LibGuides: Cherokee Cultural Heritage 4113/AMST 5923: Historical Information/Oklahoma History

Preservation and Conservation Information

The following websites provide information about preservation, conservation, and collection care.

Search Terms

The following search terms can be used to locate items related to public history, historic preservation, historic sites and museums, etc.

Public History
Public History - United States - History
Historic Preservation
Historic Preservation - United States - History
Historic Sites - Conservation and Restoration
Historical Museums
Historical Museums - United States - History
Nature Conservation
National Parks and Reserves - United States - History
Historic Preservation
Preservation of materials
family archives
digital preservation
museum labels - handbooks -manuals
museum techniques

Example item: This book was located using the NSU Libraries' Discovery system and the "Everything" tab and subject search option. Search terms used: museum labels handbooks manuals

NOTE: If the item is not owned by NSU Libraries, it would be an Interlibrary Loan item.

Exhibit Labels by Beverly Serrell
ISBN: 9781442249028
Publication Date: 2015-07-02
Beverly Serrell presents the reader with excellent guidelines on the process of exhibit label planning, writing, design, and production. One of the museum field's leading consultants and label writers, Serrell's 1996 edition of Exhibit Labels has been a standard in the field since its initial publication. This new edition not only provides expert guidance on the art of label writing for diverse audiences and explores the theoretical and interpretive considerations of placing labels within an exhibition, it also features all new case studies and photographs and thoughts about interpretation in digital media. Exhibit Labels: An Interpretive Approach is a vital reference tool for all museum professionals.

Oklahoma History/websites

The following websites offer information about Oklahoma History and Native Americans.

American Indian Resources (OHS)
These records offer materials about many Indian tribes in the Oklahoma territory.
Chronicles of Oklahoma
Sponsored by the Oklahoma Historical Society and the Oklahoma State University Library, this site offers articles about Oklahoma history.
Early Oklahoma Serials
This serials project works with specific magazine publications dating between 1890-1910.
Gateway to Oklahoma History
Sponsored by the Oklahoma Historical Society, the Gateway is an online repository of Oklahoma History. This repository of newspaper pages, cover the span of years from the 184s to the 1920s. Researchers can browse by collection, location, resource type, dates, or publication title. Resource types include: photographs, newspapers, maps, some books and postcards.
Indian-Pioneer Papers
The Indian-Pioneer Papers oral history collection ranges from 1861 to 1936. It includes typescripts of interviews conducted during the 1930s by government workers with thousands of Oklahomans regarding the settlement of Oklahoma and Indian territories, as well as the condition and conduct of life in the region.
Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties
These seven volumes are also available "for library use only" at the John Vaughan Library, NSU Tahlequah campus, on the 2nd floor in Special Collections.
Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties (online)
Compiled and edited by Charles J. Kappler, these seven volumes provide U.S. Government treaties, laws, and executive orders related to Native American Indian tribes dating from 1777-1970.
NARA Documents for Oklahoma Statehood
The NARA documents for Oklahoma Statehood congressional records.
National Archives and Records Management (NARM)
Educator resources from the National Archives.
Oklahoma Historical Society (OHS) - History Center
Founded in 1898, the Oklahoma Historical Society offers impressive collections of historical information about Oklahoma that are researchable online.
Oklahoma Historical Society - Research Center
Focused site for research.
Voices of Oklahoma
Voices of Oklahoma offers oral histories of famous Oklahomans and ordinary citizens.

Cherokee Cultural Heritage 4113/AMST 5923: Historical Information/Oklahoma History

Preservation and Conservation Information

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Oklahoma History/websites

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