SIDNEY CLARKE COLLECTION
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Box 15

F 1: Miscellaneous Pamphlets and Brochure (1866-1868, 1891).

a. Annual Report of the Resident Physician of the City of New York for 1865.  New York:  Edmund Jones & Co, 1866.  39 pp.

b. Bullock, Rufus B.  Messages from His Excellency Rufus B. Bullock, Governor, Transmitted to the House of Representatives, September 9, 1868; and to the Senate, September 15, 1868.  Atlanta, Ga.:  New Era Job Office, 1868.

c. Commercial Club, Mobile, Alabama.  Geometrical Proof of the Superiority of the Port of Mobile.  No publisher indicated, 1891.  21 + 3 pp.

d. Dalzell, James M.  John Gray, of Mount Vernon; the Last Soldier of the Revolution.  Washington:  Gibson Brothers, Printers, 1868.  64 pp.

e. Drinkwater, D. F., Secretary of the United Press Association.  Letters to the Connecticut Courant et al.  Washington:  United Press Association, 1867.  40 pp.  Re:  Kansas, Canada, Railroads, Tariff, and Reconstruction.

F 2: Miscellaneous Pamphlets (1856, 1868).

a. Forty-Ninth Annual Report of the Board of Controllers of Public Schools of the First School District of Penn'a, for the Year Ending December 31st, 1867.  Philadelphia:  E. C. Markely & Sons, Prs., 1868.  243 pp.

b. Fowler, O. S.  Matrimony:  or Phrenology and Physiology Applied to the Selection of Congenial Companions for Life:  Including Directions to the Married for Living Together Affectionately and Happily.  New York:  Fowler and Wells, 1856.  108 + 4 pp.

F 3: Miscellaneous Pamphlets (1855-1895 and n.d.).

a. Hearts of Gold, Exercise for Children's Day.  Chicago:  David C. Cooke, 1895.  32 pp.

b. Jackson, Sheldon, General Agent of Education in Alaska.  Report on Education in Alaska, with Maps and Illustrations.  Washington:  Government Printing Office, 1886.  95 pp.  Bound.

c. Knights of Labor.  Constitution of the General Assembly, District Assemblies, and Local Assemblies of the order of the Knights of Labor of America.  No publisher or date.  80 pp.

d. Leeds, Lewis W.  "The Ventilation and Warming of School-Houses."  Reprinted from the American Educational Monthly, January, 1869.  6 pp.

e. Official Register of the Officers & Cadets of the U. S. Military Academy, West Point, New York.  June, 1865.  New York:  Baldwin & Jones, Printers, 1865.

f. The Phrenological Guide, Designed for Students of Their Own Character.  New York:  Fowlers and Wells, 1855.  54 + 12.

F 4: Miscellaneous Pamphlets (1862-1870).

a. Radical Reconstruction on the Basis of One Sovereign Republic....An Address Delivered at an Interior Town in Nevada....An Appeal to All Americans for New Nationality with the South and Russian America, Looking Also to Union With Mexico and Canada.  Sacremento:  Russell & Winterburn, Printers--Union Book and Job Office, 1867.  17 pp.  (2 copies)

b. Report and Testimony from Grand Jury, Oyer and Terminer, Nov.-Dec., 1868, Concerning Election Irregularities.  New York:  New York Printing Company, 1869.  60 pp.

c. Report of the Proceedings of a Convention of Companies Organized under the Patent of Louis S. Robbins, for the Preservation of Wood and Lumber from Mould and Decay.  Held at the Astor House, N. Y., January 14, 1869.  New York:  The Sun Job Print, 1869.  62 pp.

d. Sanborn, F. B.  Emancipation in the West Indies.  Concord, Mass.:  no publisher, 1862.  14 pp.

e. Sketches of Past Industrial Exhibitions, with Reference to the Perpetual Exhibition, to be Held by the New York Industrial Company.  New York:  J. O. Seymour, Kennard & Hay, Printers, 1870. 35 pp.

