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Lilah Denton Lindsey papers

Collection 1976-016

Dates: 1886-1944.

Extent: (21 boxes, 1 oversized box).

Level of Description: Item level.

Name of creator(s): Lilah Denton Lindsey.

Date of creation: Undetermined.

Scope and Content: The papers are organized into 9 series:

Series 1: Autobiographical: consists of handwritten brief accounts of Lilah Lindsey's life and a carbon copy typescript of Lilah Lindsey's interview with Effie S. Jackson.

Series 2: Correspondence: consists primarily of letters and postcards to Lilah Lindsey from friends, family, and civic group associates, as well as city, state, and federal government departments and offices. Notable among the correspondents are Anna Eliza Worcester Robertson and Will Rogers.

Series 3: Clubs and Organizational Activities: pertains to the activities of groups in which Lilah Lindsey was involved as member and/or officer; the groups include the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, the Women's Relief Corps, and the Tulsa Women's Club. This Series 1s arranged alphabetically by club or organization name, and includes club constitutions and by-laws, talks and addresses, minutes of meetings, yearbooks and bulletins, convention ribbons, buttons and pins, and souvenir postcards from convention sites (arranged by state) Also included in this series are diaries and notebooks whose contents are predominately club related.

Series 4: Writings: consists primarily of handwritten addresses and talks probably composed for special events and/or club meetings (which are identified whenever possible)

Series 5: Photographs: collects photos (group and individual) of Lilah Lindsey's fellow club members, of her family (including her husband, Lee W. Lindsey, and members of the McKellop family), and unidentified photos. Also included are photos of the interior and exterior of the Lilah Lindsey's Tulsa home.

Series 6: Press cuttings: contains articles about Lilah Lindsey and others of a general nature.

Series 7: Personal Papers: consists of legal documents, ephemera, and artifacts. The legal documents relate to the Lindsey estate, land plats and deeds, and various honorary certificates. The ephemera include papers relating to Lilah Lindsey's teaching, a church register for the Methodist-Episcopal Church, South, bank books and cancelled checks, a pocket weather diary, and notebooks containing notes from music lessons and botany notes. The artifacts include a grease lamp, a school bell, a block of wood from the U.S. Constitution Civil War ship, a tercentennial commemorative coin of the founding of Jamestown (1607-1907), a memento of Oklahoma Statehood, arrow heads, a crazy-quilt block sewn by Lilah Lindsey, her beaded purse, necklace, and appliqué, a silk cummerbund, a writing box complete with ink bottle and pen nibs, and souvenir buttons and pins.

Series 8: Miscellaneous: consists of material such as transcriptions of recipes, a mimeograph copy of an Old Timer's Association collection of addresses, mimeograph copy of "Origin of Oklahoma Day", religious and political pamphlets, programs, advertisements, and unidentified autograph notes and note fragments.

Series 9: Oversize: consists of unidentified photos, photos of the Kansas City Fish Market in early Tulsa, photos of Oklahoma delegates to the World Tuberculosis Congress, engraved portraits of Lilah Lindsey, and Lilah Lindsey and Lee W. Lindsey's marriage certificate.

Administrative/Biographical History:

Access and Copyright:

Language and Scripts: English.

Finding aid/Inventory: Finding aid is available online.

Provenance/Source of Acquisition: Acquired from Fannie B. Misch in the mid- 1970's.

Date(s) of description: Milissa Burkart, Oct 1990; rev. 1995, 2005.

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Inventory
Series 1: Autobiographical
	"A Sketch of My Life. To my friend E.J. Baldwin."
1:1	Handwritten draft in a ledger book. Other contents include: Notes pertaining to the Woman's Christian Temperance Union; list of names of property owners, their lots, lot sizes and locations.
1:2	Typed transcription of same.

	"Short Sketch of the Life of Lilah D. Lindsey.
1:3	Handwritten draft, another version, 22p.
1:4	Typed and carbon copy typed transcription, 23p.
1:5	Incomplete carbon copy typed draft, p1-8, 10, 13-18.
1:6	Handwritten fragment, p1, 3-4.

	["Indian Pioneer History."]
1:7	Carbon copy typed transcription with handwritten additions and revisions of an interview between Effie S. Jackson and Lilah Lindsey; transcriptions of newspaper articles about Lilah Lindsey, 2p.

	"Memory [Lane] of Other Days, or November 12th, 1939."
1:8	Handwritten draft, 110p.

	"Memories of Yesterday."
1:9	Handwritten draft fragment with hand drawn map of Coweta district, 2p.

	"A Short Resume of the Activities of Mrs. Lilah D. Lindsey."
1:10	Carbon copy typed draft, author unknown, 4p.

	"Olivia Hills Loughridge/Lilah Denton Lindsey."
1:11	Typed draft biographical blurb with handwritten revisions, 6p.

