Historical Documents & Resources
tulsa & oklahoma
online resources | library materials
online resources
- American
Indians of the Pacific Northwest
This digital collection integrates over 2,300 photographs and 7,700 pages of text relating to the American Indians. - A
Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation
The records of the first century of American lawmaking includes the Continental Congress, the Constitutional Convention, and records of the United States Congress. - History
of the American West, 1860-1920
Over 30,000 photographs illuminate many aspects of the history of the American West. - Voices
from the Dustbowl
Migrant Worker Collection is an online presentation of a multi-format ethnographic field collection documenting the everyday life of residents of Farm Security Administration (FSA) migrant work camps in central California in 1940 and 1941. - Woody
Guthrie and the Archive of American Folk Song: Correspondence 1940-1950
H ighlights letters between Woody Guthrie and staff of the Archive of American Folk Song (now the Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center) at the Library of Congress.
Our
Documents
Explore 100 milestone documents of American history that reflect the diversity
and unity, as well as America's past and future, and mostly the commitment
of a nation to continue to strive to "form a more perfect union."
American
Memory
American Memory provides free and open access through the Internet to written
and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps,
and sheet music that document the American experience
American Memory collections with Oklahoma information:
Chronicles
of Oklahoma
Full text copies of volumes 1 (1923) through 40 (1962) of the Chronicles
of Oklahoma, the official journal of the Oklahoma Historical Society. Indexes
for volumes 41 through 80 are also available.
Earthquake
History of Oklahoma
Information from the USGS documenting earthquakes in Oklahoma.
Encyclopedia
of Oklahoma
Informs and educates citizens, students, historians, and the world at large
about the fascinating history of this most unusual state.
Oklahoma
Crossroads
Oklahoma Crossroads: Documents and Images consists of selected digital collections
of the Oklahoma Department of Libraries spanning more than 100 years of
rich, vibrant history.
Oklahoma's
Governors
A list of Oklahoma governors from 1890 to present.
Oklahoma's
History & Historical Sites
From Indian heritage and Viking explorers to land runs and oil booms, Oklahoma
has a history unlike any other state.
library materials
The
African American Experience in Oklahoma
A collection of timelines, photographs oral histories, and more produced
by the Oklahoma Historical Society
Newcomers
to a New Land Series
A series of 10 books documenting the arrival and lives of ethnic and racial
minorities in Oklahoma.
Sights
and Sounds of Oklahoma Politics
Includes text, videos, audio files and still photos from territorial days
to the present.
Tulsa
Area History
Provide access to accurate, comprehensive, and meaningful historical information
for Tulsa County communities and the surrounding area.
Federal
online resources
The
Charters of Freedom
History, authors, text and implication of the Declaration of Independence,
Constitution and Bill of Rights from the National Archives.
Historical
Documents
Links to historic documents from the U.S. House of Representatives.
Historic
Documents Links
A collection of links to historic documents compiled by the University of
Michigan.
library materials
Letters
of delegates to Congress, 1774-1789
The volumes include approximately twenty thousand entries. Although letters
from delegates comprise the preponderance of the entries, there are many
diaries, public papers, essays, and other documents.
United
States Congressional Serial Set
The Serial Set, began publication with the 15th Congress, 1st Session (1817)
and contains the House and Senate Documents and the House and Senate Reports.