William Matthew Tilghman Photograph Collection
Scope and Contents
Black and white original and copy prints of Oklahoma marshals, outlaws, frontier life, and agriculture along with scenes of the communities of Perry, Guthrie, Fort Sill and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The collection also includes photographs of Apache, Cherokee, Cheyenne, Comanche, Kiowa, Sioux and Wichita Indians. William M. Tilghman Manuscript Collection also in repository.
Dates
- Creation: 1889-1925
Creator
- Tilghman, William Matthew, 1854-1924 (Person)
Restrictions on Access
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Open for public research.
Extent
177 items (177 items)
Language of Materials
{:aar=>"Afar", :abk=>"Abkhazian", :ace=>"Achinese", :ach=>"Acoli", :ada=>"Adangme", :ady=>"Adyghe; Adygei", :afa=>"Afro-Asiatic languages", :afh=>"Afrihili", :afr=>"Afrikaans", :ain=>"Ainu", :aka=>"Akan", :akk=>"Akkadian", :alb=>"Albanian", :ale=>"Aleut", :alg=>"Algonquian languages", :alt=>"Southern Altai", :amh=>"Amharic", :ang=>"English, Old (ca.450-1100)", :anp=>"Angika", :apa=>"Apache languages", :ara=>"Arabic", :arc=>"Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE); Imperial Aramaic (700-300 BCE)", :arg=>"Aragonese", :arm=>"Armenian", :arn=>"Mapudungun; Mapuche", :arp=>"Arapaho", :art=>"Artificial languages", :arw=>"Arawak", :asm=>"Assamese", :ast=>"Asturian; Bable; Leonese; Asturleonese", :ath=>"Athapascan languages", :aus=>"Australian languages", :ava=>"Avaric", :ave=>"Avestan", :awa=>"Awadhi", :aym=>"Aymara", :aze=>"Azerbaijani", :bad=>"Banda languages", :bai=>"Bamileke languages", :bak=>"Bashkir", :bal=>"Baluchi", :bam=>"Bambara", :ban=>"Balinese", :baq=>"Basque", :bas=>"Basa", :bat=>"Baltic languages", :bej=>"Beja; Bedawiyet", :bel=>"Belarusian", :bem=>"Bemba", :ben=>"Bengali", :ber=>"Berber languages", :bho=>"Bhojpuri", :bih=>"Bihari languages", :bik=>"Bikol", :bin=>"Bini; Edo", :bis=>"Bislama", :bla=>"Siksika", :bnt=>"Bantu (Other)", :bos=>"Bosnian", :bra=>"Braj", :bre=>"Breton", :btk=>"Batak languages", :bua=>"Buriat", :bug=>"Buginese", :bul=>"Bulgarian", :bur=>"Burmese", :byn=>"Blin; Bilin", :cad=>"Caddo", :cai=>"Central American Indian languages", :car=>"Galibi Carib", :cat=>"Catalan; Valencian", :cau=>"Caucasian languages", :ceb=>"Cebuano", :cel=>"Celtic languages", :cha=>"Chamorro", :chb=>"Chibcha", :che=>"Chechen", :chg=>"Chagatai", :chi=>"Chinese", :chk=>"Chuukese", :chm=>"Mari", :chn=>"Chinook jargon", :cho=>"Choctaw", :chp=>"Chipewyan; Dene Suline", :chr=>"Cherokee", :chu=>"Church Slavic; Old Slavonic; Church Slavonic; Old Bulgarian; Old Church Slavonic", :chv=>"Chuvash", :chy=>"Cheyenne", :cmc=>"Chamic languages", :cnr=>"Montenegrin", :cop=>"Coptic", :cor=>"Cornish", :cos=>"Corsican", :cpe=>"Creoles and pidgins, English-based", :cpf=>"Creoles and pidgins, French-based", :cpp=>"Creoles and