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McFarlin Library. University of Tulsa.  2933 E. 6th St.  Tulsa, OK.  74104-3123 (OKT - OkTU)

Ben Johnson film archive

Collection 2007-033

  

Dates:  1908-1994; bulk 1992-1994

Extent:  8.0 Linear feet.  Photos; 44 betacam tapes; 1 roll of film.

Level of Description: 

Name of creator(s): 

Date of creation: 

Scope and Content:   Filmed interviews and photographs collected by filmmaker Tom Thurman for the preparation of the documentary Ben Johnson; Third Cowboy on the Right.

Administrative/Biographical History: 

Access and Copyright:

Language and Scripts:  English.

Finding aid/Inventory:  Finding aid is available online.

Provenance/Source of Acquisition:   

Date(s) of description:   

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Subject Headings 

Chapman-Barnard Ranch. -- History
Johnson, Ben, 1896-1952
Johnson, Ben, 1918-1996
Johnson, Ben, 1918-1996 -- History
Oklahoma -- History
Rodeos

 
Personal names 


Corporate names

Places
 
Folder   Ben Johnson photographs 1908-1994
1 1.1 "Hayden Rucker calf roping Brown 18" Undated 1.0 Item. Postcard; B&W; 14 x 9 cm.
Scope and Contents note  
A man on a horse roping a calf. Written on back in blue ink "Hayden Rucker in Okla." Written on back in black ink "My brother"
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Tom Thurman
1 1:2 "Jerry Right killed May 20, 1921, Parsons, Kans, (Doubleday)" 1.0 Item. Postcard; B&W; 14 x 9 cm.
Scope and Contents note  
A man lying in the grass with a thrown steer. Another pan sits on a horse behind them.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Tom Thurman
1 1.3 "Ropers, Fairfax round up. Oct. 18 + 19 + 20 1919" 1919 1.0 Item. Postcard; B&W; 14 x 9 cm.
Scope and Contents note  
Twenty men on horseback, two standing. "Vince Dillon, Photos. Fairfax, Okla." printed on back..
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Tom Thurman
1 1.4 [Three men in hats, smiling] Undated. 1.0 Item. Postcard; B&W; 14 x 9 cm.
Scope and Contents note  
Three men standing outside. Photographic reprint of an earlier photograph.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Tom Thurman
1 1.5 [Bill Hale and B. Parker and an unidentified man] Undated. 1.0 Item. Postcard; B&W; 14 x 9 cm.
Scope and Contents note  
Three men, two on horseback riding after the bullrider across the prairie. The horsemen are identified as "W[.R.]Hale" and "B. Parker"
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Tom Thurman
1 1.6 Undated 1.0 Item. Postcard; B&W; 14 x 9 cm.
Scope and Contents note  
Two men in cowboy kit are show shaking hands with a third man dressed in a uniform. Title written on the back in blue ink.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Tom Thurman
1 1.7 "Jerry Wright Killed Bulldogging. Parsons, Kans." Undated 1.0 Item. Postcard; B&W; 14 x 9 cm.
Scope and Contents note  
A man is trying to throw a steer, his horse and partner are riding off to the left.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Tom Thurman
1 1.8 [Man with dog] Undated 1.0 Item. Postcard; B&W; 14 x 9 cm.
Scope and Contents note  
A man in a uniform stands in a doorway set into a stone wall, a dog in front of him.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Tom Thurman
1 1.9 "Bill Cordin" Undated 1.0 Item. Postcard; B&W; 14 x 9 cm.
Scope and Contents note  
Five men, two on horses around a roped steer. "Bill Cordin" was written on the negative.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Tom Thurman
1 1.10 "Red Sublett" Undated 1.0 Item. Postcard; B&W; 14 x 9 cm.
Scope and Contents note  
A group of men, two on horses, watch a man riding a steer. "Red Sublett" was written on the negative.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Tom Thurman
1 1..11 "Mary Ann / Son" Undated. 1.0 Item. Photographic print; B&W; 14.5 x 8 cm.
Scope and Contents note  
Mary Ann Johnson and Ben "Son" Johnson at the "Burro Barn". The date appears to be about 1928
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Tom Thurman
1 1.12 "Ollie Johnson / Francis Johnson" Undated 1.0 Item. Photographic print; B&W; 12 x 7.2 cm.
Scope and Contents note  
A woman and child sitting in sitting in the grass. Title written on back in blue ink. "21" stamped on back. Accompanied by a note labeled "Mom + Ben"
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Tom Thurman
1 1.14 "Ben Johnson, Ike Rudd, Homer May" Ybdated 1.0 Item. Photographic print; B&W; 10.5 x 6 cm.
Scope and Contents note  
A three men, from right to left: Ben Johnson, Ike Rudd, Homer May. Title written on back in pencil. "47" written in pencil on back. Accompanied by a note labeled "Bens dad"
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Tom Thurman
1 1.15 "Son Johnson, Fairfax" 1930 1.0 Item. Photographic print; B&W; 5.5 x 8 cm.
Scope and Contents note  
Ben Johnson, age 12, sitting on a horse on the veranda of a house. Title written on back in blue ink. Date written in back in darker blue ink, in a different hand.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Tom Thurman
 
