Attention:
The Ralph Ellison Library at 2000 NE 23rd St is closed for upgrades beginning April 16. We anticipate reopening on May 6.
MARATHON CLOSURE
The Ronald J. Norick Downtown Library will be closed on Saturday, 4/26/25, due to the Memorial Marathon.
Archive
Oral History: Virginia Ferguson
Virginia Ferguson talks about her life growing up in an orphanage in Pryor, Oklahoma.
Oral History: Melvin Tolson
Dr. Melvin B. Tolson Jr. talks about growing up in east Texas and about his career teaching at the University of Oklahoma.
Oral History: Bill Clymer
Bill Clymer talks about his life, being adopted, witnessing a lynching as a child, his time in the Air Force, and his poetry.
Oral History: Veronica Collins
Veronica Collins talks about her family and her life being adopted, attending Catholic School, working as a model and more.
Animals—Cats
A description of the contents in a folder from the Metrolibrary Special Collections Vertical File.