Resource Type

Murray State College

Photograph of Murray State College students. L to R: Front: 1. Birdie Sparks, 2. Mary Hood, 3. Oleta Blackburn, 4. Novice Rhea, 5. Gertie Rogers, 6. Lorena Mayo, 7. Mellie Armstrong, 8. Gussie Johnson, 9. Coleene Johnson, 10. Lucy May Hood. 11. Corinne Goetting, 12. Esther Pearl Hallbrooks, 13. Pallie Hood, 14. Sarah Ruth Armstrong, 15. Gladys Mobley, 16. Eva Anderson, 17. Mr. Scarborough, 18. Tig Davis, 19. Eldon Scarborough. 20. Johnson, 21. Clark Harbert. Others UNIDENTIFIED, April 1, 1932.
Date: April 1, 1932
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0408B.0535]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper.
Date: April 16, 1937
Creator: Allred, Jerry
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0278.0355]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "This is the house that friends are building."
Date: April 9, 1948
Creator: Johnson, Bill
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0409.0345]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "The laboratory benches, tables and chests in the new chemistry department at Murray State School of Agriculture, Tishomingo, were made in the industrial arts shops of the college."
Date: April 6, 1949
Creator: Killian, Thomas F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0409.0346]

Caption: "Murray State School of Agriculture, Tishomingo, started to move into the new library building this month." Three women sit on the ground in front of library building.
Date: April 6, 1949
Creator: Killian, Thomas F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1289.0669]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "The First Baptist church of Tishomingo will be opened for services for the first time on Easter Sunday."
Date: April 6, 1949
Creator: Killian, Thomas F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Ravia, OK

Photograph of an aerial view, looking west, of Ravia, OK.
Date: April 26, 1950
Creator: Barnes Aerial Surveys
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1040.0386]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "William Parrish, acting president of Murray State school of agriculture, inspects work on the dairy plant that will be opened in September."
Date: April 7, 1953
Creator: Lucas, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Seeding King Ranch Bluestem

Photograph of seeding King Ranch bluestem with grass drill. Seedbed was prepared with 10 ft. offset disc and harvested after first light rain. This old field area had been used for annual lespedeza pasture prior to the droughts of 1952 and 1953. John Bullman on tractor.
Date: April 16, 1954
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1100.0613]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "One of the "stars" of the University of Oklahoma rodeo Friday and Saturday will be this rampaging bull, Old No. 17."
Date: April 1, 1955
Creator: Dillard, Jack
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1100.0613]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "One of the "stars" of the University of Oklahoma rodeo Friday and Saturday will be this rampaging bull, Old No. 17."
Date: April 1, 1955
Creator: Dillard, Jack
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of a homemade border packer filled with concrete. OK-148-2.
Date: April 28, 1955
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0145.0127]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Tishomingo Courthouse"
Date: April 12, 1957
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Round Stem Bull Rush Harvesting

Photograph of Raymond Alberson, French Gunn and Ken Locke, Federal Wildlife Service, harvesting Round Stem Bull Rush at the Federal Fish Hatchery near Reagan. The photograph does not identify the left to right positions of Alberson, Gunn, and Locke. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Raymond Alberson, French Gunn and Ken Locke, Federal Wildlife Service, harvesting Round Stem Bull Rush to be planted in sediment pool areas flood prevention structures on Chigley Sandy Watershed. These plants are used primarily for water fowl cover.”
Date: April 25, 1958
Creator: Lowe, Sam D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0416B.0213]

Caption: "The bookmobile stops at Mannsville twice a month bringing the world of books, periodicals, records and other modern library services to 350 people." Three people purchasing books from man behind a desk, one woman browses a bookshelf and another woman looks at books on a table.
Date: April 21, 1965
Creator: Garner, Frank
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0416B.0214]

Caption: "The bookmobile stops at Mannsville twice a month bringing the world of books, periodicals, records and other modern library services to 350 people." Three people step out of the Chickasaw Multi-County Library and a dog stands on one of the steps with its front legs.
Date: April 21, 1965
Creator: Garner, Frank
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0142.0154]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Up, up and away, went the basketball in the top photo below, as Vicky Cravens, left, Barbara Poindexter. and Rep. Kenneth Converse, a state legislator, come up empty-handed."
Date: April 1, 1966
Creator: Albright, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1044.0205]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: April 5, 1967
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1289.0680]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "CONTROL HOUSE of the new water filtration plant a Tishomingo is under construction with the wall of the circular settling basin visible in the background."
Date: April 24, 1967
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0100.0224]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "some may think it takes time to build a lake-- clearing land, building a dam and dredging a waterway- but not the Boy Scouts."
Date: April 26, 1968
Creator: Argo, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of a gully on the Doug Gray farm before shaping and sprigging to Bermuda grass.
Date: April 1973
Creator: Ball, Dale
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of a gully on the Doug Gray farm before shaping and sprigging to Bermuda grass.
Date: April 1973
Creator: Ball, Dale
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1289.0672]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Capitol of the Chickasaws is an important seat of Oklahoma history."
Date: April 25, 1981
Creator: Argo, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1289.0681]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "The water tower on the campus of Murray State College in Tishomingo serves as a handy bulletin board for local graffiti and those making a claim to fame."
Date: April 29, 1981
Creator: Argo, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History