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The records below are available for research by appointment

Inventory
This record group consists of Abstracts of Title for parcels of land purchased for the Elm Creek Reservoir, Lake Atoka Reservoir, and Lake Draper. Records in this group are arranged in an imposed numeric order. The abstracts are not filed chronologically; the dates assigned to each box indicate the most recent date for the first and last abstract in each box. Abstracts may include a corresponding deed number, City Council memorandum, or other supporting information.
Inventory
This record group is a portion of minutes and agendas of public bodies. Boards, Commissions, Committee, and Trusts represented in this record group are the Board of Adjustment, Board of Appeals, Bond Issue Executive Committee, Building Code Commission, Citizens Financial Study Committee, Community Relations Commission, Central Oklahoma Transportation and Parking Authority (COTPA), Downtown Planning, Game and Fish Commission, Historical Preservation Commission, License Review Board, Oklahoma City Airport Trust (OCAT), Oklahoma City Municipal Facilities Authority (OCMFA) and its' successor Oklahoma City Municipal Improvement Authority (OCMIA), Oklahoma City Park Trust, Oklahoma City Public Property Authority (OCPPA), Oklahoma City Golf Commission, Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust (OCWUT), Park Commission, and the Planning Commission.
Inventory
The Oklahoma City Bond Fund record group consists of documents generated by the propositions, elections and projects of approved bond fund monies between 1945 – 1979. The bulk of the records include resolutions, ordinances, bids, project specifications and plans, contracts and payment authorizations. Engineering reports, correspondence, bond transfers, The City of Oklahoma City Council memos and agendas are part of the supplemental documentation related to bond projects and expenditures.
Inventory
Council Proceedings record group from 1965 through 1990 contain The City of Oklahoma City Council agendas, summaries, publications, bid tabulations lists and recorded project bids. The document prepared before the meeting, showing all items to be considered was historically called the Final Docket, and is known in later years as the Formal Agenda. The document prepared after the meeting that shows a record of actions taken or documents adopted is the Summary. The format of the summary varies. In 1965 summaries are typewritten memos to the City Manager from City Council and include a synopsis of actions taken or stricken. There are no vote counts for individual officials or items. The handwritten notes of the Office of City Clerk include document numbers for Plans and Specifications, Contracts, Resolutions, and Easements, among others. There are no Publication or Bid tabulation lists from 1971 – 1990 or Agendas from 1967 in the record group. Proceedings run 1965-1976.

Inventory
The Election Files Record Group contains The City of Oklahoma City official election records between 1908 through 2004. Election types include: Primary and General Mayoral, City Council, Charter Amendments, Bond Fund, Sales Tax and Franchise elections. Types of documents contained in the folders are official election results, ordinances, resolutions, proclamations, affidavits, ballots and ephemera. Not represented in this collection are the years 1951 – 1960.
The Metropolitan Area Projects (MAPS) approved by voters as a one cent sales tax program that constructed nine projects between 1995 - 2004. The records of the MAPS projects include the agendas and minutes of the MAPS Citizens Oversight Board, master plans and annual reports of progress and finances. Project files detailing approved and amended construction plans and funding sources tell the whole story of each of these projects from conception to completion.
Inventory
The Miscellaneous Council Actions record group is a collection of records culled together by the Office of City Clerk. The records include early oaths of office and public official bonds, election nominations and returns, and letters to the Mayor and Council. Reports of commissions and department staff are also found, as well as petitions from residents and business owners for actions by the City or permission for actions of their own. Some of the records are items that failed to be approved by City Council. The prevailing topics are citizen petitions, requests for funds for City staff professional development, requests for various event permits, contracts and agreements for service.
Inventory
City staff created newspaper and loose clippings scrapbooks, documenting the development of the city. The Skirvin Hotel renovation and Planning Department documents were transferred to the City Clerk's office by the Planning Department, 2013 and 2014. Subject files were created from materials collected from the City Clerk's office. This group of materials has been culled together due to the ephemeral nature of the materials. It is organized topically.
Materials from the library of the Municipal Counselor
International City Managers Association, Municipal Yearbook 1946, 1947, 1956, 1957, 1966, 1967, 1970 American City Magazine Corporation "Municipal Index and Atlas" 1929, 1939, 1943.
Tulsa Revised Ordinances, 1945 [2 copies]
The Constitution of Oklahoma and Enabling Act, 1941: Guthrie.
"Oklahoma City Building Code", 1926.
Oklahoma Tax Commission, Supplement to Tax Laws Vol. 3, 1939 [inscribed as property of the City of Britton]

