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"All In": The Rise of Tribal Gaming (open access)

"All In": The Rise of Tribal Gaming

Article describes the struggle over jurisdiction that resulted in compacts to govern tribal gaming.
Date: Winter 2015
Creator: Dickson, Kathy
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Carl Albert: Little Giant of Native America (open access)

Carl Albert: Little Giant of Native America

Article describes the life and career of Carl Albert, Oklahoma Congressman for Oklahoma's Third Congressional District and eventual Speaker of the US House of Representatives. David W. Clark explores the ways Carl Albert assisted the American Indian community through beneficial policies supporting self-determination and opposition to policies terminating tribes.
Date: Autumn 2015
Creator: Clark, David W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Change in Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status and Weight Gain: Dallas Heart Study (open access)

Change in Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status and Weight Gain: Dallas Heart Study

This article examines the longitudinal relationship between moving to more socioeconomically deprived neighborhoods and weight gain as a cardiovascular risk factor.
Date: June 17, 2015
Creator: Powell-Wiley, Tiffany M.; Cooper-McCann, Rebecca; Ayers, Colby; Berrigan, David; Lian, Min; McClurkin, Michael et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Cherokee Male Seminary Baseball Team, 1876-1908 (open access)

The Cherokee Male Seminary Baseball Team, 1876-1908

Article traces the history of baseball at the Cherokee Male Seminary, chronicling the names of the men who played and the successes and failures of the teams.
Date: Summer 2015
Creator: McCullagh, James G.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Civilized Captivity: Camp Gruber's Prisoner of War Camp (open access)

Civilized Captivity: Camp Gruber's Prisoner of War Camp

This article describes the life of German prisoners of war as recorded in oral histories by the men who experienced incarceration at Camp Gruber, located near Braggs, Oklahoma.
Date: Summer 2015
Creator: Riley, Trent
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
A Comprehensive Analysis of Groundwater Quality in the Barnett Shale Region (open access)

A Comprehensive Analysis of Groundwater Quality in the Barnett Shale Region

This article presents an analysis of 550 groundwater samples collected from private and public supply water wells drawing from aquifers overlying the Barnett shale formation of Texas.
Date: June 16, 2015
Creator: Hildenbrand, Zacariah Louis; Carlton Jr., Doug D.; Fontenot, Brian; Meik, Jesse M.; Walton, Jayme; Taylor, Josh et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Corrections, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 93, Number 2, Summer 2015 (open access)

Corrections, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 93, Number 2, Summer 2015

Corrections section from Volume 93, Number 2, Summer 2015. It includes a correction for a photograph caption in Von Russell Creel's "Short Tenures on the Supreme Court of Oklahoma" in Volume 93, Number 1, Spring 2015.
Date: Summer 2015
Creator: Creel, Von Russell & Bass, Elizabeth M. B.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Corrections, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 93, Number 4, Winter 2015-16 (open access)

Corrections, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 93, Number 4, Winter 2015-16

Correction section from Volume 93, Number 4, Winter 2015-16. It includes a correction for a photograph caption in David W. Clark's "Carl Albert: Little Giant of Native America" in Volume 93, Number 3, Fall 2015.
Date: Winter 2015
Creator: Clark, David W. & Bass, Elizabeth M. B.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Did Oklahoma African Americans Vote Between 1910 and 1943? (open access)

Did Oklahoma African Americans Vote Between 1910 and 1943?

Article analyzes election results during the years of 1910 and 1943 to determine if African Americans were voting in Oklahoma despite attempts to disenfranchise them by the Oklahoma Legislature. Although the US Supreme Court had rendered the "Grandfather Clause" unconstitutional, more obstacles were being created.
Date: Spring 2015
Creator: Darcy, R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Did Quanah Parker Lie? (open access)

Did Quanah Parker Lie?

Article examines documentary evidence surrounding the battle of Pease River to support Quanah Parker's claims that his father Peta Nocona did not participate in the battle nor was he killed there.
Date: Autumn 2015
Creator: Crum, Tom & Carlson, Paul H.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Early Chisholm Trail to Abilene, Kansas, 1867-71 (open access)

The Early Chisholm Trail to Abilene, Kansas, 1867-71

Article describes the path of the Chisholm Trail from 1867 to 1871. There were two pathways used by Texas trail drivers to Kansas. One route is well-documented and depicted on modern maps as the "Chisholm Trail." This article demonstrates that a more easterly route was the first route used to trail herds to Abilene, Kansas, from 1867 to 1871.
Date: Summer 2015
Creator: Kraisinger, Gary & Kraisinger, Margaret
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record [Fall 2015] (open access)

