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[Stillwater Public Library's bronze statue of Angie Debo wearing a cloth face mask]
Photograph of a bronze statue of Angie Debo from the shoulders up in the foreground of the image wearing a cloth face mask. The cloth face mask is white with red, pink, purple, green, and orange polka dots. The background of the image shows the library's name "Stillwater Public Library" in metal letters visible on the building's stone exterior.
Date:
July 2020
Creator:
DeLano, Stacy
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Stillwater Public Library patron print station during the Covid-19 pandemic]
Photograph of bright pink tape overlapped to make an "X" shape over the carpeted ground at Stillwater Public Library. Another "X" marker is shown in front of a table holding a computer, printer, and sign. Rows of bookshelves are visible in the background behind the row of tables.
Date:
June 2020
Creator:
DeLano, Stacy
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Stillwater Public Library's Covid-19 curbside delivery sign]
Photograph of a small white plastic foldable sign standing next to a curb on the outside driveway of the library is shown in the middleground of the image. The sign contains handwritten text in marker and reads "CURBIT CURBSIDE PICKUP; 1) Call (405) 372-3633, Select Option 2. 2) Please have your library card number available. 3) Open trunk or rear window. Please wear a mask. THANK YOU!" The sign also has a black and white outlined images of a car and a book. A small red traffic cone is shown in the foreground of the image. Two parked compact cars and a street are visible in the background.
Date:
Spring 2020
Creator:
DeLano, Stacy
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Sooner State Civil Defense: Oklahoma Community and College Campus Cold War Preparedness, 1960-68
Article discusses the atmosphere of anxiety as the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union escalated in the 1960s that bred a need for preparedness in local communities and college campuses across western Oklahoma.
Date:
Summer 2019
Creator:
Brewer, Landry
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"Cyclone" Jones: Dr. Herbert L. Jones and the Origins of Tornado Research in Oklahoma
Article describes the early days of severe weather research in Oklahoma through the work of Dr. Herbert L. "Cyclone" Jones, a professor at Oklahoma State University, one of the first well-known storm chasers, and an advocate for early warning systems.
Date:
Spring 2016
Creator:
Pybus, Nani
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
“A Romantic Modernist”: William Wayne Caudill and the Work of Caudill Rowlett Scott in Oklahoma
Article describes Oklahoma-born architect William Wayne Caudill's career and his contributions to architecture in Oklahoma.
Date:
Spring 2014
Creator:
Kline, Susan Allen & Savage, Cynthia
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oral History Interview with Afton Keeton, August 30, 2007
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Afton Keeton. Keeton joined the Navy in July of 1942. He completed Hospital Corps School and became a Pharmacist Mate. He first served aboard the USS Sea Dragon (SS-194). They patrolled the Aleutian Islands. He was then stationed at the Submarine Base in Pearl Harbor, working in a sick bay. He then served aboard the USS Apollo (AS-25) with a relief crew. He provides some detail of working aboard a submarine, serving as the Doc, living conditions and undergoing his own appendectomy aboard the Apollo. In early 1945 he was assigned for 1 year to serve at a submarine base in St. Thomas. He then served as hospital corpsman on the USS Clamagore (SS-343). Keeton also worked on sonar watch, radar watch and as a cook during his time in the Navy. He spent a total of 30 years in the Navy, retiring in February of 1972.
Date:
August 30, 2007
Creator:
Keeton, Afton
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Afton Keeton, August 30, 2007
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Afton Keeton. Keeton joined the Navy in July of 1942. He completed Hospital Corps School and became a Pharmacist Mate. He first served aboard the USS Sea Dragon (SS-194). They patrolled the Aleutian Islands. He was then stationed at the Submarine Base in Pearl Harbor, working in a sick bay. He then served aboard the USS Apollo (AS-25) with a relief crew. He provides some detail of working aboard a submarine, serving as the Doc, living conditions and undergoing his own appendectomy aboard the Apollo. In early 1945 he was assigned for 1 year to serve at a submarine base in St. Thomas. He then served as hospital corpsman on the USS Clamagore (SS-343). Keeton also worked on sonar watch, radar watch and as a cook during his time in the Navy. He spent a total of 30 years in the Navy, retiring in February of 1972.
Date:
August 30, 2007
Creator:
Keeton, Afton
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Money Matters: The Stamp Scrip Movement in Depression-Era Oklahoma
Article expanding on the previous 2004 article on Oklahoma's reaction to the depression era banking crisis of early 1933. In this article, Gatch ties the origin of the scrip movement to the writings of Yale University's professor Irving Fisher and traces the implementation of scrip schemes in nearly three dozen Oklahoma towns and explains the reasons for scrip's early success and rapid demise.
Date:
Autumn 2006
Creator:
Gatch, Loren C.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Revolution for the Hell of It: Abbie Hoffman Visits Oklahoma State University in 1971
Article discussing the struggle between Oklahoma State University student activists and conservative students and administrators in 1970-71 regarding the push to invite Abbie Hoffman as a campus speaker. This fueled an enormous controversy that, in the end, upheld the constitutional rights of OSU students.
