[Photograph 2012.201.b1426.0493]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Parents days at the YWCA brought many adults to town this week to see what their children had been learning in health and physical education classes sponsored by the Y."
Date: January 16, 1959
Creator: Albright, Bob
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1363.0284]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "This Wheat field was representative of Oklahoma's harvest progress Thursday- all finished but a strip."
Date: June 11, 1959
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0362.0077]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Hoping he will be as successful this week as in 1953 when he won the National Amateur here is Gene Littler, who now is one of the nation's outstanding professionals."
Date: May 6, 1959
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.b1301.0930]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Seeing double is a problem for teachers at Monroe Elementary School. There are three sets of twins enrolled at the school this year. Phil Woodward, upper left, and Jerry Honegger, lower left, and Barry Neal, center, see their respective twins Chris, Terry, and Larry in the frame at right."
Date: November 12, 1959
Creator: Miller, Joe
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1277.0542]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "General Maxwell D. Taylor being sworn in as the new U.S. Army Chief of Staff by Major General John A. Klein, The Adjutant General, U.S. Army."
Date: July 24, 1959
Creator: Wormcke, Jack
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1277.0547]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "General Taylor is shown with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John E.M. Taylor, 1204 NW 48."
Date: June 21, 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1277.0544]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "General Taylor addressed the joint session of the Oklahoma legislature last Tuesday after he was presented resclutions commending him on the service to his country."
Date: June 16, 1959
Creator: Albright, Bob
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1277.0538]

Caption: "Mrs. Taylor joins the General in this picture taken prior to their air departure in 1955 from Tokyo International Airport."
Date: June 12, 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.b1301.0343]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Former Gov. Roy J Turner is unanimously re-elected as chairman of the state highway commission."
Date: May 5, 1959
Creator: Albright, Bob
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.b1301.0345]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Former governor Roy J. Turner has been a patient since Monday in St. Anthony Hospital here, it was learned Wednesday."
Date: November 18, 1959
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0409.0719]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Ground breaking rites (Sunday) for the society's archives and museum building in Elmer Thomas Park, Lawton."
Date: April 30, 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0409.0721]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Participating in ground breaking ceremonies for a $230,000 Comanche County Historical society archives and museum building in Elmer Thomas Park at Norman."
Date: 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Fall 1959 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Fall 1959

Notes and Documents column including an election notice, notes about historical sites and guides to navigating them, dedications, memorials, a report about the Heavener "Rune Stone", a document about the Annual Seminar of American Indian Culture, and a list of recent accessions to the OHS library.
Date: Autumn 1959
Creator: Fraker, Elmer L.; Shirk, George H.; Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975; Ragland, Hobert D. & Mitchell, Edith
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oklahoma City, from Public Land to Private Property, Part One (open access)

Oklahoma City, from Public Land to Private Property, Part One

Article discusses the establishment and growth of Oklahoma City from public lands to private property. Berlin B. Chapman relates the history of railroad companies feuding over the townsite, the initial city planning that occurred, and the early leadership of Oklahoma City.
Date: Summer 1959
Creator: Chapman, Berlin B.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Pushmataha's Travels (open access)

Pushmataha's Travels

Article describes the expeditions of Chief Pushmataha of the Choctaw Nation through records in documentation of the time. Ruth Tennison West constructs a portrait of the Choctaw leader and his knowledge of the land through a depiction of his debate with General Andrew Jackson.
Date: Summer 1959
Creator: West, Ruth Tennison
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 37, Number 3, Autumn 1959 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 37, Number 3, Autumn 1959

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Autumn 1959
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Summer Normals in Indian Territory After 1898 (open access)

Summer Normals in Indian Territory After 1898

Article describes the concept of "summer normals" among the five large Nations of Indian Territory. Joe C. Jackson describes the process of instituting the normals, which were educational sessions involving teacher training, and the success of the program in the Cherokee, Muscogee (Creek), Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Seminole Nations.
Date: Autumn 1959
Creator: Jackson, Joe C.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 37, Number 2, Summer 1959 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 37, Number 2, Summer 1959

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Summer 1959
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 37, Number 4, Winter 1959-60 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 37, Number 4, Winter 1959-60

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation. Index to volume 37 starts after page 530.
Date: Winter 1959
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Spring 1959 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Spring 1959

Notes and Documents column including documents about the burial of Alice Eliza Robertson, Mrs. Robertson's Notebook, and a list of works translated by Ann Eliza Robertson into the Creek language.
Date: Spring 1959
Creator: Ballenger, T. L. & Holway, Hope
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Hugo Daily News (Hugo, Okla.), Vol. 43, No. 297, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 13, 1959 (open access)

The Hugo Daily News (Hugo, Okla.), Vol. 43, No. 297, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 13, 1959

Daily newspaper from Hugo, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 13, 1959
Creator: Nesbit, Gene
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Ada Evening News (Ada, Okla.), Vol. 56, No. 170, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 29, 1959 (open access)

The Ada Evening News (Ada, Okla.), Vol. 56, No. 170, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 29, 1959

Daily newspaper from Ada, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 29, 1959
Creator: Little, W. D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oklahoma City, from Public Land to Private Property, Part Two (open access)

Oklahoma City, from Public Land to Private Property, Part Two

Article discusses the establishment and growth of Oklahoma City from public lands to private property. Berlin B. Chapman continues the history of Oklahoma City in this second part of a two-part article, constructing a picture of early city planning through correspondence and telegrams between government officials.
Date: Autumn 1959
Creator: Chapman, Berlin B.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Lee F. Harkins, Choctaw (open access)

Lee F. Harkins, Choctaw

Article describes the life and work of newspaper editor, publisher, and writer Lee F. Harkins, whose American Indian history collection now resides in the library of the Oklahoma Historical Society. Muriel H. Wright discusses his Choctaw lineage and fascination with the legendary Chief Pushmataha.
Date: Autumn 1959
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History