Oklahoma Territory and the National Archives: A Historian's Paradise (open access)

Oklahoma Territory and the National Archives: A Historian's Paradise

Article provides an auto-biographical exploration of the research conducted by Berlin Basil Chapman, an Oklahoma historian and an Assistant Professor of History at Oklahoma A&M. Chapman's works include articles, theses, and a bibliography centered around resources related to Oklahoma Territory in the National Archives.
Date: Winter 1982
Creator: Chapman, Berlin B.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oklahoma History: In Texas? The Fort Worth Branch of the National Archives (open access)

Oklahoma History: In Texas? The Fort Worth Branch of the National Archives

Article describes the Fort Worth Branch of the National Archives and explains how to navigate the collection, which contains many materials related to Oklahoma history despite being in Texas. Branch Director Kent Carter urges Oklahoma historians and researchers not to overlook this plethora of information despite the institution being out of state.
Date: Spring 1986
Creator: Carter, Kent
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Mrs. Wendell V. Locke - City, She decorated this Japanese Amari tree at the Overholser Mansion."
Date: December 13, 1982
Creator: Albright, Bob
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0134.0346]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Mayor's Christmas Party."
Date: December 18, 1981
Creator: Miller, Joe
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1383.0919]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The 1983 NCAA Wrestling Tournament began its three-day run Thursday at the Myriad Convention Center in Oklahoma City. It is thefirst time tournament has been held at a site off a college campus and city Chamber of Commerce officials expect wrestling fans to pour $2 million into the metropolitan area economy."
Date: 1983
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1383.0927]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Deer Creek's Brian Byler rides Chris Howlett of Putnam City Central in the 135-pound finals of the Junior High Open Wrestling Tournament Saaturday at the state fair grounds. Byler won the match to finish first out of 41 grapplers."
Date: January 14, 1984
Creator: Howell, Paul S.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0400.0398]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Workmen prepare coal for removal while dwarfed by 50-foot walls."
Date: November 14, 1982
Creator: Hellstern, Paul
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0362.0061]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "L-R, Pro Gene Litter, Golfer, Amn. Ted Harvey"
Date: May 21, 1987
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0400.0400]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Supervisor oversees operation of state coal mine site."
Date: November 14, 1982
Creator: Hellstern, Paul
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0362.0075]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Gene Litter . . . Still four shots ahead"
Date: 1981
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0362.0060]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Gene Litter watches his drive on the sixth hole Thursday."
Date: May 21, 1987
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0957.0111]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Workers lower into a hole one of the vertical irrigation pumps manufactured in Shawnee by the Worthington Division of McGraw-Edison Co."
Date: August 26, 1984
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Rock Island Line is a Mighty Good Road (open access)

The Rock Island Line is a Mighty Good Road

Article outlines the arrangement of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company records collection purchased by the Western History Collections of the University of Oklahoma in 1985. Curator Bradford Koplowitz explains the organization of the collection, how it can be used for research, and provides historical context.
Date: Summer 1988
Creator: Koplowitz, Bradford
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1383.0894]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.
Date: February 20, 1981
Creator: Hoke, Doug
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1383.0892]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Roger Frizzell of OU (right) tries to bring down OSU's Matt Skove."
Date: February 19, 1983
Creator: Hoke, Doug
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1383.0893]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Marty Kisler tries to escape and flips into a pin by OU's Roger Frizzell."
Date: February 5, 1982
Creator: Hoke, Doug
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0232.0603]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Until a healthy gust of wind blew out one if its panels, this sign north of Guymon proclaimed: "It's Great to Live in the Panhandle."
Date: January 18, 1980
Creator: Cook, J. Don
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0232.0602]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Guymon Red Carpet Mule Train"
Date: April 23, 1983
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0232.0599]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Ever-present dust clouds downtown Guymon street in this 1935 photograph."
Date: August 24, 1981
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents [Summer 1980] (open access)

Notes and Documents [Summer 1980]

Notes and Documents column for Summer 1980, including a notice about the Edna May Armold Archives Room at the El Reno Carnegie Library, as well as a record of the mining disaster that occurred at Krebs Mine No. 11 in the form of a poem and a list of names of those killed.
Date: Summer 1980
Creator: Armold, Edna May & Snodgrass, Martha
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Wantabees Outalucks: Searching for Indian Ancestors in Federal Records (open access)

Wantabees Outalucks: Searching for Indian Ancestors in Federal Records

Article provides a guide to navigating the Fort Worth Branch of the National Archives to conduct genealogical research on Indian ancestry. Kent Carter provides additional social commentary about the "Wantabes" conducting research and urges critical assessment of primary sources.
Date: Spring 1988
Creator: Carter, Kent
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"To Preserve Local History": The WPA Historical Records Survey in Oklahoma, 1936-1942 (open access)

"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
Notes and Documents, Spring 1982 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Spring 1982

Notes and Documents column including a catalogue of microfilmed publications of the Archives and Manuscripts Division of the Oklahoma Historical Society.
Date: Spring 1982
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Geronimo's Friend: Angie Debo and the New History (open access)

Geronimo's Friend: Angie Debo and the New History

Article describes the life and career of Angie Debo, who spent years witnessing and researching American Indian history in Oklahoma. Kenneth W. McIntosh discusses her works and motivation to include the perspective of those within tribes and provide more details than those available in white-centered historical documentation.
Date: Summer 1988
Creator: McIntosh, Kenneth W.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History