Tom Thurman interview tapes 1992-1994
General note
Original VHS/BetaCam tapes were copied to DVD by Video Revolution, Dec 2007.
Tape #170. Ben Johnson 1992 2.0 Items. 1 VHS tape, 1 DVD Length: 20 min.
Tape #171.Ben Johnson 1992 2.0 Items. 1 VHS tape, 1 DVD Length: 20 min.
Tape #172.Ben Johnson 1992 2.0 Items. 1 VHS tape, 1 DVD Length: 20 min.
Tape #173.Ben Johnson 1996 2.0 Items. 1 BetaCam tape, 1 DVD Length: 30 min.
Tape #174.Ben Johnson 1996 2.0 Items. 1 BetaCam tape, 1 DVD Length: 30 min.
Tape #175.Ben Johnson 1996 2.0 Items. 1 BetaCam tape, 1 DVD Length: 30 min.
Tape #176.Ben Johnson 1996 2.0 Items. 1 BetaCam tape, 1 DVD Length: 30 min.
Tape #177.Ben Johnson 1994 2.0 Items. 1 BetaCam tape, 1 DVD Length: 30 min.
Tape #178.Ben Johnson 1994 2.0 Items. 1 BetaCam tape, 1 DVD Length: 30 min.
Tape #179: Ben Johnson 1994 2.0 Items. 1 BetaCam tape, 1 DVD Length: 30 min.
Tape #180: Ben Johnson 1994 2.0 Items. 1 BetaCam tape, 1 DVD Length: 30 min.
Tape #181: Ben Johnson 1994 2.0 Items. 1 BetaCam tape, 1 DVD Length: 30 min.
Tape #182: Ben Johnson 1994 2.0 Items. 1 BetaCam tape, 1 DVD Length: 30 min.
Tape #183: Ben Johnson 1996 1.0 Item. 16mm reel - silentLength: 30 min.
Tape #183A.Ben Johnson 1996 2.0 Items. 1 BetaCam tape, 1 DVD Length: 30 min.
Tape #184.Charlton Heston 1994 2.0 Items. 1 BetaCam tape, 1 DVD Length: 30 min.
Tape #185.Lawrence Tierney 1994 2.0 1 BetaCam tape, 1 DVD Length: 30 min.
Tape #186.Lawrence Tierney 1994 2.0 Items. 1 BetaCam tape, 1 DVD Length: 30 min.
Tape #187.Lee Purcell 1994 2.0 Items. 1 BetaCam tape, 1 DVD Length: 30 min.
Tape #188.Bo Hopkins 1994 2.0 Items. 1 BetaCam tape, 1 DVD Length: 30 min.
Tape #189.Bo Hopkins 1994 2.0 Items. 1 BetaCam tape, 1 DVD Length: 30 min.
Tape #190.Sheila Benson 1994 2.0 1 BetaCam tape, 1 DVD Length: 30 min.
Tape #191.John Milius 1994 2.0 Items. 1 BetaCam tape, 1 DVD Length: 30 min.
Tape #192.John Milius 1994 2.0 Items. 1 BetaCam tape, 1 DVD Length: 30 min.
Tape #192.John Milius 1994 2.0 Items. 1 BetaCam tape, 1 DVD Length: 30 min.
Tape #193.John Milius 1994 2.0 Items. 1 BetaCam tape, 1 DVD Length: 30 min.
Tape #194.L.Q. Jones 1994 2.0 Items. 1 BetaCam tape, 1 DVD Length: 30 min.
Tape #194a.L.Q. Jones 1994 2.0 Items. 1 BetaCam tape, 1 DVD Length: 30 min.
Tape #195.Joe McBride 1994 2.0 Items. 1 BetaCam tape, 1 DVD Length: 30 min.
Tape #196.Joe McBride 1994 2.0 Items. 1 BetaCam tape, 1 DVD Length: 30 min.
Tape #197.Timothy Bottoms 1994 2.0 Items. 1 BetaCam tape, 1 DVD Length: 30 min.
Tape #198.Timothy Bottoms 1994 2.0 Items. 1 BetaCam tape, 1 DVD Length: 30 min.
Tape #199.Harry Carey, Jr. 1994 2.0 Items. 1 BetaCam tape, 1 DVD Length: 30 min.
Tape #200.Harry Carey, Jr. 1994 2.0 Items. 1 BetaCam tape, 1 DVD Length: 30 min.
Tape #201.Polly Platt 1994 2.0 Items. 1 BetaCam tape, 1 DVD Length: 30 min.
Tape #201a.Polly Platt 1994 2.0 Items. 1 BetaCam tape, 1 DVD Length: 30 min.
Tape #201b.Polly Platt 1994 2.0 Items. 1 BetaCam tape, 1 DVD Length: 30 min.
Tape #202.Peter Bogdanovich 1994 2.0 Items. 1 BetaCam tape, 1 DVD Length: 30 min.
Tape #203.Peter Bogdanovich 1994 2.0 Items. 1 BetaCam tape, 1 DVD Length: 30 min.
Tape #204.James Coburn 1994 2.0 Items. 1 BetaCam tape, 1 DVD Length: 30 min.
Tape #205.James Coburn 1994 2.0 Items. 1 BetaCam tape, 1 DVD Length: 30 min.
Tape #206.James Coburn 1994 2.0 Items. 1 BetaCam tape, 1 DVD Length: 30 min.
Tape #207.Robert Golden Armstrong 1994 2.0 Items. 1 BetaCam tape, 1 DVD Length: 30 min.
Tape #208.Robert Golden Armstrong 1994 2.0 Items. 1 BetaCam tape, 1 DVD Length: 30 min.
Tape #209.Harry Dean Stanton 1994 2.0 Items. 1 BetaCam tape, 1 DVD Length: 30 min.
Tape #209a.Harry Dean Stanton 1994 2.0 Items. 1 BetaCam tape, 1 DVD Length: 30 min.
 
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