Dorothy Ogles Lockhart Autograph Books, 1938-1960

Collection

Identifier: 2015-066

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Dorothy Ogles Lockhart's personal collection of autograph books from 1938 - 1960. Comprises of three autograph books with signatures from Jazz musicians playing in Tulsa and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Also contains signatures from classmates and soldiers stationed in Oklahoma.

Dates

Creation: 1938 - 1960

Creator

Lockhart, Dorothy Mae Ogles, 1917-2005 (Person)

Access

This material is open for research use by any registered reader.

Use and Copyright

This material is owned by the University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections. Unpublished manuscripts are under copyright. Therefore, permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from both the repository and the copyright holder.

Biographical / Historical

Dorothy Mae Ogles was born 20 October 1917. She and her sister Geneva appear in the 1930 census living with an aunt and uncle Ed and Josie Reid on a farm.

The first autograph book has the address 2132 E. 32nd St. and has dates from late 1938 and 1939. The 1939 city directory has her at that address as a maid working for Glade R. Kirkpatrick, president of the Guarantee Abstract Co.

In the 1941 and 1942 city directories has her working as a maid for Edward F. Shea, a geologist living at 2440 Owasso Place.

In October 1942, she married Matthew Marshall Lockhart, who doesn’t otherwise seem to exist. And the 2nd autograph book begins.

In 1943 Dorothy Lockhart was the manager of the Chestean Rooms, 121 1/2 N Greenwood. Previously, in 1942, Mrs. Rosetta C Hollingsworth had this job.

The dates in the 3rd autograph book range from 1945- 1960. In 1946 Dorothy Lockhart was a clerk for Herbert Louvertise Byars at 347 1/2 N. Greenwood, where in 1951 Dorothy Lockhart resided.

She died in 2005 and is buried at Crown Hill cemetery.

These albums were found in a storage unit along with the memory book of Dorothy Carman Stewele.