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Portrait and Biographical Record Of Oklahoma, Commemorating the Achievements of Citizens who have Contributed to the Progress of Oklahoma and the development of its Resources, (Chicago, IL :Chapman Publishing Co.,1901)  index  
Call No. 976.60922 P  copy at the Fort Worth Public Library - Fort Worth, TX
Call No. 976.6 P853 OKLA copy at the Houston Public Library - Houston, TX

Baker, T. Lindsay and Julie P. Baker [edited by], The WPA Oklahoma Slave Narratives (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, c1996)  [all the known WPA Oklahoma "slave narratives" in this volume... interviews were made in the late 1930s in Oklahoma.]
Call No.  920.0766 W938  copy at the Houston Public Library - Houston, TX

Barrett, Charles Franklin, Oklahoma after fifty years, a history of the Sooner state and its people, l889-1939...a narrative historical edition preserving the record of the growth and development of the territory, together with genealogical and memorial records of its prominent families, covering the period from the earliest movement of the Indian tribes into the territory to the present, but particularly recording its progress since 1889...with...episodes taken from the personal memoirs of the author, 4 v. (Hopkinsville, Ky., Oklahoma City, Okla., The Historical record association, 1941)   [Note: Vols. II-IV contain biographical material]
Call No. 976.6 B27O copy at the Allen County Public Library - Fort Wayne, IN

Boren, Lyle H. and Dale Boren, Who is Who in Oklahoma : a biographical history of men ad women in Oklahoma life today, Sponsored by Dr. T. H. Reynolds (Guthrie, Okla. : Co-operative Publishing Co., c1935)
Call No. 976.6 W62  copy at the Allen County Public Library - Fort Wayne, IN.
Call No. 920 BO copy at the Shawnee Public Library, Shawnee, OK
Call No. 976.6 B731 OKLA copy at the Houston Public Library - Houston, TX


Buchanan, James Shannon and Edward Everett Dale, A History of Oklahoma (New York: Row, Peterson and Company, 1924)
          Textbook type history of Oklahoma


Gideon, D.C., History of Indian Territory : Descriptive, Biographical and Genealogical, with a General History of the Territory. Illustrated. New York and Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co., 1901.  [ contents page ]   [currently being transcribed - see OKBios]


Graves, Richard Stanford, Oklahoma outlaws; a graphic history of the early days in Oklahoma; the bandits who terrorized the first settlers and the marshals who fought them to extinction; covering a period of twenty-five years (Oklahoma City, State printing & publishing Co., 1915?)

Call No. 364 G78O copy at the Allen County Public Library - Fort Wayne, IN.
Call No.  976.6 Gr Norman Public Library, Norman, OK
Call No. 365.14 Gra copy at OKDeptLibs:OKC
Call No. 364.1509766 G776o copy at OSUS-Stillwater, OK
Call No. HV6452.O5 188 copy at OU Western History Farley Collection, Norman, OK
Call No. 976.6 G78o copy at SEOSU: Durant, OK
Call No. HV6452.O5 1915 copy at University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK
Call No. SPC HV6452.O5 G7 1915 copy at Vaughan Notheastern, Tahlequah, OK


Hill, L. B. (Luther B.), A history of the state of Oklahoma, 2 v. (Chicago, New York, Lewis Publishing Company, 1908)

Call No. 976.6 H - VOL. I and 976.6 H - VOL. II copy at Dallas Public Library, Dallas, TX
Call No. HR 976.6 HIL 1908 copy at Bartlesville Public Library, Bartlesville, OK
Call No. GF 976.6 Hil copy at Muskogee Public Library, Muskogee, OK
Call No. 976.6/H6466h copy at Metropolitan Library Downtown, OKC, OK
Call No. 976.6/H6466h copy at Metropolitan Library Ralph Ellison, OKC, OK
Call No. R 976.6 Hill copy at Okmulgee Public Library, Okmulgee, OK

