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Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 9, Number 4, December 1931 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 9, Number 4, December 1931

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: December 1931
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 3, Number 1, April 1925 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 3, Number 1, April 1925

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: April 1925
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 3, Number 2, June 1925 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 3, Number 2, June 1925

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: June 1925
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 3, Number 4, December 1925 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 3, Number 4, December 1925

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation. Index to volume 3 starts after page 323.
Date: December 1925
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 8, Number 4, December 1930 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 8, Number 4, December 1930

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation. Index to volume 8 starts after page 463.
Date: December 1930
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 5, Number 2, June 1927 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 5, Number 2, June 1927

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: June 1927
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 5, Number 4, December 1927 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 5, Number 4, December 1927

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation. Index to volume 5 starts after page 431.
Date: December 1927
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 6, Number 2, June 1928 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 6, Number 2, June 1928

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: June 1928
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
A Reading Room of Their Own: Library Services for African Americans in Oklahoma, 1907-1946 (open access)

A Reading Room of Their Own: Library Services for African Americans in Oklahoma, 1907-1946

Article discussing the struggles African American Oklahomans faced for access to public library services. The first forty years of statehood brought a few successes, and by mid-century only eleven communities provided a public library facility for the state's black citizens.
Date: Autumn 2006
Creator: Cassity, R. O. Joe, Jr.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
A Meeting of Conquerors: Art Goebel and Charles Lindbergh in Tulsa, 1927 (open access)

A Meeting of Conquerors: Art Goebel and Charles Lindbergh in Tulsa, 1927

Article recounts the meeting of Art Gobel and Charles A. Lindbergh in Tulsa in September 1927. Both aviators, Goebel was known as "The Conqueror of the Pacific," while Lindbergh was "The Conqueror of the Atlantic." Their meeting and behavior toward Oklahomans revealed much about each man's character and personality and about the American practice of hero making.
Date: Spring 2007
Creator: Hedglen, Thomas
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Dark Spot on the Sunbelt: Economic Stagnation and Political Corruption in 1950s Oklahoma (open access)

Dark Spot on the Sunbelt: Economic Stagnation and Political Corruption in 1950s Oklahoma

Article examines the roles of negative self-image and political corruption on the stagnation of Oklahoma's economic health in the 1950s.
Date: Summer 2007
Creator: McGoy, Matthew G.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Thrice Purchased: Acquisition and Allotment of the Citizen Potawatomi Reservation (open access)

Thrice Purchased: Acquisition and Allotment of the Citizen Potawatomi Reservation

Article explores the arrival of the Potawatomi in central Oklahoma after being pushed out of their communally held Kansas reserve and into the Indian Territory, the acquisition of a new reservation, and the means used to force them to own land as individuals.
Date: Spring 2008
Creator: Kraft, Lisa
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Some Geographic Names of French Origin in Oklahoma (open access)

Some Geographic Names of French Origin in Oklahoma

Article explains the history behind the French names of Oklahoma's landmarks and counties. These names date back to the French occupation of the Oklahoma Territory in the 1700s.
Date: Summer 1929
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Banking in Indian Territory During the 80's (open access)

Banking in Indian Territory During the 80's

Article recounts the story of how John Lloyd met the famous outlaws Jesse James and Frank James when he was a young boy.
Date: Summer 1929
Creator: Phipps, B. L.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
First Exploration of the Head-Waters of Red River (open access)

First Exploration of the Head-Waters of Red River

Article is a short narrative about the author's experiences as a child growing up within Greer County when the states of Texas and Oklahoma were fighting over its ownership.
Date: Summer 1929
Creator: Phipps, B. L.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Indian's New Resurrection Myth (open access)

The Indian's New Resurrection Myth

Article recounts the Iroquois story recounting how the world and humans were created showing the significance of life.
Date: Summer 1929
Creator: The Literary Digest
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Editorials: Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 7, Number 2, June 1929 (open access)

Editorials: Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 7, Number 2, June 1929

Article consists of editorials written by The Chronicles' staff. Included is an explanation for the magazine's cover photo, an acknowledgement of the people who helped create the new building for the historical society, and a report of the livestock present within Indigenous communities.
Date: Summer 1929
Creator: Bryce, J. Y.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes of Interest Concerning Peter P. Pitchlynn (open access)

Notes of Interest Concerning Peter P. Pitchlynn

Article narrates the meeting between Charles Dickens and Peter P. Pitchlynn, a chief of the Choctaw tribe, as told from a small journal found by the author.
Date: Summer 1929
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Nathaniel Pryor (open access)

Nathaniel Pryor

Article details the life of Nathaniel Pryor after he accompanied Lewis and Clark on their expedition to map the Louisiana Purchase.
Date: Summer 1929
Creator: Foreman, Grant
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Alvin Woods' Retreat from Prairie Grove (open access)

Alvin Woods' Retreat from Prairie Grove

Article narrates Alvin Woods' actions as he retreated from the Battle of Prairie Grove during the Civil War. He was an interpreter for the 9th Kansas Calvary who served under the Union Army.
Date: Summer 1929
Creator: Phillips, Charles J.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Colonel Forbis LeFlore, Pioneer and Statesman (open access)

Colonel Forbis LeFlore, Pioneer and Statesman

Article is a biographical sketch of Forbis LeFlore, a French pioneer, fur trader, and service man who was active within the Choctaw community.
Date: Spring 1928
Creator: Perry, Mrs. A. E.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Malmaison, Palace in a Wilderness, Home of General Leflore (open access)

Malmaison, Palace in a Wilderness, Home of General Leflore

Article narratives the author's trip to explore Malmaison, a palace in Mississippi that was home to a Choctaw chief.
Date: Winter 1927
Creator: Brain, Carrie & Langley, Lee J.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Cimarron Territory (open access)

Cimarron Territory

Article details the establishment of the Cimarron Territory, a governmental body that oversaw legal and legislative disputes within the area known as No-Man's Land within Oklahoma for two years.
Date: Summer 1929
Creator: Beck, T. E.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
A Visit to Old Fort Washita (open access)

A Visit to Old Fort Washita

Article details how Fort Washita served as a safe place for migrants going west and as a military outpost for the United States.
Date: Summer 1929
Creator: Morrison, W. B.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History