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Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service

This collection contains material from the Archives' Oklahoma State University Agricultural Cooperative Extension Service Publications collection. This collection contains fact sheets, newsletters, and other publications produced by the Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources' Extension Division.

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ag, agriculture, oklahoma, fact sheets, newsletters, dasnr, casnr
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Angie Debo Photo Collection

This Collection consists of research material, including manuscripts of publications and presentations by Debo and related legal papers, notes, personal and business correspondence, memorabilia, diaries, articles, newspaper clippings, awards, books, maps and photographs dealing with Debo's writings and personal life.

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woman, women, womens archives, history, historian, author, memoir, diary, diaries, native american, indian, photo, photos
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Architecture Master's Reports

This collection represents the research efforts of those candidates who chose to include a written component as part of their graduate work in the OSU School of Architecture from 1927 to the present. Currently it includes more than 130 Architecture and Architectural Engineering Theses, Master's Reports, and Creative Components and can be sorted by author, title, year and type of publication. With generous financial support from Mr. Sterling Little (March '85), the Cunningham Architecture Library digitized these reports during 2010 to make them more easily accessible to students and the general public.

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architecture, thesis, theses, creative component
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Archives Collection Inventories

Welcome to the Collection Guides for the Archives at Oklahoma State University. These finding aids offer a description of the collection materials we house in our archives. Each guide will provide you with contextual, historical, and physical information about what is available for research. Unless otherwise noted, there are no restrictions on viewing these collections and we are open to the public.

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scua, special collections,
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Art as Activism in North Tulsa

The Art as Activism in North Tulsa collection consists of interviews with grassroots Tulsa activists advocating for change related to Tulsa’s Black community, focusing on artistic expression as educative and a form of activism enacted in the North Tulsa community.

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North Tulsa, African American artists, Black artists, Tulsa Race Massacre, Political art, Greenwood District, Community engagement
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Big Top Show Goes On

The "Big Top" Show Goes On: An Oral History of Occupations Inside and Outside the Canvas Circus Tent aims to preserve the voices and experiences of those involved with the work culture associated with Hugo, Oklahoma's tent circus tradition.

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circus, hugo, elephant, performance, performer,
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Building a Bigger Table

“Building a Bigger Table: An Oral History Project on the Development of a Stillwater, OK Food Resource Center” is a series of interviews conducted from 2016-2018 with three distinct groups of individuals, each representing a unique perspective in the local Stillwater, OK food landscape. Though the interview topics vary between groups in relation to community development initiatives and experiences with food insecurity, interviews with all three groups address foodways, food practices, and the ways that food shapes identities and impacts dignity.

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food security, poverty, families, family, charity, volunteer, united way, food bank, early childhood education; habitat for humanity, nonprofit, nutrition, salvation army, interview, stillwater, payne county, oklahoma
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Caudill Travel Fellowship

The Caudill Fellowship program was established in 1984 to provide funding for the outstanding architecture graduate from the OSU School of Architecture for independent study and travel abroad. The Caudill Fellow is required to keep a journal of his or her experiences focused on observation and analysis. These journals are a means for the fellow to record, synthesize, and communicate what they have seen and learned.

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architecture,
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Centennial Farm Families

The Oklahoma Centennial Farm Families oral history project features interviews with family farm owners and operators who have been involved in the farming and ranching business in Oklahoma for 100 years or more and have been designated as an "Oklahoma Centennial Farm or Ranch" by the Oklahoma History Society.

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ohc, rural,
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Centennial Histories Series

Over 100 people were involved in the production of this 25-volume Centennial Histories Series Project - a prototype for similar studies in higher educational institutions. This series honors the lives and deeds of all who shared in and served OSU during its first 100 years.

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osu, oamc, library, student union, old central, athletics, student, campus, alumni, journalism, jb, extension, outreach, research, equal opportunity, religion, religious, governance, osu-okc, oklahoma city, veterinary medicine, vet med, business, spears, cob, home ec, home economics, human sciences, hs, ag, agriculture, dasnr, casnr, arts and sciences, a&s, cas, education, ed, coe, grad, graduate, osteopathic medicine, buildings, campus history,
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Chilocco Indian Agricultural School Collection

The Federal government established the Chilocco Indian Agricultural School in 1883-84 to provide vocational training and educational opportunities for Native American children from across the United States. This collection contains over 1,100 images of campus facilities, students and staff, activities, and events and over 40 oral history interviews conducted with the school's alumni and military veterans.

