Tulsa
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Found in 90 Collections and/or Records:
North Tulsa Oral History Project. Includes interviews with Jobie Elizabeth Holderness, Alfred Barnett, Thelma Whitlow, Ernie Fields, Pocahontas Greadington, Thelma DeEtta Perryman Gray, and Fannie Hill., late 20th century
Item — Box 22
Identifier: 5327.1822
Curatorial Remarks
Jobie is discussing a quilt pattern of a quilt that she possesses. Mr. Alfred Barnett is discussing his experiences as a busboy with different economic groups of Tulsa people and his ministering to residents of nursing homes. He visited three nursing homes once a week. Thelma Whitlow talks about her efforts with Opal Dargon to raise funds to create important organizations for the Greenwood area. She noted that Mrs. Whitlow and Mrs. Dargon started a fund to begin the North Tulsa Heritage...
Dates:
late 20th century
Representative Don Ross at an "Operation Outreach 'At Risk'" retreat, at Our Lady of the Osages, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, November 7, 1991
Item — Box 6
Identifier: 4327.10575
Scope and Contents
Inscribed by hand in blue ink, "Rep. Don Ross, Dist. 73, wows the audience at an Operation Out-reach "AT-Risk" retreat, Our Lady of the Osages, Tulsa, Nov. 7, 1991" on verso; Printed in black ink, "Kodak PAPER" repeating on verso Curatorial Remarks Don Ross was a State Representative who served the North Tulsa Black Community. He and former Senator Maxine Horner help build the Historical Greenwood Cultural Center on Greenwood. ...
Dates:
November 7, 1991
Representative Don Ross standing behind four unidentified women seated at a table, 1900 - 2010
Item — Box 8
Identifier: 4327.10607
Curatorial Remarks
Tulsans gathered at the Oklahoma State Capitol for a luncheon acknowledging the teenage pages from across the state. Also in attendance was Booker T. Washington High School when the basketball team won state title. Wayman Tisdale, as a student at BTW was also attendance. Tisdale would later have a successful colligate sports career, but later would have a successful career in both National Basketball Association, and music as well.People: Wayman Tisdale, Augusta Mann, State...
Dates:
1900 - 2010
Found in:
Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research
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MC.2020.001, Eddie Faye Gates Tulsa Race Massacre Collection
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Photographs
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Loose Scrapbook Pages - Tulsa Race Riot/Tulsa Reparations Commission/Family/Books
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Loose Scrapbook Pages - Tulsa Race Riot/Tulsa Reparations Commission/Family/Books
: Folder 4
Reverend Andrew Young, the Keynote speaker for the Tulsa Metropolitan Ministry Racism Conference and Ruford Henderson, with two unidentified men at the Convention Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma, November 7, 1991
Item — Box 6
Identifier: 4327.10574
Scope and Contents
Inscribed by hand in blue ink, "L. TO R. Rev. Andrew Young, Keynote' speaker, TMM Racism Conference, Convention Center, Tulsa, Rufus Henderson, V.P. Tulsa branch, NAACP. Nov. 7, 1991" on verso; Printed in black ink, "Kodak PAPER" repeating on verso Curatorial Remarks National Association for the Advancement of Color People, (NAACP) President Jack Henderson, greets Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young, Vice President Ruford Henderson. Rev. Young was...
Dates:
November 7, 1991
Reverend B.S. Roberts, 1990
Item — Box 3
Identifier: 4327.10372
Scope and Contents
Inscribed by hand in red ink, "#57 p. 188" in upper right on verso; Inscribed by hand in red ink, "(shoot down, if necessary)" in top center on verso; Inscribed by hand in blue ink, "Rev. B.S. Roberts, Tulsa Minister; Tulsa's first black city councilor 1990." in lower center on verso Curatorial Remarks preacher and community activistPeople: Reverend B.S. RobertsCommunity Elder Tags: Rev B.S. RobertsBobby...
Dates:
1990
Robert Fairchild, a Tulsa Race Massacre survivor, 1996
Item — Box 3
Identifier: 4327.10370
Scope and Contents
Inscribed by hand in black ink, "p 70" encircled in upper right on verso; Inscribed by hand in blue ink, "Robert Fairchild Survivor, Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 1996"" in lower center on verso; Printed in black ink, "THIS PAPER MANUFACTURED BY KODAK" repeating on verso Curatorial Remarks Robert Fairchild attend the Booker T. Washington High School when the noted school was located in the Greenwood District. He was friends with fellow boot...
