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Money Matters: The Stamp Scrip Movement in Depression-Era Oklahoma (open access)

Money Matters: The Stamp Scrip Movement in Depression-Era Oklahoma

Article expanding on the previous 2004 article on Oklahoma's reaction to the depression era banking crisis of early 1933. In this article, Gatch ties the origin of the scrip movement to the writings of Yale University's professor Irving Fisher and traces the implementation of scrip schemes in nearly three dozen Oklahoma towns and explains the reasons for scrip's early success and rapid demise.
Date: Autumn 2006
Creator: Gatch, Loren C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Harry Campbell (open access)

Harry Campbell

Article provides a biographical sketch of the life and career of Judge Henry Campbell, a civil and legal leader for the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Charles Evans includes some of the man's reminiscences after describing his many contributions.
Date: Winter 1950
Creator: Evans, Charles
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
From Termination to Self-Determination: Indian Health in Oklahoma, 1954-1980, Part 1 (open access)

From Termination to Self-Determination: Indian Health in Oklahoma, 1954-1980, Part 1

Article evaluates the problems of Indian health care and the campaign led by Senator Fred Harris and others to correct a record of neglect.
Date: Winter 2007
Creator: Lowitt, Richard, 1922-2018
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
On the Banks of the Arkansas: Blackburn, an Oklahoma Town (open access)

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
Redmond Selecman Cole (open access)

Redmond Selecman Cole

Article pays tribute to the life and work of Redmond Selecman Cole, a member of the Oklahoma Historical Society Board of Directors who held numerous public posts in the Pawnee-Tulsa area. Fannie Brownlee Misch discusses his journey from County Attorney to Mayor of Pawnee to Judge of the district, and his involvement in numerous societies.
Date: Autumn 1960
Creator: Misch, Fannie Brownlee
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Location of the Battle of Round Mountains (open access)

The Location of the Battle of Round Mountains

Article provides a summary of the information collected by the author from various sources about the location of the Battle of Round Mountain. Angie Debo discusses the debate over its precise location and the work of the Payne County Historical Society.
Date: Spring 1963
Creator: Debo, Angie
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History