Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 96, Number 4, Winter 2018-19 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 96, Number 4, Winter 2018-19

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation. Index to volume 96 starts on page 507.
Date: Winter 2018
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 96, Number 2, Summer 2018 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 96, Number 2, Summer 2018

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Summer 2018
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Sundown on the Prairie: The Extralegal Campaigns and Efforts from 1889 to 1967 to Exclude African Americans from Norman, Oklahoma (open access)

Sundown on the Prairie: The Extralegal Campaigns and Efforts from 1889 to 1967 to Exclude African Americans from Norman, Oklahoma

Article depicts how Norman used extralegal means to maintain its status as a "sundown town," a place where African Americans were not welcome after dark, well into the mid-twentieth century.
Date: Autumn 2018
Creator: Givel, Michael S.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Simon Ralph "S.R." Walkingstick: A Cherokee Leader (open access)

Simon Ralph "S.R." Walkingstick: A Cherokee Leader

Article traces the life and genealogy of S. R. Walkingstick to show the ways in which one Cherokee family contributed to the tribal and state community.
Date: Summer 2018
Creator: McCullagh, James G.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 96, Number 1, Spring 2018 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 96, Number 1, Spring 2018

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Spring 2018
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 96, Number 3, Fall 2018 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 96, Number 3, Fall 2018

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Autumn 2018
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
German-American Immigrants Encounter World War I: A Cautionary Tale (open access)

German-American Immigrants Encounter World War I: A Cautionary Tale

Article reveals the story of one family of German-American immigrants who were conscientious objectors during World War I, and how their story reflects the larger narrative of immigrant religious expression in wartime.
Date: Autumn 2018
Creator: Reimer, Dalton
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Politics of Cherokee Removal (open access)

The Politics of Cherokee Removal

Article explores the political context of removal of the Cherokee tribe from their native lands by examining not only relations between the US government and the Cherokee Nation, but also the internal conflict within the US government that contributed to the process.
Date: Autumn 2018
Creator: Byas, Steve
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Cherokee National Female Seminary Principal Teacher Etta Jane Rider and Her Assistant Teachers, 1901-04 (open access)

Cherokee National Female Seminary Principal Teacher Etta Jane Rider and Her Assistant Teachers, 1901-04

Article provides a biographical tribute to Etta Jane Rider, principal teacher of the Cherokee National Female Seminary from 1901-1904, and to the assistant teachers who joined her in educating young Cherokee women.
Date: Winter 2018
Creator: McCullagh, James G. & Davis, James S.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Banking in Oklahoma's Smallest Certified City: Alva State Bank and Trust Company, Freedom Branch (open access)

Banking in Oklahoma's Smallest Certified City: Alva State Bank and Trust Company, Freedom Branch

Article examines the history of community banking in Freedom, Oklahoma through interviews conducted by the author in support of the Oklahoma History Center's Crossroads of Commerce: A History of Free Enterprise in Oklahoma exhibit. Michael J. Hightower explores the growth of industry and banking in Oklahoma's smallest city.
Date: Spring 2018
Creator: Hightower, Michael J.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Curious Links: Unorthodox Ideas from Antediluvian Speculation to New Thought and Utopian Hopes in Early Oklahoma Politics (open access)

Curious Links: Unorthodox Ideas from Antediluvian Speculation to New Thought and Utopian Hopes in Early Oklahoma Politics

Article examines the lives, careers, and works of four founding political figures of the state of Oklahoma: newspaper editor-publisher and Populist Party organizer Samuel Crocker, Boomer and Populist member of the Oklahoma Territorial Legislature I. N. Terrill, displaced governor and key figure at Oklahoma Constitutional Convention Henry S. Johnston, and William H. "Alfalfa Bill" Murray, officer at the Oklahoma Constitutional Convention and later governor of Oklahoma.
Date: Autumn 2018
Creator: Turner, Alvin O.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Battle Cry for History: The First 125 Years of the Oklahoma Historical Society (open access)

Battle Cry for History: The First 125 Years of the Oklahoma Historical Society

Article commemorates the anniversary of the founding of the Oklahoma Historical Society by relating its growth and accomplishments over its 125 years of existence. Bob L. Blackburn returns to update his article from the Winter 1992-93 issue of the Chronicles of Oklahoma and include the events of the past twenty-five years.
Date: Spring 2018
Creator: Blackburn, Bob L.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Colorblind Proletarian Brotherhood: African Americans, American Indians, and Racial Inclusivity in the Oklahoma Socialist Party (open access)