F 5: Miscellaneous Pamphlets (1856-1895 and n.d.).

a. Stevenson, J. H.  Hell:  A Poem.  Washington:  Ramsey & Bisbee, 1890.  16 pp.

b. Whipple, Bishop.  Journal of the Rev. S. D. Hinman, Missionary to the Santee Sioux Indians and Taopi.  Philadelphia:  McCalla & Stavely, 1869.  Pp. i-xviii + 87.

c. Willis, Bailey.  The Northern Appalachians, National Geographic Monographs, Vol. 1, No. 6 (August, 1895).  New York:  American Book Company, 1895.  Pp. 169-202.

d. The World's Fair of 1876.  Practical Reasons Why Philadelphia is Incompetent and New York Competent to Make the Exhibition a Grand Success.  Washington:  M'Gill & Witherow, 1871.  8 pp.

e. Yale College.  Catalogue of the Officers and Students in Yale College, 1856-57.  New Haven:  Ezekiel Hayes, 1856. 

f. "Democratic Congressional Convention.  Twelfth District," Supplement to the Yonkers Gazette (from October 24 issue).  No publisher or date.  4 pp.

F 6: Scrapbook General Interest (1856-1872).

Box 16: Miscellaneous (1860-1917). Bound volume containing the following pamphlets:

a. Stille, Charles J.  How a Free People Conduct a Long War:  A Chapter from English History.  Philadelphia:  Martien, Printer, 1863.  40 pp.

b. Carroll, Anna Ella.  The War Powers of the General Government.  Who Made the War.  The Status of the Citizens of the Seceded States Defined.  Congress Has No Power to Confiscate Slaves or Other Private Property.  The Opinions of John Quincy Adams and Charles Sumner Refuted.  The Right to Capture All Property Used for Insurrectionary Purposes.  The Right to Suspend the Writ of Habeas Corpus and Arrest the Enemy in Every Part of the National Territory.  The Duty of Allegiance and Protection.  Washington:  Henry Polkinhorn, 1861.  24 pp.

c. Whiting, William.  The War Powers of the President, and the Legislative Powers of Congress in Relation to Rebellion, Treason and Slavery.  Second edition.  Boston:  John L. Shorey, 1862.  vi plus 143 pp.

d. Spooner, Lysander.  The Unconstitutionality of Slavery.  Boston:  Bela Marsh, 1860.  xii plus 289 pp.

e. Livermore, George.  An Historical Research Respecting the Opinions of the Founders of the Republic on Negroes as Slaves, as Citizens, and as Soldiers.  Read Before the Massachusetts Historical Society, August 14, 1862.  Boston:  John Wilson and Son, 1862.  xiv plus 215 pp.

f. Poole, Alexis. Poole's Register 1848-55. Containing several pamphlets: Statistical View of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts. Boston: Dutton and Wentworth, 1848. 16 pp. Statistical View of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts. Boston: Dutton and Wentworth, 1849. 16 pp. Statistical View of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts. Boston: Dutton and Wentworth, 1850. 20 pp. Statistical View of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts. Boston: Dutton and Wentworth, 1851. 22 pp. Statistical View of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts. Boston: Dutton and Wentworth, 1852. 23 pp. Statistical View of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts. Boston: Dutton and Wentworth, 1853. 24 pp. Statistical View of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts. Boston: Dutton and Wentworth, 1854. 19 pp. Statistical View of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts. Boston: Dutton and Wentworth, 1855. 15 pp.

g. Wyatt, Frank S. and George Rainey. History of Oklahoma. Oklahoma City: Webb Publishing Co., 1919. 135 pp.

h. Check Book, Bank of Commerce, Shawnee, in account with Sidney Clarke Jr. (May, 1905-December 1907).

i. Rules of the House. First Session of the Oklahoma Legislature. Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory: Guthrie Daily News, 1890. 31 pp.

j. Sixth Legislature of Okalhoma: Rules of the State Senate and House of Representatives. 1917. 110 pp.

Box 17

X.  FAMILY MATERIALS

These are materials which were included in the collection but do not immediately pertain to Sidney Clarke, or are already included elsewhere in the collection.  They include correspondence, clippings, school papers, periodicals, and business materials.

F 1: Clarke, Dora - Estate of. Application for Administration by Josephine Clarke (July 13, l909). 

F 2: Clarke, Sidney - Research by family.

a. Correspondence.

(1) Phillips, Hilton, to Sydney [sic] Clarke (October 7, [19]17).  Re:  mailing back of sheepskin containing real signatures of members of Congress.

(2) Clarke, Roscoe, to Sidney Clarke [III].  (August 26, 1958).  Re:  disposition at his death of Sidney Clarke's library and letters, editing by SC of volume of biographies of Oklahomans, poor health of Josephine, receipt of clipping with SC's picture from Daily Oklahoman re building of Frisco Railroad into Oklahoma City.

