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Thomas McKean Finney and Frank Florer Finney Collection

Finney, Thomas McKean, and Frank Florer Finney. Papers, 1827–1977. 8 feet. Indian traders. Papers of Thomas M. Finney, Indian trader at Gray Horse, Osage Agency, , and of Frank F. Finney, historian and employee of the Illuminating Oil Company, including correspondence (1925–1936) relating to T. M. Finney’s book Pioneer Days of the Osage Indians, West of ’96; historical materials (1827–1977) such as correspondence, news clippings, magazine articles, and bibliographic notes of Frank Finney on topics such as the Cherokee Strip, the Osage Indian Agency, Gray Horse Trading Post, the Dalton Gang, Kaw Indian Agency, Buffalo Bill, Pawnee Bill, peyotism, President Herbert Hoover’s early days in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, and Maria Tallchief; field notebooks (1915–1949) kept by Frank Finney while an employee of the Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company; finished and unfinished articles and stories (1891–1969) by Frank Finney, Thomas Finney, and J. E. Finney, including research notes, newspaper clippings, and magazine articles; and oil and gas files (1896–1972) of Frank Finney, with articles and documents primarily relating to the Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company and oil and gas leases on Osage Indian lands.

Note: The Finney Collection is currently being digitized. While this process is underway, some materials might not be available for patron research. Please contact the Western History Collection for assistance.

Box 1 File folders 1-6 of Box 1 contain manuscript copies of and correspondence relating to Thomas McKean Finney's book, "Pioneer Days with the Osage Indians," and other correspondence, as well as an account book kept by Finney.

1. Correspondence (1) relating to T.M. Finney's book, "Pioneer Days with the Osage Indians." 1925-1928.

2. Correspondence (2) relating to T.M. Finney's book, "Pioneer Days with the Osage Indians." 1928-1936.

3. "Pioneer Days with the Osage Indians" by T.M. Finney (original copy), 1925.

4. "Pioneer Days with the Osage Indians" by T.M. Finney (Original typed manuscript), 1925.

5. Miscellaneous correspondence. Includes accounts of Gray Horse Store (1905 -1906) and matters relating to the store following John Florer's death; letter in support of T.M. Finney as postmaster (1897); and opera program (1881).

6. Account book kept by T.M. Finney on the guardianship of Pearl McKinney, 1913-1927.

File folders 7-16 of Box 1 were kept in loose leaf notebooks and contain historical materials such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, photographs, and bibliographic notes from a variety of sources including Government agency reports, history books, and manuscript collections.

7. Autobiography and biographies of T.M. Finney; articles on early days among Indians, etc; and copies of diaries kept by Finney, 1874-1964.

8. Buffalo, cattle, and the Cherokee Strip, 1874-1905. Subjects covered include Osage Indian history, buffalo hunts, cattle on the Osage Reservation, and the opening of the Cherokee Strip. Includes original of certificate issued to John Florer to enter lands with opening of the Cherokee Strip.

9. Osage Agency and Osage Indians, 1870s-1889. Provides a chronological account of the Osage Agency and the Osage Indians. Also includes information about Osage posts.

10. Osage Agency and Osage Indians, 1890-1907.

11. Gray Horse Trading Post, 1873-1958. Includes entries from T.M. Finney's diary, newspaper clippings, and photographs.

12. Artists, language, newspapers, 1853-1961 Subjects covered include Indian languages, Osage language, Cherokee language, sign language, and pictography. Includes Osage dictionary compiled by T.M. Finney and sign language cards.

13. Statehood and politics, 1905-1939. Includes information about Dennis T. Flynn and the candidacies of T.M. Finney, John N. Florer, and M.F. Stilwell.

14. Oil and gas and Kansas, 1894-1949. Includes "The Story of Gas" from the American Gas Association, "The First Fifty" about Standard Oil Company (Indiana), Nellie Johnstone No. 1 first producing oil well in Oklahoma, and the Osage Oil and Gas Blanket Lease.

15. "Eighty Years of Oil" by Keith Clevenger and oil and gas fires, 1904-1965.

16. Oil and Gas, miscellaneous files and correspondence with Everett Carpenter concerning geology, 1904-1965.

17. Outlaws, Billy Hale, Dalton Gang, 1873-1962. Includes information concerning the Osage Indian murders.

18. Indian and Oklahoma Territories, 1870-1889. Provides a chronological account of settlement.

19. Indian and Oklahoma Territories, 1890-1909.

Box 2 This box contains historical materials such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, wild west show program, manuscripts of articles, and bibliographic notes. This material was originally organized in separate binders by Frank F. Finney. The remainder of box 2 contains nine field notebooks kept by Frank F. Finney as an employee of the Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company.

1. Osage government, schools, agents, churches, Pah-Hue-Ska, 1873-1958. Includes a listing of the names of members of Osage bands; and entries from T.M. Finney's diary.

2. Osage traders and fire water materials, 1873-1958. Includes business cards from Indian traders, T.M. Finney and Florer & Rankin; a drawing of Hiatt and Co., Osage Agency, I.T.

