Photograph Collections
Held by the Carl Albert Center

The Carl Albert Center Congressional Archives, University of Oklahoma, holds over 20,000 photographic images that are associated with the archival collections. Although most of the collections contain photographs, those with substantial numbers are listed below. For reproduction fees and guidelines, consult fee guidelines and policies governing the use of photos.

Congressional Photograph Collections

Collection Name

Dates of Photographs

Size of
Photograph Holdings

Selected Topics

Albert, Carl

1908-1994

10,504 items

  • Albert with presidents 
  • Albert with famous personalities 
  • Congressional trips 
  • Democratic National Conventions 
  • American Bicentennial events
  • events Albert attended in retirement

Bartlett, Dewey F.

1967-1978

1906 items

  • Bartlett with presidents Nixon and Ford 
  • Ft. Sill (Okla.)
  • Trips to Vietnam and Africa

Belcher, Page H.

1950s-1970s

242 items

  • McClellan-Kerr Navigation System dedication 
  • Oklahoma roads 
  • Tulsa and Oklahoma City airports 
  • Tulsa buildings

Boren, Lyle

1937-1987

204 items

  • Oklahoma road construction (1930s) 
  • Oklahoma towns (ca. 1940)
  • World War II

Camp, John N.

1969-1974

988 items

  • Camp with presidents Nixon and Ford 
  • Political Campaigns (including "Happy Camper") 
  • Oklahoma soil conservation programs 
  • NASA photos of planets, moon, and Space Shuttle proposals

Cartwright, Wilburn

1913-1950

1367 items

  • Trips to Europe, East Asia, and Mexico (1930s) 
  • Meetings of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows 
  • Public works projects (Okla., 1930s) 
  • New Deal projects involving Native Americans

Cohelan, Jeffery

1959-1971

291 Items

  • International Armed Services inspection tours, including Vietnam
  • Redwood National Park
  • District events and issues
  • Cohelan with VIPs
  • Official portraits and family pictures

Disney, Wesley E.

1935-1943

108 items

 

Douglas, Helen Gahagan

1920s-1970s

1074 items

  • Douglas with Melvyn Douglas 
  • Douglas in theatrical performances and the movie She 
  • Douglas with famous personalities (including Eleanor Roosevelt) 
  • political campaigns (including Richard Nixon's 1950 campaign literature) 
  • Dust Bowl refugees and migrant labor camps (1930s) 
  • Cairo refugee camp for Yugoslavians (1945) 

Edmondson, J. Howard

1958-1964

251 items

  • 1958 gubernatorial campaign 
  • Oklahoma State Capitol complex 
  • Cuban missile sites 
Edwards, Mickey
1979-1990
35 items
 

Gallagher, Cornelius E.

1958-1972

71 items

 

Garber, Milton C.

[1938-1945]

14 items

 

Gassaway, Percy L.

ca. 1920s-1940s

7 items

 

Harris, Fred R.

1963-1975

1390 items

  • Trips to South America, South Korea, and Mexico 
  • political campaigns 
  • Manned Space Craft Center (Houston, Tex.) 
  • LaDonna Harris

Kerr, Robert S.

1940-1962

2241 items

  • 1944 Democratic National Convention 
  • Kerr's 1952 presidential campaign 
  • President Truman's 1948 presidential campaign in Oklahoma 
  • President Kennedy's visit to Kerr's ranch, Big Cedar 
  • Military bases (Okla., 1940s) 
  • Federally financed buildings (Okla.) 
  • Construction and dedication of dams, ports, and bridges (Okla.) 

Lee, Josh

1910s-1957

199 items

  • Lee with other politicians
  • Denison Dam construction 
  • Gene Autry

McClintic, James V.

ca. 1940s

14

 

McCurdy, Dave

1980-1994

1503 items

  • Armed Services and Intelligence oversight trips to Central America, Asia, and the Soviet Union
  • Democratic Leadership Council events
  • Congressional Baseball Games
  • Oklahoma military bases
  • 4th district events and constituents

McKeown, Thomas D.

ca. 1920s-1930s

6 items

 

Monroney, Mike

1960-1968

455 items

  • political campaigns 
  • Senate subcommittee hearings 
  • Tulsa and Oklahoma City aviation facilities 

Morris, Toby

1947-1960

87 items

 

Peden, Preston E.

1947-1948

25 items

 

Schwabe, George B.

1947-1948

22 items

 

Steed, Tom

1935-1980

787 items

  • Steed with Presidents Kennedy and Johnson
  • Congressional trips to South Pole, Lebanon, and Central America
  • U. S. Customs and Coast Guard operations (including confiscated contraband)
  • Vietnam War

Stigler, William G.

1918-1952

108 items

 

Thomas, Elmer

1923-1950

1893 items

  • Presidents Franklin Roosevelt and Truman 
  • Congressional trips to Alaska, U. S. military bases, and Europe 
  • Public works projects (Okla., Calif., and other states; 1930s) 
  • Native Americans (Okla., Calif., 1920s-1930s)

Weaver, Claude

[1880-1945]

13 items

 

Wickersham, Victor E.

ca. 1940s-1950s

43 items

 

Wilson, George H.

1940-1969

16 items

 

Collections from legislative and political aides, journalists, scholars, and organizations:

Collection Name (Occupation)

Dates of Photographs

Size of Photograph Holdings

Congressional Sunbelt Caucus

1981-1995

153 items

Cromley, Allan
(Washington Bureau reporter for the Daily Oklahoman)

[1960s-1980s]

30 items

Culver, Harry
(UPI reporter)

1963-1989

20 items

Meek, John M.
(Coordinator of 1968 Democratic National Convention)

1952-1968

14 items

Monroe, Jim
(Press Secretary and Administrative Assistant to Sen. Fred R. Harris)

mid 1960s

16 items

Rothbaum, Julian J.
(Oil and gas executive and philanthropist)

1963-2003

113 items

Short, Beth Campbell
(Press secretary to Sen. A. S. Monroney)

[1959-1960]

47 items

Stephenson, Malvina
(Press secretary to Sen. Robert S. Kerr)

1954-1963

139 items

The paper collections are also summarized. For more information on the archival holdings, please contact the Carl Albert Center.


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