Note: The Tulsa Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) was organized January 24th, 1912. According to Charles Crume, the R. E. Downing family built the historic Tulsa house at 232 North Sante Fe in 1918. Bland, an intermarried white man, in Red Fork. Library organized by Women's Club opens in City Hall after unsuccessful attempt to secure Carnegie funds. Find resources on the Tulsa Race Riot, the history of the University, and more. Mid-Continent Petroleum Corporation takes over the Cosden Refinery (Debo 99). Friends of the Public Library is organized and formed. 3 (Debo 55). Waite Phillips makes his first big strike in Okmulgee County (Debo 104). Collinsville Library begins with donation of books from Mrs. A. J. Tyner. New Jenks Library opens. Tulsa Historical Society is working to place their entire photograph collection online. Oklahoma State University Digtial Collections. Although the riot itself lasted only a few hours, its repercussions are still felt today." The Cheyenne and Arapaho country is opened for settlement, adding six new counties. Newspaper articles covering topics of local and regional interest were selectively chosen from Tulsa’s major metropolitan dailies of the twentieth century and deposited in these subject-based vertical files. Oklahoma's first producing oil well is drilled near Chelsea. Browse historic images from the dedication of the original Charles Page Library in Sand Springs. Other content has been restricted to in-house use due to copyright concerns. Library becomes depository for U.S. Foundation Center. Governor Johnston is impeached and removed from office; William J. Holloway becomes governor. The documents can be accessed by visiting the Research Center or by contacting the library via email: askus@tulsalibrary.org, phone: 918-549-7323, or text: text AskTCCL to 918-876-5533. A Union military expedition from Kansas penetrates to Fort Gibson. Property at 71st and Memorial is obtained from Dayton-Hudson for future building. Will Rogers and Wiley Post die in airplane crash in Alaska. Read more... On the near north side of Tulsa, library services have been delivered from several locations. Metropolitan Library Board is formed. The Municipal Convention Hall is constructed at a cost of $125,000 (Debo 99). East, West, North, and Greenwood remodeled and repaired. 2/16 Update: Fleet Feet KingsPointe and Fleet Feet Broken Arrow will be open until 6pm today. Halsell, a young Texan married to a Texas girl of Cherokee descent, comes and establishes his right, as an intermarried Cherokee, to use the Cherokee range. Note: This audio collection of interviews, conducted by the Junior League of Tulsa in the late 1970s and early 1980s, features discussions with pioneer Tulsans on medicine, lifestyles, architecture, government, business, education, journalism, and many other subjects regarding the early history of Tulsa. F-150 BUILT TO WORK AND PLAY HARD. United States Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information (FSA-OWI). The Local Publications Index provides a searchable online index to older Tulsa area publications housed in the Research Center at Central Library. Their online collection does not include the Beryl Ford Collection and will eventually number approximately 35,000 images. Audience Q&A to follow Jacob's presentation. Greenwood and Apache Circle close and are replaced by Seminole Hills. Hall and three other Tulsans borrow $1,050 to purchase the mission school property in their own names until the city is able to repay them. A group of United States rangers is sent up the Arkansas River from Fort Gibson through the Tulsa area to explore the region to the west. An intertribal law code is drawn up by the Five Civilized Tribes (Cherokees, Choctaws, Chickasaws, Creeks, and Seminoles) at North Fork Town. The scrapbook was in poor condition, and items in the scrapbook were deteriorating. Thursday, March 18, 7-8 p.m. On December 9th, the battle of Chusto-Talash or Caving Banks is fought between the Union Creeks and Cooper's Confederate troops on Bird Creek, resulting in fifteen Confederate casualties, who were buried on the hillside near the creek bend, an appeal for help to Confederate Colonel James McIntosh, and the retreat of the Union Indians (Debo 27-28). Career centers set up in regional libraries. The Creeks sign a treaty with the United States that provides $500,000 in cash to compensate them for losses growing out of land cessions and the removal. A committee of the United States Senate meets with oil men and the Commercial Club at the Elks' Hall in the Seaman Building on West Third. All TCCL locations are open for curbside service. The African-American Resource Center hosts the 2021 African American Heritage Bowl commemorating the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. Fleet Feet Blue Dome will be closed today. First annual Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguised Author Award is presented to Norman Cousins. Washington Irving accompanies United States rangers on an expedition from Fort Gibson to the present site of Norman [and back to Fort Gibson], recording his experiences in A Tour on the Prairies. We give you a full 30 days (up to 1500 miles) to decide if your car is the perfect fit for your life. Death Notice Index All rights reserved. Criminal jurisdiction of the Federal courts