pidgins, Portuguese-based", :cre=>"Cree", :crh=>"Crimean Tatar; Crimean Turkish", :crp=>"Creoles and pidgins", :csb=>"Kashubian", :cus=>"Cushitic languages", :cze=>"Czech", :dak=>"Dakota", :dan=>"Danish", :dar=>"Dargwa", :day=>"Land Dayak languages", :del=>"Delaware", :den=>"Slave (Athapascan)", :dgr=>"Dogrib", :din=>"Dinka", :div=>"Divehi; Dhivehi; Maldivian", :doi=>"Dogri", :dra=>"Dravidian languages", :dsb=>"Lower Sorbian", :dua=>"Duala", :dum=>"Dutch, Middle (ca.1050-1350)", :dut=>"Dutch; Flemish", :dyu=>"Dyula", :dzo=>"Dzongkha", :efi=>"Efik", :egy=>"Egyptian (Ancient)", :eka=>"Ekajuk", :elx=>"Elamite", :eng=>"English", :enm=>"English, Middle (1100-1500)", :epo=>"Esperanto", :est=>"Estonian", :ewe=>"Ewe", :ewo=>"Ewondo", :fan=>"Fang", :fao=>"Faroese", :fat=>"Fanti", :fij=>"Fijian", :fil=>"Filipino; Pilipino", :fin=>"Finnish", :fiu=>"Finno-Ugrian languages", :fon=>"Fon", :fre=>"French", :frm=>"French, Middle (ca.1400-1600)", :fro=>"French, Old (842-ca.1400)", :frr=>"Northern Frisian", :frs=>"Eastern Frisian", :fry=>"Western Frisian", :ful=>"Fulah", :fur=>"Friulian", :gaa=>"Ga", :gay=>"Gayo", :gba=>"Gbaya", :gem=>"Germanic languages", :geo=>"Georgian", :ger=>"German", :gez=>"Geez", :gil=>"Gilbertese", :gla=>"Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic", :gle=>"Irish", :glg=>"Galician", :glv=>"Manx", :gmh=>"German, Middle High (ca.1050-1500)", :goh=>"German, Old High (ca.750-1050)", :gon=>"Gondi", :gor=>"Gorontalo", :got=>"Gothic", :grb=>"Grebo", :grc=>"Greek, Ancient (to 1453)", :gre=>"Greek, Modern (1453-)", :grn=>"Guarani", :gsw=>"Swiss German; Alemannic; Alsatian", :guj=>"Gujarati", :gwi=>"Gwich'in", :hai=>"Haida", :hat=>"Haitian; Haitian Creole", :hau=>"Hausa", :haw=>"Hawaiian", :heb=>"Hebrew", :her=>"Herero", :hil=>"Hiligaynon", :him=>"Himachali languages; Western Pahari languages", :hin=>"Hindi", :hit=>"Hittite", :hmn=>"Hmong; Mong", :hmo=>"Hiri Motu", :hrv=>"Croatian", :hsb=>"Upper Sorbian", :hun=>"Hungarian", :hup=>"Hupa", :iba=>"Iban", :ibo=>"Igbo", :ice=>"Icelandic", :ido=>"Ido", :iii=>"Sichuan Yi; Nuosu", :ijo=>"Ijo languages", :iku=>"Inuktitut", :ile=>"Interlingue; Occidental", :ilo=>"Iloko", :ina=>"Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association)", :inc=>"Indic languages", :ind=>"Indonesian", :ine=>"Indo-European languages", :inh=>"Ingush", :ipk=>"Inupiaq", :ira=>"Iranian languages", :iro=>"Iroquoian languages", :ita=>"Italian", :jav=>"Javanese", :jbo=>"Lojban", :jpn=>"Japanese", :jpr=>"Judeo-Persian", :jrb=>"Judeo-Arabic", :kaa=>"Kara-Kalpak", :kab=>"Kabyle", :kac=>"Kachin; Jingpho", :kal=>"Kalaallisut; Greenlandic", :kam=>"Kamba", :kan=>"Kannada", :kar=>"Karen languages", :kas=>"Kashmiri", :kau=>"Kanuri", :kaw=>"Kawi", :kaz=>"Kazakh", :kbd=>"Kabardian", :kha=>"Khasi", :khi=>"Khoisan languages", :khm=>"Central