3. Osage customs, character, religion, peyote, and articles by T.M. Finney in the Lawrence Standard newspaper, 1851-1931. Other topics covered include customs, scalping, Indian origin, and dance.

4. Indian Territory prior to 1870: 1827-1947. Includes notes concerning the development of federal Indian relations, the liquor question among the Indians, and treaty history.

5. Kaw Agency, Ralston, Pawnee, Ponca, 1873-1913. Includes copy of article, "Firewater!" by Frank F. Finney; entries from T.M. Finney's diary about town of Ralston, and Kaw, Ponca, and Pawnee Agencies; and "The Ha-ko", an Indian ceremony.

6. Buffalo Bill, Pawnee Bill, 1893-1945 Includes letters from Lena Greene, the sister of Gordon W. Lillie; advertisements from Pawnee Bill's Old Town Indian Trading Post; "Programme of Pawnee Bill's Historical Wild West"; "Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus Program"; "Buffalo Bill's Wild West Historical Sketches and Daily Review"; and "Official Program Anglo-Boer War Historical Libretto" St. Louis World's Fair, 1904.

7. Pawnee Indians, agency, and the new town of Pawnee, 1895-1936 Includes letters from Lena Greene; letter from Indian trader J.H. Sherburne; article, "The Pawnee Indians, Their Agency and the New Town of Pawnee" by Frank F. Finney; and note signed by Gordon W. Lillie concerning the fiftieth wedding anniversary of Lillie and his wife.

8. Early politics - Oklahoma statehood, 1896-1934. File contains broadsides, business cards, platforms, ribbons, etc. concerning the campaigns of Mortimer F. Stilwell for State Treasurer, Thomas M. Finney and Isaac D. Taylor for Republican delegates to the Constitutional Convention, , Frank Frantz, and Edward W. Marland.

9. Gray Horse "A", 1884-1898. Includes article, "At Home with the Osages" by Frank F. Finney; biography of Gray Horse (Ka-Wah-Ho-Tsa), the Osage medicine man; entry from T.M. Finney's diary regarding the establishment of Gray Horse Trading Post; original license to trade with Indians issued to John Florer; drawings of the Gray Horse Trading Post; and a broadside announcing a minstrel show.

10. Gray Horse "B", 1887-1963. Includes article, "The Osages, A Contented People" by Frank F. Finney; and information concerning Mary Truegiver. Photocopy of “Johnny Florrer’s Axle Grease,” by Alfred Henry Lewis, in The Republic, November 24, 1901. [Original in Oversized Box 1.]

11. Gray Horse "C", 1898-1963. Photographs and correspondence primarily concerning Gray Horse School, ponies, and baby board.

12. Peyote, 1936-1967 Includes interviews with Fred Lookout, Jr., Chief of the Osages, account of Frank F. Finney attending peyote ceremony, and diagrams of altars in East Moon Church and West Moon Church, Hominy, Oklahoma.

13. Witch of Shady Creek, 1892-1939. References Hotema, witchcraft, superstitions, and customs. Includes article, "The Witch of Shady Creek" by Frank F. Finney.

14. Pah-Hue-Skah (White Hair), 1902, 1958. Photographs, drawing, and grave of Pah-Hue-Skah.

15. Opening of the Oklahoma "Unassigned Lands" and the 1889 Run, 1889-1964 Includes letter from J.H. Sherburne.

16. Indian trade and traders, 1875-1957 Includes notes concerning laws and licensing of Indian trading, and specific information regarding trading with Pawnee Indians and Osage Indians.

17. Ralston and "Firewater", 1892-1957. Includes letter from J.H. Ralston, founder of town of Ralston, information about bridge at Ralston, and article, "The Indians Were Too Wild" by Frank F. Finney.

18. Indian Burial, 1894-1958. Photographs and list of names of dead buried at Gray Horse Cemetery.

19. Early Days in Ponca, 1898-1940. Article entitled "Early Days in Ponca", photographs of Bill Pickett riding bronco at Ponca City, entry from T.M. Finney's diary, and information about Pioneer Woman statue.

20. Ho-Tah-Moi (John Stink), 1909-1963. Photographs and newspaper articles about John Stink.

21. Kaw Agency #1, 1863-1957. Includes original licenses to trade with Indians of Thomas M. Finney, list of leases made by and between the and U.S. citizens in 1883, copy of memorandum of agreement between John Florer and William J. Pollock regarding permission to graze cattle on Osage reservation, and entries in diary of T.M. Finney.

22. Kaw Agency - Arkansas City #2, 1882-1934. Includes letter written by A.B. Sheddan to T.M. Finney and wife upon birth of Frank F. Finney of Kaw Agency, and notes concerning investigation of traderships by the U.S. Senate.

