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2018.204. Melvin R. Chatman Collection
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Collection Summary
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Melvin R. Chatman Collection, Oklahoma Historical Society Research Division
Released on 2018-12-31.
format M2018.204. Manuscripts
box 1 (location 1869.08)
box 2 (location 1869.09)
box 3 (location 1870.01)
box 4 (location 1870.02)
box 5 (location 1870.03)
box 6 (location 1870.04)
box 7 (location 1870.05)
oversize folder 8 (location C2 D9)
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Mix of some originals and some copies.
Contains research compiled by the donor on African American towns and families in the Lincoln County area. The collection also includes family information for the Riley and Ellis families.
Released on 2018-12-31.
box 1. Research - Education, Murrah Bombing, Greenwood Avenue, Origins of Black Oklahoma, Lincoln County Census
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Container List
Folder 1. Oklahoma History - Murrah Bombing, Greenwood Avenue, African American Towns, Battle of Honey Springs, Guthrie, OK history.
Folder 2. Origins of Black Oklahoma - Copies of Census pages.
Folder 3. Origins of Black Oklahoma - Black Citizens of Chandler, OK, census.
Folder 4. Lincoln County Historical Society - Newsletter, Winter 2004, Brief History, Souvenir Program Lincoln Homecoming 1990.
Folder 5. Education - Desegregation, Oklahoma City Public Schools, Photo - Fairfax School.
Folder 6. Education - Lincoln County, Douglass School.
Folder 7. Education - Lincoln County, Black Schools.
Folder 8. Lincoln County, Articles compiled by Jan Vassar, CD.
Folder 9. Lincoln County - List of Post Offices, Newspapers, Incorporated Towns.
Folder 10. Black Dispatch Articles about African American Newspapers.
Folder 11. Stroud, OK Log Cabin Restoration, Articles, Photos.
Folder 12. Lincoln County Black Census, copies - Townships, Wellston, McKinley, South Keokuk.
Folder 13. Lincoln County Black Census, copies - Townships, Iowa, Cimarron, Osage.
Folder 14. Lincoln County Black Census, copies - Townships, Bryan, North Choctaw.
Folder 15. Lincoln County Black Census, copies - Townships, Tohee, Otoe, North Keokuk.
Folder 16. Lincoln County Black Census, copies - Townships, South Choctaw, instructions for filling out forms.
Released on 2018-12-31.
box 2. Research, Census Records, Maps, Ellis Family
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Container List
1. Lincoln County Black Census, copies - Townships, Chandler, South Fox.
2. Research, African American women and hats.
3. Uncrowned Queens - Rowena Adams Jones, Minnie Kalka Leake, nomination form.
4. Research, Railroads.
5. "Native Americans and African Americans in Oklahoma in the 1930's," "Migration of the Negroes: A Study of the U. S. Census Tables," "Oklahoma Land Run of '91: A Lincoln County Centennial Salute".
6. Lincoln County References.
7. Knights of Pythias - History, Newsletter Spring 2002, Pamphlets.
8. Lincoln County History.
9. Maps, Lincoln County, General and unmarked.
10. Maps, Lincoln County, completed.
11. Maps, general.
12. Margaret Ann Ellis Chapman - Birth, Death, Obituary, Newspaper Clippings.
13. Cliff Ellis, 1907-1983, Harold Douglas Ellis, 1940-1988, funeral programs.
14. Hasko Ellis, Certificates, Honorable Discharge.
15. Francis Edwin Ellis, 1918-2004, Obituary, Newspaper Clippings, Correspondence, Margaret Chestnutt Ellis (poor copy).
16. George S. Ellis, Curriculum Vitae, Correspondence from Mel Chatman, 31 March 2003.
17. James Riley Ellis, 1911-2003, Obituary, Diploma, Funeral Program on DVD.
Released on 2018-12-31.
box 3. Ellis Family, Langston University
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Container List
Folder 1. Ora Herbert Ellis, Sr. (1916-2014), Ora "Herb" Ellis (1950-2017), Funeral Programs, DVD.
Folder 2. Maggie Riley Ellis (1880-1968), Photos, Funeral Programs, Grace Sypert Echols, (1912-2000), Funeral Program.
Folder 3. Roberta Ellis Britt, Photos, Funeral Program, Obituaries, Essay "History of Sunday Schools'.
