Analysis of the Art Deco Style of Architecture in Tulsa, Oklahoma
ANALYSIS OF THE ART DECO STYLE OF ARCHITECTURE IN TULSA, OKLAHOMA By JEANNE DIEHL STEINMAN \ Bachelor of Science in Home Economics Oklahoma State University Stillwater, Oklahoma 1982 Submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate College of the Oklahoma State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of >~!\STER OF SCIE:,CE December, 1984 ANALYSIS OF THE ART DECO STYLE OF ARCHITECTURE IN TULSA, OKLAHOMA Thesis Approved: ,, , ,. ,/ ;.fhesis Ad;f~er ,. ! ·-. .· ·- ~ ..... .' / '•.. : .. ·'1 -/j ;;?_ .. ~- : J ' / •. ",/) • V,~'/ / .-',,•- ·· /,, '-C. ., ,, __ Dean of the Graduate College ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS There are many people to whom I wish to give credit for contributing guidance and valuable information, which was used in the preparation of this thesis. Of these many people, I thank the librarians, family, friends, The Tulsa Junior League, and the authors of all past litera ture. I would like to give special credit to Dr. Betsy Gabb, whose instruction, guidance, and everlasting optimism led to the completion of this thesis. I also thank Kenneth P. Larson and Dr. Margaret Weber for their assistance as committee members. I extend sincere appreciation to all my family and friends, especially my mother and father, Russell and Lois Diehl, who have been supportive of all my endeavors. Finally, I wish to extend special gratitude to my husband, Kevin P. Steinman, who read revisions, and edited many pages of my work, and also for taking the photographs of the Tulsa buildings analysed. I also want to thank my brother, Bob Diehl, for developing the photographs used in the thesis. iii TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter Page I.
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