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Janet St. James Article
This article is a short biography of former TV journalist Janet St. James describing her career, including her work reporting on the Oklahoma City Bombing and covering police and medical stories in Dallas. It also highlights some aspects of St. James' life and her thoughts about journalism.
Date:
December 3, 2018
Creator:
Burns, Brady; Owens, Brittany; Reyes, Blanca & Maxwell, Bailey
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Reading Room of Their Own: Library Services for African Americans in Oklahoma, 1907-1946
Article discussing the struggles African American Oklahomans faced for access to public library services. The first forty years of statehood brought a few successes, and by mid-century only eleven communities provided a public library facility for the state's black citizens.
Date:
Autumn 2006
Creator:
Cassity, R. O. Joe, Jr.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Dark Spot on the Sunbelt: Economic Stagnation and Political Corruption in 1950s Oklahoma
Article examines the roles of negative self-image and political corruption on the stagnation of Oklahoma's economic health in the 1950s.
Date:
Summer 2007
Creator:
McGoy, Matthew G.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Through the Ether: The Birth of Radio in Central Oklahoma
Article describes the birth and success of radio broadcasting in the 1920s, narrowing the focus from the wider sphere of the U.S. after World War I to the creation of WKY radio station in Oklahoma City.
Date:
Summer 1983
Creator:
Tolman, Donald K.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Cattle Market for the World: The Oklahoma National Stockyards
Article describes the creation and development of the Oklahoma National Stockyards, which was the largest and most modern livestock enterprise ever conducted at one time. Carol Holderby Welsh describes the complex itself as well as the impact it had on Oklahoma City and the area surrounding it.
Date:
Spring 1982
Creator:
Welsh, Carol Holderby
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Right to be Served: Oklahoma City's Lunch Counter Sit-Ins, 1958-1964
Article describes the history of the campaign for equal treatment of African-Americans in Oklahoma City, beginning with the lunch counter sit-ins organized by the NAACP's Youth Council. Carl R. Graves catalogs the efforts of the NAACP and other organizations to end opposition to the desegregation laws passed years earlier.
Date:
Summer 1981
Creator:
Graves, Carl R.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oklahoma City's Indian Scare
Article narrates the night Oklahoma City anticipated an attack by the Cheyenne's that never came.
Date:
Winter 1924
Creator:
McNabb, Charles A.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Resolution by Board of Directors of Federal Reserve Bank
Article is a resolution made by the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma City Branch of the Federal Reserve bank of Kansas City to address the passing of one of its members, Senator Murphy.
Date:
Autumn 1929
Creator:
Daniel, C. E.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oklahoma Republican: Dennis Thomas Flynn and His Letters to William Howard Taft
Article describes the life and career of Oklahoma's first Republican national committeeman, Dennis T. Flynn, through examination of his friendship and correspondence with President William Howard Taft. Leonard C. Schlup offers recognition of the Oklahoma City lawyer, congressman, and company director as a person as well as a politician.
Date:
Spring 2001
Creator:
Schlup, Leonard C.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oklahoma's Rising Star: The Election of Mike Monroney to the United States Senate
Article describes in detail the rise of Mike Monroney, a young and progressive democrat from the House of Representatives in his bid for a seat on the United States Senate in 1950. Philip A. Grant, Jr. describes the events of the election race, particularly his competition with Senator Elmer Thomas.
Date:
Summer 2002
Creator:
Grant, Philip A., Jr.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Love Gifts for the Bishop: James J. Stewart v. Bishop W. Angie Smith, Part 1
Article discussing the events that led to a church investigating committee when, James J. Stewart, an Albuquerque minister, filed charges against Methodist bishop W. Angie Smith for what he considered abuse of episcopal power. It also discusses the proceedings of the meeting itself and the aftermath.
Date:
Spring 2000
Creator:
Martin, A. W., Jr.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
William P. "Bill" Atkinson: The Father of Midwest City, Oklahoma
Article describes the impact of city builder W. P. Atkinson in his development Midwest City, which would eventually house the workers of the Oklahoma City Air Depot and the Douglas Aircraft Company.
