W. David Baird Papers

Collection

Identifier: 1988-022

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, offprints, photographs, research material, and reports collected by W. David Baird. Subjects include Baird’s research on Native Americans, medicine in Arkansas, and Peter Pitchlynn. Also includes material on Baird’s tenure as department head of Oklahoma State University History department, participation in Pleasant Valley Restoration Project and Stillwater Middle School-South High task force, and correspondence regarding Angie Debo and Charles Banks Wilson.

Dates

1968 - 1988

Creator

Baird, W. David, 1939- (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.

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.

Further information about copyright policy can be obtained by contacting Oklahoma State University Archives by email at libscua@okstate.edu or by phone at 405-744-6311.

Biographical Sketch

William David Baird (b. July 8, 1939, Edmond, OK) received his AA from George Washington University (1959), BA from Central (OK) State University (1961), and his MA and PhD from the University of Oklahoma (1965, 1969). He served as assistant to Congressman John Jarman from 1957-1964. He joined the faculty at the University of Arkansas (1968-1978) and then moved to the history department at Oklahoma State University in 1978 as chairman. He stepped down from department head in 1984, and later joined the faculty at Pepperdine (Malibu, CA) as Howard A. White Professor of History in 1988. Also in 1988, he was elected president of Phi Alpha Theta. Baird’s research interests include Native Americans and Western history. His publications include books on Peter Pitchlynn (1968, 1972), the Quapaw Indians (1975, 1980, 1989), nineteenth-century medicine (1977, 1979), and Chief G.W. Grayson (1988). While at OSU, Baird served as state coordinator for History Day from 1980 to 1988, and helped coordinate the Southwest Cultural Heritage Festival in 1980 through 1983.

Extent

5 Linear feet (4 record storage boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

Arranged into four 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 W. David Baird, 1988

Related Archival Materials

Related Collections: History Department (1996-107), National History Day (1997-062), Southwest Cultural Heritage Festival (1997-061), Will Rogers Research Project (1983-005)

Separated Materials

Will Rogers Project material was removed to 83-005. National History Day material was removed and accessioned as 97-062. Southwest Cultural Heritage Festival material was removed and accessioned as 97-061. History Department material was removed to 96-107.

Confidential material such as student evaluations, student papers, grades, etc. was removed from collection.

Duplicates, other publications, and ephemeral material was removed from collection. Note: correspondence files have not been fully weeded. Confidential material has been removed but remaining material has not been evaluated.

The following titles have been removed and cataloged separately:

-Pleasant Valley Restoration Task Force Final Report Presented to the Board of City Commissioners, Stillwater, Oklahoma, April 20, 1987.

-Adaptive Re-Use Feasibility Study for the Middle School-South High Task Force, Stillwater, Oklahoma. Coleman Ervin Johnston, Architects and Engineers.

-Old Middle School--South High Adaptive Re-Use Task Force Report Presented to the Board of City Commissioners, Stillwater, Oklahoma, Dec. 21, 1987.

-Outside Academe: New Ways of Working in the Humanities--A Report on the conference Independent Research Institutions and Scholarly Life in the 1980s.