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Roy Crane - International Museum of Cartoon Art Hall of Fame Profile (open access)

Roy Crane - International Museum of Cartoon Art Hall of Fame Profile

A printout of Roy Crane's Hall of Fame profile pages on the International Museum of Cartoon Art's website, accessed March 15, 2004.
Date: March 15, 2004
Creator: Roy, Crane, Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
["A Falling Out Among Friends" article, March 8, 2004] (open access)

["A Falling Out Among Friends" article, March 8, 2004]

An article, written by Debra Rosenberg and Mark Miller for Newsweek, about President George W. Bush's support of the marriage amendment that would ban gay and lesbian marriages at the federal level. It includes the response of Charles C. Francis and other gay and lesbian Republicans. An advertisement follows the article.
Date: March 8, 2004
Creator: Rosenberg, Debra & Miller, Mark
System: The UNT Digital Library
["On Same-Sex Marriage, Bush Failed the Public and Himself" article, March 6, 2004] (open access)

["On Same-Sex Marriage, Bush Failed the Public and Himself" article, March 6, 2004]

An article written by Jonathan Rauch for the National Journal magazine about Bush's stance against gay marriage. The piece assesses Bush's actions treatment of the issue and how his policy negatively affects citizens.
Date: March 6, 2004
Creator: Rauch, Jonathan
System: The UNT Digital Library
["On Gay Marriage, Bush May Have Said All He's Going To" article, March 1, 2004] (open access)

["On Gay Marriage, Bush May Have Said All He's Going To" article, March 1, 2004]

An article, written by Elisabeth Bumiller for The New York Times, about President George W. Bush's decision to support a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. The piece analyses what this move could mean for the campaign and includes Bush's history with LGBT issues and comments Charles C. Francis and others.
Date: March 1, 2004
Creator: Bumiller, Elisabeth
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Washington Blade marriage amendment coverage, March 5, 2004] (open access)

[Washington Blade marriage amendment coverage, March 5, 2004]

A front page from the Washington Blade newspaper covering responses to the recent candidate and Presidential support of a same-sex marriage ban. The first covers John Kerry, a Democratic nominee, announcing his support of a same-sex marriage ban in the Massachusetts Constitution and the response. The second covers the resignation of an appointee to the George W. Bush Presidential administration following Bush's support of the marriage-ban being added to the Constitution.
Date: March 5, 2004
Creator: Brune, Adrian & Chibbaro, Lou, Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
"Stand Fast": The Story of Surry Eaton "White Sut" Beck (open access)

"Stand Fast": The Story of Surry Eaton "White Sut" Beck

Article written by Pamela White, the great-granddaughter of White Sut Beck, examines Beck's life and place in history. White Sut Beck's place in history has been defined by what came to be known as the Going Snake Massacre, a shoot-out during the 1872 trial of Zeke Proctor for the murder of Beck's sister. In truth, White Sut lived a full life of adventure and service to his family, community, and the Cherokee Nation.
Date: Autumn 2004
Creator: White, Pamela
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"Your Enemies May Attract Unwanted Friends": Gerald L. K. Smith, Patrick Hurley, and the 1948 New Mexico Senate Race (open access)

"Your Enemies May Attract Unwanted Friends": Gerald L. K. Smith, Patrick Hurley, and the 1948 New Mexico Senate Race

Article explores Gerald L. K. Smith's intrusion into the 1948 United States Senate race in New Mexico, in which native Oklahoman Patrick J. Hurley was the Republican candidate. In the mid-twentieth century, Gerald L. K. Smith became well-known for the viciousness of his views, his bigotry, and his extremism.
Date: Autumn 2004
Creator: Buhite, Russell D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Dr. Anna Lewis: Historian at the Oklahoma College for Women (open access)

Dr. Anna Lewis: Historian at the Oklahoma College for Women

Article presents a biographical sketch of Dr. Anna Lewis, who enjoyed a long and stellar career at Oklahoma College for Women but whose accomplishments have often been overlooked. This article gives an account of Lewis' life as she struggled to obtain the terminal degree in history, build a sound academic program at the college, and teach and write about Oklahoma history.
Date: Winter 2004
Creator: Reese, Linda Williams
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Black, White, and Read: The Muskogee Daily Phoenix's Coverage of the Sequoyah Statehood Convention of 1905 (open access)

Black, White, and Read: The Muskogee Daily Phoenix's Coverage of the Sequoyah Statehood Convention of 1905

Article provides a portrayal of the Sequoyah Statehood Convention, a gathering of the leaders of the "Five Civilized Tribes" in Oklahoma to propose the creation of a state separate from Oklahoma Territory, Sequoyah. Richard Mize's account relies on the newspaper coverage by the Muskogee Daily Phoenix, and highlights the voice and opinions of the paper's editor, Clarence B. Douglas.
Date: Summer 2004
Creator: Mize, Richard
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Jack C. Montgomery: A Little Big Man (open access)

Jack C. Montgomery: A Little Big Man

Article documents the life of Jack Montgomery and recalls his service with the Forty-fifth Infantry Division in World War II, where he received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the war.
Date: Winter 2004
Creator: Bean, Christopher B.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
In Defense of Sovereignty: Cherokee Soldiers, White Officers, and Discipline in the Third Indian Home Guard (open access)

In Defense of Sovereignty: Cherokee Soldiers, White Officers, and Discipline in the Third Indian Home Guard

This article explores the ways in which Cherokees managed discipline in the Third Indian Home Guard of the Union army to achieve their ultimate goal to reconquer the Cherokee Nation from the Confederate forces and preserve Cherokee sovereignty.
Date: Winter 2004
Creator: Jones, Trevor
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Sexual Color Line in Red and Black: Antimiscegenation and the Sooner State (open access)

