Shleppey, John W., 1901-1975

biographical statement

Tulsa area businessman and collector who owned and operated Shleppey Outdoor Advertising. Later he owned a bookstore in Seattle. He was a lifelong acquirer of things, beginning when he was a child before 1920. His extensive collection of books, artifacts, and papers was bequeathed to the University of Tulsa by the Shleppey family following his death in September 1975.

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Chickasaw Nation Supreme Court minutes, 1886-1901

 Item

Identifier: E99.C55- C55-1886-+Ovrsz

Content Description

Supreme Court minutes and docket, Tishomingo C.N. From 1856 until Oklahoma statehood in 1907, the Chickasaw nation's capitol was in Tishomingo (now Tishomingo, Oklahoma.)

Dates: 1886 - 1901

Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives

Currency collection, Undated

 Collection

Identifier: 1976-022

Scope and Contents

A small artificial collection accumulated from numerous sources, and include old coins, tax tokens, and trade tokens.

Dates: Undated

Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives

Erhebung des Geistes zu Gott, approximately 1831

 Item

Identifier: 1500-001-12

Scope and Contents

Elevation of the Spirit to God: Handwritten religious volume with frontis piece, additional handwritten notes, and tipped in material. Binding stamped F.H.-1831.

Dates: approximately 1831

Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives

Fine press printing ephemera, Undated

 Collection

Identifier: 1000-007

Scope and Contents

Consists primarily of prospectuses and printer's catalogs including a variety of ephemeral publications from book marks to small pamphlets. Also included are typed and handwritten letters. Represented are Hammers Anvil Press, Cummington Press, Leo Hart, James Low, the Typophiles, Press of the Wooly Whale, Lawton and Alfred Kennedy (book designers of San Francisco), and Book Club of California.

Dates: Undated

Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives

Frank J. Bonawit Oklahoma oil well documents, 1944-1954

 Collection

Identifier: 1975-002-8-1

Scope and Contents

Consists of oil well production logs, well analysis reports, drilling reports, radioactivity logs, and related correspondence for oil wells leased or owned and operated by Frank J. Bonawit, Tulsa, Oklahoma during the mid-1940s through mid-1950s.

Dates: 1944 - 1954

Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives

Indians of North America historical manuscripts and documents, 1724-1981

 Collection

Identifier: 1975-006

Scope and Contents This artificial collection was brought together initially as the the old American Indian Law and History Collection from miscellaneous acquisitions that had accrued over twenty years of collecting. Later the collection's scope was broadened somewhat and the title was changed. It is presently a collection of historical documents, correspondence, photographs and ephemera relating to the governments, citizenship, and lands primarily of those tribes located in Oklahoma Indian Territory. The...

Dates: 1724 - 1981

Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives

John W. Shleppey collection, Undated

 Collection

Identifier: 1975-002

Scope and Contents

Because of the large amount of material, this collection has been divided into specific series: library; Outdoor Advertising Company archive; collection of the history of Native American peoples; John W. Shleppey artifacts; family papers; and miscellaneous collections

Dates: Undated

Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives

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

Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives

Vintage Erotica Collection, Undated

 Collection

Identifier: 1500-032

Scope and Contents

Magazines, photographs, and other matter have been brought together into this artifical collection for the purpose of academic research. There are many other works in the collection that have not been brought under this rubric. These may be found through the catalog under the subject headings of Erotica, Pornography, and Sex.

Dates: undated

Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives

Additional filters:

Subject

Indians of North America. 2

Advertising 1

Alabama -- Coushatta Tribes of Texas 1

Apache Indians 1

Book design. 1

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Catholic Church -- Doctrines. 1

Cayuga Indians. 1

Cemeteries -- Oklahoma 1

Cherokee Indians -- Photographs. 1

Cherokee Indians. 1

Cherokee Language. 1

Cheyenne Indians. 1

Chickasaw Indians -- History -- Sources 1

Chickasaw Indians -- Photographs. 1

Chickasaw Indians. 1

Chinook Indians. 1

Choctaw Indians -- Photographs. 1

Choctaw Indians. 1

Creek Indians -- Photographs 1

Creek Indians. 1

Creek Language. 1

Crow Indians. 1

Dakota Indians. 1

Delaware Indians. 1

Erotica -- United States -- History -- 20th century. 1

Erotica -- United States. 1

Fine books -- Specimens. 1

Fox Indians. 1

Hopi Indians. 1

Indians of North America -- Languages -- Bibliography. 1

Indians of North America -- Pictorial works. 1

Jesuits. 1

Kickapoo Indians. 1

Kiowa Indians. 1

Koasati Indians. 1

Micmac Indians. 1

Missouri Indians. 1

Navajo Indians. 1

Numismatics. 1

Oil well logging -- Oklahoma 1

Ojibwa Indians. 1

Oklahoma -- History. 1

Omaha Indians. 1

Osage Indians. 1

Oto Indians. 1

Pawnee Indians. 1

Petroleum industry and trade -- Oklahoma -- History. 1

Ponca Indians. 1

Printing -- Great Britain -- History. 1

Printing -- United States -- History. 1

Private press books. 1

Quapaw Indians. 1

Salish Indians. 1

Sauk Indians. 1

Seminole Indians. 1

Seneca Indians. 1

Shawnee Indians. 1

Shoshoni Indians. 1

Siouan Indians. 1

Small press books. 1

Special Collections -- Ephemera -- Fine press printing ephemera. 1

Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Bonawit, Frank J. 1

Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Chickasaw Nation Supreme Court minutes 1

Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Erhebung des Geistes zu Gott. 1

Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Indians of North America. 1

Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- John W. Shleppey collection 1

Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Postcard collection. 1

Stikeen River Indians. 1

Title pages. 1

United States -- Pictorial works. 1

United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century. 1

Ute Indians. 1

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