Hill, L. B. (Luther B.), A history of the state of Oklahoma, 2 v. (Chicago, New York, The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909Index
Call No. 976.6 H55H, V.1, 976.6 - H55J, V.2 copy at the Allen County Public Library - Fort Wayne, IN.
Call No. 976.6 copy at Coalgate High School, Coalgate, OK
Call No. 976.6 Hil:1909 copy OKDeptLibs: OKC [several copies]
Call No. 976.6 H55  copy at TCCU, Tulsa, OK
Call No. F694.H555x copy at University Central OK: Edmond, OK
Call No. F694.H64 1909 copy at Western History Library, OU, Norman, OK
Call No. F694.H64 1909 copy at Main Library, OU, Norman, OK
Call No. 976.6H55h1 copy at Main Library, OU, Norman, OK
Call No. 976.6 Hi copy at Pioneer Library System, Norman, OK
Call No. F694.H64 copy of University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK


Hill, Luther B., A history of the state of Oklahoma (Chicago, New York, The Lewis Publishing Company, 1910)

Call No. 976.6 Hil:1910  copy at OKDeptLibs: OKC
Call No. 976.6 Hil copy at EOMuskogee, Muskogee, OK
Call No. 976.6 H646h copy at OSUS-Stillwater, OK
Call No. REF  976.6 HIL V. 1, V. 2 copy at Stillwater Public Library, Stillwater, OK


Johnson, Roy Melisander, Oklahoma history, south of the Canadian: historical and biographical, 3 v.  (Chicago : S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1925)

Call No. 976.6 G38O copy at the Allen County Public Library - Fort Wayne, IN.

Morris, Lerona Rosamond
Oklahoma-- yesterday, today, tomorrow (Co-operative Pub., c1930)
Call Number:  976.6/M876o copy at MSL Downtown, OKC, OK, Reference Only
Call Number:  976.6/M876o copy at MSL Ralph Ellison, OKC, OK, Reference Only
Copy at Oklahoma Historical Society, Newspaper Room, OKC, OK


O'Beirne, H. F. (Harry F.), comp.
The Indian territory: its chiefs, legislators and leading men.
(Saint Louis: C. B. Woodward Co., 1892)

Call No. F693 .O13 Library of Congress


O'Beirne, Harry F.
Leaders and leading men of the Indian Territory: with interesting biographical sketches, v. 1 Choctaws and Chickasaws, with brief history of each tribe, etc. (Chicago: American Publishers Association, 1891)

Call No. 920 OB copy at Shawnee Public Library, Shawnee, OK
Call No. 920.0766 O13L  copy at Dallas Public Library, Dallas,  TX


R. L. Polk & Company - City Directories
A very helpful tool in locating your ancestors between census years and after the census that is currently available. City directories often provide additional information about individuals such as place of employment and name of spouse. Many of these directories are available at the Oklahoma Historical Society. List of Oklahoma Directories on Microfilm in the Microform Reading Room at the Library of Congress.

  
Little reading material to help you gain a better understanding of their importance to research. 

City Directories: Windows On The Past 
City Directories and Newspapers
 

City Directories 


Thoburn, Joseph B., A History of Oklahoma (San Francisco, Doub, 1908.)

Call No. 976.6 TH  copy at Shawnee Public Library, Shawnee, OK
Call No. 976.6 T copy at Dallas Public Library, Dallas, TX
Textbook type history of Oklahoma


Thoburn, Joseph B. and Isaac M. Holcomb, A History of Oklahoma, [2d ed] (Oklahoma City, Warden Company, 1914)

