Fredrick Morris Lookout, Jr. was an Osage singer, and after his death the University was given a collection of 57 reel to reel tapes of various Native American Singers, conversations with native speakers, and dances.
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 It is presently a collection of historical documents, correspondence, photographs and ephemera relating to the governments, citizenship, and lands primarily of those tribes located in Oklahoma Indian Territory.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...
Starting in 1978, the Department of Special Collections at McFarlin Library, the University of Tulsa, has produced a series of booklets and pamphlets under the rubric of Keepsakes. The archive consists of those materials gathered during their production. Consists of graphics, artwork, production layouts, and related materials for Special Collections keepsake publications.
Content Description
400 well records.;Arranged geographically by co then chronologically within the sector.Drilling records for wells in Osage County, Oklahoma drilled primarily by Barnsdall Oil Company. The records are housed in a large two-post binder with approximately 400 individual well records with many loose sheets of information inserted.An individual well record will give such information as company, well site, date drilling commenced and was completed, who did the drilling,...
The allotment cards in this collection give roll number, member's Indian name, English equivalent and exact description and location of the allotted lands.
Each card measures approximately 3 11/16 inches by 8 1/4 inches and typically bears the roll number, English and/or Indian name, number of acres allotted and their exact location. Some cards are accompanied by plats. The cards DO NOT contain genealogical information.
The Raymond Lasley collection consists of Osage Nation organizational papers, primarily concerned with the Bureau of Indian Affairs and federal and state legislation impacting the Osage.
Dates:
1889 - 1988; Majority of material found within 1970 - 1983
Scope and Contents
Scrapbook of newsclippings, photographs and published ephemera documents the activities of this early Tulsa settler and businessman, and those of his family.Masterfile note: The scrapbook is organized as follows: Kennedy Building (First National Bank Director, Commercial Club and other early business interests); Oil Business (the Kennedy-Springer Osage lease); Spavinaw Water System; General and Shorthorn Sale (ranching activities); Children; Family; Various; Tulsa Pioneer History...
