O.C. and Marjorie Bailey Collection
1910-1989
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BUSINESS/PROFESSIONAL - OIL
1. Arkansas Board of Conservation
2. Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission - Correspondence
3. Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission - News Clippings
4. Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission - Reports/Speeches/Presentations
5. Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission - Reports/Speeches/Presentations
6. Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission - Reports/Speeches/Presentations
7. Federal Oil Regulation
8. Independent Petroleum Association
9. Interstate Oil Compact Commission
10. Lion Oil Allocation Methods
11. Magnolia Oil Jubilee
12. Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association
13. Oil - Miscellaneous
14. Oil Prices - 1939
15. Oil Progress Week
16. Petroleum Regulatory Commission
17. War-Time Oil Supply
BUSINESS/PROFESSIONAL - OTHER
18. Greater El Dorado Committee
19. Politics, O.C. Bailey
20. Politics, Miscellaneous
PERSONAL
21. Marjorie Hedrick
22. O. C. Bailey
23. Obituaries/Notices/Memorials
24. Funeral Service Records, O.C. Bailey
25. Hedrick Family History
26. Hedrick Family History
27.
28. Gorman Estate
29. Activities/Clubs/Organizations
30. Hendrix College - Correspondence
31. Hendrix College - Miscellaneous
32.
33. Salem College
34. University of Arkansas,
MISCELLANEOUS
35. Miscellaneous
Artifacts/Memorabilia:
1. Ink pen in case, Ouachita Baptist University.
2. Mounted silver tiger, "Ouachita Baptist University."
3. Staircase post from "Old North Dorm, 1891-1972, Ouachita Baptist University."
4. Plaque: O. C. Bailey from Greater El Dorado Committee, 1958.
5. Plaque: O. C. Bailey from Official Board, First Methodist Church, El Dorado, 1956.
6. Plaque: Marjorie H. Bailey from Ouachita Baptist University "200 For The Future," 1985-86.
7. Plaque: Marjorie Bailey from Ouachita Baptist University "Circle of Excellence," 1989.
8. Plaque: Marjorie H. Bailey from Boy Scouts of America, "Leadership Member," n.d.
9. Plaque: Mrs. O. C. Bailey from Boy Scouts of America, "Leadership Member," n.d.
10. O.C. Bailey, Distinguished Alumnus, Ouachita Baptist University, 1955 (embossed folder containing certificate).
11. Shriner hats [4] and cases [4].
12. Unidentified hand-painted fabric.
13. Plaque: Marjorie H. Bailey from University of Arkansas, Old Main Society, n.d.
14. Doctor of Law Hood, University of Arkansas, 1954.
15. Small leather documents case, "O. C. Bailey, Hope, Ark."
Diplomas/Certificates:
Diploma, Washington High School, 1910. [Olin Cavanaugh Bailey]
Certificate, piano, 1916. [Marjorie Hedrick]
Commission, Hempstead County Circuit Clerk, 1919. [O.C. Bailey]
Membership certificate, 32nd Degree Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, 1925. [Olin Cavanaugh Bailey]
Certificate, Noble of the Mystic Shrine, Al Amin Temple of Little Rock, 1925.
Fifty-year certificate, Grand Lodge of the Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Tennessee, 1945. [J.P. Hedrick]
Certificate, Executive Committee (1942-45, 1950-51), Independent Petroleum Association of America, 1951. [O.C. Bailey]
Diploma, Doctor of Law, University of Arkansas, 1954 [Olin C. Bailey]
Membership certificate, Faubus Official Family, 1960s. [O.C. Bailey]
Certificate of Appreciation, Salvation Army, 1966. [Olin C. Bailey]
Stock certificate, "Oil Celebration, Inc." 1971.
Hedrick Coat of Arms, 1973.
Bailey Coat of Arms, 1973.
Henry Coat of Arms, 1973.
Membership certificate, Arkansas Economic Council, State Chamber of Commerce, n.d. [O.C. Bailey]
Patron for Birthday Ball for the President, n.d. [Mr. and Mrs. O.C. Bailey]
Leadership Award, DeSoto Area Council, Boy Scouts of America. [O.C. Bailey]
Friend of Scouting, DeSoto Area Council, Boy Scouts of America. [Mrs. O.C. Bailey]
BOX 5
Printed Materials:
The Criterion: 1920, 1921. Statesboro High School, Statesboro, Georgia.