Series 2: Correspondence
1:1	Adams, Mr. & Mrs. E.N. Undated. Allison, Dr. & Mrs. Ira. Undated. American Indian Federation, The. 1938. American Legion, The. 1934. Handwritten and signed letter from Lilah Lindsey to George Davis, Legion Convention Chairman. American Nature Association. 1942. Envelope only. American Red Cross. 1922. Handwritten and signed letter from Lilah Lindsey to Red Cross. American Women. Questionnaire and promotional material. Anna [?]. 1916. Appomattox Surrender House Association. 1906. Promotional material. Arthur, Mrs. 1926. Associated Advertising Clubs of the World. 1922. Club bulletin. Associated Chautauqua's, The. 1905.
1:2	Bacone College. 1933. Bailey, L.E. 1908. Baker, Ella L. 1925. Baldwin, E.J. 1887-1915, undated.
1:3	Beaver, David. (See Series 7: Personal papers) Beckett, A.L. 1929. Beebe, Mrs. 1940. [Beirholf], Mrs. F.J. Undated. Biddison & Campbell. 1916. Typed list of names and addresses of members of the Old Cemetery Association. Billingsley, Lulu. 1919. Blank, [Alma]. Undated. Bonnie [?]. Undated. The Bookman. (1897) Promotional material. Borah, William E. 1919. Closing speech to the U.S. Senate about the League of Nations. U.S. Government Printing Office publication.
1:4	Bradshaw Tree Service. Business card. Bragg, Mrs. [?] L. 1924, 1925. Brannon, [?]. 1917. Broad, Lucy. 1908. 11 handwritten and signed letters from Indian Mission School students to Miss Lucy Broad in care of Lilah Lindsey. Brooks, [?]. 1917. Brown, Edith. Handwritten talk on conservation of wildlife, 2p. Brown, Frances R. 1935. Brown, Frank O. Campaign card with handwritten note by Lilah Lindsey on verso. Bryant, Earl. 1935. Bucklin, Bertha. 1916-1917. Buhl, Josephine M. 1919, 1925. Burkhard, Mrs. John Sylvester. 1916. Calling card. Burkhart, Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. 1925. Burnham, J. Robert. Undated. Envelope only.
1:5	Campbell, Rubye Powell. 1916, undated. Carter, Elizabeth. 1924, undated. Central High School. 1917, 1939-1940. Graduation announcement, commencement ceremony program. Central Vermont Railroad. 1888. Chamber of Commerce, Oklahoma City. 1939. Admission ticket, program, and song sheet for "Indian Memories" luncheon. Chamber of Commerce, Tulsa. 1921-1941. Includes certificates of Lilah Lindsey's appointment to various standing committees. Cherokee Nation (Executive Department) 1894.
1:6	Chamberlin, Mrs. Edgar Stephen. Undated. Chapin, Benjamin. 1911. Childs, John Lewis. 1888. Choctaw Council House Committee. 1936. Christian Endeavor Publishing House. Undated. Envelope only. City Federation of Music Clubs. 1938. Tulsa Music Week program. Clark, Mr. & Mrs. E.W. Undated. Clinton, Dr. & Mrs. Fred S. 1925. Coffey & Coffey. 1938. Coolidge, President and Mrs. 1925. Address of the President before the 42nd international convention of the YMCA in the U.S. and Canada. U.S. Government Printing Office publication. Council of Social Agencies. 1927. County Court of Tulsa County. 1935. Crow, Mrs. A. [19--]. Cusae, Mrs. 1916.
1:7	Davis, J.B. Cherokee Fables. 1937. Handwritten note from Davis tipped in. Dickey, W. Lyle. Undated. Dorchester, Mr. J.M. 1942. Dowell, Mrs. W.J. 1939-1942, undated. Doyle, Ida. 1915-1935. 6 pieces. Duffy, Jennie. 1925.
1:8	Eaton, R.C. 1933. Eaton, Mr. & Mrs. T.A. 1925. Ernsberger, Mrs. A. 1919. Elliott, Kittie. 1888.
1:9	Farm & Home Savings & Loan Association of Missouri. 1910. Federal Land Bank of Wichita, The. 1935. Fink, Fred W. 1940. First Methodist Church (Tulsa) 1938. Program. First Presbyterian Church (Hillsboro, Ohio) 1899. Church dedication program. First Presbyterian Church (Tulsa) 1911-1941. Includes service program and related press cutting. (See also Series 2: Correspondence: Kerr, C.W.) Fishback, R.R. 1907. Fraser, Charlotte, B. 1927. Frye, Mrs. 1913. Full Gospel Advocate. Blank subscription form.
1:10	Gore, T.P. circa 1920. Typed excerpts of a speech by Senator Gore, to the people of Oklahoma (U.S. Government Printing Office publication), 2p. Graham, Gid. 1942. Grand-Girard, Emma L. 1889-1890, incomplete date. Green-Wheeler Shoe Company. 1907. Includes promotional material. Green, Mrs. Undated. Envelope only. Greene, Phoebe & David Hirdler. 1939. (See also Series 5: Photographs) Gregg, Mrs. [Curry] W. Undated. Grolkop, Bernhard M. Undated. Gubser, N.J. 1907. Guide. 1938.
2:1	Hadley, John R. 1921-1922. Carbon copy typed list of women members of the Spavinaw Water general campaign committee. (See also Series 4: "The Battle of Caving Banks - Bird Creek.") Halton, Inez R. 1898. Hall, Mr. & Mrs. W.P. 1912. Hammett, Cora D. 1913, undated. Harriman, Mrs. Edward H. Undated. Harska, Laura E. 1916, undated. Hatch, Julia. 1910. Hayden, Dr. & Mrs. E. Forrest. Undated. Hayles, [?]. 1917. Heald, Mrs. 1915. Henry, George W. 1922. Henthorne, Mr. & Mrs. Norris G. 1925. Hillerman, Abbie B. 1908-1916. Hillhouse, M.R. 1919. Envelope only. Hitchens, Mrs. 1939. Handwritten draft of a tribute written about Lilah Lindsey and given at a reception on her 79th birthday.
2:2	Hockman, George L. 1922. Envelope only. Hollingsworth, Mrs. J. S. 1916. Holloway, Governor William J. 1930. Home Magazine, The. 1891. Includes promotional material. Home Missions Council. 1936. (See also Series 2: Correspondence: Kerr, C. W.) Hoover, President & Mrs. 1933. (See also Series 3: Club and Organizational Activities Activity related ribbons, buttons, and pins: Republican Party) Hough, Mrs. B. 1931. Handwritten and signed letter from Hough to Augusta Robertson Moore. House, Mr. & Mrs. R. Morton. 1925. Hughes, J.D. [189-].
2:3	Illinois Underwriter's Agency. 1914. International Congress on Tuberculosis. 1908. Handwritten and signed letter from D.P. Marum to Mrs. C.W. Haskell with handwritten and signed cover letter from D.P. Marum. (See also Series 9: Oversize: Group photo.) Johnson, Mary. 1912. Just, Mr. & Mrs. Theodore. 1933. Kennedy, Rowena. Incomplete date, undated. Kennerly, H.C. 1922. Envelope only. Kerr, C.W. 1934. (See also Series 2: Correspondence: First Presbyterian Church, Tulsa) Kesselring, J. Myrtle. 1925, undated. Kiser, L.A. 1919. Koch, H.C.F. & Co. 1891. Includes promotional material.
2:4	LaBarr, Lula. 1924. Ladner, Agnes Oliver. 1935. Memorial service program. Larkin, J.D. & Co. 1891. Promotional material. Layman & Layman, Drs. Business card and advertisement. Lennington, Effie. 1886-1895. (See also Series 5: Photographs) Lennington, Mamie. 1887. Lindsey, Lee W. 1897-1914. Lindsey, Lilah D. 1887. Handwritten and signed letter to unidentified recipient requesting further funding for an addition to the Tulsa Mission School; handwritten note of get well wishes from various individuals. Linn, Mrs. L. Calling card. Lisle [?]. 1908.
2:5	MacReynolds, Wesley Walker. 1924. Maryland, Annapolis (Executive Department) 1936. Envelope only. Mason, Mr. & Mrs. G.W. 1944. Includes "The Shrine O'Friendship," handwritten transcription of a poem by Maurine Hathaway. (See also Series 5: Photographs.) McClure, [?]. Undated. McCoy, Mr. & Mrs. C.R. 1913-1924. McElroy, Clarence. 1925. McKellop, Almarine E.V. 1887. (See also Series 5: Photographs) McKellop, Guy Earl. 1902. McKellop, Susie. 1897. McKellop, William M. 1934.
2:6	Mead, May Doyle Kelly. 1914. Book of Poems, 1914. Merry, Mr. & Mrs. Emmet Lee. Undated. Meyer, Mrs. H.W. Undated. Mid-West Chevrolet Co. 1924. Mills, Mrs. 1913. Miller, Chloe Scholes. (See Series 2: Correspondence: MacReynolds, Wesley Walker.) Miller, John Wesley. 1920. Miller, Mrs. W.R. 1919. Montgomery, S.J. 1925. Morris, M.R. 1913. Mose, Mr. & Mrs. 1924. Myers, Arlie. Handwritten [transcription of a speech] in Lilah Lindsey's hand, 4p.
2:7	National Audubon Society. 1942. National Parks Association. Undated. Envelope only. National Rifle Association of America. Promotional material. National Tent and Awning Co. 1917. New Jersey, Association of State Charities Aid and Prison Reform. 1911. North, M.M. 1912, 1915.
2:8	Oklahoma: Departments and Offices. Charities and Corrections, Department of. 1909-1913. Oklahoma: Departments and Offices. Examiners of Architects, State Board of. 1930. Oklahoma: Departments and Offices. Executive Chamber. 1939. Oklahoma: Departments and Offices. Health Department. 1939. Oklahoma: Departments and Offices. Planning and Resources Board. 1941. Oklahoma: Departments and Offices. Social Services. 1935. Oklahoma: Departments and Offices. Tax Commission. 1944. Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College. 1939. Oklahoma County High School Festival. 1939. Oklahoma State Conference of Charities and Corrections. 1910. (See also Series 3: Club and Organizational Activities Club and Organizational Activities: Activity related ribbons, buttons, and pins: Oklahoma State Conference of Charities and Corrections) Oklahoma State Council of Defense. 1918. Oklahoma State Highway Beautification Association. Undated. Handwritten note on a piece of Oklahoma State Highway Beautification Assoc. letterhead stationery. Oklahoma State League of Women Voters. 1926. Overton, Mrs. 1915. Overton, Minnie Lee. 1917-1919.
2:9	Pate, J.[F.]. 1919. Paton, Mayor Dan W. Carbon copy typed and signed proclamation for Better Homes Week; mimeograph of same from Governor W.J. Holloway. Peirce City (Missouri) Steam Laundry & Dye Works. Undated. Promotional material. [Perkins], Maude B. 1924. Phelps, Lillian W. 1914. Prohibition National Committee, The. 1919. Purlee, Mrs. Undated. Envelope only.
2:10	Reeves, Mrs. A. 1917. Rheta [?]. 1914. Roach, Mrs. Undated. Roberts, Zelma. Undated. Robertson, Anna Eliza Worcester. 1897. Includes 2 America Tract Society publications. Robertson, Lettie Richard. 1941. Rogers, Will. (See Series 2: Correspondence: U.S. Government Departments and Offices. Committee on Indian Affairs, House of Representatives. 1939.) Ross, Mrs. E.A. 1912-1913, undated.
3:1	Sappington, I.L. 1916. Sapulpa, Oklahoma, City of. 1912. Saturday Evening Post, The . Undated. Promotional material. Shannon, Mrs. Gertie. Undated. Envelope only. Shuman, Geo. L. & Co. 1911. Sibbitt, Mary. 1908. Siegel, Hillman & Co. 1896. Skelly Oil Company. 1929. Smith, Colonel Dan Morgan. Undated. Brochure announcing his appointment as a lecturer with handwritten note by Lilah Lindsey in the margins. Soughridge, R.M. 1890. Sparks, Earl. 1915. Sparks, Mrs. S. 1914. Sparks, Ray. 1914-1919, undated. Sparks, T.V. Undated. Stansbery, Lon R. 1931. Steele, Anna L. 1925. Steinhilber, Mrs. 1925. Stoddard, L.W. 1888. Stonecipher, S.J. 1896. Sulphur Abstract & Title Co. 1911. Sutherland, Mabel. Undated.
3:2	Templin, Ida S. 1888. Thomas, Mr. & Mrs. Barnie. 1913. Thomas, Mrs. D.A. 1917. Tillman, Elmer J. (See Series 2: Correspondence: U.S. Government: Departments & Offices. Veterans Administration.) Tracy, Mrs. Nola Childers. 1924. Trenton Emblem Co., The. Promotional material. Tulsa Better Business Bureau. 1922-1943. 14 newsletters. Tulsa City Schools. 1922. Tulsa Community Fund. 1930. 2 certificates; mimeograph letter of recognition. Tulsa County Humane Society. 1923, undated. Tulsa County Public Health Association. 1944. Carbon copy typed resolution of a posthumous recognition of Lilah Lindsey's years of service.
3:3	Tulsa Forum. 1943-1944. Promotional material. Tulsa Grand Opera. Opera program. 1916. Tulsa Historical Society, The. 1939. Tulsa Masonic Temple. Copy of Motor Vol 1:No. 9 (1921); invitation. Tulsa Parliamentary Study Club. 1939. Tulsa Public Library. Undated. Typed and signed document, signed by Lilah Lindsey and others, to H.F. Newblock. Tulsa Symphony Orchestra. Concert program. 1938. Tulsa Tribune. circa 1943. Includes handwritten letter from Lilah Lindsey to the Editor but signed "Mr. George Hamlin, Pular, Oklahoma," in her hand. Tulsa Woman's Club. 1942. Postcard. Tulsa World. 1934. Handwritten and signed letters from Lilah Lindsey to the Editor and to Mrs. Post's column. Tulsan Athletic Club. 1930. Typed and signed Frank Orr to F.G. Romain.
3:4	U.S. Government: Departments & Offices. Food Administration, National Director of. 1917. U.S. Government: Departments & Offices. Committee on Indian Affairs. 1939. U.S. Government: Departments & Offices. Justice, Department of. 1906. Envelope only. U.S. Government: Departments & Offices. Interior, Department of. Mimeograph press release, undated. U.S. Government: Departments & Offices. Interior, Department of. Commissioner to the Five Civilized Tribes. 1903-1905. U.S. Government: Departments & Offices. Interior, Department of. Office of Indian Affairs. 1916-1934.
3:5	U.S. Government: Departments & Offices. Interior, Department of. United States Indian Inspector for Indian Territory. 1903, 1911. Includes statement of resignation by William E. Johnson from his commission as inspector, 3p. U.S. Government: Departments & Offices. Interior, Department of. United States Indian Service, Union Agency. 1895-1923. U.S. Government: Departments & Offices. Interior, Department of. Secretary of. 1933. U.S. Government: Departments & Offices. U.S. Senate. 1925. Handwritten and signed letter from Lilah Lindsey to Senator J.W. Hareld [sic]. U.S. Government: Departments & Offices. U.S. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency. 1916. U.S. Government: Departments & Offices. Treasury Department. Envelope only. U.S. Government: Departments & Offices. Treasury Department. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. 1918. (See also Series 3: Club and Organizational Activities Club and Organizational Activities: Tulsa County Council of Defense) U.S. Government: Departments & Offices. Veterans Administration. 1930. Includes letters from Lilah Lindsey to Veterans Administration requesting benefits for Elmer Tillman. U.S. Government: Departments & Offices. Veterans Administration. 1931. Handwritten biographical information about veteran Samuel P. Williamson. U.S. Government: Departments & Offices. War Department. 1906, 1930. U.S. Government: Departments & Offices. War Department. Assistant Secretary of War. 1929. White House, The. Secretary to the President. 1933.
3:6	University of Oklahoma Press. Undated. Envelope only. Vampner, Mrs. 1914. Veale, Mayor C.H. 1941. Handwritten and signed letter draft Lilah Lindsey to Veale. Ventura Oil and Gas Co. 1913. Victor Association, The. 1895. Includes promotional material.
3:7	Walker, L.M. 1889. Ward, Montgomery & Co. 1896. Warner, Mrs. E.A. 1919. Welch, Mr. & Mrs. A.M. Undated. Western Union Telegraph Co. 1917, 1923. Wheatcraft, Vivian. 1926. Williamson, Samuel P. (See Series 2: Correspondence: U.S. Government: Departments & Offices. Veterans Administration) Willeth, Willie. Undated. Wilkie, Wendell (Secretary to) 1940. (See also Series 3: Club and Organizational Activities Club and Organizational Activities: Rebekah Independent Order of Odd Fellows.) Wilson, Edna. 1926. Wilson, Mrs. H[?]. 1925.
3:8	Woman's Who's Who. 1941. Women's Building Association. 1930. Postcard. Women's National Exposition of Arts and Industries. 1937. 16th annual exposition program. Woodard & Garrett. 1923. Works Progress Administration for Oklahoma. 1938. World Woman's Party. 1939. Worrell, Edna R. 1940. Handwritten and signed transcription of the song "How Beautiful Heaven Must Be."
3:9	Unidentified.

