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[On Tarman's Investigation] (open access)

[On Tarman's Investigation]

Paper that examines Tarman's investigation into gifted children in California.
Date: 1980~
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
[History of Early Admission Programs] (open access)

[History of Early Admission Programs]

Paper about the history of early admission programs in the United States of America. It proposes that advanced students not be kept to an age-in-grade pace, and that early admission programs be implemented to give these students a chance to learn at their own pace.
Date: 1980~
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Papers Presented - Geothermal Resources Council 1980 Annual Meeting (open access)

Papers Presented - Geothermal Resources Council 1980 Annual Meeting

This report contains preprints of papers pertaining to geothermal energy development in the Eastern United States written by members of the Center for Metropolitan Planning and Research (Metro Center) and by the Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) both of The Johns Hopkins University.
Date: October 1, 1980
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Phytoplankton Dynamics in Oceanic Waters Off Ke-Ahole Point, Hawaii (open access)

Phytoplankton Dynamics in Oceanic Waters Off Ke-Ahole Point, Hawaii

Phytoplankton activity in an oligotrophic environment was studied on six cruises over a 14-month period. Phytoplankton biomass and productivity displayed considerable temporal variability despite the relative constancy of the physical and chemical environment. No evidence of seasonality or diurnal variability in phytoplankton biomass was observed. Annual average (+ s.d.) depth-integrated values (0-260 m) for chlorophyll a, phaeopigment, ATP, and primary productivity were 24.55 + 10.31 mg {center_dot} m{sup -2}, 11.81 + 7.20 mg {center_dot} m{sup -2}, 3.00 + 1.78 mg {center_dot} m{sup -2}, and 8.79 + 7.82 mg C {center_dot} m{sup -2}, h{sup -1}, respectively; over the year these parameters were seen to vary over ranges of 3X, 6X, 10X, and 26X, respectively. The mean depths of the chlorophyll and phaeopigment maxima were 85 + 9 m and 95 + 11 m, respectively; the pheopigment maximum was always located at or below that of chlorophyll. Size fractionation studies showed that at this oceanic station about 80% of the phytoplankton biomass occurred in the < 5 {micro}m fraction. Low ambient nutrient levels were typical at the depth of the chlorophyll maximum, indicating that nutrient assimilation was actively occurring in that layer. Elevated nutrient levels were typical at the deeper phaeopigment maximum …
Date: July 1, 1980
Creator: Bienfang, Paul K. & Szyper, James P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comanche Killer or Commentator? Captain Marcy the Ethnographer (open access)

Comanche Killer or Commentator? Captain Marcy the Ethnographer

Article examines the life and military career of Captain Randolph B. Marcy of the Fifth Infantry, who served as both a soldier and ethnographer in his observance of the Comanche people. Cliff Trafzer explores insights about the Comanches from the man himself, as well as societal attitudes surrounding Native American tribes and Anglo-American settlers in the 1850s.
Date: Spring 1980
Creator: Trafzer, Clifford
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"To Preserve and Perpetuate the History of Oklahoma" (open access)

"To Preserve and Perpetuate the History of Oklahoma"

Article provides historical context and a series of process photos for the construction of the Oklahoma Historical Society building, remembering its landmark dedication ceremony fifty years earlier in a historical homage.
Date: Autumn 1980
Creator: Jordan, H. Glenn & Blackburn, Bob L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Roster of registered Architects (open access)

Roster of registered Architects

This report includes the Roster of registered Architects as of October 1980.
Date: October 1980
Creator: Texas Board of Architectural Examiners
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Article: What Do These Rugged Texas He-Men Have in Common?] (open access)

[Article: What Do These Rugged Texas He-Men Have in Common?]

Photocopy of the cover and an article in a Texas Monthly issue covering different topics such as acceptance of the gay and lesbian community in the United States, gay fashion, and the discrimination of minorities at gay bars.
Date: June 1980
Creator: Ennis, Michael
System: The UNT Digital Library
Men, Mud, and Mules: The Good Roads Movement in Oklahoma, 1900-1910 (open access)

Men, Mud, and Mules: The Good Roads Movement in Oklahoma, 1900-1910

Article relates the history of the Good Roads Movement in territorial Oklahoma, discussing details such as the officials and associations involved in the construction of the new highways, obstacles that arose during the process, and the environmental factors that spurred the movement forward.
Date: Summer 1980
Creator: Corbett, William P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Jefferson's Salt Mountain: The Big Salt Plain of the Cimarron River (open access)

Jefferson's Salt Mountain: The Big Salt Plain of the Cimarron River

Article describes the history of the Big Salt Plain of the Cimarron River, from explorer tales publicized by Thomas Jefferson to the fascination it currently holds for visitors of the area.
Date: Summer 1980
Creator: Isern, Thomas D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For Justice and a Fee: James Milton Turner and the Cherokee Freedmen (open access)

For Justice and a Fee: James Milton Turner and the Cherokee Freedmen

Article tells the story of how James Milton Turner, black politician and orator, fought for the land rights of freedmen in Cherokee Territory as their attorney.
Date: Winter 1980
Creator: Kremer, Gary R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Methodist Beginnings Among Southwest Oklahoma Indians (open access)