23. Delving into occult subjects, 1933-1970. Letter and notes.

24. Stories - fiction. Frank F. Finney, 1928-1963. Typed manuscripts of "Terrible Beasts" and "A Lesson in English."

25. Trip with the Indian warrior troupe, 1879, 1955. Photographs.

26. President Herbert Hoover, 1938-1964. Describes Hoover's early days in Pawhuska with his uncle, Laban J. Miles. Includes correspondence between Hoover and Frank F. Finney. [Original signatures from President Hoover have been removed and relocated to Locked File Box 2 File 6A. Copies of correspondence remain in Finney Collection.]

27. Memories of early Bartlesville for Margaret Teague and her history, 1959-1966. Includes information about Bartlesville provided by Frank F. Finney, to Margaret Teague and the Bartlesville Historical Commission. Article entitled "Bartlesville Annals" by Frank F. Finney, and list of Osage sub-lessees of the Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company. Also list of Bartlesville Office Volunteer Fire Department and correspondence between Finney and U.S. Senators and Congressmen concerning the affairs of the day (1939).

28. Maria Tallchief (Mrs. Henry D. Paschen, Jr.). Chronicles of Oklahoma- spring 1960. Article entitled "Maria Tallchief, Oklahoma's Own Ballerina", and photographs.

29. Pawnee - William Pollock, 1898, 1954-56. Correspondence, photographs, and drawings by T.M. Finney.

30. Indian Territory, 1948. Includes maps and information about the fourteen flags over Oklahoma.

31. Oklahoma towns, 1948, 1964. Short manuscript entitled "Vanished Towns of Oklahoma", correspondence with George H. Shirk, and a list of towns and villages in Oklahoma still in existence established before statehood under different names than they have at present and a list describing their origins.

32. Cattle country and the , 1883, 1893. Includes manuscript entitled "The Osage Reservation Appears as a Growing Cattle Kingdom following the Abandonment of Cherokee Outlet Grass Lands", list of registration booths for the opening, and photographs.

33. "The Strange Indian Legend of Standing Rock" by Frank F. Finney, n.d.

34. Outlaws - The Daltons, 1886-1965. Includes letter to John Florer from Emmett Dalton, and article entitled "The Daltons Part Company with the Law" by Frank F. Finney.

35. Andrew Jackson Blackwell, 1893-1927. Manuscript - "Andrew Jackson Blackwell: Indian Territory's Strangest Character" by Frank F. Finney.

36. Items placed in Oklahoma museums, 1955-1977. Museums in Bartlesville, Pawhuska, and most notably Woolaroc, Oklahoma Historical Society, and the Cowboy Hall of Fame. Lists of items transferred, bills of sale, etc.

37. Metric Metal Works, Erie, Pennsylvania, leather bound booklet and materials, 1906-1937.

38. Finney leather wallet and contents including credit and membership cards, 1939-1954.

39. Miscellaneous oil field calculators, n.d. Torpedo diameter calculator American Glycerin Company, oil and gas well shooting calculator Acme Lumber Co., rig patters and building materials calculator Air Lift Calculator Pipe Coating Calculator Armstrong’s Gas Well Flow Computer

40. Miscellaneous pages from oil field notebooks as inspector and superintendent of oil and gas, n.d.

41. Two field notebooks filled with notes, clippings, and instructions, 1926.

42. Code of the Natural Gas Association of America, 1949.

Box 3 This box is a collection of Frank F. Finney's files on various historical subjects primarily concerning the southwest. These files primarily contain newspaper clippings along with a few original articles and documents.

1. Two field notebooks carried by Frank F. Finney while employed by the Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company. Includes pamphlets, guides, instructions, measurements, etc., 1917-1933

2. Book review - Bad Medicine and Good by Wilbur S. Nye, 1962.

3. First Boy Scout organization in the USA – Pawhuska, 1931-1963. Includes interview with Mrs. W.B. Frederick.

4. Cattle and cowboys, 1939-1940. Includes "The Osage Reservation Appears as a Growing Cattle Kingdom following the Abandonment of Cherokee Outlet Grass Lands."

5. Cattle – Osage, 1938, 1956. News clippings concerning Osage County, cattle, etc.

6. Churches - Missions – Schools, 1947-1965. Includes correspondence between Frank F. Finney and Hayden Donahue.

7. "Surrounded by History," article about Frank Florer Finney which appeared in the Tulsa World, 1964.

8. Memories - Frank F. Finney, 1935-1955. Includes Indian stories.

9. "John Florer, Indian Trader," article in Chronicles of Oklahoma v. XXX, n. 2. 1906, 1948, 1955. Also includes original document "Agreement of the Heirs of the Late John Newton Florer."

10. Indian artists - Indian relics and collections, 1934-1969. News clippings and Chronicles article entitled "Early Oklahoma Artists" by Jacobson and d'Ueel.

11. Forts of Oklahoma, 1949-1961. News clippings.

12. "Trip with the Indian Warrior Troupe," Chronicles of Oklahoma v. XXXII, n. 4. 1954-55. Includes notes from T.M. Finney's diary and research notes.

13. Openings - Land – Oklahoma, 1960-1964. Includes essay entitled "The Cherokee Outlet" by Frank F. Finney and news clippings.

14. Letter head paper - T.M. Finney, n.d. Licensed trader, Gray Horse, Oklahoma. Metal coin from the Dunlap & Florer, Osage Traders store.

