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
- 1905-1939
Creator
- Wheatley, Thomas W. (Person)
Restrictions on Access
Available for public access.
Extent
.5 ft. (.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.
- Brochures Subject Source: Ftamc
- Coal miners -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Coal mines and mining -- Indian Territory Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Coal mines and mining -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Contracts Subject Source: Ftamc
- Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Jackson, Hunter and Gould Coal Company
- Labor contract -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Labor disputes -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mine accidents -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mine explosions -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mine railroads -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mine safety -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mines and mineral resources -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Murray, William H. (William Henry), 1869-1956
- Osage Coal and Mining Company (Okla.)
- Pittsburg-McAlester Coal Company
- Reports Subject Source: Ftamc
- Samples Coal Mining Company
- Strikes and lockouts -- Miners -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United McAlester Coal Sales Company
- United States. National Bituminous Coal Commission
- Wages -- Coal miners -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Creator
- Wheatley, Thomas W. (Person)
- 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
