The Jim Argo Collection currently contains just over 2400 photos. The images in the collection represent present day Oklahoma with such themes as landmarks, skylines, festivals, museums, recreation, rodeos and cowboys. The photos date from the 1960s through the 2000s.

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This collection represents the efforts put forth by the people of Oklahoma to support WWII and documents every phase of the War Bond sales.

This collection is comprised of the School Drive Scrapbooks, prepared from 1942-1943 by 253 individual Oklahoma schools both private and parochial. Images in the scrapbooks include school buildings, students, towns, and cities where schools are located.

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Jack Drummond, a cattle rancher and landman, acquired land in Osage county and Madill Oklahoma. Born in the Osage Nation when it was a part of Indian Territory, he grew up in Hominy where his father was a trader for the Osage Nation.

Drummond began as a cattle rancher but eventually amassed huge land holdings and widened his business interests to include oil and gas exploration and production.

Reflected in the images from his collection are scenes of his land acquisitions and of cattle ranching in early Oklahoma.

This collection reflects University life beginning in 1893 to the present time. The photography class of Central State Normal School (as Central was called at that time) documented the time between 1908 to 1919.

The photography class was founded by Professor John Davis and offered for credit in the Department of Physics and Chemistry, since photographs were as much a work of chemistry as they were works of art.

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The Rubye McCan Collection consists of over 600 images, mostly from the 1960s through the 1980s. Oklahoma subjects in the photos include parks, lakes and rivers, train depots, grain elevators, barns, scenic landscapes, sunsets, mountains, boats and Oklahomans in recreational pursuits.

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This collection tells the story of education’s development in Oklahoma. The storybook images reflect early day schools and transportation beginning in territorial days. The collection comes from 229 contributors and members of OEA.

The Edward Pugh Collection contains 514 images documenting Oklahoma's natural resources and historic black communities in Oklahoma City from the 1960s through the 1970s.

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This unique collection contains historic photographs of a life dedicated to government service.

Rader's collection includes photographs, documentary film footage, and slides representing his tenure as Director of the Oklahoma Department of Human Services from 1951-1982.

The UCO Archives Photograph Collection is comprised of more than 35,000 images (3,000 currently online) dating between 1854-2006 that cover a wide variety of subjects: university life, early Edmond, scenes of Oklahoma settlement, Native American people, businesses, transportation, festivities, recreational pursuits and much more.

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Included in this series are 380 images of students who served in the military during WWII. Files and documents accompany the images.