15. Ochelata, 1912. Research notes and news clippings concerning the town of Ochelata, the Ochelatans, and the Indian called Ochelata.

16. Oklahoma history, 1935-1966. News clippings.

17. Oklahoma City, 1959-1964. News clippings.

18. "Progress in Civilization by the Osages and Their Government," Chronicles of Oklahoma v. XL, n. 1, 1962. Also includes "Osage Indians and the Liquor Problem before Oklahoma Statehood" by Frank F. Finney, "The Civilization of the Osage Indians and their Government" by Frank F. Finney, an essay on allotment, and assorted correspondence.

19. "The Osages and Their Agency During the Term of Isaac T. Gibson, Quaker Agent" by Frank F. Finney, 1958-1959. Includes correspondence with Muriel Wright and research notes.

20. "Old Osage Customs Die with the Last Pah-Hue-Skah," Chronicles of Oklahoma v. XXXVI, n. 2, 1955-1958. Research notes and correspondence with .

21. Osage Agency – Pawhuska, 1937, 1946.

22. Outlaws and U.S. Marshals, n.d. "Outlaws, United States Marshals and the Hanging Judge" by Frank F. Finney, and research notes.

23. Pawnee, 1951-1959. Research notes and news clippings primarily concerning the Pawnee Indians with some information about Pawnee Bill.

24. Pioneer Woman and pioneers, 1930-1962. Includes essay entitled "Oklahoma Pioneers," correspondence between E.W. Marland and Frank F. Finney, and news clippings.

25. "William Pollock, Pawnee Indian, Artist and Rough Rider," Chronicles of Oklahoma v. XXXIII, n. 4, 1955-1956. Research notes, assorted correspondence, and The Indian Sign, January-February, 1955.

26. Ponca, 1957-1958. News clippings about Ponca City.

27. Religion - Indian - Peyote (Ghost Dance), Sitting Bull, etc., 1939-1961. Includes conversations with Fred Lookout, Jr., news clippings, and research notes.

28. Rogers, Will, 1936-1940. News clippings.

29. Francis Revard's articles - Bartlesville Enterprise Examiner, 1935, 1958. Correspondence with Clyde H. Porter and research notes.

30. Sherburne family, 1908-1951. Correspondence between J.H. Sherburne, licensed Indian trader at the Ponca Agency, and T.M. Finney. Also correspondence between Sherburne family members and Frank F. Finney.

31. "Maria Tallchief, Oklahoma's Own Ballerina,” Chronicles of Oklahoma, 1960.

32. Major General Clarence L. Tinker, Air Force, Tinker Field, 1945-1967. News clippings and information about air raid shelters and drills.

33. "The Fortunes of Happy Gleason," by Frank F. Finney, n.d.

34. "Troubles of Indian Traders Brings Senate Investigation,” Chronicles of Oklahoma v. XXXVI, n. 1, 1958. Research notes and letter to Muriel Wright.

35. The Wagonmasters by Henry P. Walker, book review, 1967.

36. Cephas Washburn’s Reminiscences, 1955.

37. The Osage Magazine first copies, 1909-1910.

38. Magazines - The Open Road for Boys, and True West, 1931, 1965. The Open Road for Boys includes article entitled "The Red Raid on Sewell's Ranch" by James E. Finney, early trader, buffalo hunter in Osage, brother of T. M. Finney, and brother-in-law of John N. Florer. True West includes article entitled "With the Osages at Gray Horse" by Viahnett Sprague Martin. This article tells about James E. and Alice Finney.

39. Magazines True Saga of the American Indian, Special Collector’s Edition by the editors of Real West, Winter 1963 Real West, March 1966 Golden West, September 1967 True West, June 1968

40. Miscellaneous materials and clippings, 1908-1967

Box 4 This box contains finished and unfinished articles and stories by Frank F. Finney, T.M. Finney, and James E. Finney, research notes, news clippings, and magazine articles.

1. Writing non-fiction - Walter S. Campbell, 1948-1965. Notes based on Campbell's teachings and assorted correspondence with publishers.

2. The liquor question: data following the article "The Osage Indians and the Liquor Problem." 1958-1961. News clippings and notes.

3. A.J. Blackwell, 1959-1965. Article entitled "Andrew Jackson Blackwell, Indian Territory's Strangest Character" by Frank F. Finney, research notes, and correspondence with publishers.

4. "The Witch of Shady Creek" by Frank F. Finney, 1958-1960. References - Hotema, witchcraft, superstitions, and customs. Correspondence with publishers.

5. Standing Rock, North Dakota, 1962-1966. Article entitled "The Strange Indian Legend of Standing Rock" by Frank F. Finney. Correspondence with editors, State Historical Society of North Dakota, and others.

6. The Daltons, 1940-1989. Article by Frank F. Finney "The Daltons Part Company with the Law." Correspondence with editors and news clippings.

7. Ralston - Tulsa World Magazine, and "Firewater." 1954. Two articles by Frank F. Finney, "Firewater!" and "Ralston's First Big Celebration." Correspondence and news clippings.

