Barbara Bockelman Papers

Collection

Identifier: 1999-377

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Collection contains published poetry, magazine and newspaper articles, and a book. Also included are unpublished poems and short stories and an unpublished book-length manuscript entitled, A Permanent Home. The thematic focus of the writing is life in western Oklahoma during the 1930s and 1940s including the Dust Bowl period.

Dates

1977 - 2002

Creator

Bockelman, Barbara Jean Hinkle, 1927- (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

Barbara Jean Hinkle Bockelman was born in Wichita, Kansas in 1927. Her grandmother and her grandmother’s second husband raised her from the age of 18 months old. In 1932 She came to Oklahoma with her grandparents. In 1936 they settled on the land that the Bockelman’s home today is on near Slapout, Beaver County, Oklahoma.

She attended Laverne High School in Harper County and married Vernor Bockelman in 1945. They had four children. When her youngest child was a year and a half old she began work on her college degree and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in language arts and journalism education from Northwestern Oklahoma State University in Alva. Mrs. Bockelman also pursued additional study at the University of Oklahoma’s School of Professional Writing. She taught language arts and journalism for 13 years at Laverne High School and served as the school newspaper and yearbook advisor.

Mrs. Bockelman has interviewed many local residents about their experiences in the Dust Bowl and about life in the Oklahoma Panhandle. She is a published writer and cowboy poet. In November 2001, she and her husband participated in the OSU Library’s oral history project focusing on Oklahoma women’s experiences in the Dust Bowl.

Extent

0.4 Linear feet (1 document box)

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 Barbara Bockelman, November 2001, June 2002.

Related Archival Materials

Coll 2006-046, Dust Bowl Oral History Project Collection.

Oral History Interview

An Oral History interview with Barbara and her husband, Vernor, was conducted by Steven Kite and Jennifer Paustenbaugh for the "Dust, Drought, and Dreams Gone Dry: Oklahoma Women and the Dust Bowl" project at Oklahoma State University. The interview can be accessed here: http://dc.library.okstate.edu/cdm/ref/collection/Dustbowl/id/3073