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Progressive Spirit: The Oklahoma and Indian Territory Federation of Women's Clubs
Article describes the influence and accomplishments of the Oklahoma and Indian Territory Federation of Women's Clubs in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. These included forming public libraries, fundraising for civic improvements, and advocating for legislation that would improve access to public education and the welfare of children.
Date:
Spring 1988
Creator:
Allen, Susan L. (Susan Lea), 1958-
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Shipwrecked in Oklahoma: The Last Voyage of the Steamboat Heroine, 1838
Article explores the history of the steamboat Heroine's last voyage based on the archeological evidence left behind. The Heroine was shipwrecked on the Red River while on a voyage to deliver supplies to Fort Towson in Indian Territory.
Date:
Autumn 2013
Creator:
Crisman, Kevin; Chick, Nina & Davis, John
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"Softened as into a Dream": The Letters of Robert B. Huston, Oklahoma Rough Rider
Article examines the experience of the Oklahoma Rough Rider through the life and correspondence of one such participant in the Spanish-American War, Robert Bell Huston.
Date:
Spring 1998
Creator:
Todd, Joe L.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"No Wild Venture": The State Capital Publishing Building
Article delineates the construction of the Oklahoma State Capital Building, led by the Oklahoma State Capital newspaper editor Frank Hilton Greer, and the history behind it. Lloyd C. Lentz, II, also explores the legacy Greer left through the conversion of the building to the State Capital Publishing Museum.
Date:
Autumn 1983
Creator:
Lentz, Lloyd C., III
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 96, Number 4, Winter 2018-19
Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation. Index to volume 96 starts on page 507.
Date:
Winter 2018
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Fort Sill, the Chiricahua Apaches, and the Government's Promise of Permanent Residence
The Chiricahua Apaches spent nineteen years (1894-1913) as prisoners of war at Fort Sill in southwestern Oklahoma believing they had been promised permanent residency. This article addresses the rationale behind the government's decision to remove the Apaches from Fort Sill and explores the record to show why the Apaches and others believed they had been promised permanent residency there.
Date:
Spring 2000
Creator:
Haes, Brenda L.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Education for Successful Living: University School at the University of Oklahoma, 1917-1973
Article discusses the University School at the University of Oklahoma as a model of progressive education. Ellsworth Collings founded University School in 1917, a junior high and later high school. For fifty-six years it was to be a nexus of experimentation, observation, and practice exemplifying the ideals of Progressive education.
Date:
Spring 2007
Creator:
Mackie, Steven Wade
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 22, Number 4, Winter 1944-45
Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation. Index to volume 22 starts after page 481.
Date:
Winter 1944
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Goin' West: Kate May's Trip to Old Greer County
Article tells the story of Kate May and her journey west with her family. Henry Kilian Goetz provides a biographical tribute to the pioneer woman, who made the land run into the Cherokee Outlet after the death of her husband and had to find a way to provide for her eight children.
Date:
Autumn 1994
Creator:
Goetz, Henry Kilian
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Some Reminiscences of the Battle of the Washita
Article discusses the Battle of Washita, the attack on Cheyenne Chief Black Kettle's village, from the perspective of two survivors, Moving Behind and Wolf Belly Woman. Theodore a. Ediger and Vinnie Hoffman provide historical context to the interviews they conducted with these Cheyenne women.
Date:
Summer 1955
Creator:
Ediger, Theodore A. & Hoffman, Vinnie
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Spencer Academy, Choctaw Nation, 1842-1900
Article describes the need for and establishment of Spencer Academy in the Choctaw Nation. W. David Baird explores the leadership behind the institution, its religious connections, events during the Civil War, and the rebuilding of the academy after it burned down.
Date:
Spring 1967
Creator:
Baird, W. David
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Character Building at Kingfisher College, 1890-1922
Article discusses the brief but impactful history of Kingfisher College in Kingfisher, Oklahoma. John W. Cresswell provides details about its founders, curriculum, extracurriculars, and the circumstances behind its closing.
Date:
Autumn 1977
Creator:
Cresswell, John W.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The 'Y' Chapel of Song
Article describes the history and creation process of the "Y" Chapel of Song at Central State College, now the University of Central Oklahoma. Jessie Newby Ray describes the architecture of the chapel, its purpose, the fundraising process behind building it, and the contributors to its construction.
