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Lindsey, Lilah Denton, 1860-1943

 Person

Biography

Lilah Denton Lindsey, an American philanthropist, civic leader, women's community organizer, temperance worker, and teacher. She was the first Creek woman to earn a college degree, and served as president of the Indian Territory Woman's Christian Temperance Union.

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Boy Scout bicycling meet photographs, approximately 1920s

 Collection
Identifier: 1000-017
Scope and Contents

Panoramic (wide angle) photographs featuring Boy Scouts at a bicycling meet.

Dates: approximately 1920s

Fannie Brownlee Misch photograph of Lilah D. Lindsey, approximately 1895

 Item
Identifier: 1976-024
Scope and Contents

Fannie Brownlee Misch photograph of Lilah D. Lindsey is a large, oval-framed photograph of an early Tulsa educator. Accompanying note: "This portrait was likely taken soon after 1895 br Dick Hughes, first resident photographer in Tulsa. Lilah L. did retouching for him. This was not included with the Shleppy materials. I aquired it from Louise Whitam early historian."

Dates: 1895

Lilah Denton Lindsey archive, 1866-1944

 Collection
Identifier: 1976-016
Scope and Contents The papers are organized into 9 series: Series 1: Autobiographical: consists of handwritten brief accounts of Lilah Lindsey's life and a carbon copy typescript of Lilah Lindsey's interview with Effie S. Jackson.Series 2: Correspondence: consists primarily of letters and postcards to Lilah Lindsey from friends, family, and civic group associates, as well as city, state, and federal government departments and offices. Notable among the correspondents are Anna Eliza Worcester...
Dates: 1866 - 1944

Postcard collection, Undated

 Collection
Identifier: 1500-033
Scope and Contents Consists of postcards collected from a variety of individuals including Lilah Lindsey, John W. Shleppey, and Richard Tenney. The collection is housed in 12 document boxes and is grouped into 7 categories: United States, American Indians, People (identified and unidentified), Transportation (airplanes, trains, automobiles, ships), Art and Artifacts, Greeting Cards and Business Advertisements, Foreign Countries, and oversize material.Postcards for the United States are grouped...
Dates: Undated

Virgil Brazier photographs, approximately 1900s-1950s

 Collection
Identifier: 1974-003
Scope and Contents

Consists of 103 photographs (many inscribed to Brazier) featuring early oilmen and businessmen of Tulsa, their spouses, and prominent people from outside the Tulsa area. Collection includes three unidentified group photos, photo-reproductions of racecar designs, a photograph of the first Braniff Airlines airliner, and two reels of 16mm movie film (housed separately) of undetermined subject matter. Newspaper clippings relating to featured individuals accompany some of the photographs.

Dates: 1900 - 1950

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Oklahoma -- History. 3
Tulsa (Okla.) -- History 2
Boy Scouts. 1
Creek Indians. 1
Cycling -- United States. 1