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Robertson, Alice Mary, 1854-1931

 Person

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

 File — Box 6: [Barcode: 000021986956], Folder: 11
Scope and Contents

An article extracted from the June 1900 Collegian.

Dates: 1900-06

Map of the Cushing Oil Field, Oklahoma, 1917

 Item — Map-case 4, drawer: 16, map: 16.13
Identifier: 1500.026.4.16.13
Scope and Contents

...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.

Dates: 1917

Map of the proposed State of Sequoyah, approximately 1905

 Item — Map-case 4, drawer: 19, map: 19.10c2
Identifier: 1500.026.4.19.10c2
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: approximately 1905

Map of the proposed State of Sequoyah, approximately 1905

 Item — Map-case 4, drawer: 19, map: 19.10
Identifier: 1500.026.4.19.10
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: approximately 1905

Robertson, Alice, 1929 - 1967

 File — Box 14: [Barcode: 000021986895], Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

Photocopies from articles about Alice Robertson, extractedpages from The Life of Alice Mary Robertson, by Joe Powell Spaulding.

Dates: 1929 - 1967

Southwestern Alabama Past and Present, Undated

 Item — Map-case 4, drawer: 7, map: 7.55
Identifier: 1500.026.4.7.55
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: Undated

Students of the Presbyterian Girls School, Muskogee, approximately 1882- 1894

 Item — Box 1: Series 1894.003.1 [Barcode: 000023487673], Folder: 1, item: 1
Identifier: 1984-003-1-1-1
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: approximately 1882- 1894

What Does Article X Mean?, 1920

 Item
Identifier: 2006.012 OVRSZ 5
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: Issued: 1920