The Civilian Conservation Corps in the City: Tulsa and Oklahoma City in the 1930s (open access)

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
Gerald A. Hale: Parking Meter Reminiscences (open access)

Gerald A. Hale: Parking Meter Reminiscences

Article narrates the history of how two men, Carl C. Magee and Gerald A. Hale, created the parking meter to help Oklahoma City solve the problem with overcrowded parking lots. The article also details the impact their creation had on the world.
Date: Autumn 1970
Creator: Fischer, LeRoy H.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oklahoma City: Growth and Reconstruction, 1889-1939 (open access)

Oklahoma City: Growth and Reconstruction, 1889-1939

Article describes the founding, history, and growth of Oklahoma City in its first few decades. Howard L. Meredith and George H. Shirk highlight its industrial and residential development, and how the town recovered from early setbacks like floods and lack of transportation.
Date: Autumn 1977
Creator: Meredith, Howard L. & Shirk, George H.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Captain Charles W. Whipple's Notebook: The Week of the Run into Oklahoma in 1889 (open access)

Captain Charles W. Whipple's Notebook: The Week of the Run into Oklahoma in 1889

Article narrates the life of Captain Charles W. Whipple during his time as the Chief Ordnance Officer at a time of settlement within the Unassigned Lands of the Indian Territories. This area would later be called Oklahoma City. The journal entries are some of the few accounts of what life was like for commanders in the army and civilian leaders during Oklahoma City's creation.
Date: Summer 1970
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Theodore Roosevelt Visits Oklahoma (open access)

Theodore Roosevelt Visits Oklahoma

Article narrates President Theodore Roosevelt's visit to Oklahoma as he visits a group of soldiers called the "Rough Riders."
Date: Autumn 1973
Creator: Smith, Brian Lee
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Medical Practices and Health in the Choctaw Nation, 1831-1885 (open access)

Medical Practices and Health in the Choctaw Nation, 1831-1885

Article illustrates how the Choctaw people combined traditional medical practices with those created by Europeans during a time where diseases spread rapidly and killed indiscriminately.
Date: Spring 1970
Creator: Allen, Virgina R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
A History of the Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company to the Year 1904 (open access)

A History of the Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company to the Year 1904

Article chronicles the creation of the Oklahoma Ditch and Water Company and the Oklahoma City Gas Company.
Date: Summer 1973
Creator: Steinmeyer, George
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chisholm School, District No. 22 (open access)

Chisholm School, District No. 22

Article narrates the social and natural environment surrounding Chisholm School, District No. 22, a small rural school located in a large red roofed building.
Date: Winter 1971
Creator: Bennett, Marj D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Chronicles of Oklahoma Fiftieth Anniversary (open access)

The Chronicles of Oklahoma Fiftieth Anniversary

Article commemorates the fiftieth anniversary issue of The Chronicles of Oklahoma with a letter from the editor.
Date: Spring 1971
Creator: The Chronicles of Oklahoma
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Richard Gamble Miller, 1890-1970 (open access)

Richard Gamble Miller, 1890-1970

Article pays tribute to Richard Gamble Miller's life and career as a newspaper man. He wrote the famous "Smoking Room" column for the Oklahoma City Times.
Date: Summer 1971
Creator: Peterson, Robert V.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Robert Alexander Hefner, 1874-1971 (open access)

Robert Alexander Hefner, 1874-1971

Article narrates the life of Robert Hefner, a man who came from humble beginnings as a sheep farmer to become a professor, lawyer and judge.
Date: Summer 1971
Creator: Davidson, Justice Denver
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Spirit of Heritage Hills (open access)

The Spirit of Heritage Hills

Article chronicles how Henry Overholser created Heritage Hills, an area in Oklahoma steeped in history and community.
Date: Spring 1970
Creator: Peterson, Susanne Wilson
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Indian in Transition: The Neosho Agency 1850-1861 (open access)

The Indian in Transition: The Neosho Agency 1850-1861

Article illustrates the significance of Indian agents at the Neosho Agency who were charged with maintaining control over the Indigenous people on their reservations. The article focuses on the life of one agent: Major Andrew J. Dorn.
Date: Summer 1970
Creator: Tracy, Valerie
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
St. Agnes Academy for the Choctaws (open access)

St. Agnes Academy for the Choctaws

Article chronicles the history of St. Agnes Academy for the Choctaws, a mission school located in Choctaw Nation. The school was destroyed by a tornado in 1945.
Date: Autumn 1970
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Necrology, Summer 1970 (open access)

Necrology, Summer 1970

Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died; this issue discusses Robert Milligan Mountcastle who served as a lawyer and judge in various courts while dedicating his life to upholding the law.
Date: Summer 1970
Creator: Pierce, Earl Boyd
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Necrology, Winter 1972-73 (open access)

Necrology, Winter 1972-73

Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died; this issue discusses Joseph Stanley Clark, a historian who administered the Indian-Pioneer History Project which aimed to record and collect the state's history through the voices of living pioneers.
Date: Winter 1972
Creator: Clark, Blue
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History