Series 3: Club and Organizational Activities (See also Series 2: Correspondence for possible further material on individual club and organization members)
	American Association of University Women, Tulsa Branch.
1:1	Membership dues cards, 1939-1941. Association yearbooks for 1922-1923. Association bulletins for 1938. Blank ballot.

	Betsy Ross Association
1:2	1915 convention invitation. (See also Series 3: Club and Organizational Activities Club and Organizational Activities: Grand Army of the Republic and the Women's Relief Corps, 1941)

	Board of Home Missions of the Presbyterian Church
1:3	Teacher's certificate for Tulsa Missionary School. 1886. Handwritten note in which Lilah Lindsey describes a letter she wrote to Miss Barnett, Secretary, Woman's Executive Committee, requesting a sabbatical from school teaching.

	Boston Avenue Methodist-Episcopal Church, South
1:4	Directory for 1917-1918. Church service program, 1918.

	Child Welfare Board
1:5	Board meeting minutes for 1921.

	Council of National Defense. (See Series 3: Club and Organizational Activities: Tulsa County Council of Defense )

	Delta Kappa Gamma Society
1:6	Handwritten and signed letter Lilah Lindsey to Alice Neiman. Membership card. Society yearbook for 1941-1942.

	Federation of Women's Clubs. First District
1:7	Report of the chairman of Roadside Beauty. Handwritten and signed, 3p. Handwritten and signed letter from Lilah Lindsey to District chairman, undated. Draft of a handwritten letter Lilah Lindsey to Mrs. L.W. Lavengood, undated; typed and signed letter from Lavengood to Lilah Lindsey, 1939. Carbon copy typed resolution of appreciation, 1p. Annual convention programs for 1932, 1939, 1942-1943. (See also Series 3: Club and Organizational Activities Club and Organizational Activities: Women's Clubs)

	Federated Women's Club. National Council
1:8	Program leaflet with handwritten transcription of "The American Creed" by William Taylor Page and handwritten note by Lilah Lindsey, 1937. (See also Series 3: Club and Organizational Activities Club and Organizational Activities: Women's Clubs)

	Florence Crittenton Home
1:9	Typed articles of incorporation. Pocket notebook with notes pertaining to the Home with handwritten and typed list of names tipped in. Typed and signed note from Fannie B. Misch concerning the Home. Promotional material.

	Frances E. Willard Home
1:10	Old Theology Quarterly #41 (1898) Budget information. (See also Series 3: Club and Organizational Activities Club and Organizational Activities: Florence Crittenton Home for typed and signed letter from Fannie B. Misch)

	General Federation of Women's Clubs
1:11	Annual convention program for 1938. General Federation News Vol 3:No 1 (Jul-Aug 1922) (See also Series 3: Club and Organizational Activities Club and Organizational Activities: Women's Clubs)

	Grand Army of the Republic
1:12	National encampment programs for 1907, 1938. Grand Army of the Republic publication of General Orders #2, 1926. Souvenir postcards from various Grand Army of the Republic encampments. (See also Series 3: Club and Organizational Activities Club and Organizational Activities: Women's Relief Corps; Other organizations)

	Hattie Graybill Mission Board
1:13	[Annual report] for 1895-1897.] (See also Series 3: Club and Organizational Activities Club and Organizational Activities: Miscellaneous club related material: Farm and home accounts ledger)

	Home for Friendless Women
1:14	Annual report for 1910.