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native american, indian, photo, photos,
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COVID-19 Teacher Poets Writing to Bridge the Distance

This collection documents the teachers' poetry and writing experiences during the 2020 COVID-19 school closings and the topics and insights that emerged.

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covid-19, covid, coronavirus, pandemic, teachers, poets, poem, poems, poetry, open, oer, interview, K-12, oklahoma, 2020s, twenties, education, schools
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Cowboys in Every County

The purpose of Cowboys in Every County, a subseries of the O-STATE Stories Oral History Project, is to gather and preserve memories revolving around Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College (OAMC) and Oklahoma State University (OSU).

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weather, meteorology, conservation, natural resources, soil, flood, watershed, environmental policy, ranching, wind erosion, farm, hunting, irrigation, teaching, veterans, oklahoma conservation commission, native american, indian, politics, government, alum, alumni, alumnae, aluma, interviews, Oklahoma, panhandle, dust bowl, 30s, thirties,
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Cyrus Avery Collection

The OSU-Tulsa Cyrus Stevens Avery Collection is a dynamic collection of digital materials chronicling the life and times of the man who became known as the "Father of Route 66."

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Daily O'Collegian Archives

All issues, keyword searchable, from 1895 to 2008! More issues coming soon!

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ocolly, newspaper, paper, smsc, jb, journalism, underground, college mirror, brown and blue, orange and black, ogolly, osu, oamc, alum, alums, alumni, alumnae, aluma, campus,
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Deep Roots: Oklahoma Authors Oral History Project

The Deep Roots: Oklahoma Authors Oral History Project documents the first-person perspective of authors with Oklahoma ties who discuss their lives, work, and creative processes.

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authors, literature, fiction, writing, interview, interviews, video, English, composition, OK, Okla, oklahoma, oral history,
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Dr. Bill F. & Jean Kelso Collection of Ancient Coins

Collection contains ancient coins from around the world. Includes coins from the following places and eras: Greece, Carthage, the Roman Republic and Empire, St. Constantine era, Byzantine, Arabic, China, and the Vandals.

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constantine, constans, constantius, maximian, maximinus, julius verus, roman emperor, augustus, emperor of rome, crispus, flavius julius, diocletian, domitian, galerius, gallienus, publius licinius egnatius, julian, magnentius, maxentius, marcus aurelius valerius, mustafa, sultan of the turks, nero, trajan, volusian, alexander, the great, antoninus pius, arcadius, aurealian, caligula, caracalla, claudius, commodus, decentius, decius, gaius messius quintus trajanus, delmatius, faustina, annia galeria, empress, consort of antoninus pius, faustina, annia galeria, gaiseric, king of the vandals and the alani, geta lucius septimius, gordian iii, gratian, hadrian, heraclius, hostilian, john i tzimisces, juba, julia domna,lucius septimius, julia maesa, julia mamaea, justin ii, justinian i, licinius ii, licinius, mahmoud, sultan marcus aurelius, maurice, maximinus ii, maximus, micipsa, mohammed, viii, bey de tunis, naceur, mohamed en nerva, emperor of rome, philip ii, king of macedonia, philip, the younger, emperor of rome, phocas, probus, quintillus, severus alexander,severus, lucius septimius, tetricus, gaius pius esuvius, emperor of gaul, theodosius i, tiberius, trebonianus gallus, valens, emperor of the east, valentinian i, valentinian ii, valerian, verus, lucius aurelius, vespasian, emperor of rome, victorinus,
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Dust, Drought, and Dreams Gone Dry

These interviews share accounts of everything from canning and home remedies, square dances and weddings, to Black Sunday, and full details of coping with dust from what has been called the worst natural disaster ever. This collection seeks to preserve these firsthand accounts and make them accessible to scholars, researchers and anyone interested in this history.

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women, womens archives, oklahoma, dirty, 1930s, 30s, thirties, panhandle,
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Early Oklahoma Serials

In cooperation with Amigos Library Services, the OSU Library has begun to make many historical resources available, especially this collection of magazines published in Oklahoma from around 1890-1910. With this on-going project we hope to make a wide variety of Early Oklahoma Serials available to researchers and interested citizens.