Khmer", :kho=>"Khotanese; Sakan", :kik=>"Kikuyu; Gikuyu", :kin=>"Kinyarwanda", :kir=>"Kirghiz; Kyrgyz", :kmb=>"Kimbundu", :kok=>"Konkani", :kom=>"Komi", :kon=>"Kongo", :kor=>"Korean", :kos=>"Kosraean", :kpe=>"Kpelle", :krc=>"Karachay-Balkar", :krl=>"Karelian", :kro=>"Kru languages", :kru=>"Kurukh", :kua=>"Kuanyama; Kwanyama", :kum=>"Kumyk", :kur=>"Kurdish", :kut=>"Kutenai", :lad=>"Ladino", :lah=>"Lahnda", :lam=>"Lamba", :lao=>"Lao", :lat=>"Latin", :lav=>"Latvian", :lez=>"Lezghian", :lim=>"Limburgan; Limburger; Limburgish", :lin=>"Lingala", :lit=>"Lithuanian", :lol=>"Mongo", :loz=>"Lozi", :ltz=>"Luxembourgish; Letzeburgesch", :lua=>"Luba-Lulua", :lub=>"Luba-Katanga", :lug=>"Ganda", :lui=>"Luiseno", :lun=>"Lunda", :luo=>"Luo (Kenya and Tanzania)", :lus=>"Lushai", :mac=>"Macedonian", :mad=>"Madurese", :mag=>"Magahi", :mah=>"Marshallese", :mai=>"Maithili", :mak=>"Makasar", :mal=>"Malayalam", :man=>"Mandingo", :mao=>"Maori", :map=>"Austronesian languages", :mar=>"Marathi", :mas=>"Masai", :may=>"Malay", :mdf=>"Moksha", :mdr=>"Mandar", :men=>"Mende", :mga=>"Irish, Middle (900-1200)", :mic=>"Mi'kmaq; Micmac", :min=>"Minangkabau", :mis=>"Uncoded languages", :mkh=>"Mon-Khmer languages", :mlg=>"Malagasy", :mlt=>"Maltese", :mnc=>"Manchu", :mni=>"Manipuri", :mno=>"Manobo languages", :moh=>"Mohawk", :mon=>"Mongolian", :mos=>"Mossi", :mul=>"Multiple languages", :mun=>"Munda languages", :mus=>"Creek", :mwl=>"Mirandese", :mwr=>"Marwari", :myn=>"Mayan languages", :myv=>"Erzya", :nah=>"Nahuatl languages", :nai=>"North American Indian languages", :nap=>"Neapolitan", :nau=>"Nauru", :nav=>"Navajo; Navaho", :nbl=>"Ndebele, South; South Ndebele", :nde=>"Ndebele, North; North Ndebele", :ndo=>"Ndonga", :nds=>"Low German; Low Saxon; German, Low; Saxon, Low", :nep=>"Nepali", :new=>"Nepal Bhasa; Newari", :nia=>"Nias", :nic=>"Niger-Kordofanian languages", :niu=>"Niuean", :nno=>"Norwegian Nynorsk; Nynorsk, Norwegian", :nob=>"Norwegian Bokmål; Bokmål, Norwegian", :nog=>"Nogai", :non=>"Norse, Old", :nor=>"Norwegian", :nqo=>"N'Ko", :nso=>"Pedi; Sepedi; Northern Sotho", :nub=>"Nubian languages", :nwc=>"Classical Newari; Old Newari; Classical Nepal Bhasa", :nya=>"Chichewa; Chewa; Nyanja", :nym=>"Nyamwezi", :nyn=>"Nyankole", :nyo=>"Nyoro", :nzi=>"Nzima", :oci=>"Occitan (post 1500); Provençal", :oji=>"Ojibwa", :ori=>"Oriya", :orm=>"Oromo", :osa=>"Osage", :oss=>"Ossetian; Ossetic", :ota=>"Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928)", :oto=>"Otomian languages", :paa=>"Papuan languages", :pag=>"Pangasinan", :pal=>"Pahlavi", :pam=>"Pampanga; Kapampangan", :pan=>"Panjabi; Punjabi", :pap=>"Papiamento", :pau=>"Palauan", :peo=>"Persian, Old (ca.600-400 B.C.)", :per=>"Persian", :phi=>"Philippine languages", :phn=>"Phoenician", :pli=>"Pali", :pol=>"Polish", :pon=>"Pohnpeian", :por=>"Portuguese", :pra=>"Prakrit languages", :pro=>"Provençal, Old (to 1500)", :pus=>"Pushto; Pashto", :que=>"Quechua", :raj=>"Rajasthani", :rap=>"Rapanui", :rar=>"Rarotongan; Cook Islands