Collections
| Title | Description | Subjects |
|---|---|---|
| A. Keith Brodkin Contemporary Western Artists Project | The A. Keith Brodkin Contemporary Western Artists Project facilitates the collection, preservation, and accessibility of primary resources that reflect an artist's life and career. These include personal… | |
| Anthrax in Oklahoma | Series of interviews with individuals involved in fighting a 1957 animal Anthrax outbreak in Oklahoma. | Anthrax epidemic, Medical discoveries, Rural life, Animal science |
| Ardmore Oral History Collection | The Ardmore Oral History Collection contains a collection of 42 interviews done in 1956 by a group of seniors from Ardmore High School. They focused on interviewing early Oklahomans. | |
| Attucks School in Vinita | The Vinita’s Attucks School Collection is a series of interviews with former students of the school that served the African American community of Vinita, Oklahoma, until desegregation. | |
| Bartlesville Women's Network Taproots Oral History Project | Bartlesville Women's Network Taproots Oral History Project published the "Taproots" series between 1994 and 2013 to preserve "in their own words" the suprisingly varied life stories of 50 local women who… | Bartlesville Women's Network Taproots books; Oklahoma--Bartlesville |
| Big Top Show Goes On | This oral history project aims to preserve the voices and experiences of those involved with the work culture associated with Hugo, Oklahoma’s tent circus tradition. Many circuses have called Hugo home… | |
| Boley, OK | The Boley, Oklahoma Collection is a series of interviews focused on the Historic Black Town of Boley, Oklahoma | African Americans, African Americans--Education, Teachers, Race relations |
| Bristow- Telling Our Stories | The Bristow Historical Society & Museum’s 'Telling Our Stories' collection consists of oral history interviews from four decades. The majority of interviews are from the 1970s. The interviews contain subjects… | |
| Building a Bigger Table: An Oral History Project on the Development of a Stillwater, Oklahoma Food Resource Center | '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 individuals who represent a unique… | Food security, Nonprofit organizations, Food banks, Nutrition, Poverty, Dignity |
| Carol L. Cooley Collection, 1999 | This collection contains an interview with James H. Cooley regarding his experiences in World War II. | World War II |
| Charles Sikorovsky Collection | This collection contains interviews and transcripts of conversations in 1993 between Sabra Austin Ware (daughter of W.C. Austin), William Cunningham (son of Harriet Austin Cunningham, and grandson of W.C.… | Altus |
| Chilocco Indian Agricultural School Alumni Oral History Project | The Chilocco Indian Agricultural School, located in north central Oklahoma, operated from 1884-1980 as one of a handful of federal off-reservation Indian boarding schools in the United States. Thousands… | |
| Cooperative Extension Educators | The Cooperative Extension Educators Collection is a series of interviews with retired county home demonstration and agricultural extension agents. | Home economics--Study and teaching, Home economics extension work |
| COVID-19 in Oklahoma | Starting in 2021, interviews were conducted with more than 30 individuals about their experience in Oklahoma during the first two years of the COVID-19 global pandemic in a project supported by a grant… | |
| COVID-19 Teacher Poets Writing to Bridge the Distance | This oral history project emerged from a celebration of National Poetry Month in 2020 on Ethical ELA, a public website for teachers to read and write poetry and share and discover poetry lessons for their… | |
| Dean Schirf Collection | Collection includes one oral history interview with Jim Townsend. | |
| Deep Roots - Oklahoma Authors Oral History Project | The Deep Roots: Oklahoma Authors Collection is a series of interviews with authors who discuss their lives, work, and creative processes. | |
| Dennis Wiedman Collection | The Dennis Wiedman Collection is a collection of 12 interviews conducted in 1978 by Dennis Wiedman focusing on individuals who live along the Oklahoma-Arkansas border, particularly in the middle to Northern… | |
| Development of the Tulsa Medical College: An Oral History Project | The Development of the Tulsa Medical College project was conducted by the Schusterman Library at the University of Oklahoma-Tulsa from January 2016 to June 2018. The project focuses on the development… | University of Oklahoma. Tulsa Medical College -- History, Medical education -- Oklahoma -- History, Medical colleges -- Oklahoma -- History |
| Dust, Drought and Dreams Gone Dry: Oklahoma Women in the Dust Bowl | Interviews were conducted with more than one hundred women individually and in groups who lived through the Dust Bowl, primarily in the seven western-most counties of Oklahoma where the Dust Bowl hit the… | |
