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W. N. Redwine Collection

                                                                             

Boxes 1 - 22 contain general correspondence relating primarily to Mr. Redwine's legal practice.  This file is inclusive of the years 1898-1930, excluding the year 1912 and containing only fragments of 1907-08, and 1927-1930.  Legal subjects covered include Indian enrollments, allotments and citizenship, property disputes involving coal companies and gas concerns, pardons and paroles, questions involving military service, heirship, etc..  This file contains much correspondence with Senator Thomas P. Gore, Governor J. C. Walton, and other politicians.

 

Box 1

General Correspondence 1898-1905

 

1-1                   A-B                                                     1898-1901

1-2                   C                                                         1898-1901

1-3                   D-G                                                     1898-1901

1-4                   H-J                                                      1898-1902

1-5                   K-M                                                    1998-1901

1-6                   N-P                                                     1898-1901

1-7                   R-S                                                      1898-1905

1-8                   T-U-V-W                                            1898-1901

1-9                   Fragments and Envelopes                     1898-1901

 

Box 2

General Correspondence 1900-1912

 

2-1                   A-B                                                     1902

2-2                   C                                                         1902

2-3                   D                                                         1902

2-4                   E-F-G-H                                              1902

2-5                   I-J-K-L                                                            1902

2-6                   M-N-O                                                            1902-1903

2-7                   P                                                          1902

2-8                   R                                                          1902

2-9                   S-T                                                      1902

2-10                 W                                                        1902

2-11                 Fragments                                            1900-1912

 

Box 3

General Correspondence 1893-1904 A-Z, 1894-1906 A-Z

 

3-1                   A-B-C                                                 1902-1903

3-2                   D-J                                                      1893-1904

3-3                   K-Q                                                     1893-1905

3-4                   R-Z                                                      1893-1903

3-5                   A-C                                                     1904

3-6                   D-L                                                      1902-1904

3-7                   M-Q                                                    1904-1906

3-8                   R-Z                                                      1894-1904

 

Box 4

General Correspondence 1895-1922, 1895-1907 A-Z

1907-1909       A-Z

 

4-1                   A-B-C                                                 1905-1906

4-2                   D-G                                                     1904-1906

4-3                   Q-R                                                     1895-1907

4-4                   S-Z                                                      1905-1906

4-5                   A-L                                                      1907-1909

4-6                   M-Q                                                    1908-1909

4-7                   R-                                                        1908-1909

4-8                   S-Z                                                      1907-1909

4-9                   General Correspondence                      1904-1922

 

Box 5

General Correspondence 1909

 

5-1                   A-B                                                     1909

5-2                   C                                                         1909

5-3                   D-E                                                      1909

5-4                   F-I                                                       1909

5-5                   J-L                                                       1909

5-6                   M-P                                                     1909

5-7                   R                                                          1909

5-8                   S                                                          1909

5-9                   T-Z                                                      1909

 

Box 6

General Correspondence 1908-1911

 

6-1                   A-B                                                     1910

6-2                   C-D                                                     1910-1911

6-3                   E-J                                                       1909-1911

6-4                   H-J                                                      1910-1911

6-5                   K-L                                                     1908-1910

6-6                   M-N-O                                                            1910-1911

6-7                   P-Z                                                      1909-1910

 

Box 7

General Correspondence 1910-1912

 

7-1                   A-B                                                     1911-1912

7-2                   C                                                         1911-1912

7-3                   D                                                         1911-1912

7-4                   E-G                                                      1911-1912

7-5                   H-                                                        1911-1912

7-6                   I-L                                                       1911-1912

7-7                   M-Q                                                    1910-1912

7-8                   R-S                                                      1911-1912

7-9                   T-Z                                                      1911-1912

 

Box 8

General Correspondence 1913

 

8-1                   A-B                                                     1913

8-2                   C-D                                                     1913

8-3                   F-H                                                      1913

8-4                   I-M                                                      1913

8-5                   N-R                                                     1913

8-6                   S-                                                        1913

8-7                   T-Z                                                      1913

 

Box 9

General Correspondence 1913-1915

 

