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For the Record, Winter 1989-90 (open access)

For the Record, Winter 1989-90

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 26, 1989.
Date: Winter 1989
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Ann Florence Wilson: Matriarch of the Cherokee Female Seminary (open access)

Ann Florence Wilson: Matriarch of the Cherokee Female Seminary

Article describes the life and career of Ann Florence Wilson, an educator who became Principal Teacher at the Cherokee National Female Seminary and had a profound impact on her students and community. Devon Abbott provides historical context to her life in a time of political change.
Date: Winter 1989
Creator: Abbott, Devon
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Historic Choctaw Pottery in the State Museum of History (open access)

Historic Choctaw Pottery in the State Museum of History

Article illuminates the importance of the collection of Choctaw pottery at the State Museum of History at the Oklahoma Historical Society not only to archaeologists, but also to those who study art and ethnohistory. Marshall Gettys describes the form, technique, and pattern of the pots and draws connections to historical documentation.
Date: Winter 1989
Creator: Gettys, Marshall
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Torn Asunder: Divorce in Early Oklahoma Territory (open access)

Torn Asunder: Divorce in Early Oklahoma Territory

Article explores how Oklahoma was cast as a divorce mill in the late nineteenth century, a public image created by media sensationalism based on a muddle of divorce legislation created by the first territorial government. Glenda Riley examines the historical significance of this as well as individual divorce cases throughout Oklahoma history.
Date: Winter 1989
Creator: Riley, Glenda
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Witness to History: Booker T. Washington Visits Boley (open access)

Witness to History: Booker T. Washington Visits Boley

Article describes Booker T. Washington's visits to the all-black town of Boley, Oklahoma, to show his support for the community. Norman L. Crockett includes documentation from the time to provide a more detailed picture of the renowned educator's visits and studies the birth and death of the town.
Date: Winter 1989
Creator: Crockett, Norman L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"Hollywood's Oklahoma" (open access)

"Hollywood's Oklahoma"

Article describes how the public image of Oklahoma has been impacted by its portrayal in films about Oklahoma, and details the concept of individual films throughout the years from the 1900s to 1980s. Hollywood's portrayal of Oklahoma ranges from a lawless wasteland to a thriving state made rich with oil, and provides some insight about perceptions of the state.
Date: Winter 1989
Creator: Spears, Jack
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record, Fall 1989 (open access)

For the Record, Fall 1989

For the Record section including the minutes of the annual meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society and the minutes of the quarterly board meeting of the Board of Directors of the OHS that were both held on April 14, 1989.
Date: Autumn 1989
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Last Prehistoric People: The Southern Plains Villagers (open access)

The Last Prehistoric People: The Southern Plains Villagers

Article provides an archaeological overview conducted by Robert L. Brooks and Robert Bell of the evidence identifying groups of people known as the Southern Plains Villagers who resided in Oklahoma from 800 A.D. until 1500 A.D. The two authors describe the different group locations over the years as phases and complexes, and provide details gained from archeological findings.
Date: Autumn 1989
Creator: Brooks, Robert L. & Bell, Robert E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"Dear Oklahoma Lady:" Women Journalists Speak Out (open access)

"Dear Oklahoma Lady:" Women Journalists Speak Out

Article explores the work and impact of female journalists in 1920s Oklahoma, who created the foundation for the role of the "Oklahoma lady" in early twentieth century society. Linda W. Reese provides historical context for the pervasive idea of the pioneer woman and its hold on the public.
Date: Autumn 1989
Creator: Reese, Linda Williams
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"He Has Builded His Own Monument": Will T. Little and the Legacy of '89 (open access)

"He Has Builded His Own Monument": Will T. Little and the Legacy of '89

Article provides a biographical tribute to Will T. Little, a pioneer of the Unassigned Lands who was the first to write and print a news publication there. Kenny L. Brown describes the life of the man and the impact he made, which included environmental advocacy and the planting of trees in Perry's courthouse square.
Date: Autumn 1989
Creator: Brown, Kenny L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Bird's Eye Views of Oklahoma Towns (open access)

Bird's Eye Views of Oklahoma Towns

Article describes the process of depicting Oklahoma cities through perspective drawings, which eventually were reproduced and sold as lithographic prints. Donald A. Wise touches on the lives and work of some of the artists who created these, such as T. M. Fowler and J. P. Hathaway.
Date: Autumn 1989
Creator: Wise, Donald A.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Summer 1989 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Summer 1989

Notes and Documents column including a letter from Aulena Scearce Gibson, the secretary of the Southwest Oklahoma Genealogical Society, to the editor of the Chronicles of Oklahoma correcting an error from Gordon Moore's work in the 1988 Winter issue. It explains the process of indexing the Oklahoma Tract Books and the fee charged.
Date: Summer 1989
Creator: Aulena Scearce Gibson
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record, Summer 1989 (open access)