	Indian Women's Club of Tulsa
1:15	"A Short Sketch of the Indian Women's Club of Tulsa, Oklahoma." Handwritten and carbon copy typed drafts, signed by Lilah Lindsey (Chairman), Mrs. S.R. Lewis (Historian), and others, 1939. Typed draft club constitution, 6p. Handwritten amendments to the by-laws on verso of handwritten letter draft Lilah Lindsey to Mrs. E.T. Neibling (President, Tulsa Women's Club) and handwritten and signed letter from Lilah Lindsey to members of the Tulsa Women's Club, 1939. (See also Series 3: Club and Organizational Activities Club and Organizational Activities: Tulsa Federation News) Typed changes in the club by-laws with handwritten revisions and handwritten note and signed by 6 individuals. Handwritten Legislative Committee recommendation, in 3 versions (2 copies handwritten and signed), for the club to adopt the State Prenatal Examination Law. Handwritten and signed Legislative Committee recommendation that the club approve the passing of a bill known as the "Gin Marriage Law," 1939. Handwritten and signed Legislative Committee recommendation, in 2 versions, that the club petition the Congress to continue the service for equalizing library opportunities in Oklahoma. Handwritten membership committee report, 1936. Handwritten memorial, with handwritten revisions in ink, for Mrs. Roberta Campbell Lawson, 1941, 3p; typed copy of the same, 2p; Lawson's calling card. "My Creek Dictionary." Handwritten and signed talk, 1933, 6p. "Homestead Runs in Oklahoma." Handwritten and signed talk, 1935, 11p. "Beautification of Highways Entering Tulsa." Handwritten incomplete penciled draft with handwritten revisions in ink, 4p; handwritten draft of another version, 1941, 5p. Handwritten and signed suggested program on conservation, 1941. "Nature's Beatitudes." Handwritten and signed draft, 1p. Typed talk, author unknown, 4p. Handwritten and signed letter from Lilah Lindsey to Dr. Fredrick Starr, 1932. Handwritten and signed letter in 2 versions from Lilah Lindsey to Mrs. F.E. Chappell, 1939. (See also Series 3: Club and Organizational Activities Club and Organizational Activities: Oklahoma State Federation of Women's Club for letter from Chappell to Lilah Lindsey, 1939.) Club yearbooks for 1942-1943. American Tree Association certificate of membership for club participation in the George Washington Bicentennial tree planting, 1932. Press cutting. (See also Series 3: Club and Organizational Activities: Women's Clubs)

	Ladies Aid Society of the First Presbyterian Church, Tulsa, Indian Territory
1:16	Handwritten draft of the Society constitution and by-laws, 6p.

	The Oklahoma Club Woman
1:17	Vol 11:No 9 (Sept 1934); Vol 12:No 4 (Apr 1937); Vol 12:No 8 (Oct 1937); Vol 12:No 9 (Nov-Dec 1937); Vol 3:No 2 (Feb-Mar 1938); Vol 13:No 3 (Apr 1938); Vol 14:No 3 [? [1938]; Vol 14:No 5 (Aug 1939); Vol 16:No 4 (Apr 1940).

	Oklahoma Council of Republican Women
1:18	Mimeograph copy of Council by-laws, 3p. Council meeting minutes for 1931-1940. Mimeograph copy of Council's suggested educational program for local councils, 1934-1935, 1p. Press cuttings.

	Oklahoma Memorial Association
1:19	Carbon copy typed letter to Lilah Lindsey, 1936-1937, 2 pieces. Association annual meeting program for 1937. Commemoration diploma in recognition of Lilah Lindsey's service to the Association, 1937.

	Oklahoma State Federation of Women's Clubs
1:20	Club articles of incorporation, constitution, and by-laws, 1927. Club fact sheet for 1938-1939. Mimeograph. "Plans For Oklahoma Book A Month Club." Mimeograph. Report of the State Chairman, 1940. Handwritten and signed draft, 3p. Handwritten and signed letter Mrs. F.E. Chappell to Lilah Lindsey, 1939. (See also Series 3: Club and Organizational Activities: Indian Women's Club of Tulsa for letter from Lilah Lindsey to Chappell, 1939.) Typed and signed postcard from Katie Freeman Ozbirn [sic] to Lilah Lindsey, 1940. Club directories for 1930-1932, 1938-1943. Annual Club convention programs for 1923, 1938-1942. (See also Series 3: Club and Organizational Activities: Women's Clubs)
	Oklahoma State Federation News. Vol 3:No 1 (Jan-Mar 1926)
	Souvenir postcards from the 1942 Club convention.

	Philbrook Art Museum
2:1	Membership card and brochure.

	Rebekah Assembly Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Indian Territory
2:2	2 certificates of membership. 2 certificates installing Lilah Lindsey to commission of District Deputy President for the Hiawatha Rebekah Lodge, No. 103, 1906. Blank membership petitions. (See also Series 3: Club and Organizational Activities: Activity related ribbons, buttons, and pins: Rebekah Independent Order of Odd Fellows)

	Republican Women's Club
2:3	Club constitution and by-laws, 2 versions. List of Club officers, undated. "History of Oklahoma Council of Republican Women." 1942. Handwritten incomplete draft, preliminary pages, table of contents, list of illustrations, 8p; handwritten and signed draft preface, 1p; handwritten transcription of a foreword by Mrs. J.B. Crouch (State President), 1p; handwritten and signed draft in pencil with handwritten corrections in ink, 7p. Report on a countywide campaign on verso of a political cartoon, 1938. Handwritten and signed letter from Lilah Lindsey to Martha Holmes, 1930. Handwritten list of "helpers". Handwritten and signed outline notes for the Club's study of the functions of state government, 1p. Club president's address, 1937. Incomplete handwritten draft, 1p. Memorial for Mrs. E.M. (Doll Waite) Clark. Handwritten draft, 1p; handwritten and signed draft of another version, 1939. Memorial for Mrs. Franklin E. Kennemar, 1939. Handwritten and signed draft, 1p. Handwritten and signed letter draft Lilah Lindsey to Mrs. J.B. Crouch in 2 versions. Signatures of individuals who attended a reception given in Lilah Lindsey's honor, undated, 6p. Miscellaneous handwritten note. Press cutting.

	Republican Party - Tulsa County. General
2:4	Handwritten list of nominees on the Republican ticket, undated. Typed and signed Republican Party Chairman of Advisory Committee to Lilah Lindsey with list of committee members on the Advisory and Finance committees, undated. Mimeograph copy of constitution for the Republican Precinct Women's Organization. Handwritten draft account of the part the Republican party played in establishing a government for Oklahoma Territory, 6p. Talk given at a mass meeting of Republicans, handwritten draft, 1p; typed program for same. Typed list of candidates with handwritten additions. Carbon copy typed list of members of the Catholic Church who hold city, county, or state government positions, undated. Handwritten outline notes for a talk, undated. Typed and signed letter from Mrs. S.J. James to Lilah Lindsey, 1930. Handwritten and signed letter from Lilah Lindsey to James, 1930. Two tickets to the address, "The Dangerous Road for Democracy," by Herbert Hoover, 1938. (See also Series 3: Club and Organizational Activities: Republican Party; Republican League)

	The Tanglewood Community Demonstration Club
2:5	By-laws and standing rules, carbon copy typed, 8p.

	Tulsa Business Women's Club
2:6	Club bulletin, 1926. Mimeograph.
	The Mirror Vol 1:No 3 (Feb 1924)

	Tulsa Centre of the Drama League of America
2:7	League year book for 1923-1924.

	Tulsa County Council of Defense
2:8	Tulsa County Council of Defense to Lilah Lindsey, 1917, 2 pieces. Handwritten list of council members. Carbon copy transcript of Governor R.L. William's letter to S.R. Lewis. Council bulletin #11-12 with handwritten note from Lilah Lindsey attached concerning the Red Cross. Official song booklet. Carbon copy typed letter from Council of National Defense to State Chairmen of Child Welfare, 1919.