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Indian School Journal, Sturm's Oklahoma Magazine, Harlow's Weekly,
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Edna Mae Phelps Political Collection

Edna Mae Phelps attended every Democratic National Convention beginning with the violent 1968 affair in Chicago to the 2000 convention. She pursued many interests with great devotion. We hope you enjoy her collection of over 4,300 buttons lapel pins, ribbons, hand clickers, and other items pertaining to presidential elections, Oklahoma politics, and special interests such as the Equal Rights Amendment, abortion, and other feminist issues.

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woman, women, womens archives, oklahoma, pin, button, label, campaign, republican, democratic, special interest, election, politics, government, polsci, political science,
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eJournals

OSU E-Journals are a collection of Open Access e-journals published online by the OSU Library. These include the International Journal of Professional Aviation Training and Testing Research, the Oklahoma Water Resources Research Institute Technical Reports, and the Oklahoma Native Plant Record.

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architecture philosophy, bulletin of the oklahoma ornithological society, collegiate aviation review international, free inquiry in creative sociology, international journal of professional aviation training and testing research, journal of oklahoma association for health physical education recreation and dance, oklahoma academy of science, oklahoma biological survey, oklahoma native plant record, oklahoma politics, oklahoma water resources research institute,
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Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This dynamic collection contains electronic theses and dissertations published at Oklahoma A&M College and Oklahoma State University. The OSU Library continues to add to this collection as new works become available.

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thesis, dissertation, ETD
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Fifty Golden Years

The memoirs of Oklahoma Judge Orlando Swain, produced in cooperation with his family.

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epc, electronic publishing center, memoir, diary, diaries,
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Flying Farmers & Farm and Home Week at OAMC

The Oklahoma Flying Farmers held its first convention at OAMC in 1945, with more than 2,000 farmers attending. The first National Flying Farmers Association convention was held on the campus the following year. The films in this collection feature newsreel-style footage of these conferences as well as the Farm and Home Week events, which were held at OAMC in 1947 and 1949.

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flight, aerospace, plane, airplane, aviation, newsreel, film, video, ag, agriculture, dasnr, casnr, history, historian, oklahoma, stillwater, oamc, a&m, a & m, a and m, 40s, forties,
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From Columbia to the Rhine

This memoir is a brief history of the Fourth Engineers and their trip from the Columbia River, in the State of Washington, USA., to the Rhine River in Germany.

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epc, electronic publishing center, wwi, world war i, memoir, diary, diaries,
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From Warrior to Saint: David Pendleton Oakerhater

This project tells the story of Making Medicine, a Cheyenne warrior turned missionary who was the first Oklahoman to become a saint in the Episcopal Church. It includes letters and photographs from the Burnham Collection at St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral in Oklahoma City, a biography, and an essay on the Indian assimilation movement.

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epc, episcopal, saint, oklahoma, native american, indian, making medicine, church, cheyenne, carlisle indian school, burnham collection,
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Glass House Oral History Project

The Glass House Oral History Project features interviews with Vinita residents and former employees of the Glass House Restaurant and their memories of the iconic building.

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HRAD, restaurant, food service, waitress, customer service, travel, service station, gas station, filling station, Conoco, bakery, cooking, race relations, interview, oral history, Vinita, Craig County, northeast oklahoma, 50s, fifties, 60s, sixties, 70s, seventies, architecture, built environment, roadside attraction
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Global Campus Oral History Project

The Global Campus Oral History Project is a series of interviews that focuses on students with international experiences and backgrounds at Tulsa Community College.

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English, language, study, teaching, , education, community college, immigrants, music, nursing, interview, Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Impressions from the Pandemic: Oklahomans Reflect on COVID-19

This project will collect, preserve, manage and interpret documentary sources representing aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic experience in Oklahoma.

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Oklahoma, pandemic, public health, COVID-19, coronavirus, interviews, transcripts, 2020, 2021, 2022,
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Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties

Compiled and edited by Charles J. Kappler, this historically significant, seven volume compilation contains U.S. treaties, laws and executive orders pertaining to Native American Indian tribes. The volumes cover U.S. Government treaties with Native Americans from 1778-1883 (Volume II) and U.S. laws and executive orders concerning Native Americans from 1871-1970 (Volumes I, III-VII). This digitization project was made possible by significant gifts from the AMIGOS Bibliographic Council, the Atlanta-based Coca-Cola Foundation and the Angie Debo estate.

