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Birthday of the Klan: The Tulsa Outrage of 1917 (open access)

Birthday of the Klan: The Tulsa Outrage of 1917

Article describes the events that led to the Tulsa Outrage of 1917, including the emergence of the "Knights of Liberty" a vigilante group grown from the Tulsa Council of Defense which persecuted members of labor organizations and whose actions foreshadowed later violence committed by the Ku Klux Klan.
Date: Winter 2019
Creator: Hopkins, Randy
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record, Winter 2019-20 (open access)

For the Record, Winter 2019-20

For the Record section including the minutes of the quarterly board meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on July 24, 2019 as well as the following lists: "New Members, July-August-September 2019" and "Twenty-Year Members, July-August-September 2019."
Date: Winter 2019
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
On the Cutting Edge of Public Education: The Frontiers of Science Foundation of Oklahoma (open access)

On the Cutting Edge of Public Education: The Frontiers of Science Foundation of Oklahoma

Article describes the growth and reform of school curriculum in the areas of math and science in the 1950s, and how the Frontier of Science Foundation of Oklahoma group contributed to these changes.
Date: Winter 2019
Creator: Moore, Ricki J. & Brown, Pamela Unruh
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Rough Riders Three (open access)

The Rough Riders Three

Article describes the lives and participation of three "Rough Riders" in the Spanish-American War, later president Theodore Roosevelt, Frank Frantz, and Walter Cook, to illustrate how their lives began to intersect in the late 1890s.
Date: Winter 2019
Creator: Cummings, Joe
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
A Terrible Truth: The Tonkawa Massacre of 1862 (open access)

A Terrible Truth: The Tonkawa Massacre of 1862

Article explores the history of the Tonkawa people in Texas and Oklahoma and illuminates the negative impact Union and Confederate forces caused by not honoring their treaty obligations to protect the Tonkawas from the tribes around them, who they were alienated from by allying themselves with the US government.
Date: Winter 2019
Creator: Connole, Joseph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oral History of Rebecca Lopez (open access)

Oral History of Rebecca Lopez

This article is a short biography of journalist Rebecca Lopez, reporter for WFAA in Dallas. Rebecca talks about her career as a crime reporter, her thoughts on the field of journalism, and her background and education.
Date: December 9, 2019
Creator: Lopez, Rebecca & Martinez, Tiffany
System: The UNT Digital Library
Robbie Owens, CBS 11 News: Oral History Project (open access)

Robbie Owens, CBS 11 News: Oral History Project

This article is a short biography of journalist Robbie Owens describing her childhood in Kildare and her career as a reporter, highlighting specific memories and her thoughts about the field.
Date: December 4, 2019
Creator: Wakeham, Haley
System: The Portal to Texas History
Summary: Oral History of Corrie MacLaggan, Managing Editor for the Texas Tribune (open access)

Summary: Oral History of Corrie MacLaggan, Managing Editor for the Texas Tribune

This article is a short biography of journalist Corrie MacLaggan, Managing Editor of the Texas Tribune. The article talks about her life, career, and journey from correspondent to editor. She also discusses her time living in Mexico City, her work for Jewish publications, and her perspective on changes in journalism.
Date: December 2, 2019
Creator: MacLaggan, Corrie; Najera, Rebecca; Olkkola, Emily; Johnson, Kyle & Cooper, Sydney
System: The UNT Digital Library
Leslie McMurray (open access)

Leslie McMurray

This article is a short biography of journalist Leslie McMurray's career as a journalist and a transgender activist.
Date: November 22, 2019
Creator: McMurray, Leslie; Sykes, Marcus & Boggs, Alexa
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History - Laura Harris (open access)

Oral History - Laura Harris

This article is a short biography of journalist Laura Harris, NBC 5 Co-Anchor for Weekday Morning Newscasts. Laura discusses her career path, her experience working for NBC 5, and her desire to encourage positivity in others.
Date: November 7, 2019
Creator: Harris, Laura; Hurd, Maddi & Josey, Tory
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aunt Maggie and the Child Welfare Special (open access)

Aunt Maggie and the Child Welfare Special

Article describes the traveling health caravan known as the Child Welfare Special and the founding of the United States Children's Welfare Bureau. Dan Lawrence explores how Dr. Maggie Koenig, one of the members of the traveling health clinic, contributed to the history of public health education.
Date: Autumn 2019
Creator: Lawrence, Dan
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record, Fall 2019 (open access)