Puffs and Patches: 1916. Centenary College, Cleveland, Tennessee.
The Rosemary: A Year Book, 1915. Sullins College, Bristol, Virgina.
Chanticleer: 1968. Cocke County High School, Newport, Tennessee. [Includes photographs of Swanee Hedrick and Marjorie Hedrick Bailey at dedication of Hedrick Field.]
American Heritage. Vol. XIII, No. 2 (February 1962). [Includes article, "Jewish Cemetery at Newport."]
Holy Bible. New York: James Pott and Co., n.d.
Holy Bible. New York: Thomas Nelson & Sons, [ca. 1905].
Holy Bible. New York: American Bible Society, 1872. [Name inside cover, "W. W. Hedrick." Contains Hedrick family records.]
Holy Bible. Lunenburg, Massachusetts: Edmund Cushing, 1825. [Contains Hedrick family records.]
Holy Bible. [Introductory pages missing, contains Gorman family records. Very fragile.]
TRANSFERRED FROM COLLECTION
Printed Materials:
*Ouachitonian: 1912, 1914, 1958.
*Baptist Advance: 11 June 1914. [O.C. Bailey on front page]
Cole, Octavius, ed. The Scrapbook of Arkansas Literature: An Anthology for the General Reader. United States: American Caxton Society Press, 1939.
Godshalk, Rolfe, ed. Newport. N.p.: The Clifton Club, 1970.
O'Neil, Duay and Nan O'Neil. Cocke County, Tennessee: Cemetery Records. Vol. II and III. N.p.: n.d.
Recollections of Our Heritage, Cocke County [TN]. 1985.
The American Revolution: Three Views. American Brands, 1975.
*The Knoxville [TN] Journal: 12 November 1940.
Photographs:
(Added to OBU Photograph Collection as #10)
10.1 - Bailey Family - ca. 1907. From left: O.C., Gentry holding baby girl, and Margaret
10.2 - O.C. and Marjorie Bailey with another couple at special occasion - 1955
10.3 - Marjorie Bailey picking flowers in her yard - 1954
10.4 - Marjorie Bailey in yard of El Dorado home - 1958
10.5 - O.C. and Marjorie Bailey in their home - Christmas
10.6 - Group at El Dorado Country Club - 5/4/1954
(a) Left to right: Joe K. Mahony, C.E. Palmer, Edwin Clark, T.H. Barton, Peter Watzek, Warren Bray, A.C. Neel, O.C. Bailey, Albert Rowell
(b) Left to right, beginning on side of table facing camera: Joe K. Mahony, C.E. Palmer, Edwin Clark, T.H. Barton, Peter Watzek, Warren Bray, A.C. Neel, O.C. Bailey, Albert Rowell, John Carter, Sam Babb, C.N. Barton, W.C. Norman, D.H. Thurston, Henry Yocum, W.D. Meacham, Van Wilson, Thornton Alexander, R.B. Wilson, Louis Hurley, Russell Marks, M.C. Hoover, W.C. Alley, Kavanaugh Dodson.
10.7 - Marjorie Bailey and O.C. Bailey's sister on Royal Caribbean cruise
10.8 - O.C. and Marjorie Bailey dining with group in New York
10.9 - O.C. and Marjorie Bailey in their home at Christmas
10.10 - Bailey Family - miscellaneous
10.11 - O.C. Bailey at meeting
10.12 - O.C. and Marjorie Bailey at their home in El Dorado
10.13* - Unidentified woman
10.14 - Ouachita River, O.C. Bailey on board the S.S. Lipscomb - 2/24/1959
10.15 - O.C. Bailey talking with four other men - 1960s
10.16 - O.C. Bailey dining with group - 1967
10.17* - Carolyn Kyker Kickliter wedding picture, Newport, TN
10.18* - Unidentified girl [by Jarrell's Studio, Winston-Salem, NC]
10.19* - Marjorie Bailey - 1934
10.20* - O.C. Bailey
10.21 - O.C. Bailey at ?high school? graduation with other graduates
10.22* - O.C. Bailey - 1950
10.23* - Shrine Class, including O.C. Bailey - Little Rock - 11/28/1925
10.24* - World War I unit
10.25* - World War I unit - "3rd Co. 5th Bn. Capt. Lee Comd."
