Oklahoma Route 66 Association Newsletter Archive Now Available
Snippet of the very first Oklahoma Route 66 Association Newsletter
The Oklahoma Route 66 Association is proud to announce the availability of its newsletter archive going back to its first edition from January, 1990.
“Quarterly newsletters have been a benefit of membership since the earliest days of our organization,” said current Association President Rhys Martin. “They have always provided exclusive, focused content from Oklahoma’s 400+ miles of Route 66. Now they also provide a window into the past to show how far we’ve come.”
The newsletters chart the ups and downs over the last several decades. Stories like the installation of the first Historic Route 66 signs in the country to the destruction of historic properties by fire or neglect. Issues celebrate the opening of the Route 66 Museum in Clinton and the 2004 International Route 66 Festival in Tulsa. Others mark the passage of the National Route 66 Preservation Bill or the designation of Oklahoma Route 66 as a National Scenic Byway. Some even feature stories written by late Oklahoma Route 66 advocates like Cheryl Nowka and Laurel Kane.
You can access the archive through the History drop-down menu on our website or directly at:
https://oklahomaroute66.com/newsletter-archive
All told, 105 archived newsletters are now available for viewing. Issues from 2020 and later are not yet part of the public archive. “These newsletters wouldn’t be possible without the support of our members,” Martin said. “We want to make sure these do remain an exclusive membership benefit for a time after they are published.”
Over the years, the Association office has moved several times and several issues have gone missing. Our sincere thanks to long-time member Ben Nagel for providing eighteen missing issues for us to scan! Former Association President Kathy Anderson also provided several missing issues and color editions.
There are still several outstanding newsletters, however. The Oklahoma Route 66 Association encourages members that have copies of the following newsletters to reach out so they can be archived with the rest of the collection:
Volume 2, Number 4 (Late 1991)
Volume 3, Number 1 (Early 1992)
Volume 3, Number 2 (Mid 1992)
Volume 6, Number 4 (Mid 1994)
Volume 9, Number 1 (Early 1997)
Volume 9, Number 2 (Mid 1997)
Volume 9, Number 4 (Late 1997)
Volume 10, Number 2 (Mid 1998)
Volume 10, Number 3 (Mid 1998)
4th Quarter 2010
3rd Quarter 2011
4th Quarter 2011
1st Quarter 2012
3rd Quarter 2013 (Issue 06)
