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For the Record, Winter 1980-81
For the Record section including the minutes of the quarterly board meeting of the Board of Directors of the OHS that was held on July 24, 1980. It also includes a list honoring the donors who gave gifts to the OHS in the second quarter of 1980 and lists of new annual and new life members of the OHS from April 25 to July 24 of 1980.
Date:
Winter 1980
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Winter 1980-81
Notes and Documents column including a document about the history of the Wellston Trading Post, a selected bibliography of works related to the historic African-American experience in Oklahoma, and a poem written about the author's tribe in their journey to Oklahoma after forced relocation.
Date:
Winter 1980
Creator:
Savage, Rosalind & Wilson, Susan
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Alice Brown Davis: A Leader of Her People
Article pays a biographical tribute to Alice Brown Davis, school superintendent, court interpreter, and later chief of her tribe, in her dedication and contributions to the Seminole Nation after their relocation to Oklahoma.
Date:
Winter 1980
Creator:
Waldowski, Paula
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"Dust to Eat" A Document from the Dust Bowl
Article describes the difficulties farmers faced during the Dust Bowl era in their daily lives through the personal narrative of Caroline A. Henderson. Virginia C. Purdy edited the piece and provides an introduction for historical context.
Date:
Winter 1980
Creator:
Purdy, Virgina C. & Henderson, Caroline Agnes
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Federal Law Comes to Indian Territory
Article articulates the establishment of United States District Courts in Oklahoma, providing details on how these courts ran and some of the landmark cases that took place there.
Date:
Winter 1980
Creator:
Ford, Jeanette W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
On the Banks of the Arkansas: Blackburn, an Oklahoma Town
Article describes the founding and growth of the town of Blackburn on the banks of the Arkansas River. Jean Hager relates the celebratory events as well as conflicts in early Blackburn through excerpts of documentation from the early 1900s.
Date:
Winter 1980
Creator:
Hager, Jean
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Mirror to the World: Twenty-Five Years of Oklahoma Today
Article illustrates the negative reactions Oklahomans had to John Steinbeck's novel, The Grapes of Wrath, worried it would create a poor image of Oklahoma, and how staff at the magazine Oklahoma Today sought to portray a more comprehensive view of the state through scenic color photography.
Date:
Winter 1980
Creator:
Davis, Junetta
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Methodist Beginnings Among Southwest Oklahoma Indians
Article discusses the history of the Methodist faith in Southwestern Oklahoma, from the tribes migrating in that brought their own Methodist churches to the individual preachers who created churches and schools in Indian Territory with the support of Methodist organizations. Walter Vernon examines the difficulties one missionary faced as he struggled to understand the traditional cultural practices of the tribes.
Date:
Winter 1980
Creator:
Vernon, Walter N.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For Justice and a Fee: James Milton Turner and the Cherokee Freedmen
Article tells the story of how James Milton Turner, black politician and orator, fought for the land rights of freedmen in Cherokee Territory as their attorney.
Date:
Winter 1980
Creator:
Kremer, Gary R.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record, Fall 1980
For the Record section including the minutes of the annual meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society and the minutes of the regular quarterly board meeting of the Board of Directors of the OHS that both occurred on April 24, 1980. It also includes a list of OHS gift donors and lists of new annual and new life members of the OHS.
Date:
Autumn 1980
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Fall 1980
Notes and Documents column including an autobiographical account of a family homesteading Cheyenne-Arapaho country and an excerpt from an editorial from the Tulsa World about the Oklahoma Historical Society building and its dedication.
Date:
Autumn 1980
Creator:
Chapman, R. R.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Will Rogers' Youthful Relationship with His Father, Clem Rogers: A Story of Love and Tension
Article examines the relationship between cowboy philosopher Will Rogers and his rancher father, Clem Rogers, exploring the sociological and psychological friction that caused the two to have a rocky relationship over the years despite the success of both individuals.
Date:
Autumn 1980
Creator:
Roach, Fred, Jr.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Peavine Railroad
Article describes the creation and development of the Kingfisher-Chandler branch of the Rock Island railroad line, known as the Peavine railroad, and its impact on the communities it connected.
Date:
Autumn 1980
Creator:
McIntyre, Glen
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
This I Remember From My Early Life: A Kiowa County Pioneer
Article provides an autobiographical narrative account of the life of a Kiowa pioneer family as they participated in a drawing for land in Oklahoma, traveled to the land, and began farming there. Anna Thurston provides personal stories that paint a detailed picture of the experience.
Date:
Autumn 1980
Creator:
Thurston, Anna
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
William J. McClure and the McClure Ranch
Article explores the life and success of rancher William J. McClure, the establishment of the McClure Ranch, the difficulties he faced, the legacy he left, and the lives of his family members.
Date:
Autumn 1980
Creator:
Lester, Patricia
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Congressional Viewpoint Toward the Admission of Oklahoma as a State: 1902-1906
Article discusses the various perspectives and dilemmas faced in Congress over the passage of Oklahoma's statehood during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. One of the main debates centered around the idea of Oklahoma entering the Union as a single state, or as two due to the separation of Oklahoma and Indian Territories.
Date:
Autumn 1980
Creator:
Ellinger, Charles Wayne
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Okmulgee Constitution: A Step Towards Indian Self-Determination
Article describes a series of meetings held in the 1870s by a general council comprised of delegates from twelve Indian tribes to draft a constitution setting up a territorial government, the Okmulgee Constitution. Although the constitution itself was never adopted, the council meetings still allowed the tribes to confront issues they were facing and provided an example of their self-determination to the national government.
Date:
Autumn 1980
Creator:
Nolen, Curtis L.
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
Notes and Documents [Summer 1980]
Notes and Documents column for Summer 1980, including a notice about the Edna May Armold Archives Room at the El Reno Carnegie Library, as well as a record of the mining disaster that occurred at Krebs Mine No. 11 in the form of a poem and a list of names of those killed.
Date:
Summer 1980
Creator:
Armold, Edna May & Snodgrass, Martha
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record, \Summer 1980
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 24, 1980. It also includes descriptions of the newly elected president of the OHS, Jack T. Conn, as well as new board member Ralph McCalmont. It also includes a list of OHS donors, and lists of the new annual and life members of the OHS.
Date:
Summer 1980
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Desegregation of the Oklahoma City School System
Article describes the gradual process of desegregation of the Oklahoma City school system, including details from major related cases and their legal and social impact.
Date:
Summer 1980
Creator:
Boulton, Scot W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Restoration of Old Fort Gibson
Article details the history of Old Fort Gibson Military Reservation, as well as the restoration process that occurred about a decade later to reconstruct the old fort as Fort Gibson Military Park. Q. B. Boydstun delivers information from firsthand experience as chairman of the reconstruction commission.
Date:
Summer 1980
Creator:
Boydstun, Q. B.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Jefferson's Salt Mountain: The Big Salt Plain of the Cimarron River
Article describes the history of the Big Salt Plain of the Cimarron River, from explorer tales publicized by Thomas Jefferson to the fascination it currently holds for visitors of the area.
Date:
Summer 1980
Creator:
Isern, Thomas D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Men, Mud, and Mules: The Good Roads Movement in Oklahoma, 1900-1910
Article relates the history of the Good Roads Movement in territorial Oklahoma, discussing details such as the officials and associations involved in the construction of the new highways, obstacles that arose during the process, and the environmental factors that spurred the movement forward.
Date:
Summer 1980
Creator:
Corbett, William P.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History