| Elizabeth Harrison Collection | Series of interviews with Herbert M. Peck, an Assistant United States Attorney for the Western District Court of Oklahoma. He was born in Rockbridge County, Virginia. He attended Lawrence University and… | |
| George DeLong Collection | The George DeLong Collection is a series of interviews between 1988 and 2002 with George DeLong and by George DeLong regarding the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the U.S.S. Oklahoma. DeLong survived the bombing… | Pearl Harbor (Hawaii) Attack on 1941, World War 1939-1945 |
| Germans from Russia | A series of interviews with individuals living in Oklahoma with German-Russian family heritage. | |
| Germans in Oklahoma | The Germans in Oklahoma Collection is a series of interviews with Oklahoma residents who emigrated from Germany. | |
| Glass House Oral History Project | The Glass House Collection is a series of interviews conducted in 2016 with former employees of the Glass House Restaurant and Conoco Service Station located on the Will Rogers Turnpike near Vinita, Oklahoma.… | |
| Global Campus Oral History Project at Tulsa Community College | The Global Campus Oral History Project at Tulsa Community College is a series of interviews conducted by students in an English Composition class with fellow TCC students focusing on their international… | |
| Inductees of the Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame Oral History Project | This oral history project, launched in June 2007, aims to preserve the voices and experiences of inductees to the Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame who serve as pioneers in their fields, made significant contributions… | |
| Korean War | The Korean War Collection is a series of interviews conducted with United States military veterans who served during this conflict. | Korean War (1950-1953) |
| Life in the 1930s | The 1930s Collection is a series of interviews conducted with Oklahomans who experienced the decade. | Recessions, Thriftiness, Country life, Depression |
| Living Legends Collection | The Oklahoma Living Legends program was started at Oklahoma Christian College to "preserve the voices of the men and women who pioneered this land of ours." The collection is an audio archive of interviews… | Aeronautics, African American, Agriculture, Aviation, Business enterprises, Drugstores, Education--1890-1910., Five Civilized Tribes, Frontier and Pioneer Life, Indians of North America--Oklahoma, Military, Music--Oklahoma., Oil well drilling--Oklahoma, Oklahoma--History, Outlaws, Religion |
| Lydia Shockley Collection | The collection includes photographs of Lydia Shockley and the interview with Lydia Shockley in several files. | |
| Michael Hightower Collection | This collection contains the drafts, research materials and oral histories collected by Michael Hightower during the course of writing two books regarding banking in Oklahoma. | Banks and banking -- Oklahoma; Business enterprises; Oklahoma--History |
| Military | Series of interviews with individuals living in Oklahoma with various United States military service backgrounds throughout the 20th century. | |
| Modern Oral History Collection | The Modern Oral History Collection contains Oral Histories gathered by the Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center From 2000 to 2017. They contain subjects such as Early sit-down strikes in Enid, and the… | |
| Monarch Butterflies in Oklahoma | The Monarch Butterflies in Oklahoma Collection is a series of interviews with people engaged with various aspects of the monarch butterfly and its habitat. | |
| Muskogee African American Heritage | The Muskogee African American Heritage Collection is a series of interviews focused on the Black community in Muskogee, Oklahoma, including former students of Manual Training High School. | African Americans, African Americans--Education, Teachers, Race relations |
| Myra Traynor Collection | Conversation with Angie Debo | |
| O-STATE Stories | O-STATE Stories, a project of the Oklahoma Oral History Research Program, chronicles the rich history, heritage and traditions of Oklahoma State University. People, places and events unfold through personal… | |
| 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… | |
| 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… | |
| Oklahoma Centennial Farm Families Oral History Project | The Oklahoma Centennial Farm Families Collection is comprised of interviews with farm owners and operators whose families have been involved in the farming and/or ranching business in Oklahoma for 100… | |
| Oklahoma Married for Life | 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… | |
| Oklahoma Mesonet | The Oklahoma Mesonet Collection is a series of interviews conducted in 2013 with people involved in the development and use of the Oklahoma Mesonet, a world-class network of environmental monitoring stations… | Oklahoma Mesonet (Weather station), Weather network, Data collection services, Collaboration |