10.26* - "A. and A.S. Rite, Valley of Little Rock" - November 1925
10.27 - O.C. Bailey in group of men
10.28 - Margaret Bailey (mother of O.C. Bailey)
10.29 - Swanee Hedrick and Marjorie Bailey at dedication of Hedrick Field - 1960s
10.30 - Graduating class of girls, including Marjorie Hedrick
10.31 - O.C. Bailey and unidentified men
10.32* Gentry and Margaret Stephens Bailey Family - Hempstead County, ca. 1910 (includes O.C. Bailey)
10.33* Unidentified woman, possibly sister of O.C. Bailey [by Witzel, Los Angeles]
10.34* Methodist church group - ca. 1910
10.35* Unidentified child, believed to be neice of O.C. Bailey
10.36 Family group, including Marjorie Hedrick as a teenager
10.37* O.C. Bailey (proofs)
10.38 O.C. and Marjorie Bailey walking
10.39* O.C. Bailey
10.40 O.C. and Marjorie Bailey at their old El Dorado home with another couple
10.41 O.C. Bailey with dog in yard of Bailey home
10.42 Marjorie Bailey outdoors
10.43 Marjorie Bailey and Swanee Hedrick outdoors
10.44 O.C. Bailey as a young man
10.44 O.C. Bailey with younger sister - ca. 1905
10.46 Interior of Bailey home
10.47 Bailey Home in El Dorado (wood exterior)
10.48 O.C. Bailey in cap and gown
10.49 Girls group, including Marjorie Hedrick
10.50 Swanee Hedrick as a young woman
10.51 O.C. and Marjorie Bailey in their home - Christmas, late 1960s
10.52 O.C. and Marjorie Bailey - faces on cartoons possibly from Happy Hollow, Hot Springs
10.53 O.C. and Marjorie Bailey with Margaret Bailey - 1950s
10.54 Mississippi Oil and Gas Board and Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission
10.55 O.C. Bailey at microphone on stage
10.56* O.C. Bailey walking on sidewalk
10.57 Unidentified homes/scenery
10.58 Bailey home on Calion Road, El Dorado
10.59 O.C. Bailey Hall - Ouachita Baptist University
10.60 Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission hearing - 7/21/1954
Left to right: Ed Hollyfield, R.S. Warnock, J.D. Reynolds, O.C. Murphy, Basil Hoag, O.C. Bailey, J.C. Landes, P.M. McLaughlin
10.61 Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission hearing, Union County Court House - 10/19/1950
Left to right around table: J.C. Landes, R.S. Warnock, Ed Hollyfield, Basil Hoag, O.G. Murphy, O.C. Bailey, S.T. Busey.
In background: Garland Goodwin, Ralph Dumas, Paul Horton, Jim Templeton, R.O. Garrett, W.L. Craig. Back row: J.W. Sanders,
Hamp Halsell.
10.62* O.C. Bailey
10.63* O.C. Bailey - 1934
10.64 Unidentified men in office, probably Hempstead County courthouse, 1910s
10.65 (a) Men in office, Hempstead County courthouse - 1915
(b) O.C. Bailey in office, Hempstead County courthouse - 1917
10.66* Ralph Zook - 1946
10.67 Groups at dinner, including Marjorie Bailey and O.C. Bailey's sister
10.68 O.C. and Marjorie Bailey with another couple, eating ice cream cones
10.69* Marjorie Bailey [framed, displayed, same as #10.164]
10.70 Group seated at gathering, includes Marjorie Bailey and O.C. Bailey's sister
10.71 Vacation group, includes Marjorie Bailey and O.C. Bailey's sister
10.72* Marjorie Bailey as a young woman [framed]
10.73* O.C. Bailey [framed, displayed]
10.74* O.C. Bailey [framed]
10.75 O.C. and Marjorie Bailey on vacation
10.76 O.C. and Marjorie Bailey outdoors
10.77 Sister of O.C. Bailey
10.78 O.C. Bailey walking on street
10.79 Marjorie Hedrick - miscellaneous snapshots
10.80 O.C. Bailey, Orval Faubus, and ???? - 6/28/1962
10.81 O.C. Bailey at desk at Oil and Gas Commission hearing
10.82 Girl outside Bailey home, El Dorado
10.83 Unknown mother and son
10.84 Haynesville [LA] Petit Lime Pressure
Maintenance & Liquid Hydrocarbon Extraction Plant - 1945.
