A Reading Room of Their Own: Library Services for African Americans in Oklahoma, 1907-1946 (open access)

A Reading Room of Their Own: Library Services for African Americans in Oklahoma, 1907-1946

Article discussing the struggles African American Oklahomans faced for access to public library services. The first forty years of statehood brought a few successes, and by mid-century only eleven communities provided a public library facility for the state's black citizens.
Date: Autumn 2006
Creator: Cassity, R. O. Joe, Jr.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Article "White Management for Langston University" (open access)

Article "White Management for Langston University"

Photocopy of a newspaper clipping regarding a suggestion by a Logan County Senator to install a white manager for Langston.
Date: April 1939
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Letter to the Board of Regents for Langston University regarding the choice of a new president (open access)

Letter to the Board of Regents for Langston University regarding the choice of a new president

Letter to the Board of Regents for Langston University laying out considerations for the choice of president.
Date: June 29, 1931
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Teacher's Contract (open access)

Teacher's Contract

Teachers contract for Zella Patterson. Includes education received, salary information, and previous experience teaching home economics.
Date: August 10, 1948
Creator: Reinhart, Etta
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Letter to E.W. Marland from F.D. Moon regading candidates to be appointed to the Langston University Board of Regents (open access)

Letter to E.W. Marland from F.D. Moon regading candidates to be appointed to the Langston University Board of Regents

Letter to E.W. Marland requesting that F.D. Moon be placed on the Langston University Board of Regents and presenting a list of candidates for a second appointment.
Date: April 29, 1935
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Confirmation of employment (open access)

Confirmation of employment

Employment confirmation for Zella Patterson to continue teaching at Langston University for twelve more months. Includes salary information.
Date: May 19, 1964
Creator: Hale, William H.
Object Type: Text
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Photocopy of an article from The Black Dispatch (open access)

Photocopy of an article from The Black Dispatch

Article regarding a recommendation for a white manager for Langston University
Date: April 1, 1939
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Newspaper clipping on Langston Univerity (open access)

Newspaper clipping on Langston Univerity

Newspaper article regarding the loss of faculty members at Langston Univeristy
Date: September 17, 1932
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Newspaper clipping of a speech by F.D. Moon (open access)

Newspaper clipping of a speech by F.D. Moon

Newspaper clipping of a speech by F.D. Moon
Date: August 3, 1935
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Photocopy of an article from The Black Dispatch (open access)

Photocopy of an article from The Black Dispatch

Article regarding the campus tour by state legislators and an editorial on development of majority Black neighborhoods and the lack of Black workers employed with the city.
Date: April 1, 1939
Creator: Dungee, John
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Edward P. McCabe and the Langston Experiment (open access)

Edward P. McCabe and the Langston Experiment

Article chronicles the activism done by Edward P. McCabe, the first African-American person elected to a public office outside of the South, as he encouraged more African-American people to settle within Oklahoma Territory. The article tells his story through newspaper articles published at the time.
Date: Autumn 1973
Creator: Roberson, Jere W.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Oklahoma Guide (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 30, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 15, 1921 (open access)

The Oklahoma Guide (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 30, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 15, 1921

Weekly African-American newspaper from Guthrie, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 15, 1921
Creator: Brown, Walton D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Peoples Elevator (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 30, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 6, 1922 (open access)

The Peoples Elevator (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 30, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 6, 1922

Weekly African-American newspaper from Guthrie, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 6, 1922
Creator: Brown, Walton
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Oklahoma Guide (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 30, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 19, 1921 (open access)

The Oklahoma Guide (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 30, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 19, 1921

Weekly African-American newspaper from Guthrie, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 19, 1921
Creator: Brown, Walton D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Oklahoma Guide (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 30, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 26, 1921 (open access)

The Oklahoma Guide (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 30, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 26, 1921

Weekly African-American newspaper from Guthrie, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 26, 1921
Creator: Brown, Walton D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Oklahoma Guide (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 30, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 22, 1921 (open access)

The Oklahoma Guide (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 30, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 22, 1921

Weekly African-American newspaper from Guthrie, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 22, 1921
Creator: Brown, Walton D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Oklahoma Guide (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 30, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 29, 1921 (open access)

The Oklahoma Guide (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 30, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 29, 1921

Weekly African-American newspaper from Guthrie, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 29, 1921
Creator: Brown, Walton D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Oklahoma Guide (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 30, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 23, 1921 (open access)

The Oklahoma Guide (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 30, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 23, 1921

Weekly African-American newspaper from Guthrie, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 23, 1921
Creator: Brown, Walton D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Oklahoma Guide (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 30, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 25, 1921 (open access)

The Oklahoma Guide (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 30, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 25, 1921

Weekly African-American newspaper from Guthrie, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 25, 1921
Creator: Brown, Walton D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Peoples Elevator (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 30, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 13, 1922 (open access)

The Peoples Elevator (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 30, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 13, 1922

Weekly African-American newspaper from Guthrie, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 13, 1922
Creator: Brown, Walton
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Oklahoma Guide (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 30, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 2, 1921 (open access)

The Oklahoma Guide (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 30, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 2, 1921

Weekly African-American newspaper from Guthrie, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 2, 1921
Creator: Brown, Walton D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Oklahoma Guide (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 30, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 14, 1921 (open access)

The Oklahoma Guide (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 30, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 14, 1921

Weekly African-American newspaper from Guthrie, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 14, 1921
Creator: Brown, Walton D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Oklahoma Guide. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 23, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 1, 1914 (open access)

The Oklahoma Guide. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 23, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 1, 1914

Weekly African-American newspaper from Guthrie, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 1, 1914
Creator: Perkins, G. N.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Oklahoma Guide (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 30, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 6, 1921 (open access)

The Oklahoma Guide (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 30, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 6, 1921

Weekly African-American newspaper from Guthrie, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 6, 1921
Creator: Brown, Walton D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History