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Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame

Since 1993 the Oklahoma Historical Society has honored individuals based on their contributions to the preservation, collection, interpretation, and dissemination of Oklahoma history. Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame members are inducted annually.

Below is a list of members of the Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame. You can learn more about members of the Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame in The Chronicles of Oklahoma, the quarterly publication of the OHS, which is distributed to all OHS members.

Name Year Inducted Biography in The Chronicles of Oklahoma
Donna Nigh 2023 Spring 2023
George Nigh 2023 Spring 2023
William D. Welge 2023 Spring 2023
Bob L. Blackburn 2022 Spring 2022
Davis Joyce 2022 Spring 2022
Yvonne Kauger 2022 Spring 2022
Theda Perdue 2022 Spring 2022
Bruce Fisher 2021 Fall 2021
Jack Frank 2021 Fall 2021
Cassandra Gaines 2020 Fall 2021
Melvena Heisch 2020 Fall 2021
Gaston Litton 2020 Fall 2021
Steve Ripley 2020 Fall 2021
Dianna Everett 2019 Spring 2019
Helen Holmes 2019 Spring 2019
Emmy Scott Stidham 2019 Spring 2019
Mary Jo Watson 2019 Spring 2019
Henrietta Mann 2018 Summer 2018
Bill Moore 2018 Summer 2018
Sandra Stratton 2018 Fall 2018
Nudie Williams 2018 Fall 2018
Clyde Ellis 2017 Summer 2017
John Erling 2017 Summer 2017
Paul Lambert 2017 Summer 2017
John Carmichael 2017 Summer 2017
L. V. and Pat Baker 2016 Spring 2016
Steven K. Gragert 2016 Spring 2016
Mike Larsen 2016 Spring 2016
Arthur L. Tolson 2016 Spring 2016
Sally Bourne Ferrell 2015 Spring 2015
Jimmie Lewis Franklin 2015 Spring 2015
Edwin C. McReynolds 2015 Spring 2015
John Wooley 2015 Spring 2015
Kenny Brown 2014 Spring 2014
Loretta Y. Jackson 2014 Spring 2014
Linda W. Reese 2014 Summer 2014
Mary Jane Warde 2014 Summer 2014
Bill Anoatubby 2013 Spring 2013
William Corbett 2013 Spring 2013
Eddie Faye Gates 2013 Summer 2013
Max J. Nichols 2013 Summer 2013
David Dary 2012 Spring 2012
Kenny A. Franks 2012 Spring 2012
Richard Lowitt 2012 Summer 2012
Rennard Strickland 2012 Summer 2012
Jim Argo 2011 Spring 2011
Sandie Olson 2011 Spring 2011
Juanita Keel Tate 2011 Spring 2011
Alvin O. Turner 2011 Spring 2011
Currie Ballard 2010 Summer 2010
Bob Burke 2010 Summer 2010
Thomas P. Stafford 2010 Summer 2010
Lewis Stiles 2010 Summer 2010
Donald E. Green 2009 Spring 2009
Marvin E. Kroeker 2009 Spring 2009
Michael Wallis 2009 Summer 2009
Quintus and Mary Herron 2009 Summer 2009
Odie B. Faulk 2008 Spring 2008
Danney G. Goble 2008 Spring 2008
Lawrence Hart 2008 Summer 2008
Robert “Bob” Klemme 2008 Summer 2008
W. David Baird 2007 Spring 2007
Guy W. Logsdon 2007 Spring 2007
Martin Hagerstrand 2007 Summer 2007
Pendleton Woods 2007 Summer 2007
Denzil D. Garrison 2006 Summer 2006
Joe C. Jackson 2006 Summer 2006
Robert “Bob” F. Read, Sr. 2006 Summer 2006
Alice Tyner Timmons 2006 Summer 2006
William G. McLoughlin 2005 Spring 2005
Virgil Talbot 2005 Summer 2005
Reba Neighbors Collins 2005 Fall 2005
Gary Moulton 2005 Winter 2005–2006
Robert L. Williams 2004 Summer 2004
Alice Lee Marriott 2004 Fall 2004
Howard L. Meredith 2004 Spring 2005
Louis F. Burns 2004 Spring 2003
Preston George 2003 Summer 2003
Martha Royce Blaine 2003 Fall 2003
William T. Hagan 2003 Winter 2003–2004
Jack D. Haley 2003 Spring 2004
Annie Heloise Abel 2002 Summer 2002
George H. Shirk 2002 Fall 2002
John Womack 2002 Winter 2002–2003
Louis F. Burns 2002 Spring 2003
Carolyn Thomas Foreman 2001 Summer 2001
Louis H. Coleman 2001 Fall 2001
Daniel F. Littlefield Jr. 2001 Winter 2001–2002
Charles Banks Wilson 2001 Spring 2002
Carl Coke Rister 2000 Summer 2000
Wilbur S. Nye 2000 Fall 2000
Mildred Imach Cleghorn 2000 Winter 2000–2001
Glenn Shirley 2000 Spring 2001
Rella Watts Looney 1999 Summer 1999
Savoie Lottinville 1999 Fall 1999
Parker McKenzie 1999 Winter 1999–2000
Donald J. Berthong 1999 Spring 2000
Thomas Lee Ballenger 1998 Summer 1998
John W. Morris 1998 Fall 1998
Kent Ruth 1998 Winter 1998–1999
Norman L. Crockett 1998 Spring 1999
Emmet Starr 1997 Summer 1997
William Brown Morrison 1997 Fall 1997
Morris L. Wardell 1997 Winter 1997–1998
Stan Hoig 1997 Spring 1998
John Hope Franklin 1996 Summer 1996
John Joseph Mathews 1996 Fall 1996
Emma Estill-Harbour 1996 Winter 1996–1997
C. W. "Dub" West 1996 Spring 1997
Arrell Morgan Gibson 1995 Summer 1995
Anna Lewis 1995 Fall 1995
LeRoy H. Fischer 1995 Spring 1996
Walter S. Campbell (Stanley Vestal) 1995 Fall 1995
William Parker Campbell 1994 Summer 1994
Edward Everett Dale 1994 Fall 1994
Angie Debo 1994 Winter 1994–1995
Robert E. Bell 1994 Spring 1995
Joseph B. Thoburn 1993 Summer 1993
Grant Foreman 1993 Fall 1993
Muriel H. Wright 1993 Winter 1993–1994
Berlin B. Chapman 1993 Spring 1994