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Shleppey, John W., 1901-1975

 Person

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 512 Collections and/or Records:

Unidentified Boy, Undated

 Item — Box 4: [Barcode: A000023243231], Folder: 1
Identifier: 1975.006.3.Unknown.050
Scope and Contents

Unidentified boy in traditional dress with his back to the camera wearing a red, blue, and white back bustle. His left hand holds onto a woman to the left. Taken at the Tulsa Indian Festival.

Dates: Undated

Unidentified Boy, Undated

 Item — Box 4: [Barcode: A000023243231], Folder: 1
Identifier: 1975.006.3.Unknown.051
Scope and Contents

An unidentified boy in traditional dress dancing. He wears a purple, blue/green, and white back bustle. Other people in traditional dress stand to his left. Taken at the Tulsa Indian Festival.

Dates: Undated

Unidentified Boys, Undated

 Item — Box 3: [Barcode: A000023243224], Folder: 24
Identifier: 1975.006.3.Unknown.021a
Scope and Contents

A group of unidentified boys sit in a row. The boy on the far left appears to be in a baseball uniform and is eating a red snowcone. The other boys are in traditional dress. Taken at the Tulsa Indian Festival.

Dates: Undated

Unidentified Boys, Undated

 Item — Box 3: [Barcode: A000023243224], Folder: 24
Identifier: 1975.006.3.Unknown.021a
Scope and Contents

A group of unidentified boys sit in a row. The boy on the far left appears to be in a baseball uniform and is eating a red snowcone. The other boys are in traditional dress. Taken at the Tulsa Indian Festival.

Dates: Undated

Unidentified Boys, Undated

 Item — Box 3: [Barcode: A000023243224], Folder: 24
Identifier: 1975.006.3.Unknown.022a
Scope and Contents

A group of unidentified boys in traditional dress sit in a row. Taken at the Tulsa Indian Festival.

Dates: Undated

Unidentified Boys, Undated

 Item — Box 3: [Barcode: A000023243224], Folder: 24
Identifier: 1975.006.3.Uknown.022b
Scope and Contents

A group of unidentified boys in traditional dress sit in a row. Taken at the Tulsa Indian Festival.

Dates: Undated

Unidentified Boys, Undated

 Item — Box 4: [Barcode: A000023243231], Folder: 1
Identifier: 1975.006.3.Unknown.053
Scope and Contents

A group of boys in traditional dress dancing. Taken at the Tulsa Indian Festival.

Dates: Undated

Unidentified Boys, Undated

 Item — Box 4: [Barcode: A000023243231], Folder: 1
Identifier: 1975.006.3.Unknown.055
Scope and Contents

Three unidentified boys in traditional dress stand on a rooftop with a concrete rail next to the Penn-Moore Supply Co. Building in Tulsa, Okla. Men and women stand on the far right. Taken at the Tulsa Indian Festival.

Dates: Undated

Unidentified Girl, 1970

 Item — Box 3: [Barcode: A000023243224], Folder: 24
Identifier: 1975.006.3.Unknown.025
Scope and Contents

A unidentified girl in traditional dress stands outside with her hands behind her back. Taken at the Tulsa Indian Festival.

Dates: 1970

Unidentified Man, Undated

 Item — Box 3: [Barcode: A000023243224], Folder: 24
Identifier: 1975.006.3.Unknown.007
Scope and Contents

Image of an unidentified man angled left in traditional dress in front of a brick wall. Purported to be taken at the Tulsa Indian Festival and be a Schleppey acquisition.

Dates: Undated

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Subject
Restaurants 351
Menu design. 308
Restaurants -- United States -- Menus 292
Menu design -- United States -- History -- 20th century 284
Restaurants -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- Menu 125
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Souvenirs (Keepsakes) -- United States 52
Souvenirs (Keepsakes). 51
Restaurants -- Canada -- Vancouver -- Menu 30
Hotels Advertising. 25
Hotels. 25
Restaurants -- Oklahoma 25
Restaurants -- California -- Los Angeles 21
Restaurants -- Oklahoma -- Tulsa -- Menu 20
Hotels -- History. 18
Restaurants -- California -- San Francisco -- Menu 13
Restaurants -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Menu 13
Restaurants -- Texas -- Dallas -- Menu 8
Cherokee Indians. 7
Restaurants -- Cuba -- Havana -- Menu 7
Restaurants -- New York -- Menu 7
Restaurants -- United States -- Purchasing 7
Cherokee Language. 6
Palm Springs (Calif.) 6
Restaurants -- Florida -- Miami Beach -- Menu 6
Restaurants -- Missouri -- Kansas City -- Menu 6
Restaurants -- Oregon -- Portland -- Menu 6
Restaurants -- Texas -- Houston -- Menu 6
Sales promotion -- United States. 5
Alaska -- Description and travel 3
Correspondence. 3
Restaurants -- Missouri -- St. Louis -- Menu 3
Restaurants -- Washington (State) -- Bellevue -- Menu 3
Space Needle (Seattle, Wash.) 3
Space Needle Restaurant 3
Advertising 2
Comic books, strips, etc. 2
Comic books, strips, etc. -- United States 2
Grand Canyon (Ariz.). 2
Hotels -- California -- Los Angeles 2
Palm Springs (Calif.) -- Maps. 2
Restaurants -- Hawaii -- Menu 2
Restaurants -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Menu 2
Restaurants -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Menu 2
Restaurants -- Michigan -- Detroit -- Menus 2
United States. Army -- Officers. 2
Advertising, Public service -- United States -- History 1
Aeronautics 1
Aeronautics -- Safety measures. 1
All American Indian Days 1
Arts and crafts 1
Cattle trade -- West (U.S.). 1
Cruise ships -- Mediterranean Region. 1
Eureka (Calif.) 1
Grand Canyon National Park (Agency : U.S.) 1
Grant County (Or.) 1
Hotels -- Oklahoma -- Tulsa 1
Maps of the American West 1
Mendenhall Glacier (Alaska). 1
Natural gas. 1
Nightclubs -- California -- Los Angeles 1
Pacific Northwest. 1
Pioneers -- Oklahoma. 1
Radio advertising. 1
Real estate agents -- California. 1
Real estate agents. 1
Restaurants -- Alaska -- Menu 1
Restaurants -- Kansas -- Wichita -- Menus. 1
Restaurants -- Mexico -- Menu 1
Restaurants -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Menu 1
Restaurants -- Washington, D.C. -- Menus. 1
Seattle (Wash.) 1
Seattle World's Fair (1962). 1
Sheridan (Wyo.). 1
Tahlequah (Okla.) 1
Travel agents 1
Tulsa (Okla.) -- Photographs 1
United States -- Maps. 1
United States. Department of the Interior. 1
United States. Government Printing Office 1
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