For the Record, Fall 2019

For the Record section including the minutes of the quarterly board meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society held on April 24, 2019, the annual meeting of the membership held on April 25, 2019, and the organizational board meeting held on April 25, 2019. It also includes the following lists: "New Members, April-May-June 2019" and "Twenty-Year Members, April-May-June 2019."
Date: Autumn 2019
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
How America's Destiny Became Manifest (open access)

How America's Destiny Became Manifest

Article discusses the implications of Manifest Destiny and the Whipple Expedition, particularly the imagery created by the group's artist, Heinrich Möllhausen.
Date: Autumn 2019
Creator: Kidwell, Clara Sue
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Fall 2019 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Fall 2019

Notes and Documents column including John Truden's "The Great Southeastern Oklahoma Elephant Hunt," a short document describing the efforts to recapture two Asian elephants that escaped from the Carson and Barnes Circus near Hugo, Oklahoma, in July of 1975.
Date: Autumn 2019
Creator: Truden, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Reading Prestatehood Muskogee: Racial-Political Discourse in American Indian, African American, and White Newspapers, 1905-07 (open access)

Reading Prestatehood Muskogee: Racial-Political Discourse in American Indian, African American, and White Newspapers, 1905-07

Article discusses prestatehood Muskogee, Oklahoma and the establishment of four newspapers catering to different demographics of the racially diverse population, as well as the implications of the issues these papers debated.
Date: Autumn 2019
Creator: Person, Angela M.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
An Unflinching Call for Freedom: Clara Luper's Pedagogy at the Center of Sit-Ins (open access)

An Unflinching Call for Freedom: Clara Luper's Pedagogy at the Center of Sit-Ins

Article describes the life and influence of Clara Luper, a teacher and adviser for the NAACP Youth Council who worked with students to obtain civil rights and the desegregation of Oklahoma City.
Date: Autumn 2019
Creator: Watson, Rachel E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Daughter of Dawn and the Promotion of American Indian Culture (open access)

The Daughter of Dawn and the Promotion of American Indian Culture

Article posits that "The Daughter of Dawn" was used as a tool to preserve and promote aspects of American Indian culture to a broad, movie-going audience.
Date: Summer 2019
Creator: Bevitt, Wendi M.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record, Summer 2019 (open access)

For the Record, Summer 2019

For the Record section including the minutes of the quarterly board meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society held on January 23, 2019, and the special board meeting held on March 20, 2019 as well as the following lists: "New Members, January-February-March 2019" and "Twenty-Year Members, January-February-March 2019."
Date: Summer 2019
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Summer 2019 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Summer 2019

Notes and Documents column including Phil Sutton's 'That Man Stone Photography: "Anything, Any time, Anywhere,'" a short document describing the history of That Man Stone Company, one of the most prolific photography studios before, and after, Oklahoma became a state.
Date: Summer 2019
Creator: Sutton, Phil
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Sooner State Civil Defense: Oklahoma Community and College Campus Cold War Preparedness, 1960-68 (open access)

Sooner State Civil Defense: Oklahoma Community and College Campus Cold War Preparedness, 1960-68

Article discusses the atmosphere of anxiety as the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union escalated in the 1960s that bred a need for preparedness in local communities and college campuses across western Oklahoma.
Date: Summer 2019
Creator: Brewer, Landry
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Victory Loan Flying Circus in Oklahoma City and Tulsa, May 2-3, 1919 (open access)

The Victory Loan Flying Circus in Oklahoma City and Tulsa, May 2-3, 1919

Article chronicles the two days that the Flying Circus spent in Oklahoma City and Tulsa in 1919 and emphasizes the impact of its exhibitions on the future of aviation in the state.
Date: Summer 2019
Creator: Roesler, Alan L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
West Edwards Days: African Americans in Territorial Edmond (open access)

West Edwards Days: African Americans in Territorial Edmond

Article describes the nearly forgotten African American community centered around West Edwards Street in territorial Edmond.
Date: Summer 2019
Creator: Lehman, Christopher P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Biographical Article About Krys Boyd] (open access)

[Biographical Article About Krys Boyd]

This article is a short biography of former radio reporter Krys Boyd describing her family and highlights from her career in radio.
Date: April 2019
Creator: Zerez, Megan
System: The Portal to Texas History
For the Record, Spring 2019 (open access)

For the Record, Spring 2019

For the Record section including the minutes of the quarterly board meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on October 24, 2018 as well as the following lists: "New Members, October-November-December 2018" and "Twenty-Year Members, October-November-December 2018."
Date: Spring 2019
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History