Date:
Autumn 1999
Creator:
Lee, Susan M.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"To Preserve and Perpetuate the History of Oklahoma"
Article provides historical context and a series of process photos for the construction of the Oklahoma Historical Society building, remembering its landmark dedication ceremony fifty years earlier in a historical homage.
Date:
Autumn 1980
Creator:
Jordan, H. Glenn & Blackburn, Bob L.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Edward W. Sweeney, '89er: "A Legend in his Time"
Article describes the life and career of Edward W. Sweeney, a justice of the peace, landowner, and public servant who came to Oklahoma Territory in 1889 and helped establish Oklahoma City and the town of Harrah.
Date:
Autumn 1998
Creator:
Jordan, Pamela G.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"Almost Hopeless in the Wake of the Storm": The 1918 Spanish Flu Epidemic in Oklahoma
Article examines the impact of the Spanish flu epidemic on Oklahomans during 1918-1919. Nigel Anthony Sellars discusses the spread of the epidemic on a detailed level, identifying the medical institutions and professionals who sought to combat the epidemic as it spread from one Oklahoma city to another.
Date:
Spring 2001
Creator:
Sellars, Nigel Anthony
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"An anxiety to do right": The Life of Judge John Hazelton Cotteral, 1864-1933
Article provides a portrait of John H. Cotteral, the first federal judge for the Western District of Oklahoma and the first Oklahoman to occupy the bench of the circuit court of appeals. The article explores both the man and the legal opinions he wrote throughout his forty-year career.
Date:
Autumn 2000
Creator:
Leitch, Kevin C.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"Any Woman That Could Ride a Horse Could Fly": Dorothy K. Pressler Morgan, 1930s Oklahoma Aviatrix
Article describes the role of Dorothy Pressler Morgan in aviation history. In 1930 Dorothy Pressler Morgan became the second female pilot licensed in Oklahoma by the U.S. Department of Commerce. She was also known as Oklahoma City's best stunt pilot, an altitude-record setter, and the nation's first female airport manager.
Date:
Spring 2006
Creator:
Fugate, Tally D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Sooner State Civil Liberties in Perilous Times, 1940-1941, Part 1: The Oklahoma Federation for Constitutional Rights
The first part of this two-part article examines citizen action in Oklahoma initiated in the fall of 1940 by the creation of the Oklahoma Federation of Constitutional Rights to preserve and defend freedom of speech, which later faced investigation by the legislature.
Date:
Winter 2006
Creator:
Wiegand, Wayne A. & Wiegand, Shirley A.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Heyday in the Texas League: Oklahoma City-Tulsa Baseball, 1933-1957
Article explores the history of baseball in Oklahoma City and Tulsa through the victories and training regime of two major teams: the Oklahoma City Indians and the Tulsa Oilers. Max J. Nichols traces their plays and connection with the Texas League in a golden era of baseball.
Date:
Summer 1996
Creator:
Nichols, Max J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Carl W. Skogsberg and the Beginning of Colonial Bakery
Article describes the life and career of Carl W. Skogsberg, founder of the Colonial Baking Company in Oklahoma City, and his business practices that brought growth and success even in the midst of trying times like the Great Depression.
Date:
Autumn 1986
Creator:
Meredith, Howard L.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"No job for a woman"
Article provides a biographical tribute to the life of Sallie Sturgeon, also known as Mrs. Thomas H. Sturgeon in her marriage, who was the first woman enforcement officer in the State Department of Health, editor of a woman's page and later a publication for women named The Oklahoma Lady, and also, ironically, President of Anti-suffragists in Oklahoma.
Date:
Summer 1983
Creator:
Crockett, Bernice N.
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 Civilian Conservation Corps in the City: Tulsa and Oklahoma City in the 1930s
Article explores the history of the Civilian Conservation Corps in Tulsa and Oklahoma City. The Corps, formed as a part of New Deal relief labor programs, developed three urban parks in the area.
Date:
Autumn 1975
Creator:
Holland, Reid A.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oklahoma and the Parking Meter
Article narrates the history of the parking meter's creation and introduction into Oklahoma City.
Date:
Summer 1969
Creator:
Fischer, LeRoy H. & Smith, Robert E.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History