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Missouri and the Southwest (open access)

Missouri and the Southwest

Article recounts the principal address made by Floyd C. Shoemaker during a meeting of the Missouri Club of the State of Oklahoma in which many references are made regarding Oklahoma history. Shoemaker was the secretary of Missouri's Historical Society.
Date: Winter 1945
Creator: Shoemaker, Floyd C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, June 1938 (open access)

Notes and Documents, June 1938

Notes and Documents column including the minutes for the annual meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society held from May 5-6, 1938 and the minutes for the special meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society held on April 26, 1938.
Date: Summer 1938
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes on Archaeology (open access)

Notes on Archaeology

Article narrates the author's explorations into archeology during his childhood.
Date: Spring 1937
Creator: Thoburn, Joseph B.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oklahoma History Quilt (open access)

Oklahoma History Quilt

Article explains the significance of the creation of the Oklahoma History Quilt by Camille Nixdorf Phelan. Included is an explanation of how each block correlates to a historical event within the state.
Date: Winter 1935
Creator: Peery, Dan W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, September 1935 (open access)

Notes and Documents, September 1935

Notes and Documents column including the minutes for the quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society held on July 25, 1935.
Date: Autumn 1935
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Resolution by Board of Directors of Federal Reserve Bank (open access)

Resolution by Board of Directors of Federal Reserve Bank

Article is a resolution made by the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma City Branch of the Federal Reserve bank of Kansas City to address the passing of one of its members, Senator Murphy.
Date: Autumn 1929
Creator: Daniel, C. E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oklahoma City's Indian Scare (open access)

Oklahoma City's Indian Scare

Article narrates the night Oklahoma City anticipated an attack by the Cheyenne's that never came.
Date: Winter 1924
Creator: McNabb, Charles A.
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Oklahoma and the Parking Meter (open access)

Oklahoma and the Parking Meter

Article narrates the history of the parking meter's creation and introduction into Oklahoma City.
Date: Summer 1969
Creator: Fischer, LeRoy H. & Smith, Robert E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
A History of Council Grove in Oklahoma (open access)

A History of Council Grove in Oklahoma

Article describes the history of Council Grove, from its roots as a meeting place for Plains tribes, to a center of trade for Jesse Chisholm, to its name change as Council and the growth of towns in the area.
Date: Winter 1967
Creator: Asplin, Ray
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oklahoma City, from Public Land to Private Property, Part Two (open access)

Oklahoma City, from Public Land to Private Property, Part Two

Article discusses the establishment and growth of Oklahoma City from public lands to private property. Berlin B. Chapman continues the history of Oklahoma City in this second part of a two-part article, constructing a picture of early city planning through correspondence and telegrams between government officials.
Date: Autumn 1959
Creator: Chapman, Berlin B.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History