| Oklahoma Native Artists Oral History Project | The Oklahoma Native Artists Project is a series of oral history interviews with Native artists, collectors, and gallery owners. The interviews are recorded in audio and video formats, and at the end of… | |
| Oklahoma's Conservation Heritage Oral History Project | The Oklahoma Conservation Heritage Collection is a series of interviews with people involved in the conservation of natural resources in the state. Throughout the states history Oklahomans have struggled… | |
| Oklahoma's Immigrant Women Artists | The Oklahoma Immigrant Women Artists Oral History Project looks at the work of first-generation immigrant women artists living in Oklahoma. This series reveals how these women’s complex positioning and… | |
| Oral History and Art in Taos | 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… | |
| ORU Oral Interviews Collection | The ORU Oral Interviews Collection is a collection of the various interviews with individuals from the Pentecostal and Charismatic Movement that are housed in the Holy Spirit Research Center. | |
| OSU Diverse Sexuality and Gender | The OSU Diverse Sexuality and Gender Collection is comprised of interviews which document the cultural history of diverse sexuality and gender identities of Oklahoma State University's alumni, faculty,… | |
| Phillips University Collection | The Phillips University Collection contains a collection of 239 interviews collected between 1951 and 1980. They were conducted, largely by students of Professor William Snodgrass, a former History Professor… | |
| Remembering Angie Debo | Series of interviews with individuals who knew Oklahoma author Dr. Angie Debo. Dr. Debo was a respected historian from Oklahoma, with her most notable research documenting the sovereign Native American… | |
| Remembering Henry Bellmon | Remembering Henry Bellmon, a subseries of the Spotlighting Oklahoma Oral History Project, seeks to complete the story of beloved Oklahoman Henry Bellmon through the voices of people who worked with him… | |
| Richard Bernard Collection | The Richard Bernard Collection is comprised of research and oral histories that he used for his book “The Poles in Oklahoma.” Transcripts for the interviews can be found in the manuscripts portion of the… | |
| Rodeo Historical Society Oral History Project | The Rodeo Historical Society was founded with the mission of collecting and preserving rodeo history, artifacts, and memorabilia to be housed and presented in exhibitions and for research at the National… | |
| Sac and Fox Oral History Project 1986 - 1993 | The Sac and Fox Oral History Project 1986 - 1993 was designed 'to record the memory of our history, cultures, and way of life.' In 1995, an index to the oral histories was published. The index was prepared… | |
| Southwest Oklahoma | Series of interviews with individuals living in Southwest Oklahoma | |
| Spotlighting Oklahoma - Miscellaneous Topics | Miscellaneous interviews with individuals about life in Oklahoma | |
| State Arts Council Collection | The State Arts Council Collection is comprised of a series of oral histories and scrapbooks. The collection dates range between 1988 and 1995. The bulk ranges between 1991 and 1995. The oral history portion… | |
| STEM Areas and Women Collection | The STEM Areas and Women Collection is a series of interviews conducted with women who have work experience in the historically predominantly male fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. | |
| Stillwater History | Series of interviews with individuals living in Stillwater, OK | |
| Stillwater's African American Heritage | The Stillwater’s African American Heritage Collection is a series of interviews focused on the Black community of Stillwater, Oklahoma, and in particular former students of Washington School. | |
| The We Will Remember Promise | The Oklahoma Oral History Research Program (OOHRP) began The We Will Remember Promise oral history project in the spring of 2020 in collaboration with the OSU Department of Athletics. The goal of the project… | |
| Washita Battlefield Site Project Collection | The Washita Battlefield Site Project Collection has documents relating to the establishment of the site as a national historic monument. It also includes interviews conducted by the Historical Society… | |
| Where the Spirit Leads Me: An Interview with Vinson H. Synan, PhD | ORU's Holy Spirit Research Center, a special collection of the University Library, focuses on knowledge of the Holy Spirit from biblical times through Christian history to the present, emphasizing Holy-Spirit… | |
| Women of the Oklahoma Legislature | The Women of the Oklahoma Legislature Oral History Project endeavors to fill gaps in information regarding women who have served or are serving in the Oklahoma state legislature by recording the experiences… | |