Methodist Beginnings Among Southwest Oklahoma Indians

Article discusses the history of the Methodist faith in Southwestern Oklahoma, from the tribes migrating in that brought their own Methodist churches to the individual preachers who created churches and schools in Indian Territory with the support of Methodist organizations. Walter Vernon examines the difficulties one missionary faced as he struggled to understand the traditional cultural practices of the tribes.
Date: Winter 1980
Creator: Vernon, Walter N.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
On the Banks of the Arkansas: Blackburn, an Oklahoma Town (open access)

On the Banks of the Arkansas: Blackburn, an Oklahoma Town

Article describes the founding and growth of the town of Blackburn on the banks of the Arkansas River. Jean Hager relates the celebratory events as well as conflicts in early Blackburn through excerpts of documentation from the early 1900s.
Date: Winter 1980
Creator: Hager, Jean
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Mirror to the World: Twenty-Five Years of Oklahoma Today (open access)

Mirror to the World: Twenty-Five Years of Oklahoma Today

Article illustrates the negative reactions Oklahomans had to John Steinbeck's novel, The Grapes of Wrath, worried it would create a poor image of Oklahoma, and how staff at the magazine Oklahoma Today sought to portray a more comprehensive view of the state through scenic color photography.
Date: Winter 1980
Creator: Davis, Junetta
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
This I Remember From My Early Life: A Kiowa County Pioneer (open access)

This I Remember From My Early Life: A Kiowa County Pioneer

Article provides an autobiographical narrative account of the life of a Kiowa pioneer family as they participated in a drawing for land in Oklahoma, traveled to the land, and began farming there. Anna Thurston provides personal stories that paint a detailed picture of the experience.
Date: Autumn 1980
Creator: Thurston, Anna
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Okmulgee Constitution: A Step Towards Indian Self-Determination (open access)

The Okmulgee Constitution: A Step Towards Indian Self-Determination

Article describes a series of meetings held in the 1870s by a general council comprised of delegates from twelve Indian tribes to draft a constitution setting up a territorial government, the Okmulgee Constitution. Although the constitution itself was never adopted, the council meetings still allowed the tribes to confront issues they were facing and provided an example of their self-determination to the national government.
Date: Autumn 1980
Creator: Nolen, Curtis L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Desegregation of the Oklahoma City School System (open access)

Desegregation of the Oklahoma City School System

Article describes the gradual process of desegregation of the Oklahoma City school system, including details from major related cases and their legal and social impact.
Date: Summer 1980
Creator: Boulton, Scot W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"Dust to Eat" A Document from the Dust Bowl (open access)

"Dust to Eat" A Document from the Dust Bowl

Article describes the difficulties farmers faced during the Dust Bowl era in their daily lives through the personal narrative of Caroline A. Henderson. Virginia C. Purdy edited the piece and provides an introduction for historical context.
Date: Winter 1980
Creator: Purdy, Virgina C. & Henderson, Caroline Agnes
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Congressional Viewpoint Toward the Admission of Oklahoma as a State: 1902-1906 (open access)

Congressional Viewpoint Toward the Admission of Oklahoma as a State: 1902-1906

Article discusses the various perspectives and dilemmas faced in Congress over the passage of Oklahoma's statehood during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. One of the main debates centered around the idea of Oklahoma entering the Union as a single state, or as two due to the separation of Oklahoma and Indian Territories.
Date: Autumn 1980
Creator: Ellinger, Charles Wayne
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Three Ring Circus: The Zack Miller-Tom Mix Lawsuits, 1929-1934 (open access)

Three Ring Circus: The Zack Miller-Tom Mix Lawsuits, 1929-1934

Article describes the proceedings of a lawsuit filed by Zack Miller, one of the three brothers who ran the 101 Ranch Real Wild West Show, against Tom Mix, a cowboy actor who Miller had announced would perform in their show. Despite the contract talks they had been having, Mix had signed with Sells-Floto Circus instead.
Date: Spring 1980
Creator: Gossard, Wayne H., Jr.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Federal Law Comes to Indian Territory (open access)

Federal Law Comes to Indian Territory

Article articulates the establishment of United States District Courts in Oklahoma, providing details on how these courts ran and some of the landmark cases that took place there.
Date: Winter 1980
Creator: Ford, Jeanette W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Editor and the Magic City: Frank H. Greer and the Beginnings of Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory (open access)

The Editor and the Magic City: Frank H. Greer and the Beginnings of Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory

Article provides a biographical study of the life of Frank H. Greer, a young newspaper editor who greatly contributed to the growth of Guthrie, Oklahoma, which became the temporary capital of Oklahoma Territory.
Date: Spring 1980
Creator: Grant, Valerie J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
William J. McClure and the McClure Ranch (open access)

William J. McClure and the McClure Ranch

Article explores the life and success of rancher William J. McClure, the establishment of the McClure Ranch, the difficulties he faced, the legacy he left, and the lives of his family members.
Date: Autumn 1980
Creator: Lester, Patricia
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Alice Brown Davis: A Leader of Her People (open access)

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
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History