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Katherine McCollom Collection of Native American Materials

 Collection
Identifier: 2013-010

Scope and Contents

Collection contains beaded headband worn by Mrs. Tompkins (Katherine McCollom's mother) in her role as advisor for first Native American club at OSU. Letter written by Capt. Francis Tompkins June 5, 1823. Collection also contains a Cherokee roll of 1835 of Sharp Mountain, GA of Dave Weaver's family.

Dates

  • 1823, ca. 1930s

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.

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.

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Biographical Sketch

The headband was worn by Mrs. Tompkins (Katherine McCollom's mother) in her role as advisor to the first Native American student club at OSU. Roy Tompkins was the director of the Extension program at OSU.

Katherine's husband, Kenneth McCollom, was Dean of Engineering at OSU for about 15 years.

The letter in this collection was written by Captain Tompkins, who served in the Revolutionary War. This letter is believed to be a letter notifying the recipient of Captain Tompkins' brother's death. This brother's name was Colonel Christopher Tompkins.

Extent

0.003 Linear feet (1 folder)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

Arranged into one 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.

Provenance

Gift of Katherine McCollom.

Processing Information

Processed by Sarah Coates, November 2013.

Subjects

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Katherine McCollom Collection of Native American Materials Collection Number 2013-010
Status
Completed
Author
Sarah Coates
Date
November 2013
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Oklahoma State University Archives Repository

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Contact:
204 Edmon Low Library
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater 74078-1071 USA

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