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"Any Woman That Could Ride a Horse Could Fly": Dorothy K. Pressler Morgan, 1930s Oklahoma Aviatrix
Article describes the role of Dorothy Pressler Morgan in aviation history. In 1930 Dorothy Pressler Morgan became the second female pilot licensed in Oklahoma by the U.S. Department of Commerce. She was also known as Oklahoma City's best stunt pilot, an altitude-record setter, and the nation's first female airport manager.
Date:
Spring 2006
Creator:
Fugate, Tally D.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"America, Love It or Leave It": Some Native American Initiatives to Move to Mexico, 1890-1940
Article describes the emigration to Mexico initiative some Native American tribes in Oklahoma considered between 1890 and 1940. Steven Crum also describes the national government's response to these efforts and references the similarity of the 1960s phrase coined in the article's title.
Date:
Winter 2001
Creator:
Crum, Steven J.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Anatomy of an Oklahoma Lynching: Bryan County, August 12-13, 1911
Article provides details surrounding the lynching of John Lee, a black man who attacked and killed a woman alone with her children near Durant, Oklahoma in 1911. Lowell Blaisdell describes the history of racial violence in the area, including other lynching incidents, and the circulation of rumors and paranoia that went hand-in-hand with the attitudes of the era.
Date:
Autumn 2001
Creator:
Blaisdell, Lowell L.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Alex Howat versus John Wilkinson: Power, Personality, and Ideological Battles in the United Mine Workers
Article examines the factional in-fighting that tore apart the United Mine Workers solidarity as they prepared to strike in 1922. The ideological battle starred John Wilkinson, "renegade radical" Alex Howat, and Oscar Ameringer.
Date:
Spring 2005
Creator:
Sewell, Steven L.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"The Best Our Country Has To Offer": Peace Corps Training at the University of Oklahoma
Article describes the Peace Corps training program in the 1960s-80s at the University of Oklahoma, which included language, technical, and cultural training. Experienced international trainer Richard H. Hancock relates stories from his own travels as well as those gained while working with the recruits at OU.
Date:
Autumn 2002
Creator:
Hancock, Richard H.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Bisque Dolls in the Archaeological Record: A Collection from the Town of Ingersoll
Article examines a collection of bisque dolls from the abandoned town of Ingersoll, Oklahoma and discusses the history of doll production, the town itself, and the recreational use of the dolls.
Date:
Autumn 2001
Creator:
Brooks, Robert L.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Black, White, and Read: The Muskogee Daily Phoenix's Coverage of the Sequoyah Statehood Convention of 1905
Article provides a portrayal of the Sequoyah Statehood Convention, a gathering of the leaders of the "Five Civilized Tribes" in Oklahoma to propose the creation of a state separate from Oklahoma Territory, Sequoyah. Richard Mize's account relies on the newspaper coverage by the Muskogee Daily Phoenix, and highlights the voice and opinions of the paper's editor, Clarence B. Douglas.
Date:
Summer 2004
Creator:
Mize, Richard
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Sooner State Civil Liberties in Perilous Times, 1940-1941, Part 1: The Oklahoma Federation for Constitutional Rights
The first part of this two-part article examines citizen action in Oklahoma initiated in the fall of 1940 by the creation of the Oklahoma Federation of Constitutional Rights to preserve and defend freedom of speech, which later faced investigation by the legislature.
Date:
Winter 2006
Creator:
Wiegand, Wayne A. & Wiegand, Shirley A.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"The Indian Home is Undone": Anglo Intrusion, Colonization, and the Creek Nation, 1867-1907
Article describes the history of Anglo-American intrusion and colonization of Creek lands within Indian Territory in Oklahoma, as well as the response of the Creek Nation in the face of interference, forced relocation, and allotments. Douglas A. Hurt describes the way the Creeks strengthened their communities during a time of unrest.
Date:
Summer 2005
Creator:
Hurt, Douglas A.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"An Indian Shall Not spill an Indian's Blood": The Confederate-Indian Conference at Camp Napoleon, 1865
Article provides a thorough discussion of the conference at Camp Napoleon, one of the largest intertribal gatherings in Indian Territory. In 1865, the Five Civilized Tribes, allies of the Confederacy, undertook efforts to negotiate and make peace with the Plains tribes at the close of the Civil War.
Date:
Spring 2005
Creator:
Clampitt, Brad R.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Humanitarian Rhetoric and Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal Policy
Article discusses the rhetoric used by Andrew Jackson during his time as United States president in his support of the removal of the Five Tribes from the southeastern United States. Henry E. Fritz argues that Jackson's rhetoric reveals he was an ethnocentric nationalist who also felt he had a moral obligation to the Tribes, despite the fact that their well-being was not his foremost concern.
