Portrait photograph of John Blackbird Junior, "Little Blackbird," who was the grandson of the "late Blackbird, the last Osage Medicine Man."

Photograph of birds eye view of early day Pawhuska, Osage Indian village and agency.

Band in front of the Osage Council Bouse building in Pawhuska, Oklahoma.

Photograph by George W. Parsons of Osage War Dance in Pawhuska, Oklahoma Territory.

Photograph montage of the Osage Indian Government School in Pawhuska, Oklahoma Territory. The montage includes photographs of the school building, the girls' dormitory, the boys' dormitory and the agent's residence. The central photograph is described as a "view of U.S. Indian School, Pawhuska, O.T."

A daylight photograph taken at the Osage County Fairgrounds at Pawhuska. The image shows an Osage Archery Range sign in a field before the Osage Park building, with additional structures in the background. Caption: "Pawhuska Osage Park"

A daylight photograph taken at the Osage County Fairgrounds at Pawhuska. The image shows an Osage Archery Range sign in a field before the Osage Park building, with additional structures in the background. Caption: "Pawhuska, Osage Park"

Photograph of a scene during the Annual Buffalo roundup, at the Joseph H. Williams Tallgrass Prairie Preserve.

Clergy and congregation standing in front of wood frame church with three windows at center front, and door at far right corner. In the center of the picture is Rev. Herbert B. Morris. He was born in Oklahoma, baptized by Rt. Rev. Francis Key Brooke in 1895, and ordained by Rt. Rev. Theodore Payne Thurston on July 3, 1923. Rt. Rev. Thurston is to the right of Rev. Morris.

Rev. Herbert B. Morris standing in front of group of congregants seated in folding chairs with a few members standing.

The original church moved to Ninth and Leahy in 1914 with rectory (not seen) built to left of church. The rectory was destroyed by fire in 1960's. It is a white shingled building, covered front entry with double arched door. There is a steep pitched roof with cross at top.

White shingled church with covered front entry and red front doors. There are arched windows on either side of entry.

Rev. Don Dinwiddie, unidentified man and a police officer are standing beside a Sand Springs police car in the town's downtown.

Photograph of Cecil Drummond examining part of his 80-acre field seeded to native bluegrass mixture. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Cecil Drummond, father of Jack and Gant Drummond, examines portion of an 80-acre field seeded to native bluestem grass mixture on May 20, 1949. They find best results come from plowing, disking, harrowing and cultipacking, then planting. Seeding rate here was 12-14 pounds an acre. Weeds were clipped once in 1949 and once in 1950. Planting protected from grassing during growing seasons of 1949-50-51, grazed lightly during winter months. III - high good range condition.”

Photograph of an excellent stand of big bluestem grass. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Excellent stand of big bluestem grass. Note a native legume at the lower left. Some Indiangrass and little bluestem was also in this mixture."

Photograph of a large herd of cattle brought in from the bluestem hills. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Cattle being brought in from the grass rich bluestem hills to separate weaned calves from cows. Note good grass."

Photograph of the farm layout of R. O. Higdon's land. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Farm Layout. Headquarters, registered cattle and old terraced fields now established in Bermudagrass. Bluestem hills sits in background showing excellent condition range also some very shallow sites along the escarpments."

Photograph of brush control and fence line contrast at Silver Lake Ranch fifteen miles North of Pawhuska. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Brush Control. Sandy savannah site. Fenceline [sic] contrast. Sprayed in 59."

Photograph of "Class I land in rotation of alfalfa and small grains. Small grains and hairy vetch mixture in foreground. Bluestem hills site (shallow) in good condition also shallow site near skyline. Mowing, raking and baling operation in left foreground."

Photograph of a large herd of cattle brought in from the bluestem hills. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Cattle being brought in from the grass rich bluestem hills to separate weaned calves from cows. Note good grass."

Photograph of Cecil Drummond examining part of his 80-acre field seeded to native bluegrass mixture. The original photograph sleeve proclaims, "Cecil Drummond, father of Jack and Gant Drummond, examines portion of an 80-acre field seeded to native bluestem grass mixture on May 20, 1949. They find best results come from plowing, disking, harrowing and cultipacking, then planting. Seeding rate here was 12-14 pounds an acre. Weeds were clipped once in 1949 and once in 1950. Planting protected from grassing during growing seasons of 1949-50-51, grazed lightly during winter months. III - high good range condition."

Photograph of combine driver John Schieber and range conservationist for the Soil Conservation Service at Pawhuska Dick Whetsell harvesting sideoats grama grass with a John Deere combine on Foreman Faulkner Ranch. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. John Schieber, 2. Dick Whetsell. The back of the photograph proclaims, "John Schieber, combine driver, and Dick Whetsell, range conservationist for the Soil Conservation Service at Pawhuska, in the sideoats grama grass harvest. Yields here averaged 25 to 40 pounds to the acre. The work was done under contract with the Soil Conservation Service."

Photograph of John Schieber, combine driver, and Dick Whetsell, Soil Conservation Service range conservationist using a John Deere combine to harvest sideoats grama seeds. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: John Schieber, combine driver, and Dick Whetsell, Soil Conservation Service range conservationist. The back of the photograph proclaims, "John Schieber, combine driver, and Dick Whetsell, Soil Conservation Service range conservationist. Note the seed heads of sideoats grama grass in front of the combine. The harvest was done under contract with the Soil Conservation Service."

Photograph of Fred Pangburn, Dale Neighbors, and Jack Gaffney running sideoats grama grass through a scalper to clean out trash. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: Fred Pangburn, Dale Neighbors, and Jack Gaffney. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Running sideoats grama grass material through a scalper to clean out trash. In the background are sacks of the seed. Left to right in the picture are Fred Pangburn, Dale Neighbors and Jack Gaffney, all of Pawhuska. All through the harvest these boys worked as temporary Soil Conservation Service employes [sic]."