Oklahoma Primary Sources: Home
Welcome to the OSU Library guide to primary sources for Oklahoma. This guide is largely a compilation of primary source digital collections, including openly available resources as well as proprietary databases subscribed to by the OSU Libraries. If you have a resource you would like to suggest, please contact me using the Email Me button on the left side of this page.
Below are some resources for getting started with Oklahoma historical research.
Oklahoma History
- The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and CultureContains more than 2,450 entries, including biographies, geographical features, town and county histories, major events and historical movements, and much, much more about the state of Oklahoma and its people.
- Oklahoma; a history of the Sooner State.A history of the Sooner state that includes stories of explorers and traders, the great migration of thousands of members of the Five Civilized Tribes to its undeveloped plains and woodlands, warfare waged by its Plains Tribes in the 19th century, the military expeditions and the establishment of forts and posts, the Civil War, the great cattle drives, the exciting land openings, statehood, oil wells, politics, its drought problems, etc. Ebook available to OSU Students.
- Oklahoma AlmanacThe Oklahoma Almanac, published by the Oklahoma Department of Libraries and formerly known as the Directory of Oklahoma, has been called the “accepted information authority” on the state since 1907.
- Oklahoma: A HistoryFrom the tectonic formation of Oklahoma's varied landscape to the recovery and renewal following the Oklahoma City bombing, this readable book includes both the well-known and the not-so-familiar of the state's people, events, and places. Ebook available to OSU Students