Maori", :roa=>"Romance languages", :roh=>"Romansh", :rom=>"Romany", :rum=>"Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan", :run=>"Rundi", :rup=>"Aromanian; Arumanian; Macedo-Romanian", :rus=>"Russian", :sad=>"Sandawe", :sag=>"Sango", :sah=>"Yakut", :sai=>"South American Indian (Other)", :sal=>"Salishan languages", :sam=>"Samaritan Aramaic", :san=>"Sanskrit", :sas=>"Sasak", :sat=>"Santali", :scn=>"Sicilian", :sco=>"Scots", :sel=>"Selkup", :sem=>"Semitic languages", :sga=>"Irish, Old (to 900)", :sgn=>"Sign Languages", :shn=>"Shan", :sid=>"Sidamo", :sin=>"Sinhala; Sinhalese", :sio=>"Siouan languages", :sit=>"Sino-Tibetan languages", :sla=>"Slavic languages", :slo=>"Slovak", :slv=>"Slovenian", :sma=>"Southern Sami", :sme=>"Northern Sami", :smi=>"Sami languages", :smj=>"Lule Sami", :smn=>"Inari Sami", :smo=>"Samoan", :sms=>"Skolt Sami", :sna=>"Shona", :snd=>"Sindhi", :snk=>"Soninke", :sog=>"Sogdian", :som=>"Somali", :son=>"Songhai languages", :sot=>"Sotho, Southern", :spa=>"Spanish; Castilian", :srd=>"Sardinian", :srn=>"Sranan Tongo", :srp=>"Serbian", :srr=>"Serer", :ssa=>"Nilo-Saharan languages", :ssw=>"Swati", :suk=>"Sukuma", :sun=>"Sundanese", :sus=>"Susu", :sux=>"Sumerian", :swa=>"Swahili", :swe=>"Swedish", :syc=>"Classical Syriac", :syr=>"Syriac", :tah=>"Tahitian", :tai=>"Tai languages", :tam=>"Tamil", :tat=>"Tatar", :tel=>"Telugu", :tem=>"Timne", :ter=>"Tereno", :tet=>"Tetum", :tgk=>"Tajik", :tgl=>"Tagalog", :tha=>"Thai", :tib=>"Tibetan", :tig=>"Tigre", :tir=>"Tigrinya", :tiv=>"Tiv", :tkl=>"Tokelau", :tlh=>"Klingon; tlhIngan-Hol", :tli=>"Tlingit", :tmh=>"Tamashek", :tog=>"Tonga (Nyasa)", :ton=>"Tonga (Tonga Islands)", :tpi=>"Tok Pisin", :tsi=>"Tsimshian", :tsn=>"Tswana", :tso=>"Tsonga", :tuk=>"Turkmen", :tum=>"Tumbuka", :tup=>"Tupi languages", :tur=>"Turkish", :tut=>"Altaic languages", :tvl=>"Tuvalu", :twi=>"Twi", :tyv=>"Tuvinian", :udm=>"Udmurt", :uga=>"Ugaritic", :uig=>"Uighur; Uyghur", :ukr=>"Ukrainian", :umb=>"Umbundu", :und=>"Undetermined", :urd=>"Urdu", :uzb=>"Uzbek", :vai=>"Vai", :ven=>"Venda", :vie=>"Vietnamese", :vol=>"Volapük", :vot=>"Votic", :wak=>"Wakashan languages", :wal=>"Walamo", :war=>"Waray", :was=>"Washo", :wel=>"Welsh", :wen=>"Sorbian languages", :wln=>"Walloon", :wol=>"Wolof", :xal=>"Kalmyk; Oirat", :xho=>"Xhosa", :yao=>"Yao", :yap=>"Yapese", :yid=>"Yiddish", :yor=>"Yoruba", :ypk=>"Yupik languages", :zap=>"Zapotec", :zbl=>"Blissymbols; Blissymbolics; Bliss", :zen=>"Zenaga", :zgh=>"Standard Moroccan Tamazight", :zha=>"Zhuang; Chuang", :znd=>"Zande languages", :zul=>"Zulu", :zun=>"Zuni", :zxx=>"No linguistic content; Not applicable", :zza=>"Zaza; Dimili; Dimli; Kirdki; Kirmanjki; Zazaki"}
Ownership and Custodial History
Gift of Mrs. Zoe A. Tilghman.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Photoprints: Source of acquisition--Tilghman, Mrs. Zoe A. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1959.
