Robertson, Alice Mary, 1854-1931
biographical statement
Mary Alice Robertson was born in 1854 at Tullahassee Mission the Creek country and lived long enough to watch the land of her birth go from Indian Territory to the state of Oklahoma and the little tribal village of Tulsey Town become be called Tulsa - the oil capital of the world. She also watched with pride while the institute she had nurtured as the Presbyterian School for Indian Girls became Henry Kendall College and then The University of Tulsa. In addition, she was the second woman elected to the Congress of the United States.
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
A Brief History by Alice Roberston, 1900-06
An article extracted from the June 1900 Collegian.
Map of the Cushing Oil Field, Oklahoma, 1917
...Showing the structure of Layton sand, the distribution of oil and gas, initial production of certain areas, and the contours on the water surface ini the sand. Data by Carl H. Beal; base compiled without verification from map issued by oil companies.
US Geological Survey, Bulletin 658, Plate VII.
Map of the proposed State of Sequoyah, approximately 1905
Map compiled from US Geological Survey Map of Indian Territory, edition of July 1902, revised to date and County divisions made under direction of Sequoyah Statehood Convention, August and September 1905, by D.W. Bolich, Civil Engineer, Muskogee, Indian Territory. Map bears the Great Seal of the State of Sequoyah, 1905.
Published by Aug. Gast Bank Note & Litho., Company, Map Publishers, St. Louis.
Map of the proposed State of Sequoyah, approximately 1905
Map compiled from US Geological Survey Map of Indian Territory, edition of July 1902, revised to date and County divisions made under direction of Sequoyah Statehood Convention, August and September 1905, by D.W. Bolich, Civil Engineer, Muskogee, Indian Territory. Map bears the Great Seal of the State of Sequoyah, 1905.
Published by Aug. Gast Bank Note & Litho., Company, Map Publishers, St. Louis.
Robertson, Alice, 1929 - 1967
Photocopies from articles about Alice Robertson, extractedpages from The Life of Alice Mary Robertson, by Joe Powell Spaulding.
Southwestern Alabama Past and Present, Undated
Grid map showing primarily Clarke County, with surrounding counties, rivers, etc.
Original map by T. H. Ball; this copy is a signed copy by Tom Meagher, Tulsa, OK 1927.
Students of the Presbyterian Girls School, Muskogee, approximately 1882- 1894
A cabinet card showing 18 people, Alice Robertson and students. Title is written on the verso of the card. Date is estimated. Digital image has been modified from the original for clarity.
What Does Article X Mean?, 1920
Protest printed on verso an election ballot. Protest campaign against the US joining the League of Nations on verso the Republican ballot for the general election which includes Abbie B. Hillerman Repuclican candiate for President; Alice Robertson Republican candidate for Congress; John W. Harrel Republican candidate for US Senate; and others.