Invitation from the War Department (open access)

Invitation from the War Department

Invitation from the War Department to be present at the 8th National Encampment of the United Spanish War Veterans.
Date: June 15, 1911
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Letter to Captain Frank Frantz from the War Department (open access)

Letter to Captain Frank Frantz from the War Department

Letter to Captain Frank Frantz regarding a speech by the writer to the Oklahoma Legislature and an editorial written by Frantz's Brother.
Date: February 21, 1919
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Newspaper Article "Frantz's Appointment Was Reward for Spanish War Record" (open access)

Newspaper Article "Frantz's Appointment Was Reward for Spanish War Record"

Photocopy of a newspaper article regarding Theodore Roosevelts appointment of Rough Riders in Oklahoma and about the history of the Oklahoma Territory.
Date: 1922
Creator: Sarchet, C. M.
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Letter from P.L. Oilerman to Mrs. Matilda Frantz (open access)

Letter from P.L. Oilerman to Mrs. Matilda Frantz

Letter to Mrs. Matilda Franz enclosing a copy of a resolution passed by Camp #31 of the United Spanish War Veterans.
Date: March 19, 1941
Creator: Ollerman, Parker L.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Memorial to Frank Frantz, Orders No. 2 Series 1941 (open access)

Memorial to Frank Frantz, Orders No. 2 Series 1941

Listing of accomplishments of Frank Frantz and camp mourning procedures.
Date: March 9, 1941
Creator: Ollerman, Parker L. & Murrell, Charles W.
Object Type: Text
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Lettter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frank Frantz (open access)

Lettter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frank Frantz

Letter thanking Frank Frantz for sending an editorial.
Date: September 1, 1915
Creator: Roosevelt, Theodore
Object Type: Letter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Certificate Commemorating Frank Frantz (open access)

Certificate Commemorating Frank Frantz

Certificate Commemorating the military service of Frank Frantz.
Date: unknown
Creator: Johnson, Lyndon B.
Object Type: Text
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frank Frantz (open access)

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frank Frantz

Letter regarding a letter and editorial.
Date: October 25, 1917
Creator: Roosevelt, Theodore
Object Type: Letter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Slip of Paper Talking About Frank Frantz's Military Promotion (open access)

Slip of Paper Talking About Frank Frantz's Military Promotion

Slip of paper stating the Frank Frantz was promoted to unit commander by Theodore Roosevelt for gallantry and efficiency in the fight of July.
Date: unknown
Creator: Roosevelt, Theodore
Object Type: Text
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frank Frantz (open access)

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frank Frantz

Letter to Frank Frantz opposing annual reunions of the Rough Riders and stating that Roosevelt should stop trying to get his men political appointments in the territories.
Date: July 20, 1901
Creator: Roosevelt, Theodore
Object Type: Letter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Letter from C.C. Wagner to Governor Frank Frantz (open access)

Letter from C.C. Wagner to Governor Frank Frantz

Letter to Frank Frantz regarding a telegram sent inviting the Secretary of War to make two addresses in Oklahoma.
Date: March 28, 1907
Creator: Wagner, C. C.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frank Frantz (open access)

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frank Frantz

A 1901 letter from Vice President Theodore Roosevelt to Frank Frantz regarding sending a letter and mentioning their reunion was pleasant. Roosevelt refers to Frantz as "Captain." Frantz served as a captain in Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders during the Spanish-American War. Approximately a year after this letter was written, Roosevelt became the U.S. President when President McKinley was assassinated. On his visits to the White House, Frantz, an athlete and a boxer, engaged in several matches with the president, knocking him out on three occasions.
Date: August 20, 1901
Creator: Roosevelt, Theodore
Object Type: Letter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Newspaper Article "Frank Frantz Capitalized on His Rough Rider Fame to Ride Into the State Governor's Chair" (open access)

Newspaper Article "Frank Frantz Capitalized on His Rough Rider Fame to Ride Into the State Governor's Chair"

Photocopy of a newspaper article regarding Frantz's career as a Rough Rider and how he used that to gain political office.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Letter to Governor Frank Frantz from Fred W. Carpenter (open access)

Letter to Governor Frank Frantz from Fred W. Carpenter

Letter to Frank Frantz regarding a speech in August of 1907.
Date: July 11, 1907
Creator: Carpenter, Fred W.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Letter from William Taft to Frank Frantz (open access)

Letter from William Taft to Frank Frantz

Letter from William Taft regarding his concerns with the upcoming election and a speech he had promised to make.
Date: July 10, 1907
Creator: Taft, William H.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Letter from William Taft to Frank Frantz (open access)

Letter from William Taft to Frank Frantz

Letter from William Taft regarding his apperance at the state convention and a possible speech.
Date: May 4, 1907
Creator: Taft, William H.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Resolution in Memory of Frank Frantz (open access)

Resolution in Memory of Frank Frantz

Resolution in memory of Captain Frank Frantz.
Date: March 14, 1941
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Two Newspaper Articles on Frank Frantz (open access)

Two Newspaper Articles on Frank Frantz

Top: photocopy of a newspaper article regarding a boxing match between Frank Frantz and Theodore Roosevelt, Bottom: photocopy of a newspaper article regarding the marriage of Frank Frantz and Matilda Evans.
Date: 1901
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History