8. Stories - Notes (Osage), 1891-1936. Article entitled "A Voice from the Hills" by T.M. Finney. Original handwritten manuscript of T.M. Finney's "Jim Chase's Wedding Boots." The Osage Magazine v. 1, n. 13. Story told by Wah-Sho-Wah-Ga-Ley, "Trailer the Osage Wins the Race." Article by Frank F. Finney, "While White Men Work." A little bit of history as told by Wah-She-Pe-She to J.E. Finney. Bits of Osage history as told by the Old Medicine Man. "Indian Customs - The Ha-Ko." Original handwritten manuscript of "A Romance in the Old Indian Territory" including Her Lover's Story by T.M. Finney. Some correspondence and news clippings.

9. "The Atonement of Shappy" by Frank F. Finney, 1954-1956. Correspondence with editors.

10. "He Loved His Dogs" - John Stink (Ho-Toh-Moie), 1959-1963. Article, "Our Heritage" by Bob Finney. Correspondence with editors.

11. Review for Chronicles of Oklahoma of History of South Dakota by H.S. Schell, 1962.

12. "The Kaw Indians and Their Indian Territory Agency" by Frank F. Finney in the Chronicles of Oklahoma v. XXXV, n. 4, 1902-1958. Assorted correspondence, research notes, and news clippings.

13. "The Marriage of Asalph Wister" by Frank F. Finney, 1955-1957. Correspondence with editors and notes.

14. Barnsdall (Bigheart) Town, n.d. News clippings.

15. Gray Horse - Fairfax, Osage, 1912. Stipulations in legal case of Anna Pollock Florer against the Osage Tribe and Peter C. Bigheart, Principal Chief, in the Circuit Court of the U.S. for the Western District of Oklahoma. Research notes.

16. Chouteau - D.M. Tyler, 1956. Correspondence with Tyler of Dewey, Oklahoma concerning Louis Chouteau.

17. Indian Stone Pipe, n.d. Notes concerning Sacred Stone Indian Peace Pipe presumably at the Oklahoma Historical Society.

18. Plains Indians, 1939-1954. News clippings and copy of article "Causes of the Dull Knife Raid, 1878" by J.W. Covington.

19. The Five Civilized Tribes, 1936-1965. News clippings.

20. Treaties and Indian Affairs, 1937-1968. "Treaties between the U.S. and Cherokee Nation from 1785" and news clippings.

21. Animals - birds - dogs - horses – mules, 1939-1967. Research notes and news clippings.

22. Indian athletes and Indian pictography, 1927-1967. News clippings.

23. Kaws - Honorable Charles Curtis, 1928-1967. News clippings.

24. Kansas - early history, 1935-1939. News clippings.

25. Railroads - trails - pony express – turnpikes, 1938-1964. News clippings and magazine article.

26. Pawnee Bill - Gordon Lillie, 1940-1961. News clippings.

27. Santa Fe Trail and pioneer history, 1938-1956. Correspondence with Kansas State Historical Society, news clippings, magazine articles, and program of the Indian Territory Pioneer Association of Dewey, Oklahoma.

28. Osage history and tribal affairs, 1917-1962. "Proceedings of Osage Tribal Council," March 2, 1917. Booklet entitled "The Presentation of the President's Certificate Honoring the Osages." Correspondence between John Joseph Mathews, Lillian Mathews, and Frank F. Finney. Copy of letter from E.S. Stevens of the Department of the Interior to John Ingalls of Atchison, Kansas informing him that Ed Finney would be granted a license to trade with Indians of the Osage Agency at Gray Horse Creek. Correspondence between Elizabeth Bittman and T.M. Finney. Research notes and news clippings.

29. Contributions - miscellaneous and correspondence with magazines and newspapers, 1954- 1968. Correspondence with editors. Letter from humorist, Sam Levenson.

30. Chiefs - Osage - Fred Lookout, 1937, 1938 Letter to Mrs. Tom Finney from Fred Lookout. News clippings.

31. Navigation of the Arkansas River - T.M. Finney, 1910, 1969 Correspondence between Frank F. Finney and Arthur Shoemaker. "The Log of the 'Kansas Millers,' the Navigation of the Arkansas River in Territorial Days." Correspondence concerning the Kansas Millers with C.H. Searing of the Arkansas City Milling Company and E.S. Bliss of Bliss and Gwinn Company. News clippings.

32. Oklahoma towns, 1940 Statistical listings of post offices of Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory. List of early abandoned Oklahoma towns. Essay entitled "Vanished Towns of Oklahoma." Research notes and news clippings.

33. Oklahoma City Field - history, 1928, 1968. Essay entitled "Markets and Contracts for Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company Gas since the Date of the Oklahoma City Discovery Well, both for Oklahoma City Gas and for Gas from Other Areas." Assorted correspondence, research notes, and news clippings.

