The Oklahoma Historical Society is located southeast of the State Capitol building on Lincoln Boulevard between Nineteenth and Twenty-first streets. The Archives Division is located in the basement and the Research Library and the Newspaper Department are on the first floor of the building. Handicapped access is from the parking lot on the east side of the building. Researchers need not be historians or scholars to find our facilities useful. Knowledgeable staff members are available in all areas to assist researchers in the use of microfilm, card catalogs, census and enrollment books, and other finding aids.
Tours are available by advanced request.
The collections contain 3.5 million documents representing 66 of the 67 native tribes that resided in Indian Territory. The Photographic section contains more than 300,000 images that range from the late 1850's to the present with many subjects represented. The Newspaper collection contains 28,000 reels of microfilm on state newspapers from 1844 to the present. Some indexing is available. Newspapers often are a good source for marriage and death notices.