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XI. OVERSIZED MATERIALS (1817, 1852-1910, 1929, 1964, AND N.D.)
This series contains all materials too large to be filed in a legal-sized file folder and all clippings. Materials are newspapers, clippings, circulars, letters, publications, military forms, legislative rosters, an article reprint, a register sheet, legislation, petitions, election materials, construction diagrams, and galley proofs. There are cross-references to all of these materials in the series of the detailed descriptive inventory in which they would normally be filed. The materials are filed by size and by the order in which their cross-references appear in the inventory.
F 1: Circulars, Clippings, and Election Ticket (1862-1869).
a. Circular. "Pause and Think Before You Vote!" (1862). Re: effect of Democratic election victories on the south. Printed. 1 page; both sides. Printed. 1 page; both sides.
b. Election Ticket. Democratic Ticket (1864). Includes John J. Ingalls for Lieutenant Governor of Kansas. Printed. 1 piece.
c. Clippings.
(1) "Clarke's Candidacy" (no date or source). Re: the error of Lane's story about taking SC off lightning rod wagon, SC as Lane's secretary; Lane's opposition to a candidate from his own section.
(2) "It's a Novelty" (no source or date). Re: gift of Republican ticket of 1865 to the Kansas Historical Society. Includes information concerning Democratic and Republican conventions on September 13, 1864.
d. Clippings.
(1) "Letter from Washington" (no source or date; letter dated January 15, n.y.). Re: contract of Perry Fuller and Sells for supplies to Indians.
(2) "To Homestead Claimants" (no source; 1869). Re: Homestead Law, illegality of Homestead entries within railroad limits; SC's bill [H. R. 149] for relief of settlers.
e. Clippings.
(1) "The Kansas Delegation" (no source or date). Re: Stanton case; Indian treaties; Missouri River Bridge (H. R. 400), settlers on Osage Lands (H. R. 149), railroad at Fort Leavenworth (H. R. 150), relief of John Whiteford (H. R. 401) and Charles Butterfield (H. R. 402).
(2) "Kansas Affairs" (no source or date). Re: SC's industry in the House, listing of bills introduced by SC.
f. Clippings.
(1) "Rail-Road Meeting" (no source or date). Re: resolutions passed at meeting in Saline County requesting Congressional delegates to secure passage of legislation for Republican Valley railroad.
(2) "More Railroads," Kansas Tribune (December 16, n.y.). Re: SC's introduction of bill for the Republican Valley Railroad.
g. Clippings.
(1) "The Price Raid Claims" (no source or date). Re: reasons for delay in passing appropriation in the House of Representatives and SC's unwillingness to accept 50% payment of claims.
(2) "Of course it isn't any of our business...." (no source or date). Re: appointment of Emporia postmaster.
h. Clipping. "Clarke's Anti-Land Grant Policy" (no source or date). Re: unpopularity of policy.
i. Clippings.
(1) "It is well known that we preferred...." (no source or date). Re: preference for election of SC but approval of Caldwell.
(2) "From Salina" (no source or date; letter dated October 14, 1869). Re: first day of Salina Fair, presence of SC at fair.
(3) "The Lesson of the Credit Mobilier Business" (no source or date; quoted from the Lawrence Journal, March 2, 1873). Re: need to divorce government from schemes and enterprises involving large amounts of money.
j. Circular. "Haskell's Election as Certain as the Sun shall set next Tuesday Night!", Republican County Committee of Douglas County, Lawrence, Kansas (November 3, 1876). Re: need for larger majority for Haskell than presently predicted.
F 2: Newspaper Clippings, Circular, and Clipping from Railroad Promotional Pamphlet (1877-1879 and n.d.).
a. Clippings.
(1) "The U. S. Marshal's affairs...," Florence Herald [?] (n.d.). Re: SC's probable appointment as U. S. Marshal.
(2) "The signs of the times...," Smith County Pioneer [?] (n.d.). Re: probable appointment of SC as U. S. Marshal.
(3) "Hon. Sidney Clarke," (no source or date; quoted from theHolton Recorder). Re: probable appointment of SC as U. S. Marshal.
(4) "Kansas Politics," Kansas City Times (n.d.; article dated December 26). Re: support for SC's appointment as U. S. Marshal for Kansas.
(5) "It is stated that C. H. Miller,...," Salina Journal (n.d.). Re: replacement of Miller with SC as U. S. Marshal.
b. Clippings.
(1) "It is rumored that...," North Topeka Times, December 12, 1877. Re: rumor that SC will be U. S. Marshal for Kansas.
(2) "National Matters," (no source, 1877). Re resolutions passed by meeting of Soldiers' and Sailors' Association concerning opposition to Sen. Ingalls' reelection.
c. Clipping. "From Great Bend" (no source or date; letter dated December 30, 1878). Re: SC lecture on "Lane of Kansas"; his possible election as Speaker of the House and as U. S. Senator if Ingalls not reelected.
d. Circular. "Col. Boudinot's Letter" (March 3l, 1879). Re: status of U. S. Lands in the Indian Territory. Attached is notation of reference to two articles by Julian in the North American Review.
e. Clipping from Railroad Promotional Pamphlet. "President Hayes in Kansas," The Great Southwest, p. 6 (n.d.). Re: visit by Hayes to the Neosho Falls Fair, presence of SC on platform, address by SC at the reunion meeting of old Kansas Soldiers.
f. Clippings.
(1) "Washington Letter. Postal Irregularities to be Exposed...," Kansas City Times (n.d.; article dated March 14). Re: arrival of SC in Washington with petition for Senate investigation ofIngalls.
(2) "Only two newspapers...." (no source or date). Re: quotes from the Chicago Times and New York Sun about the Ingalls investigation in the U. S. Senate.
g. Clippings.