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kapplers, kappler's, kappler, law, legal, native american, indian, government, treaty, polsci, political science, history, historian, 18th century, 19th century, 20th century,
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Indian Claims Commission Decisions

In cooperation with the University of Tulsa Law Library and the National Indian Law Library, the OSU Library digitized all 43 volumes of this collection.

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law, legal, native american, indian, government, polsci, political science, history, historian,
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Jessie Thatcher Bost Collection

Jessie Thatcher Bost was the first female graduate from Oklahoma A&M College. She graduated in 1897 as a member of OAMC’s second graduating class. The collection features Bost’s essays, photographs of Bost and her family, some of Bost’s class notebooks, and other OAMC memorabilia.

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woman, women, womens archives, oamc, alum, alumni, alumnae, alumna, oamc, photo, photos
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John Hayes White Collection

John Hayes White was a Quartermaster Sergeant with the 2nd Division Engineers during WWI. The collection contains 78 photographs and 13 handwritten letters from White to his sister and mother. Most of the photographs feature the 2nd Division Engineers and were taken during WWI. Other photograph subjects include WWI, the Philippines, Cuba, and portraits of White as a soldier and later, with his wife.

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wwi, world war i, photo, photos,
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Kenton Collection

The Kenton Collection represents approximately 275 images from the Kenton Museum located in Kenton, Oklahoma. In addition to the photos displayed on this website, the collection consists of an inventory of grave markers in the Kenton Cemetery, which served as a source for the spellings of many names and dates used in the creation of the metadata, and a number of audio interviews, which was a source of more information about the photographs. The collection depicts the rich history of this panhandle township.

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photo, cimarron county, teens, 10s, 20s, twenties, 30s, thirties, 40s, forties, dust bowl, 70s, seventies, 80s, eighties, farming, agriculture, cowboys,
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Latino Oklahoma Oral History Project

The Latino Oklahoma Oral History Project documents the histories of the diverse Hispanic/Latinx community in Oklahoma.

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Hispanic Americans, Mexican Americans, Hispanics in Oklahoma
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Married for Life Oral History Project

The Oklahoma Married for Life Oral History Project is a series of interviews with Oklahoma couples who have been married 70 years or more. The purpose of the project is to preserve the historical memories and legacies of Oklahoma’s oldest living married couples and address the question: What is the secret to a long and satisfying marriage?

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marriage, family, love, courtship, veterans, wwii, world war ii, farm, aging, patriotism, centenarian, gerontology, elderly, interviews, dust bowl, 30s, thirties
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Maxine & Jack Zarrow Collection

The Maxine and Jack Zarrow Collection includes over 500 works of art from around the world. The collection is composed primarily of paintings, mixed media works and sculptures by Native American artists including Fred Beaver, Harrison Begay, Woody Crumbo, Brummett Echohawk, Gina Gray, Benjamin Harjo Jr., Allan Houser, Mopope, Bill Rabbit, Ben Adair Shoemaker, Kugee Supernaw, Jerome Tiger, Dick West and Charles Banks Wilson.

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zarrow
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Monarch Butterflies Oral History Project

The Monarch Butterflies in Oklahoma Oral History Project is a series of interviews with people engaged with various aspects of the monarch butterfly and its habitat.

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monarch, butterfly, butterflies, landscape, gardening, milkweed, conservation, natural resources, wildlife, biodiversity, interview, agricultural extension, horticulture, ecology,
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O-STATE Stories

O-STATE Stories is a project of the Oklahoma Oral History Research Program and chronicles the rich history, heritage and traditions of Oklahoma State University.

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alumni, osu, oamc,
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Oklahoma 100 Year Life

A joint effort between the OOHRP and the OSU College of Human Sciences, this oral history project features interviews with citizens of Oklahoma who have lived 100 years or more and are living to tell the tale!

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centenarian, gerontology, elderly
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Oklahoma 2018 Education Walkouts: An Oral History Project

The Oklahoma 2018 Education Walkouts: An Oral History Project seeks to better understand the impacts of the 2018 Oklahoma Education Walkouts on its participants, and to establish a record for future generations to understand this historic event from the perspective of the people who made it happen.