For the Record [Fall 2015]

For the Record section for Fall 2015, including the minutes of the regular quarterly board meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on April 22, 2015, as well as the minutes of the annual meeting of the membership that was held on April 23, 2015. It also includes two OHS special board meetings, the first occurring on April 23, 2015 and the second occurring on June 10, 2015.
Date: Autumn 2015
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record, Spring 2015 (open access)

For the Record, Spring 2015

For the Record section including the minutes of the regular quarterly board meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on October 22, 2014.
Date: Spring 2015
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record, Summer 2015 (open access)

For the Record, Summer 2015

For the Record section including the minutes of the Quarterly Meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on January 28, 2015.
Date: Summer 2015
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record, Winter 2015-16 (open access)

For the Record, Winter 2015-16

For the Record section including the minutes of the quarterly board meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on July 22, 2015.
Date: Winter 2015
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
George Clooney spotted in Sugar Land for Apollo 13 anniversary (open access)

George Clooney spotted in Sugar Land for Apollo 13 anniversary

Article about the Apollo 13 45th anniversary celebration hosted by Omega in Sugar Land, Texas.
Date: 2015-05-22/2015-05-28
Creator: Houston Business Journal
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ion Beam Analysis of Microcrystalline Quartz Artifacts from the Reed Mound Site, Delaware County, Oklahoma (open access)

Ion Beam Analysis of Microcrystalline Quartz Artifacts from the Reed Mound Site, Delaware County, Oklahoma

This paper from the 23rd Conference on Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry conference proceedings evaluates the potential of particle induced X-ray emission spectrometry as a tool for future Ozarks chert provenance studies based on its ability to facilitate discrimination of Ozarks chert materials from different geological formations and identification of discrete groups of artifacts from the same geological formation.
Date: June 18, 2015
Creator: Younger-Mertz, S. B.; Manuel, J. E.; Reinert, Tilo; Szilasi, S. Z.; Hammerstedt, S. W. & Glass, Gary A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Kevin Spacey wows the crowd with impersonations, stories (open access)

Kevin Spacey wows the crowd with impersonations, stories

Article about Kevin Spacey attending the Best Buddies fundraiser in Houston, Texas.
Date: November 10, 2015
Creator: Elliot, Amber
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Locally Made: An Austin Holiday Gift Guide] (open access)

[Locally Made: An Austin Holiday Gift Guide]

Homepage of the Austin Social Planner showing a title for the article, "Locally Made: An Austin Holiday Gift Guide," along with product images and two quotes by Lance Avery Morgan and Natalie Paramore.
Date: November 23, 2015
Creator: Austin Social Planner
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nede Wade "Ned" Christie and the Outlaw Mystique (open access)

Nede Wade "Ned" Christie and the Outlaw Mystique

Article examines the life of Ned Christie, Cherokee advisor to Chief Dennis Bushyhead, whose final years on the run after being accused of killing US Deputy Marshall Dan Maples have been sensationalized in newspapers and literature painting him as either a notorious outlaw or a noble patriot.
Date: Autumn 2015
Creator: Mihesuah, Devon A.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Note and Documents, Fall 2015 (open access)

Note and Documents, Fall 2015

Notes and Documents column including an article about the journals of David Pendleton Oakerhater, a Cheyenne Episcopal minister, and the history of his life.
Date: Autumn 2015
Creator: Turner, Alvin O.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Spring 2015 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Spring 2015

Notes and Documents column including a document honoring Sally Bourne Ferrell, Jimmie Lewis Franklin, Edwin C. McReynolds, and John Wooley. who were inducted into the Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame in 2015.
Date: Spring 2015
Creator: Lambert, Paul F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Summer 2015 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Summer 2015

Notes and Documents column including Katie Bush's "The Oklahoma City Motorcycle Club," a short article describing the historical impact of the Oklahoma City Motorcycle Club and including various historic photographs related to the club.
Date: Summer 2015
Creator: Bush, Katie
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Winter 2015-16 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Winter 2015-16

Notes and Documents column including Chad Williams' "Crossroads of Commerce Exhibit Collections," which describes the collections utilized for the Oklahoma History Center's "Crossroads of Commerce: A History of Free Enterprise in Oklahoma," an exhibit that tells the story of commerce in Oklahoma from 1719 to present day.
Date: Winter 2015
Creator: Williams, Chad
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History