Call No. 976.6 T35H  copy at Allen County Public Library - Fort Wayne, IN.
Call No. 976.6 TH copy at Shawnee Public Library, Shawnee, OK
Call No. 976.6 TH copy at Norman Public Library, Norman, OK
Call No. R 976.6 THO copy at Ardmore Public Library, Ardmore, OK
Call No. F694.T46 copy at Cameron University, Lawton, OK
Call No. 976.6 Tho copy at EOReigerMe, Haskell, OK
Call No. 976.6 Tho v1-5 copy at ElkCityCar, Elk City, OK
Call No. 976 Tho copy at Linscheid, Ada, OK
Call No. 976.6 Tho copy at EOMuskogee: Muskogee, OK
Call No. 976.6 Tho copy at EOTahlequah: Tahlequah, OK
Call No. RARE F694.T44 copy at Linscheid Library, Ada, OK
Call No. 976.6/T449h2 copy at MLSDowntwn: OKC
Call No. 976.6/T449s copy at MLSREllisn: OKC
Call No. [none listed] copy at MarvEMcKee: Goodwel, OK
Call No. q976.6 T35 copy at NWOSU Alva, OK
Call No. F694 T4.4 1914 copy at NorthOkCol:Tonkawa, OK
Call No. 976.6 T449s copy at OSUS-Stillwater
Call No. F694.T46 copy at OU Western History Library, Norman, OK
Call No. 976.6 T449h2  copy at OCUDulaney:OKC
Call No. 976.6 T351h2 copy at OKDeptLibs:OKC
Call No. 976.6 T449h, 1914 copy at OSUS-Stillwater, OK
Call No. 976.6T35h2 copy at OU:Norman, OK
Call No. 976.6 T35hi  copy at SEOSU:Durant, OK
Call No. 976.6 T35h2 copy at SWOSU:Weatherford, OK
Call No. [none listed] copy at UCentralOK, Edmond, OK
Call No. F694.T45 1913 and F694.T45 1914 copy at University of  Tulsa, Tulsa, OK
Call No. SPC F694.T44 1914 copy at Vaughan NE:Tahlequah, OK


[Vol. 3 and Vol. 5 currently being transcribed -  Index Online]
Thoburn, Joseph B., A Standard History of Oklahoma, An Authentic Narrative of its Development from the Date of the First European Exploration down to the Present Time, including Accounts of the Indian Tribes, both Civilized and Wild, of the Cattle Range, of the Land Openings and the Achievements of the most Recent Period, 5 v. (Chicago, New York: The American Historical Society, 1916)

Call No. ____   Norman Public Library, Norman, OK has multiple copies
Call No. 976.6 Tho  copy at Lawton Public Library, Lawton, OK
Call No. 976.6 Tho  copy at OKDeptLibs: OKC
Call No. 976.6 T449s copy at Phillips University, Enid, OK
Call No.  REF 976.6 THO vol. 5 copy at  SEValliant, Valliant, OK
Call No.  F694.T46 copy at  University Central OK, Edmond, OK
Call No.  976.6 T35 copy at University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS


Thoburn, Joseph B. and Wright, Muriel H., Oklahoma; a history of the state and its people (New York, Lewis Historical Pub. Co., 1929) Vol. 1-4

Call No. 976.6 T35O copy at the Allen County Public Library - Fort Wayne, IN.
Call No. 976.6 TH Shawnee Public Library, Shawnee, OK


Tilghman, Zoe A. (Mrs. Bill Tilghman) Outlaw days; a true history of early-day Oklahoma characters, revised and enlarged from the records of Wm. Tilghman (Oklahoma City: Harlow Publishing Company, 1926.)

Call No. 976.6 T45O  copy at Allen County Public Library - Fort Wayne, IN.
Call No. 364 T copy at the Houston Public Library - Houston, TX

Tindall, John H. N.  Makers of Oklahoma: biographies and photographs of men who have played an important part in the history of Oklahoma, together with a brief history of the territory (Guthrie, Okla., State Capital Co., 1905).
Call No. 920 Tin  copy at the Houston Public Library - Houston, TX


Wright, Muriel H. Our Oklahoma (Guthrie, Okla., Co-Operative Publishing Company, 1939).

Call No.
Textbook type history of Oklahoma
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