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2008.008. Preston George Collection, 1925-1993
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Language: English
Collection Summary
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Mix of some originals and some copies.
Approximately 1,400 family letters between Preston George and Maude Farrar George (mother) and 52 volumes of Preston George's writings and diaries.
Courtesy of the Oklahoma Historical Society
Preston George Collection, Oklahoma Historical Society Research Division
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format M2008.008. Manuscripts, 1925-1993
George, Maude Farrar
George, Margaret
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All originals.
The Preston George Collection contains correspondence and writings of George. The years included contain his college life and early career through his retirement. He wrote often to his mother, Maude Farrar George. His daybooks detail his work in the fields of railroad engineering and maintenance. Also included is a diary of George's experience in World War II.
Provenance: formerly UP00022
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box 1. Family correspondence, 1925 - 1928
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folder 1. Family letters, correspondence of Preston George, Stillwater, OK and Maude George, Kaw City, OK while Preston was attending college at Oklahoma State University. September 1925
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folder 2. October 1925
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folder 3. November 1925
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folder 4. December 1925
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folder 5. January 1926
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folder 6. February 1926
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folder 7. March 1926
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folder 8. April 1926
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folder 9. May 1926
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folder 10. September 1926
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folder 11. October 1926
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folder 12. November 1926
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folder 13. December 1926
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folder 14. January - March 1927
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folder 15. April - August 1927
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folder 16. September - October 1927
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folder 17. November - December 1927
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folder 18. January - February 1928
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box 2. Family correspondence, 1928 - 1930
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folder 1. Family letters, correspondence of Preston George, Stillwater, OK and Maude George, Kaw City, OK while Preston was attending college at Oklahoma State University. March - April 1928
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folder 2. May - July 1928 Preston worked over summer break at the OSU farm
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folder 3. August - September 1928
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folder 4. October - December 1928
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folder 5. January - February 1929 Preston begins working for a flood control survey in Wetumka
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folder 6. March 1929
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folder 7. April - May 1929 Preston moves to Bristow, includes some letters from college friends, etc.
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folder 8. June - October 1929
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folder 9. November - December 1929
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folder 10. January - March 1930 Preston describes survey work and names party of workers
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folder 11. April - December 1930
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box 3. Family correspondence, 1931 - 1936
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folder 1. January - March 1931
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folder 2. April - August 1931 Preston receives degree in Civil Engineering from OSU, hired by Oklahoma State Highway Commission
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folder 3. September - December 1931
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folder 4. January - April 1932
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folder 5. May - December 1932
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folder 6. January - March 1933
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folder 7. April - June 1933 includes letters to Maude from Margaret
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folder 8. July - December 1933
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folder 9. January - March 1934
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folder 10. April - December 1934
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folder 11. January - June 1935
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folder 12. July - December 1935
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folder 13. January - June 1936
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folder 14. July - December 1936
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box 4. Family correspondence, 1937 - 1944
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folder 1. January - June 1937
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folder 2. July - December 1937
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folder 3. 1938
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folder 4. 1939
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folder 5. 1940
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folder 6. 1941
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folder 7. January - June 1942
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folder 8. July - December 1942
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folder 9. January - June 1943
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folder 10. July - December 1943
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folder 11. January - May 1944
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folder 12. June - December 1944
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folder 13. undated 1944
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folder 14. Correspondence with U.S Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation regarding employment 1941 - 1943
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box 5. Family correspondence, 1945 - 1953
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folder 1. January - May 1945
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folder 2. June - December 1945
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folder 3. January - June 1946
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folder 4. July - December 1946
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folder 5. 1947
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folder 6. 1948
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folder 7. 1949
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folder 8. 1950
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folder 9. 1951
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folder 10. Correspondence of Preston and Maude 1952
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folder 11. Correspondence of Preston and Margaret 1952
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folder 12. Correspondence of Preston and Maude 1953
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folder 13. Correspondence of Preston and Margaret 1953
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box 6. Family correspondence and Preston's daybooks, 1954 -1959 / 1925 -1949
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folder 1. Family correspondence 1954
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folder 2. 1955
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folder 3. 1956
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folder 4. 1957
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folder 5. 1958
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folder 6. 1959
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folder 7. Preston's daybooks: daily entries regarding work and personal activities 1925 -1927
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folder 8. 1930 - 1931 / 1936
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folder 9. 1946 - 1949
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box 7. Daybooks, 1950 - 1969
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folder 1. 1950 - 1953
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folder 2. 1954 - 1957
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folder 3. 1958 - 1961
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folder 4. 1962 - 1965
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folder 5. 1966 - 1969
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box 8. Daybooks, 1970 - 1983
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folder 1. 1970 - 1974
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folder 2. 1975 - 1977
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folder 3. 1978 - 1979
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folder 4. 1980 - 1981
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folder 5. 1982 - 1983
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box 9. Daybooks, 1984 - 1991
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folder 1. 1984 - 1985
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folder 2. 1986 - 1987
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folder 3. 1988 - 1989
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folder 4. 1990 - 1991
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box 10. Daybooks, writings, 1942 - 1945 / 1992 - 1993
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folder 1. Daybooks 1992 - 1993
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folder 2. "My Early Recollections 1906 - 1912" written in 1942 by Preston George
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folder 3. "Our Visits to Jarbolo [KS]" by Preston George
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folder 4. Daybook entries detailing highway construction in Northwest Oklahoma 1935 - 1936
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folder 5. Recollection of 1941, handwritten by Preston George, 1942
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folder 6. Homefront diary of World War II, by Preston George June 24, 1942 - July 12, 1945
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box 11. Railroad Research
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Container List
Folder 1. Corrections to Bulletin No. 60 "The Railroads of Oklahoma".
