[Elizabeth Simpson Cooper Memoir] (open access)

[Elizabeth Simpson Cooper Memoir]

Photocopy of Elizabeth Simpson Cooper's memoir about her childhood in Virginia and later her time in Kansas after moving westward with her family. In the text of her memoir, she describes her school days in Virginia, church, Cooper family history, "Bleeding Kansas" (the period of conflict over deciding if Kansas would be a free or a slave state), and the Civil War in Kansas as well as her personal encounters with Native Americans in Kansas.
Date: 1931-02-24/1932
Creator: Cooper, Elizabeth Simpson, 1840-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fighting Men of the Indian Wars: A Biographical Encyclopedia of the Mountain Men, Soldiers, Cowboys, and Pioneers Who Took Up Arms During America's Westward Expansion (open access)

Fighting Men of the Indian Wars: A Biographical Encyclopedia of the Mountain Men, Soldiers, Cowboys, and Pioneers Who Took Up Arms During America's Westward Expansion

This book "is a compendium of America's Indian Wars and the mountain men, soldiers, cowboys and pioneers who took part in them" (dust-jacket). It includes information about all the major American Indian battles, the lives of notable men who fought in the battles, and the combat techniques employed. The index begins on page 247.
Date: 1991
Creator: O'Neal, Bill
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mexican Border Ballads and Other Lore (open access)

Mexican Border Ballads and Other Lore

Collection of popular folklore from Mexico and Texas, including ballads, personal anecdotes, folktales of the Alabama-Coushatta Indians and other miscellaneous legends. The index begins on page 141.
Date: 1946
Creator: Boatright, Mody C.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
"An anxiety to do right": The Life of Judge John Hazelton Cotteral, 1864-1933 (open access)

"An anxiety to do right": The Life of Judge John Hazelton Cotteral, 1864-1933

Article provides a portrait of John H. Cotteral, the first federal judge for the Western District of Oklahoma and the first Oklahoman to occupy the bench of the circuit court of appeals. The article explores both the man and the legal opinions he wrote throughout his forty-year career.
Date: Autumn 2000
Creator: Leitch, Kevin C.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Parsons Weekly Blade. (Parsons, Kan.), Vol. 8, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, January 26, 1900 (open access)

The Parsons Weekly Blade. (Parsons, Kan.), Vol. 8, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, January 26, 1900

Weekly African-American newspaper from Parsons, Kansas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 26, 1900
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Wichita Observer (Wichita, Kansas), Vol. 1, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 16, 1978 (open access)

The Wichita Observer (Wichita, Kansas), Vol. 1, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 16, 1978

Weekly newspaper from Wichita, Kansas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 16, 1978
Creator: Goodwin, Robert K.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Journey of Coronado, 1540-1542, from the City of Mexico to the Grand Canon of the Colorado and the Buffalo Plains of Texas, Kansas and Nebraska (open access)

The Journey of Coronado, 1540-1542, from the City of Mexico to the Grand Canon of the Colorado and the Buffalo Plains of Texas, Kansas and Nebraska

Compilation of translated texts describing the explorations of Coronado and his companions as they traveled in Central American and parts of present-day United States, with some supplementary historical notes for context.
Date: 1922
Creator: Winship, George Parker, 1871-1952
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Wichita Observer (Wichita, Kansas), Vol. 1, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 15, 1979 (open access)

The Wichita Observer (Wichita, Kansas), Vol. 1, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 15, 1979

Weekly newspaper from Wichita, Kansas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 15, 1979
Creator: Goodwin, Robert K.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Wichita Observer (Wichita, Kansas), Vol. 1, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 28, 1979 (open access)

The Wichita Observer (Wichita, Kansas), Vol. 1, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 28, 1979

Weekly newspaper from Wichita, Kansas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 28, 1979
Creator: Goodwin, Robert K.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Wichita Observer (Wichita, Kansas), Vol. 2, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 5, 1979 (open access)

The Wichita Observer (Wichita, Kansas), Vol. 2, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 5, 1979

Weekly newspaper from Wichita, Kansas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 5, 1979
Creator: Goodwin, Robert K.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Wichita Observer (Wichita, Kansas), Vol. 1, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 7, 1978 (open access)

The Wichita Observer (Wichita, Kansas), Vol. 1, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 7, 1978

Weekly newspaper from Wichita, Kansas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 7, 1978
Creator: Goodwin, Robert K.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History