Folder 4. Wade Ellis Jr., Biographical and Career information, Obituary (1909-1989), Agatha Hampton Ellis, Eulogy.
Folder 5. Whit Ellis, Notes, Copy of Marriage License of Whit T. Ellis and Maggie Riley, family sketch.
Folder 6. Ellis Family Story, Notes, National Archives Registration.
Folder 7. Ellis Family Reunion - 1976, 1977, 1994, 1996, 2000.
Folder 8. Ellis Family, Research Documents.
Folder 9. Deposit Book with Copy, Annie Riley, 1929-1930.
Folder 10. Research, Suspected Boundary Tree Line, Riley Land.
Folder 11. Birth, Death Information, Ellis Family, copies.
Folder 12. Information on Ellis Family Friends - Victor Lawrence Brown (1938-2016), Funeral Program, Reverend Berton Zephaniah Lewis (Lee Lee or BZ), (1923-2015), Funeral Program, Interview with Helen Booker, Julius Franks, Black All-American, Walter R. Greene, Deputy Director Michigan Civil Rights Commission.
Folder 13. Langston University, Articles, copies.
Folder 14. Langston University, Annuals, copies, 1921, 1938, 1941.
Folder 15. Langston University, Chart, Ellis Family associations.
Folder 16. Restaurant Ledger of Whit Ellis' Restaurant with entry for M. A. Chatman, 1904, "The Monrovia" advertisements and business listings.
Folder 17. The Dunbar Center, Ann Arbor, MI, and Reverend R. M. Gilbert, Rev. C. W. Carpenter, Douglas E. H. Williams.
Folder 18. Funeral Program, James Marvin Riley, Sr., Charles and Sarah Ellis, Newspaper Clipping, copy of photo.
Folder 19. Marriage License, Winfield F. Riley and Marcena Humphrey, 26 January 1928, copy, Honorable discharge, 30 November 1918, copy.
Released on 2018-12-31.
box 4. L. Lena Sawner, James Riley, Riley Family, Ellis Family Story
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Container List
1. Michigan History, African Americans, Articles.
2. Correspondence, Contact List, Ellis Family Story.
3. L. Lena Sawner, Diploma, Teaching Certificates, School memos, Exam, copies, 1909-1919, negative, photos.
4. L. Lena Sawner, Receipts, Correspondence on Insurance, 1934, Notes on L. L. Sawner.
5. G. W. F. Sawner, Certificates, Biographical Information, In Memoriam (1859-1924), estate.
6. Lewis A. Brown, Mrs. L. L. Sawner, Marriage License, Correspondence.
7. Julius Lowery, Father of L. L. Sawner, copy of Homestead Certificate No. 2337, Perry, OK, Plat Map, 12 August 1902, Obirtuary, Priscilla Lowery, Obituary.
8. Copy, Homestead Deed, Ke-kah-bah, Kaw Roll No. 91, 1 May 1903.
9. Newspaper Clippings, Obituary, L. Lena Sawner, Photos.
10. Newkirk Cemetery, Plot Locations, Lowery and Sawner.
11. Lena Lowery Sawner, Induction, Oklahoma African American Educators Hall of Fame, Inc. 2016.
12. James Riley, James William Riley, Ann Riley.
13. Civil War Pension of James Riley (1896-1938) work copy.
14. James Riley, History, "Last Reunion of the Blue and Gray" documents.
15. "Louis and Jane Riley: Our Family - Who We Are and Who We Came From" with supporting documents.
16. Riley Family Photos.
17. Invitation, Langston University Club, Los Angeles, CA, Mid-Summer Dance, 8 August 1928.
Released on 2018-12-31.
box 5. Research, All Black Towns in Oklahoma, Chandler, OK, Lincoln County
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Container List
1. Anderson Almon Fields Sr. (1907-1991), John W. Wiley (1880-1961), funeral programs.
2. Program, Pauline A. Riley, Class of 1904.
3. Map of Oklahoma Territory, Compliments of the National Bank of Guthrie.
4. Research - All Black Towns in Oklahoma.
5. Research - Chandler City. copies of photos.
6. Research - Churches, Chandler, OK.
7. Research - Dudley, OK, copies of photos.
8. Research - Fallis, OK, copies of photos.
9. Research - Key West, OK, copies of photos.
10. Research - Meeker Area, OK, copies of photos.
11. Research - Rock Springs, OK, copies of photos.
12. Research - Lincoln County, OK.
13. Research - Stroud, OK, Ruby Beaird, diploma, copy, Argrow Family.
14. Research - Luther, OK.
15. Research - Riverbend School District.
Released on 2018-12-31.