(3) Alberta Pantle, Librarian, Kansas Historical Society, to Sidney Ross Clarke, III (August 21, 1958).  Re:  holdings of Sidney Clarke materials at the Society.

b. Two biographical sketches, one from the Biographical Directory of the American Congress (carbon copy) and one anonymously written after 1900 but before his death.  [Copies of both of these are included elsewhere in the collection.]

c. Research notes [by Sidney Ross Clarke, III ?].

d. List of books [in SC's library?].

F 3: Clarke & Keller Seed Store.

a. Photograph of store.

b. Business Cards.  2 each of two different cards.

c. Pre-stamped store envelopes (2).

d. Checks written on Zavalla County Bank, Crystal City, Texas (May and June 1914).  7 checks.

e. Rent bill to Cooks & Waiters Lodge (October 12, 1905).

F 4: Class notes and historical discourse.

F 5: Correspondence, Family.

a. Clarke. Lynn C. (Mrs. Sidney R.) to Marian Ivan Burns, Treasurer General, N. S. D. A. R. (February , 1962).  Re:  consent for copying of application and papers on ancestor.

b. [Douglas?], Tommie to [?] (n.d.).  Birthday card.

c. Douglas, , to Tom Douglas (April 29, 1920).  Re:  applying for position at bank, graduation suit.  Contains postscript to Louise.

d. [Goodwin], Ella to "My dear brother" (September 22, 1909).  Re:  request for news and clippings of father's death, sadness at being neglected.

e. "Lou" to "My dear brother" (January 6, 1918).  Re:  receipt of nuts, visit of Ella and Ruth, news about family.

F 6: Correspondence, Miscellaneous.

a. Federal Savings and Loan Association of Oklahoma, E. E. Radford,Secretary, to Sidney Clarke (January 15, 1924).  Re:  birthday greetings.

b. McKeown, Tom D., Representative, Oklahoma, to Sidney Clarke (September 27, 1917).  Re:  sending of Agricultural yearbooks.  Handwritten postscript containing message from Champ Clark about SC.

c. Maltby, Mr. and Mrs. L. C., to Mr. and Mrs. S. Clark [sic] (n.d.; mailed December 21).  Christmas card.

d. Riddell, Cora W., to Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Clarke (n.d.; mailed December 23, 1927).  Thank you card.

e. Schweinle, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Andrew, to Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Clarke (n.d.; mailed December 21, 19[?]).  Christmas card.

f. [Sondheimer?], Sam, to Sidney Clarke (September 9, 1923).  Re:  funeral arrangements for Alex and Dora.

g. Texas Pecan Shelling Co., Inc. to [?] (n.d.).  Christmas card.

F 7: Invitations and Programs, Misc. 10 pieces.

F 8: Kansas State Historical Society. Letter.  K. Mechem, Secretary, to Sidney Clarke (March 5, 1940).  Re:  possible placement of father's papers at the Society, enclosure of pamphlets about Society.

F 9: Pamphlets, Brochures, and Calendars. 10 pieces.

F 10: Stock Waybills and Health Certificates. 7 pieces.

F 11: Miscellany. Lumber bill, blank check, empty sealed envelope addressed to Mr. And Mrs. Sidney Clarke, Sunday School publication (June 7, 1896), and poem entitled "Another Chance" by Henry Van Dyke.

Box 18 Publications and Check Book.

a. Kielty, Bernadine. The Sidewalks of New York. New York: Little Leather Library Corporation, 1923. 124 pp.

b. Caesar's Gallic War. Title page missing. 351 pp.

c. The Chronicles of Oklahoma, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 1 (Spring, 1960). Contains on p.l13 the obituary for Lou Irion Clarke, wife of Sidney Clarke, Jr.

d. Junior Scholar's Quarterly, Vol. 9 No. 1 (October, 1913). f. Springer, Rebecca Ruter. Intra Muros: A Dream of Heaven. Chicago: David C. Cook Publishing Co., 1898. 96 pp. Owned by Mrs. Dora G. Clarke. Poem handwritten on end paper.

e. Harper's Magazine August, 1922.

f. McClure's Magazine, New Series Vol. 1 No. 1, Whole Number 371 (May, 1925).

g. Agenda Agricole & Viticole. Quarante-Huitieme Annee, 1933. 407 pp.

Box 19
Sidney Clarke Collection Description


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