(1) "Washington Letter. 'Happy Hal,' Congressman at Large...." (no source or date; article dated March 17). Re: Ingalls investigation in U. S. Senate.
(2) "Senator Ingalls' Answer" (no source or date). Re: denial of Ingalls to answer charges.
h. Clippings.
(1) "Topeka, April 8, 1879. Hon. L. F. Eggers" (no source or date; letters dated March 25-April 14, 1879). Re: letters by L. H. Whitney, SC, Dexter E. Clapp, and [name missing from clipping] about the Ingalls investigation.
(2) "Card from Col. F. S. Stumbaugh and Col. L. F. Eggers" and "Letter from Hon. Sidney Clarke to the Postmaster General," (no source or date; first letter dated October 8, 1879). Re: publication of private letters of SC and Dexter E. Clapp, stealing of letters from the mails.
F 3: Clippings, Election Flyer and Election Ticket (1879-1880 and n.d.).
a. Clippings.
(1) "In the Senate" (no source or date). Re: Kansas legislation.
(2) "There will be no Whitewashing," Kansas City Times (September 7,1879). Re: expected visit of Senate sub-committee of Ingalls investigation, inevitability of Ingallsbeing proven guilty. Second column of this story is attached to the clipping listed immediately below.
(3) "Kansas History," Kansas City Daily Times (September 7, 1879). Re: articles by John Speer and M. W. Reynolds on Kansas history occasioned by the Quarter-century Anniversary Celebration at Bismarck Grove.
b. Clipping. "Mr. Anthony then introduced Hon. Sidney Clarke...." (no source or date). Re: speech by SC at Quarter-century Anniversary Celebration and his introduction of George W. Julian.
c. Election Flyer and Election Ticket.
(1) Flyer. "To the Republicans of Douglas County" (September 4, 1880). Re: SC's announcement of candidacy for State Senate.
(2) Election Ticket. "National Greenback Ticket" (1880) with SC's name written in on County Ticket for State Senator. (3 copies: (1) for the 14th District with 500 penciled on reverse side, (2) for the 26th District with l500 penciled on reverse side, and (3) with 1,000 penciled on reverse side.)
d. Clipping. "...was considered an all important one at the election...." (no source or date). Re: offer of R. A. Steele of thirty dollars for twenty votes on the convention floor, objection to SC as non-taxpayer in Douglas County and its application also to Green.
e. Clippings.
(1) "Hon. Sidney Clarke at Liberty Hall," Daily Tribune (September 9, 1880). Re: enthusiastic reception of SC's speech about fair elections.
(2) "Republican Primaries" (no source or date). Re: corruption at Douglas County Republican primaries.
(3) "Republican County Convention" (no date or source). Re: comments on the nominating process at the Douglas County Convention.
f. Clippings.
(1) "An Opinion of the Ingalls Reception," Evening Standard (March 9, 1880). Re: failure of reception, indecency of speech, eventual overthrow of Ingalls predicted by Hon. S. A. Riggs.
(2) "Ingalls' Inconsistencies" (no source or date). Re: Ingalls' former support of Horton.
F 4: Newspaper Clippings, Circulars, and Letter (1880 and n.d.).
a. Clippings.
(1) "Comments on the Ingalls Speech" (no source or date). Re: short quotes on Ingalls' speech from 23 Kansas papers and from 3 out-of-state papers.
(2) "The returns are slowly coming in...." (no source or date). Re: lowered estimate of Ingalls by his friends, summary of brief of Memorialists.
b. Clippings.
(1) "The Atchison Champion extenuates...." (no source or date). Re: Ingalls' vindication speech.
(2) "The Atchison Patriot asks...." (no source or date). Re: 13 questions for the Champion about Ingalls' speech.
(3) "Ingalls' Speech" (no source or date). Re: denunciation of speech by Republicans and Democrats.
(4) "The McPherson Freeman has the following to say...." (no source or date). Re: Ingalls' vindication.
c. Clippings.
(1) "The Ingalls Farce at Atchison" (no source or date). Re: Ingalls investigation.
(2) "J. J. (Jujube) Ingalls," Kansas City Times (N.d.; article dated March 2, [1880]). Re: Ingalls demonstration in Atchison.
d. Clippings.
(1) "The Ingalls Speech--An Opinion of an Ingalls Man" (no source or date). Re: criticism of Ingalls' speech after investigation.
(2) "How That Speech is Looked upon Abroad" (no source or date). Re: Chicago Times reaction to Ingalls' speech at the Atchison" Jamboree."
(3) "Webb Wilder's notice of Ingalls' speech...." (no source or date). Re: Wilder's "compliments" to Ingalls.
e. Circular. "To the Taxpayers of Douglas Co." published by the Executive Committee of the Anti-Monopoly Club No. 1 of Lawrence (n.d.). Re: repeal of monopoly legislation and reduction of railroad property valuation. Printed. 1 page.
f. Letter. Albert Knittle to SC (May 20, 1880). Re: Knittle's opinion concerning Prohibition amendment. Handwritten. 2 pages.
g. Circular. "Open Letter from Helen M. Gougar to Hon. J. G. Blaine (n.d., [1880]). Re: response to Blaine's statement in a press interview concerning women's "unfitness" for politics. Includes references to Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Stanton, Mary Livermore, and Emma Willard. Printed. 1 page.
F 5: Clippings and Handbill (1880, 1885 and n.d.).
a. Clippings.
(1) "Let There Be Light" (no source or date; letter dated May 8, 1880). Letter from C. Robinson to Messrs. James A. Troutman and Charles F. Spencer, Editors and Publishers of the Temperance Palladium. Re: offer to speak at Temperance meetings against amendment.
(2) "Dear Sir: In the Lawrence Journal...," Evening Standard, (May 11, 1880). Letter from C. Robinson to D. L. Hoadley. Re: meeting to arrange discussion with SC.