Colorblind Proletarian Brotherhood: African Americans, American Indians, and Racial Inclusivity in the Oklahoma Socialist Party

Article explores the ways the Oklahoma Socialist Party promoted racial inclusion as well as missed opportunities in the early twentieth century. Matthew F. Simmons provides historical background for marginalized groups in Oklahoma, specifically African Americans and American Indians.
Date: Winter 2018
Creator: Simmons, Matthew F.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
How W.K. Maxfield and the Doughboys from Southwest Oklahoma Helped Bring an End to the First World War (open access)

How W.K. Maxfield and the Doughboys from Southwest Oklahoma Helped Bring an End to the First World War

Article uses the story of W. K. Maxfield to share the exploits of the 36th Infantry Division at the Battle of Saint-Étienne during World War I.
Date: Summer 2018
Creator: Neighbors, Phil
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Better Royalties: Federal Policy, the Quapaw Tribe, and Self-Determination, 1900-70 (open access)

Better Royalties: Federal Policy, the Quapaw Tribe, and Self-Determination, 1900-70

Article covers the struggle the Quapaw Tribe faced to obtain fair mining leases in the rich mining region they had been relocated to in northeastern Oklahoma, as well as to attain rights to self-determination despite suppression by federal policy.
Date: Winter 2018
Creator: Nolan, Raymond Anthony
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Fitting in and Sitting In: Phillip Henry Porter and Memories of Integration Efforts in Enid, 1955-58 (open access)

Fitting in and Sitting In: Phillip Henry Porter and Memories of Integration Efforts in Enid, 1955-58

Article recounts the struggle for civil rights in Enid and how students stood on the front lines of the battle both inside and outside of the classroom. A core group of young African Americans led these efforts in Enid, one of whom was Phillip Porter.
Date: Spring 2018
Creator: Preston, Aaron
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Washita River Flood of 1934 (open access)

Washita River Flood of 1934

Article describes the events surrounding the Washita River Flood of 1934. Rhonda Shephard explores the history of the Washita River Basin, including the communities living there, the destruction that occurred, and stories and poems shared by the victims of the flood.
Date: Spring 2018
Creator: Shephard, Rhonda
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Maurice Halperin: From Sooner Subversive to Soviet Spy (open access)

Maurice Halperin: From Sooner Subversive to Soviet Spy

Article chronicles the investigation into Maurice Halperin and other suspected Communist spies, and the eventual release of information proving Halperin's guilt.
Date: Summer 2018
Creator: Brewer, Landry
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Evans and Clark Families: Borderlands Legacies in Western Oklahoma, 1875-1950 (open access)

The Evans and Clark Families: Borderlands Legacies in Western Oklahoma, 1875-1950

Article uses the lives of the Evans and Clark families to demonstrate evolving systems of racial discrimination in the emerging state of Oklahoma.
Date: Summer 2018
Creator: Truden, John
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Bad Men and Good Bad Men: Outlaws in the Twin Territories and Their Influence on the Hollywood Outlaw (open access)

Bad Men and Good Bad Men: Outlaws in the Twin Territories and Their Influence on the Hollywood Outlaw

Article contrasts the romanticized Hollywood image of the outlaw popular in Western films and fiction with the brutal reality of several gangs of outlaws as well as a handful of notable individuals active in Oklahoma and Indian Territories in the late nineteenth centuries.
Date: Winter 2018
Creator: Girkin, Clinton
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record, Spring 2018 (open access)

For the Record, Spring 2018

For the Record section including the minutes of the quarterly board meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on October 25, 2017 as well as the following lists: "New Members, October-November-December 2017" and "Twenty-Year-Members, October-November-December 2017."
Date: Spring 2018
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record, Summer 2018 (open access)

For the Record, Summer 2018

For the Record section including the minutes of the quarterly board meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on January 24, 2018 as well as the following lists: "New Members, January-February-March 2018" and "Twenty-Year-Members, January-February-March 2018."
Date: Summer 2018
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record, Fall 2018 (open access)

For the Record, Fall 2018

For the Record section including the minutes of the OHS quarterly board meeting, annual meeting of the membership, special board meeting, and a list of new members and twenty year members from April to June 2018.
Date: Autumn 2018
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record, Winter 2018-19 (open access)

For the Record, Winter 2018-19

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 July 25, 2018 and lists of new members and twenty-year members from July to September 2018.
Date: Winter 2018
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History