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Talbot Library
& Museum

Preserving A Bit of History!

The Talbot Library and Museum in Colcord, Oklahoma, specializing in Native American, Oklahoma, and Cherokee history

Welcome to the Talbot Library & Museum! 

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The Talbot Library and Museum in Colcord, Delaware County, Oklahoma was established by Virgil and Avis Talbot in 1987. 

We are a free museum and library available for historical and genealogical research of Native American history and the areas of Northeast Oklahoma, Northwest Arkansas, and Cherokee Territory. 

Our facilities include a multi-building museum and we are organized to own, possess, and operate the
Talbot Library and Museum for the use and benefit of the community, its citizens, and all others who are interested for educational, genealogical, and historical purposes.

The Library and Museum operates solely on donations, fundraising, and sales of our book store & gift shop items. 

OUR 2024 ANNUAL DONOR FUND CAMPAIGN HAS BEGUN!

Dear Friends of Talbot Library & Museum:

 

Like our motto, “Preserving a Bit of History”, it has always been the mission of Talbot Library and Museum to preserve history.

 

The Talbot Library and Museum is located on a two-acre property in Colcord, Delaware County, Oklahoma.  Our facility is part Museum and part Research Library. Our property includes several building venues including the Springtown Schoolhouse, Library, Bookstore,

Adair Building & more. 

(Click to learn more about Our Library and Museum and our Mission)

We are an independent non-profit, (501-C3) organization that does not receive government funding.  We charge no admission to visit and utilize our facility and research materials.   

Visitors, School Groups, and Researchers are always welcome.

***We operate on donor contributions and book sales.***

 

We respectfully ask if you would consider an end-of-year gift contribution, a charitable bequest, or a memorial to Talbot Library and Museum so that we may continue to "preserve a bit of history"!

 

You can donate by clicking the button below

Payment may be made via Paypal, Credit or Debit card.

  

 

Donations of $35.00 or more will receive a one-year, two issue subscription to the “T.L. & M. Genealogy” publication. Beginning 2025, the publication will be available in EMAIL format or PRINT format.

Please let us know your preference on the donation page.

 

THANK YOU --- WE ARE SINCERELY GRATEFUL

FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT!

Subscribers: 

TL&M Magazine 2024

Issue #2

will be mailed out SOON!

(TL&M subscriptions and back issues available at links!)

At Talbot Library & Museum,
the Search for History Never Ends....

"Through history we can extend ourselves beyond the brief span of time allotted to us.  History must be recorded.....Unwritten history may be lost forever and leave a blank space in the Chronicles of Time.   So if what appears to be fact today, proves false tomorrow, correct it and move on. 

Errors can be corrected, lost history cannot. 
The search for history never ends....."

--Excerpt from the "Introduction" to the book A Bit of History by Virgil Talbot, founder of Talbot Library & Museum

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Post Office Saddle Mail Pouch - early 1900s 

from Row & Colcord, Oklahoma Post Offices

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Help us "preserve a bit of history"!

**Donations of $35.00 or more will receive a one-year, two issue subscription to "T. L. & M. Genealogy Magazine" publication.   You may choose Email/Digital or Print in the form below.

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