of Arkansas is extended over Oklahoma. Library catalog available online. Other Tulsa County communities and historic bridges are also featured. Brookside, Sheridan, and Skiatook move to large quarters. Read more... On a hot summer day in 1931, opening ceremonies were held for the largest of the four original library branches built in Tulsa. Rev. Items were transferred from the Tulsa City-County Library Media Center in 2013. Content from the vertical file titles listed below has been added. From there, the water is pumped to a high pressure reservoir on summit of Reservoir Hill (Debo 107). Population of the Indian Territory is estimated at 81,381; this includes Indians, a few white residents, and ex-slaves of the Indians. Monday, March 8, 12:10-12:50 p.m. The scrapbook is a collection of undated newspaper articles and unidentified photographs. As they are not available in a digital format but are of enduring value, they were transferred to Archives and Special Collections. The Methodist Episcopal church is organized at the mission building, holding its services there until it is moved to is own building on North Main Street (Debo 62). Collinsville Library opens in City Hall and is operated by members of C.O.E. The full text of these items is not available online. Please contact Research Center staff to make an appointment or to learn more about our collections. Saul Bellow receives Helmerich Distinguised Author Award. The Solomon Sir Jones film collection is available online from Yale University's Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library. Bixby Library is enlarged. Ancestry Library Edition The Lochapoka gather ashes from their sacred fire and begin their journey westward to an unknown destination (Debo 7-8). Lieutenant James B. Wilkinson descends the Arkansas River crossing northeastern Oklahoma. Two years later, the refinery added 97 miles of pipeline to connect the plant to the famous Cushing oil field. John Updike receives Helmerich Distinguished Author Award. A great council of eighteen Indian tribes is held at Tahlequah, and a code of intertribal law is drawn up and adopted by the Cherokees, Creeks, and Osages. Congress grants franchises for the construction of the first two railroads across Oklahoma. Cherokee Strip Live Stock Association leases the "Outlet" from the Cherokee Nation. Panhandle is joined to the Territory of Oklahoma. Young People's Annual Creative Writing Contest begins. Oklahoma National Guard sees service on the Mexican Border. The virtual programs will include author events, panel discussions and a curated exhibit titled “TCCL Remembers – Commemorating Tulsa’s Race Massacre with … Pat Woodrum becomes director. Dr. Levorsen donated his extensive collection of texts, maps, and photographs regarding the petroleum industry to the library in 1968. As overwhelmed hospitals buckled under the number of cases and a government-ordered lockdown paralyzed the city, Ella Guity wondered whether it was time to go back and join her family in Rio Esteban, the small fishing village where she … "Boomers" begin their attempts to settle on the "Oklahoma Lands." The Page Memorial Library building reverted to the City, its purpose to be a local history museum. These collections function as digital surrogates that aid in the preservation of rare and fragile resources. Cleveland Junior High School No Title/Mustang, Roosevelt Junior High School Journalism Club Roundup, Washington (Booker T) High School Hornet/Comet, Marquette Junior High and High School Marque, Oklahoma State University and Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College (A&M 1914-1957) Redskin, Cadet Corps of the Oklahoma Military Academy The Guidon, Hillcrest Memorial Hospital School of Nursing The Embryo, Central Library North Branch closes and is replaced by Apache Circle. The Herman and Kate Kaiser Library opened on June 23, 2008. New Allie Beth Martin East Regional Library opens. This collection consists of these descriptions on audio cassette as well as a number of print newspapers and periodicals retained from the larger collection that is now housed at the Tulsa Historical Society. She married Zebulon Paul Owings Jr., an executive for Shell Oil Co, five years after Bole’s death. Atlantic and Pacific Railroad establishes a station in the Creek Nation at a place called "Tulsey Town" by the Indians. Information and bus shelter on Civic Center Plaza opens. Larry McMurty receives Distinguished Author Award. First immigrant Creeks arrive in Oklahoma and begin to lay out farms in the Arkansas valley. Texas relinquishes the land north of 36° 30', thus forming the southern boundary of the Oklahoma Panhandle. Here, view 300 images from the early days of the Oklahoma petroleum industry. This collection mainly consists of operational and promotional documents. ate Indians surrender to Union forces more than two months after Appomatox; United States officials hold a council with the Indians and lay down terms for the resumption of treaty relations. End of first World War, for which Oklahoma furnished 88,496 men in uniform and purchased $116,368,045 worth of Liberty Bonds. Susan Merrill Clinton served as founding Regent. The City-County System began management in July, 1962. It featured bronze doors, banisters, a memorial window, and a memorial plate designed by Ralph Watkins of Chicago. W.E. Railway