34. Research – Indians, western books, references, 1949. Research notes and news clippings.

35. Newspapers – Osage, 1803, 1875-1877. Copies of The Indian Herald, Osage Indian Agency, I.T. and the Missouri Gazette, St. Louis, Louisiana.

36. Research - "Removal of the Osages from Kansas," thesis by David Parsons, Norman, Oklahoma, 1940.

37. Book reviews by Frank F. Finney of The Treaty of Medicine Lodge, The Last Days of the Sioux Nation, and Soldier and Brave, 1963-1966.

38. Occult subjects – telepathy, 1941-1967. Research notes, correspondence, and news clippings.

39. Story ideas, many regarding liquor, n.d. Note cards.

40. Traders - Osage and others, 1898-1957. Originals of "License to Trade with Indians" of Thomas M. Finney, John N. Florer, John L. Bird, Adolph Stich, and D. McTaggart. Correspondence with the Department of the Interior. News clippings and magazine articles.

41. Language – Indians, 1939. Booklet written entirely in the Cherokee language. Osage dictionary. Notes and news clippings.

Box 5

1. Correspondence. Includes letters to and from Mortimer Stilwell, Secretary/Treasurer of Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company and Frank F. Finney, 1907-1922, 1936, 1961. Also contains list of "consumers of gas in field, March, 1912;" document entitled "Differences Between the Parties over the Smelter Contract for Gas;" account information and pipe report of Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company; and information pertaining to patent of a check valve and disc gas well regulation, pressure control and measurement.

2. Correspondence with Burdette Blue, President of Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company and other correspondence, 1923-1941. Includes information pertaining to Osage Gas Lease, 1934; revenue from sales to Cities Service Gas Company, Osage District; yearly deliveries from I.T.I.O. Co. booster stations; and analysis of cost of operation and earnings, I.T.I.O. Co., Osage Gas Lease.

3. "Early History of the Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company and the Beginning of the Oil Industry in Oklahoma," Chronicles of Oklahoma・ v. XXXVII, n. 2, 1896-1972. Also includes letter from E.B. Foster to John Florer, 1896; information pertaining to the Osage Oil and Gas Blanket Lease ｩ early development; oil and gas lease, I.T.I.O., 1907; Osage Oil Company well records; lecture by Frank F. Finney to the Bartlesville Chamber of Commerce; and assorted correspondence, some involving Burdette Blue.

4. History of the Osage Oil and Gas Leases, including Blanket Lease and Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company, 1914-1958. Includes "Outline of the Early History of the Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company and the Beginning of the Oil Industry in Oklahoma;" document tiled "In re Edwin B. Foster Oil and Gas Lease Covering Osage Reservation, Oklahoma;" "Extension of Tribal Ownership and Leases in the Osage;" "Ownership of Mineral Rights of the Indians in the Osage Reservation in Oklahoma and the Granting of Leases Thereon;" paper read before the Bartlesville Accountant Club on the early oil industry in Oklahoma (Chas. F. Leech); notes pertaining to founding of I.T.I.O Co.; "Acquiring of the Osage Reservation, by the Osage Indians and Oil Operation Thereon;" wells drilled by I.T.I.O. Co. on leases owned by its sub-lessees; statement of description and abstract of tile of all leases held by the I.T.I.O. Co.; assorted correspondence; and research notes.

5. Osage Oil and Gas Leases includes well record for first well in Osage, and copies of Blanket Leases, 1896-1959. Also recapitulation of business of I.T.I.O. 1903-1914, gas wells in service 1913, news clippings, and assorted correspondence.

6. Articles, mainly oil and gas, saved by Frank F. Finney, 1954. Magazine articles by various authors.

7. Nellie Johnstone No. 1, first producing oil well in Oklahoma, 1937-1964. News clippings, magazine articles, and some correspondence.

8. Oil and gas, Charles Gerald Forbes. Notes from his thesis sent to Frank F. Finney for review. "Flush Production" was published, 1941.

9. Gas well fires - oil field stories – miscellaneous, 1932-1940. Magazine articles by various authors.

10. "My First Winter in the Natural Gas Business" by Frank F. Finney, 1956.

11. Osage leases. Correspondence with James A. Veasey, Legal Research Library, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1941.

12. Gas - historical and miscellaneous, 1928-1968. News clippings and magazine articles.

13. Early oil men and companies. "Old Timer" and grand oil men of the petroleum industry, 1909-1940. Includes list of leading oil men (1909), list of Osage sub-lessees (1909), report of drilling wells Osage County (1917), and correspondence between Finney and A.P. McBride, H.R. Gruber, and C.L. McMahon.

14. Then Came Oil, by C.B. Glasscock. Frank F. Finney's personal notes concerning, 1938.

15. Oklahoma Utilities Association – Tulsa, 1928-1931. Includes correspondence, "Operation and Control of Natural Gas Wells," diagrams relating to gauging gas wells by back pressure method and plan for installation of surface equipment for siphon line production of wet gas wells, and magazine article.

16. "The Control of Salt Water in Natural Gas Wells" and "Operation and Control of Natural Gas Wells" by Frank F. Finney, ﾄ n.d.

17. Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company memos, etc., 1930-1941. Memos organized under headings: rates, Oklahoma City, outside, contracts C.S. (Cities Service), taxes.

18. Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company memos, etc., 1934-1937. Memos organized under headings: gas to lessors and free gas to employees.

19. Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company memos, etc., 1939. Memos titled "Oil and Gas Production and Marketing Bulletin."

20. "Gas Well Care and Operation" by H.R. Pierce, Report no. 26, Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company, Gas Engineering Division, 1926.

21. Indian Territory Illuminating Oil et al - Personnel, 1940-1969. Includes lists of employees awarded service emblems, I.T.I.O. mailing lists, telephone directory of Cities Service Oil Company employees, news clippings, and list of employees of South Osage area.

22. Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company – Gas Department, 1926-1933. Includes data pertaining to construction and operations, and open flow and deliverability. Report titled "BS&B Safety Heads: A Distinct Contribution to Pressure Vessel Safety," diagrams - "Gauging Gas Wells by Back Pressure Method," correspondence, and memos.

23. Oil and gas statistics – history, 1927-1941. "Natural Gas" by Lott and Hopkins, Department of Interior; "The Oil Industry in Your State" by Independent Petroleum Association of America; "The Trend of Natural Gas" by Frank B. Long, Oklahoma Natural Gas Company; Monthly Summary of Gas Company Statistics; "Oil Field Workers and the Wage-Hour Law;" "Gas the Awakened Giant" by H. F. Weeks, American Gas Association; memos and other articles.

24. Safe practices in oil and gas operations, 1924-1947. “Accidents in the Petroleum Industry of Oklahoma" by H.C. Fowler, Department of Commerce, charts, graphs, and articles.

25. Geology, 1926-1937. Producing Horizons and Depths of Gas Fields Connected to Cities Service Gas System in Kansas and in Oklahoma, Oil Zones of the United States compiled by the Oil and Gas Journal, the Panhandle Oil and Gas Field, Well Logs and Field Data of Active Oil Areas in the west central Oklahoma, charts, tables, and news clippings.

26. Indians at Work, 1936

27. Bureau of American Ethnology, Indian Tribes of the Upper Missouri, 1930.

28. Bureau of American Ethnology, The Osage Tribe: Two Versions of the Child-Naming Rite, 1928.

Box 6 This box contains files on subjects such as the early history of oil and gas development, oil and gas leases, and material specific to the history of the Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company. In addition, this box contains books and journals dealing with the oil and gas industry.

1. Legal opinions and legislation, 1927-1939. File primarily contains memos between officers of the I.T.I.O. concerning legal matters. Also Mid ｩ Continent Oil and Gas Association bulletin.

2. American Gas Association, 1941. Newsletter, list of personnel, etc.

3. Salt water damage, 1919-1934. Includes surface leases to December 31, 1934, memoranda, charts, and correspondence.

4. Oil and gas lease information, 1919-1942. Cities Service Oil Company Summary of Available Gas as Shown by Quarterly Gauge Taken December; correspondence to I.T.I.O. from the Department of the Interior, Office of Indian Affairs Field Service.

5. Oil and gas lease information, 1919-1942. 1941 of Gas Wells in Osage County also Contract Wells and Casinghead Gas; E.C. Brand Lease, Wasson Pool, Gaines County, Owned by I.T.I.O. and Phillips Petroleum Company; Producing Horizons Index Map; Sim Dabbs Lease, Langlie Field, Lea County, Owned by I.T.I.O. and Cities Service Oil Company; Purcell Lease, Wheeler County, Texas Owned by I.T.I.O. and R.W. Briggs; information concerning the interests of I.T.I.O. gas in Texas; samples of oil and gas leases; and miscellaneous correspondence.

6. Rules, regulations and requirements, 1917-1937. Memoranda, correspondence, booklets, cause docket papers, and other materials pertaining to the Corporation Commission of the State of Oklahoma.

7. Corporation Commission of Oklahoma rules, regulations, and requirements, 1917-1933.

8. Rules, regulations and requirements, 1920-1942. Memoranda, correspondence, booklets, cause docket papers, and other materials pertaining to the Railroad Commission of Texas.

9. Rules, regulations and requirements, 1932-1940. Memoranda, correspondence, and other materials pertaining to the Department of Interior Geological Survey, the Kansas Corporation Commission, and New Mexico.

10. Matters pertaining to transfer of gas properties to American Pipe Line Company, 1940-1941. Memoranda, contracts, bill of sale, etc.

11. The I.T.I.O. News, Volume 2, 1929.

12. The I.T.I.O. News, Volume 3, 1930.

13. The I.T.I.O. News, Volume 4, 1931.

14. Publications:

Oklahoma - Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce, September 1928.

Oklahoma City's Relation to the Oil Industry - A Survey, October 1939.

The Oil Industry of the United States - American Petroleum Institute, 1930.

Dispatcher, Cities Service Gas Company, May 1956 and July 1958.

Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association Bulletin - January 1941.

"Importance of Stripper Reserves and Pipe Line Divorcement" address by Roy M. Johnson, July 1939.

