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 918 Collections and/or Records:
Unidentified People, Undated
A group of unidentified people in traditional dress. A man wearing a red and white back bustle with his back to the camera on the right. A group of women stand on the left. Taken at the Tulsa Indian Festival.
Unidentified Women, Undated
A group of unidentified women in traditional dress. Taken at the Tulsa Indian Festival.
Unknown Girls, Undated
Two unidentified girls in traditional dress on the far left. Taken at the Tulsa Indian Festival.
Untitled Dinner Dance Menu
Untitled Dinner Dance Menu, undated
Recto has an illustration of a Mexican woman dressed in traditional dance outfit, with men drinking Carta Blanca beer. Verso has a "Dinner Dance Menu" that includes steaks and a Mexican dish. Possibly from the 1962 Seattle World's Fair?
Untitled image of downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma looking toward the Arkansas River
Untitled image of downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma looking toward the Arkansas River, undated
Color photograph of downtown Tulsa, looking west toward the Arkansas River. Bank of Oklahoma building has not been built.
Untitled Mother's Day Dinner
Untitled Mother's Day Dinner, 1964-05-10
Illustrated menu cover is of a cherry blossom tree. Menu lists children's menu and adult menu, with steaks and seafoods. Possibly from the Washington Athletic Club, as one of the desserts is a "W.A.C. Special Mother's Cake."
U.S. Naval Station Commissioned Officers' Mess menu
Additional filters:
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- Archival Object 512
- Digital Record 394
- Collection 9
- Unprocessed Material 3
- Subject
- Restaurants 706
- Menu design. 632
- Menu design -- United States -- History -- 20th century 577
- Restaurants -- United States -- Menus 573
- Restaurants -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- Menu 250
- Souvenirs (Keepsakes). 97
- Souvenirs (Keepsakes) -- United States 93
- Restaurants -- Oklahoma 61
- Restaurants -- Canada -- Vancouver -- Menu 60
- Hotels Advertising. 47
- Hotels. 47
- Restaurants -- California -- Los Angeles 44
- Restaurants -- Oklahoma -- Tulsa -- Menu 42
- Hotels -- History. 39
- Restaurants -- California -- San Francisco -- Menu 27
- Restaurants -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Menu 27
- Restaurants -- Texas -- Dallas -- Menu 15
- Restaurants -- Cuba -- Havana -- Menu 14
- Restaurants -- New York -- Menu 14
- Restaurants -- United States -- Purchasing 14
- Restaurants -- Oregon -- Portland -- Menu 13
- Palm Springs (Calif.) 12
- Restaurants -- Texas -- Houston -- Menu 12
- Restaurants -- Florida -- Miami Beach -- Menu 11
- Restaurants -- Missouri -- Kansas City -- Menu 11
- Sales promotion -- United States. 10
- Cherokee Indians. 8
- Cherokee Language. 7
- Restaurants -- Missouri -- St. Louis -- Menu 7
- Alaska -- Description and travel 6
- Correspondence. 6
- Space Needle (Seattle, Wash.) 6
- Space Needle Restaurant 6
- Advertising 5
- Comic books, strips, etc. 4
- Comic books, strips, etc. -- United States 4
- Grand Canyon (Ariz.). 4
- Hotels -- California -- Los Angeles 4
- Palm Springs (Calif.) -- Maps. 4
- Restaurants -- Hawaii -- Menu 4
- Restaurants -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Menu 4
- Restaurants -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Menu 4
- United States. Army -- Officers. 4
- Restaurants -- Michigan -- Detroit -- Menus 3
- Restaurants -- Washington (State) -- Bellevue -- Menu 3
- Tourism -- Marketing. 3
- Advertising, Public service -- United States -- History 2
- Aeronautics -- Safety measures. 2
- Arts and crafts 2
- Cruise ships -- Mediterranean Region. 2
- Eureka (Calif.) 2
- Grand Canyon National Park (Agency : U.S.) 2
- Hotels -- Oklahoma -- Tulsa 2
- Indians of North America. 2
- Mendenhall Glacier (Alaska). 2
- Natural gas. 2
- Nightclubs -- California -- Los Angeles 2
- Pacific Northwest. 2
- Real estate agents -- California. 2
- Real estate agents. 2
- Restaurants -- Alaska -- Menu 2
- Restaurants -- Kansas -- Wichita -- Menus. 2
- Restaurants -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Menu 2
- Restaurants -- Washington, D.C. -- Menus. 2
- Seattle (Wash.) 2
- Seattle World's Fair (1962). 2
- Travel agents 2
- Tulsa (Okla.) -- Photographs 2
- United States -- Maps. 2
- United States. Department of the Interior. 2
- United States. Government Printing Office 2
- Aeronautics 1
- Alabama -- Coushatta Tribes of Texas 1
- All American Indian Days 1
- Amateur films 1
- Apache Indians 1
- Book design. 1
- Catholic Church -- Doctrines. 1
- Cattle trade -- West (U.S.). 1
- Cayuga Indians. 1
- Cemeteries -- Oklahoma 1
- Cherokee Indians -- Photographs. 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
- Grant County (Or.) 1 + ∧ less