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Exterior of St. John's Episcopal Church, Durant

Single story brick structure, mature landscaping, trees leafless.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Interior of St. John's Episcopal Church, Durant

Photograph taken from rear of sanctuary looking toward altar at front, rows of wooden pews on either side of carpeted center aisle.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Bishop's Call Brochure to Build Vicarage for St. John's Durant, St. Peter's, Coalgate and Texoma Area (open access)

Bishop's Call Brochure to Build Vicarage for St. John's Durant, St. Peter's, Coalgate and Texoma Area

Green print on white background. Bishops call to complete raising funds for new vicarage to serve St. Paul's, Durant as well as St. Peter's, Coalgate and Texoma.
Date: 1964
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
One Succeeded, One Did Not: Bacone College and the Oklahoma Presbyterian College, 1910-80 (open access)

One Succeeded, One Did Not: Bacone College and the Oklahoma Presbyterian College, 1910-80

Article explores the success and failure of two American Indian institutions of higher education; Bacone College and Oklahoma Presbyterian College. While Bacone still serves students in the twenty-first century, Oklahoma Presbyterian closed in the 1960s. This article identifies the reasons why Bacone survived, and Oklahoma Presbyterian College did not.
Date: Spring 2013
Creator: Crum, Steven J.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
“Educate or We Perish”: The Armstrong Academy’s History as Part of the Choctaw Educational System (open access)

“Educate or We Perish”: The Armstrong Academy’s History as Part of the Choctaw Educational System

Article explores the evolution of Armstrong Academy, a boarding school for American Indian boys, from its opening in 1845 to its untimely closing in 1920.
Date: Autumn 2011
Creator: Miles, Dennis
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
On the Gallows' Edge: Capital Punishment, Appeals, and Presidential Clemency in Indian Territory, 1896-1907 (open access)

On the Gallows' Edge: Capital Punishment, Appeals, and Presidential Clemency in Indian Territory, 1896-1907

This article continues Von Creel's study of the administration of justice in Indian Territory courts and expands upon the application of capital punishment. Von Creel details the cases of nine individuals who were convicted of capital crimes but who escaped hanging. Their stories involve the complicated legal processes of appeal, application for presidential clemency, commutation of sentence, and post-verdict motions.
Date: Summer 2006
Creator: Creel, Von Russell
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The First Lady of Education: Oklahoman Kate Galt Zaneis (open access)

The First Lady of Education: Oklahoman Kate Galt Zaneis

Article provides a biographical tribute to Kate Galt Zaneis, the first woman in the country as well as the state of Oklahoma to become president of a state institution of higher learning. James C. Milligan and L. David Norris describe her career as well as the many changes she instituted at Southeastern State Teachers College in Durant during the 1930s.
Date: Autumn 1993
Creator: Milligan, James C. & Norris, L. David
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Preliminary Summary of Archaeological Investigations in the South Barracks, Fort Washita, Bryan County, Oklahoma (open access)

Preliminary Summary of Archaeological Investigations in the South Barracks, Fort Washita, Bryan County, Oklahoma

Article details the findings of an archeological dig at Fort Washita conducted in 1971. The article lists what was found at the site and how the scientists procured them.
Date: Winter 1971
Creator: Wyckoff, Don G. & Spivey, Towana
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Minutes of the Third Quarterly Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society, Held in the City of Durant, Oklahoma, on November 12, 1953 (open access)

Minutes of the Third Quarterly Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society, Held in the City of Durant, Oklahoma, on November 12, 1953

This section includes the minutes of the third quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on November 12, 1953.
Date: Winter 1953
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Anatomy of an Oklahoma Lynching: Bryan County, August 12-13, 1911 (open access)

Anatomy of an Oklahoma Lynching: Bryan County, August 12-13, 1911

Article provides details surrounding the lynching of John Lee, a black man who attacked and killed a woman alone with her children near Durant, Oklahoma in 1911. Lowell Blaisdell describes the history of racial violence in the area, including other lynching incidents, and the circulation of rumors and paranoia that went hand-in-hand with the attitudes of the era.
Date: Autumn 2001
Creator: Blaisdell, Lowell L.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Durant Weekly News and Bryan County Democrat (Durant, Okla.), Vol. 63, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, March 6, 1959 (open access)