The Transmitter and Electrical Journal - December 1930.

15. Publications:

American Gas Journal - December 1927.

Oil Bulletin - March 1928.

16. Publications: The ABC's of Science in Oil Recovery by Hugh S. Taylor, American Petroleum Institute, 1927.

Safe Practices at Oil Derricks by H.C. Miller, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1927.

Hazards in Handling Gasoline by George A. Burrell, Department of the Interior, 1928.

United States vs. John Wagoshe, et. al., n.d.

Oil and Gas in Oklahoma by H.T. Beckwith, Oklahoma Geological Survey, 1928.

Natural Gas Association of America seventh annual meeting, 1912.

17. Handbooks: 1920-1927

Natural Gas Handbook by John Diehl, Metric Metal Works, 1927.

Hand Book of Natural Gas by Henry Westcott, Metric Metal Works, 1920.

18. Handbooks: 1922-1924

Measurement of Gas and Liquids by Orifice Meter by Henry Westcott, Metric Metal Works, 1922.

Measurement, Compression and Transmission of Natural Gas by Lester Lichty, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1924.

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Box 1 (Location 8373)

Campaign Buttons:

William Jennings Bryan, 1896 campaign

Mortimer F. Stilwell, Oklahoma State Treasurer campaign (3 buttons)

Frank Frantz, Oklahoma State Governor 1906 campaign (2 buttons)

Theodore Roosevelt campaign, n.d.

William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt 1896 campaign

Landon Knox 1936 Presidential campaign (3 buttons)

Oklahoma, The Next Star button

Artwork: Water color painting by Pawnee artist, "Clifford Jim" of Pawhuska, n.d.

Pen and ink drawings of Indians, cowboys, etc., by T.M. Finney of Gray Horse, 1870s and 1880s.

Drawings mainly by T.M. Finney of early Gray Horse and Pawhuska including the Florer Store, the agency in Pawhuska, Gray Horse subagency, and Finney's home in Gray Horse, 1873-1890s.

Thomas McKean Finney's scrapbooks: Item included "Silver Anniversary Oklahoma Statehood Program," Bartlesville, Oklahoma, November 16, 1932; newspaper accounts of Mortimer F. Stilwell (half brother of Frank F. Finney and stepson of T.M. Finney), Stilwell was first general manager of the Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company, a founder of Union National Bank in Bartlesville, and Republican nominee for Oklahoma State Treasurer upon statehood; "Oklahoma Consistory," Guthrie, Oklahoma, May, 1919; newspaper accounts of early traders and brothers, T.M. Finney and J.E. Finney; newspaper accounts of John N. Florer, first trader with Osages, and instrumental in getting Fosters into Osage and obtaining famous "Blanket Lease"; newspaper accounts of Walter Osage Florer, first white child born in the Osage; newspaper accounts of John L. Bird, first sheriff of Osage County and brother ｩ in ｩ law of John Florer; newspaper accounts of Dr. R.E. Bird, brother of John Bird and son-in-law of John Florer; and other newspaper clippings.

Notice of Oil and Gas Lease Sale, May 20, 1937.

Auction Sale of Osage Leases, November 12, 1917.

Recapitulation of the Business of ITIO, 1903-1914.

The King and Queens of the Range, The Chicago Union Stock Yards, ca. 1900.

Colored cartoons detailing Oklahoma history, n.d.

Miscellaneous magazine articles:

Newspaper article: “Johnny Florrer’s Axle Grease,” by Alfred Henry Lewis, in The Republic, November 24, 1901. [very fragile, use photocopies.]

various historical subjects such as End of the Trail sculptor James Earle Fraser, the arts of the pioneers, the opening of the west, 75 year anniversary of Battle at Little Bighorn River, Lincoln and the settlement of New Salem, Osage dance, and the Cherokee Strip race.

Article in Leslie's Weekly entitled "The Romance of a Famous Painter." This article describes the life of Charles Schreyvogel, who once visited T.M. Finney, 1910.

Magazine articles: "Opening a Land of Destiny" and "How the West Was Won.", n.d.

Newspaper clippings: "Pioneer Writes Osage History" and "Passing of Tom Finney Removes One of Real Oldtimers of Osage." 1935.

Electrolux Giant-Gram, 1935.

Diagram of proposed surface connections for gas wells used for flowing service - Oklahoma City District, 1932.

Diagram of surface connections for gas wells used for flowing service Oklahoma City District, 1932.

Diagram of high pressure well regulation using flow bean and high pressure regulator as automatic cut-off, 1930.

Box 2 (Location: 8373)

Navy felt tablecloth with gold embroidery around edges measuring 48” x 50”. A lightly traced design can be seen where embroidery has been left unfinished.

Red, Brown, and Taupe woven rug measuring 42” x 67”. There is some wear and holes in the weft of the rug.

Green multi colored blanket measuring 66” x 80”. The red binding was originally machine stitched, but has been repaired in several places by hand. Some staining is present.

See Map Collection #22: Frank Finney

See Photographic Collection.