(3) "Trot Out Your Champion" (no source; no date [May 14, 1880?]). Letter from C. Robinson to Ed. Standard. Re: public discussion with SC on prohibition.
b. Clippings.
(1) "Gov. Robinson's Last Effort" (no source or date). Re: acceptance of proposed debate with SC.
(2) "Stand Up and Answer" (no source or date). Letter from C. Robinson to Editor Standard. Re: discussions on prohibition with Wood and SC, comment by editor including lion and skunk story.
(3) "The Prohibition Amendment," Capital (n.d.). Letter from John H. Rice to Ed. Capital. Re: state's right to prohibit sale of alcohol as a beverage.
c. Clippings and Handbill.
(1) Clipping. "Seeking Information" (no source or date; circular dated May, 1880). Re: Circular from Charles Robinson to Kansas lawyers concerning information about prohibition amendment.
(2) Clipping. "Another Whiskey Case" (no source or date). Re: State vs. Casper Ulrich.
(3) Handbill. Union Handbills, No. 4 [Beer Series], "What! Rob a Poor Man of His Beer." Published for the Woman's National Temperance Union (n.d.). Re: money spent in saloons.
d. Clippings.
(1) "John Speer's New Year's Compliments to Charles Robinson" (Daily Journal (January 6, 1880). Letter to editor of the Daily Journal from John Speer (n.d.). Re: Robinson attack unworthy of defense, Robinson's reputation.
(2) "Blaine Tripped Again" (no source or date; [1884?]). Re: deposits in national banks by Secretary of Treasury Fairchild.
e. Clipping. "Indian Land Leases," Chicago Tribune (n.d.; article dated January 20, 1885). Re: testimony of Thomas E. Berry concerning securing of Indian land leases by improper means.
f. Clippings.
(1) "The Oklahoma Question" (no source or date). Re: leasing of public land strip to cattle syndicates by the Cherokees.
(2) "Mr. B. H. Campbell is grazing...." (no source or date). Re: cattle men in Oklahoma without authority.
F 6: Newspaper Clippings (1886-1887 and n.d.).
a. (1) "A Letter from Senator Dawes" (no source or date; previously published in the New York Times). Re: cattlemen on Indian lands.
(2) Masthead for The Journal, Official Paper of the Cherokee Strip Live Stock Association (March 11, 1886).
(3) "A Conspiracy," Kansas City Times (April 3, 1886). Re: New York Herald article of March 30 concerning cattle corporations.
(4) Masthead for The Journal, Official Paper of the Cherokee Strip Live Stock Association (April 8, 1886).
(5) "At a meeting of cattlemen...." (no source or date). Re: Sac and Fox Agency Live Stock Association.
(6) "The stockmen are working...." (no source or date). Re: stockmen in national politics.
b. Clippings.
(1) "Chief Bushyhead" (no source or date). Re: disagreement over payments on the Cherokee Strip, right of Cherokees to lease the strip to cattle men, need to open Oklahoma and public land strip to settlement.
(2) "Among the Cherokees," Kansas City Times (n.d.; article dated October 18). Re: interest in coming meeting of the Cherokee council, real feeling of Cherokees concerning Bushyhead's lease with the cattle syndicate.
(3) "Hot Springs Ark., June 19" (no source or date). Re: platform of Cherokee convention which includes opposition to leasing lands to cattle syndicates.
(4) "The Cherokee Lease Money," Globe-Democrat (n.d.; article dated April 30). Re: distribution of lease money to Cherokees by blood only.
c. Clippings.
(1) "The Cherokee Quarrel," Kansas City Times (n.d.; article dated April 28). Re: distribution of payment for lease of Cherokee Strip.
(2) "Coal Mining in the Indian Territory," Globe-Democrat (n.d.) article dated January 21). Re: ruling of Attorney General that coal mining leases in Indian Territory are illegal.
(3) "Murder Expiated" (no source or date; article dated April 23, 1886). Re: execution of James Wasson and Joseph Jackson for murder.
(4) "Senator Ingalls writes concerning...," Caldwell Journal (March 4, 1886). Re: improbability of opening Oklahoma lands for settlement during this session of Congress.
d. Clippings.
(1) "Fraud in New Mexico" (no source or date). Re: inaction of Congress concerning land frauds in New Mexico.
(2) "Respectfully addressed to the President," New York Herald April 12, 1886). Re: suggestion that Cleveland address Congress on the subject of amendment of land laws.
(3) "United States Senate, Washington, D. C., January 26, 1886" (no source or date). A letter from P. B. Plumb to Joseph Hunter. Re: presenting of petition to the Committee on Indian Affairs, consideration by Committee of bill to open Oklahoma, and expected negotiation with the Indians.
e. Clippings.
(1) "Washington. Defeat of the Bill to Increase the Army" (no source or date; article dated April 7, 1886). Re: revocation of Sparks' order suspending land entries.
(2) "Oklahoma. Indifference of Kansas Members to the Indian Question," Kansas City Times (January 21, 1887). Re: Springer's resolution concerning setting aside time to consider business of the committee on territories, progress on Oklahoma bill, President's failure to appoint Commission to negotiate with Indians.
F 7: Clippings and Circular (1888-1890 and n.d.).
a. Clipping. "Obituary" (no source or date). Re: death of John M. Doyle, chief clerk, passenger department of Auditor's 0ffice, Southern Kansas.
b. Clippings pasted to both sides of sheet.
(1) "A Shootist Shot," Globe-Democrat (n.d.; article dated December 24, 1888). Re: killing of John Fox alias John Condon.
(2) "Revolting Murder of Two Women," Globe Democrat (n.d.; article dated December 24, 1888). Re: killing of Mrs. Johnston and daughter.
(3) "A Sensational Killing," Globe Democrat (n.d.; article dated December 24, 1888). Re: killing of James Moyer by Dudley Suttrell.
