Chapman, J. A. (James Allen), 1881-1966

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A photograph of James A. Chapman and Horace G. Barnard during a cattle shipment to the Blackland railroad stop on the Midland Valley Railway. These photographs were taken for a Life Magazine article that was never written. It is believed that more cattle were shipped from the Chapman-Barnard Ranch through Blackland during World War II than anywhere else in the country.

Scope and Contents A photograph of James A. Chapman and Horace G. Barnard during a cattle shipment to the Blackland railroad stop on the Midland Valley Railway. These photographs were taken for a Life Magazine article that was never written. It is believed that more cattle were shipped from Blackland during World War II than anywhere else in the country. Photographer’s caption: “J. A. Chapman and H. G. Barnard at the pens in Blackland. The owners were active hands-on cattlemen who relished their time on...

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A photograph of James A. Chapman, Ben Johnson Sr., Horace G. Barnard at the Chapman-Barnard Ranch, during a cattle shipment to the Blackland railroad stop on the Midland Valley Railway. These photographs were taken for a Life Magazine article that was never written. It is believed that more cattle were shipped from Blackland during World War II than anywhere else in the country.

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A photograph of James A. Chapman, R. B. Kelley the “railway agent”, Horace G. Barnard, Ben Johnson Sr., at the Chapman-Barnard Ranch, during a cattle shipment to the Blackland railroad stop on the Midland Valley Railway. These photographs were taken for a Life Magazine article that was never written. It is believed that more cattle were shipped from Blackland during World War II than anywhere else in the country.

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A photograph of James A. Chapman, Ben Johnson Sr, Horace G. Barnard, at the Chapman-Barnard Ranch, during a cattle shipment to the Blackland railroad stop on the Midland Valley Railway. These photographs were taken for a Life Magazine article that was never written. It is believed that more cattle were shipped from Blackland during World War II than anywhere else in the country.

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Two promissory notes from 1919, one from J. A. Chapman, the first check ever written by the Prairie Oil and Gas Co. (1901), typed history of The University of Tulsa (1921).

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2 negatives of different formal portraits.

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1 print

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Newsclippings and photocopied newsclippings regarding the Chapman estate, the McFarlin estate and the 1969 purchase of the McFarlin Mansion by Bob McCormack.

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Bewsclippings and articles.