Durant Weekly News and Bryan County Democrat (Durant, Okla.), Vol. 63, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, March 6, 1959

Weekly newspaper from Durant, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 6, 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Saturday Morning Advertiser (Durant, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 40, Ed. 1, Saturday, August 23, 1919 (open access)

Saturday Morning Advertiser (Durant, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 40, Ed. 1, Saturday, August 23, 1919

Weekly newspaper from Durant, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 23, 1919
Creator: Evans, E. M.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Durant Daily Democrat (Durant, Okla.), Vol. 19, No. 37, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 18, 1921 (open access)

Durant Daily Democrat (Durant, Okla.), Vol. 19, No. 37, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 18, 1921

Daily newspaper from Durant, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 18, 1921
Creator: Story, Robert F.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Durant Daily Democrat (Durant, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 90, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 19, 1922 (open access)

Durant Daily Democrat (Durant, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 90, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 19, 1922

Daily newspaper from Durant, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 19, 1922
Creator: Story, Robert F.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Durant Daily Democrat (Durant, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 245, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 18, 1921 (open access)

Durant Daily Democrat (Durant, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 245, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 18, 1921

Daily newspaper from Durant, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 18, 1921
Creator: Story, Robert F.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Durant Daily Democrat (Durant, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 81, Ed. 1 Friday, December 8, 1922 (open access)

Durant Daily Democrat (Durant, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 81, Ed. 1 Friday, December 8, 1922

Daily newspaper from Durant, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 8, 1922
Creator: Story, Robert F.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Durant Daily Democrat (Durant, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 184, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 7, 1921 (open access)

Durant Daily Democrat (Durant, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 184, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 7, 1921

Daily newspaper from Durant, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 7, 1921
Creator: Story, Robert F.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Durant Daily Democrat (Durant, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, October 6, 1922 (open access)

Durant Daily Democrat (Durant, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, October 6, 1922

Daily newspaper from Durant, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 6, 1922
Creator: Story, Robert F.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Durant Daily Democrat (Durant, Okla.), Vol. 58, No. 21, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 7, 1958 (open access)

Durant Daily Democrat (Durant, Okla.), Vol. 58, No. 21, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 7, 1958

Daily newspaper from Durant, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 7, 1958
Creator: Peterson, Robert H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Durant Weekly News (Durant, Okla.), Vol. 22, No. 34, Ed. 1, Friday, August 22, 1919 (open access)

Durant Weekly News (Durant, Okla.), Vol. 22, No. 34, Ed. 1, Friday, August 22, 1919

Weekly newspaper from Durant, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 22, 1919
Creator: Evans, E. M.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Durant Statesman. (Durant, Indian Terr.), Vol. 1, No. 47, Ed. 1 Friday, September 6, 1907 (open access)

The Durant Statesman. (Durant, Indian Terr.), Vol. 1, No. 47, Ed. 1 Friday, September 6, 1907

Weekly newspaper from Durant, Indian Territory that includes local, territorial, and United States national news along with advertising.
Date: September 6, 1907
Creator: Sterett, W. S.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Durant Daily Democrat (Durant, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 152, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 1, 1921 (open access)

Durant Daily Democrat (Durant, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 152, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 1, 1921

Daily newspaper from Durant, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 1, 1921
Creator: Story, Robert F.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Durant Daily Democrat (Durant, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 79, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 4, 1920 (open access)

Durant Daily Democrat (Durant, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 79, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 4, 1920

Daily newspaper from Durant, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 4, 1920
Creator: Story, Robert F.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Durant Daily Democrat (Durant, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 128, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 1, 1921 (open access)

Durant Daily Democrat (Durant, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 128, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 1, 1921

Daily newspaper from Durant, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 1, 1921
Creator: Story, Robert F.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History