(4) "The Trouble in the Chickasaw Nation," Globe-Democrat (n.d.; article dated December 26, 1888). Re: vendetta in Chickasaw Nation; death of Moyer.
(5) "Efforts to Capture a Daring Desperado," Globe-Democrat (n.d.; article dated December 28, 1888). Re: Wesley Barnett.
(6) "We notice by our Indian Territory exchanges...," Arkansas City Democrat (December 28, 1888). Re: twenty-seven desperadoes taken to Ft. Scott.
(7) "Murder in the Indian Territory," Globe Democrat (n.d.; article dated December 30, 1888). Re: shooting of Snooks at Boudinot farm.
(8) "Crime Holds Carnival" by J. H. Gillpatrick, Kansas City Times (n.d.; article dated November 17, 1888). Re: crime in the Indian Territory. Second section of article is located in separate plastic envelope.
c. Clippings and Circular.
(1) Clipping. "Ingalls Out of the Race" (no source or date; article dated March 7, 1888). Re: Ingalls' speech in Senate which will cause his removal from list of Presidential candidates.
(2) Clipping. "Ingalls' Opinion" (no source or date; article dated June 23). Re: opinion of possible candidates for nomination at Republican Convention.
(3) Circular. "To Be Upheld." Order of General Merritt to us troops to maintain peace in event of attempt to overthrow Oklahoma City government (July 15, 1889). Re: prevention of introduction of liquor into Oklahoma Territory. Printed 1 page.
d. Clippings.
(1) "Plumb's Kick" (no source or date). Re: protection of manufacturers by tariffs.
(2) "Solely the Manufacturer" (no source or date). Re: tariff on manufactures.
(3) "...Isles has been for many years...." Record (n.d.). Re: trade reciprocity with other countries and endorsement of tariff return. Beginning of article is missing.
(4) "School Bill Signed" (no source or date; letter in article dated December 5, 1890). Re: signing of school bill for Oklahoma by Governor Steele in spite of unconstitutional sections concerning mixed or separate schools.
Box B: Clippings and Publication (1891-1908 and n.d.).
F 1: Clippings (1891-1892 and n.d.).
a. "Obituary," The Gazette, Lawrence (April 16, 1891). Re: obituar of Mrs. Johanna Garrett written by John Speer.
b. (1) "A Letter from Harvey" (no source; February 24, 1891). Letter to A. C. Scott (February 17, 1891). Re: amendment to Indian appropriation bill concerning Pottwatomies, Cheyennes and Arapahoes.
(2) "Beard Wins" (no source; 1891). Re: G. D. Munger vs. Charles W. Beard, a land case concerning lot 39 block 22 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Territory.
c. (1) "Passed by the Senate" (no source or date). Letter from SC to "Friend Countryman." Re: Pottawatomie bill and provisions for homesteads in various Indian lands.
(2) "Another Road" (no source or date). Re: securing right of way for the Omaha, Kansas Central & Galveston Railroad, appointment of Judge Violet as railroad attorney.
(3) "Federal Troops Wanted" (no source or date; article dated October 18). Re: application of Governor Humphrey for cavalry patrol on the southern Kansas border.
(4) "Mr. A. C. Scott's Version," Evening Gazette (December 9, 1892). Letter from A. C. Scott to Editor Evening Gazette with editorial comments. Re: authorship of regent's memorial to Congress, Clarke or Boyd.
d. (1) "The School Land Leases--Protection for Improvements" (no source or date). Re: preparation of legislation by SC to protect owners of improvement on school lands.
(2) "The School Land," Cordell Democrat (n.d.). Re: SC's writing of school land bill; endorsement of bill.
(3) "Hon. Sidney Clarke has drawn up...," Norman Democrat (n.d.). Re: bill appointing board to control leasing of school lands.
(4) "Gentleman," Times Journal[?] (June 8, 1892). Re: praise of McMaster by Times-Journal.
e. (1) "Upon the suggestion of Hon. Sidney Clarke...." (no source or date). Re: memorial to Congress by Board of Regents of Territorial University.
(2) "Our Public Institutions" (no source or date). Re: amendment to Cherokee strip bill concerning land grants for institutions of Oklahoma Territory. (2 copies; one is damaged)
f. (1) "Original Allotment Certificate," Mt. Pulaski Weekly, Illinois (May 7, 1892). Re: use of homestead allotment certificates when Cherokee Strip is opened. "S. Linn Beidler, Editor and Proprietor" is circled in red.
g. (1) "Interest in the military reservation bill...." (no source or date). Re: group wishing to kill the bill.
(2) "Claims the Reservation," Journal (n.d.). Re: Dr. Linn's claim to military reservation.
h. (1) "Wichita Reservation" (no source or date). Re: correct map of the Wichita Reservation, predicted opening in the spring. Includes map of reservation.
i. (1) "An Answer to Capt. Delaney," Oklahoma Daily Times-Journal (November 28, 1892). Re: attack by Delaney on L. H. Barlow.
(2) "Hon. Sidney Clarke, Oklahoma's leading statehood advocate...." (no source or date). Re: announcement of speech by SC in Ardmore December 20 on questions of legislation and statehood.
(3) "Hon. Sidney Clarke, candidate...." (no source or date). Re: SC's speech in favor of united statehood.
F 2: Clippings and Bookmark (1892-1893 and n.d.).
a. Clippings.
(1) "Democratic Primaries" (no source or date). Re: selection of delegates to county convention, instruction of Oklahoma City delegates to vote for SC.
(2) "Echoes of the Convention" (no source or date). Re: SC's speech vindicating charges against his "democracy."
b. Clippings.
(1) "For President, Grover Cleveland" (no source; 1892). Re: listing of Democratic ticket for Oklahoma County.
(2) "The Official Vote" (no source or date). Re: talley of votes for "congressman" in Oklahoma, November 8, 1892.
c. Clipping.
