Locations and Holdings of Archived Oklahoma Newspapers
The newspaper titles are links to the Tulsa City-County Library catalog records which note TCCL holdings. The bulleted lists are links to libraries, other than TCCL, and historical society's newspaper holdings on microfilm and other formats.
Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise
- Examiner-Enterprise — 1988+
- Oklahoma Historical Society — 1903-1949, 1957-1958
- Bartlesville Public Library[1] — 1895+
- Bixby Historical Society — 1904-1928, 1968-1972
- Oklahoma Historical Society — 1905+
- Oklahoma Historical Society — 1980+
- University of Oklahoma — 1995+
- Oklahoma Historical Society — 1899-1917, 1922-1957
- Bristow Public Library[2] — 1948+
- Oklahoma Historical Society — 1904+
- Northeastern State University — 1950-1952
- Cherokee Nation — 2000+
- Northeastern State University — 1828-1834, 1977+
- Oklahoma Historical Society — 1828-1834, 1977+
- University of Arkansas — 1828-1834, 1977+
- Oklahoma Historical Society — 1909-1942, 1947+
- Northeastern State University — 1894-1907
- Rogers State University[3] — 1987+
- Cleveland American — 1920+
- Oklahoma Historical Society — 1919+
- Oklahoma Historical Society — 1902+
- Oklahoma Historical Society — 1893-1905, 1916-1923
- Enid Public Library — 1893+
- Oklahoma Christian University — 1960-1998
- Oklahoma Historical Society — 1989+
- Oklahoma Historical Society — 1939+
- Henryetta Public Library — 1903+
- Oklahoma Historical Society — 1958+
- Oklahoma Historical Society — 1911+
- Lawton Constitution — 1985+
- Lawton Public Library[4] — 1904+
- Oklahoma Historical Society — 1981+
McAlester News Capital & Democrat
- Oklahoma Historical Society — 1908-1978
- Southeastern Public Library System[5] 1897
- University of Oklahoma — 1946-1951, 1966-1967, 1973
- Northeastern State University — 1974-1976, 1978+
- Oklahoma State University — 1995+
- University of Oklahoma — 1983+
Muskogee Phoenix & Times-Democrat
- Muskogee Public Library[6] — 1888+
- Oklahoma Historical Society — 1888+
- Northeastern State University — 1903-1955, 1963, 1974+
- Oklahoma State University — 1905-1913
- University of Central Oklahoma — 1888-1913
- Northeastern State University — 1995-1996, 1999+
- Metropolitan Library System — 2000+
- Southwestern Oklahoma State — 2000+
- Oklahoma Historical Society — 1899-1917, 1920+
- University of Oklahoma — 1914-1920
- Pioneer Library System — 1889+
- Oklahoma Historical Society — 1894+
- Metropolitan Library System — 1904+
- Oklahoma State University — 1894+
- Pioneer Library System — 1964+
- Oklahoma Historical Society — 1925, 1942+
- University of Central Oklahoma — 1925, 1942+
- University of Oklahoma — 1925, 1942+
- Oklahoma Historical Society — 1918+
- Okmulgee Public Library[8] — 1906+
- University of Oklahoma — 1957
- Oklahoma Historical Society — 1963+
- Oklahoma Historical Society — 1951+
- University of Oklahoma — 1957-1965
- Ponca City Public Library[9] — 1893+
- Oklahoma Historical Society — 1919+
- Oklahoma Historical Society — 1914+
- University of Oklahoma — 1957-1958
- Sand Springs Cultural & Historical Museum1912+
- Oklahoma Historical Society — 1949+
- Northeastern State University — 1949-1952
- Sapulpa Historical Society — 1904+
- Sapulpa Public Library[10] — 1904-1961, 1973-1998
- Oklahoma Historical Society — 1934-1942, 1979+
- Oklahoma Historical Society — 1958+
- Oklahoma State University — 1937-1958
- Stillwater Public Library — 1937+
- Oklahoma Historical Society — 1991+
- Northeastern State University — 1982+
- Oklahoma Historical Society — 1959-1973, 1978-1994
Tulsa Daily Commerce & Legal News
- Oklahoma Historical Society — 1982-1995
- Oklahoma Historical Society — 1905-1917
[1] The Bartlesville Library has the "Bartlesville Examiner" 1910-1958 and the "Bartlesville Enterprise" 1905-1958. In 1960, the two newspapers joined to become the "Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise," which the library has to the present. The library also has the following papers: "Bartlesville Magnet " 1898-1903, "Weekly Examiner Bartlesville" 1903-1908, "Bartlesville Daily News and Daily Pointer" 1906-1910, "Bartlesville Daily Examiner" 1909, "Bartlesville Enterprise" (weekly) 1908-1910, "Ochelata Outlook" 1910-1911, "Ramona Herald" 1911, "Bartlesville Enterprise" 1907, "Washington County Sentinel" 1911-1919, "Bartlesville Record-Weekly" 1914-1952, "Bartlesville Record-Daily" 1951-1956, "Dewey World" 1907-1909, "Bartlesville Independent & Dewey World" 1907-1909, "Copan Leader" 1910-1919, "Dewey Sentinel" 1909-1911, "Dewey World" 1910-1913, "Dewey Globe" 1911-1929, "Washington Countian" 1939-1949, "The Morning American Newspaper" 1978-1987, "The Constitution Newspaper" 1984-1986.
