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July 2024
“The Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) Program at the NPS” webinar, presented by Catherine Lavoie
On Thursday, July 11, at noon, the State Historic Preservation Office will host a free webinar with Catherine Lavoie, chief of the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) with the National Park Service (NPS). She will discuss the program, how and why it was started, its mission, and its value, with a focus on HABS’s work in Oklahoma. HABS was established in 1933 as a unique public-private partnership between NPS, the Library of Congress (LOC), and the American Institute of Architects…
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Lunch and Learn: “Collections in the Edmon Low Library Maps and Spatial Data Division” webinar with Kevin Dyke
On Thursday, August 8, at noon, the State Historic Preservation Office will hold a free webinar in its “Lunch and Learn” series about the collections in the Edmon Low Library Maps and Spatial Data Division with the library’s maps and spatial curator, Kevin Dyke. He will discuss the collections and provide guidance about accessing these materials. Register for the webinar. Kevin Dyke is an associate professor and the maps and spatial data curator at Edmon Low Library. The Edmon Low…
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Lunch and Learn: “Archaeological Investigations at Tipi Ring Sites in Cimarron County” webinar
On Wednesday, September 18, at noon (Central Time), the State Historic Preservation Office will hold a free webinar in its Lunch and Learn Series about the “Archaeological Investigations at Tipi Ring Sites in Cimarron County.” Register for the webinar. Brandi Bethke, laboratory director for the Oklahoma Archaeological Survey, will be the featured presenter. Kristina Wyckoff, the State Preservation Office's historical archeaologist, will help to facilitate the webinar.
Find out more »Calabooses in Oklahoma with Michael Mayes webinar
Have you ever wondered what those little buildings in town were for? Many of them were calabooses, or tiny jails, and housed the town’s tipsy, disorderly, and dangerous. Join Michael Mayes, SHPO’s survey coordinator, for a look at Oklahoma’s calabooses and learn more about how early Oklahomans were tough on crime, the integrity of resources, the National Register of Historic Places and its evaluation criteria, and more. Agenda Calabooses in Oklahoma Historic Integrity The NRHP and its criteria Data Entry…
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