Date:
Autumn 2006
Creator:
Johnson, Erica
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Tale of Sergeant Webber: Nativism in Northern Oklahoma in 1923
Article discusses the history of the Ku Klux Klan in Oklahoma in the 1920s, when popularized nativism and public spectacle led to an increased "joining" period by members of the community. Jim Showalter examines the activity of the elusive Sergeant William Webber, a speaker who ascribed to Klan ideals and enforced them in the minds of the public.
Date:
Spring 2004
Creator:
Showalter, Jim
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Mehan Memories: A Croquet Diamond was the Social Center
Article describes the history of the town of Mehan, Oklahoma, its founding families and businesses, and the town's unique social center--a croquet field. Founded near the turn of the twentieth century, Mehan remained a small, quiet village until an oil boom brought an influx of people to Payne County in the 1920s. Prosperity lasted only until the 1950s, however, when population loss, a devastating flood, and the loss of the railroad initiated Mehan's decline.
Date:
Winter 2003
Creator:
Newsom, D. Earl
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[News Clip: OSU Stadium]
Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date:
September 2, 2003, 6:00 p.m.
Creator:
KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Afton Keeton, April 5, 2003
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Afton Keeton. Keeton joined the Navy in early 1942. He completed Hospital Corps School, and served as a Pharmacist’s Mate. He volunteered for Submarine School. From 1944 through the end of the war, Keeton worked in the sick bays aboard USS Seadragon (SS-194) and USS Tilefish (SS-307). He shares numerous anecdotes of his work aboard the submarines, though does not go into detail of where they traveled through the Pacific. Keeton continued his service after World War II, and retired in February of 1972.
Date:
April 5, 2003
Creator:
Keeton, Afton
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Afton Keeton, April 5, 2003
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Afton Keeton. Keeton joined the Navy in early 1942. He completed Hospital Corps School, and served as a Pharmacist’s Mate. He volunteered for Submarine School. From 1944 through the end of the war, Keeton worked in the sick bays aboard USS Seadragon (SS-194) and USS Tilefish (SS-307). He shares numerous anecdotes of his work aboard the submarines, though does not go into detail of where they traveled through the Pacific. Keeton continued his service after World War II, and retired in February of 1972.
Date:
April 5, 2003
Creator:
Keeton, Afton
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Main Street, Stillwater OK, Growing Up with Hollywood CA: An Oklahoma Town's Movie Theaters
Article describes the development of movie theaters in Stillwater, Oklahoma from opera houses, to locally-owned movie houses, to chain takeovers. Deborah Carmichael equates this growth to the development of the film industry in Hollywood and the importance of moving pictures in the history of the U.S.
Date:
Spring 2002
Creator:
Carmichael, Deborah
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Emperor Haile Selassie in Stillwater: The First Visit to Oklahoma by a Reigning Foreign Head of State
Article discusses Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia's visit to Oklahoma A&M College in 1954. This event followed the collaborative efforts between the country's leadership and Oklahoma A&M to found the Jimma Agricultural Technical School and the Imperial Ethiopian College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts in Ethiopia. Theodore M. Vestal describes the visit, the life of the Ethiopian emperor, and the history of Ethiopia in the following years.
Date:
Summer 2001
Creator:
Vestal, Theodore M.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Photograph of Kevin Norton
Photograph of Kevin Norton.
Date:
December 1, 1997
Creator:
Oklahoma State University
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Search for Fountain Camp: Locating Washington Irving's October 20, 1832, Encampment in Oklahoma
Article investigates the location of Fountain Camp, a location writer Washington Irving and an expedition led by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs stopped at in their journey to scope out land in Oklahoma before relocation of Eastern tribes to Indian Territory.
Date:
Summer 1996
Creator:
Chlouber, Carla
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Schaefer-Bannister wedding, Greg Schaefer and Carrie Bannister
Color photograph of wedding couple. Bride wearing floor length wedding gown, long train, veil and holding large brightly colored flower bouquet. Groom wearing dark navy tuxedo, bow tie and boutonniere. Arch adorned with bright flowers and large floral bouquets arranged on either end.
Date:
December 16, 1995
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Influence on Commercial Architecture: Stillwater, O.T., 1889-1907
Article highlights the growth and development of the city of Stillwater during the territorial period of Oklahoma's history. Carol Bormann focuses on the type of architectural styles and fixtures that began to appear in early Stillwater buildings, examining the remnants from an earlier time.
Date:
Summer 1995
Creator:
Bormann, Carol
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Government Personal/Elvis Graves
Photograph of Elvis Graves, Director (Management).
Date:
November 1994
Creator:
Oklahoma State University
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Government Personal/Dwain Phillips
Photograph of Dwain Phillips, Public Affairs Specialist.
Date:
October 1994
Creator:
Oklahoma State University
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Government Personal/Jim Ford
Photograph of Jim Ford, Director for Soils.
Date:
October 1994
Creator:
Oklahoma State University
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History