Oklahoma City Folklore And History Find A Treasured Place In The Charles France Room At The Main Library

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Don't Throw away those seamingless pictures and letters that have cluttered up your attics for many years. If the deal with early day Oklahoma City, there's a place they can be used. It's the Charles M. France room on the fourth floor of the main library. The France room houses the Local History collection which includes books, newspaper, photographes and other materials pertaining to the exciting past and present of Oklahoma City and Oklahoma County. The room is named for a former library building committee chirman who died in 1952. France, who had contributed three distinctive pieces of furniture to the room, was leader of the project to build the room. Open in 1953 After his death, the city council, upon recommendation of the library board, approved completion of the room as originally planned from library building funds. It was then dedicated to the memory of Frnace...