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Logsdon, Guy William, 1934-2018

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1934-05-31 - 2018-02-05

Biography

Guy William Logsdon was born on May 31, 1934, in Ada, Oklahoma, to Guy and Mattie Marsalas Logsdon. He received his Masters degree in Library Science and his Doctorate of Education from the University of Oklahoma. For his dissertation he wrote the history of the University of Tulsa up to 1970. In 1967, Guy became Director of Libraries at the University of Tulsa. He was working on a second history of the University of Tulsa from 1970 to the present when he passed away on February 5, 2018.

Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:

Harold Leventhal proletarian archive, 1900 - 1975

 Collection
Identifier: 2006.003.1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This archive, and its accompanying library, were acquired by Guy Logsdon, then Library Director, in 1977. It is ascribed to Harold Leventhal, who was a folk music manager, handling such musicians as the Weavers, Woody Guthrie, Peter, Paul and Mary and Joan Baez. This archive includes an selection of correspondence of the noted activist Ammon Hennacy as well as biographical materials.

Dates: 1900 - 1975

Harold Leventhal proletarian library, 1885 - 1978

 Collection
Identifier: 2006.003
Scope and Contents

363 titles have been separated and have been cataloged separately. Search for these in the library's catalog with the subject heading of "Harold Leventhal proletarian library".

Dates: 1885 - 1978

Hinkel, John Walter

 File
Identifier: 2006.012.7
Scope and Contents From the File: An artificial collection that consists of materials pertaining to Oklahoma and Oklahomans in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and is not part of any other collection.The Oklahoma Collection subsumes the old Oklahoma Ephemera, Oklahoma Historical Photos and Docs and Oklahoma Maps collections. Ephemera was a remnant of the McFarlin Reference Department's vertical files, the larger portion having been sent to the Tulsa City-County Library, which was kept during the late 1940s...
Dates: 1864 - 1991

"Johnny Lee Wills Reunion"

 Item
Scope and Contents

Announcement poster; photographs by Guy Logsdon; signed by Guy Logsdon.

Dates: 1973 - 1984

KWGS, 1972 - 1973

 File — Box 7: [Barcode: 000021838057], Folder: 3

KWGS, 1973 - 1979

 File — Box 7: [Barcode: 000021838057], Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

Memo from Edwin Strong on the resignation of Gary Chew, Newletters.

Dates: 1973 - 1979

KWGS, 1975

 File — Box 7: [Barcode: 000021838057], Folder: 5

Letter from Guy Logsdon to Laura Jackson, 1976-07-7

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 19
Identifier: 1976.004.1.19.003
Scope and Contents

"We are happy to cooperative with you and to assist you in any way possible. The two collections were purchased from Ellsworth Mason; possibly you are familiar with the collections."

"...The Laura Riding Jackson material is as follows:"

Dates: 1976-07-7

Letter from J. Howard Woolmer to Guy Logsdon, 1976-06-11

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 19
Identifier: 1976.004.1.19.001
Scope and Contents

"I think that I mentioned when I was in Tulsa that Laura Riding wanted a listing of the Riding material in the Tulsa collections. I sent her a list of the books, but she is interested in learning whether or not there are any manuscripts."

Dates: 1976-06-11

Letter from J. Howard Woolmer to Laura Jackson, 1976-08-27

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 2
Identifier: 1976.004.2.2.019
Scope and Contents

"I spoke to Guy Logsdon this afternoon and he assures me that the Laura Riding Jackson collection is being kept seperate (and shelved seperately) from the Graves collection. The two books you mentioned, Survey of Modernist Poetry and the Pamphlet Against Anthologies belong to the Jackson collection and will be cross-referenced to the Graves collection."

Dates: 1976-08-27

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