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Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension ServiceThis 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. |
Angie Debo Photo CollectionThis 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. |
Architecture Master's ReportsThis 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. |
Archives Collection InventoriesWelcome 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. |
Art as Activism in North TulsaThe 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. |
Big Top Show Goes OnThe "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. |
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. |
Caudill Travel FellowshipThe 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. |
Centennial Farm FamiliesThe 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. |
Centennial Histories SeriesOver 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. |
Chilocco Indian Agricultural School CollectionThe 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. |
COVID-19 Teacher Poets Writing to Bridge the DistanceThis collection documents the teachers' poetry and writing experiences during the 2020 COVID-19 school closings and the topics and insights that emerged. |
Cowboys in Every CountyThe 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). |
Cyrus Avery CollectionThe 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." |
Daily O'Collegian ArchivesAll issues, keyword searchable, from 1895 to 2008! More issues coming soon! |
Deep Roots: Oklahoma Authors Oral History ProjectThe 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. |
Dr. Bill F. & Jean Kelso Collection of Ancient CoinsCollection 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. |
Dust, Drought, and Dreams Gone DryThese 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. |
Early Oklahoma SerialsIn 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. |
Edna Mae Phelps Political CollectionEdna 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. |
eJournalsOSU 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. |
Electronic Theses and DissertationsThis 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. |
Fifty Golden YearsThe memoirs of Oklahoma Judge Orlando Swain, produced in cooperation with his family. |
Flying Farmers & Farm and Home Week at OAMCThe 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. |
From Columbia to the RhineThis 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. |
From Warrior to Saint: David Pendleton OakerhaterThis 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. |
Glass House Oral History ProjectThe 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. |
Global Campus Oral History ProjectThe Global Campus Oral History Project is a series of interviews that focuses on students with international experiences and backgrounds at Tulsa Community College. |
Impressions from the Pandemic: Oklahomans Reflect on COVID-19This project will collect, preserve, manage and interpret documentary sources representing aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic experience in Oklahoma. |
Indian Affairs: Laws and TreatiesCompiled 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. |
Indian Claims Commission DecisionsIn cooperation with the University of Tulsa Law Library and the National Indian Law Library, the OSU Library digitized all 43 volumes of this collection. |
Jessie Thatcher Bost CollectionJessie 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. |
John Hayes White CollectionJohn 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. |
Kenton CollectionThe 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. |
Latino Oklahoma Oral History ProjectThe Latino Oklahoma Oral History Project documents the histories of the diverse Hispanic/Latinx community in Oklahoma. |
Married for Life Oral History ProjectThe 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? |
Maxine & Jack Zarrow CollectionThe 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. |
Monarch Butterflies Oral History ProjectThe 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. |
O-STATE StoriesO-STATE Stories is a project of the Oklahoma Oral History Research Program and chronicles the rich history, heritage and traditions of Oklahoma State University. |
Oklahoma 100 Year LifeA 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! |
Oklahoma 2018 Education Walkouts: An Oral History ProjectThe 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. |
Oklahoma A&M College World War IDigitized 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. |
Oklahoma Activism in Education during the Civil Rights MovementThe 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. |
Oklahoma Audio AlmanacThe 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. |
Oklahoma Digital Maps CollectionsThe Oklahoma Digital Maps Collection contains over 9,200 images from the period 1803-1925. |
Oklahoma Humanities at 50 YearsThe 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. |
Oklahoma Inventors DatabaseThe 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/ |
Oklahoma Mesonet Oral History ProjectThis project aims to help document the history of the Mesonet through the stories of people involved in its development and use. |
Oklahoma Native Artists ProjectThe 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. |
Oklahoma State University's COVID-19 Incident Management Team OperationsThis 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." |
Oklahoma Today MagazineIn 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. |
Oklahoma Women's Hall of FameLaunched 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. |
Oklahoma's Conservation Heritage Oral History CollectionThis 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. |
Oklahoma's Immigrant Women ArtistsThe 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. |
OKState Yearbook CollectionFor 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. |
Open Research OklahomaOpen 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. |
Oral History and Art in Taos, New MexicoThe 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. |
OSU Diverse Sexuality and GenderThe 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. |
Paul Miller CollectionThe 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. |
Pistol Pete Interview SeriesIn 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. |
Remembering Henry BellmonThe 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. |
Robert E. Cunningham, Photographer and Collector: Shedding a Light on a GemThis 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. |
Secrets of the CenturyOn 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. |
Soil Erosion and Conservation on the Southern PlainsA 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. |
Southern Forest Tree Improvement CommitteeIn cooperation with the Southern Forest Tree Improvement Committee, Oklahoma State University hosted the 27th Biennial Southern Forest Tree Improvement Conference (SFTIC). |
Spotlighting OklahomaThe 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. |
STEM Areas and WomenThe 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. |
Stillwater's African American Heritage Oral History CollectionThe 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. |
Then and NowFrom 2009 through 2013, Then & Now aired on KOSU-FM every week. Episodes highlighted unique and diverse voices from across the OOHRP’s collections. |
Tom Coburn, M. D.: Senator from OklahomaThe 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. |
Tribal Treaties DatabaseThis 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. |
Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921Tulsa 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. |
Veterinary Medicine Plexus & Vet CeteraThis collection provides full text access to publications from the OSU Center for Veterinary Health Sciences: Plexus (1979-1997) and VetCetera (1998 to the present). |
Vingie E. Roe CollectionThe Vingie E. Roe Collection contains seven of her novels (all published pre-1924), along with her scrapbook, and photographs. |
WAVES at OAMCThe 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. |
We Will Remember PromiseThe 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. |
Weather Bureau Meteorological DataThis collection of two hand-written volumes of weather data for Stillwater, Oklahoma, covers the years 1893-1940. |
Wilma Elizabeth McDanielThis website is created to honor and preserve the legacy of Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel and facilitate research over her life and writing. |
Women of the Oklahoma LegislatureChronicling 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. |
World War II PostersThis 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. |
WPA-Built Structures in OklahomaDr. 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. |