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The University of Oklahoma (OU) is a public research university in Norman, Oklahoma, United States. Founded in 1890, it had existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory for 17 years before the two territories became the state of Oklahoma.
This list of presidents of the University of Oklahoma includes all fifteen individuals who have served as the president of the University of Oklahoma since the institution was founded in 1890. The University of Oklahoma is a public university , created and supported by the state of Oklahoma , and it is a designated research university .
When Chicago was founded in 1837, ... In the late-1920s, sociologists at the University of Chicago subdivided the city into 77 distinct community areas, ...
Northwestern Oklahoma State University: Alva: Public Masters University: 1,852 1909 Oklahoma Panhandle State University: Goodwell: Public Masters University: 1,242 1890 Oklahoma State University: Stillwater: Public Research University 25,372 1890 Oklahoma State University: Tulsa: Public Research University (included with main campus) 1999
1892 – University of Oklahoma opens. [4] 1893 – Griffin Memorial Hospital established. [2] 1895 – Central State Hospital established. 1899 – University's Natural History Museum established. [5] 1900 – University's School of Geology founded. [4]
The University of Central Oklahoma was founded on December 24, 1890, when the Territorial Legislature voted to establish the Territorial Normal School, [5] making UCO the second oldest public institution in Oklahoma, the first being the University of Oklahoma, established December 19, 1890. Classes were first held in November 1891.
Founded in 1930, the library is known for its collection of Native American works and the original works of Irish author James Joyce. [171] The Tulsa City-County Library and the University of Tulsa's Law Library are also federal depository libraries, making Tulsa the only city in Oklahoma with more than two federal depository libraries. [172]
Flag of Oklahoma. The history of Oklahoma refers to the history of the state of Oklahoma and the land that the state now occupies. Areas of Oklahoma east of its panhandle were acquired in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, while the Panhandle was not acquired until the U.S. land acquisitions following the Mexican–American War (1846–1848).