Arrell Gibson

Arrell Morgan Gibson (1921–1987) was a historian and author specializing in the history of the state of Oklahoma.

He earned degrees from Missouri Southern State College and the University of Oklahoma.

The Oklahoma Center For The Book grants its Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award annually to an Oklahoman for a body of literary work.

[2] The Indian Territory Posse of Westerners International awards a $500 cash prize annually to the year's best essay on the history of Native Americans.

He was the George Lynn Cross Research Professor of History at University of Oklahoma – 1957–?