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- McFarlin Library: A View from the Top | From McFarlin Tower on McFarlin Library blueprints are now available online
- Updated Digital Collections: Fall 2017 | From McFarlin Tower on World War I: 1917 – The Yanks are Coming exhibit
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Tag Archives: Tulsa
Reflecting on Race: The Tulsa Race Riot of 1921
This coming Monday is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. MLK’s life was devoted to creating equality and breaking the barriers between people of different races, specifically between blacks and whites. The city of Tulsa has a sad history of hate … Continue reading
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Tagged artists books, collections, history, photographs, Tulsa, tulsa race riot
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New Acquisitions
We have recently acquired the following titles and collections: Fulbright, Jim and Albert Stehno. The vanished herd: the history of the Cherokee Strip Cowpunchers’ Association and the cattlemen and drovers of early-day Oklahoma. Wyandotte, Okla.: Gregath, 2011 (F702.C42 F85 2011): … Continue reading
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Tagged acquisitions, Charles Dickens, collections, cowboys, justice, Literature, local, Oklahoma, Tulsa, tulsa race riot, World War I, World War One, WWI
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Tulsa Race Riot photographs
The Department of Special Collections has a collection of many photographs related to the Tulsa race riot, which occurred 31 May-1 June 1921. A small exhibit of these can be found online. Many of these remain under copyright, even though … Continue reading
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Tagged collections, history, photographs, Tulsa, tulsa race riot
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Hugo “Hap” Gruenberg Collection
In 1917, a group of volunteers was formed from the Tulsa Ambulance Company and was adopted into federal service as a unit of the National Guard. It quickly became Oklahoma Ambulance Company No. 1, and then Company 167, 117th Sanitary … Continue reading
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Tagged collections, Great War, gruenberg, history, Tulsa, World War I, World War One, WWI
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A History of a Riot: Tulsa, 1921-2011
Race riots have occurred in numerous cities across the United States including Atlanta, New York, Chicago, Cincinnati, Detroit, Los Angeles, Louisville, and Washington D. C. Unfortunately, Tulsa also suffered from the blight of racism. In 1921, racial tensions in Tulsa … Continue reading
John Hope Franklin Reconciliation Park dedication
The John Hope Franklin Center for Reconciliation opened the John Hope Franklin Reconciliation Park yesterday, October 27, 2010 in downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma. The park is a result of the 2001 Oklahoma Commission to Study the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 … Continue reading
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Tagged John Hope Franklin Center for Reconciliation, Tulsa, tulsa race riot
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Tulsa State Fair
Tulsa State Fair, by Amanda Bretz It may seem a little odd to be mentioning a popular item such as this new acquisition from Arcadia Publishing on the Tulsa State Fair, but it is timely (the annual Fair just opened … Continue reading