9-1                   A-B                                                     1914

9-2                   C                                                         1914-1915

9-3                   D                                                         1914-1915

9-4                   E-G                                                      1914

9-5                   H                                                         1914

9-6                   I-L                                                       1914

9-7                   M                                                         1914

9-8                   R                                                          1914

9-9                   S                                                          1914

9-10                 U-Z                                                      1913-1914

 

Box 10

General Correspondence 1914-1916

 

10-1                 A-C                                                     1915-1916

10-2                 D-G                                                     1914-1915

10-3                 H                                                         1915-1916

10-4                 I-M                                                      1915

10-5                 L-O                                                     1915

10-6                 P-Z                                                      1915-1916

 

Box 11

General Correspondence 1915-1917

 

11-1                 A-C                                                     1915-1917

11-2                 D-K                                                     1915-1916

11-3                 L-O                                                     1915-1917

11-4                 P-Z                                                      1916

 

Box 12

General Correspondence 1916-1919

 

12-1                 A-B                                                     1916-1917

12-2                 C-D                                                     1917

12-3                 E-H                                                      1917

12-4                 I-K                                                      1916-1917

12-5                 L-M                                                     1917

12-6                 N-P                                                     1917-1918

12-7                 R-S                                                      1916-1919

12-8                 T-Z                                                      1916-1917

 

General Correspondence 1917-1919

 

13-1                 A-B                                                     1918

13-2                 C-F                                                      1917-1919

13-3                 G-H                                                     1917-1918

13-4                 I-N                                                      1918

13-5                 O-P                                                     1918

13-6                 Q-S                                                     1918-1919

13-7                 T-Z                                                      1918

 

Box 14

General Correspondence 1918-1919

 

14-1                 A-B                                                     1918-1919

14-2                 C-D                                                     1918-1919

14-3                 E-J                                                       1918-1919

14-4                 K-M                                                    1918-1919

14-5                 N-P                                                     1918-1919

14-6                 Q-R                                                     1919

14-7                 S                                                          1918-1919

14-8                 T-Z                                                      1919

 

Box 15

General Correspondence 1919-1921

 

15-1                 A-B                                                     1920

15-2                 C                                                         1920

15-3                 D-G                                                     1920

15-4                 H-L                                                      1919-1920

15-5                 M-N                                                    1920-1921

15-6                 O-P                                                     1920-1921

15-7                 Q-S                                                     1920

15-8                 T-Z                                                      1919-1920

 

Box 16

General Correspondence 1918-1922

 

16-1                 A-C                                                     1921

16-2                 D-E                                                      1918-1921

16-3                 F-G                                                      1920-1921

16-4                 H-K                                                     1919-1921

16-5                 L-N                                                     1920-1921

16-6                 O-R                                                     1918-1922

16-7                 S-V                                                      1920-1921

16-8                 W-Z                                                     1920-1921

 

Box 17

General Correspondence 1921-1923

 

17-1                 A-B                                                     1921-1922

17-2                 C                                                         1922

17-3                 D-G                                                     1921-1922

17-4                 H-L                                                      1921-1922

17-5                 M                                                         1921-1922

17-6                 N-P                                                     1921-1923

17-7                 Q-S                                                     1921-1923

17-8                 T-Z                                                      1922

 

Box 18

General Correspondence 1922-1924

 

18-1                 A-B                                                     1923-1924

18-2                 C-D                                                     1923

18-3                 E-I                                                       1923

18-4                 J-N                                                      1922-1924

18-5                 O-R                                                     1923

18-6                 S-T                                                      1922-1923

18-7                 U-Z                                                      1922-1923

 

Box 19

General Correspondence 1923-1925

 

(Anti-Klan Campaign)

19-1                 A-B                                                     1924-1925

19-2                 C                                                         1923-1924

19-3                 D-F                                                      1924

19-4                 G-H                                                     1924

19-5                 I-L                                                       1923-1925

19-6                 M-O                                                    1924

19-7                 P-R                                                      1923-1924

 

Box 20

General Correspondence 1923-1925

 

20-1                 S                                                          1923-1924

20-2                 T-Z                                                      1924

20-3                 A-B                                                     1925

20-4                 C-                                                        1925

20-5                 D-G                                                     1925

20-6                 H-K                                                     1923-1925

20-7                 L-M                                                     1924-1925

20-8                 N-R                                                     1924-1925

 