Date:
Winter 1957
Creator:
Ray, Jessie Newby
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Tewah Hokay
Article describes the true story behind the book titled The Choctaw Girl. Muriel H. Wright relates the tale of Tewah Hokay, a young Choctaw girl who lived near Bethabara Mission. She suffered from an injury incurred during the removal of her people and their journey west and died young, but was very religiously devoted.
Date:
Winter 1955
Creator:
Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 97, Number 3, Fall 2019
Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date:
Autumn 2019
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oklahoma's First Book: "Istutsi in Naktsoku"
Article explores the history behind Oklahoma's First Book, Istutsi in Naktsoku, an elementary school primer in a written form of the Creek language by Reverend John Fleming. Guy Logsdon explores the process of alphabetizing the Creek language and the impact of mission work on the Osage, Cherokee, and Creek Nations.
Date:
Summer 1976
Creator:
Logsdon, Guy
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Twin Territories: The Indian Magazine and its editor, Ora Eddleman Reed
Article describes the history of Twin Territories: The Indian Magazine, as well as its 18-year old part Cherokee editor, Ora Eddleman Reed. Daryl Morrison provides a fascinating look at the life of the driving force behind the magazine, the upbringing that prepared her for success, and the creativity that led her to continue to tackle new projects later in her life.
Date:
Summer 1982
Creator:
Morrison, Daryl
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"To Preserve Local History": The WPA Historical Records Survey in Oklahoma, 1936-1942
Article describes the history and process behind the Historic Records Survey instituted by the Works Progress Administration during the 1930s. At a time when the economy was suffering due to the Great Depression and the impact of the Oklahoma dust storms, the project provided employment, preservation of local records, and promoted the value of research and archives.
Date:
Summer 1983
Creator:
Clark, Blue
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Cherokee Emigration: Reconstructing Reality
Article reconstructs the period of forced removal Cherokees experienced in the 1830s, including the bureaucratic process behind it, seizure of Cherokee property, embarkation camps, and the emigration itself. Due to the lack of consistency in historical record, Lathel F. Duffield examines a variety of sources, from the works of historians to the records of soldiers enacting the atrocities.
Date:
Autumn 2002
Creator:
Duffield, Lathel F.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Rum, Skins, and Powder: A Choctaw Interpreter and the Treaty of Mount Dexter
Article describes the implications behind a stipulation in the Treaty of Mount Dexter between the United States and the Choctaw Nation in 1805. The treaty included a payment to the Choctaw interpreter John Pitchlynn, due to losses suffered in the Choctaw Nation. Samuel J. Wells examines documentation from this time to determine a possible cause for this inclusion.
Date:
Winter 1983
Creator:
Wells, Samuel J.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
On Our Way to the Promised Land: Black Migration from Arkansas to Oklahoma, 1889-1893
Article examines the motivations behind the migration of black Americans from Arkansas to Oklahoma in the late nineteenth century, observing the political situation of the time and the results of the move. Lori Bogle also provides specific information about one homesteader, James A. Rouce, who settled near Hitchcock.
Date:
Summer 1994
Creator:
Bogle, Lori
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Lowell Mason, Samuel A. Worcester, and the Cherokee Singing Book
Article illustrates the process of developing a companion text with musical notation to the Cherokee Hymn Book, The Cherokee Singing Book. William R. Lee explores the work and motivations of the two men behind it, Cherokee missionary Samuel A. Worcester and musician Lowell Mason.
Date:
Spring 1997
Creator:
Lee, William R.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Deciding Who Can Be Cherokee: Enrollment Records of the Dawes Commission
Article explains the details and the process behind the work of the Dawes Commission, a product of the General Allotment Act that led U.S. government officials to enroll members of Indian tribes into a registration system so they could divide up the tribes' lands.
Date:
Summer 1991
Creator:
Carter, Kent
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Rescued from Extinction? The Civilizing Program in Indian Territory
Article examines the process of cultural assimilation that occurred among the "Five Civilized Tribes" after their removal to Indian Territory, and the reasoning behind the ethnocentric and paternalistic viewpoints evident in documentation related to removal.
Date:
Summer 1990
Creator:
Hosmer, Brian C.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History