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A Separate People: A History of the Oklahoma Amish
Article describes how the resilient people of the Oklahoma Amish have maintained their lifestyle through 120 years of environmental and technological change.
Date:
Winter 2012
Creator:
Kroeker, Marvin E., 1928-
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Okie Folkies: The Singer, the Song, and the Coffeehouse
Article describes the continuation of the folk music tradition of Oklahoma during the coffeehouse movement of the 1950s and 1960s.
Date:
Autumn 2012
Creator:
Harris, Rodger & Taylor, Baxter, III
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 90, Number 3, Fall 2012
Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date:
Autumn 2012
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 90, Number 1, Spring 2012
Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date:
Spring 2012
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 90, Number 4, Winter 2012-13
Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date:
Winter 2012
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Unforgotten Trailblazer: Nancy O. Randolph Davis
Article presents a biography of equal education and civil rights activist, Nancy O. Randolph Davis. In her roles as a student, a teacher, and a NAACP Youth Council Sponsor, Nancy O. Randolph Davis fought for equality for African American young people and made possible the advancement of Oklahoma's civil rights movement.
Date:
Winter 2012
Creator:
Pollard, Gloria J.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 90, Number 2, Summer 2012
Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date:
Summer 2012
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oklahoma City's McKinley Park: The Little Park that Raised a Ruckus
Article recounts how the relationship between the public and private sectors led to the creation of McKinley Park to benefit the surrounding community in Oklahoma City.
Date:
Winter 2012
Creator:
Nelson, Darin
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
From Bard to Speculator: Alexander Lawrence Posey and the Muscogee Nation, 1902-08
Article explores Muscogee Indian Alexander Posey's role as a speculator and member of one of the Dawes Commission enrollment parties.
Date:
Spring 2012
Creator:
Widener, Jeffrey M.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Boomers and Boomtowns: Oil Patch Songs from Oklahoma
Article gives an overview of the oilfield songs written and performed by Oklahoma songwriters and singers from the 1920s to the present.
Date:
Autumn 2012
Creator:
Specht, Joe W.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Vilona P. Cutler: Humanitarian, Activist, and Educator
Article describes the life and career of Vilona P. Cutler, general secretary of the Young Women's Christian Association and director of the School of Social Work at the University of Oklahoma, who worked tirelessly to improve race relations and provide equal opportunities to women and minority groups in the early and mid-1900s.
Date:
Spring 2012
Creator:
Pierson, Gregory N.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Murder in Custer County: A Case Study and Legal Analysis of Herd Law versus Free Range in Oklahoma Territory
Article examines the case of the 1900 murder of Julius Roesch to describe the attitudes of the time toward the debate over herd law versus free range in Oklahoma Territory.
Date:
Autumn 2012
Creator:
Rolison, W. Edward
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Quanah Parker's Star House: A Comanche Home Along the White Man's Road
Article describes the history of Star House and the influential Comanche leader, Quanah Parker, who established it. Larry C. Floyd provides background details of the difficult times Quanah Parker faced as a youth and his rise to become the shrewd businessman and political intermediary who entertained politicians, generals and wealthy cattlemen within his home.
Date:
Summer 2012
Creator:
Floyd, Larry C.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Penn Square: The Shopping Center Bank that Shook the World, Part 1 - Boom
Article describes the history of Penn Square Bank, including the planning and strategies of its organizers and its booming success gained from the thriving growth of the oil and gas industries during the 1960s-1980s. Michael J. Hightower focuses on the rise of the Oklahoma City bank in Part 1 of a two-part article.
Date:
Spring 2012
Creator:
Hightower, Michael J.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Penn Square: The Shopping Center Bank that Shook the World, Part 2 - Bust
Article continues the history of the Penn Square Bank from Part 1, introducing the problems and practices that led to the bank's financial downfall. Michael J. Hightower examines the impact the bank's "bust" had on the oil industry and the financial community.
Date:
Summer 2012
Creator:
Hightower, Michael J.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Corrections, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 90, Number 2, Summer 2012
Corrections section from Volume 90, Number 2, Summer 2012. It includes two corrections for Jeffrey Widener's article, "From Bard to Speculator: Alexander Lawrence Posey and the Muscogee Nation, 1902-08." from Volume 90, Number 1, Spring 2012.
Date:
Summer 2012
Creator:
Bass, Elizabeth M. B. & Widener, Jeffrey M.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"It Would Break Our Hearts Not to Have Our Kiowas": War Dancing, Tourism, and the Rise of Powwows in the Early Twentieth Century
Article discusses the evolution of American Indian rituals and dances from prohibited practices to tourist attractions.
Date:
Autumn 2012
Creator:
Kracht, Benjamin R.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Custer's Last Campaign of Sheridan's 1868-69 Winter Offensive
Article explores the written accounts of the Sheridan Winter Offensive campaign of 1868-1869 and provides prospective answers to the nearly 150-year-old question of the route the regiment traveled.
Date:
Winter 2012
Creator:
Beemer, Rod
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Republican Justices of the Oklahoma Supreme Court and Republican Judges of the Criminal Court of Appeals of Oklahoma, 1907-66
Article provides a detailed history of the Republican justices and judges on the Oklahoma Supreme Court and the Oklahoma Criminal Court of Appeals during a period where the Democratic Party dominated politics in Oklahoma.
Date:
Summer 2012
Creator:
Creel, Von Russell
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Communists, Poetry, and Oklahoma History: The Life of Zoe Agnes Stratton Tilghman
Article describes the life of writer and educator Zoe Agnes Stratton Tilghman. Mallory Newell examines the Oklahoma historian's legacy, from her contributions of books and articles and support of young writers to her work with the Federal Writers Project and the conflict she faced there.
Date:
Summer 2012
Creator:
Newell, Mallory
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record, Spring 2012
For the Record section including the minutes of the regular quarterly board meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on October 26, 2011.
Date:
Spring 2012
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Spring 2012
Notes and Documents column including a document chronicling the digitization of the film and video archives of the Oklahoma Historical Society, as well as a document honoring two new inductees into the Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame in 2012, David Dary and Kenny A. Franks.
Date:
Spring 2012
Creator:
Ayers, Corey; Bass, Elizabeth M. B. & Lambert, Paul F.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record, Summer 2012
For the Record section including the minutes of the regular quarterly board meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on January 25, 2012.
Date:
Summer 2012
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Summer 2012
Notes and Documents column including a document honoring Richard Lowitt and Rennard Strickland, who were inducted into the Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame in 2012.
Date:
Summer 2012
Creator:
Lambert, Paul F. & Bass, Elizabeth M. B.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History