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The Aboriginal Chickasaw Nation
Article details how the Chickasaw tribe traveled and named various landmarks within North America prior to colonization. Included are descriptions of customs and notable events that molded the tribe.
Date:
Winter 1937
Creator:
Bond, Janet
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Abraham Jefferson Seay, Governor of Oklahoma Territory, 1892-1893
Article describes the life and career of Abraham Jefferson Seay, governor of Oklahoma Territory from 1892-1893. Highlights include the opening of Cheyenne and Arapaho lands and the establishment of Oklahoma State University.
Date:
Spring 1975
Creator:
Henslick, Harry E.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Acculturation Problems Among the Plains Tribes of the Government Agencies in Western Indian Territory
Article describes the process of managing government agencies in reservations and the issues that arose. Michael Dan Mitchell discusses the establishment of Quaker leadership and suspicion when it came to white influence among the tribes.
Date:
Autumn 1966
Creator:
Mitchell, Michael Dan
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Ad Interim Report, September 5, 1950
Ad Interim Report created on September 5, 1950 due to the annual meeting being passed over. This report includes a yearly update of details and information the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society may need for their next meeting.
Date:
Autumn 1950
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Address in Commemoration of Wiley Post
Article is a speech given by Paul A. Walker at the 28th anniversary of Oklahoma obtaining statehood, given to the Oklahoma State Society of Washington, D. C. The speech pays tribute to Wiley Post, the discoverer of the jet stream. Included is a resolution honoring his and Will Rogers' deaths.
Date:
Winter 1935
Creator:
Walker, Paul A.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Alice Brown Davis: A Leader of Her People
Article pays a biographical tribute to Alice Brown Davis, school superintendent, court interpreter, and later chief of her tribe, in her dedication and contributions to the Seminole Nation after their relocation to Oklahoma.
Date:
Winter 1980
Creator:
Waldowski, Paula
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
S. Alice Callahan: Author of Wynema a Child of the Forest
Article describes the life and work of S. Alice Callahan, author of Wynema Child of the Forest and teacher at the Harrell Institute in Muscogee, Indian Territory. Carolyn Thomas Foreman explores the contents of the book, its titular individual, and includes excerpts of Callahan's work.
Date:
Autumn 1955
Creator:
Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Alice M. Robertson, Oklahoma's First Congresswoman
Article describes the life and political career of Alice M. Robertson, Oklahoma's first congresswoman and the second woman in the United States Congress. Ruth Moore Stanley describes her support for American soldiers, stance on political issues, anti-suffragist philosophy, and religious beliefs.
Date:
Autumn 1967
Creator:
Stanley, Ruth Moore
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Alice Mary Robertson--Anti-Feminist Congresswoman
Article describes the life and accomplishments of Alice Mary Robertson, the second woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and the first from Oklahoma. Louise B. James explores her activities before election, the connections she made with other political leaders, and her seemingly contrary personal beliefs.
Date:
Winter 1977
Creator:
James, Louise Boyd
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Alice Ross Howard
Article chronicles the life of Alice Ross Howard, a distant relative of Chief John Ross of the Eastern Cherokee Nation. The article follows Howard and her family as they escape from the Civil War to the North and return to rebuild their lives within the Cherokee Nation.
Date:
Autumn 1945
Creator:
Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Alice's Restaurant: Expanding a Woman's Sphere
Article describes the life and career of Alice Mary Robertson, the second woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, and the first congresswoman of Oklahoma. Maitreyi Mazumdar discusses Roberts own ideology and beliefs, which included the idea of women belonging in the home, and how it impacted her political stance.
Date:
Autumn 1992
Creator:
Mazumdar, Maitreyi
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
All that Glitters, Assaying S. H. Logan's "Trip to the Gold Fields"
Article provides a thorough examination of S.H. Logan's "Trip to the Gold Fields," an account allegedly compiled from the writings of an emigrant who had joined Captain Randolph B. Marcy on a gold-seeking expedition to California, which was published in the Arkansas Gazette in 1941. Since it has been cited as a primary source, Stephen H. Dew exposes certain areas of the account that may be fabricated in comparison to more factual and evidentiary sources.
