It was announced this week that the Talbot Library and Museum won the Western Writers of America Book Display Contest for 2020 in the Museum Gift Shop category with our entry!
Teresa Allcorn and Donna Clark did such a great job creating the display using books written by members of the Western Writers of America.
Talbot's Walkingstick Research Library contains many books by past and present members of the Western Writers of America. Also used in the display are artifacts from the Talbot Museum.

PARK HILL – Learn more about your cultural heritage at the Cherokee Family Research Center’s genealogy workshop on March 21.

Led by an experienced, professional genealogist, the workshop will teach participants how to begin a genealogical research and provide resources available to assist them.

Educational sessions provide an in-depth look at the history of the Cherokee National Female and Male Seminaries, the U.S. Assimilation and Civilization policy’s effect on the Cherokee Nation and the 13 detachments on the Trail of Tears.

The workshop will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the Osiyo Training Room at 17676 S. Muskogee Ave., behind the Cherokee Nation Gift Shop. Participants will have a 45-minute break for lunch on their own.

The cost to attend is $50, and registration is limited to 50 people on a first-come, first-served basis. To reserve space or get information, call 918-456-6007, ext. 6162, or email gene-norris@cherokee.org.

TALBOT LIBRARY AND MUSEUM, COLCORD, OKLAHOMA, will be Book Vendors at this workshop, offering books for sale,from Talbot Bookstore, hope to see you there!

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 
Contact: Nicole Harvey
Grants Administrator, Oklahoma Historical Society
Office: 405-522-5202
nharvey@okhistory.org
www.okhistory.org/grants
 
Talbot Library and Museum Association Awarded Oklahoma Heritage Preservation Grant
 
OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Historical Society is proud to announce that the Talbot Library and Museum Association has been awarded a grant through the new Oklahoma Heritage Preservation Grant Program.
 
The Talbot Library and Museum Association has been awarded $900 to utilize a consultant to develop a strategic plan. The development of a comprehensive strategic plan is vital to the long-term success of any organization. A strategic plan will address the organization's mission statement, long-range planning and an action plan for accomplishing its goals.
 
"Talbot Library and Museum is so very grateful and honored to receive this grant from the Oklahoma Historical Society," said Keri Parker, vice chairman of the board. "We have a passion for both Oklahoma and Native American history, as well as researching genealogy for our many patrons. This grant will assist in setting new goals and strategies aimed at fulfilling our mission of preserving a 'bit of history.'''
 
A total of just over $410,000 in grant funds will be distributed, with projects ranging from collections care and exhibit development to strategic planning and educational programming. "We are very pleased with how well this first cycle of the Oklahoma Heritage Preservation Grant Program has gone," said Nicole Harvey, grants administrator. "Both the variety of projects and the number of applications submitted show that this program is not only necessary, but a game changer for the future of collecting, preserving and sharing Oklahoma history in local communities across the state."
 
The Oklahoma Heritage Preservation Grant Program is a grants-in-aid program offered by the Oklahoma Historical Society with a goal of encouraging the collection, preservation and sharing of Oklahoma history at the grassroots level in all parts of the state. Open to tribal and municipal governments and not-for-profit historical organizations located in Oklahoma and registered with the Oklahoma secretary of state, this grants program offers funding ranging from $1,000 to $20,000 for projects focused on collections, exhibits and programming. Applications for this annual program open in the fall and award announcements are made in January. For more information visit www.okhistory.org/grants.
 
The mission of the Oklahoma Historical Society is to collect, preserve and share the history and culture of the state of Oklahoma and its people. Founded in 1893 by members of the Territorial Press Association, the OHS maintains museums, historic sites and affiliates across the state. Through its research archives, exhibits, educational programs and publications the OHS chronicles the rich history of Oklahoma. For more information about the OHS, please visit www.okhistory.org.  

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Editor’s Note: Photographs to accompany the story can be acquired by contacting Nicole Harvey at nharvey@okhistory.org.

This is a new book by Clint Crowe and published in 2019. This book covers the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek and Seminole tribes during this difficult time of 1861-1965. These tribes joined and fought for the Union and the Confederacy while also fighting their own bloody civil war on lands surrounded by Kansas, Arkansas and Texas. The author has done extensive research about these struggles by the tribes, and their divisions internally.

For more information on the book and to order, click here.

