Oklahoma Historical Society

Dates:
Active 1956
Active 1985
Americans,

Biographical notes:

In 1893, before Oklahoma was officially a state, members of the Oklahoma Territory Press Association founded the Oklahoma Historical Society. The OHS now has 35 museums and historic sites throughout the state, and strives to preserve and perpetuate the history of Oklahoma and its people by protecting, documenting, and sharing that history. The OHS Oral History Collections include more than 7,500 recorded interviews on a wide range of Oklahoma’s history.

Source: Oklahoma Historical Society. About the Oklahoma Historical Society. http://www.okhistory.org/about.html (accessed August 18, 2010).

From the guide to the Oklahoma Historical Society Oral History Collection 98-350., 1956, 1983-1985, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin)

In 1893, before Oklahoma was officially a state, members of the Oklahoma Territory Press Association founded the Oklahoma Historical Society.

The OHS now has 35 museums and historic sites throughout the state, and strives to preserve and perpetuate the history of Oklahoma and its people by protecting, documenting, and sharing that history. The OHS Oral History Collections include more than 7,500 recorded interviews on a wide range of Oklahoma's history.

From the description of Oklahoma Historical Society Oral History Collection, 1956, 1983-1985 (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 777005190

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Subjects:

  • Cattle drives
  • Cattle drives
  • Farming
  • Farming
  • Gunfights
  • Gunfights
  • Homesteading
  • Homesteading
  • Medicine
  • Medicine
  • Mexican War, 1846-1848
  • Oral history
  • Oral history
  • Postal service History
  • Postal-service
  • Ranching
  • Ranching
  • San Jacinto, Battle of, Tex., 1836
  • Statehood (American politics)
  • Wagons
  • Wagons

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Places:

  • Texas (as recorded)
  • Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.) (as recorded)
  • Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.) (as recorded)
  • Kansas (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Oklahoma (as recorded)
  • Kansas (as recorded)
  • Texas (as recorded)
  • Oklahoma (as recorded)