From binder titled, "Haynesville Operators Committee, Haynesville, La." Features physical plant and dedication services.
(a) Max Lents, Charlie Sweeney, G.H. Sherman, Harold Fincher, Butch Butler, Blume Johnson, Major Hardey, Martin Miller,
Percy Ervin.
(b) Office and office staff
(c ) Group, including O.C. Bailey
(d-e) Physical plant
(f) O.C. Bailey, J.J. Frommer, J.E. Smitherman, J.R. Butler, R.L. Benoit, N.T. Gilbert, J.R. Butler, Jos. McHugh
(g) Physical plant
(h-o) Dedication day [i includes O.C. Bailey]
(p-qq) Physical plant
10.85 O.C. and Marjorie Bailey dining with Bailey's sister and her daughter, Jane Harvey
10.86 Gentry Bailey (father of O.C. Bailey)
10.87 Group at port, includes Marjorie Bailey and O.C. Bailey's sister
10.88 Fox hunt?
10.89 Margaret Bailey (mother of O.C. Bailey)
10.90 Marjorie Hedrick (?) as a child
10.91 Dedication of O.C. Bailey Hall - Ouachita College, including O.C. and Marjorie Bailey
10.92 Possibly Gentry and Margaret Bailey (parents of O.C.)
10.93 Swanee Hedrick as a young woman
10.94 O.C. Bailey, Swanee Hedrick, and Marjorie Bailey at dinner, Plaza Hotel, New York - 4/21/1957
10.95 Swanee Hedrick
10.96 Vacations/Tours
10.97 Home of W.R. Allen
10.98 Marjorie Bailey as server at wedding
10.99 Swanee Hedrick, Mrs. Hedrick, Marjorie Hedrick (as a small child)
10.100 O.C. and Marjorie Bailey dining with group
10.101 Unidentified reception
10.102 Oil Progress Week - Speakers at El Dorado Football Stadium - 10/19/1950
10.103 O.C. Bailey as a young boy
10.104 Family reunion (?) - 1963, includes Marjorie Bailey and Swanee Hedrick
10.105 Bailey home yard with visitors
10.106 Family reunion or gathering - 1962, includes Marjorie Bailey, Swanee Hedrick, Charles and Carolyn Kickliter
10.107 Margaret Bailey (mother of O.C. Bailey)
10.108 O.C. and Marjorie Bailey with another couple in Hawaii
10.109 O.C. and Margaret Bailey
10.110 O.C. Bailey and his sister, Mrs. Harvey
10.111 O.C. Bailey and unidentified men - 1959
10.112 O.C. Bailey in woods
10.113 Methodist Church, Newport [TN]
10.114 Niece (?) of O.C. Bailey as a child
10.115 Cocke County [TN] School District
(a) Site for school donated by Swanee Hedrick and Marjorie Hedrick Bailey in memory of their parents, Mr. & Mrs. J.P. Hedrick - 1962
(b) Groundbreaking for school with crowd
(c) Groundbreaking for school with band
(d) Groundbreaking ceremony, including Swanee Hedrick
(e) Groundbreaking ceremony, including Swanee Hedrick
(f)Work beginning on school site
(g) Work beginning on school site
10.116 Main Street, Newport [TN]
10.117 Marjorie Bailey on porch with dog
10.118 O.C. and Marjorie Bailey outside their home
10.119 Margaret Bailey - 1958-59
10.120 Unidentified woman in casket (possibly Margaret Bailey) - 10/1/1959
10.121 O.C. and Marjorie Bailey with another couple
10.122 Newport [TN] Music Class: 1909-10, Marjorie Hedrick at far right
10.123 Group of children, including Marjorie Hedrick
10.124 Jane Harvey (niece of O.C. Bailey)
10.125 O.C. and Marjorie Bailey
10.126 O.C. Bailey
10.127 O.C. Bailey on golf course with three other men - French Lick, IN
