Hi All: Since a number of old families went out to Indian Territory, I wanted to list the below for anyone searching in that area, now Oklahoma. A number of my old family did the WPA interviews in the 1930s and they are super interesting. The names are shown of each person who was interviewed. If it's in red you can click on it and read the interview. If you find relatives on the extensive list, you may send for copies of the papers. Happy Hunting! Sandi :) http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgenweb/pioneer/pioneer.htm INDIAN PIONEER PAPERS [IPP] aka INDIAN PIONEER HISTORY [IPH] These interviews deal with people of all nationalities with first-hand experience of Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory, not just the Indian population. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ There are only two complete bound sets of originals.  * Western History Collections at the University of Oklahoma * Archives and Manuscripts Division, Oklahoma Historical Society Copies cannot be made from these one-of-a-kind books, but may be made from the microform.  The OHS index is more comprehensive... listing localities, events, customs, places, people, etc. and makes the OHS set the most valuable. The best place to view the volumes and to consult the [card file] index is at OHS.  The bound set at the Archives consists of 112 volumes. There is no volume 111. There are over 55,000 pages in this set and over 85,000 index cards, many with several entries. These interviews include quite a bit of genealogical information. The set and index have been microfilmed by the Archives and can be purchased. The Friends of the OHS Archives are currently considering the possibility of putting this collection on CD in the not too distant future.  OKLAHOMA HISTORICAL SOCIETY - Roll/Volume Index The bound set at OU has been put on microfiche. It is available for purchase from Norman Ross Publishing, NY. Per the librarian in the Western History Collections - they have a card catalog of the index on site at the University of Oklahoma, Western History Library.[10-98]  University of Oklahoma (OU) and the Oklahoma Historical Society (OHS), Archives and Manuscripts Division indices are different because they were done separately after the volumes were bound. Both sets have card indices, but since they were bound differently, you can't use the index at OU for the set at the OHS Archives or vice versa.   Other facilities with microform copies of the Indian Pioneer Papers   Above information provided directly and indirectly by Sharron Ashton, Gay Wall, Jerri Chasteen, Mary Jane Warde, Wally Waits, John Berry, and others... The following index was complied from a microfiche index of "Indian Pioneer Papers Project, part of the Western History Collection, University of Oklahoma" ordered from the Family History Center (FHC) * . The number of the microfiche is shown for each volume which can be ordered through the Mormon Family History Library (FHL) for .15 cents per microfiche for indefinite use at the library in your area. Index transcribed by Gay Wall - t31892@nidlink.com - 1998-1999