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Wenner, Fred Lincoln Manuscript Collection

Coverage: 
1887–1956
Source: 
Papers, 3.33 foot

Description
Journalist. Typescripts and manuscripts (1889–1939), and newspaper clippings (n.d.) regarding the settlement and history of the territory and state of Oklahoma, with information concerning schools, cities and towns, justice, government, and religion; and correspondence (1904–1950) between Wenner and the Territorial Board for the Leasing of School Lands, of which Wenner was secretary, regarding board business, and from governors and other notable personalities of Oklahoma Territory regarding politics and government, social conditions, and early territorial history. This collection also includes a warrant issued by the city of East Guthrie, Indian Territory, (later Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory) and dated June, 1889.