Thomas W. Wheatley Collection
Scope and Contents
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Coal mine operator. Correspondence (1928-1937); labor contracts (1933-1939); wage notices (1917-1936); machine contracts (1921-1939); advertisement brochures (1926-1936); and orders (1937-1939) issued by the National Bituminuous Coal Commission, all regarding the coal mining industry in southeastern Oklahoma. This collection also contains survey reports (1905-1906) submitted to the Samples Coal Mining Company regarding the potential coal wealth of the Choctaw Nation, which the Samples Company later mined. Thomas W. Wheatley Photograph Collection also in repository.
Dates
- Creation: 1905-1939
Creator
- Wheatley, Thomas W. (Person)
Restrictions on Access
On June 26, 2023, the Western History Collections began a preservation project that has made many of its collections unavailable for a period of time. This collection is among the materials temporarily unavailable. Please contact Western History Collections if you wish to be added to a contact list to be notified when this collection becomes available.
Available for public access.
Extent
.5 Cubic Feet (.5 ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Ownership and Custodial History
Gift of Thomas Wheatley.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Papers: Source of acquisition--Wheatley, Thomas. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1949.
Subject
- Murray, William H. (William Henry), 1869-1956 (Person)
- Jackson, Hunter and Gould Coal Company (Organization)
- United States. National Bituminous Coal Commission (Organization)
- Osage Coal and Mining Company (Okla.) (Organization)
- Pittsburg-McAlester Coal Company (Organization)
- Samples Coal Mining Company (Organization)
- United McAlester Coal Sales Company (Organization)
Genre / Form
Topical
- Coal miners -- Oklahoma
- Coal mines and mining -- Indian Territory
- Coal mines and mining -- Oklahoma
- Labor contract -- Oklahoma
- Labor disputes -- Oklahoma
- Mine accidents -- Oklahoma
- Mine explosions -- Oklahoma
- Mine railroads -- Oklahoma
- Mine safety -- Oklahoma
- Mines and mineral resources -- Oklahoma
- Strikes and lockouts -- Miners -- Oklahoma
- Wages -- Coal miners -- Oklahoma
- 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