Dates:
1996
Senator Enoch K. Haney, Senator Maxine Horner and Eddie Faye Gates at the Greenwood Cultural Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, November 24, 1991
Item — Box 7
Identifier: 4327.10825
Scope and Contents
Inscribed by hand in blue ink, "Sen. Enoch Haney, Sen. Maxine Horner Eddie Faye Gates, TPS Greenwood Cultural Center Nov. 24, 1991" in top center on verso; Inscribed by hand in red ink, "#103 [marked out] p. 339" in top right on verso; Printed in black ink, "KODAK PAPER" repeating on verso Curatorial Remarks People: Oklahoma Senator Enoch Kelly Haney, Oklahoma Senator Maxine Horner, Eddie Fay Gates
Places: Greenwood Culture Center,...
Dates:
November 24, 1991
Found in:
Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research
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MC.2020.001, Eddie Faye Gates Tulsa Race Massacre Collection
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Photographs
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Greenwood Cultural Center Events/Tulsa Juneteenth/Tulsa Jazz Festival
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Greenwood Cultural Center Events/Tulsa Juneteenth/Tulsa Jazz Festival: Folder 3 - Greenwood Cultural Center Events - 1990 to 1991
Senator Maxine Horner, Attallah Shabazz, the daughter of Malcom X, and Representative Don Ross, at the Greenwood Cultural Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, November 9, 1989
Item — Box 7
Identifier: 4327.10812
Scope and Contents
Inscribed by hand in blue ink, "Sen. Maxine Horner Attallah Shabazz (Malcolm X's daughter) Rep. Don Ross Greenwood Center Nov. 9, 1989" in left center on verso; Printed in black ink, "AGFA [logo] QUALITY PAPER MADE IN GERMANY" repeating on verso Curatorial Remarks People: Oklahoma Senator Maxine Horner, Attallah Shabazz (daughter of Malcolm X), Oklahoma Representative Don Ross
Places: Greenwood Cultural Center, 322 N Greenwood Avenue...
Dates:
November 9, 1989
Found in:
Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research
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MC.2020.001, Eddie Faye Gates Tulsa Race Massacre Collection
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Photographs
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Greenwood Cultural Center Events/Tulsa Juneteenth/Tulsa Jazz Festival
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Greenwood Cultural Center Events/Tulsa Juneteenth/Tulsa Jazz Festival: Folder 1 - Malcom X's daughter, Attallah Shabazz, visits Greenwood Cultural Center - November 9, 1989
Shelby Minner playing on stage at Juneteenth on Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma, June 17, 1989
Item — Box 7
Identifier: 4327.10639
Scope and Contents
Inscribed by hand in blue ink, "Shelby Minner" in upper center on verso; Inscribed by hand in black ink, "Juneteenth on Greenwood June 17, 1989" on verso; Printed in black ink, "AGFA [logo] QUALITY PAPER MADE IN GERMANY" repeating on verso Curatorial Remarks People: Shelby Minor
Places: Greenwood
Purpose: JuneteenthCommunity Elder Tags: dusk to dawn, Juneteenth on Greenwood, DC Minor, Miller beer banner, June 17 1989, blue...
Dates:
June 17, 1989
Found in:
Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research
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MC.2020.001, Eddie Faye Gates Tulsa Race Massacre Collection
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Photographs
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Greenwood Cultural Center Events/Tulsa Juneteenth/Tulsa Jazz Festival
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Greenwood Cultural Center Events/Tulsa Juneteenth/Tulsa Jazz Festival: Folder 8 - Juneteenth on Greenwood, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Sonny Gray and Bryndle Gray at the Greenwood Jazz Festival in Tulsa, Oklahoma, August 1989
Item — Box 7
Identifier: 4327.10640
Scope and Contents
Inscribed by hand in black ink, "Sonny Gray (Bryndle Gray) Greenwood Jazz Festival Aug. 1989" in center on verso; Printed in black ink, "AGFA [logo] QUALITY PAPER MADE IN GERMANY" repeating on verso Curatorial Remarks People: Sonny Gray (jazz pianist), Bryndle Gray
Places: possibly in the Greenwood District
Purpose: Greenwood Jazz Celebration, Greenwood Jazz FestivalCommunity Elder Tags: jazz pianist, Greenwood Jazz Celebration,...
Dates:
August 1989
Found in:
Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research
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MC.2020.001, Eddie Faye Gates Tulsa Race Massacre Collection
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Photographs
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Greenwood Cultural Center Events/Tulsa Juneteenth/Tulsa Jazz Festival
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Greenwood Cultural Center Events/Tulsa Juneteenth/Tulsa Jazz Festival: Folder 9 - Jazz Festivals - 1989-1990