Toby Morris photograph collection, 1947-1961.

Cronkite, Walter, 1916-2009

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For newspapers, radio, and television, Walter Leland Cronkite (1916-2009) covered almost every major news event in the world from World War II to his retirement in 1982. Since then, he worked on special projects and continued a career in writing. He was born Nov. 4, 1916 in St. Joseph, Mo., and grew up in Houston, where he attended high school. While attending the University of Texas, he worked at the capital bureau of the Scripps-Howard newspapers and in his junior year, he left ...

Graham, Billy, 1918-2018

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Evangelist, radio preacher, and author; born William Franklin Graham on November 18, 1918 in Charlotte, N.C.; graduated from Florida Bible Institute (1940 and Wheaton College (1943); ordained as a Southern Baptist minister, 1940; achieved national prominence in 1949 through his evangelistic meetings in Los Angeles; founded Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, 1952; had extensive evangelistic ministry throughout the world, 1949- ; authored many books and received many awards and honors; organiz...

Autry, Gene, 1907-1998

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Orvon Grover "Gene" Autry (September 29, 1907 – October 2, 1998), nicknamed the Singing Cowboy, was an American singer, songwriter, actor, musician, rodeo performer, and baseball owner who gained fame largely by singing in a crooning style on radio, in films, and on television for more than three decades beginning in the early 1930s. Autry was the owner of a television station, several radio stations in Southern California, and the Los Angeles/California Angels Major League Baseball team from 19...

Bosone, Reva Beck, 1895-1983

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Reva Zilpha Beck Bosone (April 2, 1895 – July 21, 1983) was an American attorney and politician. She was a U.S. Representative from Utah. She was the first woman elected to Congress from Utah. Born in American Fork in the Utah Territory, the daughter of a Danish immigrant father, Bosone attended public schools and graduated from high school in 1915. She graduated from Westminster Junior College in 1917 and from the University of California at Berkeley in 1919. She taught high school 1920–1927...

Blondell, Joan

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Anderson, Leroy, 1908-1975

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Leroy Anderson was born on June 29, 1908 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. His family was musical, and as a boy he studied double bass, organ, and trombone. He continued his musical education at Harvard, where his teachers included Walter Piston and Georges Enesco; he graduated from college in 1929, and earned the M.A. in 1930. In the early 1930s he did additional graduate work in Scandinavian languages at Harvard; he also directed the Harvard Band and held numerous other musical jobs. I...

Albert, Carl Bert, 1908-2000

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From 1971 to 1976 Carl Albert served as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, the highest elected public office held by an Oklahoman. On May 10, 1908, Albert was born at the Bolen-Darnell mining camp near McAlester to Ernest Homer and Leona Ann Scott Albert. He was the oldest of five children. A few years later the family moved to a farm near Bugtussle (also called Flowery Mound), and Albert attended primary school. In 1923 he enrolled at McAlester High School, his worn overalls belying ...

Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961

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Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn was born on January 6, 1882, in a rural area of Roane County, Tennessee. At age five, Rayburn, along with his parents and nine siblings, moved to a forty-acre cotton farm in Flag Springs, Texas. One more child was born after the move to Texas, and every member of the family had to do their share to make the farm profitable. Rayburn's interest in government coincided with the family's move, and it has been suggested that his curiosity intensified due to the "great golden...

Stigler, William Grady, 1891-1952

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William Grady Stigler (July 7, 1891 – August 21, 1952) was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the U.S. House of Representatives as the U.S. Representative from Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district from 1944 to 1952. Born in Stigler, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma), he attended the public schools there before graduating from Northeastern State College and attending the University of Oklahoma at Norman. During World War I, he served as a Second Lieutenant i...

Nigh, George, 1927-

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Murdock, John Robert, 1885-1972

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Arizona educator and Representative to the U.S. Congress from Arizona, 1935-1953. From the description of John Robert Murdock collection, 1917-1963 (bulk 1942-1950). (Scottsdale Public Library). WorldCat record id: 30058138 John Robert Murdock was born in 1885. He graduated from the State Teachers College in Kirksville, Missouri in 1912, and from the University of Iowa at Iowa City in 1925. He did graduate work at the University of Arizona at Tucson and the University of Cal...

Straus, Michael Wolf, 1897-1970

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Journalist and public official. From the description of Papers of Michael Wolf Straus, 1879-1968 (bulk 1945-1953). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83754153 ...

Steed, Thomas Jefferson, 1904-1983

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Thomas Jefferson Steed was born in Texas in 1904 and moved to Oklahoma with his family when he was four. Prior to his Congressional career Mr. Steed worked in the newspaper business and served as the managing editor of the Shawnee, Oklahoma newspaper. He was elected as a Democrat from Oklahoma's fourth district in 1948 and was reelected to each succeeding congress for the next 32 years, retiring in 1981. During his tenure in Congress, Steed served on the Appropriations, ...

Aandahl, Fred George, 1897-1966

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Fred Aandahl of Litchville, N.D. served in the N.D. Senate (1931-1932 & 1939-1940), as North Dakota Governor (1945-1950), and in the U.S. House of Representatives (1951-1953). He also was Assistant Secretary of the Interior during the Eisenhower Administration for eight years. From the description of Biographical records, 1942-1966. (North Dakota State University Library). WorldCat record id: 36070331 Fred George Aandahl was born April 9, 1897, in Litchville, North Dakot...