Date:
Autumn 1993
Creator:
Dew, Stephen H.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"Almost Hopeless in the Wake of the Storm": The 1918 Spanish Flu Epidemic in Oklahoma
Article examines the impact of the Spanish flu epidemic on Oklahomans during 1918-1919. Nigel Anthony Sellars discusses the spread of the epidemic on a detailed level, identifying the medical institutions and professionals who sought to combat the epidemic as it spread from one Oklahoma city to another.
Date:
Spring 2001
Creator:
Sellars, Nigel Anthony
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Amazing Grace: The Influence of Christianity in Nineteenth-Century Oklahoma Ozark Music and Society
Article analyzes the effect of religious culture on the development of music in Southeastern Oklahoma, as expressed in hymn singing, temperance songs, instruments, and play-parties.
Date:
Winter 2008
Creator:
Castro, J. Justin
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"America, Love It or Leave It": Some Native American Initiatives to Move to Mexico, 1890-1940
Article describes the emigration to Mexico initiative some Native American tribes in Oklahoma considered between 1890 and 1940. Steven Crum also describes the national government's response to these efforts and references the similarity of the 1960s phrase coined in the article's title.
Date:
Winter 2001
Creator:
Crum, Steven J.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The American Indian and His Name
Article discusses the meanings behind American Indian names, the assimilation practices of white government officials, and the need for preservation of these cultural identities.
Date:
Autumn 1965
Creator:
Holway, Hope
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Amongst the Damp: The Dangerous Profession of Coal Mining in Oklahoma, 1870-1935
Article explores the dangerous coal mining profession in Oklahoma from the late nineteenth to early twentieth century. Steve Sewell provides details about major mining accidents, as well as the terminology miners used to describe the "damps," or noxious gases that threatened their safety.
Date:
Spring 1992
Creator:
Sewell, Steven L.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
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
"And The Skies Are Not Cloudy All Day": Drought and the Cherokee Outlet Land Run
This article details the difficulties that settlers of the Cherokee Outlet faced and how they coped with adverse conditions. Many environmental and economic factors contributed to their success or failure, including a major drought on the Southern Plains that coincided with the opening of the Cherokee Outlet in 1893.
Date:
Winter 2003
Creator:
Sweeney, Kevin Z.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Angelo Cyrus Scott: Leader in Higher Education, Oklahoma Territory
Article highlights the accomplishments of Oklahoma State University's fifth president, Angelo Cyrus Scott.
Date:
Spring 1969
Creator:
Rulon, Philip Reed
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Ann Florence Wilson: Matriarch of the Cherokee Female Seminary
Article describes the life and career of Ann Florence Wilson, an educator who became Principal Teacher at the Cherokee National Female Seminary and had a profound impact on her students and community. Devon Abbott provides historical context to her life in a time of political change.
Date:
Winter 1989
Creator:
Abbott, Devon
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Annette Blackburn Ehler and the Pat Hennessey Memorial Garden
Article describes pioneer woman Annette Blackburn Ehler and her contributions to Oklahoma history through the Oklahoma Historical Society and Oklahoma Memorial Association. Athie Sale Davis discusses her work creating the Pat Hennessey Memorial Garden and the contents of her writings.
Date:
Autumn 1953
Creator:
Davis, Athie Sale
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Annual and Quarterly Meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society and its Board of Directors, April 26, 1973
This section includes the minutes of the annual meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society and the minutes of the quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society held on April 26, 1973. Included is a response from Florence O. Wilson on becoming an honorary member of the society, a list of gifts received by the organization, and a list of new annual and life members.
Date:
Summer 1973
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Annual Meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society, April 23, 1970
This section includes the minutes of the annual meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society held on April 23, 1970. Included within the minutes is a letter from William J. Holloway Jr. thanking George Shirk for honoring his father and a list of gifts received by the organization.
Date:
Summer 1970
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History