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oklahoma, okc, tulsa, oklahoma city, stillwater, education, school, teacher, union, K-12, K12, walk out, walkouts, strike, teaching, interviews, transcripts
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Oklahoma A&M College World War I

Digitized in 2012, this collection was originally begun in 1919 by Maude Cass (OAMC Yearbook staff), Professor Maroney (History), Margaret Walters (Librarian), and OAMC President J.W. Cantwell. It represents a letter and survey sent to each OAMC student that participated in World War 1; over 500 surveys were returned, many of which include pictures, letters and news clippings. This collection is housed in the Archives at the Oklahoma State University Library.

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wwi, world war i, oamc,
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Oklahoma Activism in Education during the Civil Rights Movement

The Oklahoma Activism in Education during the Civil Rights Movement Collection is a series of interviews meant to provide context surrounding the period of segregation in Oklahoma City as well as the events, both inside and outside of the classroom, that were involved in leading the desegregation efforts in the state. The interviews were conducted as part of dissertation research by Dr. Autumn Brown.

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civil rights, activism, interview, interviews, video, polsci, political science, education, history, Oklahoma, OK, Okla, OKC, Oklahoma City
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Oklahoma Audio Almanac

The Oklahoma Audio Almanac aired on KOSU, Oklahoma's Public Radio, from May 31, 2000, to May 26, 2004. The collection includes audio recordings along with transcripts and show notes.

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podcast, kosu, history, storytelling,
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Oklahoma Digital Maps Collections

The Oklahoma Digital Maps Collection contains over 9,200 images from the period 1803-1925.

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Oklahoma Humanities at 50 Years

The Oklahoma Humanities at 50 Years Oral History Collection is a series of interviews that examine and preserve the organization's history, work, and impact on humanities support in Oklahoma. This project was developed by the Oklahoma Humanities, with interviews conducted by interns recruited from the History Departments at Oklahoma State University and the University of Oklahoma, with oversight from Oklahoma Oral History Research Program.

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humanities, advocacy, nonprofit organizations, public programming
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Oklahoma Inventors Database

The Database is an index of United States patents issued to individuals residing in Indian and Oklahoma territory 1880 - 1907. Each record is linked to the full-text of the patent via the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) web site. Search for patents by inventors, city, patent number, or browse by last name. For patents from 1907 forward search the USPTO web site at http://www.uspto.gov/

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patents, osu,
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Oklahoma Mesonet Oral History Project

This project aims to help document the history of the Mesonet through the stories of people involved in its development and use.

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weather, meteorology,
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Oklahoma Native Artists Project

The Oklahoma Native Artists Project is a series of oral history interviews with Native artists, collectors, and gallery owners. The purpose of this project is to highlight the lives and careers of Native artists, to draw attention to the political aspects of making Native art, and to raise awareness of its cultural and economic importance.

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Oklahoma State University's COVID-19 Incident Management Team Operations

This project documents the operations of OSU’s incident management teams as they worked with students, staff and faculty throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. The interviews were conducted as a part of dissertation research for Rodney Eksteen, titled "A critical analysis of Oklahoma State University’s short & extended duration COVID-19 incident management team operations."

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incident management teams, COVID-19, incident command systems, emergency management
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Oklahoma Today Magazine

In cooperation with the Oklahoma State Department of Tourism and the Oklahoma Department of Career Technology, the Electronic Publishing Center digitized the first 50 years of our state's magazine.

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EPC, Electronic Publishing Center,
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Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame

Launched in 2007, this ongoing oral history project aims to preserve the voices and experiences of inductees to the Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame as designated by the Oklahoma Commission on the Status of Women.

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women, womens archives, oklahoma, commission on the status of women, ocsw,
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Oklahoma's Conservation Heritage Oral History Collection

This project aims to help document the history of the nature conservation in Oklahoma through the stories of people involved in conservation work within the state.

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weather, meteorology, conservation, natural resources, soil, flood, watershed, environmental policy, ranching, wind erosion, farm, hunting, irrigation, teaching, veterans, oklahoma conservation commission, native american, indian, politics, government, alum, alumni, alumnae, aluma, interviews, Oklahoma, panhandle, dust bowl, 30s, thirties,
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Oklahoma's Immigrant Women Artists

The purpose of the Immigrant Women Artists Oral History Project is to examine the occupational folklife of first-generation immigrant women artists living in Oklahoma and the networks of support that allow them to pursue their vocations in a new environment.

