Thomas McKean Finney and Frank Florer Finney Collection
Scope and Contents
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Indian traders. Papers of Thomas M. Finney, Indian trader at Gray Horse, Osage Agency, and of Frank F. Finney, historian and employee of the Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company including correspondence (1925-1936) relating to T.M. Finney's book"Pioneer Days with the Osage Indians;" historical materials (1827-1977) such as correspondence, news clippings, magazine articles, and bibliographic notes of T.M. Finney and F.F. Finney on such topics as the Cherokee Strip, the Osage Indian Agency, Gray Horse Trading Post, the Dalton Gang, Kaw Indian Agency, Buffalo Bill, Pawnee Bill, peyotism, President Herbert Hoover's early days in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, and Maria Tallchief; nine field notebooks (1915-1919) kept by F.F. Finney while an employee of the Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company; finished and unfinished articles and stories (1891-1969) by F.F. Finney, T.M. Finney, and J.E. Finney including research notes, new clippings, and magazine articles; and oil and gas files (1896-1972) of F.F. Finney with articles and documents primarily related to the Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company, and oil and gas leases in Osage Indian lands.
Dates
- Creation: 1827-1977
Restrictions on Access
Available for public access.
Extent
8 Cubic Feet (8 ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Ownership and Custodial History
Gift of Robert B. Finney and John Finney.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Papers: Source of acquisition--Finney, Robert B. and John Finney. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1993.
Subject
- Finney, Frank Florer, 1884-1974 -- : Correspondence (Person)
- Wahshowahgaley, 1856-1935 (Person)
- Florer, John Newton, 1844-1907 (Person)
- Flynn, Dennis Thomas, 1861-1939 (Person)
- Hale, Bill, 1874-1962 (Person)
- Dalton Gang (Organization)
- Marland, Ernest Whitworth, 1874-1941 (Person)
- Frantz, Frank, 1872-1941 (Person)
- Pawnee Bill, 1860-1942 (Person)
- Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917 (Person)
- Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 (Person)
- Tallchief, Maria, 1925-2013 (Person)
- Mathews, John Joseph, 1895-1979 (Person)
- Dalton family (Family)
- Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company (Organization)
- Pawhuska Oil and Gas Company (Organization)
- Osage Producers Gas Company (Organization)
- Gray Horse Store -- : Oklahoma. (Organization)
- Osage Oil and Gas Blanket Lease (Organization)
- Nellie Johnstone Number One (Organization)
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Osage Agency (Organization)
- Cities Service Gas Company (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Cattle -- Oklahoma
- Indian sign language
- Indians of North America -- Alcohol use
- Indians of North America -- Languages
- Indians of North America -- Religion
- Indians of North America -- Treaties
- Oil and gas leases -- Oklahoma
- Oil wells -- Oklahoma
- Osage Indians
- Osage Indians -- Education
- Osage Indians -- Missions
- Peyotism
- Postal service -- Indian Territory
- Trading posts
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Western History Collections Repository
Monnet Hall, 3rd Floor
630 Parrington Oval
Norman Oklahoma 73019
405-325-2904
westernhistorycollections@ou.edu
