Research Facility
The Kansas Oil Museum and Butler County Historical Society is home to the Rolla A. Clymer Memorial Research Facility, whose large collection of resources is available free of charge to anyone interested in researching family, local, and state history. With over 4000 books and manuscripts, newspaper archives from the 1870s up to the present day, historic maps and photos, and many other materials spanning the county's entire history, we have something for nearly every research interest.
The library offers use of our state-of-the-art microfilm reader that allows easy viewing and reproduction of articles from our newspaper archive, in addition to copier and scanner for books and images. Free access to Ancestry.com is also available from our library computers.
If you are not able to make a trip to visit the library yourself, we offer research services for a small fee. Obituary look-ups, general research, and historic photo duplication are all available to long-distance researchers.
Please give us a call at 316-321-9333 or send an e-mail to curator@kansasoilmuseum.org for more information.
Resources
TECHNOLOGY
State-of-the-art microfilm reader with built-in digital camera
Free access to Ancestry.com
Copier/scanner for books and images
SERVICES
Obituary look-ups ($10/obit)
General research ($20 per hour)
Historic photo duplication (contact for prices)
Over 4000 volumes of Kansas, Butler County, and oil history
El Dorado newspapers on microfilm, 1870-present
Butler County plat maps, 1885 and 1905
El Dorado city atlases, 1917 and 1930
El Dorado city directories
Tombstone inscriptions for all Butler County cemeteries
School yearbooks
Extensive family records
D.A.R. genealogy reference collection
Genealogy and oil history periodicals
Rare and vintage books
Nearly 150 years of historic Butler County photos & archives
