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Bringing Nature into Focus: The Travertine Nature Center at Platt National Park
Article describes the process undertaken to bring the Travertine Nature Center to Platt National Park during the 1960s.
Date:
Winter 2011
Creator:
Savage, Cynthia
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Early Cinema and Oklahoma
Article illuminates the early history of cinema in Oklahoma. Oklahoma's most sustained period of high-profile filmmaking occurred during the early cinema period, those years before 1915, and had an emphasis on authenticity which meant shooting on location in the Sooner State, often with legendary outlaws recreating their old crimes.
Date:
Winter 2011
Creator:
Rhodes, Gary D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farm Crisis in Oklahoma, Part 2
The second part of a two-part article, this article continues the examination of the effect that economic distress and political policies had on Oklahoma's farmers and ranchers in the 1970s and 1980s.
Date:
Winter 2011
Creator:
Lowitt, Richard, 1922-2018
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record, Winter 2011-12
For the Record section including the minutes from the quarterly board meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on July 27, 2011.
Date:
Winter 2011
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Frank Vlasak and the Beginnings of Prague, Oklahoma
Article explores the relationship between ethnicity and political power through the person of Frank Vlasak, a Bohemian-born farmer and businessman in early Prague, Oklahoma.
Date:
Winter 2011
Creator:
Smith, Philip D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Winter 2011-12
Notes and Documents column including "An Analysis of the Variants of the Okmulgee Constitution," a short article detailing the creation of the Okmulgee Constitution.
Date:
Winter 2011
Creator:
Bernholz, Charles D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
“Educate or We Perish”: The Armstrong Academy’s History as Part of the Choctaw Educational System
Article explores the evolution of Armstrong Academy, a boarding school for American Indian boys, from its opening in 1845 to its untimely closing in 1920.
Date:
Autumn 2011
Creator:
Miles, Dennis
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farm Crisis in Oklahoma, Part 1
This article is the first part of a two-part article that examines the effect that economic distress and political policies had on Oklahoma farmers and ranchers during the 1970s and 1980s.
Date:
Autumn 2011
Creator:
Lowitt, Richard, 1922-2018
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record, Fall 2011
For the Record section including the minutes of the quarterly board meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on April 27, 2011, and the minutes of the annual meeting of the membership that was held on April 28, 2011.
Date:
Autumn 2011
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
A. J. Smitherman: Pen Warrior
Article traces A. J. Smitherman's tumultuous career in the Oklahoma press defending African American causes.
Date:
Autumn 2011
Creator:
Seals Nevergold, Barbara A.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
James Cash Penney: The Impact of a Main Street Merchant on Oklahoma
Article explains the impact of J. C. Penney the man and J. C. Penney the company on the culture of retail shopping in Oklahoma.
Date:
Autumn 2011
Creator:
Kruger, David D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Fall 2011
Notes and Documents column including a short document titled "The Twenty-Five Indians: A Revealing Ledger from the Genevieve Seger Collection" that describes a ledger book dating back to 1886 which lists the names of the first colonists to leave the Darlington (Cheyenne-Arapaho) Agency to establish an agricultural colony on the Washita River. The ledger, given to the Oklahoma Historical Society by Genevieve Seger, provides evidence that twenty-eight Arapahos set out to establish the colony.
Date:
Autumn 2011
Creator:
Welge, William D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Class, Race, and Jack Walton's Mayoralty of Oklahoma City
Article discusses the mayoral campaign and tenure of John C. "Jack" Walton as the mayor of Oklahoma City. Quincy R. Lehr explores the way Walton navigated a politically tumultuous time and gained the support of labor leaders and African American citizens in Oklahoma City before his controversial governorship.
Date:
Summer 2011
Creator:
Lehr, Quincy R.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record, Summer 2011
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 January 26, 2011.
Date:
Summer 2011
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Summer 2011
Notes and Documents column including a document that lists multiple reference sources providing information about the Civil War in Indian Territory and reviews coverage in this area.
Date:
Summer 2011
Creator:
Harris, Jason
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oklahoma's African American Rodeo Performers
Article describes the history of African American rodeo performers beginning with the growth of the cattle industry in Oklahoma and Indian Territory, from cowboys and ranch hands to eventual rodeo champions. Roger D. Hardaway highlights the lives and careers of several key performers.
Date:
Summer 2011
Creator:
Hardaway, Roger D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Riverboat Frontier: Early-Day Commerce in the Arkansas and Red River Valleys
Article outlines the history of riverboats and their passengers on the Arkansas and Red River Valleys, from early French fur traders who bartered with neighboring Native American tribes to the merchants and travelers that traversed the rivers on steamboats. Michael J. Hightower touches on the marks left on the land by those seeking its resources, as well as the natural disasters that befell riverboat pioneers.
Date:
Summer 2011
Creator:
Hightower, Michael J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Tubbee and His Nieces: Choctaw-White Intermarriage and "Indianness" in the Choctaw Intelligencer
Article reconstructs widespread views of Choctaw-White Intermarriage in 1851 through a small-scale investigation of a series of letters to the editor published in the Choctaw Intelligencer that relayed the contrasting messages of one older Choctaw "Tubbee" and his nieces.
Date:
Summer 2011
Creator:
Mize, Richard
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Doctor Forrest Pitt Baker and the History of the Eastern Oklahoma Tuberculosis Sanatorium
Article details the first publicly run institution for tuberculosis in the state: the Eastern Oklahoma Tuberculosis Sanatorium in Talihina, Oklahoma. Under the direction of Dr. Forrest Pitt Baker advances were made that improved the lives of Oklahomans who were afflicted with tuberculosis.
Date:
Spring 2011
Creator:
Roberson, Glen R.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record, Spring 2011
For the Record section including the Minutes of the Quarterly Board Meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on October 27, 2010.
Date:
Spring 2011
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Jesse "Cab" Renick: In Search of an Indian Identity
This article argues that Jesse "Cab" Renick's Indian identity and his contribution to sports should be reexamined. Only three American Indian athletes have earned gold medals at Olympic Games between 1896 and 2010. One of those athletes was Jesse "Cab" Renick, a basketball player with the 1948 U.S. Olympic team. Although he was Choctaw and Chickasaw, he did not grow up with a prominent American Indian identity and did not identify himself as such.
Date:
Spring 2011
Creator:
Putz, Paul
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Judge Royce H. Savage
Article asserts that despite the controversy surrounding Judge Royce Savage's retirement from the Northern District Court, the judge's reputation for case management and dedication to pretrial conferences remains intact.
Date:
Spring 2011
Creator:
Kellough, William C.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Latino Impress in Oklahoma City
Article explores the history of Latino influence in Oklahoma City as well as the continuing growth of the vibrant Hispanic cultural landscape.
Date:
Spring 2011
Creator:
Widener, Jeffrey M.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Spring 2011
Notes and Documents column including biographical information about Jim Argo, Sandie Olson, Juanita Keel Tate, and Alvin O. Turner, the inductees into the Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame in 2011, and provides a chronological list of the past inductees into the hall of fame. The section also includes "The Ragland Collection" which presents a selection of maps from the efforts of Reverend Hobart Ragland to document historic sites within Oklahoma.
Date:
Spring 2011
Creator:
Bass, Elizabeth M. B. & Welge, William D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History