Article traces A. J. Smitherman's tumultuous career in the Oklahoma press defending African American causes.

Notes and Documents column including "The Karen Daniels Petersen Collection" which highlights the collection of photographs collected by Karen Daniels Petersen over the course of her research and writing career that was donated to the Oklahoma Historical Society in 2009. Most of the donated images depict persons who were associated with David Pendleton Oakerhater, who was a Cheyenne warrior turned artist. Several photographs from the collection are included in the section.

Article describes the proceedings of the 1924 Democratic National Convention, focusing on the Oklahoma Delegation and the longest process on record towards choosing a presidential candidate for the election. Among the political factors causing division was the conflict between anti-Klan and Ku Klux Klan supporters.

Article presents a biography of William Cunnigham and reveals the ways in which his novels, poetry, and other writings championed the industrial-agricultural working class of his native state of Oklahoma.