Folder 2. "History of the Railroads of Oklahoma".
Folder 3. Fort Smith and Western Railway Company.
Folder 4. Kansas City Southern Railway Company.
Folder 5. Arkansas Western Railway Company and Poteau Valley Railroad Company.
Folder 6. Fort Smith and Van Buren Railway Company.
Folder 7. Kansas, Oklahoma, and Gulf Railway Company.
Folder 8. Midland Valley Railroad Company.
Folder 9. Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Company Construction Record.
Folder 10. Beaver, Meade, and Englewood Railroad Company Construction Record.
Folder 11. Missouri Pacific Railroad Company.
Folder 12. Northeast Oklahoma Railroad Company Construction Record.
Folder 13. Oil Fields Short Line Railroad Company.
Folder 14. Oklahoma and Arkansas Railway Company and Midland Valley Railroad Company.
Folder 15. Oklahoma and Rich Mountain Railroad Company.
Folder 16. Oklahoma Railway Company.
Folder 17. Oklahoma City-Ada-Atoka Railway Company.
Folder 18. Osage Railway Company.
Folder 19. Poteau and Cavanal Mountain Railroad.
Folder 20. Saint Louis, El Reno, and Western Railway Company.
Folder 21. Saint Louis-San Francisco Railway Company (Frisco).
Folder 22. Oklahoma-Southwestern Railway Company, Oil Feilds Short Line Railroad Company, and Sapulpa Union Railway Company.
Folder 23. St. Louis, El Reno, and Western Railway.
Folder 24. Texas, Oklahoma, and Eastern Railroad Company.
Folder 25. Okmulgee Northern Railway.
Folder 26. Webber Falls Railroad.
Folder 27. The Wichita Valley Railway.
Folder 28. Sand Springs Railway Company (Electric).
Folder 29. Lawton Railway and Lighting Company.
Folder 30. Index of Companies That Have Built or Operated Railroads or Interurban Lines in Oklahoma.
Folder 31. Railroad Research.
Folder 32. History of Railroads in Oklahoma.
Folder 33. History of the Railroads of Oklahoma by Preston George and S.R. Wood.
Folder 34. Oklahoma Central Railway Time Table.
Folder 35. History of the Railroads in Oklahoma.
Folder 36. Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railway Company.
Folder 37. Choctaw Newcastle and Western Railroad Company.
Folder 38. Fort Smith and Western Railway Company.
Folder 39. "A Short history of the Construction of the Santa Fe Railway".
Folder 40. Proposed Outline for a Book About P. George's Train Photos.
Folder 41. Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company.
Folder 42. The Healdton and Santa Fe Railway Company.
Folder 43. Correspondence Regarding Train Research.
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Audio
Cassette Tape A2008.008.01. Preston George visits with John Arge, 11/1/1991
Cassette Tape A2008.008.02. Growing up in Kaw City, Oklahoma, 5/8/1978
Cassette Tape A2008.008.03. When I was 18 to David from Pap-paw, 6/12/1988
Cassette Tape A2008.008.04. Family voices from the past 1951-1952-Burnis, Margie, Margaret Preston and Maude, 1951-1952
item A2008.008.05. Steam Tracks, undated
item A2008.008.06. Sound of Steam Trains with Time Elapse Between Trains, undated