(1) "The Vote of Oklahoma County, November 8, 1892," Daily Oklahoma Times-Journal (November 16, 1982 [sic]). Re: listing of vote by wards, precincts, and townships.
d. Clipping.
(1) "The Vote of Oklahoma County, November 8, 1892" (no source or date). Re: listing of vote by wards, precincts, and townships.
e. Clipping.
(1) "Vote of Oklahoma County, Nov. 8, 1892" (no source or date). Re: listing of vote by wards, precincts, and townships.
f. Clipping.
(1) "Official Vote of Logan County, 1892" (no source or date). Re: listing of vote by wards and townships.
g. Clippings and Bookmark.
(1) "Official Vote [of] This County," Hennessy paper, November 18, [1892]. Re: Votes for Kingfisher County listed by townships.
(2) "O. H. Travers and Free Homes." Printing on cloth.
(3) "Reception to Honor Sidney Clarke" (no source or date). Re: enthusiastic reception of SC on his arrival from Kansas, comparison of SC and Travers support.
h. Clippings.
(1) "For United States Marshal," Guthrie Leader (January, 1893). Re: endorsement of Jacob Schweitzer for U. S. Marshal.
(2) "We Told You So," Oklahoma Daily Times-Journal (August 15, 1893). Re: opening of military reservation to settlement; claims of Oklahoma City.
i. Clippings.
(1)"Statehood Championship," Yukon Register (January 14, 1893). Re: sale of Evening Gazette or merger with Press, advocation by Gazette of single statehood which preceded that by SC.
(2) "Statehood Convention Call" (no source; June 27, 1893). Re: call for Territorial Convention in El Reno August 8, 1893, to take action on statehood.
F 3: Clippings and Election Ticket (1893 and n.d.).
a. Clipping from the Minco Minstrel (n.d.) containing the following articles:
(1) "Hon. Sidney Clarke returned...." Re: SC's "not pouting over defeat for governship."
(2) "A Constitutional Convention." Re: El Reno convention, need for constitutional convention.
b. Clippings.
(1) "The Statehood Convention," (no source or date). Re: election of SC as chairman, victory for single statehood for Oklahoma and Indian Territory.
(2) "Hon. Sidney Clarke returned from Washington...," Minco Minstrel[?] (n.d.). Re: SC's election as chairman of statehood convention.
c. Clippings.
(1) "Hon. Sidney Clark [sic], of Oklahoma,..," Crawford Co. (Kansas) Democrat (Jan., n.y.). Re: endorsement of SC for Territorial Governor.
(2) "The Gubernatorial Situation" (no source or date; article is dated April 19). Re: appointment of territorial governor, war against SC.
(3) "While in Washington Dr. Beale...." (no source; 1893). Re: Cleveland's support of SC and Beale's opposition, Richardson as candidate.
d. Clippings.
(1) "Richardson Out of the Race" (no source or date; article dated April 13). Re: Richardson-Clarke race for governor.
(2) "Whatever are the merits of...," Lawrence Daily Record (May 8, 1893). Re: surprise and regret at SC's not being appointed, confidence he will eventually be governor.
(3) "Governor of Oklahoma" (no source or date; article dated May 8). Re: appointment of William C. Renfrow as governor of Oklahoma.
(4) "W. C. Renfrow...who has been appointed governor...." (no source or date; quoted from the Gainesville Hesperian). Re: Renfrow's qualifications and his statehood stand.
(5) "A Card of Thanks from Hon. Sidney Clarke," (no source or date; letter dated May 8, 1893). Re: thanks to supporters.
(6) "A Fight on Renfrow" (no source or date; article dated May 9). Re: request for investigation of Renfrow's alleged Ku Klux Klan connections, making of appointment on recommendation of T. M. Richardson.
e. Clippings.
(1) "What Are We Here For?" Globe-Democrat May 10, 1893). Re: same story as that listed in item d-6 above.
(2) "Poor himself and with all his friends...." (no source or date). Re: noble fight of SC and friends, prediction of eventual governorship for SC.
(3) "The Inauguration" (no source or date; article dated May 10). Re: inauguration program, reception in honor of Governor Seay and General Noble, General Noble's speech, reception and ball for Renfrow.
(4) "Our Next Governor," Kingfisher Times (n.d.). Re: comparison of Richardson and SC as candidates for governor; identification of SC and Ross as lobbyists for their cities and attorneys for corporations.
(5) "A prominent Oklahoma democrat...." (no source or date). Re: Hoke Smith's prejudice in favor of the south.
f. Clippings.
(1) "Over in Oklahoma they are casting about...." (no source or date; quoted from the Minco Minstrel). Re: favoring of SC for governor of Oklahoma.
(2) "Over in Oklahoma they are casting about...," El Reno Democrat (n.d.). Re: quotation of above article and agreement with it, support of Mansur if outsider chosen.
(3) "...Ross is a Guthrieite...," The Warrior (n.d.). Re: governor's appointment, SC and Ross "too selfish for their own town," prediction that neither will be appointed.
(4) "There is wormwood and gall...," Kingfisher Free Press (n.d.). governor's appointment; SC essentially an outsider though able; endorsement of Mansur.
(5) "Oklahoma's Next Governor," Arkansas City Dispatch (n.d.). Re: endorsement of SC for Territorial Governor.
g. Clippings and Election Ballot.
(1) "The Gazette may not care..." (no source or date). Re: friendship of SC with prominent officers of the Santa Fe, endorsement of Judge Lowe by Mr. Asp, futility of Oklahoma City's waging war on the Santa Fe Railroad.
(2) "John Brown's body lies mouldering...." (no source or date). Re: resurrection of John Brown to defeat SC, Democratic candidate for governorship.
