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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