10.128 O.C. Bailey at dedication of O.C. Bailey Hall, Ouachita College
10.129 Hedrick gravestones
10.130 Margaret Bailey
10.131 O.C. Bailey as a young man
10.132 O.C. Bailey as a young man in cap and gown
10.133 Bailey home in El Dorado (red brick)
10.134 Marjorie Hedrick with two other young females, Newport, TN
10.135 European vacation of O.C. and Marjorie Bailey
10.136 Marjorie Hedrick and Swanee Hedrick as young girls
10.137 O.C. Bailey Library - Hendrix College, Conway [AR]
10.138 O.C. Bailey as a boy with his two sisters
10.139 O.C. Bailey as a teenager with his sisters and dog
10.140 O.C. Bailey as a boy with baby sister
10.141 Kickliter Family
10.142 O.C. Bailey at desk
10.143 Marjorie Bailey
10.144 Bailey home, El Dorado - outdoor scenes
10.145 Unidentified office or home. Names written on photo: Jno. E. Miller, O.C. Bailey, Dick Lawton, Russell B. Brown, L. Robinson, Wallace Davis, E.D. McGabbey, Ted Martin, C.H. Murphy, Jr., Oren Harris, John McClellan, Chas. Hallock, Cad Barton, Noble Miller.
10.146 New Kings Grove Methodist Church, Crockett, VA
10.147 O.C. Bailey playing golf
10.148 O.C. Bailey with two men at oil/gas facility
10.149 Bailey home, El Dorado
10.150 Bailey home, interior, El Dorado
10.151 Oil field scenes
10.152 Hunting & dogs
10.153 Hunting camp, including O.C. Bailey
10.154 Barn in winter, probably near El Dorado. In Christmas card from "Thase and John T." Daniel of El Dorado.
10.155 O.C. Bailey and hunting dogs
10.156 O.C. Bailey with some children at Brady Mountain Lodge, Lake Ouachita
10.157 Thomas Sandusky Gorman
10.158 Delilah McGinty (Mrs. Thomas) Gorman
10.159 O.C. Bailey and unidentified man on Highway 7 bridge over Lake Hamilton, Garland County, mid-1930s
10.160 Marjorie Bailey and Swanee Hedrick at reception
10.161 Martha Jane Powers Hedrick
10.162 Hedrick family
10.163 J.P. Hedrick Furniture & Undertaking - Newport, TN - ca. 1908. C.A. Robeson, Gordon Robinson, Burnett Boyer, Charles McSween, and Wesley Harris.
10.164 Marjorie Bailey [same as framed portrait #10.69]
10.165 O.C. and Marjorie Bailey with O.C. Bailey's sister at party
10.166 Ribbon cutting ceremony, Elizabeth S. Jones Home, Newport, TN - 1981 (includes Swanee Hedrick)
10.167 Group at Kiwanis Club, Newport, TN (includes Swanee Hedrick)
10.168 O.C. and Marjorie Bailey with others at car
10.169 Marjorie Bailey walking on street with O.C. Bailey's sister
10.170 Negatives
10.171 Unidentified
10.172 Unidentified
10.173 Unidentified
10.174 O.C. Bailey with his mother and sisters - 1959
10.175 O.C. Bailey with group of men, possibly Oil & Gas Commission
10.176 O.C. Bailey, C. Hamilton Moses, T. M. Martin - El Dorado Chamber of Commerce - 1948
10.177 O.C. and Marjorie Bailey dining with group
10.178 O.C. Bailey in office with group of men
10.179 School group - Taylor, Arkansas - ca. 1905 (may include O.C. Bailey)
10.180 O.C. Bailey in uniform - World War I - 1918
10.181 O.C. Bailey outdoors - 1964
10.182 Hendrix College Presidents - 1981 (Matt Ellis, Marshall Steel, Roy Shilling, Joe Hatcher)
10.183 Orlena Sneed and John Logan Starks - Golden Anniversary - July 1961
10.184 C. R. Reid Family - 1969