Date:
Spring 2001
Creator:
Fritz, Henry E.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Inside the School Yard Gate: "Alfalfa Bill" Murray and Education in Oklahoma
Article describes the life and political career of William "Alfalfa Bill" Murray and his efforts to promote free access to education and textbooks in the Oklahoma public school system. Karen McKellips illuminates the contrast between his progressive political and economic views on reform and his support of racial segregation.
Date:
Winter 2000
Creator:
McKellips, Karen
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Inside the Store, Inside the Past: A Cultural Analysis of McAlester's General Store
Article discusses the life and entrepreneurship of James J. McAlester, owner of McAlester's General Store, a prominent establishment in the Choctaw Nation in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Linda C. English takes a closer look at the growth and change of the store through its records.
Date:
Spring 2003
Creator:
English, Linda C.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Jack C. Montgomery: A Little Big Man
Article documents the life of Jack Montgomery and recalls his service with the Forty-fifth Infantry Division in World War II, where he received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the war.
Date:
Winter 2004
Creator:
Bean, Christopher B.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
H. L. Mencken and the "Oklahoma Style" of Literature
Article delineates the fascination H. L. Mencken, influential social critic, journalist, and editor, had with Oklahoma-centered literature and poetry. Lawrence R. Rodgers discusses the works of several writers the critic openly supported. Many of these writers had an affiliation with the University of Oklahoma.
Date:
Winter 2000
Creator:
Rodgers, Lawrence R.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
In Defense of Sovereignty: Cherokee Soldiers, White Officers, and Discipline in the Third Indian Home Guard
This article explores the ways in which Cherokees managed discipline in the Third Indian Home Guard of the Union army to achieve their ultimate goal to reconquer the Cherokee Nation from the Confederate forces and preserve Cherokee sovereignty.
Date:
Winter 2004
Creator:
Jones, Trevor
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
George Catlin and Archaeology: Data Drawn from the Canvas
Article compares artistic evidence of the occupation of historic locations in Oklahoma by American Indian tribes in the form of George Catlin's artwork with the archeological findings in those areas. Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko gleans information about the acculturation within the Osage, Choctaw, Cherokee, and Creek tribes during the removal period.
Date:
Autumn 2003
Creator:
Catlin-Legutko, Cinnamon
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Sexual Color Line in Red and Black: Antimiscegenation and the Sooner State
Article provides an overview of antimiscegenation laws dating from the time of slavery into the statehood period in Oklahoma and examines eleven cases that reached the highest state or federal courts, most of them civil cases involving African Americans and Native Americans.
Date:
Winter 2004
Creator:
Robinson, Charles F., II
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"She Has Surely Done Her Share": Miss Bessie Huff and the Muskogee Junior College
Article details the life and career of Bessie Huff, English and journalism instructor and dean at Muskogee Junior College, and pays tribute to her dedication to the people she taught and their education through stories told by former students.
Date:
Winter 2001
Creator:
Eversole, Dana
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"She Would Raise Hens to Aid War": The Contributions of Oklahoma Women during World War I
Article explores the many often-overlooked contributions and achievements of Oklahoma women during World War I. Women organized meetings to create movements to assist war efforts, worked outside the domestic sphere in various occupations, and became involved in industrial growth.
Date:
Autumn 2003
Creator:
Rich, Melanie
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Socialism from the Bottom Up: Local Activists and the Socialist Party of Oklahoma, 1900-1920
Article uses information found in socialist newspapers and the manuscript census to uncover the lives and experiences of local party members of the Socialist Party of Oklahoma with a focus on Marshall and Roger Mills counties.
Date:
Winter 2004
Creator:
Bissett, Jim
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Twixt Scylla and Charybdis: Environmental Pressure on the Choctaw to Ally with the Confederacy
Article describes the conditions that led the Choctaw nation's decision to ally with the Confederate States of America when the United States failed to live up to its treaty promises.
Date:
Spring 2007
Creator:
Sweeney, Kevin Z.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Unfinished Choctaw Justice: The Murder of Charles Wilson and the Execution of Jackson Crow
Article relates the events surrounding the arrest, trial, and acquittal of Charles Wilson's political rival, Robert Benton, in Choctaw court after Wilson was murdered in August 1884. Jackson Crow, a non-Choctaw also accused of the crime, was convicted in federal court and executed in 1888.
Date:
Autumn 2008
Creator:
Mihesuah, Devon A.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
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.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History