(3)"Gov. Renfrow was a candidate...." (no source or date). Re: comments concerning Renfrow's candidacy for Norman councilman and SC's stealing of the presidency, Governor Renfrow's statement in regard to positions in new Cherokee Strip counties.
(4) Election Ballot for Ward No. 3, Norman, Oklahoma Territory containing handwritten tabulation of votes for Ward No. 1 with Renfrow's name written in for Town Trustee (n.d.). Printed with handwritten entries on front and back. 1 page.
h. Clippings.
(1) "We presume it is utterly useless...," The Republican Traveler, Cowley County, Kansas (n.d.). Re: endorsement of SC for Territorial Governor.
(2) "We presume it is utterly useless...," Arkansas City Traveler (n.d.). Same article as above.
(3) "There is hardly a town or hamlet...." (no source or date). Re: sending of telegrams to the president in favor of SC. Incomplete article.
(4) "Hon. Sidney Clarke," Topeka Daily Democrat (n.d.). Re: endorsement of SC for Territorial Governor.
(5) "We notice that the Oklahoma papers...," Lawrence Gazette (n.d.). Re: endorsement of SC for Territorial Governor.
(6) "In Hotel Lobbies," Washington Post (n.d.). Re: appointment of SC as governor of Oklahoma.
i. Clippings.
(1) "The Free Press favors Frank McMasters,..," Kingfisher Sun (n.d.). Re: endorsement by the Sun of Mansur, unsuitability of SC for appointment.
(2) "The Oklahoma Slate" (no source or date). Re: dictating of Renfrow's appointment by Peel as scheme to hold back opening of the Cherokee Strip, receipt by Cleveland of statement that SC not politically sound because of his populist backing.
(3) "A Santa Fe Sneak" (no source or date). Re: Asp's antipathy to Oklahoma City and favoring of Guthrie, order that no governor be appointed from Oklahoma City, proposed retaliation by Oklahoma City.
F 4: Clippings (1894-1905 and n.d.).
a. "The El Reno Convention" (no source or date). Re: endorsement of Dawes Commission report, uselessness of opposition, advantages to Chickasaw nation of inclusion in state of Oklahoma.
b. (1) "Frank McMaster, editor of 'McMaster's Weekly',..," Guthrie News (April 4, 1894). Re: differences of opinion on McMasters case.
(2) "The people of Oklahoma in view of the...," Purcell Register (April 4, 1894). Re: Scott-McMaster controversy.
c. (1)"The present conflict some people have said...," Times-Journal (April 10, 1894). Re: argument against statement that McMaster is a "disappointed sorehead."
(2) "The Press-Gazette and the Guthrie Leader...," Edmond Republican (April 11, 1894). Re: refusal to publish McMaster's speeches.
(3) "Is There No Remedy, No Redress?" Oklahoman (n.d.). Re: possible effect of imprisonment on McMaster's health.
d. (1) "Is Harlan an Anarchist." (no source or date). Re: Harlan's dissent from income tax decision.
(2) "Didn't Sign the Barnes Charges" (no source or date; correspondence in article dated October 10 & 18, 1899). Re: question of whether SC's name was forged on charges against Governor Barnes.
(3) "Statehood Committee" (no source or date). Re: call for meeting of the Statehood Committee on November 17, 1899, signed by SC, Chairman Executive Committee. Article appears at the end of article listed above.
e. (1) "He Made a Big Hit," Wichita Daily Express (June 1, 1899). Re: resolutions introduced by D. C. Lewis endorsing McKinley's Philippine policy and calling for exportation of negroes to Philippines.
(2) "Trans-Mississippi Congress" (no source or date). Re: delegates from Oklahoma County to the Trans-Mississippi Congress, including SC as one of three appointed.
(3) "Absent," Minstrel (August 10, 1904). Re: absence of Frank McMaster and SC from Democratic convention at El Reno, political crucifixion of McMaster, SC's presence in Washington.
f. (1) "Changes Requested" (no source or date). Re: changes requested in H. R. 3l86 by Oklahoma delegation on December 13, 1905.
(2) "What of the Constitution?" by Lawyer (no source; August 27, 1905). Re: need "to secure by constitutional provision the right of the people to initiate...or to reject legislative acts."
g. (3) "Our New Constitution," by J. L. Brown, Times-Journal (n.d.). Re: articles on constitution by "Lawyer," SC, and H. H. Howard, difficulty of amending U. S. constitution.
F 5: Clippings (1906-1908 and n.d.).
a. "Two Pictures," The Daily Oklahoman (October 8, 1906). Re: Henry E. Asp's involvement in lease bribery.
b. (1) "Sidney Clarke, Sole Survivor of Lincoln Escort Will Give Birthday Celebration Address," Daily Oklahoman (December 27, 1908). Re: speech to be given by SC at Lincoln's birthday celebration in Oklahoma City.
(2) "A Kansas Precedent," Daily Oklahoman (February 19, 1908). Re: removal of Kansas legislature from Lecompton to Lawrence as precedent for Oklahoma legislature's move to Oklahoma City according to SC.
c. (1) "Abraham Lincoln on the Money Power" (no source or date). Re: aggregated wealth in the hands of the few.
(2) "McKinley on Silver" (no source or date). Re: quote from McKinley speech which Cleveland endorsed.
d. "Indian Territory Criminals" (no source or date). Re: bringing in of thirteen criminals from Indian country.
e. (1) "The joint resolution introduced by Mr. Vest...." (no source or date). Re: "crime, fraud, and corruption" in Indian Territory.
(2) "I have just passed through...." (no source or date). Re: conditions in Indian Territory according to Senator Vest.
(3) "No Man's Land" (no source or date; article dated April 21). Re: settlement and lawlessness of public land strip.
(4) "Halters for Eight" (no source or date; article is dated February 27). Re: sentencing of Robinson Kemp to be hanged for murder of Henry Rich.
