Beryl Ford Collection
Given to the Public

75,000-100,000 digitized
images to be available on
Tulsa City-County
Library's website

(TULSA, Okla.,  Jan. 4, 2006) – The Rotary Club of Tulsa has teamed with the Tulsa Historical Society and Tulsa City-County Library to expedite public access to the renowned Beryl Ford Collection.

Thousands of vintage photographs collected by Tulsa historian Beryl Ford have been scanned since the collection was acquired last year by the Rotary Club of Tulsa. 

With this new partnership, the library will use additional resources to digitize and catalog the rest of the collection.  As progress continues, the public can access the archives on the library's website, www.tulsalibrary.org

For its part, the Tulsa Historical Society will manage, preserve and display the collection and will become the new owner of the vast majority of the archives.

A few items of unique appeal to organizations like Gilcrease, Philbrook and the Tulsa Air & Space Museum, will be donated to them. 

The archives will be permanently called the Beryl Ford Collection/Rotary Club of Tulsa. 

The plan has been designated Rotary's official Oklahoma Centennial Project.

How We Acquired
This Collection

CLICK HERE to read about how The Rotary Club of Tulsa acquired this huge collection.

To join this effort, CLICK HERE to download the contribution form.

Online access to the massive collection coming soon.

As its official Oklahoma Centennial Project, Rotary has teamed with the Tulsa City-County Library and the Tulsa Historical Society to more quickly give the public access to the mammoth collection. CLICK for story
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