This is Dr. Howell’s most recent book, published November 2019, concerning Northeastern Oklahoma/ Cherokee Nation. The book contains stories that have been compiled since the formation of the Grand River Historical Society in 2007. The purpose of the Society was to promote the history of the region. These random articles are an effort to acquaint the reader with daily struggle of families, and the founding of towns and communities in the area in the 19th century. Look at our Bookstore listings for previous books by Dr.Howell that are offered for sale. This book is paperback, 263 pages.

Order the book here!

Check out our two latest new books!  They can be ordered online or purchased at the Talbot Library and Museum in Colcord, Oklahoma.

RECORDS OF THE MORAVIANS AMONG THE CHEROKEES: VOLUME 9, 1830-1833, MARCH TO REMOVAL, PART 4, “THEY SHALL NOT BE FORSAKEN”
Edited by Richard W. Starbuck, Cherokee Heritage Press, 2019, publisher
   This is the newest Volume in the series, published  October, 2019.  Volume 9, begins in the time of August, 1830, as Georgia orders all white men in the Cherokee Nation to take an oath of allegiance to the state’s laws or leave the country. “This leads to a year of  upheaval, as Georgia Guards sweep the land of white laborers, artisans and especially as Br. Gottlieb Byhan reports, the “Yankee Missionaries” of the American Board in Boston“. This led to the jailing of missionary, Samuel Worcester. The Moravian mission station, Oochgeelogy, near New Echota is lost to “renters”. On New Year’s Day,1833,the Moravian mission of Springplace, is overrun by whites who have “won” it through Georgia’s land lottery in the Cherokee Nation. With this loss, the Moravian’s are forced to move to Tennessee. This book series uses original diaries, minutes, reports, correspondence in Moravian Archives in N.C. to provide a first-hand account of daily life among the Cherokees through the nineteenth century.  $40
You can get more info and purchase this book in our online store here.
( We also have the other 8 volumes available online here.)

WRECKED LIVES AND LOST SOULS, JOE LYNCH DAVIS AND THE LAST OF THE OKLAHOMA OUTLAWS
By Jerry Thompson.  Published October 2019, the author has done extensive research about his  grandfather, Joe Lynch Davis, who was a Cherokee cowboy, a resident of Indian Territory /Oklahoma in the early 1900’s.  The book “uncovers the lawless life and times of a man at the center of systematic cattle rustling, feuding, gun battles, a bloody range war, bank robberies and train heists“. Davis was born in 1891 and grew up on the family ranch near the community of Porum. Thus, his involvement in the decade-long Porum Range War. A fascinating chapter in the history of early Oklahoma.. Jerry Thompson is Regents Professor of History at Texas A&M University.  328 pages,including index, and 22 illustrations,1 chart, 5 maps. Paperback.  $24.95
You can get more info and purchase this book in our online store here.

We have added a great new book to our store.  You can order online or at the Talbot Library and Museum in Colcord, OK!

American Indians of Oklahoma
Published in 2017 by the National Genealogical Society, as a part of their Research in the States Series, this booklet is a very informative research guide for anyone researching Indian tribes in Oklahoma. It contains a documented history of Indian Territory, and Oklahoma, Indian tribe removals, and basis for various Tribal Rolls and resources. Also includes where these resources are archived and available for research. Kathy Huber has been the genealogy librarian for the Tulsa City County Library for twenty-five years, where she manages the Genealogy Center, she teaches genealogy classes and is a noted speaker on genealogy research. Order here.

We have added two new great books to our store.  You can order online or at the Talbot Library and Museum in Colcord, OK!

Elias Boudinot - Cherokee & His America - By Ralph Henry Gabriel
This book was originally published in 1941 by University of Oklahoma Press. It is recently reprinted, and is the history and story of Elias Boudinot. He was a formative part of Cherokee history, educated by Moravian missionaries in Georgia, and at the Foreign Mission School in Cornwall, CT.  Order here.

Oklahoma's Atticus: An Innocent Man And The Lawyer Who Fought For Him - by Hunter Howe Cates
This newly released hardback book is a fascinating telling of the true story of Buster Youngwolfe, a young Cherokee man arrested for the murder of an 11 year old girl in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1953.  Public Defender and Creek Indian, Elliott Howe, the author’s grandfather, was appointed to represent the young man. Both men were born poor Native Americans. They faced the powerful county attorney’s office, as well as the power of the media, and public opinion in this battle. It is both a true-crime mystery and a legal thriller.  Order here.