Petroleum workers -- Oklahoma

Black and white original prints of sawmills, quarries, lime kilns, lumber yards, glass factories, smelters, oil wells and storage tanks, and ranches in Oklahoma. The collection includes photographs of numerous Oklahoma cities and towns; the University of Oklahoma; of railroads, automobiles, and airplanes; of Apache, Cheyenne, Comanche, Kiowa, Sioux, and Wichita Indians; of limestone and gypsum deposits in Oklahoma; and of the Oklahoma salt plains. Quanah Parker, Wanda Parker, Hollow Horn Bear, Hunting Horse, Mad Wolf, Geronimo, Bear Claw, and Amy Toughfeathers are among the photographs of individuals in the collection.

Black and white original prints of Dewey, Indian Territory and Oklahoma. The collection includes street scenes, oil drilling activities in the Weber Pool near Dewey, school children, and an airplane manufactured by the Dewey Airplane Company.

Black and white copy prints of oil field activities near Wirt, Oklahoma and Healdton, Oklahoma.

Black and white original prints of Ramona, Indian Territory and Oklahoma state, including scenes of businesses, ranching, and oil storage construction. Martha T. Swearingen Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Black and white copy prints of the towns of Moore and Snyder, Oklahoma Territory; Norman, Cement, Welch, Frederick, Stroud, Davidson, Vinita, Tipton, Peek, Ioland, Damon, and Elmore City, Oklahoma; and Coweta, Indian Territory. Included are scenes of businesses, the oil industry, railroads, parades, the University of Oklahoma, football, cotton marketing, and fire fighters.

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Manuscripts (1987-2000) by historian Nigel Anthony Sellars for his book"Oil, Wheat & Wobblies: The Industrial Workers of the World in Oklahoma, 1905-1930" and for Sellars's articles and essays on Oklahoma labor issues, labor unions, and the Industrial Workers of the World during the period of 1905-1930; research materials collected by Sellars for his writings; and publications (1980-2001) regarding labor and socialist issues in Oklahoma and the nation.

Black and white glass plate negatives from original prints, original glass plate negatives and copy prints of settlement scenes of Guthrie, Oklahoma City, Perry and Lawton, Oklahoma Territory. Included are scenes of numerous other Oklahoma towns, the oil industry, businesses, railroads, farming, the military, and cowboys, along with studio portraits of Afro-Americans. The collection also contains photographs of the Land Run of 1893.

Black and white original prints of oil wells, railroad construction and the towns of Kiefer and Shamrock, Oklahoma. The collection also includes scenes of Sacred Heart Mission. Rose Mary Burt Wyatt Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Black and white original prints of the towns of Seminole and Bowlegs, Oklahoma during the oil boom of the 1920's. The collection includes scenes of the towns and oil production activities.

Black and white copy prints of the towns of Comanche, Empire City and Marlow, Oklahoma, and Duncan, Indian Territory. The collection includes photographs of businesses, farming, street scenes, firefighters, schools, banks, and the oil industry.

Black and white original prints of oil drilling activities in Osage County, Oklahoma Territory, and scenes of the towns of Ramona, Indian Territory and Oklahoma, Claremore, Webbers Falls, Dewey, Tulsa, Miami, Bartlesville, Garvin, Avant, and Skiatook, Oklahoma. The collection also contains scenes of the U.S. Army, railroads, busineses, and schools. William B. Randall Manuscript Collection also in repository.

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Collector. Publications concerning different aspects of the oil industry, including water flooding and conservation; abstracts of real estate titles from Oklahoma counties; and directories from both the East Texas and Oklahoma City Associations of Petroleum Landmen.