ANGIE DEBOOn April 17, 2004 Friends of Libraries in Oklahoma, FOLIO, designated the hometown of Angie Debo, Marshall, Oklahoma as an Oklahoma Literary Landmark. Marshall served as the model for Prairie City, the historical fiction novel that tells the unique story of Oklahoma small town birth and growth and decline. Each spring near the date of the Run into the Unassigned Lands, April 22, 1889, Marshall celebrates Prairie Days. This year FOLIO and the Oklahoma Literary Landmark Project were part of the celebration. Marshall received a beautiful bronze plaque that was placed on Marshall City Hall, a block away from Angie Debo’s home. The text of the plaque is as follows:
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On October 1, 2004 a second Oklahoma Literary Landmark dedication honored Angie Debo, First Lady of Oklahoma History. The Oklahoma State University Library, home of Debo’s papers, was named. The FOLIO Governing Board and the Oklahoma Public Librarians Council met in the morning. At noon there was lunch for the Boards and honored guests. The dedication will begin at 1:00 with a showing of the PBS film, Indians, Outlaws, and Angie Debo. Michael Wallis was the Master of Ceremonies and Julia Brady Ratliff introduced guests. Angie Debo herself (Glenda Carlile, Executive Director of the Oklahoma Center for the Book) accepted the plaque. The speaker was Gloria Valencia-
The Literary Landmarks Register is sponsored by FOLUSA, Friends of Libraries USA. Other Literary Landmarks in the United States are the Thomas Jefferson Building at the Library of Congress, the Plaza Hotel of Eloise fame, and the William Faulkner home in Oxford, Mississippi. Oklahoma Literary Landmarks will be placed on that register. In Oklahoma the Centennial Commission has named the Oklahoma Literary Landmarks an official Centennial project. Friends of Libraries in Oklahoma, FOLIO, is a support group for Oklahoma’s libraries. FOLIO will name a landmark each year through 2007 in honor of Oklahoma ’s authors, Oklahoma’s libraries, and one hundred years of Oklahoma History.
Sponsors Friends of Libraries in Oklahoma , FOLIO
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