Box 21

General Correspondence 1924-1926

 

21-1                 S-V                                                      1925

21-2                 W-Z                                                     1924-1925

21-3                 A-D                                                     1925-1926

21-4                 E-M                                                     1924-1926

21-5                 N-Z                                                     1924-1926

 

Box 22

General Correspondence 1927-1930

 

22-1                 A-L                                                      1927-1929

22-2                 M-Z                                                     1927-1929

22-3                 A-                                                        1930

 

Box 23

Legal Papers A-B 1917-1945

 

23-1                 Adams, John Q.                                   1919-1929

23-2                 Austin, M. W.                                      1930

23-3                 A (General)                                          1917-1932

23-4                 Bailey-Bayne                                        1929-1934

23-5                 Bass, Alice                                           1925-1934

23-6                 Beard-Blue                                           1929-1935

23-7                 Borden-Burkleo                                   1929-1945

23-8                 B (General)                                          1923-1936

 

Box 24

Legal Papers C 1902-1941

 

24-1                 Cabbell-Cartwright                               1929-1931

24-2                 Chism-Clunn                                        1902-1941

24-3                 Colbert-Conneway                               1925-1940

24-4                 Constitutional Revision              1930-1931

24-5                 Cook-Cope                                         1921-1934

24-6                 Corn-Cunningham                                1928-1941

24-7                 C (General)                                          1907-1935

 

Box 25

Legal Papers D-F 1910-1945

 

25-1                 Dacey-Day                                           1920-1932

25-2                 Dick, R.W. (Warden)                           1912-1913

                        Re: Penitentiary Investigation

25-3                 Dobbin-Dupire                                     1915-1936

25-4                 Echols-Evans, and E (Gen.)                  1914-1940

25-5                 Farmer-Fereday                                   1910-1945

25-6                 Ferranti-Frazier                                    1928-1934

25-7                 Fulsom, Patsy                                       1929-1932

                          and F (General)                                  1911-1932

 

Box 26

Legal Papers G-I 1869-1937

 

26-1                 Gas Corp.-Gilliam                                1917-1937

26-2                 Glenn-Gunther G (Gen.)                       1912-1937

26-3                 Hall-Harbison                                       1928-1936

26-4                 Hardeman-Herring                                1869-1934

26-5                 Hicks-H General                                  1929-1934

26-6                 Isaac-I (General)                                  1925-1934

 

Box 27

Legal Papers J-L 1920-1939

 

27-1                 Jacobs-Johnston and J (Gen.)               1928-1936

27-2                 Kanimaya-Key                                     1927-1937

27-3                 Kidd-Kirk and K (General)                  1924-1938

27-4                 Lafave-Lynch and L (Gen.)                   1920-1939

 

Box 28

Legal Papers M-N 1914-1943

 

28-1                 Mackie-Mayo                                      1916-1931

28-2                 (McAlester-Edwards)-McMurtrey        1923-1935

                        Includes (3) Coal Tokens: (2) $1.00, (1) .10

28-3                 Meadows-Milhaps                               1932-1943

28-4                 Milwee                                     1914-1932

28-5                 Minton-Moulder and M (Gen.)             1929-1941

28-6                 Nash-Norris and N (Gen.)                    1928-1937

 

Box 29

Legal Papers O-R 1903-1941

 

29-1                 O (General)                              1930-1934

29-2                 Palmar-Phillips              1920-1941

29-3                 Pickett-Pope                            1925-1935

29-4                 Poppa-Pruiett and P (Gen.)      1903-1941

29-5                 Ramires-Riley                           1905-1940

29-6                 Roberson-Rush and R (Gen.)    1926-1936

 

Box 30

Legal Papers S 1905-1940

 

30-1                 Sallee-Sapp                              1928-1934

30-2                 Schaap-Sivic                            1905-1936

30-3                 Smallwood-Syx and S (Gen.)   1923-1940

 

Box 31

Legal Papers T-Z 1905-1941

 

31-1                 Tacea-Tratnik                           1917-1935

31-2                 Underwood-U.S. and U (General)  1919-1941

31-3                 Vaugn-Valdez and V (Gen.)     1930-1935

31-4                 Waggoner-Winningham            1910-1941

31-5                 Wister Flood                            1927-1933

31-6                 Wister Flood                            1927-1933

31-7                 Woods-Wright and W (General)  1928-1932

                        Yeglic-Yother and Y (General)   1931-1941

                        Legal Misc.                              1905-1939

 