	Tulsa Federation News
2:9	Vol 1:No 2 (Nov 1926); Vol 1:No 7 (Apr 1927); Vol 5:No 1 (Oct 1930); Vol 9:No 12 (Sept 1930)

	Tulsa Federation of Women's Clubs
2:10	Club by-laws excised from the Tulsa Federation News (Jan 1931) Resolution concerning libraries with handwritten and signed note at bottom from N. Baldwin. Carbon copy typed draft. "History of the City Federation of Clubs." Handwritten draft pertaining to Club activities, 1928-1930, 8p. Report of special committee on the Tulsa Federation News, 1930, handwritten, 1p. Annual report of the Committee On Finance, handwritten, 1p. Committee meeting minutes, 1923, 1p. President's address, 1930, handwritten and signed, 6p. Typed farewell message to club members upon Lilah Lindsey's retirement from the presidency, 1930.
2:11	["A Short Sketch of Two Decades of Homesteading...."]. 1923. Handwritten talk on 11 cards. Typed letter Club secretary to Mrs. A.J. McEwan, 1931. Typed notes concerning securing a women's clubhouse, 1p. Delegate name tag for 1939 convention. (See also Series 3: Club and Organizational Activities: Women's Clubs)

	Tulsa Pioneer Association
2:12	Typed and signed Lon R. Stansbery to Lilah Lindsey, 1931.
	Invitations to programs, 1939, 1942. Membership card for 1929 and dues notice for 1941. (See also Series 5: Photographs: Tulsa Pioneer Association monument)

	Tulsa Rural Sanitarium Association
2:13	By-laws, signed by Lilah Lindsey and other officers. Carbon copy typed and signed, 2p. Relinquishment of title to the Tulsa Rural Sanitarium Farm, 1935. Handwritten draft, 1p. Address given on the occasion of the Rural Sanitarium Benefit, 1932. Handwritten draft, 2p. 2 tickets to Benefit.

	Tulsa Women's Building Association
2:14	By-laws. Revised typed draft, 8p. Typed and signed letter from the Treasurer to Lilah Lindsey with attachments, 1931. Treasurer's report, 1931. Handwritten. Handwritten note.

	Tulsa Women's Club
2:15	By-laws, amended handwritten and typed, with typed and signed letter Mrs. F.M. Reynolds to Lilah Lindsey attached. 1934. Report of the Legislative Committee concerning pending bills in the state legislature. Incomplete handwritten draft, 1p; handwritten and signed draft, another version, 1939, 4p. Resolution concerning libraries. Handwritten draft in 2 versions. Club Resolution concerning the administration of Indian Affairs, signed by Lilah Lindsey and others, Handwritten and signed draft; handwritten and signed letter draft to California Club concerning the same, 1916. President's message. Handwritten and signed draft, 3p. Handwritten and signed letter Lilah Lindsey to Club members, undated. Press cutting of a poem attached. "Reminiscences of the Five Civilized Tribes of Indians." 1907. Handwritten incomplete draft talk, 6p. "Indian Legends of Oklahoma." 1912. Handwritten and signed draft talk, 3p. "State and City Courts." 1916. Handwritten and signed talk, 7p. "Indian Music." 1921. Handwritten and signed draft talk, 6p. "Music of Holland." 1929. Handwritten draft talk, 5p. Guest book presented to Lilah Lindsey upon her retirement from the Club presidency, 1920.
2:16	Club yearbooks for 1906-1908, 1909-1911, 1915-1916, 1921, 1922-1924, 1925-1926, 1932-1933. "Baby Day" program, 1917. Invitations to various club functions. Membership cards for 1931, 1940. Miscellaneous handwritten note. Blank Club ballots. Press cuttings. (See also Series 3: Club and Organizational Activities: Indian Women's Club of Tulsa; Women's Clubs)

	Woman's Christian Temperance Union
2:17	"History of Indian Territory." 1918. Handwritten and signed draft account in 2 manuscript notebooks. "A Few Side Lights on the Pioneer Work and Workers of Indian Territory Woman’s Christian Temperance Union." Handwritten and signed draft talk, 4p; handwritten draft fragment of another version, 1p. (See also Series 3: Club and Organizational Activities: Woman's Christian Temperance Union: Oklahoma)

	Woman’s Christian Temperance Union: City Federation
2:18	Union constitution and by-laws, 1923. Handwritten draft, 4p. Handwritten draft of another version, 1p. Meeting minutes for 1919, handwritten and typed, 1p; 1922-1923 in a notebook; 2p undated. Report of Tulsa City Federation, 1923. Handwritten and signed draft, 2p. Outline of Union programs, Jun and Oct, 1923. Handwritten draft. Handwritten and signed letter to Board of Education signed by Lilah Lindsey, Chairman, and other committee members, 1919. Miscellaneous handwritten notes. Handwritten letter draft Lilah Lindsey [Union representative] to President Calvin Coolidge, 1925. Invitation. Proof page of article by [William J. Dowell] appearing in the Tulsa World, undated. Union yearbook, 1910-1911.

	Woman’s Christian Temperance Union: Indian Territory
2:19	[Opening address] for 4th annual convention, in fragments, 5p. Handwritten and signed draft. President's address, 22p. Handwritten and signed incomplete draft. Talk, 1906, 3p. Handwritten and signed draft. Handwritten report of the "helper" for Jun and Oct, 1907. President's address, 1917, 11p. Handwritten and signed draft. Handwritten and signed letter from Lilah Lindsey to Bixby Union members, 1920; handwritten note on verso to Mrs. Ruth Montgomery, Secretary. Handwritten talk to Tahlequah members with handwritten note outline attached, undated.
2:20	"Use of Patent Medicines in the Home." 1906. Handwritten draft article by Jessie H. Clarke, 4p. Handwritten talk by Mabel R. Sutherland; handwritten note from Alice M. [Keenan], 11p. Resolution of expression of appreciation to the Press. Handwritten draft. Resolution concerning street car conductors, handwritten draft, 1p. Annual convention program for 1889 with press cutting tipped in. Handwritten Union meeting minutes for 1892.
3:1	Union meeting minutes, 1902-1908 in a ledger book. Union meeting minutes, 1908-1920, 1908-1912, and 1913-1919, in manuscript notebooks.
3:2	Annual report form with handwritten data supplied, 1908. Handwritten program notes. Handwritten list of subscribers to Union newsletter.
3:3	Pocket notebook containing handwritten Union financial notes and figures. Annual convention programs for 1907-1908, 1913-1922, 1926.
3:4	Laura Ellen Baber to Lilah Lindsey, 1907. Handwritten and signed letter. Mary T. Cranston to Lilah Lindsey, 1907. Handwritten and signed letter. Anna D. DeWalt to Lilah Lindsey, 1924. Handwritten and signed letter. Clara Hopson to Lilah Lindsey, 1906-1908, undated. . Handwritten and signed letter. Calling cards for Fanny T. Gardner, Lulu A. Markwell, Mrs. Fred A. Rollins, and Frances E. Townsley. Miscellaneous handwritten notes. Press cutting. (See also Series 3: Club and Organizational Activities: Woman's Christian Temperance Union: Oklahoma)

	Woman’s Christian Temperance Union: Central
3:5	Meeting minutes for 1919-1920. Miscellaneous handwritten notes.

	Woman’s Christian Temperance Union: Oklahoma
3:6	Union articles and by-laws, 2p. Handwritten draft. Notes on Union history, 1p. Handwritten draft. Meeting minutes for 1920, 1925. List of elected officers, no date., 1p. Handwritten draft. Report of the committee on the union constitution and by-laws. Handwritten draft. Report of the State Organizer, 1923-1924, 1p. Handwritten draft. Handwritten drafts of various Union resolutions, 2p. Handwritten draft resolution on former Oklahoma State Governor J. C. Walton, 1p. Petition for statewide prohibition signed by several individuals. State Treasurer's Bond to the Oklahoma Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, 1911. "Holding the Line." Handwritten talk delivered to the Pawnee Union members, 7p. Speech given at All Souls Church, 1924, handwritten draft, 6p. Annual convention programs and pamphlets on suggestive programs for local unions for 1910, [1919], 1922-1925, 1928, 1941.
3:7	Union Directory for 1918. Handwritten and signed letter from Lilah Lindsey to Mrs. W.J. Dowell, 1936. Handwritten and signed postcard from Elizabeth House to Lilah Lindsey, 1919, 1924. Handwritten letter from Lilah Lindsey to House, 1928, 7p; draft of another version, 7p. Handwritten and signed letter from House to Lilah Lindsey, undated. Miscellaneous handwritten notes. Press cutting. (See also Series 3: Club and Organizational Activities: Woman's Christian Temperance Union: Oklahoma)

	Woman’s Christian Temperance Union: Texas
3:8	Typed and signed letter from Mattie R. Turner (Texas Union President) to Lilah Lindsey, 1908.

