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In 1936, the [Oklahoma Historical] society teamed with the history department at the University of Oklahoma to get a Works Progress Administration (WPA) writers' project grant for an interview program. The project employed more than 100 writers scattered across the state, with headquarters in Muskogee, where Grant Foreman served as project director. Asked to "call upon early settlers and (record) the story of the migration to Oklahoma and their early life here" the writers conducted more than 11,000 interviews, edited the accounts into written form, and sent them to the project director who completed the editorial process and had them typed into more than 45,000 pages. When assembled, the Indian-Pioneer Papers consisted of 112 volumes, with one set at the university, the other at the society. There are only two complete bound sets of originals. [Blackburn, Bob L. "Battle Cry for History: The First Century of the Oklahoma Historical Society." n.d. Oklahoma Historical Society. 5 Oct. 1998.] See Oklahoma Historical Society Manuscript Archives
This index, transcribed by Gay Wall (1998-1999), was complied from a microfiche index of "Indian Pioneer Papers Project, part of the Western History Collection, University of Oklahoma" ordered from the Family History Center (FHC). The number of the microfiche is shown for each volume and can be ordered through the Family History Library (FHL) for use at the library in your area.
We owe many many thanks to Gay Wall for her dedication to this Project.
Thank you to the many transcribers who tirelessly submitted Indian Pioneer Interviews:
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