box 6. Research, All Black Towns in Oklahoma
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Container List
1. Research - Wellston, OK, Dunbar School.
2. Research - De Graffenreid, Henry and Family, photos, (Degraffenreid).
3. Research - "Black Alley" South of Davenport, OK, one disc, cover montage.
4. Research - Kickapoo Reservation.
5. Research - Threatt Family, Ulysses Grant Threatt, Elizabeth Hilton Threatt.
6. Poems by L. M. Jordan, Chandler, OK, copy.
7. Correspondence from Mel Chatman to Chad Williams, Oklahoma Historical Society with documents on Black History in Lincoln County.
8. Ellis Family Story.
9. Unpublished Manuscripts, Walker and Bailey Women, pg, 1 - 257.
10. Unpublished Manuscripts, Walker and Bailey Women, pg, 258 - 573, Chatman Notes.
11. Neal Family Genealogy with Notes.
12. Riley Family Genealogy.
13. "Railroads of Oklahoma June 6, 1870 - April 1, 1978" State of Oklahoma Department of Transportation, 1978.
14. Community Club #1 - Members, Newspaper Articles.
Released on 2018-12-31.
box 7. Family Profiles
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Folder 1. Research - Sweet Home Baptist Church.
Folder 2. Lincoln County Black Cemeteries.
Folder 3. Diary, copy, Lizzy Garrett, Mid-wife, Davenport, OK, 1930-1940.
Folder 4. Area South of Davenport, documents, photos, "Davenport" Dan E. Sporleder, 1987.
Folder 5. Maps, Lincoln County, Notes, Ellis Family Book.
Folder 6. Family Profile - John Booker, Geneva Booker Thomas, Otis Thomas.
Folder 7. Family Profile - Willie Lawson Brooks Sr., Bertha Goode Brooks.
Folder 8. Family Profile - Joseph E. Cooper.
Folder 9. Family Profile - H. C. Callark.
Folder 10. Family Profile - Bernice Caldwell Davis, Ernest E. Davis, Eva G. Smith.
Folder 11. Family Profile - Arena Mims Gates, Louis J. Gates.
Folder 12. Family Profile - Peter Garcia (1872-1964), Rosetta Liggins Garcia (1882-1967).
Folder 13. Family Profile - Oscar Garrett, Lizzy Garrett, coipes of photos.
Folder 14. Family Profile - Henry Gover, Glover's Cemetery.
Folder 15. Family Profile - William Humphrey, Harriet Humphrey, copies of photos.
Folder 16. Family Profile - Burton Z. Lewis (Lee Lee) (Berton), copies of photos.
Folder 17. Family Profile - Pastor J. E. Ragsdale.
Folder 18. Family Profile - Allie Cameron Reed, Presley Reed.
Folder 19. Family Profile - Henry Summers, Della Mae Berry Summers, Maedella Evelyn Summers, Chandler, OK, copies of photos, Tom Wall, Sally Wall.
Folder 20. Family Profile - Walker-Bailey Family.
Folder 21. Family Profile - George Wallace.
Folder 22. Family Profile - Eugene Walls.
Folder 23. Family Profile - Viola Wiley, John Wesley Wiley.
Folder 24. Family Profile - Fanning Young.
Folder 25. Copies of photos - Alice Brown Vick.
Folder 26. Funeral Programs, Obituaries.
Folder 27. Cemetery Listings, Riley/Ellis, Clearview Cemetery.
Released on 2018-12-31.
oversize folder 8. Oversize Poster, Photographs, copies
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Item 1. Poster, "The Negro Problem in Oklahoma 1899-1954.
Item 2. Photo, copy, The Riley's - James, Ann, Maggie, Zuddie, Polly, Winfield, Chandler, OK, 1894.
Item 3. Photo, copy, The Riley's - James, Ann, Maggie, Zuddie, Polly, Winfield, Chandler, OK, 1894.
Item 4. Photo, copy, The Riley's - James, Ann, Maggie, Zuddie, Polly, Winfield, Chandler, OK, 1894.
Item 5. Photo, copy, pencil drawing of Steven Riley.
Released on 2018-12-31.