Oklahoma Historical Society

Photograph of six patrons in the Oklahoma Historical Society's Reading Room, Oklahoma City, OK. Photo by C.R. Cowen, June 17, 1993.
Date: June 17, 1993
Creator: Cowen, C. R.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0232.0600]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Guymon, the country seat of Texas County, has been called "Queen City of the Panhandle" and "Home of the Most Lied About Weather in the United States."
Date: February 13, 1990
Creator: McDaniel, David
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0409.0228]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.
Date: January 25, 1996
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Hanging Judge Parker and the Gunfight at Alexander's Store: Opportunities for Research in the Records of the U.S. Court at Fort Smith (open access)

Hanging Judge Parker and the Gunfight at Alexander's Store: Opportunities for Research in the Records of the U.S. Court at Fort Smith

Article explores materials related to the career of territorial judge Isaac Parker, a man who dealt with cases in Indian Territory in the late nineteenth century. Kent Carter provides details about the contents of the "official records" located at the Fort Worth branch of the National Archives, as well as the index and database created to organize them.
Date: Winter 1994
Creator: Carter, Kent
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Still Looking For The Mean! (open access)

Still Looking For The Mean!

Text for a speech by Barbara C. Jordan at the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The speech addresses the ongoing struggle for equality in America.
Date: April 24, 1993
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Reverend David Ottsen Consecrating the New Sacristy and Aumbry at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church (open access)

Reverend David Ottsen Consecrating the New Sacristy and Aumbry at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church

Newspaper clipping announcing the upcoming consecration of St. Andrew's sacristy and aumbry. The article references the building's interior modifications and new altar cushions.
Date: 1992
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0935.0554]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Mary L. Bond, archivist from the University of Central Oklahoma Archives, shows a 1952 time capsule to UCO President George Nigh while Pastor Robert Van House of First United Methodist Church of Edmond, standing second form right, and unidentified workers look on."
Date: August 9, 1993
Creator: Beckel, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Deciding Who Can Be Cherokee: Enrollment Records of the Dawes Commission (open access)

Deciding Who Can Be Cherokee: Enrollment Records of the Dawes Commission

Article explains the details and the process behind the work of the Dawes Commission, a product of the General Allotment Act that led U.S. government officials to enroll members of Indian tribes into a registration system so they could divide up the tribes' lands.
Date: Summer 1991
Creator: Carter, Kent
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 69, Number 2, Summer 1991 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 69, Number 2, Summer 1991

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Summer 1991
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Spring 1994 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Spring 1994

Notes and Documents column including a document honoring Berlin B. Chapman, a professor and historian who was inducted into the annual Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame in 1994. It also includes a document about the Pitchlynn family of the Choctaw tribe, and examines the accomplishments of Thomas Jefferson Pitchlynn through excerpts of correspondence.
Date: Spring 1994
Creator: Blackburn, Bob L. & Curry, Bobby R.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record, Fall 1997 (open access)

For the Record, Fall 1997

For the Record section including the minutes of the quarterly board meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on April 17, 1997. It also includes the minutes of the annual and special board meeting of the OHS that both occurred on April 18, 1997.
Date: Autumn 1997
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record Spring 1993 (open access)

For the Record Spring 1993

For the Record section including the minutes of the quarterly board meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on October 28, 1992.
Date: Spring 1993
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record, Fall 1993 (open access)

For the Record, Fall 1993

For the Record section including the minutes of the quarterly board meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on April 16, 1993.
Date: Autumn 1993
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Journey to Sainthood: David Pendleton Oakerhater's Better Way (open access)

Journey to Sainthood: David Pendleton Oakerhater's Better Way

Article describes the life and ideology of David Pendleton Oakerhater, Cheyenne warrior, artist, and Protestant Episcopal minister. Alvin O. Turner explores his journey and his promotion of cultural assimilation.
Date: Summer 1992
Creator: Turner, Alvin O.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record, Spring 1990 (open access)

For the Record, Spring 1990

For the Record section including the minutes of the quarterly board meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on October 25, 1989.
Date: Spring 1990
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
A Sac and Fox Portrait: The Jerry Whistler Snow Collection at the Western History Collections (open access)

A Sac and Fox Portrait: The Jerry Whistler Snow Collection at the Western History Collections

Article highlights the Jerry Whistler Snow Collection of photographs of the Western History Collections at the University of Oklahoma, which sheds light on the Whistler family as well as the Sac and Fox people of Oklahoma.
Date: Autumn 1991
Creator: Lovett, John
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"Let's Make It Happen": W. W. Keeler and Cherokee Renewal (open access)

"Let's Make It Happen": W. W. Keeler and Cherokee Renewal

Article discusses the impact of William Wayne Keeler's leadership on the Cherokee Nation from 1949 to 1975. Keeler was an elected chief of the Cherokees as well as chief executive officer of Phillips Petroleum Company, and worked towards revitalizing the Cherokee Nation.
Date: Summer 1996
Creator: Lowe, Marjorie J.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Miss Mallory's Children: The Oklahoma Orphanage and the Founding of Bethany (open access)

Miss Mallory's Children: The Oklahoma Orphanage and the Founding of Bethany

Article depicts the life and career of holiness worker Mattie Mallory, who left her mark on Oklahoma history as the founder of the city of Bethany and the Oklahoma Orphanage, which later became part of the Children's Center. Charles Edwin Jones explores her dedication to her faith and motivations for her accomplishments.
Date: Winter 1993
Creator: Jones, Charles Edwin
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record, Summer 1996 (open access)

For the Record, Summer 1996

For the Record section including the minutes of the minutes of the quarterly board meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on January 24, 1996.
Date: Summer 1996
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 72, Number 1, Spring 1994 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 72, Number 1, Spring 1994

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Spring 1994
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"They Hired Every Farmer in the Country": Establishing the Prisoner of War Camp at Tonkawa (open access)

"They Hired Every Farmer in the Country": Establishing the Prisoner of War Camp at Tonkawa

Article describes the history of the prisoner of war camp at Tonkawa constructed during World War II. William P. Corbett examines both its function as a military base as well as how it fostered civilian involvement.
Date: Winter 1991
Creator: Corbett, William P.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Baffles, Bridges, and Bermuda: Oklahoma Indians and the Civil Conservation Corps-Indian Division (open access)

Baffles, Bridges, and Bermuda: Oklahoma Indians and the Civil Conservation Corps-Indian Division

Article describes the work of the Indian Division of the New Deal's relief labor group, the Civilian Conservation Corps, and their efforts to improve conservation of land during the Great Depression.
Date: Winter 1999
Creator: Hanneman, Carolyn G.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"Wholly Occupied with my Special Work": Reverend William Graham's Stay at Fort Coffee and New Hope, 1845-1847 (open access)

"Wholly Occupied with my Special Work": Reverend William Graham's Stay at Fort Coffee and New Hope, 1845-1847

Article introduces and annotates an excerpt from the autobiography of Reverend William Graham, a Methodist missionary who worked with Choctaws at the Fort Coffee and New Hope schools in the mid-nineteenth century.
Date: Autumn 1998
Creator: Parman, Donald L.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record, Summer 1990 (open access)

For the Record, Summer 1990

For the Record section including the minutes of the quarterly board meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on January 24, 1990.
Date: Summer 1990
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History