Oklahoma Archives and Libraries: Difference between revisions

The following archives, libraries, and societies have collections or services helpful to [[Portal:Oklahoma|Oklahoma]] genealogical researchers.  

'''Oklahoma Department of Libraries'''<br>200 N.E. 18th Street<br>Oklahoma City, OK 73105-3298<br>Telephone: 405-521-2502, 800-522-8116<br>Fax: 405-525-7804<br>Internet: [http://www.odl.state.ok.us www.odl.state.ok.us]  

The Oklahoma Department of Libraries includes two areas of particular interest to genealogists: the Oklahoma Room and the State Archives Division. The Oklahoma Room houses printed materials, while the State Archives Division maintains Oklahoma government records and other historical documents.  

'''National Archives—Southwest Region'''<br>501 West Felix Street, Building 1<br>Fort Worth, TX 76115-3405<br>Telephone 817-334-5525<br>Fax 817-334-5621<br>Internet: [http://www.archives.gov/southwest/ www.archives.gov/southwest/]  

Mailing address:<br>P.O. Box 6216<br>Fort Worth, TX 76115-0216  

'''National Archives—Central Plains Region'''<br>2312 East Bannister Road<br>Kansas City, MO 64131-3011<br>Telephone: 816-823-5032<br>Fax: 816-268-6235<br>Internet: [http://www.archives.gov/central-plains/ www.archives.gov/central-plains/]

'''Oklahoma Genealogical Society'''<br>P.O. Box 12986<br>Oklahoma City, OK 73157<br>Internet: [http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgs www.rootsweb.com/~okgs]  

'''Oklahoma Historical Society'''<br>2100 North Lincoln Boulevard<br>Oklahoma City, OK 73105-4997<br>Telephone: 405-521-2491<br>Fax: 405-521-2492<br>Internet: [http://www.ok-history.mus.ok.us www.ok-history.mus.ok.us]  

A guide to family histories at the society is:  

Huffman, Mary, comp. Family History: ''A Bibliography of the Collection in the Oklahoma Historical Society''. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: The Society, 1992. (FHL book 976.6 A3hm.)

University of Oklahoma<br>Western History Collection<br>630 Parrington Oval, Room 452<br>Norman, OK 73019<br>Telephone: 405-325-3641<br>Fax: 405-325-2943<br>Internet: http://libraries.ou.edu

The following lists manuscripts in their collection:  

Southwell, Kristine L., comp. ''Guide to Manuscripts in the Western History<br>Collections of the University of Oklahoma''. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 2002. (FHL book 976.6 J53s.)

'''Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American History and Art<br>'''1400 North Gilcrease Museum Road<br>Tulsa, OK 74127-2100<br>Telephone: 918-596-2700<br>Fax: 918-596-2700<br>Internet: [http://www.gilcrease.org www.gilcrease.org]

'''Museum of the Great Plains'''<br>601 Ferris<br>Lawton, OK 73507<br>Telephone: 580-581-3460<br>Fax: 580-581-3458<br>Internet: [http://www.museumgreatplains.org www.museumgreatplains.org]  

A useful guide to Oklahoma records is:  

Koplowitz, Bradford. ''Guide to the Historical Records of Oklahoma''. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1997. (FHL book 976.6 A3kb 1997.)&nbsp; It contains a survey of records kept in counties and cities through 1920.

To learn more about the history and record-keeping systems of Oklahoma counties, use the eleven inventories of county archives published by the

Historical Records Survey around 1940. The Family History Library has inventories for: Atoka, Beckham, Cherokee, Cimarron, Haskell, Lincoln, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee, Pittsburg, and Pushmataha counties.