officials construct a temporary bridge across the Arkansas. (AP Photo) STF Jones became an influential Baptist minister, building and pastoring fifteen churches. We rely on donations for our school yearbook collection and, for most titles, would like two copies: one for the shelf and one for back-up. Voices and stories of famous Oklahomans and ordinary citizens are captured forever in their own words. Enter your keyword in the "anywhere" field, and choose "vertical file" from the "material type" drop-down box. The first performance of Drunkard & Olio was performed there on November 14th, 1953, and it has played virtually every Saturday night since then. Washington County Arterial Streets Remain Slick E. W. Marland is inaugurated as governor. The sale of the townsite lots takes place. Levorsen was the first dean of the School of Mineral Sciences at Stanford University, but he spent much of his career in Tulsa. The Oklahoma Room is located on the 3rd floor of Central Library and is open to the public during regular library hours. The mission school holds its last session 1898-1899 (Debo 79). Isparhecher faction makes peace with the constitutional Creek government. See details here. Washington County. Hernando de Soto explores along present eastern border of Oklahoma. The Katy railroad is built through Tulsa (Debo 86). Tuesday, March 2, 6-7 p.m. It was a colonial revival red brick building with large windows and a vaulted ceiling. A law is passed permitting Creeks to enclose large tracts along the border, and when these pastures are built, they are leased to the Texas cattlemen (Debo 69). Chickasaws set up a tribal government, adopt a constitution, and establish Tishomingo as their capital. Note: Alwilda Millikin Owings was a former Tulsa philanthropist who died January 21st, 1973 in Santa Barbara, California, where she had lived for 27 years. As they are not available in a digital format but are of enduring value, they were transferred to Archives and Special Collections. Cross reference directories in the collection are organized by telephone number and by street address. Jeff Archer is killed when a gun goes off in his store and strikes a keg of powder (Debo 73). Skelly and other citizens, is built for the use of the University (Debo 108). Tulsa footage can be found in at least five of the films (film two, film eighteen, film twenty, film twenty-seven, and film twenty-eight) and includes several shots of the Greenwood area. This audio collection, conducted by the Junior League of Tulsa in the late 1970s and early 1980s, features discussions with pioneer Tulsans on medicine, lifestyles, architecture, government, business, education, journalism, and many other subjects regarding the early history of Tulsa. Trang tin tức online với nhiều tin mới nổi bật, tổng hợp tin tức 24 giờ qua, tin tức thời sự quan trọng và những tin thế giới mới nhất trong ngày mà bạn cần biết To find content from a particular file, use the advanced search in the, 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission Events, 1971 Arkansas-Verdigris Navigation System Trip, African-American Resource Center Tulsa Race Riot Collection, American Indian Resource Center Audiovisual Collection, Junior League of Tulsa Historic Preservation Project Oral History Collection, Media Center Oklahoma History Audiovisual Collection, Spotlight Theatre/Jennifer Carlson Collection, Tulsa Chapter Of The Daughters Of The American Revolution, Tulsa Library History Audiovisual Collection, Developing Tulsa: The Austin Hellwig Collection, Junior League of Tulsa Oral History Collection, http://www.assessor.tulsacounty.org/assessor-maps-county.php, Refining In Tulsa: The Cosden Legacy Collection, Tulsa and Oklahoma History Digital Collection, Roosevelt Junior High School Journalism Club, Oklahoma State University and Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College (A&M 1914-1957), Cadet Corps of the Oklahoma Military Academy, Hillcrest Memorial Hospital School of Nursing, Friends of the Tulsa City-County Libraries. To promote lifelong learning and contribute to a stronger community, the Library provides access to digital collections rich in materials relating to the history, culture, industry, geography, people, government, education, and development of Tulsa and Oklahoma. If you don't have your own subscription to Ancestry.com, Ancestry Library Edition is accessible at any library location. Solomon Sir Jones was a Baptist minister, a businessman and an amateur filmmaker. Union forces defeat the Confederates at Honey Springs, the most important battle fought in Oklahoma during the Civil War. A United States census shows that the Lochapoka has a population of 264 and that the Creek Nation as a whole has lost 24 percent of its population (Debo 36). It later moved into a street-level space across the street at 62 N. Sheridan becoming the North Sheridan Branch Library. The 1909-1935 Tulsa City Directories are available in the Ancestry Library Edition database. The Peggy V. Helmerich Library opened to the public on February 10, 1991 as a 9,800 square foot facility, on a three acre lot, with capacity for 35,000 volumes. In September, the city is selected as headquarters for the technical training command of the United States Army Air Corps (Debo 113). As its official Oklahoma Centennial Project, Rotary teamed with the