[Photograph 2012.201.B0134.0346]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Mayor's Christmas Party."
Date: December 18, 1981
Creator: Miller, Joe
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0362.0075]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Gene Litter . . . Still four shots ahead"
Date: 1981
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1383.0894]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.
Date: February 20, 1981
Creator: Hoke, Doug
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0232.0599]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Ever-present dust clouds downtown Guymon street in this 1935 photograph."
Date: August 24, 1981
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Stand Watie and the Killing of James Foreman (open access)

Stand Watie and the Killing of James Foreman

Article illustrates the events of May 14, 1942, when Stand Watie killed James Foreman after accusing him of killing his uncle. Richard Zellner explores how this act of violence was just a step in the growing friction between white frontier settlers and the Cherokee Indians who had been relocated there, friction that would eventually lead to large-scale conflict.
Date: Summer 1981
Creator: Zellner, Richard
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Jim Thorpe Family: Part II (open access)

The Jim Thorpe Family: Part II

Article continues to explore the historical background of the Jim Thorpe Family after the article's first part in Volume 59, Number 1, Spring 1981. Along with further description of the Sac and Fox and Potawatomi settlement in Indian Territory, Grace Thorpe highlights the lives of individuals in the Thorpe family including Jim Thorpe himself.
Date: Summer 1981
Creator: Thorpe, Grace F.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 59, Number 2, Summer 1981 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 59, Number 2, Summer 1981

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Summer 1981
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record, Winter 1981-82 (open access)

For the Record, Winter 1981-82

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 July 29, 1981. It also includes a list honoring the donors who gave gifts to the OHS in the second quarter of 1981 and lists of new annual and new life members of the OHS from April 30 to July 29 of 1981.
Date: Winter 1981
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Jim Thorpe Family: From Wisconsin to Indian Territory, Part I (open access)

The Jim Thorpe Family: From Wisconsin to Indian Territory, Part I

Article describes the ancestors and roots of Jim Thorpe's family. Jim Thorpe's sister, Grace F. Thorpe, examines the history of the Thorpe family in Indian Territory and their connections to the Sac, Fox and Potawatomi tribes.
Date: Spring 1981
Creator: Thorpe, Grace F.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Gold in Oklahoma: The Last Great Gold Excitement in the Trans-Mississippi West, 1889-1918 (open access)

Gold in Oklahoma: The Last Great Gold Excitement in the Trans-Mississippi West, 1889-1918

Article discusses the hunt for gold and other minerals in the Wichita Mountains of Oklahoma. Duane K. Hale uncovers the history of mining in southwestern Oklahoma from the last half of the nineteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth, including the discovery of ancient mines and dig sites left by earlier prospectors.
Date: Autumn 1981
Creator: Hale, Duane K.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Perry Daily Journal (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 88, No. 191, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 16, 1981 (open access)

The Perry Daily Journal (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 88, No. 191, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 16, 1981

Daily newspaper from Perry, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 16, 1981
Creator: Watson, Milo W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Black Men Who Wore the "Star" (open access)

Black Men Who Wore the "Star"

Article explores the accomplishments of black men who became deputy marshals to enforce the law on the frontier of Indian Territory. Nudie E. Williams focuses on the lives and motivations of three men in particular: Bass Reeves, Zeke Miller, and Grant Johnson.
Date: Spring 1981
Creator: Williams, Nudie E.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Perry Daily Journal (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 88, No. 47, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 31, 1981 (open access)

The Perry Daily Journal (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 88, No. 47, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 31, 1981

Daily newspaper from Perry, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 31, 1981
Creator: Watson, Milo W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Crisis on a Black Campus: Langston University and Its Struggle for Survival (open access)

Crisis on a Black Campus: Langston University and Its Struggle for Survival

Article explores the discourse about the existence of black universities in Oklahoma after desegregation, and examines the history of one of the most prominent institutions in Oklahoma, Langston University.
Date: Winter 1981
Creator: Spivey, Donald
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 59, Number 4, Winter 1981-82 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 59, Number 4, Winter 1981-82

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation. Index to volume 59 starts on page 496.
Date: Winter 1981
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 59, Number 1, Spring 1981 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 59, Number 1, Spring 1981

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Spring 1981
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 67, No. 262, Ed. 1 Friday, July 17, 1981 (open access)

Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 67, No. 262, Ed. 1 Friday, July 17, 1981

Daily newspaper from Sapulpa, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 17, 1981
Creator: Lake, Charles S.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Fall 1981 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Fall 1981

Notes and Documents column including an amended version of Oklahoma Historical Society constitution that was adopted on March 13, 1981.
Date: Autumn 1981
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Chickasha Daily Express (Chickasha, Okla.), Vol. 89, No. 96, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 14, 1981 (open access)

The Chickasha Daily Express (Chickasha, Okla.), Vol. 89, No. 96, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 14, 1981

Daily newspaper from Chickasha, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 14, 1981
Creator: Drew, Charles C.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Chickasha Daily Express (Chickasha, Okla.), Vol. 88, No. 307, Ed. 1 Sunday, March 22, 1981 (open access)

The Chickasha Daily Express (Chickasha, Okla.), Vol. 88, No. 307, Ed. 1 Sunday, March 22, 1981

Daily newspaper from Chickasha, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 22, 1981
Creator: Drew, Charles C.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 59, Number 3, Fall 1981 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 59, Number 3, Fall 1981

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Autumn 1981
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Chickasha Daily Express (Chickasha, Okla.), Vol. 89, No. 90, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 8, 1981 (open access)

The Chickasha Daily Express (Chickasha, Okla.), Vol. 89, No. 90, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 8, 1981

Daily newspaper from Chickasha, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 8, 1981
Creator: Drew, Charles C.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 67, No. 275, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 2, 1981 (open access)

Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 67, No. 275, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 2, 1981

Daily newspaper from Sapulpa, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 2, 1981
Creator: Lake, Charles S.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 67, No. 101, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 11, 1981 (open access)

Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 67, No. 101, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 11, 1981

Daily newspaper from Sapulpa, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 11, 1981
Creator: Lake, Charles S.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History