Gloria Valencia-Weber and Glenna Matthews Interviews with Dr. Angie Debo Collection
Collection
Identifier: 1985-013
Scope and Contents
Collection contains reel-to-reel tapes of conversations with Angie Debo, 1983-1985. Includes audio cassette copies and working drafts of transcripts. Interviews conducted by Dr. Gloria Valencia-Weber and Dr. Glenna Matthews.
Reel to reel and cassette tapes of interviews conducted with Angie Debo at her home in Marshall, Oklahoma. Transcripts prepared from the tapes are also available. Interviews were originally recorded on reel to reel tapes, copied to cassettes and later transcribed.
Between 1981 and 1985, Dr. Gloria Valencia-Weber and Dr. Glenna Matthews, both faculty members at Oklahoma State University at the time, conducted 17 interviews with Dr. Angie Debo. The interviewers developed questions that covered many aspects of Dr. Debo's life and philosophy. Included in the interviews are discussions of her writing and relationship with publishers, her family and hometown, her employment, her work on establishing Indian land and water rights, and on the history of Oklahoma. These interviews are an important source of information for Angie Debo's philosophies on several topics.
Reel to reel and cassette tapes of interviews conducted with Angie Debo at her home in Marshall, Oklahoma. Transcripts prepared from the tapes are also available. Interviews were originally recorded on reel to reel tapes, copied to cassettes and later transcribed.
Between 1981 and 1985, Dr. Gloria Valencia-Weber and Dr. Glenna Matthews, both faculty members at Oklahoma State University at the time, conducted 17 interviews with Dr. Angie Debo. The interviewers developed questions that covered many aspects of Dr. Debo's life and philosophy. Included in the interviews are discussions of her writing and relationship with publishers, her family and hometown, her employment, her work on establishing Indian land and water rights, and on the history of Oklahoma. These interviews are an important source of information for Angie Debo's philosophies on several topics.
Dates
- 1981 - 1985
Creator
- Valencia-Weber, Gloria. (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the Oklahoma Open Records Act (http://www.odl.state.ok.us/lawinfo/docs/2006-LibraryLaws-PartE.pdf), and other relevant regulations. Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which Oklahoma State University Libraries assumes no responsibility.
Working drafts of transcripts are provided for research use only.
Working drafts of transcripts are provided for research use only.
Conditions Governing Use
The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of copyright. Whenever possible, Oklahoma State University Archives will provide information about copyright owners and related information. Securing permission to publish or use material is the responsibility of the researcher. Note that unless specifically transferred to Oklahoma State University Libraries, any applicable copyrights may be held by another individual or entity. Copyright for material published by Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College/Oklahoma State University is held by the Board of Regents for the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges. All rights reserved.
Biographical Sketch
Angie Debo was born in Beattie, KS, in 1890, moved to Marshall, Oklahoma Territory, with her family in 1899, taught in rural schools at age 16, graduated from Marshall High School in 1913 and from the University of Oklahoma (OU) in 1918 with a degree in history. She taught history at Enid High School for four years, received a master's degree from the University of Chicago in 1924, taught at West Texas State Teachers College from 1924-1933, received a doctorate from OU in 1933, served as curator of the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, Canyon, TX, 1933-1934. In subsequent years she was primarily a researcher and writer of books on the Five Civilized Tribes, Geronimo, and the history of Native Americans and of Oklahoma. She also was a teacher, pastor, and director of the Federal Writers Project in Oklahoma. From 1947-1955 she was curator of maps at Oklahoma A&M College. After retirement in 1955 she wrote, lectured, traveled, researched family histories, served on the boards of directors of the Oklahoma Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union and the Association on American Indian Affairs, made surveys for the Indian Rights Association, and lobbied for land rights for Indians in Alaska and for water rights for the Havasupai and Pima in Arizona. She authored nine books, edited three, co-authored another, wrote many chapters, articles, and forewords, and presented numerous papers on Native Americans and Oklahoma history.
