Chapman, Berlin Basil, 1900-1995.
Person
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
Alfred Edwin Jarrell Collection
Collection
Identifier: 1992-015
Scope and Contents
Collection contains correspondence, essays, speeches, news clippings, and reminiscence of the Battle of Ingalls, relating to Alfred Edwin Jarrell (1876-1959). Much of the material is concerned with Dr. B.B. Chapman’s project to write a history of OKlahoma A&M College/Oklahoma State University. Jarrell’s essays, including “The Founding of Oklahoma A. and M. College: A Memoir” (in OSU Vertical File), are characteristic of an 1890s literary style--meandering, generalized, and slow to get to...
Dates:
1917 - 1986; Majority of material found within 1949 - 1959
Arthur Wesley Adams Collection
Collection
Identifier: 1987-035
Scope and Contents
Collection contains Berlin Basil Chapman's correspondence with the Adams family to obtain more information about Arthur Wesley Adams, the first graduate of Oklahoma A&M College. Includes Adams' diploma from OAMC.
Dates:
ca. 1950s-1980s
Ella Ewing Hunter Collection
Collection
Identifier: 1992-026
Scope and Contents
Collection contains correspondence, clippings and biographic research regarding Ella Ewing Hunter.
Dates:
1896 - 1966; Majority of material found within 1962 - 1966
Harry Edgar Thompson Papers
Collection
Identifier: 1992-029
Scope and Contents
Collection contains correspondence, mainly with B.B. Chapman; Oklahoma A&M College memorabilia; research material on the history of Oklahoma A&M and a group of autographs of prominent Oklahomans and national figures collected by Harry Edgar Thompson.
Dates:
1888-1963
Nina Belle Suits Hurst Nichols Papers
Collection
Identifier: 1992-024
Scope and Contents
Collection contains correspondence, news clippings, sheet music, photographs, poetry and the only known copy of an Omega Literary Society Certificate.
Dates:
1938-1969
Oklahoma Agricultural & Mechanical College/Oklahoma State University History Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2009-056
Scope and Content
Collection contains materials from portions of dismantling the OSURG collection, remnants of the BB Chapman collections and donations that fit most apparently in this collection. The only overriding theme is OSU and OAMC. Material in this collection provides some information on the history of the campus and its traditions.
Dates:
1889 - 1983
Oklahoma State University Xi Mu PreLaw Fraternity Records
Collection
Identifier: 1992-014
Scope and Contents
Collection contains correspondence, account journals, receipt books, news clippings, historical notes, constitution, minutes, membership lists, membership certificates, and college magazine relating to the activities of pre-law fraternity Xi Mu at Oklahoma State University and the advisor to that group, B.B. Chapman (1900-1995).
Dates:
1940 - 1950
Save Old Central Collection
Collection
Identifier: 1992-011
Scope and Contents
Collection contains correspondence and clippings, related to two campaigns by OSU alumns to save Old Central from being torn down, 1954-1986. Correspondence includes Jesse Thatcher Bost, B.B. Chapman, LeRoy Fischer, and Oliver Willham.
Dates:
1893 - 1985
Washington Irving Collection
Collection
Identifier: 1993-019
Scope and Contents
Collection contains clippings, handdrawn map, placecard, program, schedule, and correspondence regarding a tour and commemorative banquet tracing Washington Irving’s trip through Oklahoma in 1832. Also, 16 slides of Irving’s home in New York.
Dates:
1932 - 1993; Majority of material found within 1932 - 1955
William Walter Johnston Papers
Collection
Identifier: 1999-014
Scope and Contents
Collection contains correspondence beteween B.B. Chapman and William Walter Johnston regarding their research on Oklahoma A&M College's first Dean of Arts and Sciences. Also includes poetry and other writings by Johnston.
Dates:
unknown