MGPs History

I'm currently working on a General Operating Statement for the Museum which has given me reason to investigate more thoroughly, the Museum's origins. I thought I'd share this interesting excerpt from a Great Plains Journal. (This was written shortly after MGP opened in 1961.)


"RESEARCH CENTER: MUSEUM OF THE GREAT PLAINS
Great Plains Journal - published in Lawton, Oklahoma by the Great Plains Historical Association
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A.M. Gibson, Head, Manuscripts Division, University of Oklahoma.

The Great Plains as a socio-economic region is coming of age. Evidence of this emerging maturity is becoming increasingly apparent - a notable example being the very concept of the Museum of the Great Plains and its stated objectives. Finally a synthesis of regional culture will be provided where before there has been a curious and misleading dissection. At long last through the Museum of the Great Plains there will be a vehicle to explain this land, its history and people."