Arrell Gibson

Arrell Morgan Gibson was a historian and author specializing in the history of the state of Oklahoma. He was born in Pleasanton, KS on December 1, 1921. He earned degrees from Missouri Southern State College and the University of Oklahoma. He is best known for writing Oklahoma: A History of Five Centuries (University of Oklahoma Press 1965, 1981) and The Oklahoma Story (University of Oklahoma Press 1978). He died in Norman, OK on November 30, 1987.[1] There have been two literary awards created in Gibson's honor. The Oklahoma Center For The Book grants its Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award annually to an Oklahoman for a body of literary work.[2] The Indian Territory Posse of Westerners International awards a $500 cash prize annually to the year's best essay on the history of Native Americans.[3]

Academic career

Honors

Books

References

  1. Arrell Gibson, Who Was He? at the Oklahoma Center for the Book
  2. Past Winners
  3. Gibson Award Requirements Archived May 9, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. at the Western History Association
  4. Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture Archived July 29, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. at OSU
  5. Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture
  6. Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture
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