Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The former Shawnee High School stars recently won the Oklahoma Collegiate doubles title and Grace defeated Roamer in the finals for the singles crown."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Speaker of Oklahoma Baptist University commencement May 28 will be Harold K. Graves, President of Golden Gate Baptist Seminary, Mill Valley, Calif."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Main hospital building at Shawnee Indian Hospital is familiar sight to motorists traveling S. H. 18 between Shawnee and Tecumseh."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "View in front of main hospital building at Shawnee Indian Hospital looks north, toward Men's Ambulatory building."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Granville Gene Harp , 37, Shawnee."

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Sign on outskirts of Shawnee marks it as astronaut's hometown."

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "for Mrs. Hattie Cooper, right, who joins her mother Mrs. Orena Herd in Tecumseh to view the birthday cake adorned with 22 candles and a rocket, as she holds a bouquet of 22 roses."

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Wednesday in Tecumseh was Mrs. Hattie Cooper, Astronaut Cooper's mother, left, and Mrs. Orena Herd, the astronaut's grandmother."

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "An Oklahoma City woman has been appointed Dean of women at St. Gregory's College in Shawnee, an institution that has previously accepted only men students."

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Mrs. Hattie Cooper, mother of astronaut Gordon Cooper, Jr. pours a cup of coffee moments after Wednesday's Faith 7 launching."

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "at the cancellation of space flight which would have taken their son and grandson, Maj. Leroy Gordon Cooper jr., into orbit were Mrs. Hattie Cooper, left, and his grandmother, Mrs. Orena Herd, in Mrs. Herd's home in Tecumesh."

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Gordon Cooper in Shawnee."

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "This is how Mrs. Coopers' Tecumseh home looked Thursday."

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Smiling as they stand behind birthday cakes taken to Mrs. Hattie Cooper's home Thursday for her 63rd birthday are Mrs. Cooper, right, and her mother, Mrs. Orena Herd."

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Charred wreckage of Preston Keel's car, after the flames were extinguished, reveals the heat generated by the helicopter which crashed beside the vehicle, killing the helicopter pilot. Shawnee--An army reserve pilot was killed when his helicopter crashed on U. S. 270 east of Shawnee late Sunday. The plummeting ship barely missed a car carrying three Pottawatomie County residents and set the vehicle afire. Killed in the crash was CWO James Edward Sivils, 28, of Shawnee who was ferrying the helicopter from Seminole to the Shawnee airport."

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "is studied by Lucille Hamblin and Harold Gearhardt, high school students in Shawnee."

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Grandmother's house in Tecumseh was scene of vigil by astronaut Gordon Cooper's grandmother, Mrs. Orena Herd, and his mother."

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Commemorative envelopes and stamps such as this will be canceled by the Shawnee postoffice with the date and hours of Cooper's launching."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Fellowship of $1,800 for a year's study toward her master's degree at Purdue University has been awarded to Fran Walker, Oklahoma Baptist University senior psychology English major, from Union, Mo., by the national Institute of Mental Health."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Gary Wilson. . . fast moving Bison"

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Dr. James Ralph Scales, executive vice president of Oklahoma Baptist University, Wednesday was named president."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "As a young man Ruf was conscripted in the German army, later served for France."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.