The Sexual Color Line in Red and Black: Antimiscegenation and the Sooner State

Article provides an overview of antimiscegenation laws dating from the time of slavery into the statehood period in Oklahoma and examines eleven cases that reached the highest state or federal courts, most of them civil cases involving African Americans and Native Americans.
Date: Winter 2004
Creator: Robinson, Charles F., II
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Socialism from the Bottom Up: Local Activists and the Socialist Party of Oklahoma, 1900-1920 (open access)

Socialism from the Bottom Up: Local Activists and the Socialist Party of Oklahoma, 1900-1920

Article uses information found in socialist newspapers and the manuscript census to uncover the lives and experiences of local party members of the Socialist Party of Oklahoma with a focus on Marshall and Roger Mills counties.
Date: Winter 2004
Creator: Bissett, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Where Angels Belong: The Oklahoma Antisuffrage Movement (open access)

Where Angels Belong: The Oklahoma Antisuffrage Movement

Article covers the history of the antisuffrage movement in Oklahoma and describes key figures and organizations against women's suffrage from the founding of the Oklahoma state constitution to the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment, which gave women the right to vote on a national level.
Date: Summer 2004
Creator: Fugate, Tally D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"This is Not United States Currency": Oklahoma's Emergency Scrip Issues during the Banking Crisis of 1933 (open access)

"This is Not United States Currency": Oklahoma's Emergency Scrip Issues during the Banking Crisis of 1933

Article describes the process and results of creating local currency to meet the demands of the Oklahoma community during the banking crisis of 1933. Loren Gatch provides details about the issuance of the emergency scrip, including the response of public officials and struggling citizens.
Date: Summer 2004
Creator: Gatch, Loren C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Tulsa (1949) as an Oil Field Film: A Study in Ecological Ambivalence (open access)

Tulsa (1949) as an Oil Field Film: A Study in Ecological Ambivalence

Article uses the 1949 oil field film, Tulsa, as an example to reveal attitudes toward American industrial progress.
Date: Autumn 2004
Creator: Rollins, Peter C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"A Model Fruit Ranch": The Housholder Fruit Farm of Guthrie, Oklahoma (open access)

"A Model Fruit Ranch": The Housholder Fruit Farm of Guthrie, Oklahoma

Article written by Joe Bax, Glen Housholder's grandson, provides a portrait of the Householder Fruit Farm and the family's tremendous successes amid struggles against railroads, commission merchants, and Oklahoma's sometimes fickle weather.
Date: Autumn 2004
Creator: Bax, Joe G.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The National Register of Historic Places and St. Paul Baptist Church and Cemetery: The 1,000th Listing in Oklahoma (open access)

The National Register of Historic Places and St. Paul Baptist Church and Cemetery: The 1,000th Listing in Oklahoma

Article explains the process of listing properties on the National Register of Historic Places, then describes the history of the St. Paul Baptist Church and Cemetery in Lincoln County—the 1,000th Oklahoma property on the National Register of Historical Places.
Date: Autumn 2004
Creator: Savage, Cynthia
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"No Home on the Range": The Miller Family's Great Swindle of Indian Lands (open access)

"No Home on the Range": The Miller Family's Great Swindle of Indian Lands

Article describes the unfair methods the Miller Family, owners of the 101 Ranch, employed to acquire land in the Cherokee Outlet from the Western Cherokee Indians who had received it from the United States government in 1928. Jo L. Wetherilt Behrens recounts the details of the various schemes and ruses the Millers employed to take advantage of their neighboring tribes.
Date: Summer 2004
Creator: Behrens, Jo Lea Wetherilt
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Moses or Aaron?: William Jennings Bryan and Oklahoma Politics (open access)

Moses or Aaron?: William Jennings Bryan and Oklahoma Politics

Article explores the political influence William Jennings Bryan had on the creation of Oklahoma's state constitution, and questions whether Bryan took the leading role of the biblical Moses in influencing decisions surrounding it, or the translator's role of Aaron to give the Oklahoma legislature's own agenda substance.
Date: Spring 2004
Creator: Adkison, Danny M.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Tale of Sergeant Webber: Nativism in Northern Oklahoma in 1923 (open access)

The Tale of Sergeant Webber: Nativism in Northern Oklahoma in 1923

Article discusses the history of the Ku Klux Klan in Oklahoma in the 1920s, when popularized nativism and public spectacle led to an increased "joining" period by members of the community. Jim Showalter examines the activity of the elusive Sergeant William Webber, a speaker who ascribed to Klan ideals and enforced them in the minds of the public.
Date: Spring 2004
Creator: Showalter, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Saving the Land: Soil and Water Conservation in Oklahoma (open access)

Saving the Land: Soil and Water Conservation in Oklahoma

Article covers the history of soil and water erosion and conservation practices in Oklahoma. D. Chongo Mundende describes the various programs and committees designed to combat Oklahoma's climate issues and preserve the agricultural integrity of the land.
Date: Spring 2004
Creator: Mundende, Darlington Chongo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
A History of Geography at the University of North Texas (open access)

A History of Geography at the University of North Texas

This article provides a history of the Geography Department at the University of North Texas.
Date: 2004
Creator: Lyons, Donald & Forbes, Bill
System: The UNT Digital Library
Guest Editorial: Beginnings and Endings (open access)

Guest Editorial: Beginnings and Endings

Article asserting that the field of near-death studies needs to embrace other models and groups of professionals if it hopes to understand the near-death phenomenon. According to the author, no one can validate a near-death experience (NDE) except the experiencer; it is the aftereffects that impart real meaning to the experience and give it greater impact, and the "classical NDE model" that guides most near-death research can be limiting and misleading.
Date: Autumn 2004
Creator: Atwater, P. M. H.
System: The UNT Digital Library