Matthew Dougherty: Helmerich Center for American Research Fellow
Meet Matthew Dougherty, Ph.D., one of our Helmerich Center for American Research short-term fellows, who was here conducting research over the summer for his work dealing with religion in American expansion. With a recommendation from a Cherokee history professor, hear what he learned and how resources like the John Ross Papers at the Helmerich Center …
Cristina Gonzalez: Helmerich Center for American Research Fellow
Meet Cristina Gonzalez, Ph.D., an associate professor of art history at Oklahoma State University. As a Helmerich Center for American Research travel-grant recipient, she spent time here this summer conducting research for her first book concerning Francisican images and their use in converting Indigenous populations in the 16th century through the 19th century. A frequent …
Gilcrease Museum Receives $890,000 Henry Luce Foundation Grant to Study Native American and Moran Art
Native News Online Gilcrease Museum today announced it has been named a recipient of a three-year grant from the Henry Luce Foundation totaling $890,000. This award from the foundation’s American Art Program will result in focused research, conservation treatments and digital curation of two large Gilcrease collections ultimately providing enhanced knowledge and access to more …
Morgan Brittain: Helmerich Center for American Research Fellow
If you think you’re a fan of Charles M. Russell, wait until you meet Morgan Brittain, our Helmerich Center for American Research Charles M. Russell Short-Term Fellow. As a member of our inaugural program, he joined us this summer to explore the portrayal of boats by Russell and how they represent the rapid adaptation of …
Michelle Martin: Helmerich Center for American Research Fellow
Meet Michelle Martin, a member of our inaugural class of Helmerich Center for American Research short-term fellows. A post-doctoral candidate in the history department at the University of New Mexico, she worked on her project “Dark Taboo: Kate and Douglas Bemo, Interracial Marriage, and the Power in the Indian Territory, 1870-1898” while in residence this …
Gilcrease Museum receives $890,000 Henry Luce Foundation grant to study Moran and Native American art
Gilcrease Museum has been named a recipient of a three-year grant from the Henry Luce Foundation totaling $890,000. This award from the foundation’s American Art Program will result in focused research, conservation treatments and digital curation of two large Gilcrease collections ultimately providing enhanced knowledge and access to more than 3,800 objects. Specifically, the grant …
Rarely seen Thomas Moran, Native American art to be displayed thanks to $890,000 grant to Gilcrease
Tulsa World James Watts Two rarely seen collections at Gilcrease Museum may soon yield all their secrets, thanks to a $890,000 grant from the Henry Luce Foundation. The grant, from the foundation’s American Art Program, will help Gilcrease Museum in researching, conserving and digitizing two extensive groups of works on paper that, because of their …
2 Works for You takes a unique look at how the Gilcrease Museum preserves art and documents
KJRH – 2 News Works for You TULSA, Okla. — More than 6,400 people visited the Gilcrease Museum in six days to see one document – a handwritten copy of the Declaration of Independence. That’s three times more than the average visits the museum had last year during the same time frame. What visitors don’t see is …
Hand-Written Copy Of Declaration Of Independence Held In Tulsa’s Gilcrease Museum
News on 6 Sawyer Buccy Just in time for your Independence Day celebrations, the only known surviving hand-written copy of the Declaration of Independence will be on display right here in Tulsa. The Gilcrease Museum is just days away from opening the Celebrating American Independence: The Declaration of Independence. It has been years since the …
Inside the Bob Dylan Archive — And Why It’s In Oklahoma
Billboard Rob LeDonne Perhaps it’s appropriate that the Bob Dylan Archive Collection, a treasure trove of over 100,000 items related to the icon, is located in Tulsa, Oklahoma. After all, this is a city located in the midst of the menacing tornado alley — and just in time for Dylan’s 78th birthday last week, Mother Nature …