Box 32

 

Printed Law Briefs                                            1905-1929

Walters                                                             1905

The Pacific Reporter                                          1928

Court Rules of the U.S., Circuit

and OK Supreme Court                                   1925

U.S. Court of Appeals in/ND Terr.                   1904

American Law Series                                        1888

Misc. Indexes                                                   1890

Supreme Court of OK                                      1912

Supreme Court of OK                                      1907

Supreme Court of OK                                      1920

Supreme Court of OK                                      1929

Supreme Court of OK                                      1928

Supreme Court of OK                                      1912

Supreme Court of OK                                      1918

Supreme Court of OK                                      1918

Supreme Court of OK                                      1912

Supreme Court of OK                                      1909

Supreme Court of OK                                      1924

Supreme Court of OK                                      1922

Supreme Court of OK                                      1929

Supreme Court of OK                                      1928

U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals                           1913

Court Claims of the U.S.                                   1908

 

Box 33

Relief (County Supt.) 1931-1934

Form for Approval of Project 1933

 

33-1                 Donations (Charity)                  1932-1934

33-2                 Projects                                    1933

33-3                 Applications for Relief               1933

33-4                 Payrolls                                    1931-1933

33-5                 Relief Checks, Grocery Checks 1933-1934

33-6                 Seed Receipts                          1933

33-7                 Miscellaneous                           1933-1934

 

Box 34

Envelopes (Cancelled), 1900-1937

 

Box 35

Personal Ledger (Accounts) and Geological Survey Books

 

U.S. Geological Survey                         1928

Natural Gas Resources                                     1916

Starvation Inn (A Play)                         1936

Useful Minerals of the U.S.                               1917

Ledger                                                             1914

Ledger                                                             1909-1919

Legal Forms (Blank)                                         No Date

 

Box 36

Legal Papers and Correspondence 1905-1949

 

36-1                 1934-1949

36-2                 1905-1949

36-3                 1924-1935

36-4                 1930-1937

 

Box 37

Legal Papers and Correspondence and Leases 1931-1945

 

37-1                 1931-1945

37-2                 1931-1945

37-3                 1931-1945

37-4                 Daily Abstract Reports 1935

37-5                 Daily Abstract Reports 1935

 

Box 38

Newspapers, Correspondence

Legal Papers, Leases, and Campaign Material 1910-1945

 

38-1                 Newspapers                             1938-1941

38-2                 Correspondence                       1945

38-3                 Leases                                      1935-1936

38-4                 Leases                                      1930-1936

38-5                 Leases                                      1933-1945

38-6                 Campaign Material                   1924-1933

38-7                 Letters from Politicians  1916-1934

38-8                 Campaign Expenses                  1910

38-9                 Instructions to Precinct

                        Election Officials                       1921-1934

 

Box 39

Legal Papers and Correspondence

Bills, Tax Receipts, Allotment Records 1903-1950

 

39-1                 Correspondence                       1934-1950

39-2                 Correspondence                       1935-1942

39-3                 Correspondence, Bills,

                        Receipts, Well Records            1916-1950

39-4                 Correspondence, Bills,

                        Receipts, Legal Papers             1935-1950

39-5                 Receipts, Bills                           1935-1937

                        Court Briefs                              1903-1922

 

Box 40

Correspondence and Publications

 

Mostly of Legal Cases Also Agriculture 1903-1938

Oklahoma State Board of Agriculture                1910

Court Claims Brief                                            1908

OK Supreme Court Brief                                  1917

OK Appellate Court Reporter                          1916

Farmers' Bulletin                                               1919

Digest of this Delaware Corp. Law                   1950

OK Supreme Court Brief                                  1922

Maps of Segregated Coal Lands                       1904

House Bill No. 279                                           1921

OK Supreme Court Brief                                  1918

OK Supreme Court Brief                                  1917

OK Supreme Court Brief                                  1905

OK Supreme Court Brief                                  1909

US Court of Appeals Brief                                1903

US Supreme Court Brief                                   1919

US Court of Appeals                                        1903

OK Supreme Court                                          1920

OK Supreme Court                                          1906

OK Supreme Court                                          1926

US Court of Appeals                                        1901

OK Supreme Court                                          1907

OK Supreme Court                                          1938

OK Supreme Court                                          1922

US Court of Claims                                          1919

65th Congress U.S.                                          1918

Gov. Auction of Indian Timber Lands                1914

 

40-1   Certificate (Spanish) for Part Ownership in Sinaloa Silver Mine by John Murray and Willis

Hunt.

