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October 25, 2011OHS Extra! Archive

Wiley Post Gala Invitation

Sponsorships and Individual tickets are still available in a limited supply. 

 

Stratosphere - $5000

Premium table for 8

Premium concert seating

Recognition in printed program

Recognition in OHS publications

Recognition on annual donor board at the OHC

 

Jet Stream - $2500

Preferred table for 8

Preferred concert seating

Recognition in printed program

Recognition in OHS publications

Recognition on annual donor board at the OHC

 

Individual Tickets - $125

 

To learn more about Kyle Dillingham and the Wiley Post Tone Poem, please visit Kyle's websiteFor additional information about the gala or sponsorships, please contact Paul Lambert at (405)522-5217 or [email protected].

SHPO December Workshop Registration 

RSVP by November 30th, 5pm

Oklahoma History Center

 

The Oklahoma State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) is pleased to announce the schedule for its 2011 fall workshop series.  Each workshop is devoted to one of the SHPO's federal preservation programs and is designed for preservation professionals, government agency representatives, and concerned citizens.  The sessions will be held Wednesday, December 7th through Friday, December 9th. All sessions will be held in the Classroom, Oklahoma History Center, 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive, Oklahoma City (just northeast of the State Capitol).  The workshops are free and open to the public, but the SHPO requests that you register by 5:00pm, Wednesday, November 30th.  Space is limited for all sessions and will be reserved on a first-come basis.

 

The workshop schedule is as follows:

 

December 7 (10:30am-12:30pm) - Federal and State Tax Incentives for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings 

December 7 (1:30pm-4:30pm) - The Secretary's Standards and Guidelines for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings

December 8 (10:30am-4:30pm) - The Section 106 Review Process: A Workshop for Agency Officials, CRM Consultants, and Citizens

December 9 (10:30am-4:30pm) - Working with the National Register of Historic Places

 

Registered architects who attend these workshops can qualify for American Institute of Architects Continuing Education System (AIA/CES) learning units. Simply register for the workshop(s). After the workshops, self-report your attendance.  The SHPO will provide written learning objectives and a certificate of attendance the week of December 12th.

 

If you may have questions about workshop content, contact Melvena Heisch at (405)522-4484 or [email protected].

 

To register for any or all of the workshops contact Betty Harris at (405)521-6249 or [email protected] by 5:00pm, Wednesday, November 30. You may also register online.

From Collections

Joseph Bradfield Thoburn Collections [86.01]

by J.A. Pryse

Oklahoma History Center

 

While on my travels though Oklahoma History a very stern and serious gentleman continued to emerge time and time again on the pages in front of me.  Born August 8, 1866; Joseph Bradfield Thoburn, a true man of Oklahoma, had interests aplenty. Thoburn had many accomplishments, such as recognition for the '1931' Oklahoma Hall of Fame, professor at Oklahoma City University, Curator and Secretary of the Oklahoma Historical Society, historian and author of the first outline of the history of Oklahoma ever published.1  In an article written as a tribute to Thoburn the author noted he [Thoburn] was a, "walking library" with a "prodigious memory [that] enabled him to recall verbatim, conversations, exact times, dates, names and circumstances of events 25 to 50 years ago." 2  The most fascinatingJoseph Thoburn 21705 10 52 (OHS) accomplishment I discovered was the research of Oklahoma's prehistory; solving the 'natural mound' mystery.3  The study of the Joseph Thoburn Collection aroused my inner 'Indiana Jones' and shortly thereafter, my 'Excavating Oklahoma' journey began.

 

The Joseph B. Thorburn collection is reminiscent of a cinema adventure including Apache warriors, soldiers, ancient civilizations, political conspiracies, monumental achievements and death.  Anyone looking for adventure would be captivated with this collection, as well as with the accompanying photographic history found in the Joseph Thoburn Photo Archives Collection.4  Here one will find handwritten journal entries documenting travels and expeditions, photo images of multiple 'mound' sites, personal interviews and much more!

 

1. Blackburn, Bob L. "Joseph Bradfield Thoburn." Oklahoma Historical Society's Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/T/TH005.html (accessed September 20, 2011)

2. Rucker, Tom. "Thoburn Did His Job Well," The Oklahoman, sec. Tribute, March 5, 1941. http://archive.newsok.com (accessed September 29, 2011)

3. Ibid, Blackburn

4. Oklahoma Historical Society, Joseph B. Thoburn Collection, manuscript collections 86.01, photo collections 18631, 21705.

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OHS EVENTS   

 

Cherokee Strip Museum: 

12/11 Christmas Tea and Open House, (580)336-2405

 

10/31 Dr. Fears, "September 11, 2011," 7pm, (580)237-1907

 

11/7  An Evening with Teddy Roosevelt, 7pm, (580)237-1907

 

12/4  Christmas in the Village, 2pm, (580)237-1907

 

Fort Gibson:

11/12  Fall Bake Day, 10am, (918)478-4088 


 

George M. Murrell Home:

10/28 & 29  Murrell Home Ghost Stories, 6:30pm, (918)456-2751

 

Oklahoma History Center:  

11/2-3  Music of America's Civil War, (405)522-0785

 

11/9 Wiley Post Gala, 6pm, (405)522-5217
 

10/29 Scary Story Event, 1 hour tours, 6:30-9pm, RSVP required, (918)762-2513
 
 

Pioneer Woman Museum: 

11/2 Wine, Women and Wednesdays, 6:30pm, (580)765-6108


 
Sequoyah's Cabin:

10/28  Cherokee Cultural Day, 10am, (918)775-2413








The Importance of History...

"The history of free men is never really written by chance, but by choice - their choice."

Dwight David Eisenhower
Oklahoma
 Historical Society 
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 73105
  

 Shelly Crynes, Editor

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