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Black Slavery in the Creek Nation
Article examines the practice of slaveholding among the Creek people, exploring details of its beginnings as well as the results of emancipation of those enslaved to become freed persons within Indian Territory.
Date:
Autumn 1978
Creator:
Halliburton, Janet
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Board of Indian Commissioners and the Delegates of the Five Tribes
Article describes the efforts of the Board of Indian Commissioners to promote the consolidation of tribe lands under one territorial government, and the delegates from the tribes of Indian Territory who met with them.
Date:
Autumn 1978
Creator:
Prucha, Francis Paul
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Botanical Itineraries of A. H. Van Vleet
Article describes the life and career of pioneer botanist, collector, and curator Dr. Albert Heald Van Fleet and his contributions to his fields. George J. Goodman and Cheryl A. Lawson explore his legacy through the collecting trips he took as a part of the University of Oklahoma faculty.
Date:
Autumn 1978
Creator:
Goodman, George J. & Lawson, Cheryl A.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Cherokee Acculturation and Changing Land Use Practices
Article describes the history of the Cherokee Nation beginning in the eighteenth century, exploring the ways Cherokees adapted to the westward expansion of white settlers. Douglas C. Wilms examines their interactions with the federal government and the concept of "civilization."
Date:
Autumn 1978
Creator:
Wilms, Douglas C.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 56, Number 1, Spring 1978
Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date:
Spring 1978
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 56, Number 2, Summer 1978
Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date:
Summer 1978
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 56, Number 3, Fall 1978
Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date:
Autumn 1978
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 56, Number 4, Winter 1978-79
Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation. Index to volume 56 starts on page 493.
Date:
Winter 1978
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Creek Nativism since 1865
Article explores the history of the Creek people and the influence of Muscogee Creek orator Opothleyaholo. Mark K. Megehee discusses the political environment the Creeks became embroiled in, wars, and the successful preservation of Creek culture despite pressures to assimilate.
Date:
Autumn 1978
Creator:
Megehee, Mark K.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The E. W. Marland Mansion and Estate
Article describes the architecture and layout of Ernest Whitworth Marland's mansion, a luxurious testament to the financial empire the oil baron had built in early twentieth century Oklahoma. Denise Browning explains his rise to power as an oil company owner and businessman.
Date:
Spring 1978
Creator:
Browning, Denise
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Exile of the Nez Percé in Indian Territory, 1878-1885
Article describes the lifestyles and coping methods of the Nez Perce tribe after their forced removal to Indian Territory, which included participating in law enforcement, adapting to the change in climate and lack of food and supplies, and preventing white ranchers from letting cattle loose to graze on their lands.
Date:
Winter 1978
Creator:
Osborne, Alan
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record, Fall 1978
For the Record section including the minutes of the annual and the quarterly board meetings of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that were held on April 27, 1978. It also includes a gift list for the first quarter of 1978 and lists of new annual and new life members of the OHS.
Date:
Autumn 1978
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record, Spring 1978
For the Record section including the minutes of the quarterly board meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on October 27, 1977. It also includes a gift list for the third quarter of 1977 and lists of new annual and new life members of the OHS.
Date:
Spring 1978
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record, Summer 1978
For the Record section including the minutes of the quarterly board meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on January 26, 1978. It also includes a gift list for the fourth quarter of 1977 and lists of new annual and new life members of the OHS.
Date:
Summer 1978
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record, Winter 1978-79
For the Record section including the minutes of the quarterly board meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on July 27, 1978. It also includes a gift list for the second quarter of 1978 and lists of new annual and new life members of the OHS.
Date:
Winter 1978
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Horsethief Canyon: Landmark on the Cimarron River
Article explores the history and local folklore of Horsethief Canyon, an Oklahoma landmark on the Cimarron River with its own legends.
Date:
Spring 1978
Creator:
Fischer, LeRoy H. & Isern, Thomas D.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Indian Pioneer Legacy: A Guide to Oklahoma Literature
Article provides a review of Oklahoma literature, including and describing major sources that relate the history of pioneer and frontier life, tribes of early Oklahoma, and politics in the region.
Date:
Spring 1978
Creator:
Gibson, Arrell M.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
James Mooney and the Peyote Controversy
Article describes the controversy ethnologist James Mooney became embroiled in after his documentation and defense of the Peyote religion and traditions within the American Indian tribes he studied.
Date:
Summer 1978
Creator:
Moses, L. G.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Law Enforcement in Transition: From Decentralized County Sheriffs to the Highway Patrol
Article explores how urbanization transformed the law enforcement system in early Oklahoma. With the development of the highway system and crime on the rise, a highway patrol replaced the rural county sheriff system.
Date:
Summer 1978
Creator:
Blackburn, Bob L.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Life and Labor on the Panama Canal: An Oklahoman's Personal Account
Article examines the experience of life and labor on the Panama Canal in the years of its construction through the recollections of one worker from Oklahoma, David Theodore Sherrard. William D. Pennington includes photographs from the Panama Canal construction process.
Date:
Autumn 1978
Creator:
Pennington, William D.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Fall 1978
Notes and Documents column including a document including excerpts from the recollections of Frederick W. Benteen, an officer in the United States Cavalry in the late nineteenth century, his service, and his friendship with the Kiowa chief Stumbling Bear.
Date:
Autumn 1978
Creator:
Bentley, Charles A.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Spring 1978
Notes and Documents column including announcements about the third Charles Thomson prize competition in history and the opening of a master's program for Southwestern Studies at Central State University.
Date:
Spring 1978
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Summer 1978
Notes and Documents column including announcements about projects, new members, and the constitution of the Oklahoma Historical Society.
Date:
Summer 1978
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Winter 1978-79
Notes and Documents column including a document that annotates a series of correspondence between agents of Indian Territory and a Cherokee veteran called the Whale, a warrior who was promised a ceremonial rifle and silver medal and was belatedly honored for his contribution.
Date:
Winter 1978
Creator:
Agnew, Brad
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History