            1918 Mexico Title for Mine Owned by W. S. Hunt  Mexico 1908 (Spanish)

            Instructions for General Claims

            Arbitration -- U.S. and Mexico

 

Box 41

Correspondence 1927-1940

Stock Certificates in Sinaloa Silver and Gold Mining Co.

Oil and Gas Leases, Warranty Deed, Birth Affidavit, Rosa Doctor

 

41-1                 Oil Leases and Correspondence           1933-1940

41-2                 Correspondence                                   1927-1937

41-3                 Legal Papers and Certificates                1902-1931

41-4                 Correspondence                                   1936-1938

41-5                 Correspondence                                   1935-1937

 

Box 42                                                                             1901-1940

Correspondence, Land Abstracts, Leases,

Titles, Deeds

 

42-1                 Abstracts, Leases                                 1929

42-2                 Abstracts, Leases                                 1905-1936

42-3                 Abstracts, Leases                                 1901-1935

42-4                 Abstracts, Leases and                           1906-1940

                        Correspondence

42-5                 Correspondence C-J                            1938-1940

42-6                 Correspondence M-R                          1938-1940

42-7                 Correspondence S-Y                           1938-1940

 

Box 43          1931-1951

Bank Statements, Time and Wage Books

Oil and Gas Leases

Stock Certificates for Stuart Gas Co.

Correspondence

 

43-1                 Time and Wage Books             1933

43-2                 Bank Statements                       1935-1951

43-3                 Stock Certificates                     1931-1938

                        Lease and Well Material

 

43-4                 Borden Reports Heavener Block

                        Correspondence-Leases           1934-1938

                        Letter Containing War References

                        Entitled Peace Used as a Bill Reminder

 

Box 44

Abstracts of Title 1933-1942

Correspondence, Oil and Gas Leases

 

44-1                 Abstracts of Title

                        Correspondence                                   1933-1935

44-2                 Correspondence                                   1933-1941

                        Daily Oklahoman Briefs                        1935

44-3                 Correspondence                                   1933-1942

44-4                 Correspondence                                   1933-1935

44-5                 Correspondence                                   1933

 

Box 45

Correspondence, Notes

Oil and Gas Leases and Legal Papers  1935-1952

 

45-1                 Stenographer Notes (Shorthand)

                        Correspondence                                   1935-1950

                        Oil and Gas Lease Notes and Legal Papers

45-2                 Oil and Gas Lease Material                   1935

45-3                 Oil and Gas Lease Material                   1935

45-4                 Oil and Gas Lease Material                   1935-1940

45-5                 Correspondence                                   1936-1952

                        Legal Papers

 

Box 46

Addresses, Bank Statements, Checks,

Deeds, Contracts, Correspondence  1921-1946

 

46-1                 Checks, Deeds, Contracts, and

                        Bank Statements                                   1922-1943

46-2                 Checks, Deeds, Contracts and

                        Bank Statements                                   1940-1945

46-3                 Checks, Deeds, Correspondence          1936-1946

46-4                 Checks, Deeds, Correspondence          1921-1941

46-5                 Addresses, Correspondence                 1935

 

Box 47

Unclassified Correspondence

Legal Papers, Oil and Gas Leases  1933-1938

 

47-1                 Correspondence                                   1934-1935

47-2                 Correspondence                                   1933-1935

47-3                 Correspondence                                   1935-1938

                        Oil and Gas Lease Material

47-4                 Correspondence                                   1935-1937

                        Oil and Gas Lease Material, Legal Papers

47-5                 Correspondence                                   1935-1937

                        Oil and Gas Lease Material, Legal Papers

47-6                 Correspondence                                   1935-1937

                        Oil and Gas Lease Material, Legal Papers

 

Box 48

Campaign Material, Election Counts,

Titles and Leases

Legal Papers  1924-1944

 

48-1                 Election Materials                     1924-1931

48-2                 Titles Leases                             No Date

48-3                 Legal Papers                            1935-1939

48-4                 Legal Papers                            1935-1944

Campaign Posters

 

Box 49

Subject Files

 

49-1                 Consolidated Indiana Coal Co. - papers, reports, figures, etc. collected during receivership (cost sheets in 1910-1913, and output and cost diagrams collected while receiver; memos and data on Iowa mine during receivership, 1913-1918; calculations, data, reports, figures on valuation, 1917-1918).

