Oklahoma § 53-1.3 - Duties

§ 53-1.3. Duties

It shall be the duty of the Oklahoma Historical Society to:

1. Collect, purchase, catalog, store, preserve, conserve and

maintain books, maps, photographs, newspapers, records, reports,

manuscripts, charts, paintings, three-dimensional artifacts and

other materials germane to the history of Oklahoma, the Indian and

the West;

2. Gather and utilize collected materials to create

interpretive exhibits illustrative of the history of Oklahoma, the

United States and the world in the Oklahoma Museum of History and at

other assigned museums and historic sites;

3. Prepare and publish materials relative to the history of the

State of Oklahoma. Such materials may be offered for sale to the

public at museums and historic sites operated by the Society;

4. Prepare and publish matters relating to the Society's

transactions and research as may be useful to its membership and the

public. Such publications shall include an annual report of its

collections;

5. Develop an oral history program for the State of Oklahoma

designed to promote the preservation and utilization of oral history

within the state concerning significant elements of the social,

political, economic, cultural, educational, ethnic and military

history of the geographical area now known as the State of Oklahoma;

transcribe, index, catalog and maintain the results of these

interviews to make them readily available to the public and

historical researchers;

6. Develop an educational program for the purpose of making

available to schools and the public information pertaining to the

history of Oklahoma through the utilization of collections and

properties held by the Society. Reasonable charges may be made for

the dissemination of any such facts or information; and

7. Work with the Oklahoma Capitol Complex and Centennial

Commemoration Commission to prepare a master report for the Governor

and Legislature on promotion, enhancement and preservation of the

military history of Oklahoma.

Added by Laws 1988, c. 217, § 5, emerg. eff. June 21, 1988. Amended

by Laws 1991, c. 253, § 4, operative July 1, 1991; Laws 2000, c.

111, § 1, eff. July 1, 2000; Laws 2003, c. 289, § 1, eff. Nov. 1,

2003.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 53. Oklahoma Historical Societies and Associations