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Skelly, William Grove, 1878-1957

 Person

Biography

Entrepreneur who founded Skelly Oil Company in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Founders, Benefactors, Etc. A-Z, Undated

 File — Box 13: [Barcode: 000021986888], Folder: 6

Invitation from W. G. Skelly, 1940-4-3

 Item — Box 1, Series 3: [Barcode: 000020968595], Folder: 2
Identifier: 1982-007-3-1-2
Scope and Contents

An invitation from W. G. Skelly to attend a special dinner. Attached is a postcard to indicated attendance.

Dates: 1940-4-3

Letter from W. G. Skelly, 1940-3-12

 Item — Box 4, Series 2: [Barcode: 000020968571], Folder: 1
Identifier: 1982-007-2-4-1
Scope and Contents

Letter to various oil trade associations from W. G. Skelly, asking them to appoint a member on the International Petroleum Exposition Host Committee.

Attached is a postcard addressed to W. G. Skelly for the associations to nominate a member.

Dates: 1940-3-12

Letter to W. G. Skelly, 1928-4-14

 Item — Box 1, Series 3: [Barcode: 000020968595], Folder: 1
Identifier: 1982-007-3-1-1
Scope and Contents

Letter to W. G. Skelly, thanking him for the invitation to a buffet supper.

Dates: 1928-4-14

Letter to W. G. Skelly and the Board of Directors from J. Burr Gibbons, 1928-11-7

 Item — Box 1, Series 3: [Barcode: 000020968595], Folder: 1
Identifier: 1982-007-3-1-1
Scope and Contents

Letter to W. G. Skelly and the Board of Directors from J. Burr Gibbons.

Dates: 1928-11-7

Oil Men in Lobby of Mayo Hotel, 1957-10

 File — Box 10: [Barcode: 000023244153], Folder: 2
Identifier: 2008.049.5.126
Scope and Contents

1 print, 7 packs of negatives of Bob Kerr, John Maybell, William Skelly and Mr. Wright at an oil convention.

Dates: Other: 1957-10

Public office holders

 File
Identifier: 2006.012.19
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

Skelly, William Grove

 Item
Identifier: 2006.012 OVRSZ 10
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

Telegram to William Holden from W. G. Skelly, 1927-5-26

 Item — Box 1, Series 3: [Barcode: 000020968595], Folder: 1
Identifier: 1982-007-3-1-1

William "Bill" Skelly, Undated

 File — Box 12: [Barcode: 000023244184], Folder: 9
Identifier: 2008.049.5.162

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International Petroleum Exposition and Congress (1923-1979). 4
International Petroleum Exposition (Tulsa, Okla.). 3
County officials and employees -- Oklahoma 1
Elections -- Oklahoma -- Tulsa 1
Mayors -- Oklahoma -- Tulsa 1