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Join the Oklahoma Historical Society team!
Do you want to become part of the OHS’s on-the-ground efforts to collect, preserve, and share Oklahoma’s history? Come join our team! The OHS is currently seeking a full-time Development Officer to provide direct support for its fundraising activities. The Development Officer’s primary responsibility will be to help the OHS achieve annual financial goals through fundraising, donor relations, and grant writing. An ideal candidate would have a solid understanding of basic fundraising principles, excellent organizational skills, and the ability to manage complex projects. For more information about this position or how to apply, please click here.
To see a list of other available positions at the OHS, click the button below.
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Choctaw Code Talkers film screening and discussion
In honor of Native American Heritage Month, the Oklahoma History Center (OHC) will screen portions of an updated film about the Choctaw Code Talkers of World War I on Saturday, November 12, from 1 to 3 p.m. The screening will be followed by a discussion.
Clips of the film will be shown in the in the Musser Learning Lab on the first floor of the OHC. The cost of the film screening is included with admission to the OHC.
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The Rushmore Four return to the Oklahoma History Center
On Wednesday, November 16, the Rushmore Four, a program featuring the presidents who appear on Mount Rushmore, will be returning to the Oklahoma History Center! Performances are scheduled for 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. There is no charge for the 2 p.m. performance, however, patrons are required to preregister. Admission for the evening performance is $10 for OHS members and $20 for nonmembers. Purchase tickets online by clicking here.
The four living history professionals, pictured above (clockwise from top left), are Fritz Klein as Abraham Lincoln, Bill Barker as Thomas Jefferson, Daniel Shippey as George Washington, and Gib Young as Teddy Roosevelt. In this interactive event, each president will offer stories from his respective era and will answer audience questions about his service to the United States.
This program is an education-focused event partially sponsored by Inasmuch Foundation and coincides with the 17th anniversary of the opening of the Oklahoma History Center, as well as the 115th anniversary of Oklahoma Statehood Day on November 16, 1907.
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Sewing Kit workshop
On Saturday, November 19, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Fort Towson Historic Site will hold a Civil War-era sewing kit make-and-take workshop. Using historic reproduction fabrics, a seamstress will guide participants in hand-sewing techniques to create a fabric sewing kit like those from the 1800s. Kits of this kind were common in 19th-century households and were made with scraps of fabric to suit the needs of the user, resulting in a wide variety of patterns and constructions.
During the Civil War, the US Sanitary Commission made what were called "housewife" kits so soldiers could do their own mending while in the field.
The cost for the event is $15 and lunch will be provided. Participants may register for this event by calling 580-236-0537 or emailing fttowson@history.ok.gov.
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The Voices of Oklahoma interview with
Joyce Jackson
Hear the latest Voices of Oklahoma interview with Joyce Jackson to learn more about her work as a civil rights activist and as the first Black female journalist on Oklahoma television.
Joyce Jackson was in junior high school when she became part of the Katz Drug Store sit-in in 1958, the beginning of a movement that contributed to race relations reform in Oklahoma.
Jackson was the first Black woman on television in Oklahoma at KOCO 5 Oklahoma City, becoming an award-winning broadcast journalist, producer, and talk show host.
In 1982 she began a career in the Oklahoma Department of Corrections as a public relations officer until 1997, when she left the agency to become the communications director for the Illinois Department of Corrections. She returned to the Oklahoma Department of Corrections as the executive communications administrator in 2005.
Jackson also worked as a professional model for 20 years and was the owner of a modeling/charm school. She retired from the Oklahoma Department of Corrections in 2014 after 24 years of service.
Voices of Oklahoma is a nonprofit dedicated to preserving and sharing the oral histories of influential Oklahomans and empowering future generations with the lessons imparted from their incredible legacies. Search through a variety of interviews by clicking the logo below.
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Click event listings below for more information.
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10 - Flames of Memory Veterans Ceremony, Oklahoma Territorial Museum and Carnegie Library, Guthrie
10 - S'mores at the Overholser, Henry and Anna Overholser Mansion, Oklahoma City
12 - Quilting workshop with Martha Ray, Sod House Museum, Aline
12 - Choctaw Code Talkers film screening and discussion, Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City
16 - Oklahoma Historical Society Executive Committee meeting, Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City
16 - Rushmore Four performances, Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City
17 - “Secrets of the OHS Research Library” presentation by Laura Martin (VIRTUAL), State Historic Preservation Office, Oklahoma City
18 - Oklahoma Route 66 Centennial Commission meeting, Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City
18–19 - “Hunter Trapper” living history program, Fort Gibson Historic Site, Fort Gibson
19 - Sewing Kit workshop, Fort Towson Historic Site, Fort Towson
19 - History Alive! on the Cherokee Strip, Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, Enid
19 - Let’s Talk About It: Lonesome Dove (1985) by Larry McMurtry, Pawnee Bill Ranch and Museum, Pawnee
28 - “Holiday Special” Kilgen Organ Performance featuring Lance Luce, Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City
1 - “History of Masonic Temples in Oklahoma” presentation by T. S. Akers, Oklahoma Territorial Museum and Carnegie Library, Guthrie
2 - Museum After Dark: Christmas in the Village, Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, Enid
2–3 - Will’s Country Christmas, Will Rogers Birthplace Ranch, Oologah
2–3 - Museum Store Sale, Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City
3 - Dust to Eat film screening and discussion, Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City
3 - Guthrie’s Distinctive Homes Tour and Wassail at the Carnegie Library, Oklahoma Territorial Museum and Carnegie Library, Guthrie
3 - History Alive! on the Cherokee Strip, Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, Enid
3 - Photos with Santa, Will Rogers Memorial Museum, Claremore
3 - Candlelight Tours, Fort Gibson Historic Site, Fort Gibson
5 - “Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA)” webinar (VIRTUAL), State Historic Preservation Office, Oklahoma City
6 - “Documenting Post-European Contact Archaeological Sites in Oklahoma” webinar (VIRTUAL), State Historic Preservation Office, Oklahoma City
8 - “Tribal Consultation in the Section 106 Process” webinar (VIRTUAL), State Historic Preservation Office, Oklahoma City
10 - Steamboat Heroine discussion, Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City
10 - Quilting workshop with Martha Ray, Sod House Museum, Aline
10 - Breakfast with Santa, Henry and Anna Overholser Mansion, Oklahoma City
10 - Christmas Open House, Sod House Museum, Aline
10 - Photos with Santa, Will Rogers Memorial Museum, Claremore
10 - Christmas Open House, Fred and Addie Drummond Home, Hominy
10 - Holiday Open House, Pawnee Bill Ranch and Museum, Pawnee
10 - Civil War Christmas program, Honey Springs Battlefield, Checotah
10 - Carols and Cocktails, Henry and Anna Overholser Mansion, Oklahoma City
11 - Christmas Open House, Hunter's Home, Park Hill
11 - Christmas Tea, Cherokee Strip Museum and Rose Hill School, Perry
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Choctaw Code Talkers image: pictured from front to back are Otis Leader (2012.201.B0361B.0041, OPUBCO Photography Collection, OHS), Joseph Oklahombi (4122, Czarina Conlan Collection, OHS), and Tobias Frazier (22190, Oklahoma Historical Society Photograph Collection, OHS).
Masthead photo: Citizens of the Sac and Fox Nation, c. 1884. Photo by William S. Prettyman (15693, Ruth Mohler Collection, OHS).
All of these photographs are available on The Gateway to Oklahoma History.
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