[2] The Bristow Public Library has the following newspapers on microfilm: Bristow Territorial Enterprise 1904-1913; Bristow Enterprise 1913-1917, 1919-1923; Bristow Weekly Citizen 1946-1947; Bristow Citizen 1947-1957; Bristow Daily Record 1922-1942; Bristow Record 1904-1933, 1943-1957; Bristow News 1948-1979, 1997-2000; Bristow Record Citizen 1957-1974, 1977-2000.
[3] Rogers State University has the "Claremore Daily Progress" on microfiche 1987-2000. After 2000, they have loose issues.
[4] The Lawton public library also has the following newspapers on microfilm: Cache 1904-1914, 1963-1969, 1978-1988; Chattanooga 1904-1929; Elgin 1905-1921; Faxon 1904-1911, 1914-1918; Fletcher 1905-1915, 1922-1934; Geronimo 1906-1912; Indiahoma 1911-1915; Sterling 1902-1905, 1909-1922.
[5] The Southeastern Public Library System of Oklahoma has various McAlester newspapers dating back to 1897, but they are missing the "McAlester News-Capital" for the years 1957-1966. However, they do have the "McAlester Democrat for those years. The SEPL has a separate Genealogical/Historical Library, and they can be contacted at (918) 426-0388.
[6] The Muskogee Public Library also has the following Muskogee area newspapers on microfilm: Arrow 1895; Baptist Sunday School Evangel 1907; Boynton American 1905-1906; Boynton Eagle 1907; Boynton Index 1910-1931, 1942-1944; Boynton Journal 1909; Boynton News 1904-1905; Braggs Bugle 1912-1913; Braggs Journal 1909-1910; Braggs Leader 1914; Cherokee Advocate 1873.1896; Cherokee Telephone 1894; Community Builder 1916; Council Hill Eagle 1905-1907; Council Hill Times 1914-1916; Current 1990; Enterprise 1910, 1911; Fort Gibson Democrat 1907-1908; Fort Gibson Demophine 1904; Fort Gibson Gazette 1915-1916; Fort Gibson Independent 1931, 1935, 1939, 1947, 1950; Fort Gibson New Era 1910-1915, 1920-1922; Fort Gibson Post 1897-1910; Gulick's Weekly Review 1908-1914; Haskell Journal 1905-1910; Haskell News 1910-1933; Indian Arrow 1888-1890; Indian Home and Farm 1910; Indian Journal 1876-1889; Indian Progress 1875; Legal Record 1932-1935; Muskogee Cimeter 1905-1908; Muskogee County News 1945-1947, Muskogee County Republican 1910-1912; Muskogee Daily News 1925-1926; Muskogee Democrat 1904-1906; Muskogee Evening Times 1897-1898, 1900-1901, 1901-1903, 1904; Muskogee Monitor 1910; Muskogee Morning News 1956-1957; Muskogee Morning Times 1896-1897; Muskogee Times-Democrat 1906-1940, 1956-1971; Muskogee Daily Press 1912-1913; Muskogee Daily Phoenix/Muskogee Phoenix/Muskogee Weekly Phoenix 1888-present; Muskogee Lantern 1930; Muskogee Press 1926; Muskogee Sentinel 1914; Muskogee Star 1912-1913; Muskogee Weekly Press 1912; New State Tribune 1907-1909; Oklahoma Independent 1954, 1957; Porum Journal 1910-1921; Porum Press 1906-1908; Saturday Evening Lance 1912; Saturday Evening Tribune 1913; Tattler 1916-1917; Unionist 1905; Wainwright Enterprise 1911-1912; Wainwright Tribune 1905; Warner Times 1911-1912; Webbers Falls Monitor 1901; Webbers Falls Record 1908-1912; Weekly Herald 1921-1924; Weekly Progress 1926.
[7] This was formerly known as "Oklahoma Indian Times."
[8] The Okmulgee Public Library also has the "Okmulgee Democrat" on microfilm back to 1906.
[9] The Ponca City Library has only Ponca City newspapers on Microfilm back to 1893, including the "Ponca City News", which began in 1918.
[10] The Sapulpa Public Library also has newspapers on microfilm from the following surrounding towns: Bristow 1904-1931, Depew 1909-1923, Drumright 1914-1931, Keifer 1908-1921, Mounds 1910-1021, Oilton 1915-1927, Shamrock 1916-1930, and Slick 1920-1921.