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2008.030. Chouteau Memorial Collection, 1938-1980

December 17, 2020

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Collection Summary

Title
Chouteau Memorial Collection, 1938-1980
Repository Number
2008.030
Repository
Oklahoma Historical Society, Research Archives
Other/Variant Title
Chouteau Memorial Collection
Quantity
2 legal size boxes, 3 oversized folders

Administrative Information

Originals/Duplicates

Mix of some originals and some copies.

Scope and Content

The Chouteau Memorial opened in Salina, Oklahoma by the descendents of Jean Pierre Chouteau. It closed its doors in 1993, only to be reopened in 1997 with a ceremony which included famed ballerina Yvonne Chouteau. The collection contains several pieces of ephemera from the Chouteau family including certificates of proclamation of Historical Day, which is celebrated in October every year in Salina, Oklahoma. There is also a folder of correspondence from C. E. Chouteau to the curator of the Memorial from the 1980s.

There is also a box of historical data from the city of Salina, such as board meeting minutes, claims, ledgers, and city correspondence.

Some other material in the collection includes three photo albums containing 71 photographs and tintypes; 1 scrapbook; 1 letter; 1 autograph book; 1 pocket New Testament; 1, 8" x 10" photograph in folder; and 5 loose photographs.

Use/Re-use Restrictions

Courtesy of the Oklahoma Historical Society

Preferred Citation

Chouteau Memorial Collection, Oklahoma Historical Society Research Division

Acquisition Information

Accession No. 2008.30.1. Acquired 2008-03-17

Processing Information

Released on 2008-09-26.

format M2008.030. Manuscripts, 1938-1980

Other/Variant Title
Chouteau Memorial
Quantity
2 legal size boxes, 3 oversized folders

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Accession No. 2008.30.1. Acquired 2008-03-17

Processing Information

Released on 2008-09-26.

box 1. City of Salina Material, 1938-1980

Other/Variant Title
M2008.030 location 1522.02

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Accession No. 2008.30.1. Acquired 2008-03-17

Processing Information

Released on 2008-09-26.

folder 1. City of Salina claims, 1939-1942

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Accession No. 2008.30.1. Acquired 2008-03-17

Processing Information

Released on 2008-09-26.

folder 2. City of Salina claims, 1943

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Accession No. 2008.30.1. Acquired 2008-03-17

Processing Information

Released on 2008-09-26.

folder 3. City of Salina claims, 1944-1948, 1963

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Accession No. 2008.30.1. Acquired 2008-03-17

Processing Information

Released on 2008-09-26.

folder 4. City of Salina Correspondence

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Accession No. 2008.30.1. Acquired 2008-03-17

Processing Information

Released on 2008-09-26.

folder 5. Salina, OK Board of Trustees Session Books, 1938-1945

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Accession No. 2008.30.1. Acquired 2008-03-17

Processing Information

Released on 2008-09-26.

folder 6. Board Meeting Minutes, 1959

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Accession No. 2008.30.1. Acquired 2008-03-17

Processing Information

Released on 2008-09-26.

folder 7. Federal Income and Audit System, 1938-1945

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Accession No. 2008.30.1. Acquired 2008-03-17

Processing Information

Released on 2008-09-26.

box 2. Chouteau family and Memorial information, 1938-1980

Other/Variant Title
M2008.030 location 1522.03

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Accession No. 2008.30.1. Acquired 2008-03-17

Processing Information

Released on 2008-09-26.

folder 1. Chouteau Family Information

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Accession No. 2008.30.1. Acquired 2008-03-17

Processing Information

Released on 2008-09-26.

folder 2. Oklahoma Historical Day Proclamations and Celebrations

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Accession No. 2008.30.1. Acquired 2008-03-17

Processing Information

Released on 2008-09-26.

folder 3. C. E. Chouteau Correspondence, 1938-1963

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Accession No. 2008.30.1. Acquired 2008-03-17

Processing Information

Released on 2008-09-26.

folder 4. Chouteau Museum Correspondence, 1980

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Accession No. 2008.30.1. Acquired 2008-03-17

Processing Information

Released on 2008-09-26.

folder 5. Books of Poems and Recipes

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Accession No. 2008.30.1. Acquired 2008-03-17

Processing Information

Released on 2008-09-26.

folder 6. New Testament Bible, Autograph book and ledger

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Accession No. 2008.30.1. Acquired 2008-03-17

Processing Information

Released on 2008-09-26.

folder 7. Paper Picture book

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Accession No. 2008.30.1. Acquired 2008-03-17

Processing Information

Released on 2008-09-26.

folder 8. Oklahoma Historical Information

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Accession No. 2008.30.1. Acquired 2008-03-17

Processing Information

Released on 2008-09-26.

folder 9. Miscellaneous booklets

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Accession No. 2008.30.1. Acquired 2008-03-17

Processing Information

Released on 2008-09-26.

folder 10. Newspaper clippings

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Accession No. 2008.30.1. Acquired 2008-03-17

Processing Information

Released on 2008-09-26.

format 2. Photographs

Quantity
Approximately one cubic foot

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Accession No. 2008.30.1. Acquired 2008-03-17

Processing Information

Released on 2008-09-26.

box 1. Box

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Accession No. 2008.30.1. Acquired 2008-03-17

Processing Information

Released on 2008-09-26.

photograph black and white 21217.AL.l8.r. FASHION - MEN - PHOTO BY LOOMIS, FREDONIA, KS

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Accession No. 2008.30.1. Acquired 2008-03-17

Processing Information

Released on 2008-09-26.

Collection Files

photograph black and white 21217.FG.1. Susie C. Taylor, a teacher at the Cherokee Orphanage, c. 1897 - 1898

Other/Variant Title
Fused Glass

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Accession No. 2008.30.1. Acquired 2008-03-17

Processing Information

Released on 2008-09-26.

Collection Files

photograph black and white 21717.AL.1.l17/18. Fashion - Women

Other/Variant Title
Tintype

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Accession No. 2008.30.1. Acquired 2008-03-17

Processing Information

Released on 2008-09-26.

Collection Files

photograph black and white 21217.AL.3.l1.o. fashion - women - photo by charles c. glass, coffeyvile, ks., 1894

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Accession No. 2008.30.1. Acquired 2008-03-17

Processing Information

Released on 2008-09-26.

Collection Files

Index Terms

Media
photographs