	Woman’s Christian Temperance Union: National
3:9	Union’s statement of principles, catechism, and constitution, 1897. Do Everything. Frances E. Willard. Lilah Lindsey's copy acquired at the National Woman’s Christian Temperance Union convention, 1907. Woman’s Christian Temperance Union Address of the President, Lillian M. N. Stevens before the 35th annual convention, 1908.
3:10	Union publications: "Department of Work for the Promotion of Purity in Literature and Art;" "Importance of the Primary." Pocket notebook with handwritten journal notes on Woman’s Christian Temperance Union Jubilee National Convention in Chicago. Journal notes on trip to Memphis, 2p. Delegate credential card for Woman’s Christian Temperance Union convention, 1917. Memorial service program and portrait of Lillian M. N. Stevens, National Woman’s Christian Temperance Union President, 1914. Souvenir postcards from National conventions in Nashville (1907) and St. Louis (1919), and from the International convention in Boston, 1906. Typed and signed letters from Anna A. Gordon, National Woman’s Christian Temperance Union President, to Lilah Lindsey, 1916. (See also Series 3: Club and Organizational Activities: Woman's Christian Temperance Union . National)

	Woman’s Christian Temperance Union: General
4:1	Handwritten incomplete talk on 13 note cards. Handwritten fragment of a talk on 4 note cards. Handwritten fragments of a [farewell address], 2p. "Song of the Cherokee Cold Water Army of the Olden Time." Song composed by Samuel A. Worcester, 2p. "Five Important Prohibition Measures Now Before Congress." Handwritten list, 2p. The Restoration of the Home; The Influence of One Good Mother; The Story of the Crusade; Plans For A Soul-Winning Campaign. Woman’s Christian Temperance Union publications. Bulletin for the World League Against Alcoholism, 1927. Mimeograph. Woman’s Christian Temperance Union Department of Christian Citizenship Report for 1924-1925. Personal report by Lilah Lindsey as the Tulsa County Director of Citizenship, 1923. Citizenship reports mailed to Lilah Lindsey from various individuals and locations in Oklahoma. Envelopes only. Notebook containing reports, receipts, and disbursements, kept by Lilah Lindsey as the Director of Citizenship, 1921 and 1926. Citizenship pledge on 6 note cards. Fragment pertaining to citizenship, morality, etc, on a note card. National and State Jubilee meeting program, 1924. Handwritten lists of member's names and addresses, paid-up membership dues. Handwritten and signed letter from Farmer's National Bank to Ed Walker requesting payment. Miscellaneous including club cards and handwritten note fragments. (See also Series 1: Correspondence: Handwritten draft in a ledger book: Notes pertaining to the Woman's Christian Temperance Union; Activity related ribbons, buttons, and pins)

	Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
4:2	The Helper. Vol IV:No 59 (Sept 1907)

	Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
4:3	The Oklahoma Messenger. Vol V:No 56 (1909); Vol VIII:No 6-7 (May-Jun 1912); Vol X:No 8 (Sept 1914); Vol XII:No 10 (Nov 1916); Vol 14:No 3, 5, 7 (Mar, May-Jun, Sept- Oct 1919); Vol 16:No 3 (Mar 1921); Vol 18:No 1, 5, 7-9 (Jan, May, Jul-Aug, Sept, Nov-Dec 1923); Vol 19:No 1, 7-8, 10 (Jan, Jul-Aug, Oct 1924); Vol 20:No 3-? (Mar, Sept 1925) Vol 36:No 1 (Apr 1942).

	Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (Kansas)
4:4	Our Messenger. Vol 22:No 10 (Aug 1907); Vol 23:No 8 (Jun 1908); Vol 24:No 9, 12 (Jul, Oct 1909); Vol 25:No 1 (Nov 1909).

	W.C.T.U. Messenger, The
4:5	Vol 13:No 10 (Oct 1907)

	Women's Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church. (See Series 3: Club and Organizational Activities: Woman's Executive Committee of Home Missions)

	Woman's Executive Committee of Home Missions
4:6	Committee publication on the background and purpose of the committee. Carbon copy of a handwritten letter from Home Missions secretaries to members, undated, 2p. Note pertaining to executive committee and rules and regulations, 1888, 1p. Home Missions publications of The Fragment Society; How Shall We Interest the Children; Work For Missions Among Young People....; note about Home Missions' scholarships, and a letter to teachers. Typed and signed letter from Home Missions secretary, N. V. Finks, to Lilah Lindsey, 1887.

	Woman's Presbyterian Board of Missions of the Southwest
4:7	Board publications: Instructions to secretaries and treasurers of the local societies; message to auxiliaries; readings and hymns; publication notices for the 1899 yearbook.

	Woman's Relief Corps
4:8	Auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic (Woman’s Relief Corps): Oklahoma. (See also Series 3: Club and Organizational Activities: Grand Army of the Republic; Women’s Relief Corps. Oklahoma) Account of a trip to Yellowstone, Montana, 1906. Personal account of Lilah Lindsey's trip to the Womans’ Relief Corps trip to Atlantic City, 1910, 1p. Woman’s Relief Corps Home Board meeting minutes, 1911. Account of program in which Lilah Lindsey presents the American flag to a Tulsa high school, 1915, 5p. Certificate installing Etta [?] as treasurer for 1904-1905. Decoration Day Program, 1903. Annual convention programs for 1938 and 1939. Journal of the 47th Annual Encampment, 1938. General order leaflets for 1906, 1926, 1928, 1940, undated. Carbon copy typed and signed letter from Carmileta Jones (Department President) to Lilah Lindsey, 1940. National Delegate's card for Lilah Lindsey, 1948. Calling cards for Lilah Lindsey and other Oklahoma officers. Receipt for Lilah Lindsey's membership dues, 1940. Press cutting.

	Woman’s Relief Corps. Other states
4:9	Calling cards of various Corps officers. Invitations to Corps functions. Illinois W.R.C. Gazette. Vol 2:No 10 (Sept 1908)

	Woman’s Relief Corps. National
4:10	National password. Headquarters News Vol VIII:No 1 (Nov 1940) General orders leaflets for 1940. "Our Flag. How to Display It, How to Respect It;" pledge of allegiance cards. Handwritten and signed letter from Helen M. Ayers, National secretary, to Lilah Lindsey, 1904-1905,. Handwritten and signed letter from Lilah Lindsey to Woman's Relief Corps members, circular letter #1, 1910. . Handwritten and signed letter from Sarah D. Winans, National President, to Lilah Lindsey, 1903. Handwritten and signed letter from Mary R. Morgan to Lilah Lindsey, 1904-1906. Handwritten and signed letter from Jennie S. Wright, National Treasurer, to Lilah Lindsey, 1904, undated. Calling cards; campaign card; souvenir postcards of the 1903-1909 conventions. Miscellaneous notes including Woman's Relief Corps blank delegate cards. (See also Series 3: Club and Organizational Activities: Grand Army of the Republic; Women’s Relief Corps. National)

	Women of '89
4:11	Yearbooks for 1917-1918, 1922-1923. Membership dues notice.

	Young Republican's Club
4:12	Membership card for 1940.

	Miscellaneous club related material
4:13	Unidentified club related minutes, lists of names, etc. Diaries and notebooks: Most of the content of the following diaries and notebooks pertains to Lilah Lindsey's club activities; non-club contents are also described.

4:14	Farm and home accounts ledger with receipts and tipped-in notes.

4:15	Bookkeeping figures and accounts for rental property for [1884-1885, 1889.]; draft talk to/for Republican Women's Club; draft talk to/for the Hattie Grayhill Missionary Society (See also Series 3: Club and Organizational Activities: Hattie Grayhill Missionary Society); list and synopsis of "Books read in the Book-lover's Library," 1903; miscellaneous figures and notes. The Grand Army of the Republic convention in Salt Lake City and the Seattle fair, 1909. Notes.

5:1	Grand Army of the Republic encampment in New Jersey with ticket tipped in; comments on the Arlington House estate; Names of homes from Atlantic City to Washington, DC; more Oklahoma travel notes; notes about Woman’s Christian Temperance Union on last page.

5:2	Grand Army of the Republic encampment in New York, 1911; trip to Chickasha as a delegate from the Tulsa Women's Club to the State Federation meeting, 1911; routing of speakers for [?], 1927; other [club] notes; the history of Tulsa; routing of speakers for the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union 1926-1927; miscellaneous notes.

5:3	The State Federation of Clubs, 1925-1926. Notes.

5:4	Diary dated Oct 21, 1934: Republican Women's Club, 1935; miscellaneous notes; Woman’s Christian Temperance Union and Grand Army of the Republic conventions, 1936; pilgrims and the number of women among them; Chamber of Commerce; Creek Nation Roll, #411; farm account as listed by the U.S. Government, 1934, tipped in; notes on Mr. Lindsey marked "preserve/important," tipped in.

