Records, 1952-1962.

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Records, 1952-1962.

Organizational materials, including correspondence, membership records, Chronicles records (1954-1960), dedication and miscellaneous papers, constitution and by-laws, certificate of incorporation, minutes of board of directors, treasurer's checkbooks, membership rolls, newspaper clippings, invitation to opening and dedication (1961), telegrams, and other records.

5 boxes.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8063388

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Comanche County Historical Society (Comanche County, Okla.)

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Originally founded as Comanche County Historical Society in 1954; museum first opened to the public on Ft. Sill, 1956, scope broadened to include Great Plains in 1960 and moved to present building in Lawton, Okla., on city park land; parent organization renamed Great Plains Historical Association; in 1970 name changed to Institute of the Great Plains; in 1973 museum came under direction of City of Lawton, Parks and Recreation Dept.; when addition to the museum opened 1998, city dropped out and n...