Tissue renderings of misc park elements; pools, walkways, fountains, etc. Tissue renderings of misc park elements; pools, walkways, fountains, etc.
Tissue renderings of median landscape plans
Plans and aerial drawings of footprint for the following parks, mixture of pencil on tissue, ink on linen and copies:
Northwest Park
Will Rogers Park
Lincoln Park
Pilot Center, 1948
Oliver, Canyon, Tolan, Rotary, Memorial, Creston Hills
Inventory
Initiative Referendum petitions are documents signed by residents and submitted to The City of Oklahoma City requesting an election be held on an issue or action, such as a change in tax code. Other petitions include recall and taxpayer written demands. Records consist of signature sheets, memos, measures, letters, ballots, protest documents, resolutions, affidavits, legal documents, and petition forms.
Inventory
The Petroleum Pipeline Agreements are documents generated in order to construct oil and natural gas pipelines throughout The City of Oklahoma City. The permit applications, agreements, cancellations, resolutions, transfers and blueprint plans found in this series reflect the newly established business requirements of pipelines within city limits. The majority of the documents date from 1929 to 1950 with the exception of Phillips Petroleum Company documents dated 1930 to 1984.
Scrapbooks of newspaper clippings that involve the work of the Planning Department under Planning Director Paul Clowers:
1. July 17, 1960-February 5, 1961
2. June 20, 1961-August 31, 1961
3. September 1, 1961-November 15, 1961
4. November 16, 1961-January 26, 1962
5. January 27, 1962- March 31, 1962
6. April 1, 1962-June 6, 1962
7. April-August 1962
8. June 8, 1962-July 31, 1962
9. January-June 1963
10. October 1963-February 1964
11. October 1964-April 1965
12. Mixture 1960-1965
13. Tinker Air Force Base February-September 1973

Artificial collection of plans taken from off-site storage. Plans were housed in 420 W. Main then moved to Shartel.

1	1974	Century Center	M-0295	91 sheets
2	1948	Booker T. Washington Park, swimming pool	MP-0123	14 sheets
3	1922	Wading Pool, parks	MP-0124	2 sheets
4	n.d.	Bath house, parks	MP-0128	8 sheets
5	1932	McKinley Park	MP-0127	2 sheets
6	1938	Glen Ellyn Park	MP-0126	3 sheets
7	n.d.	Rotary Park	MP-0125	1 sheet
8	1973	Ralph Ellison Library	MP-0130	18 sheets
9	[1966]	Municipal Auditorium remodel. Copies
10	1941	OKC Municipal Airport. Copies
11	1934	Athletic stadium, Taft Junior High	M-0285	15 sheets
12	1966	Municipal Auditorium remodel. Partial		9 sheets
13	n.d.	OKC Zoo and the Kirkpatrick Center. Partial		34 sheets
14	1954	OKC ZOO Primate Bldg	MZ-0001	21 sheets
15	1940	OKC Municipal Airport, WPA application 50078		24 sheets
16	1949	Will Rogers Municipal Airport		3 sheets

Submit an Open Records RequestAll records of public bodies and public officials are open to any person for inspection or copying during regular business hours.

Search Ordinances 1890-1966
All ordinances approved by City Council 1890-1966, PDF files available to download

Search inventories of permanent records 1900-2014
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Search meeting minutes since 2008
Current meeting agendas, minutes, video and supporting materials for board, commission, trust, committee, and Council meetings.

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Archival Records

The records below are available for research by appointment

Submit an Open Records RequestAll records of public bodies and public officials are open to any person for inspection or copying during regular business hours.

Search Ordinances 1890-1966
All ordinances approved by City Council 1890-1966, PDF files available to download

Search inventories of permanent records 1900-2014
Records are described at the box level, email jennifer.green@okc.gov to request access

Search meeting minutes since 2008
Current meeting agendas, minutes, video and supporting materials for board, commission, trust, committee, and Council meetings.

Submit an Open Records RequestAll records of public bodies and public officials are open to any person for inspection or copying during regular business hours.

Search Ordinances 1890-1966 All ordinances approved by City Council 1890-1966, PDF files available to download

Search inventories of permanent records 1900-2014 Records are described at the box level, email jennifer.green@okc.gov to request access

Search meeting minutes since 2008 Current meeting agendas, minutes, video and supporting materials for board, commission, trust, committee, and Council meetings.

Search Ordinances 1890-1966
All ordinances approved by City Council 1890-1966, PDF files available to download

Search inventories of permanent records 1900-2014
Records are described at the box level, email jennifer.green@okc.gov to request access

Search meeting minutes since 2008
Current meeting agendas, minutes, video and supporting materials for board, commission, trust, committee, and Council meetings.