49-2                 Donk Bros. Coal Co. (St. Louis, Mo.) - field notes, memos, correspondence, reports, maps, etc., 1914-1917

49-3                 Donk Bros. Coal Co. - "Memorandum Books" (8), field notes, 1913-1914.

49-4                 Miscellaneous figures, data, memoranda and calculations re. coal mines in Iowa, etc., 1913-1917

49-5                 Miscellaneous figures, data, memoranda and calculations re. coal mines in Iowa, etc., 1913-1917

49-6                 M K and T Coal Co., 1906

49-7                 Phelps, Phelps and Finley, 1908

49-8                 Choctaw and Chickasaw Nation, 1905-06

49-9                 Henryetta Spelter Co., 1916-18

49-10               M. W. Austin Estate, 1945-1947

49-11               Financial Records.  Personal and business records of W.N. Redwine including tax receipts, bills, invoices, etc..  1917-46

 

Box 50                        Legal Case Records, City Court, County Court and District Court of Muskogee, Muskogee County, Oklahoma, arranged in number order, No. 2499-4167, 1913-1920 (leases, deeds, briefs, petitions, correspondence, etc.)

 

Boxes 51-55 Contain legal documents and correspondence with dates from 1888-1951.  Papers include allotments of Indian lands, homestead certificates, divorce records, guardianship case files, and oil and gas leases.  Items of particular interest include a 1905 list of "inter-married white citizens of the Choctaw Nation," correspondence with the Jersey Crème Company (1911-?), an environmental case against the Henryetta Spelter Company involving several individual plaintiffs (1915-?), and a case against the Santa Fe Trail Transit Company (1944).

 

Box 51

Legal Documents and General Correspondence 1888-1912

 

51-1                 1888-1900

51-2                 1901-1902

51-3                 1903

51-4                 1904

51-5                 1905

51-6                 1905

51-7                 1906

51-8                 1907

51-9                 1908

51-10               1908

51-11               1909

51-12               1910

51-13               1911

51-14               1912

51-15               1912

 

Box 52

Legal Documents and General Correspondence 1913-1918

 

52-1                 1913

52-2                 1913

52-3                 1914

52-4                 1914               

52-5                 1914

52-6                 1915

52-7                 1915

52-8                 1915

52-9                 1916

52-10               1917

52-11               1917

52-12               1918

52-13               1918

 

Box 53

Legal Documents and General Correspondence

 

53-1                 1919

53-2                 1919

53-3                 1920

53-4                 1920

53-5                 1921

53-6                 1921

53-7                 1921

53-8                 1922

53-9                 1922

53-10               1922

53-11               1923

53-12               1923

53-13               1923

53-14               1923

53-15               1923

 

Box 54

Legal Documents and General Correspondence 1924-1929

 

54-1                 1924

54-2                 1924

54-3                 1925

54-4                 1925

54-5                 1925

54-6                 1925

54-7                 1926

54-8                 1927

54-9                 1928

54-10               1928

54-11               1929

54-12               1929

54-13               1929

 

Box 55

Legal Documents and General Correspondence 1930-1951

Miscellaneous, Undated Documents

Redwine's Tax and Financial Records

 

55-1                 1930-1931

55-2                 1932-1934

55-3                 1935

55-4                 1935

55-5                 1936

55-6                 1937

55-7                 1938-1939

55-8                 1940-1942

55-9                 1943-1944

55-10               1945

55-11               1946

55-12               1947-1951

55-13               Undated Documents

55-14               Undated Documents

55-15               Undated Documents

55-16               Undated Documents

55-17               Undated Documents

55-18               Financial Records

55-19               Financial Records

 

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