Mumford, L. Quincy (Lawrence Quincy), 1903-1962

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Edmondson, Edmond Augustus, 1919-1990

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McCormack, John W. (John William), 1891-1980

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John William McCormack (December 21, 1891 – November 22, 1980) was an American politician from Boston, Massachusetts. An attorney and a Democrat, McCormack served in the United States Army during World War I, and afterwards won terms in both the Massachusetts House of Representatives and Massachusetts State Senate before winning election to the United States House of Representatives. He became the 45th Speaker of the House of Representatives in 1962. McCormack enjoyed a long House career (192...

Vinson, Carl, 1883-1981

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Carl Vinson was born on November 18, 1883 in Baldwin County, Georgia. He attended Georgia Military College in Milledgeville, and he graduated from Mercer University Law School in 1902. He was admitted to the State Bar the same year and returned to Milledgeville to practice law. In 1904, and again in 1906, Vinson was appointed County Court Solicitor of Baldwin County. In 1909, at the age of twenty-five, he ran for and won a two-year term in the Georgia General Assembly. He was reelected in 1911 a...

Thomas, Elmer, 1876-1965

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Lawyer, state legislator, and U.S. senator and representative from Oklahoma; b. John William Elmer Thomas in Indiana; studied law there; moved to Oklahoma ca. 1901; resident of Lawton. From the description of Papers, 1876-1959. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70976965 Elmer Thomas was a Democratic politician from Oklahoma. He was a member of the Oklahoma State Senate, 1907-1920, then he represented Oklahoma's Sixth Congressional District in the U. S. House of Representatives,...

Edmondson, James Howard, 1925-1971

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James Howard Edmondson was elected as a Democrat to the Oklahoma governorship in 1958. In January 1963, Edmondson was appointed to succeed the late Robert S. Kerr in the U.S. Senate. Edmondson was defeated in the run-off primary for that Senate seat in 1964. He then retired to the private practice of law in Oklahoma City. By 1970, Edmondson was considering a political comeback, but in November 1971, he suffered a fatal heart attack in his Edmond home. From the description of Congress...

Wickersham, Victor Eugene, 1906-1988

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Wickersham was a Democratic congressman who served in the U. S. House of Representatives, representing Oklahoma's Seventh and Sixth Districts, 1941-1946, 1949-1956, and 1961-1964. He was also a member of the Oklahoma State Legislature, 1971-1979. From the description of Congressional Papers, 1938-1956, bulk 1950-1956. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 518138636 Victor Wickersham was born February 9, 1906. He was educated in Oklahoma public schools and held various jobs in Oklah...

Engle, Clair, 1911-1964

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Clair Engle was a California politician who served six terms in the House of Representative and one term in the Senate. He died near the end of his first term as Senator in 1965. From the description of Clair Engle campaign material, 1957-1958. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 76941187 ...

Jarman, John, 1915-1982

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Aspinall, Wayne N.

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Aspinall (1869-1983) of Palisade, Colo. served as member U.S. Congress, House of Representatives from 1949-1972. From the description of Wayne N. Aspinall papers, 1960-1972. (University of Denver, Penrose Library). WorldCat record id: 40782145 Representative from Colorado, 1949-1973. From the description of Transcript, 1979. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 55126354 ...

Gilmer, William Franklin, 1901-1954

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Evins, Joe L. (Joe Landon), 1910-1984

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United States Congressman from 1947-1977 for the Upper Cumberland Region of Tennessee. Chair of House Committee on Small Business. From the description of Joe L. Evins collection (bulk 1946-1977). (Tennessee Technical University). WorldCat record id: 49783518 ...

Heflin, Van, 1910-1971

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Kerr, Robert S. (Robert Samuel), 1896-1963

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Kerr was a lawyer and chairman of the board of Kerr-McGee Oil Industries, Inc. He was governor of Oklahoma, 1943-1947. He also represented Oklahoma in the U. S. Senate, 1949-1963. As senator, he chaired the Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences (1961-1963) and the Select Committee on National Water Resources (1959-1960). Kerr was a Democrat. From the description of Papers, 1909-1970, bulk 1931-1962. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 518140987 ...

Gary, Raymond, 1909-1993

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Parsons, Orval Loewen, 1907-2000

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Clarke, Bruce C. (Bruce Cooper), 1901-1988

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Bruce Cooper Clarke (1901-1988) was born in Adams, New York. After graduating from West Point in 1925, he commissioned with the Army Corps of Engineers. In 1940 he graduated from Command and General Staff School. During World War II, he served as combat commander in the 7th and 4th Armored Divisions. He made brigadier general in November 1944. From 1945 to 1948, he was a staff officer at the headquarters of the Army Ground Forces. During the Korean War, he was commanding general of the 1st Armor...

Jacobs, Andrew, Sr., 1906-1992

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Morris, Toby

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Judge and U.S. representative from 6th District, Oklahoma, 1947-1953, 1957-1961; b. 1899; d. 1973. From the description of Toby Morris collection, 1937-1961. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70973469 From the description of Toby Morris photograph collection, 1947-1961. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 221334243 Morris, a lawyer and district judge, served in the U. S. House from 1947-1952 and 1957-1960. A Democrat, he served Oklahoma's Sixth District. From th...