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Tulsa (Okla.) -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 32 Collections and/or Records:

Image of Tulsa Race Riot
Image of Tulsa Race Riot

"Scene during Tulsa Race Riot, June 1, 1921"

 Digital Image
Identifier: 1989-004-5-1.jpg

Terry Miesse photographs, late 1800s-mid 1900s

 Collection
Identifier: 2007-040
Scope and Contents

Consists of 22 photographs featuring children and/or adults, mostly unidentified; record pages excised from [family] bible(s); dinner theatre program and hotel menus.

Dates: late 1800s to mid 1900s

Tulsa area historical slides, Undated

 Collection
Identifier: 1000-152
Scope and Contents

Color and black/white Kodachrome slides depicting the early history and people of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Most of the slides have handwritten descriptions. This was accumulated by history professor William Settle, presumably for a presentation on the history of Tulsa.

Dates: Undated

Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 archive

 Collection
Identifier: 1989-004
Scope and Contents The materials within the collection are predominantly the research materials and notes from various researchers. Other materials have been acquired from various sources between 1988 to present and includes photographs, photocopies of the local press coverage, articles and essays on the subject, an annotated map, a video recording and photographs of the riot and its aftermath. Also included is a video recording of the Weller Grossman production of "In Search of History: The Night Tulsa...
Dates: 1920 - 2007

Unidentified Historical Research Notes, Undated

 Collection
Identifier: 1000-213
Content Description

Notes on cards and sheets of paper on various topics including Tulsa history, Ozark superstitions, Native American dance and culture, and other topics. This may have been in preparation of the researcher writing a fictional novel.

Dates: Undated

United Confederate Veterans pennant, 1918

 Collection
Identifier: 2012-073
Scope and Contents

Pennant from the 1918 meeting of United Confederate Veterans in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Dates: 1918

Willena Wood Union High School memory book, 1926-1928

 Collection
Identifier: 2013-056
Scope and Contents

Union High School, Tulsa, Oklahoma photo album and memory book belonging to Willena Wood. Also includes 93 photographs from a family trip to Colorado Springs, Pikes Peak, New Mexico and Oklahoma; Willena Wood and her friends; graduating class of 1925 Union High School; Union High School basketball team; and Union High School faculty members. Also included are names and addresses of Woods's friends in Tulsa and Broken Arrow.

Dates: 1926 - 1928

William M. O'Brien publications of "B" Co., 20th Infantry Battalion, USMCR documents, 1990-2003

 Collection
Identifier: 2001-037
Scope and Contents One folder, collection contains four documents from four different years. They are dedicated to" 262 men who were members of "B" Company, 20th Infantry Battalion, USMCR, Tulsa, Oklahoma..." Wm.M. O'Bien was the creator, publisher, and source. There is a July, 1990, "Memories" pamphlet, with photos and news paper article copies and some recollections by W M O'Brien., an Aug.5th , 1995, 45th reunion magazine with group photos and lists of entire B Co. and KIA list and copies of proclomations...
Dates: 1990 - 2003