ENID, OK - One of the most popular features of Enid Buzz is the posting of old photographs and stories of Enid's past. We've been sent dozens of photographs over the years and will be trying to put stories and history behind all of them. A new collection of very well known photos around Enid has now been uploaded online.
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The Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center is proud to announce that its William Edson Photograph Collection is now completely accessible to the public online. Thanks to the efforts of the archivists at the Oklahoma Historical Society in cooperation with the University of North Texas, the photos can now be accessed through the Oklahoma Historical Society’s Open Source Database for Newspapers and Photographs, “The Gateway to Oklahoma History.” The digital archive will grow as more material is added.
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The Edson Collection is the first Collection outside the Historical Society in Oklahoma City to be added to this extensive digital archive, now available to students, historians, and enthusiasts alike. The Gateway averages over 600,000 users per year, and has seen over 2.8 million users since it came online in 2012. “A lot of new eyes will be seeing the Heritage Center’s photograph collections for the first time,” said archivist, Aaron Preston.
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The Edson collection contains nearly 400 images depicting Enid and the surrounding community, and was chosen to be the first collection from the Heritage Center’s archive made accessible due to frequent patron research requests. In the coming months, the Dick McConkay Photograph Collection, featuring another 333 images will join the William Edson collection online. The McConkay collection features some of the earliest images of northwest Oklahoma contained in the Heritage Center’s archive.
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The Heritage Center is open Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and is located at 507 S. 4th Street in Enid, Okla. Admission for adults is $6 and $3 for children. Those five years and under are free. For more information about CSRHC programs, please call 580-237-1907 or visit www.csrhc.org.
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Historic Photos Accessible Online
Do you have any idea what happened to the photos for Marquise Studio of Enid? Where they possibly archived, hopefully online?
Especially looking for senior class photos for schools in Harmon County.