The Oklahoman Archives offers endless possibilities for research and fun
Saturday marks the 100th anniversary of the Titanic vs. iceberg showdown that ended with the loss of 1,514 lives.
The Oklahoman, of course, covered the event. Here’s the newspaper front page from The Daily Oklahoman on April 16, 1912.
I’m always fascinated by looking at old images of our newspapers. I’ve even written about that fascination on these pages, like this segment from Aug. 11, 2011:
I received this question from a NewsOK user this week: “I’m looking for an article … that was printed in 1969. Do you know if the online paid subscription archive would go back that far. Thank you for your time.” My answer: “I would recommend using our archives for The Oklahoman. We should have everything you are looking for dating back to 1901. The link is available on the NewsOK home page sub-navigation.”The Oklahoman’s archives are a real treasure that are sometimes overlooked. Just for fun, I did a quick search for Bennie Owen (I wanted to be sure I could find some I ended up with a long list of stories. After all, Bennie Owen is a legendary football coach at OU and the namesake of the field at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. Here is just one item I found – a notes column from Charles J. Brill that included a passionate plea to make Owen the athletic director at the school. I love reading old columns from our archives. You’d enjoy it, too.
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