For the Record, Summer 1989

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 25, 1989.
Date: Summer 1989
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Genealogy of Jesse Chisholm (open access)

The Genealogy of Jesse Chisholm

Article investigates the descendants of Jesse Chisholm to clear up some of the confusion about his family line. Stan Hoig uses careful documentation to trace Chisholm's genealogy in a follow-up article to the biographical tribute to the man in The Chronicles of Oklahoma 1988 Winter issue.
Date: Summer 1989
Creator: Hoig, Stan
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Old Baptist Mission and Evan Jones (open access)

Old Baptist Mission and Evan Jones

Article describes the work of Evan Jones at Old Baptist Mission in Oklahoma. Evan Jones was a minister to the Cherokees who opposed Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy as well as slavery, and whose translation work led to books of the bible and his own newspaper being printed in a written version of the Cherokee language.
Date: Summer 1989
Creator: Mahnken, Norbert R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Diary of a Twentieth-Century Wagon Trip (open access)

Diary of a Twentieth-Century Wagon Trip

Article includes the account of Ophelia Burrow, who journaled the long journey she and her family took from Rocky, Oklahoma to settle in Southeast Colorado. Josephine Mullins and William H. Mullins edit and provide an introduction with some historical context about the pioneer spirt of the era that the Burrows and Joneses kept alive.
Date: Summer 1989
Creator: Burrow, Ophelia; Mullins, Josephine & Mullins, William H.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Oklahoma Land Run of 1889: A Centennial Re-Interpretation (open access)

The Oklahoma Land Run of 1889: A Centennial Re-Interpretation

Article reinterprets the 1889 land run, an event that was celebrated as a grand race but preceded many conflicts. Donald E. Green investigates documentation from the era to uncover some of the details behind the public portrayal of the event.
Date: Summer 1989
Creator: Green, Donald E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record, Spring 1989 (open access)

For the Record, Spring 1989

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 26, 1988.
Date: Spring 1989
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"Die Stillen in Lande:" Mennonites in the Oklahoma Land Rushes (open access)

"Die Stillen in Lande:" Mennonites in the Oklahoma Land Rushes

Article relays the movement and history of Mennonite communities that took root in Western Oklahoma with the opening of the Unassigned Lands in 1889 as well as the Cherokee Outlet in 1893. Marvin E. Kroeker describes the motivations of these homesteaders and the lives of the prominent Mennonite families that founded these communities.
Date: Spring 1989
Creator: Kroeker, Marvin E., 1928-
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Registers, Receivers, and Entrymen: U.S. Land Office Administration in Oklahoma Territory, 1889-1907 (open access)

Registers, Receivers, and Entrymen: U.S. Land Office Administration in Oklahoma Territory, 1889-1907

Article explains the details behind the many land openings, land disputes, and attempts to obtain private land by Oklahoma settlers and the history of the agency that navigated the land business, the General Land Office of the United States.
Date: Spring 1989
Creator: Moore, Gordon, 1955-
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Fight for Survival: The Indian Response to the Boomer Movement (open access)

Fight for Survival: The Indian Response to the Boomer Movement

Article describes the history of intrusion of white settlers in Indian Territory and the court case surrounding the Boomer movement of David L. Payne, who attempted to force the opening of the Unassigned Lands of Oklahoma in the late 1800s. Mary Jane Warde highlights the suffering of the Indian tribes living in the area whose rights were being challenged.
Date: Spring 1989
Creator: Warde, Mary Jane
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Voices from the Land Run of 1889 (open access)

Voices from the Land Run of 1889

Article describes the opening of Unassigned Lands in Oklahoma by the federal government, and the land run that followed in 1889 by pioneers hoping to score land to homestead. Brad Agnew includes documentation of personal accounts from those who participated or observed the event, and provides historical context for the motivations of settlers.
Date: Spring 1989
Creator: Agnew, Brad
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Quantitative Studies of Inhibitors of ADP-ribosylation in Vitro and in Vivo (open access)

Quantitative Studies of Inhibitors of ADP-ribosylation in Vitro and in Vivo

Article evaluating the selectivity of compounds originally identified as inhibitors of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase on members of the three classes of enzymes. The results suggest that micromolar levels of the benzamides in the culture medium should allow selective inhibition of poly(ADP-ribose) metabolism in intact cells. Furthermore, comparative quantitative inhibition studies should prove useful for assigning the biological effects of these inhibitors as an effect on either poly(ADP-ribose) or mono(ADP-ribose) metabolism.
Date: March 15, 1989
Creator: Rankin, Patrick W.; Jacobson, Elaine L.; Benjamin, Robert C.; Moss, Joel & Jacobson, Myron K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Federal legislative report press release] (open access)

[Federal legislative report press release]

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Date: December 28, 1989
Creator: Radecic, Peri Jude & Bray, Robert
System: The UNT Digital Library