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weather, meteorology, conservation, natural resources, soil, flood, watershed, environmental policy, ranching, wind erosion, farm, hunting, irrigation, teaching, veterans, oklahoma conservation commission, native american, indian, politics, government, alum, alumni, alumnae, aluma, interviews, Oklahoma, panhandle, dust bowl, 30s, thirties,
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OKState Yearbook Collection

For 81 years, from 1910 to 1991, Oklahoma State University published an annual volume of student clubs, activities, accomplishments, poems, sketches and inside jokes. Each one served as a time capsule for its year. Now Cowboys, past and present, can flip through the pages of all 81 volumes virtually.

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redskins, redskin, annuals,
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Open Research Oklahoma

Open Research Oklahoma is the institutional repository for Oklahoma State University. Launched in 2024, this portal serves as the home for the intellectual output of the university and includes digital dissertations, faculty publications, undergraduate research, open educational resources, and more.

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Oral History and Art in Taos, New Mexico

The Oral History and Art in Taos, New Mexico Collection consists of interviews conducted as part of the Oral History and Art in Taos, New Mexico summer course held during July 2012 in conjunction with Oklahoma State University and the Doel Reed Center for the Arts.

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OSU Diverse Sexuality and Gender

The purpose of the OSU Diverse Sexuality and Gender oral history project is to collect and preserve stories from individuals with diverse sexuality and gender identities, including but not limited to LGBTQA+ alumni, faculty, staff, and supporters of Oklahoma State University (OSU), with anaim to document the diverse sexuality and gender cultural history of the university through individual voices.

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OSU, LGBT, LGBTQ, LGBTQA+, queer, gender, sexuality, oral history, interview, interviews, video,
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Paul Miller Collection

The Paul Miller Collection consist of general correspondence, speeches, columns, and photographs of Miller, as well as similar material and memorabilia related to Associated Press, the Gannett Corporation, and other newspaper, radio and television concerns with which Miller was involved.

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smsc, journalism, journalist, AP, editor, ocolly, daily ocollegian,
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Pistol Pete Interview Series

In 2008, the Oklahoma Oral History Research Program at the OSU Library celebrated the 50th anniversary of Pistol Pete by conducting a series of oral history interviews with former mascots. At that time, a number of these men were interviewed by the Oklahoma Oral History Research Program at the OSU Library about their experiences “being Pete” and are featured in this web resource.

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mascot, sports, athletics, frank eaton,
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Remembering Henry Bellmon

The Remembering Henry Bellmon oral history interview series seeks to complete the story of beloved Oklahoman Henry Bellmon through the voices of people who worked with him and for him during his political career.

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politics,
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Robert E. Cunningham, Photographer and Collector: Shedding a Light on a Gem

This collection of glass plate negatives and acetate base photographs held in the OSU Library Archives represents a portion of Cunningham's collection amassed over the years. This memorabilia collection is historically significant in that it depicts the early history of OSU (A&M College), local history, and portraits of early residents of Stillwater.

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portrait, photo, photos, photographer, collector, glass plate, glass plate negative, acetate film, aerial, stillwater, oklahoma, payne county, oamc, a&m, a & m, a and m, armed forced, military, athlete, athletics, baseball, wrestling, football, building, wwi, world war i, wwii, world war ii, improving access,
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Secrets of the Century

On December 14, 1941, Oklahoma A&M College celebrated its 50th anniversary with a dinner hosted by OAMC President Henry G, Bennett. As a part of the celebrations, a time capsule was created, and attendees of the dinner were invited to write messages to the future attendees of the university. This digital collection contains 527 notecards written by the attendees.

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wwii, world war ii, oamc,
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Soil Erosion and Conservation on the Southern Plains

A pictorial collection from glass lantern slides documenting the devastation caused by soil erosion and the innovative techniques utilized to successfully conserve soil and water resources on the southern Great Plains.

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Southern Forest Tree Improvement Committee

In cooperation with the Southern Forest Tree Improvement Committee, Oklahoma State University hosted the 27th Biennial Southern Forest Tree Improvement Conference (SFTIC).

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SFTIC, trees
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Spotlighting Oklahoma

The Spotlighting Oklahoma Oral History Project was officially launched in 2009 as a way to document the development of Oklahoma by recording its cultural and intellectual history.

