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List of United States post office murals in Oklahoma

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Following is a list of United States post office murals created in Oklahoma between 1934 and 1943. [1] [2] [3] A number of Oklahoma post offices were listed on the National Register as part of the " Oklahoma Post Offices with Section Art Multiple Property Submission", including those in Coalgate, Hollis, Madill, Nowata, and Watonga.

LocationMural titleImageArtistDateNotes NRHP

listed

Anadarko Kiowas Moving Camp (mural study, Anadarko, Oklahoma federal building) SAAM-1974.28.370 1.jpg Stephen Mopope 1938oil on canvas; sixteen panels on Indian life; [4] mural featured on 2019 Post Office Murals stamp set
Claremore Will Rogers Claremore OK Randall Davey 121-CMS-4B-85.jpg Randall Davey 1939tempera on canvas, moved to new post office [5]
Clinton Race for Land Loren Mozley 1938oil on canvas, moved [6]
United States Post Office Coalgate,

in Coalgate

Women Making Pishafa [7] (aka Indian Family at Routine Tasks) Coalgate Ok Post Office Mural.jpg Acee Blue Eagle 1942acrylic and tempera [7] ; mural was restored by Fred Beaver in 1965 [8] 2009 [7]
Cordell The Scene Changes Ila Turner McAfee 1938oil on canvas
Drumright Oklahoma Land Rush Frank Long 1941oil on canvas
Edmond Pre-Settlement Days Ila Turner McAfee 1939oil on canvas
Guymon Harvest Jay Risling 1939 ? [6] Mural was destroyed [6]
United States Post Office Hollis,

in Hollis

Planning the Route Lloyd Goff 1941oil and egg tempera2009
Hugo The Red Man of Oklahoma Sees the First Stage Coach Red Man of Oklahoma.jpg Joseph Fleck 1937oil on canvas; the original post office is now the Hugo School System Administration Building
Idabel The Last Home of the Chocktaw Nations H. Louis Freund 1940oil on canvas
United States Post Office Madill,

in Madill

Prairie Fire Ethel Magafan 1941tempera2009
Marietta Chickasaw Indian Family Making Pah Sho Fah Solomon McCombs oil on canvas

Solomon McCombs, the artist, was Muscogee Creek. The mural was restored by Fred Beaver [6]

Marlow Cattle Days Lew E. Davis 1942oil on canvas
United States Post Office Nowata,

in Nowata

Rainbow Trail Woodrow Crumbo 1943tempera. Artist was Citizen Potawatomi.2009
Okemah Grand Council on 1842 Walter Richard West 1941tempera. Artist was Southern Cheyenne.
Pawhiska Osage Treaties Olive Rush 1938oil on canvas
Perry Range Branding Downby the Big Tank Thomas Stell 1941oil on canvas

Mural was damaged and relocated to the Perry Historical Museum [6]

Poteau Cotton Joan Cunningham 1940oil on canvas
Purcell The Roundup Fred Conway 1940oil on canvas

Winner of the 48-State Mural Competition

Sayre The Opening of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Country PXL 20230928 175601109~2.jpg Vance Kirkland 1940oil on canvas
Seminole Seminole Indian Scene Acee Blue Eagle 1939oil on canvas
Stillwater Early Days in Payne County Grace L. Hamilton 1963oil on canvas
Stilwell Cherokee Farming and Animal Husbandry Cherokee Indian Farming and Animal Husbandry (mural study, Stilwell, Oklahoma Post Office) SAAM-1962.8.86 1.jpg Olga Mohr 1942oil on canvas
Sulphur Romance of the Mail Albert Reid 1939oil on canvas
Tahlequah Choctaw Ball-Play, 1840 Manuel Bromberg 1939oil on canvas
Vinita History of the Cherokee Nation Randall Davey 1941tempera
United States Post Office Watonga,

in Watonga

Roman Nose Canyon Edith Mahier 1941Oil on canvas; controversial in its depiction of Native Americans when it was completed, this is the best-known of Oklahoma post office murals. Shows Cheyenne Chief Henry Roman Nose with his family in confrontation with white settlers. [9] 2009
Waurika Wild Geese Theodore Van Soelen 1939oil on canvas
Weatherford Terminus of the Railroad, 1898–1901 Oscar Berninghaus 1939oil on canvas
Wewoka Historical Background of Wewoka Marjorie Rowland Clarke 1941oil on canvas
Yukon The Run – April 22, 1889, Taking the Lead The Run April 22, 1889-Taking the Lead (mural study Yukon, Oklahoma Post Office) SAAM-1974.28.20 1.jpg Dahlov Ipcar 1941oil on canvas

References

  1. ↑ Park, Marlene; Markowitz, Gerald E. (1984). Democratic vistas: post offices and public art in the New Deal. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. ISBN   0-87722-348-3. OCLC   10877506.
  2. ↑ American Art Annual, Geographical Dictionary Of Murals and Sculptures commissioned by Section of Fine Arts, Public Buildings Administration, Federal Works Agency. The American Federation of Arts, 1941 pp 623 – 658
  3. ↑ "Oklahoma New Deal Art". WPAmurals.com. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
  4. ↑ Park, Marlene; Markowitz, Gerald E. (1984). Democratic vistas: post offices and public art in the New Deal. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. ISBN   0-87722-348-3. OCLC   10877506.
  5. ↑ "Post Office Mural—Claremore OK". Living New Deal. Retrieved July 20, 2025.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 Park, Marlene; Markowitz, Gerald E. (1984). Democratic vistas: post offices and public art in the New Deal. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. ISBN   0-87722-348-3. OCLC   10877506.
  7. 1 2 3 Greiner, Alyson (March 4, 2009). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: United States Post Office Coalgate". National Park Service. Retrieved February 1, 2026.
  8. ↑ Lester, Patrick D., The Biographical Directory of Native American Painters, SIR Publications, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 9780806199369, page 48, First edition, 1995
  9. ↑ Alyson Greiner (July 19, 2007). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: United States Post Office Watonga". National Park Service . Retrieved April 27, 2017. With 14 photos, including multiple views of the mural.
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