5:5	Various notes and papers from a variety of clubs removed from a 2-ring binder.

5:6	Personal daily notes on loose sheets (1919-1920); daily notes in a manuscript notebook, undated.

5:7	Travel notes about Lilah Lindsey's trip to Madison, 1932.

5:8	Undated personal daily notes on loose sheets, 83 consecutive pages, 11p.

5:9-10	Souvenir postcards from various states. [In a note, Fannie B. Misch stated that Lilah Lindsey had her friends send postcards to her as they traveled.] A-W plus miscellaneous.

	Activity related ribbons, buttons, and pins
6:1	Oklahoma State Conference of Charities and Corrections, 1908-1912.
6:2-5	Rebekah Independent Order of Odd Fellows. 1893-1895; 1905 plus related miscellaneous, 1906.
6:6-7	Republican Party - General including: Arkansas State Conventions in 1894, 1900, 1903.
6:8	Republican Party. Tulsa Welcomes Wilkie; Hoover Day reception; National Republican League (Indianapolis, 1904); McKinley button.
6:9	Republican League. Reception committee for Patrick J. Hurley, 1932; Progressive Party committee, 1912-1913.
6:10	Republican League. Republican National Convention, 1896.
6:11	Republican League. G.O.P. ribbons.
6:12	Woman's Christian Temperance Union: Oklahoma. State conventions in 1912-1916.
6:13	Woman's Christian Temperance Union. 1917-1919.
6:14	Woman's Christian Temperance Union. 1921-1924.
6:15	Woman's Christian Temperance Union. 1925-1926; Kansas Woman’s Christian Temperance Union; related miscellaneous.
6:16	Woman's Christian Temperance Union . National. Conventions in 1907, 1917.
6:17	Woman's Christian Temperance Union. 1919, 1924; related miscellaneous.
6:18	Woman's Christian Temperance Union. Small American flag presented by the Hartford, Connecticut, Woman’s Christian Temperance Union to each delegate attending the 1906 convention.
6:19	Women's Clubs - General. Oklahoma Federation of Women's Clubs, 1911-1927.
6:20	Women’s Clubs. 1931-1940; General Federation of Women's Clubs pin.

	Women’s Relief Corps. Oklahoma
6:21	Annual State Conventions in 1883, 1888.
6:22	1900-1909
6:23	1910-1911, undated.
6:24	1912-1917.
6:25	1918-1923.
6:26	1936-1938, undated.

	Women’s Relief Corps. National
6:27	National conventions in 1903-1904.
6:28	1905.
6:29	1906.
6:30	1907.
6:31	1908.
6:32	1909.
6:33	1909-1910.
6:34	1911.
6:35	1911.
6:36	1914-1917.
6:37	1918-1926.

	Grand Army of the Republic and the Women's Relief Corps
6:38	Joint conventions and encampments for 1903, 1908.
6:39	1909-1914.
6:40	1910-1915, 1924.
6:41	1921-1937.
6:42	1938-1940.
6:43	1941.

	Other organizations
6:44	Oklahoma Betsy Ross Association; Maccabees, 1904; Tuberculosis Association; Tulsa County Sunday School Convention, 1910; Tulsa Commercial Club.
6:45	South Western Business Congress, 1923; A.A.U.W. Annual State Convention, 1923; State Chairman - Americanization, undated.
6:46	P. Porter for Chief of the Creek Nation, 1903; Flood Conference, 1927, Oklahoma Constitution Prohibition, 1907; Red Cross;
6:47	Lincoln Day Banquet, 1932; luncheon with Senator Robert Taft, Ohio, 1939.
6:48	Tulsa Armenian - Syrian Relief, 1919; "My Father Was A Soldier."
6:49	O.S.N.A.; Illinois State Fair; Arkansas Traveller.
6:50	Blue ribbon from Tulsa State Fair, 1936; Home Coming Week, Emporia, Kansas.
6:51	Envelope containing delegate pins that were once attached to missing ribbons.

Series 4: Writings
The following writings are possibly drafts of talks or addresses for club meetings, club functions, and conventions; in most cases, their actual intent is unknown.

1:1	"Address on Old Age Pension" given to the Tulsa Welfare League, 1937. Handwritten and signed draft, 5p.

1:2	"American Citizenship." Handwritten, 1p.

1:3	"Another Kansas Ida." Handwritten draft, 1p.

1:4	"The Battle of Caving Banks - Bird Creek." Handwritten draft in 3 versions, written for the student Historical Society of Tulsa High School; mimeograph copy of "Tulsa Civil War Battlefield on Bird Creek," by S. McColum and L. Whitham, 2 copies.

1:5	"Beautiful." Handwritten draft, 1p.

1:6	"Better Homes In America" radio talk for KVOO Radio, 1935. Handwritten draft.

1:7	"Conservation of Our Natural Resources [#1]." Handwritten and signed draft detailing trees, reforestation, wood products, etc., 5p; handwritten and signed draft, another version, 9p; related press cutting.

1:8	"Conservation of Our Natural Resources [#2]." Handwritten drafts in 2 versions of another talk about trees; 1p Handwritten fragment.

1:9	"Country Squaire [sic] in the White House." Handwritten draft addressed to "Mr. Chairman," 1p.

1:10	"The Creek Council Tree." 1938. Handwritten draft article in 4 versions for The Tribesman and/or the Tulsa Chamber of Commerce, 2 copies, one copy handwritten and signed.

1:11	"Early Tulsa." 1942. Handwritten and signed draft address given at the Boston Avenue Methodist/Episcopal Church children's meeting, 8p.

1:12	"First Presbyterian Church Choir, 1886 to 1907." Handwritten and signed draft article about the history of the choir, 3p.

1:13	"Forestry Minded." Handwritten draft talk, 1p.

1:14	"For the Spavinaw Celebration Committee." 1924. Handwritten [talk] for the opening of the Spavinaw Water System, 6p; handwritten and signed note by Lilah Lindsey to "Dear friend" at the bottom of p6. (See also Series 2: Correspondence: Hadley, John R.)

1:15	"How I Felt When Statehood Came." 1941. Handwritten radio address for the students of Tulsa High School, 1p.

1:16	"Impression of Dr. C.W. Kerr." 1937. Handwritten and signed draft reminiscence, 1p.

1:17	"Lucky Friday." Handwritten draft poem in 2 versions.

1:18	"Memories of School Days in Tulsa." Handwritten draft, 12p.

1:19	"Memories of Yesterday in My School Life." 1938. Handwritten and signed draft reminiscences, 26p; handwritten research information.

1:20	"Mission Schools In Indian Territory." Handwritten and signed draft, 3p.

1:21	"Missionary Work in Indian Territory." Handwritten draft, 1p.

1:22	"Mode of Travel in Indian Territory." Handwritten penciled draft with handwritten revisions in ink, 7p.

1:23	[Oklahoma, Fair Oklahoma.] Handwritten and signed draft, 1p.

1:24	"Passion Play At Oberammergau."] Handwritten incomplete draft on Woman's National Rivers and Harbors Congress letterhead, 3p.

1:25	"Pioneer Missionary Women of Oklahoma." 1931. Handwritten talk on 10 cards (on verso of 7 campaign flyers for Charles O'Connor, Rep. for U.S. Congress) given at the 2nd Presbyterian Church.

1:26	"A Pioneer School Teacher in Tulsa." Handwritten draft in 3 incomplete versions, 1 version handwritten and signed.

1:27	"Possibilities for Oklahoma's Future Growth." Handwritten draft, 1p.

1:28	"Presbyterian Mission Schools In Indian Territory." 1939. Handwritten talk given to Mondamon Delphian, 3p.

1:29	"Protection of Road-Side Beauty." Handwritten draft, 1p.

1:30	"Road-Side Beauty." 1935. Handwritten radio address, 4p; 2 related press cuttings.

1:31	"Stomp Dance." Handwritten penciled draft with handwritten revisions in ink, 2p.

1:32	"Strip Opening." Handwritten draft, 4p.

1:33	"Tulsa." 1941. Handwritten and signed talk at Philbrook Museum, 14p.

1:34	"Uncle Sam Serves Breakfast." Handwritten draft, 3p.

1:35	"Why I Like Tulsa." Handwritten penciled draft in 2 versions, 1 version with handwritten revisions in ink.

1:36	[Unidentified fragments.] 20 pieces.

