Aesthetics".
Folder 6. Photographs, Indian Art.
Folder 7. WPA Art Program.
Folder 8. Correspondence, WPA Oklahoma Art Center, 1939-1941.
Folder 9. Copies of Photographs of Murals.
Folder 10. "Know Your Oklahoma City Murals".
Folder 11. Reports - "Oklahoma Art Project" April 25, 1940. "Oklahoma WPA Art Gallery" November 1936.
Folder 12. Newspaper Clippings - Art in Oklahoma.
Folder 13. The Dispatch - "Center Hosts New Deal Conference," Oklahoma Today - "Wall-to-Wall Oklahoma: A Guide to New Deal Murals," Federal Art Patronage Notes - "New Deal Art Projects".
Folder 14. Catalog - Frankoma Pottery, 1978.
Folder 15. Student Essay - "Edith Mahier" Jim Whiteley, 1985.
Folder 16. Programs - "New Deal Art in Oklahoma," "Public Art and the Artist: New Deal Programs in Oklahoma," "Remembering the Buffalo Road," "Plains Photographs Art Symposium".
Folder 17. Lists - "Murals: Garfield County Courthouse" "Mural Paintings by Stephen Mopope," "Treasure Section of Painting and Sculpture," "Know New Deal Artists".
Folder 18. CD "Oklahoma Culture Between the World Wars, 1918-1942".
Folder 19. Mural List - "Special Delivery: Murals for the New Deal Era" National Museum of Art, 1988.
Folder 20. Native American Artists - Leonard (Black Moon) Riddle, Dick West, Allan Houser.
Folder 21. Manuscript "Susie Peters" Art Supporter.
Folder 22. "Documentation of Mural Building 4720. U.S. Army Field Artillery Center, Fort Sill Military Reservation Oklahoma" Joe C. Freeman, William Rushing, 1995.
Folder 23. Pamphlets, Marine Corps Museum.
Folder 24. "Fortitudine: Newsletter of the Marine Corps Historical Program" Spring, Summer, 1981, Summer, Fall 1983, Spring 1985.
Folder 25. Marine Corps Museum Art Program.
Released on 2014-08-23.
box 3. Publications
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Container List
Folder 1. "Pickaxe and Pencil: References for the Study of the WPA" Marguerite D. Bloxom, 1982.
Folder 2. "Federal Support for the Visual Arts: The New Deal and Now" Francis V. O'Connor, 1971.
Folder 3. "New Deal Murals in Oklahoma" Nicholas A. Calgano, 1976.
Folder 4. "Tradition and Innovation in New Deal Art" Belisario R. Contreras, 1983.
Folder 5. New Deal Art: New Jersey" 1980.
Folder 6. "Federal Relief Administration and the Arts" William F. McDonald, 1969.
Folder 7. "New Deal Art: The Oklahoma Experience" Barbara Kerr Scott, 1983.
Folder 8. Renaissance of Native American Art - Overview, Bibliography, Notes, Kerr Scott Lecture.
Folder 9. New Deal Murals in Oklahoma - Transcript of Speech, Script.
Released on 2014-08-23.
box 4. Tilloson Documents
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Folder 1. Marriage Certificate - Mattie Belle Farek, Cyrus Tilloson, September 19, 1920.
Folder 2. Student Grade Reports, Mattie Farek.
Folder 3. Quit-Claim Deed, Nueces County, Texas, Joseph Franklin Tilloson, Dorothy Tilloson Kerr, Robert B. Kerr, Janine Tilloson Riggs, Forest Riggs, to Cyrus Tilloson, January 8, 1965.
Folder 4. Last Will and Testament, Cyrus Tilloson, May 11, 1981.
Folder 5. Warranty Deed, Alamo Abstract and Title, San Antonio, Texas, H.L.H. Lehmberg, Rosie E. Lehmberg from Russell P. Bechler, Estelle Bech.er, November 1945, H.L.M. Lehmberg, Elizabeth Lehmberg, 1950.
Folder 6. Death Certificate, Probate, Rosa Elizabeth Farek Lehmberg, August 15, 1984.
Folder 7. Documents, U.S. Military, World War I, Cyrus Tilloson, August 1917, Discharge Papers, June 27, 1919.
Folder 8. Correspondence, U.S. Veterans Bureau, Cyrus Tilloson, 1923-1925, 1931, 1950, 1962, Booklet "Federal Benefits Available to Veterans and their Dependents".
Folder 9. Civil Service Retirement, Cyrus Tilloson, 1961, Insurance, 1965, Work Related Injury, 1958, Heritage Society, 1982.
Folder 10. Notebooks, Family History, Mattie Bell Tilloson.
Folder 11. Loose Pages, Address Book.
Folder 12. Notebook, New Deal Research, Barbara Kerr Scott.
Folder 13. Correspondence, Barbara Kerr Scott, 1980, 1988, 1990-1995.
Folder 14. "Fort Sill Indian School Centennial, 1871-1971".
Folder 15. "The Sooner Story: Ninety Years at the University of Oklahoma, 1890-1980".
Released on 2014-08-23.
oversize folder 1. Tax Documents and Ledger Pages, 1918-1945
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Container List
Oversize folder 1. Tax documents and ledger pages, 1918-1945.
Released on 2013-01-09.