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Donald C. & Elizabeth M. Dickinson Research Center
• Archive & Finding Aids
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ASHBY - Mrs. Grant E. Ashby Rodeo Collection
Correspondence with Vera McGinnis and other early rodeo cowgirls, along
with photographs and other items relating to Tex Austin's 1924 and 1934
London rodeos.
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BLAKELY - Reba Perry Blakely Papers
Papers and photographs of rodeo performer and researcher Reba Perry Blakely.
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DOUBLEDAY - Ralph R. Doubleday Rodeo Photographs
Over 4,000 photographic negatives taken by one of the earliest and best
rodeo photographers.
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GILBERT - Estelle Gilbert Papers
Papers and photographs of Estelle Gilbert, a horsewoman, rodeo performer,
and longtime friend of Rodeo Hall of Fame steer wrestler Mike Hastings.
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GREGORY - Bern Gregory Rodeo Photographs
Over 86,000 photographic negatives and slides of Midwestern and Southeastern
rodeos taken between 1958 and 1988.
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HELFRICH - DeVere Helfrich Rodeo Photographs
Over 37,000 photographic negatives and log books documenting Midwestern
and West Coast rodeos between
1941 and 1970.
• MCCARROLL
- The Bruce McCarroll Collection of the Bonnie & Frank McCarroll Rodeo
Archives
Over 850 photographic postcards featuring
Frank and Bonnie McCarroll, rodeo, and other historical subjects. The
collection also includes photographic prints, panoramics and a scrapbook.
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PORTER - Willard Porter Rodeo Collection
Rodeo photographic postcards, rodeo programs, subject files, and research
on the 1924 and 1934 London rodeos, including 62 passport photos of rodeo
performers from the London rodeos.
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RODEO - Collection of Rodeo Programs and Ephemera
Includes more than 1,500 souvenir programs, daily programs, brochures,
prize lists, rules, and other ephemera from a wide variety of rodeos throughout
the United States and several foreign countries.
• SHOEMAKER - Arthur Shoemaker
Collection on Henry Grammer
A research collection documenting the short, tumultuous life of rodeo
performer Henry Grammer assembled by Oklahoma writer and amateur historian
Arthur Shoemaker.
• STUDER - Carl Studer
Scrapbook and Ephemera Collection
Documents the business of rodeo promoter, Anvil Park and Amusement Company,
Inc. from 1927 to 1931, along with rodeo advertising posters and five
rodeo clippings scrapbooks dating from 1921 to 1941.
