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Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums

Dedicated to preserving and advancing the language, history, culture, and lifeways of indigenous peoples. Located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Cherokee Heritage Center / Museum, Village, Theater, and Legal Archive of Cherokee Nation

Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Cherokee National Historical Society, Inc.

Conoco Museum

This world-class facility celebrates the success of Conoco, which was built not by just one person, but by thousands of employees bonded by old-fashioned practicality and sheer determination. It is their stories that create the heritage that truly is the spirit of Conoco. Located in Ponca City, Oklahoma.

Digital State Archives - Oklahoma

Oklahoma is indeed OK when it comes to online family history records. Their state archives, while not huge, have some intriguing online records of great use to genealogy research. These include Oklahoma Territory military records, Dawes Rolls of Indian census records, and marriage and obituary vital records.

Documenting the American South

Sponsored by the University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, this is a a digital publishing initiative that provides Internet access to texts, images, and audio files related to southern history, literature, and culture. Currently DocSouth includes sixteen thematic collections of books, diaries, posters, artifacts, letters, oral history interviews, and songs.

FamilySearch - FamilySearch Center Locator: Oklahoma

From the FamilySearch web site. Includes address, telephone number and hours of operation.

FamilySearch Catalog

From the FamilySearch web site, an online catalog to the holdings of Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah. Microfilm loans can be ordered and then sent to your local Family History Center.

LibDex - The Library Index - Oklahoma

A worldwide directory of links to library homepages and web-based OPACs (Online Public Access Catalogs).

Library of Congress - Search results for Oklahoma

National Archives and Records Administration

National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum

Founded in 1955, the Museum, located in Oklahoma City, collects, preserves, and exhibits an internationally renowned collection of Western art and artifacts while sponsoring dynamic educational programs to stimulate interest in the enduring legacy of the American West. The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum features a superb collection of classic and contemporary Western art, including works by Frederic Remington and Charles M. Russell, as well as sculptor James Earle Fraser

Oklahoma Department of Libraries

Oklahoma Digital Prairie

The Oklahoma Digital Prairie is a service of the Oklahoma Department of Libraries and other Oklahoma state agencies with which it partners. Included in Digital Prairie services are repositories of state government information, research databases and special online topical exhibits. The Collections component of Oklahoma Digital Prairie consists of online exhibits and information repositories. Collections encompass an array of documents, publications, forms, photographs, newspapers, reports, pamphlets, posters, maps, and an Oklahoma author database.

Oklahoma Historical Society

Oklahoma State University Library

Public Libraries in the United States - Oklahoma

A directory with detailed information for public libraries in each state.

PublicLibraries.com - Oklahoma

Smith's Master Index to Maritime Museum Websites - Oklahoma (Wayback Machine)

Talbot Library & Museum

Colcord, Oklahoma. Research library specializing in Northeast Oklahoma, Northwest Arkansas, and Cherokee Territory genealogy research & history.

The Gateway to Oklahoma History

The Gateway is an online repository of Oklahoma history, brought to you by the Oklahoma Historical Society. Visitors can search and view historic thousands of newspapers, photographs, maps, and documents.