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
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Peaceful Progress: An Account of the Italians of Krebs, Oklahoma (open access)

Peaceful Progress: An Account of the Italians of Krebs, Oklahoma

Article examines the history of the Italian community in Krebs, Oklahoma. Kenny L. Brown explores the political environment of their homeland, the reasons for their migration, and the conditions faced in the coal mining industry that led to the formation of labor unions.
Date: Autumn 1975
Creator: Brown, Kenny L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
We Had Everything But Money (open access)

We Had Everything But Money

Article describes the life of Congressmen Carl Albert and the environment and motivations that led him to seek political office in an autobiographical recollection. Albert provides a rich portrait of his family and upbringing in Bug Tussle, a rural school district in Oklahoma.
Date: Summer 1988
Creator: Albert, Carl Bert & Goble, Danney
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Tobucksy County Courthouse (open access)

Tobucksy County Courthouse

Article narrates the many court cases tried inside of the Tobucksy County Courthouse, a building that was once the home to pioneer physician Dr. Daniel Morris Hailey. The building is now called the old Choctaw Indian Courthouse.
Date: Spring 1970
Creator: Hefley, A. D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Inside the Store, Inside the Past: A Cultural Analysis of McAlester's General Store (open access)

Inside the Store, Inside the Past: A Cultural Analysis of McAlester's General Store

Article discusses the life and entrepreneurship of James J. McAlester, owner of McAlester's General Store, a prominent establishment in the Choctaw Nation in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Linda C. English takes a closer look at the growth and change of the store through its records.
Date: Spring 2003
Creator: English, Linda C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History