OKState Univ. Public History

05/23/2024

05/01/2024

Their coach said to keep quiet and play as spectators for the other team yelled racial slurs at the Washington Bears basketball team in 1956. That didn't change when the Washington High School team kept winning on the road to the title.

04/26/2024

OSU History Friends – You have until Friday at midnight to donate to the Petrin Fund to help OSU History students do research and attend conferences. Please consider a donation to help the next generation of History students enhance their skills so they can be recognized at future Phi Alpha Theta banquets like the wonderful event we had last night.

https://philanthropete.osugiving.com/project/41858

04/02/2024

Helping OSU History students conduct research and attend professional conferences.

03/08/2024

Laura Arata has a passion for restoring the Booker T. Washington School at 619 West 12th Avenue, and she’s passing that zeal on to her students at Oklahoma State University.

03/08/2024

Today’s guest is the amazing teacher, Civil War historian, and former Gettysburg battlefield guide Dr. Jennnifer Murray. Jennifer is a teaching associate professor of history at Oklahoma State University and was formerly an assistant professor of history at the University of Virginia at Wise and s...

02/21/2024

The long read: Advances in fields such as spectrometry and gene sequencing are unleashing torrents of new data about the ancient world – and could offer answers to questions we never even knew to ask

01/19/2024

Oklahoma State University Department of History professor Dr. Jennifer Murray has been named a historical advisor for the “Encountering John Brown” project at the Honey Springs Battlefield in Checotah, Oklahoma, which was the site of the largest Civil War battle in the state.

12/13/2023

Most people assume Native American ledger art was limited to the North American Great Plains. Known for their colorful and realistic depiction of