Letter thanking Clara Luper for serving on the Claude J. Murphy birthday celebration committee (open access)

Letter thanking Clara Luper for serving on the Claude J. Murphy birthday celebration committee

Letter thanking Clara Luper for serving on a committee and explaining the ways the event was broadcasted.
Date: August 15, 1979
Creator: Murphy, Claude J.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[2012.201.B0223.0179]

Photograph of a downtown street lined by tall buildings in Chicago, Illinois, used by a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. There are automobiles and cable cars in the street as well as pedestrians walking on the sidewalks. Caption: "Chicago's ban on parking in the 'loop', the heart of the city, was announced a complete success at the close of the first day's test."
Date: January 10, 1928
Creator: Associated Press
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Jake Hamon: "The Man Who Made Harding President" (open access)

Jake Hamon: "The Man Who Made Harding President"

Article details the life and career of Jacob "Jake" Hamon, legendary Oklahoma oilman and politician. An ambitious, opportunistic man in search of a presidential cabinet appointment, Hamon used money and influence to manipulate the selection of Warren G. Harding as the Republican Party's nominee in 1920.
Date: Autumn 2009
Creator: Floyd, Larry C.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History