The Archivist, Mary Phillips, is a born, raised and die-hard Oklahoman, living most of her life in the metro Oklahoma City area.

A love of history and travel was ingrained in her at an early age, having a father who saved vacation time so that the family could take
six-week trips in the summer.

Forty-eight states, Canada and the border towns of Mexico are all geographic areas she has visited, and if there was something historic to be seen or learned from, chances are she's been there and done that.

Oklahoma history has always been a special passion of Mary's.

Her paternal grandmother arrived in Oklahoma Territory by train shortly after the April land run, her paternal grandfather was a carpenter and helped build Guthrie, and her maternal grandfather worked in the early day oilfields near Pawhuska.

Join Mary as she travels through the pages of The Oklahoman, taking a new look at yesterday's stories.

Other interests include her two cats, showing alpacas and reading the latest "Mrs. Murphy" book.