10.185 Prescolite Manufacturing Company officials and O. C. Bailey - 10/29/1957
10.186 P.A.M.C. Building at Goodwell, Oklahoma
10.187 DeWitt Fisher - Crockett Depot
10.188 Mr. and Mrs. James H. Hufford
10.189 Rev. French Wampler
10.190 Dempsey C. Reid
10.191 Jim McClellan - 1948
10.192 Cornie Morrow and Jennie Cowan
10.193 L. D. Gorman
10.194 Hendersonville High School Tenth Grade - "Karl"
10.195 Lettie and Blair Tarter
10.196 B. H. Rea
10.197 Homer Clevenger, Swanee Hedrick, Jennie Bozer
10.198 Duay O'Neil
10.199 Randall Chad Shaver
10.200 Mr. and Mrs. Martin Luther Talley
10.201 Mountain Spring Water Company - Elizabethton, TN
10.202 Court House - Kansas City, Missouri - 10/25/1903
10.203 Floyd Brown Allen, age one - 1918
10.204 Home of J. O. Cope
10.205 Lillia May Wohlford - 8/16/1905
10.206 Emma M. Allen - 1889
10.207 Frank Lesterman, Jr.
10.208 Threshing wheat at J. P. Hedrick's Farm [TN] - ca. 1908
10.209 Bridge construction, "Monticello, Indiana"
10.210 J. P. Hedrick at church in Lee County, VA
10.211 Album of unidentified individuals, probably Hedrick family
10.212* Unidentified woman [by Jarrell's Studio, Winston-Salem, NC]
10.213* Girls' group, including Marjorie and Swanee Hedrick
10.214 Unidentified
10.215 Unidentified
10.216 Unidentified
10.217 Unidentified
10.218 Unidentified
10.219 Unidentified
10.220* Unidentified girl, possibly Swanee Hedrick
10.221* Unidentified girl, possibly Marjorie Hedrick
10.222* Unidentified girl, possibly Worth Hedrick
10.223 O. C. Bailey receiving ??Doctor of Law, University of Arkansas - 1954
10.224 O. C. Bailey, Marjorie Hedrick Bailey, Swanee Hedrick, Worth Hedrick
Maps
(Added to Map Collection as Maps 92-102)
MAP 92 Proposed profile of Hedrick Drive, Newport, TN - n.d.
MAP 93 Proposed site, Cocke County High School, Newport, TN - ca. 1965
MAP 94 Proposed layout, north portion of J.P. Hedrick property, District 6, Cocke County, Newport, TN - 1/29/1966
MAP 95 Proposed site, Cocke County High School, Newport, TN - ca. 1965
MAP 96 Land belonging to "The Heddrick's Heirs," Newport, TN - 5/16/1953
MAP 97 "J.P. Hedricks Addition to the Town of Newport, Tenn." - 8/3/1925
MAP 98 Proposed General Plan, Topography of the J.P. Hedrick Property, District 6, Cocke County, Newport, TN - 3/23/1961
MAP 99 Boundary Survey of the J.P. Hedrick Property, District 6, Cocke County, Newport, TN (detailed) - 3/4/1961
MAP 100 Boundary Survey of the J.P. Hedrick Property, District 6, Cocke County, Newport, TN - 3/4/1961
MAP 101 Proposed site, Cocke County High School, Newport, TN - 5/25/1961
MAP 102 Topography of the J.P. Hedrick Property, District 6, Cocke County, Newport, TN - 3/23/1961
Diplomas/Certificates/Oversize Materials
(Added to Oversize Manuscript Collection as #9-12)
OV # 9 Diploma of Marjorie Inez Hedrick, Newport [TN] High School: 1916.
OV #10 Diploma of Olin Cavanaugh Bailey, Ouachita Baptist College: 1914.
OV #11 Certificate, Olin Cavanaugh Bailey: 1925.
OV #12 Tombstone rubbing, "John Price Hedrick, 1947."
Videos
(Added to Video Collection)
"Arkansas" (with razorback), n.d.
"Frank Broyles Tribute: Arkansas' Man For All Seasons," n.d.