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STEM Areas and Women

The STEM Areas and Women Oral History Project aims to help document the history of women who have work experience in the historically predominantly male fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in Oklahoma.

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woman, women, STEM, science, technology, engineering, medicine, gender, career, civil service, devon, firefighter, fire protection, geology, industrial, mentor, interview
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Stillwater's African American Heritage Oral History Collection

The Stillwater’s African American Heritage Oral History Collection is a series of interviews focused on the Black community of Stillwater, Oklahoma, and in particular former students of Washington School.

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Then and Now

From 2009 through 2013, Then & Now aired on KOSU-FM every week. Episodes highlighted unique and diverse voices from across the OOHRP’s collections.

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radio, podcast, kosu,
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Tom Coburn, M. D.: Senator from Oklahoma

The OSU Library has archived the website of Dr. Tom Coburn during his time as U.S. Senator from Oklahoma. The site is a snapshot from the end of Dr. Coburn's term. Because the site is a snapshot and is not being updated, visitors to the site can expect limited functionality.

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Tribal Treaties Database

This database includes agreements between tribal nations and the United States (1778-1886) published in the 1904 work “Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties” (Volume II), compiled and edited by Charles J. Kappler. As you view the treaties in this database, editorial margin notes are included. Links to Kappler’s original text and digitized treaties held at the National Archives can also be found through the site. Finally, a recently updated, comprehensive index complements this work.

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Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921

Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 Collection documents the history of the event through photographs that are all part of a rich archive of materials from the Ruth Sigler Avery Collection housed at the Oklahoma State University-Tulsa Library. For information about this collection please contact the OSU-Tulsa library at tulsa.libraryreference@okstate.edu or 918-594-8130.

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race relations, racism, black, african american, riot, violence,kkk, klu klux klan, corpse, national guard, disaster, greenwood, tulsa, sapulpa, oklahoma, photo, photograph, 20s, twenties
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Veterinary Medicine Plexus & Vet Cetera

This collection provides full text access to publications from the OSU Center for Veterinary Health Sciences: Plexus (1979-1997) and VetCetera (1998 to the present).

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Plexus, Vet Cetera
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Vingie E. Roe Collection

The Vingie E. Roe Collection contains seven of her novels (all published pre-1924), along with her scrapbook, and photographs.

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woman, women, womens archives, novel, novelist, author,
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WAVES at OAMC

The WAVES at OAMC collection consists of documents that detail the history of the WAVES (Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service) training school at Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College (now Oklahoma State University) during World War II.

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woman, women, womens archives, military, wwii, world war ii,
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We Will Remember Promise

The We Will Remember Promise collection is a series of interviews with individuals associated with the 2001 plane crash that claimed the lives of ten men affiliated with the men’s basketball program and the 2011 plane crash that claimed the lives of four people connected to the women’s basketball program.

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oklahoma, remember the ten, remember the 10, remember the four, remember the 4, OSU, athletics, sports, basketball, interviews, transcripts, plane crash, accident, 2001, 2011
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Weather Bureau Meteorological Data

This collection of two hand-written volumes of weather data for Stillwater, Oklahoma, covers the years 1893-1940.

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Weather, meteorology, temperature, precipitation, wind, climate, USDA, government documents, Stillwater, Oklahoma, Payne County, observations, Weather Bureau, geography, 1800s, 1900s, nineteenth century, twentieth century, aughts, 00s, 10s, 20s, 30s, teens, twenties, thirties, 1890s,
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Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel

This website is created to honor and preserve the legacy of Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel and facilitate research over her life and writing.

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Women of the Oklahoma Legislature

Chronicling the lives of women involved in the legislative arena, the Women of the Oklahoma Legislature Oral History Project highlights memories and historical documents of women who have served or are currently serving in the Oklahoma Legislature.

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World War II Posters

This collection contains 149 unique posters printed by the United States Government Printing Office during World War II. Subjects include U.S. allies, morale, information security, war bonds and stamps, food rationing, recruitment, Victory Gardens, scenes by Norman Rockwell, and miscellaneous related subjects.

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WPA-Built Structures in Oklahoma

Dr. W. David Baird's collection of slides, depicting structures built by the WPA in Oklahoma is a tangible reminder of one of President Roosevelt's New Deal relief programs that provided a viable livelihood for many Oklahomans during the 1930s.

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