Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 85, Number 1, Spring 2007 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 85, Number 1, Spring 2007

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Spring 2007
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
A Meeting of Conquerors: Art Goebel and Charles Lindbergh in Tulsa, 1927 (open access)

A Meeting of Conquerors: Art Goebel and Charles Lindbergh in Tulsa, 1927

Article recounts the meeting of Art Gobel and Charles A. Lindbergh in Tulsa in September 1927. Both aviators, Goebel was known as "The Conqueror of the Pacific," while Lindbergh was "The Conqueror of the Atlantic." Their meeting and behavior toward Oklahomans revealed much about each man's character and personality and about the American practice of hero making.
Date: Spring 2007
Creator: Hedglen, Thomas
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
From Termination to Self-Determination: Indian Health in Oklahoma, 1954-1980, Part 1 (open access)

From Termination to Self-Determination: Indian Health in Oklahoma, 1954-1980, Part 1

Article evaluates the problems of Indian health care and the campaign led by Senator Fred Harris and others to correct a record of neglect.
Date: Winter 2007
Creator: Lowitt, Richard, 1922-2018
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Setbacks and Successes: Cameron University's Library, 1909-2000 (open access)

Setbacks and Successes: Cameron University's Library, 1909-2000

Article examines the Cameron library's policies for collections development, materials access, and constant improvement of buildings that helped this important regional institution reach full university status.
Date: Autumn 2007
Creator: Young, Sheridan Eleanor
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 85, Number 4, Winter 2007-08 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 85, Number 4, Winter 2007-08

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Winter 2007
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 85, Number 3, Fall 2007 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 85, Number 3, Fall 2007

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Autumn 2007
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"With Great Difficulty and Labour": The Emigration of the McIntosh Party of Creek Indians, 1827-1828 (open access)

"With Great Difficulty and Labour": The Emigration of the McIntosh Party of Creek Indians, 1827-1828

Article outlines the travails of the first Creek emigrants to the trans-Mississippi region that is now Oklahoma, whose journey preceded the removal of the Creek Nation.
Date: Winter 2007
Creator: Haveman, Christopher D.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
A Reluctant Heir: Carl Albert, Watergate, and the American Presidency (open access)

A Reluctant Heir: Carl Albert, Watergate, and the American Presidency

Article details Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Carl Bert Albert's decision to eschew the ultimate leadership role and recommend Rep. Gerald R. Ford as Vice President Spiro T. Agnew's successor after Agnew resigned in disgrace in 1973.
Date: Autumn 2007
Creator: Anderson, Heath
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"Civilization May be a Hoax": Oklahomans in the Old World, 1907-1939 (open access)

"Civilization May be a Hoax": Oklahomans in the Old World, 1907-1939

This article describes the views of middle-class Oklahomans who toured Europe between the two world wars and whose travel accounts concluded that the New World--America and Oklahoma--were superior in all aspects of "civilization."
Date: Winter 2007
Creator: Voss, K. Dirk
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"Hoorah for Integration!": The Adoption of the 1955 Better Schools Amendment (open access)

"Hoorah for Integration!": The Adoption of the 1955 Better Schools Amendment

This article examines the campaign led by Governor Raymond D. Gary to adopt a constitutional amendment ending the time-honored special tax for separate schools and begin the process of integration after the Supreme Court Decision in Brown v. Board of Education (1954).
Date: Summer 2007
Creator: Lough, Keith D.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 85, Number 2, Summer 2007 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 85, Number 2, Summer 2007

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Summer 2007
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"We Complacently Drink the Fruit of the Lotus Bowl": Deciding on the Oklahoma City Floodway, 1946-1953 (open access)

"We Complacently Drink the Fruit of the Lotus Bowl": Deciding on the Oklahoma City Floodway, 1946-1953

Article recounts the struggle for federal funds to straighten and safely channel the North Canadian River through the growing urban area of Oklahoma City. Designed and planned from 1946 to 1953, the Oklahoma City Floodway was dedicated on March 31, 1958.
Date: Autumn 2007
Creator: Payne, Adam A.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Twixt Scylla and Charybdis: Environmental Pressure on the Choctaw to Ally with the Confederacy (open access)

Twixt Scylla and Charybdis: Environmental Pressure on the Choctaw to Ally with the Confederacy

Article describes the conditions that led the Choctaw nation's decision to ally with the Confederate States of America when the United States failed to live up to its treaty promises.
Date: Spring 2007
Creator: Sweeney, Kevin Z.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
An Exercise in Pride: Celebrating the Oklahoma Semi-centennial (open access)

An Exercise in Pride: Celebrating the Oklahoma Semi-centennial

This article takes a look back at the semi-centennial celebration of 1957 as Oklahoma prepares to celebrate the centennial of 1907 statehood in 2007.
Date: Summer 2007
Creator: Mullins, Bill
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History