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The titles below comprise the reference library of the Tulsa Historical Society.  Many of them are also available at the Central Library of the Tulsa City-County Library System or at local university libraries.

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Tulsa Historical Society Reference Library

Author

Title

Publication information

Tulsa (and surrounding areas)

American Guide Series Federal Writers' Project (Okla.) Tulsa, a guide to the oil capital. Compiled by workers of the Federal writers' project of the Works Progress Administration in the state of Oklahoma. Sponsored by the Tulsa Federation of women's clubs Tulsa, Okla., The Mid-West Printing Co., 1938.  Handwritten name "Susanna Holman" on cover
Arts & Humanities Council of Tulsa Places & organizations : [directory] / Arts and Humanities Council of Tulsa. Arts & Humanities Council of Tulsa, [1992].  Softbound
Blakey, Ellen Sue [et al.] Tulsa spirit / principal authors, Ellen Sue Blakey ... [et al.] ; research assistant, T.L. Ewing ; editors, Larry P. Silvey, Douglas S. Drown. Tulsa, Okla. : Continental Heritage Press, 1979.   Collector's edition #37
Butler, William James, 1927- Tulsa 75 : a history of Tulsa : William Butler; ed, Larry Silvey, associate ed. Tulsa, Okla. : Metropolitan Tulsa Chamber of Commerce, c1974.
Champion Map Corporation. Tulsa Oklahoma Map Book Charlotte, NC : Champion Map Corp., c19705.  Softbound
Douglas, Clarence B. The history of Tulsa, Oklahoma  (3 vol.) Chicago, Clarke, 1921
First National Bank and Trust Company of Tulsa. The first seventy-five; a story of a city and its bank. Tulsa, Oklahoma, First National Bank & Trust Co. of Tulsa, 1970]
First Presbyterian Church (Tulsa, Okla.). Ladies Aid Society. The Tulsa cook book; favorite recipes of Tulsa ladies. 1904 edition reprinted 1960 in Jubilee Edition
Galbreath, Frank. Glenn Pool : and a little oil town of yesteryear Tulsa, Okla.?] : Galbreath, c1978.  
Gates, Eddie Faye. Miz Lucy's cookies : and other links in my Black family support system Tulsa, OK : Coman & Associates, c1996.  
Gates, Eddie Faye. They came searching : how Blacks sought the promised land in Tulsa. Austin, Tex. : Eakin Press, c1997
Goble, Danney, 1946-   Tulsa! : biography of the American city  Tulsa, OK : Council Oak Books, c1997  3 copies
Hall, James Monroe The beginning of Tulsa.   [Tulsa, 1933]  Reprint 1997  softbound
Johnson, Hannibal B. Black Wall Street : from riot to renaissance in Tulsa's historic Greenwood District  Austin, TX : Eakin Press, c1998.  Signed by author.
Lampe, William T., compiler Tulsa County in the World War; an authorized history Tulsa, Okla., Tulsa County Historical Society, 1919.  with newspaper cuttings
     
Metropolitan Tulsa Chamber of Commerce Tulsa business directory, 1986 issue.  (Also published in 1987 & 1988) Tulsa, Okla. : Metropolitan Tulsa Chamber of Commerce, 1986-1988.
Nichols, Joyce Elliott. Tune of the hickory stick : 75 years in the Jenks Public Schools Jenks, Okla. : Jenks Public Schools, [198-]
Thompson, Mildred Ladner. Tulsa City-County Library, 1912-1991 Tulsa, Okla. : Lion & Thorne Publishing in cooperation with the Tulsa Library Trust, 1992.
     
Trekell, Ronald L. History of the Tulsa Police Department, 1882-1990 [Tulsa, Okla. : The Dept., 1989]
(Tulsa, Okla.) Central High School Poetry. Tulsa, Okla. Central High School.  v. 19 cm.  v. 1 (1929/31)-
Softbound   ex libris John Bennett Shaw
Vetter, B. W., & company. City of Tulsa survey, 1946 / Prepared by B.W. Vetter & Company, Tulsa, Oklahoma. B.W. Vetter & Company, Tulsa, Oklahoma, [1946]
Walton, John Brooks One hundred historic Tulsa homes  Tulsa, Okla. : HCE Publications, c2000. (2 copies, one autographed, the other inscribed to THS in recognition of Robert Powers' years of service
The World Publishing Company, Tulsa, Okla. Men of affairs and representative institutions of Oklahoma, 1916 : a newspaper reference. World Publishing Company, 1916.  Beautiful original copy and one photocopy.
Tulsa Historic Preservation The Tulsa historic preservation plan report / Tulsa Historic Preservation. Tulsa, Okla. : Tulsa Historic Preservation, 1980.  Softbound
Vaughn-Roberson, Courtney Ann, 1949- City in the Osage Hills, Tulsa, Oklahoma Boulder, Colo. : Pruett Pub. Co., c1984

Oklahoma (the state and cities other than Tulsa)