(5) "Justice Delayed Through Lack of Funds," Globe-De mocrat (n.d.); article dated January 20). Re: failure of Congress to appropriate money to run the Federal Court at Fort Smith and resultant need to call in all Deputy Marshals from the Indian country.
f. (1) "A Cherokee writing to the Vinita Chieftain...." (no source or date; quoted from Minco Minstrel[?]). Re: need for division of Indian lands to individuals.
(2) "Says It Was Due to Malice" (no source or date). Re: statement of George W. Howell concerning reason for prosecution.
(3) "Lumber!" Gazette (n.d.). Re: exposure of lumber trust boycott advocated by Richardson.
(4) "Both Were Convicted," Kansas City Times (n.d.; article dated December 21). Re: U. S. vs. Howell, Howell, and Tibbetts Case involving bribery to underweigh freight.
g. (1) "If Congressman Peel's views...." (no source or date). Re: opening of Cherokee Strip.
(2) "Another Trade Extension" (no source or date). Re: Cherokee agreement, Kansas support for Oklahoma statehood.
(3) "The Opening" by SC, The Gazette[?] (n.d.; article on reverse side dated February 28). Re: reasons for delay in opening of Kickapoo, Wichita, and Tonkawa reservations.
h. (1) "Senator Jones of Arkansas...." (no source or date). Re: bill to authorize Quanah and Oklahoma Railway Company to construct and operate a railway.
(2) "An effort is being made...." (no source or date). Re: attempt of Quanah and Oklahoma Railway to secure right of way of Guthrie and Fort Reno Railway.
(3) "The Coming Road" (no source or date). Re: filing of charter of Quanah and Oklahoma Railway.
(4) "Judge Wm. R. Reagan is in Washington...." (no source or date). Re: request for contributions to support lobbying for Indian Territory and rights of non-citizen farmer.
F 6: Clippings (n.d.).
a. (1) "Oklahoma Aftermath" (no source or date). Re: Oklahoma conference, executive committee trip to Washington to present memorial to Congress, subscription list.
(2) "The Oklahoma Bill," Lawrence Tribune (n.d.). Re: SC's trip to Washington to urge passage of Oklahoma Territory Bill, conferring en route with commercial interests in major cities, expected rapid settlement.
(3) "The Right Thing" (no source or date). Re: resolution by Congressional convention of fourth district of Kansas that U. S. representatives and senators work to secure passage bill opening Oklahoma to settlers.
b. (1) "Forced to Terms," Kansas City Times (n.d.; article dated January 12). Re: terms for consideration of Oklahoma bill in the House.
(2) "Statehood" (no source or date). Re: appointment of committee to prepare enabling act for statehood of Oklahoma and present same to Congress, SC appointed as Oklahoma County committee member. Article is incomplete.
c. (1) "We mentioned editorially last week...." (no source or date). Re: Washington trip of SC and Flynn for statehood, statehood meetings.
(2) "The Prospect for Statehood" (no source or date). Re: SC's belief concerning speedy admission to statehood of Oklahoma.
(3) "Oklahoma may not get statehood,..." (no source or date). Re: appearance of SC, Horace Speed, and William Hackney before Committee on Territories.
(4) "A Sensational Charge" (no source or date). Re: charge of financial assistance by brewers for defeat of Gallinger amendment.
d. (1) "Events in Kansas," Kansas City Times (n.d.; article dated April 24). Re: advance movement led by E. H. Nugent for settlement of Oklahoma Territory.
(2) "Hon. Sidney Clarke was the center of attraction...," El Reno Courier (n.d.). Re: praise of SC as "masterful advocate" of statehood.
(3) "Hon. Sidney Clarke [sic] came up from the South Canadian...." (no source or date). Re: SC's speech on statehood to 800 at Ben Clardy's place.
(4) "The Oklahoma delegation met in caucus...." (no source or date). Re: statehood resolution.
(5) "The Republican Norman Transcript...," Times-Journal (n.d.). Re: election of Carruthers as treasurer of Agricultural College Regents.
e. (1) "For Oklahoma" (no source or date). Re: organization of Oklahoman Columbian Educational Convention to place educational exhibit in Chicago.
(2) "A Bloomington Scandal," Bloomington (Illinois) Republic (n.d.; article dated December 12). Re: purchase of Daily Press in Oklahoma City by George M. Adams, Adams scandal.
(3) "The Oklahoma Girl," poem (no author, source, or date). Re: salute to the Oklahoma girl.
(4) "Divorce That Fails to Divorce" (no source or date). Re: case of husband (Starkweather) obtaining divorce in Oklahoma and being arrested on return to Connecticut for abandonment.
(5) "Oklahoma Homestead Company" (no source or date). Re: organization at Midland Hotel of Oklahoma homestead and town company.
f. (1) "Hon. Sidney Clarke came over to the metropolis...," Fort Scott Monitor (n.d.). Re: SC's candidacy for governorship of Arizona Territory.
(2) "Warming Brother Ingalls" (no source or date). Letter from D. T. Livermore to Hon. John J. Ingalls. Re: correspondence with "Mrs." Livermore, career of Mary A. Livermore.
(3) "Poor Ingalls" (no source or date; letter dated June 26). Letter from John J. Ingalls to William Walter Phelps of New Jersey concerning need for Republican victory in November.
g. (1) "Mothers, Look at This" (no source or date). Re: reduction of age of consent in Kansas to 12 years.
(2) "Again, there are the material interests of our city...." (no source or date). Re: putting material and social interests in the hands of non-taxpayers.
(3) "The hotel bill by John Adams...." (no source or date). Re: obtaining hotel room with intent to defraud.
(4) "He Accepted the Money" (no source or date). Re: collections from new tax on insurance companies.
(5) "We know some old Republicans...." (no source or date). Re: Ku Klux Klan atrocities.
h. (1) "Cleveland's Axe All Right," Gazette (n.d.). Re: legality of President's removal of federal officials whose term of office "holds over."
