Oklahoma baseball and Negro League historian, my introduction

[mattsey9]

Welcome to the board. I'm currently halfway through a MA in history. My final paper will be on minor league baseball in the South during the Progressive Era.

[Vol]

Originally Posted by mattsey9

Welcome to the board. I'm currently halfway through a MA in history. My final paper will be on minor league baseball in the South during the Progressive Era.

Mike, I would love to read that when you do.

Hello Jake and welcome!

[Horsehide Historian]

Originally Posted by mattsey9

Welcome to the board. I'm currently halfway through a MA in history. My final paper will be on minor league baseball in the South during the Progressive Era.

I am halfway through mine, too! I'll race you to the finish! Ha!

Your paper sounds quite intriguing. I have been to several old ballparks in the South and often think about the history there. Great of you to document it.

[Exhibitman]

Welcome and please keep us posted on your finds; we love that sort of stuff around here.

[Jobu]

I have two snapshots that I believe are the Tulsa Black Oilers. Curious if anyone can tell me more about them. I found the following:

http://www.cnlbr.org/Portals/0/Stand...1919-1926).pdf

...which says there was a Tulsa team without a listed nickname in 1920 along with the Beaumont Black Oilers, so this photo could be players from both teams or in 1923 the Tulsa team's nickname, the Black Oilers, is included so it could be all players from that team with different uniforms.

Thanks

[tulsaboy]

Wow! What a find. As a Tulsan, I have never heard of the "Black Oilers." Is there any back story on these photos?
Thanks for sharing them!
kevin

[Jobu]

The only thing I was able to find about the team in in the link in my post that mentions local teams. I tried searching the address on the back and that street address shows up in Fort Smith, Arkansas, which isn't too far from Tulsa. Searching for "Professor Edward Jones" only gets me financial advice.

Originally Posted by tulsaboy

Wow! What a find. As a Tulsan, I have never heard of the "Black Oilers." Is there any back story on these photos?
Thanks for sharing them!
kevin

[vintagebaseballcardguy]

Originally Posted by Jobu

The only thing I was able to find about the team in in the link in my post that mentions local teams. I tried searching the address on the back and that street address shows up in Fort Smith, Arkansas, which isn't too far from Tulsa. Searching for "Professor Edward Jones" only gets me financial advice.

Very interesting! I live just over the river from Fort Smith and go right through that area often. That makes me want to visit again.