Broken Arrow Genealogical Society. Oklahoma green country cemeteries / compiled by Broken Arrow Genealogical Society.  (2 vol.)  Volume II is here Utica, KY : McDowell Publications, 1984-c1989.   Softbound with green cover
Constant, Alberta Wilson. Oklahoma run: a historical novel. Oklahoma City : Oklahoma Historical Society, 1982, c1955.  Softbound
Franks, Kenny A., Paul F. Lambert, and Carl N. Tyson. Early Oklahoma oil : a photographic history, 1859-1936  College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c1981
Griffith, Terry L. Oklahoma City: 1930-2000 (to the millennium)  Charleston, SC : Arcadia Publishing, 2000 
Henderson, Arn, Frank Parman, Dortha Henderson. Architecture in Oklahoma : landmark & vernacular Norman : Point Riders Press, 1978  Softbound
     
Irving, Washington A tour on the prairies. Edited with an introductory essay by John Francis McDermott. Norman, University of Oklahoma Press [1956]  
     
Morris, John Wesley, Charles R. Goins, and Edwin C. McReynolds. Historical atlas of Oklahoma Norman, University of Oklahoma Press, [c1976]   2d ed., rev. and enl.
O'Brien, William M. A time of decision : Indian Territory in the 1st yr of Civil War, Aug, 1861- early 1862 Jenks, OK : The Author, 1997  softbound  
Shirk, George H. Oklahoma place names. Foreword by Muriel H. Wright.  Norman, University of Oklahoma Press [1974 ]  2nd ed.  Softbound
Thompson, Robert E. Sand Springs, Oklahoma : consolidated name and subject indexes to major genealogical and historical sources Vienna, Va. : Genealogical Research Associates, 1996.  Softbound
Todd, Joe. L., ed.  Oklahoma Historical Society Catalogue of oral histories : oral history program of the Oklahoma Historical Society. Oklahoma Historical Society, 1984
     
Vance, James Hope is the last thing to die : a survey of Oklahoma's Black churches  [Tulsa, Okla.] : Tulsa Junior College, [c1992].   Spiral bound

Biography of individuals and companies

Ironside, Roberta Louise. An adventure called Skelly; a history of Skelly Oil Company through fifty years, 1919-1969. New York, Appleton-Century-Crofts [1970]
Lee, Victoria. Movers and shakers : step into a place where dreams are realized Tulsa, Okla. : A Touch of Heart Publishers, c1997 
     
Peek, Chet with George Goodhead The Spartan story  Destin, FL : Aviation Heritage, c1994.
Wallis, Michael, 1945- Pretty boy : the life and times of Charles Arthur Floyd New York : St. Martin's Press, 1992  
Wallis, Michael, 1945- Beyond the hills : the journey of Waite Phillips Oklahoma City, Oklahoma : Oklahoma Heritage Association, c1995.
Hurley, Wilson, 1924- Wilson Hurley : a retrospective exhibition. Kansas City, MO : Published by the Lowell Press of Kansas City in association with the Albuquerque Museum and the Buffalo Bill Historical Center, c1985.

Tulsa buildings and groups

Philbrook Museum of Art

   
Philbrook Museum of Art. The Philbrook Museum of Art : a handbook to the collections Tulsa, Okla. : Philbrook Museum of Art, 1991.  
Yoch, James J., 1938- A guide to Villa Philbrook and its gardens Tulsa, Okla. : The Museum, 1991

Others

   
Harris, Jo Beth More than a building : first century of Boston Avenue United Methodist Church Tulsa, Okla. : Council Oak Pub. Co., 1993. 
Patton, Ann. Fifty years remembered : the first 50 years of the Tulsa District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers / [author, Ann Patton]. Tulsa, Okla. : Tulsa District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1989.  Softbound
     
Tulsa Boys' Home Tulsa Boys' Home : the first 75 years. Tulsa, Okla : Tulsa Boys' Home, c1993.  2 copies (one inscribed to Robert [Powers] by Gregg Conway.)
Williams, Jack A. and Laven Sowell Tulsa Opera chronicles / Jack A. Williams and Laven Sowell. [S.l. : s.n., c1992].

Tulsa race riot (1921)

Hower, Robert N. (Bob) 1921 Tulsa race riot and the American Red Cross, "Angels of Mercy" Tulsa, Okla. : Homestead Press, c1993   softbound
Franklin, John Hope and Scott Ellsworth, compilers and editors. The Tulsa Race Riot : a scientific, historical and legal analysis.  A report submitted to the Tulsa Race Riot Commission November 2000 Spiral bound.

Miscellaneous

University of Tulsa Kendallabrum [yearbook] 1923
Time-Life Books African Americans : voices of triumph. leadership / by the editors of Time-Life Books ; with a foreword by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Alexandria, Va. : Time-Life Books, c1993.
Duncan, Alastair, 1942- American art deco New York : Abrams, 1986  Softbound Inscribed to Barbara Mills.
 
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