Series 5: Photographs - Club activities
1:1	3 postcard photos of Lilah Lindsey and others taken at Sulphur, Oklahoma, during the 1908 Grand Army of the Republic convention. Lilah Lindsey at the Indian day program at Philbrook sponsored by the Indian Woman's Club, 1941. Members of the Tulsa Federated Women's Clubs and others at a tree planting ceremony, University of Tulsa, [1932?]. 3 photos. Group photo of Lilah Lindsey and others at a ceremony involving the Tulsa Historical Society of Central High School, 1943. Woman's Christian Temperance Union member photos including: Group photo of officers, 1893; 4 group photos, Tulsa, 1906; group photo, Ardmore, 1910; group photo, Enid, 1928.
1:2	Woman’s Christian Temperance Union. Portrait of Mrs. L.E. Bailey. Woman’s Christian Temperance Union. 2 portraits of Anna A. Gordon. Woman’s Christian Temperance Union. Portrait of Lillian Stevens. Woman's Relief Corps member portraits including: Mary Birdseye, Sarah M. Wilkins, and unidentified Department secretary with her infant. (See also Series 9: Oversize.)
1:3	Lindsey family photos including: Small and large engraver's plates of portrait of Lilah Lindsey. 5 portraits of Lilah Lindsey 3 photos of Lilah Lindsey with the Crawford family Group photo of Lilah Lindsey with others at a ceremony of a Tulsa Historical Society presentation to Central High School.
1:4	Lindsey family photos. Small and large engraver's plates of Lee W. Lindsey. 3 portraits of Lee W. Lindsey.
2:1	Group photo of Lilah and Lee Lindsey with others; framed photo of Lilah Lindsey's father. Photos of Almarine E.V. McKellop, Ruth and Jimmie McKellop, Jeannetta Tiger and Joe Bruner, E.C. Lindsey, and Lilah Lindsey's unidentified chauffer. (See also Series 9: Oversize.)

	Photos of other individuals including:
2:2	Anderson, Miss Marie Ardis Barbara, daughter of. Bragg, Mr. & Mrs. Clearwater, Ph.D. H.P. Crawford, Mary, daughter of Doyle, Ida. Green, Eva Hirdler & children. Hill, Rev. Claude E. & Kerr, Rev. C.W. with group of unidentified men. Lennington, J.[L.]. Marrs, Edna Riggles. Mason, G.W. & Minnie. Misch, Fannie B. Phelps, Miss Prosser, Anna & daughters Mildred and Elvira Ruby, Edna M. 2 photos. Ruby, Ida M. with others. Ruby, Ida M. with son & grand children. Saffle, Baby. Shuttlebar, Nora. [Tulsa Presbyterian Church and school], members of. Woodrow, William & Ephrum [sic] Woodrow, Lilah D. (See also Series 9: Oversize)

2:3	Unidentified individual and group photos.

3:1-2	Unidentified. Individual and group photos.

3:3	Miscellaneous photos including: [Ed---?] Club House, Medicine Park, Oklahoma; Tulsa Association of Pioneers Monument (See also Series 3: Club and Organizational Activities: Tulsa Pioneer Association); an oil well fire; millinery store purchased by Lilah Lindsey; 7 views, interior and exterior, of the Lindsey home. (See also Series 9: Oversize.)

4:1	Small photo album from which photos have been removed.

5:1	Small horseshoe photo album from which photos have been removed.

Series 6: Press cuttings
1:1	About Lilah Lindsey.
1:2	General subjects.

Series 7: Personal papers: Legal documents
	Marriage certificate. (See Series 9: Oversize)

1:1	Papers relating to Lilah Lindsey's estate.

1:2	Plats and deeds.

1:3	Burial contracts. Certificate of appointment by Oklahoma Governor Johnson of Lilah Lindsey as delegate to the Congress of World League Against Alcoholism, 1927. Election Board acknowledgement of receipt of Lilah Lindsey's application as candidate for Republican for House of Representatives, Tulsa, 1922. Federal Emergency Relief Administration Disbursement Office receipt, 1934.

	Personal papers: Ephemera.
1:4	Papers relating to teaching including: quiz on county government, organizational charts for the Board of Equalization and Land Office, student records, list of teachers and the classes they taught.

1:5	Church register for the Methodist-Episcopal Church, South, with handwritten entries dating from 1884-1907.

1:6	6 bank books, 1 pocket ledger.

1:7	Cancelled checks for 1905-1911; un-cashed checks and miscellaneous receipts.

1:8	Brief daily memorandum of weather conditions and locations, address, and mileage notes, etc. Owner of the notebook is identified as T.L. Moran but handwriting is very much like Lilah Lindsey's.

	Address pocket book.

1:9	Pocket spiral containing music lesson notes, addresses, and miscellaneous notes, with press cuttings and notes tipped in pertaining to Cherokee language.

1:10	Manuscript notebook dated Mar 1880 containing Botany notes, lists of purchased goods and their cost, and miscellaneous notes.

	Personal papers: Artefacts
2:1	Grease lamp with attached typed note by Fannie B. Misch indicating that the lamp was used by Lilah Lindsey when she taught in the Wealaka Mission Boarding School near Leonard Indian Territory on Snake Creek.

	School bell with attached typed note by Fannie B. Misch indicating that the bell was used by Lilah Lindsey at the Wealoka Indian Mission Boarding School, the Creek Indian Council House in Okmulgee, the White Church in Broken Arrow in 1886, and at the Presbyterian Indian School in 1887. Another note indicates that Misch rang this bell at noon on July 4, 1976, as others did all across Oklahoma.

	Block of wood with a note by Lilah Lindsey attached which reads: "This is from the key of ship. This block of wood was given to me by a carpenter who was sawing it from a larger piece while preparing the old United States Constitution War ship of the Civil War on the wharf for repairs at Boston Massachusetts when I was attending the Grand Army Encampment and Women's Relief Corps, its only Auxiliary. Lilah D. Lindsey, Past State President Oklahoma Woman’s Relief Corps."

	Ter-centennial commemorative coin of the founding of Jamestown and the landing of Captain John Smith, 1607-1907. Memento of Oklahoma statehood: Small wooden hatchet with the date Feb 1907 carved into it. 6 arrowheads. Crazy quilt block, approximately 23" x 23", sewn by Lilah Lindsey. Note by Fannie B. Misch indicates that the design is stitched with briar stitching embroidery which was a pioneer type of fancy work. Beaded purse, beadwork necklace and beaded appliqué.

	Writing box complete with ink bottle, pen and pen nibs. Typed note by Fannie B. Misch reads: "....After careful research in the Indian Territory, Fulton, Missouri where she attended Synodical college in 1879 and in Hyland Institute in Hillsboro, Ohio in 1880 I have concluded that she probably purchased or was given the box when she went to one of the colleges...."

	Cummerbund. Envelope containing souvenir buttons and pins.

Series 8: Miscellaneous
1:1	Unidentified notes and note fragments. Handwritten.

1:2	Recipes taken from the Tulsa Cook Book compiled by the Ladies Aid Society of the First Presbyterian Church; typed transcriptions. Recipes cut from newspapers; typed [account of candidate's campaign platforms], 3p. Old Timer's Association collection of addresses tentatively to be published in book form to observe the 1929 anniversary of Oklahoma statehood. Mimeograph, 4p. "Origin of Oklahoma Day," 1921. 2 mimeograph copies.

1:3	Religious and political subject pamphlets; poems excised from unknown sources; programs; advertisements; musical score excised from unknown sources.

1:4	Reproductions of art work; calendar art covers and other calendars; miscellaneous invitations; typed notes written by Fannie B. Misch about items within the collection.

Series 9: Oversize
	Unidentified group photo taken at the Health & Pleasure Resort, Sulphur, Oklahoma. Photo of the rest cottage at Evanston, Illinois, Woman’s Christian Temperance Union Headquarters. Kansas City Fish Market and adjoining storefronts, Tulsa. 2 photographs. Group photo of Lilah Lindsey and others Woman’s Christian Temperance Union. Unidentified group photo with one individual scratched out. Group photo of Lilah Lindsey and others appointed as delegates to the World Tuberculosis Congress by Governor Haskell. 2 unidentified group photos (indoor and outdoor) of class of students, Presbyterian Mission and Church. Group photo of Lilah Lindsey, Ida Evan, Mrs. Inhofe & children at Christmas in the Lindsey home, 1906. 3 engraved portraits of Lilah Lindsey. Marriage certificate with photos of Lee W. and Lilah Lindsey. Art engraving of 4 children and a dog.

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Revised: 06/23/10.