Subject
- Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917 (Person)
- Cherokee Bill, 1876-1896 (Person)
- Christie, Ned, 1852-1892 (Person)
- Doolin, Bill, 1858-1896 (Person)
- Geronimo, 1829-1909 (Person)
- James, Frank, 1844-1915 (Person)
- James, Jesse, Jr., 1875-1951 (Person)
- Lone Wolf, Kiowa Indian (Person)
- Madsen, Christian, 1851-1944 (Person)
- McCurdy, Elmer, 1880-1911 (Person)
- Metcalf, Jennie (Person)
- Nix, Evett Dumas, 1861-1946 (Person)
- Parker, Quanah, 1845?-1911 (Person)
- Powers, Bill (Person)
- Rain in the Face, approximately 1835-1905 (Person)
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 (Person)
- Sitting Bull, 1831-1890 (Person)
- Starr, Henry, 1873-1921 (Person)
- Reed, Rosie Lee, 1868-1925 (Person)
- Tilghman, Zoe A. (Zoe Agnes), 1880-1964 (Person)
- Younger, Cole, 1844-1916 (Person)
- Dalton Gang (Organization)
- Dalton family (Family)
- Blake, William, approximately 1859-1895 (Person)
- Younger, James, 1848-1902 (Person)
- Younger, Robert Ewing, 1853-1889 (Person)
Genre / Form
Geographic
- Cherokee Strip (Okla. and Kan.)
- Fort Sill (Okla.)
- Fort Sill (Okla.) -- Description and travel
- Guthrie (Okla.) -- Description and travel
- Oklahoma City (Okla.) -- Description and travel
- Perry (Okla.) -- Description and travel
Topical
- Agriculture -- Oklahoma
- Apache Indians -- Clothing
- Banks and banking -- Oklahoma
- Bars (Drinking establishments) -- Oklahoma
- Business enterprises -- Oklahoma
- Cattle -- Oklahoma
- Cherokee Indians
- Cheyenne Indians -- Arms and armor
- Cheyenne Indians -- Clothing
- Comanche Indians -- Arms and armor
- Comanche Indians -- Clothing
- Comanche Indians -- Funeral customs and rites
- Cotton -- Oklahoma -- Marketing
- Cowboys -- Oklahoma
- Dakota Indians -- Clothing
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Oklahoma
- Hardware stores -- Oklahoma
- Kiowa Indians -- Clothing
- Kiowa Indians -- Dwellings
- Locomotives -- Oklahoma
- Outlaws -- Oklahoma
- Parades -- Oklahoma
- Pioneers -- Oklahoma
- Postal service -- Oklahoma
- Ranches -- Oklahoma
- Wichita Indians -- Dwellings
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Western History Collections Repository
630 Parrington Oval
Room 300
Norman Oklahoma 73019 United States
westernhistorycollections@ou.edu