Tulsa City-County Library and the Tulsa Historical Society to quickly provide the public access to this excellent photographic collection of Tulsa history. The Lochapoka will eventually settle in the area of present Tulsa (Debo 5). These items were then transferred to the Tulsa Historical Society for housing. A neighborhood school, possibly at the Sand Springs, operates during the school year of 1881-1882 with a reported enrollment of thirty-six and an average attendance of fifteen, of which only one was able to speak English (Debo 45). Many Oklahoma and Indian frontiersmen serve with Roosevelt's Rough Riders in the Spanish-American War. Hagler constructed the toll bridge with their own capital. It was remodeled to accommodate the library and a community meeting room. On May 1, Antoine Gillis moves to Tulsa with his family, and camps under a blackjack between Archer and Elwood, the first white residents of the city (Debo 53). After a great deal of exploring, a site at 3600 S. Chestnut was an ideal location. Alwilda was a Holland Hall School trustee and donated the house to the school in 1942. Postcards carry their own messages about the pride we take in our state's natural beauty, modern urban areas, and famous personalities. Several Cherokee chiefs and headmen inform President Jefferson that a portion of the tribe wishes to emigrate to the West. Francisco Vasquez de Coronado crosses western Oklahoma in search of the golden city of Quivira. To limit your search to the vertical files in the new catalog, use the, We are in the process of adding vertical file content to our Tulsa and Oklahoma History Collection online. Find images of Oklahoma taken during geologic studies of the United States and its territories from 1868 to the present. Achee Yahola, the chief who led the Lochapokas in the removal and guided them through the first hard years of pioneering, dies of smallpox. Robert M. Loughridge rides up from Wealaka and preaches what is probably the first sermon in new Tulsa on the front porch of the Hall store (Debo 61). A new Robinson hotel is completed at Third and Main and becomes a resort for rich oil men trading leases and swinging big deals (Debo 88). Note: The first library in Sand Springs was started in 1920 by the Sand Springs Women's Club and opened in 1921 in the City Hall with 500 donated books. Choctaws adopt the constitution under which their government functions until the end of the tribal period. All of Louisiana north of the thirty-third parallel is designated as the District of Louisiana and placed under the administration of Indiana Territory; William Henry Harrison thus becomes the first American governor of Oklahoma. Five Civilized Tribes sign treaties with the United States freeing their slaves, ceding the western half of Oklahoma for the settlement of other Indians, and agreeing to a tentative intertribal organization. If it's not, simply bring it … Photographs were removed from the individual pages and stored separately. Hall succeeds Perryman as postmaster, and the post office is moved to the Hall store. Telephone Directories 1927-present (with these exceptions: 1929, 1930, 1936, and 1943) We do have some random schools in the collection, but they are no longer actively collected. If you are interested in volunteering to help further any of the local history index projects, please let us know. Note: In late 1952, a small group of veteran actors from Tulsa Little Theatre began meeting. The Library of Congress has digitized pre-1923 newspapers, including the 1921 Tulsa World (titled Morning Tulsa Daily World in 1921) and the Tulsa Star. Lynch becomes the city treasurer, and J.M. Note: J. S. (Joshua) Cosden was born in Kent County, Maryland in 1882. - Randy Krehbiel, Tulsa World. 303 South Main St Broken Arrow, OK 74012. Find a more in-depth timeline of Oklahoma history in the Oklahoma Red Book Volume II (1912). On April 8th, a second post office in the Tulsa region is established at Wealaka, close to the home of Pleasant Porter, on the south side of the Arkansas near present Leonard. The mission school building, a white, barn-like structure with a belfry is constructed at the southeast corner of present Fourth Street and Boston Avenue. Note: The collection consists of 85 membership cards dating from 1923-1949 and is arranged chronologically. Her first husband was Tulsa oil man George S. Bole, who died August 26th, 1939. Federal officials convince the Union Creeks in the refuge camps to cede a tract of land for the purpose of colonizing tribes from Kansas in the Indian Territory. A railroad engineer runs a line south-southeast at right angles to the track, along what is now Main Street. Newspaper articles were photocopied. Search The Gateway to Oklahoma History for photographs from the Oklahoma Publishing Company, the parent company of the Oklahoman newspaper (formerly the Daily Oklahoman). Sequoyah completes the Cherokee alphabet. Toni Morrison receives Distinguished Author Award. Congress passes the Enabling Act providing statehood for Oklahoma; the constitutional convention meets at Guthrie. Henry Kendall College, a Presbyterian institution established in Muskogee in 1894, is brought to Tulsa, and two red brick buildings are constructed on a hill two and a half miles miles east of the business district.
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