Cartwright, Wilburn, Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner (1955-1973); Oklahoma State Auditor (1951-1955); Oklahoma Secretary of State (1947-1951); Chairman of the Committee on Roads (1933-1943); Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oklahoma (192
Person
Biographical:
Wilburn Cartwright was a lawyer, educator, politician, and United States Army officer in World War II. The town of Cartwright, Oklahoma is named after him. He self-styled himself "the most elected man in Oklahoma government" and served in elected office in both the Oklahoma House of Representatives and the Oklahoma Senate, as a school superintendent, United States House of Representatives member for Oklahoma's 3rd congressional district, Oklahoma Secretary of State, Oklahoma State Auditor, and on the Oklahoma Corporation Commission (Wikipedia).
Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:
Wilburn Cartwright Collection
Collection
Identifier: CAC-CC-010
Scope and Contents
The Cartwright Collection consists of 65 cubic feet of documents, 11 scrapbooks, over 1,300 photographs, and multiple oversize materials including maps, campaign posters, and newspapers. The materials range in date from 1898 to 1951, but the majority of the materials are from Cartwright’s life in public service as a teacher, congressman, and state official from 1909 until the 1950s. The materials include legislation, publications, newspapers and newspaper clippings, speeches, and other items...
Dates:
1898-1951
Concerns and Considerations: Correspondence from Wilburn Cartwright's Office, 1936-12-06
Item — Box 15: Series CAC_CC_010_3_0000_0000_0000; Series CAC_CC_010_4_0000_0000_0000, Folder: 10
Identifier: CAC_CC_010_3_15_10_0013
Abstract
74th (1935-1937)
Dates:
1936-12-06
Invitation for Meeting Regarding Mountain Fork River Dam Construction, 1936-01-01 - 1936-12-31
Item — Box 15: Series CAC_CC_010_3_0000_0000_0000; Series CAC_CC_010_4_0000_0000_0000, Folder: 10
Identifier: CAC_CC_010_3_15_10_0009
Abstract
74th (1935-1937)
Dates:
1936-01-01 - 1936-12-31
Invitation to Attend Meeting for Proposed Mountain Fork Dam, 1936-01-01 - 1936-12-31
Item — Box 15: Series CAC_CC_010_3_0000_0000_0000; Series CAC_CC_010_4_0000_0000_0000, Folder: 10
Identifier: CAC_CC_010_3_15_10_0012
Abstract
74th (1935-1937)
Dates:
1936-01-01 - 1936-12-31
Letter from Raklester to Mr. Cartwright: Political Affairs and Support, 1936-01-01 - 1936-12-31
Item — Box 15: Series CAC_CC_010_3_0000_0000_0000; Series CAC_CC_010_4_0000_0000_0000, Folder: 10
Identifier: CAC_CC_010_3_15_10_0005
Abstract
74th (1935-1937)
Dates:
1936-01-01 - 1936-12-31
McCurtain County Conservation, Wildlife, and Forestry Project: Request for Funding, 1936-01-01 - 1936-12-31
Item — Box 15: Series CAC_CC_010_3_0000_0000_0000; Series CAC_CC_010_4_0000_0000_0000, Folder: 10
Identifier: CAC_CC_010_3_15_10_0004
Abstract
74th (1935-1937)
Dates:
1936-01-01 - 1936-12-31
Notice of Public Hearing - Flood Control for Walnut Creek in Love and Carter Counties, Oklahoma, 1941-08-18
Item — Box 15: Series CAC_CC_010_3_0000_0000_0000; Series CAC_CC_010_4_0000_0000_0000, Folder: 18
Identifier: CAC_CC_010_3_15_18_0006
Abstract
76th (1939-1941); 77th (1941-1943)
Dates:
1941-08-18
Opposition to McCurtain County Forestry Project, 1936-11-30
Item — Box 15: Series CAC_CC_010_3_0000_0000_0000; Series CAC_CC_010_4_0000_0000_0000, Folder: 10
Identifier: CAC_CC_010_3_15_10_0003
Abstract
74th (1935-1937)
Dates:
1936-11-30
Public Hearing for Mountain Fork Dam Project, 1936-11-25
Item — Box 15: Series CAC_CC_010_3_0000_0000_0000; Series CAC_CC_010_4_0000_0000_0000, Folder: 10
Identifier: CAC_CC_010_3_15_10_0002
Abstract
74th (1935-1937)
Dates:
1936-11-25
Support for the Eagletown Project: Correspondence with House of Representative, 1935-01-01 - 1935-12-31
Item — Box 15: Series CAC_CC_010_3_0000_0000_0000; Series CAC_CC_010_4_0000_0000_0000, Folder: 9
Identifier: CAC_CC_010_3_15_9_0003
Abstract
74th (1935-1937)
Dates:
1935-01-01 - 1935-12-31