
The Oklahoma Department of Libraries has awarded 64 grants to public libraries, tribal libraries, tribal cultural centers, and museums to help the institutions purchase personal protective equipment, cleaning supplies, customer safety supplies, and other materials and equipment to help keep their staff and visitors safe during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
The funding is courtesy of the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the federal CARES Act legislation. ODL and other state libraries received funding to help libraries and cultural institutions respond to the public health crisis.
The federal directive is a means to help with safety measures in response to COVID-19 and to help institutions with digital inclusion efforts. The pandemic has thrown a spotlight on America’s digital divide. ODL is also offering a grant opportunity to help improve digital inclusion at libraries, cultural centers, and museums. The digital inclusion grantees will be announced in July.
PPE grant recipients and award amounts are listed below by Oklahoma’s U.S. Congressional Districts and then by city or town:
Oklahoma U.S. Congressional District 1
Bartlesville
Delaware Tribe of Indians
$1,000
Broken Arrow
Military History Center
$1,000
The Museum Broken Arrow
$1,000
Tulsa
108|Contemporary
$500
Philbrook Museum of Art
$500
Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art
$600
Tulsa Air and Space Museum and Planetarium
$600
Tulsa Children’s Museum of Discovery Lab
$1,000
Tulsa Historical Society and Museum
$500
Wagoner
Wagoner City Public Library
$1,000
Oklahoma U.S. Congressional District 2
Checotah
Friends of Rentiesville Blues, Inc. / D.C. Minner Rentiesville Museum
$1,000
Claremore
Claremore Museum of History, Inc.
$620.00
Durant
Donald W. Reynolds Community Center and Library
$1,000
Durant Historical Society / Three Valley Museum
$1,000
Miami
Miami Public Library
$1,000
Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma
$1,000
Shawnee Tribe Cultural Center
$1,000
Muskogee
Three Rivers Museum
$1,000
Okmulgee
Okmulgee Public Library
$1,000
Stratford
Chandler-Watts Memorial Library
$1,000
Tahlequah
United Keetoowah Band John Hair Cultural Center and Museum
$950
Wyandotte
Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma
$1,000
Oklahoma U.S. Congressional District 3
Alva
Alva Public Library
$1,000
Beaver
Beaver County Pioneer Library
$1,000
Blackwell
Blackwell Public Library
$950.00
Top of Oklahoma Historical Society Museum
$600
Carnegie
Carnegie Public Library
$1,000
Drumright
Drumright Historical Society Museum
$1,000
Enid
Woodring Wall of Honor and Veterans Park, Inc.
$800
Hobart
Hobart Public Library
$1,000
Kaw City
Kaw Nation (2 sites)
$2,000
Kingfisher
Chisholm Trail Museum, Inc.
$1,000
Pawnee
Museum of the Pawnee Nation
$1,000
Perkins
Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma (2 sites)
$2,000
Thomas-Wilhite Memorial Library
$400
Perry
Perry Carnegie Library
$400
Ponca City
Ponca City Library
$1,000
Prague
Haynie Public Library
$1,000
Sayre
Sayre Public Library
$830
Stillwater
Stillwater History Museum at the Sheerar
$1,000
Stillwater Public Library
$1,000
Watonga
Watonga Public Library
$1,000
Yukon
Mabel C. Fry Public Library
$1,000
Oklahoma U.S. Congressional District 4
Ardmore
Ardmore Public Library
$1,000
Southern Oklahoma Library System (8 sites)
$4,000
Lawton
Lawton Public Library (2 sites)
$1,500
Norman
Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History
$500
Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art
$1,000
Oklahoma City
Museum of Osteology
$630
Piedmont
Piedmont Public Library $870
Ringling
Gleason Memorial Library
$1,000
Rush Springs
Glover Spencer Memorial Library
$550
Oklahoma U.S. Congressional District 5
Arcadia
Arcadia Historical and Preservation Society, Inc. (Round Barn of Arcadia)
$1,000
Edmond
Edmond Historical Society and Museum
$1,000
Oklahoma City
National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum
$500
National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum
$700
Oklahoma City National Memorial Foundation
$500
Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center
$500
Oklahoma Hall of Fame / Gaylord-Pickens Museum
$500
Oklahoma History Center
$500
Oklahoma Railway Museum
$1,000
Science Museum Oklahoma
$500
Shawnee
Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art
$1,000
Wewoka
Seminole Nation Museum
$1,000