Gloria Valencia-Weber was a faculty member in the Psychology Department at Oklahoma State University at the time the interviews were conducted. She received a master's degree from Oklahoma State University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. She met Angie Debo while both were working for the Oklahoma American Civil Liberties Union. Dr. Valencia-Weber is currently the Director of the Indian Law Center at the School of Law, University of New Mexico where she teaches courses in Indian Law and Native American Rights.
Glenna Matthews possesses history degrees from San Jose State (B.A.) and an M.A. and Ph.D. from Stanford University. Her first academic position was in the History Department at Oklahoma State University. She continued her academic career at the University of California, Berkeley. Matthews is the author of Just a Housewife The Rise and Fall of Domesticity in America (Oxford UP, 1987), The Rise of Public Woman: Woman=s Power and Woman=s Place in the United States, 1630-1970 (Oxford UP, 1992), and co-author of Running as a Woman: Gender and Power in American Politics (The Free Press, 1994).
Gloria Valencia-Weber was a faculty member in the Psychology Department at Oklahoma State University at the time the interviews were conducted. She received a master's degree from Oklahoma State University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. She met Angie Debo while both were working for the Oklahoma American Civil Liberties Union. Dr. Valencia-Weber is currently the Director of the Indian Law Center at the School of Law, University of New Mexico where she teaches courses in Indian Law and Native American Rights.
Glenna Matthews possesses history degrees from San Jose State (B.A.) and an M.A. and Ph.D. from Stanford University. Her first academic position was in the History Department at Oklahoma State University. She continued her academic career at the University of California, Berkeley. Matthews is the author of Just a Housewife The Rise and Fall of Domesticity in America (Oxford UP, 1987), The Rise of Public Woman: Woman=s Power and Woman=s Place in the United States, 1630-1970 (Oxford UP, 1992), and co-author of Running as a Woman: Gender and Power in American Politics (The Free Press, 1994).
Extent
1.5 Linear feet (1 record storage box,1 slim document box)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Arranged into three series.
Location
For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog or contact the Oklahoma State University Archives Reference staff.
Processing Information
Processed by Heather M. Lloyd, 1993
Updated by Mildred L. Jackson, 1996
Updated by Mildred L. Jackson, 1996
- Alliances.
- American Civil Liberties Union.
- American Heritage.
- And Still the Waters Run.
- Anthropology -- Research.
- Apache Indians -- Interviews.
- Athletics -- Oklahoma.
- Books -- Reviews.
- Civil rights -- United States.
- Civilization of the American Indian Series.
- Conspiracy -- United States.
- Cowboys -- Songs and music.
- Debo, Angie, 1890-1988.
- Diet -- Oklahoma
- Discrimination.
- Dissertations, Academic.
- Dwellings -- Oklahoma -- Marshall.
- Federal Writers Project -- Oklahoma.
- Five Civilized Tribes.
- Grapes of Wrath.
- Hair.
- Hennessey, (Okla.)
- Historical fiction.
- History -- Methodology.
- History -- Research -- Oklahoma.
- Marshall, (Okla.)
- Mothers and daughters.
- Mothers.
- New York Times Book Review.
- Oklahoma -- History.
- Prairie City: The Story of an American City.
- Rural families.
- Russia.
- Suffrage.
- Teachers.
- Teaching.
- Treaty of Alliance.
- Tulsa, (Okla.)
Creator
- Valencia-Weber, Gloria. (Person)
- Matthews, Glenna. (Person)
- Debo, Angie, 1890-1988. (Person)
- Title
- Gloria Valencia-Weber and Glenna Matthews Interviews with Dr. Angie Debo Collection Collection Number 1985-013
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Heather M. Lloyd
- Date
- 1993
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Oklahoma State University Archives Repository
Contact:
204 Edmon Low Library
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater 74078-1071 USA
libscua@okstate.edu
204 Edmon Low Library
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater 74078-1071 USA
libscua@okstate.edu