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Western History Collections

Frank A. Balyeat Collection

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1. Typescript "Lest We Forget Our Yesteryears at OU, 1907-1911," by Frank Balyeat.

2. Correspondence and notes concerning Oklahoma post offices, 1892-1964. Mostly Lincoln County and Cleveland County information.

3. Correspondence from A. Grant Evans to F. A. Balyeat regarding educational systems for Native Americans, May 22, 1926.

4. Memo from Frank Balyeat to Jack Haley concerning a leaflet (included) about El Meta Bond College, Minco, Oklahoma, November 18, 1960. The memo highlights errors Balyeat sees in the leaflet.

5. Correspondence from Twyla Ford, Baptist Book Store, to F. A. Balyeat regarding a copy of Not Yours But You, February 6, 1957.

6. Correspondence from J. S. Morrow to F. A. Balyeat regarding a visit between Balyeat and Murrow, August 10, 1926. Includes one page of notes by Balyeat from his interview with Murrow, August 25, 1926; and four pages of preparatory information on Murrow and related subjects, n.d.

7. Correspondence from F. A. Balyeat to Mrs. Cook, Oklahoma Historical Society, regarding The Indian Orphan, August 22, 1957. Includes a reprint of “Fifty Beautiful Years,” by Clara A. McBride, The Indian Orphan, Vol. 5, No. 11, 1907.

8. Miscellaneous notes: one index card with typed information on the Choctaws; and one printed map of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad line, n.d., with hand written notes on the reverse.

9. Press releases and printed materials from the Bureau of Indian Affairs concerning U.S. legislation on Indian issues, 1953-1957, and n.d.

• “Summary of 1953 Legislation.”

• BIA Press Release, “More Indian Youths in Advanced Education,” 1955.

• “Summary of 1956 Legislation.”

• BIA Press Release, “Indian Bureau Announces Plans for Vocational School Training of Adult Indians,” 1957.

• “The Indian Bureau’s Program of Adult Education,” 1957.

• Dept. of the Interior Press Release, “Remarks by Commissioner of Indian Affairs Glenn L. Emmons at the Woolaroc Ranch, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, Tuesday Evening, October 29, 1957.”

• “The Bureau of Indian Affairs Voluntary Relocation Services Program,” 1957

• Pamphlet, “Fiscal Year 1957 Statistics Concerning Indian Education,” U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Branch of Education.

10. Booklet, Graded Course of Study for Oklahoma Normal Institutes: Issued by the Territorial Board of Education as the Official Guide for Conductors and Instructors and as a Hand Book for Teachers, Oklahoma City: Oklahoma School Herald, 1899.

11. Pamphlets: “Kiowa County Schools: Roster of Teachers and Officers, 1918-1919,” and “Kiowa County Schools: Roster of Teachers and Officers, 1920-1921.”

12. “Sixty-Six Years of Service for Humanity. Father Murrow and His Ninety Busy Years: An Appreciation of Service and Sacrifice,” by Charles E. Creager. Originally printed in the Muskogee Times-Democrat.

13. Notebook binder of news articles by F. A. Balyeat on schools, 1958-1959.

14. Typescript in binder, History of the Public Schools of Kiowa County, Oklahoma, 1901-1958, by Frank A. Balyeat, n.d.

15. The Addresses and Journal of Proceedings of the National Educational Association. Salem, Ohio: The Association, 1875.

16. Journal of Carter County Schools, by Mrs. Kate Galt Zaneis, s.l.: s.n., 1923.

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