Notes and Documents, Winter 2013-14 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Winter 2013-14

Notes and Documents column including a document about new resources made available by the Oklahoma Historical Society's John and Eleanor Kirkpatrick Research Center, which include prestatehood newspapers, the WKY, KTVY, KFOR film collection, and a searchable index of Hastain's Township Plats of the Creek Nation.
Date: Winter 2013
Creator: Williams, Chad & Toney, Tabatha
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Same Traditions, New Reasons: Experiences of American Indian Women in Pawnee Bill's Wild West Shows (open access)

Same Traditions, New Reasons: Experiences of American Indian Women in Pawnee Bill's Wild West Shows

Article describes American Indian women's roles while participating as part of the cast in Wild West shows. Wild West shows, such as the ones organized by G. W. "Pawnee Bill" Lillie, featured acts that entertained audiences and showed white Americans a version of life in the West. Alyce Vigil describes how American Indian women in the cast worked to maintain their traditions in this new context.
Date: Summer 2013
Creator: Vigil, Alyce
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Life and Times of the First Applicants to Platt National Park, 1906-10 (open access)

The Life and Times of the First Applicants to Platt National Park, 1906-10

Article explores the applications for employment at Platt National Park in order to paint a picture of the first years of Platt National Park and show how politics and personality affected federal hiring processes.
Date: Summer 2013
Creator: Castro, J. Justin & Compton, Lindsay
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 91, Number 2, Summer 2013 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 91, Number 2, Summer 2013

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Summer 2013
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
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
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 91, Number 1, Spring 2013 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 91, Number 1, Spring 2013

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Spring 2013
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Shipwrecked in Oklahoma: The Last Voyage of the Steamboat Heroine, 1838 (open access)

Shipwrecked in Oklahoma: The Last Voyage of the Steamboat Heroine, 1838

Article explores the history of the steamboat Heroine's last voyage based on the archeological evidence left behind. The Heroine was shipwrecked on the Red River while on a voyage to deliver supplies to Fort Towson in Indian Territory.
Date: Autumn 2013
Creator: Crisman, Kevin; Chick, Nina & Davis, John
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Enigma of Mike Monroney (open access)

The Enigma of Mike Monroney

Article provides an overview of the political career of Almer Stillwell "Mike" Monroney, who served the people of Oklahoma in the US House of Representatives and US Senate from 1939 until 1966. The author characterizes Monroney as a level-headed moderate attempting to continue his tenure in office amidst a shift to the conservative right in Oklahoma politics.
Date: Spring 2013
Creator: Lowitt, Richard, 1922-2018
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 98, No. 235, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 22, 2013 (open access)

Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 98, No. 235, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 22, 2013

Daily newspaper from Sapulpa, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 22, 2013
Creator: Gibbs, Angenene
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 91, Number 4, Winter 2013-14 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 91, Number 4, Winter 2013-14

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation. Index to volume 91 starts on page 508.
Date: Winter 2013
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 91, Number 3, Fall 2013 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 91, Number 3, Fall 2013

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Autumn 2013
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 114, No. 151, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 16, 2013 (open access)

The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 114, No. 151, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 16, 2013
Creator: Bush, Michael
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Fall 2013 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Fall 2013

Notes and Documents column including Tara Damron's "In the Shadows of the Century Chest: Message to Future Generations," which describes the history and contents of the Century Chest, a time capsule that was buried on April 22, 1913, through the unique partnership of the First Lutheran Church and the Oklahoma Historical Society. The Century Chest was opened on April 22, 2013 and will be preserved by the Oklahoma Historical Society.
Date: Autumn 2013
Creator: Damron, Tara
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record, Winter 2013-14 (open access)

For the Record, Winter 2013-14

For the Record section including the minutes of the regular quarterly board meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on July 24, 2013.
Date: Winter 2013
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record, Spring 2013 (open access)

For the Record, Spring 2013

For the Record section including the minutes of the quarterly board meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on October 24, 2012.
Date: Spring 2013
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Park Hill's Ross Cemetery (open access)

Park Hill's Ross Cemetery

Article relates the results of the survey that took place in Fall 2000 and Spring 2001 by Lois E. Wilson Albert and members of the Oklahoma Anthropological Society to thoroughly document the Ross Cemetery at Park Hill for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places. The Ross Cemetery contains the remains of members of one of the most prominent Cherokee families of the nineteenth century.
Date: Spring 2013
Creator: Wilson Albert, Lois E.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 114, No. 112, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 22, 2013 (open access)

The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 114, No. 112, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 22, 2013

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 22, 2013
Creator: Bush, Michael
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Eastern Statesman (Wilburton, Okla.), Vol. 91, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, May 3, 2013 (open access)

Eastern Statesman (Wilburton, Okla.), Vol. 91, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, May 3, 2013

Bimonthly student newspaper from Eastern Oklahoma State College in Wilburton, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and campus news along with advertising.
Date: May 3, 2013
Creator: Knight, Jayson
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Red Panic: The Drumright Telephone Operators' Strike of 1919 (open access)

Red Panic: The Drumright Telephone Operators' Strike of 1919

Article details the events of the Drumright Telephone Operator's Strike, the resulting Red Scare, and the way the details were twisted and expanded out of proportion into a Bolshevik uprising in the wake of World War I. Michael Molina focuses on the influence of media in particular.
Date: Autumn 2013
Creator: Molina, Michael
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 113, No. 225, Ed. 1 Friday, April 12, 2013 (open access)

The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 113, No. 225, Ed. 1 Friday, April 12, 2013

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 12, 2013
Creator: Bush, Michael
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 99, No. 75, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 31, 2013 (open access)

Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 99, No. 75, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Daily newspaper from Sapulpa, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 31, 2013
Creator: Gibbs, Angenene
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Observer III (Lexington, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 18, Ed. 1 Monday, October 7, 2013 (open access)

The Observer III (Lexington, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 18, Ed. 1 Monday, October 7, 2013

Semi-monthly newspaper from Lexington, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 7, 2013
Creator: Murphy, Lou Ann
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 113, No. 206, Ed. 1 Sunday, March 17, 2013 (open access)

The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 113, No. 206, Ed. 1 Sunday, March 17, 2013

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 17, 2013
Creator: Bush, Michael
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 113, No. [220], Ed. 1 Friday, April 5, 2013 (open access)

The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 113, No. [220], Ed. 1 Friday, April 5, 2013

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 5, 2013
Creator: Bush, Michael
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History