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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

Bell Ringer at Church of The Savior Episcopal, Yukon

Unidentified man pulling rope in bell tower of The Savior Episcopal Church.
Date: 2000
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Interior of Grace Episcopal Church, Yukon

Unidentified man standing in entry way of church. The building is at 720 S. Yukon Parkway between 2014 and 2022.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Mrs. Bobbee McDonnald and Church School Class

Group of students and adult teacher. On bottom of photo, "Mrs. Bobbe McDonnald and Church School Class in Nave of St. Raphael's, Yukon, Okla."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Burial Registry of El Reno Christ Memorial Episcopal Church (open access)

Burial Registry of El Reno Christ Memorial Episcopal Church

Copy of page 118 entitled "Burials". Lists name, date of death, age and residence. Dated from 1894 to 1904.
Date: 1894/1904
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Stained Glass Windows of El Reno Christ Memorial Episcopal Church

Two rectangular stained glass windows, wooden pews in foreground.
Date: 2021
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Rt. Rev. Moody, Clergy and Lay Persons at Church of The Savior, Yukon

Rt. Rev. Robert Moody and Rev. Kevin Wittmayer in front, clergy and other lay leaders standing in front of building. Day of consecration and dedication of the church, Sept. 8. 2000.
Date: 2000
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

El Reno Christ Memorial Episcopal Church Memorial Rectory

Two men and woman standing in front of wood frame structure with covered front porch. Identified as El Reno Christ Memorial Rectory. Circular photographic image on light background.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Interior of El Reno Christ Memorial Episcopal Church

Carpeted center aisle with wooden pews on either side, cloth covered altar with wood background, stained glass rose window behind altar.
Date: 2021
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Sign for The Church of the Savior Episcopal, Yukon

Black metal frame, upper white background "Church of the Savior, Episcopal", lower background, "Welcome Grand Opening Sunday 10:30". The church began in 1994. The building was dedicated Sept. 8, 2000, and located at 720 S. Yukon Parkway. The Church of the Savior closed 2014.
Date: 2000
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Interior of Grace Episcopal Church, Yukon

Rows of padded chairs on either side of center aisle, cloth covered altar at center front, four choir members at front right. The building was at 720 S. Yukon Parkway but previously was The Church of the Savior which became Grace Episcopal in 2014. The building was used by them until 2022 before the new church was built at 600 N. Mustang, Yukon.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Rev. Nobes E. Nicholl and Others, St. Raphael Episcopal Church, Yukon

Priests and Lay Readers processing down steps of St. Raphael Episcopal Church, Yukon. On back of photo "June 7, 1970, St. Raphael's (Dedication of Parish Hall), Front "The Rev. Nobes E. Nicholl, Sr and Lay Reader Alan Brown, Back - Fr. Shaw and Fr. Paul Kendall" The building was The Chapel of the Guardian Angel at Frontier City but later moved to Yukon in the mid 1960's. St. Raphel's congregation met at the home of John McDonnald, then met in a rented home, before the chapel became St Raphael.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Founding of El Reno (open access)

The Founding of El Reno

Article discusses the establishment of the town of El Reno, Oklahoma, its founder John A. Foreman, homestead law in the area, and county seat elections. Berlin B. Chapman includes excerpts of documentation from the time to construct a clearer picture of the townsite and the legalities surrounding its settlement.
Date: Spring 1956
Creator: Chapman, Berlin B.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Evans and Clark Families: Borderlands Legacies in Western Oklahoma, 1875-1950 (open access)

The Evans and Clark Families: Borderlands Legacies in Western Oklahoma, 1875-1950

Article uses the lives of the Evans and Clark families to demonstrate evolving systems of racial discrimination in the emerging state of Oklahoma.
Date: Summer 2018
Creator: Truden, John
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The El Reno Daily Tribune (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 56, No. 177, Ed. 1 Friday, September 26, 1947 (open access)

The El Reno Daily Tribune (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 56, No. 177, Ed. 1 Friday, September 26, 1947

Daily newspaper from El Reno, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 26, 1947
Creator: Dyer, Ray J.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The El Reno Daily Tribune (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 64, No. 361, Ed. 1 Sunday, April 29, 1956 (open access)

The El Reno Daily Tribune (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 64, No. 361, Ed. 1 Sunday, April 29, 1956

Daily newspaper from El Reno, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 29, 1956
Creator: Dyer, Ray J.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The El Reno Daily Tribune (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 63, No. 139, Ed. 1 Monday, August 9, 1954 (open access)

The El Reno Daily Tribune (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 63, No. 139, Ed. 1 Monday, August 9, 1954

Daily newspaper from El Reno, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 9, 1954
Creator: Dyer, Ray J.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The El Reno Daily Tribune (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 60, No. 234, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 2, 1951 (open access)

The El Reno Daily Tribune (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 60, No. 234, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 2, 1951

Daily newspaper from El Reno, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 2, 1951
Creator: Dyer, Ray J.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The El Reno Daily Tribune (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 58, No. 97, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 22, 1949 (open access)

The El Reno Daily Tribune (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 58, No. 97, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 22, 1949

Daily newspaper from El Reno, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 22, 1949
Creator: Harle, Budge
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The El Reno Daily Democrat (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 31, No. 155, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 16, 1922 (open access)

The El Reno Daily Democrat (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 31, No. 155, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 16, 1922

Daily newspaper from El Reno, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 16, 1922
Creator: Maher, T. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Choctaw Academy (open access)

The Choctaw Academy

Article is a continuation of the author's attempts to document the establishment and history of the Choctaw Academy, a mission school dedicated to the education of American Indian youths.
Date: Winter 1931
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Okarche Times. (Okarche, Okla.), Vol. 31, No. 37, Ed. 1 Friday, December 29, 1922 (open access)

The Okarche Times. (Okarche, Okla.), Vol. 31, No. 37, Ed. 1 Friday, December 29, 1922

Weekly newspaper from Okarche, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 29, 1922
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Piedmont News (Piedmont, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, April 1, 1910 (open access)

Piedmont News (Piedmont, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, April 1, 1910

Weekly newspaper from Piedmont, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 1, 1910
Creator: Brown, U. S.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
El Reno Daily American. (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 116, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 17, 1903 (open access)

El Reno Daily American. (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 116, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 17, 1903

Daily newspaper from El Reno, Oklahoma Territory that includes local, territorial, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 17, 1903
Creator: Greer, Charles F.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History