SWOSU installing Stafford archives - documenting space history

SWOSU Reference and Digitization Librarian Phillip Fitzsimmons was interviewed by Weatherford Daily News about the newly constructed Stafford Archives in the Al Harris Library at SWOSU as well as about the SWOSU Digital Commons

Henri Temianka Correspondence; (miscellaneous)

This collection contains material pertaining to the life, career, and activities of Henri Temianka, violin virtuoso, conductor, music teacher, and author. Materials include correspondence, concert programs and flyers, music scores, photographs, and books.https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/temianka_correspondence/3246/thumbnail.jp

Tied to the Elephant: Organization and Obligation on the Overland Trail

The gold-seeking emigrants who went by the overland trail to the diggings of California seldom traveled alone. The few who did were usually men too poor to purchase a share of a wagon or, for one reason or another, unable or unwilling to work their way across the continent as hired hands. Most, however, traveled to the Pacific as part of an organization: either shareholders of joint stock companies, partners in a mess, clients of passenger lines, or members of traveling groups. In addition, there was another legal technique overland emigrants utilized when binding themselves in mutual associations-they made contracts. Most organizing contracts were made east of the Missouri River, frequently before the emigrants left home. An interesting example was negotiated during January, 1849. Called a compact, it was signed by 29 persons agreeing to form an organization that eventually took the name of the Sacramento Company