(2) "The Battle-Song of Labor," poem. Re: revolution of labor at the ballot-box.
(3) "It was most fitting...." (no source or date). Re: Republican National Convention, 1888, and the influence of millionaire leaders.
(4) "Two Members of Congress from Oklahoma" (no source or date). Re: congressional representation if Indian Territory becomes part of state.
(5) "Now the Republican League...." (no source or date). Re: Republican League's stand on coinage and silver.
i. (1) "An Injustice" (no source or date). Re: awarding of contract for printing election tickets for Logan County.
(2) "The Referendum Invoked" (no source or date). Re: use of initiative and referendum in water works controversy.
(3) "...asserted that, in...poverty and want are...." (no source or date). Re: Nebraska mortgage figures as of May 31, 1892, and mortgages for Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, and Nebraska, January 1, 1890.
F 7: Clippings and Publication (n.d.).
a. Clippings.
(1) "Early Kansas Guerilla's Body May Be in Atoka Grave" (no source or date). Re: claim that Quantrill is buried in Boggy Depot, Atoka County, description of Quantrill's raid on Lawrence, Kansas, in 1863.
(2) "John P. Ross Dead" (no source or date). Re: obituary.
b. Clippings.
(1) "Son of Noted Abolitionist Dies in Bath" (no source or date). Re: death of John Speer's son Hardin.
(2) "A Practical Lesson," Kansas City Times (n.d.; article dated November 1). Re: destruction of beet industries by protected sugar trust.
c. Clipping.
"New Watkins Memorial Hospital...." (no source or date). Photograph of University of Kansas showing Watkins Memorial Hospital, residence of Mrs. Watkins, journalism building, and Fraser Hall.
d. Publication.
Historia, Vol. 2 No. 12 (June 15, 1912). Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Publication of Oklahoma Historical Society. Contains note concerning SC's speech published in the Lawrence Standard (December, 1873) on "Taxation of Railroads in Kansas;" and the Sources of Accessions listing includes SC by his heirs.
e. Clipping.
"Charles Sumner As an Anarchist" (no source or date). Re: excerpt from a speech in the United States Senate on the Dred Scott Decision which compares the Fugitive Slave Law with historic sanctions of judicial tribunes.
f. Clippings of poems.
(1) "The Lost Amati" by William E. S. Fales, reprinted from Lippincott's Magazine (no source or date).
(2) "Never Again" by Rose Standish (no source or date).
(3) "The Hero of the Battle of Franklin" for the Lawrence Standard (no author or date).
(4) "De Old Camp Meetin'," reprinted from the Lancaster Intelligencer (no author or date).
g. Clipping.
"Poems by Eugene Field" (no source or date. Includes "With Trumpet and Drum," "At the Door," "Telling the Bees," "Little Boy Blue," and "Some Time."
F 8: Clippings and Pamphlet (n.d.).
a. Clipping.
"Prominent Townsmen like these were responsible...." The Daily Oklahoman (April 17, 1964). Photograph of important people in Oklahoma City history including SC.
b. Clippings.
(1) "Remains of Sidney Clarke Laid to Rest," Shawnee News (n.d.; article dated June 23). Re: SC's funeral.
(2) "Passing of Statehood's Father" (no source or date). Re: SC's part in Oklahoma statehood.
c. Clippings.
(1) "Passing of Statehood's Father" (no source or date). Same article as that listed in h-(2) above published in different paper.
(2) "Sidney Clarke," The Wichita Beacon (n.d.). Re: SC's political career and his part in the development of Kansas and Oklahoma.
d. Clippings and Pamphlet.
(1) Clipping. "Death of George T. [sic] Clarke" (no source or date). Re: obituary for SC's son, George Lincoln Clarke. Bottom of clipping contains first part of article, "Funeral of George Lincoln Clarke" listed in item 3 below.
(2) Clipping. "The Times-Journal is in receipt of a letter..." (no source or date). Re: refutation of suicide rumor in death of SC's son.
(3) Clippings. "Funeral of George Lincoln Clarke" (no source or date). Re: funeral and oration by SC. Two copies from different newspapers.
(4) Clipping. "We notice by the Lawrence (Kansas) papers,..." (no source or date). Re: SC's law partnership with Hon. L. D. Baily, former political opposition to SC's election.
e. Pamphlet. Harper, Jesse, The Reign of Ruin!....The Crime of False Statesmanship. Treacherous Policies....Three Letters by Jesse Harper (n.d.). Re: the lie of over-production, monetary policies of McCulloch, need for change in administrative policy. Printed. 4 pages.
f. (1) Clipping. "Murphy-Atkinson" (no source or date). Re: wedding of Prof. Edward C. Murphy and Emily Atkinson.
(2) Clipping. "Land of the Antartic" (no source or date). Re: C. Edgeberg Borchgrevinck"s voyage to the Antartic.
g. (1) Clipping. "Beachnuts....by n. b. m." (no source or date). Re: long underwear week.
(2) Clipping. "A $550 Cottage" (no source or date). Advertisement.
Box C: The Waverley Magazine (1853). Bound volume of The Waverley Magazine, Vol VI, Nos. 1-25, (January 1-June 18, 1853). 398 pp. First two pages missing and spine broken. The following items are marked:
a. "Human Progress" by SC, p. 71. Re: man's capacity for progress.
b. "An Evening Reverie" by SC, p. l89. Re: contemplation of great events in human existence.
c. "The Return of Spring" by SC, p. 328. Re: need for man to be prepared for change.
d. "The Eloquence of Nature" by SC, p. 345. Re: need for man to heed voice and principles of nature.
e. "Stop and Think" by Cautio ["E. A. Darby" written in by SC], p. 350. Re: saving trouble by stopping to think.
Oversized Boxes D-I
Sidney Clarke Collection Description