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James Mooney and the Peyote Controversy
Article describes the controversy ethnologist James Mooney became embroiled in after his documentation and defense of the Peyote religion and traditions within the American Indian tribes he studied.
Date:
Summer 1978
Creator:
Moses, L. G.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 56, Number 4, Winter 1978-79
Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation. Index to volume 56 starts on page 493.
Date:
Winter 1978
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Indian Pioneer Legacy: A Guide to Oklahoma Literature
Article provides a review of Oklahoma literature, including and describing major sources that relate the history of pioneer and frontier life, tribes of early Oklahoma, and politics in the region.
Date:
Spring 1978
Creator:
Gibson, Arrell M.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
On the White Man's Road: Lawrie Tatum and the Formative Years of the Kiowa Agency, 1869-1873
Article describes the formation of the Kiowa Agency in the wake of President Ulysses S. Grant's "Peace Policy" and the career of Agent Lawrie Tatum in his efforts to improve agriculture and education on the Kiowa reservation.
Date:
Winter 1978
Creator:
Zwink, T. Ashley
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Ten-Barrel "Whodunit" at Red Fork
Article describes the oil boom that began at Red Fork, Oklahoma, and the controversy over who discovered and had rights to the oil well there.
Date:
Winter 1978
Creator:
Roberts, Joe Donald
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
What is the Future for Railroad Branch Lines in Rural Areas?
Article discusses the abandonment of branch rail lines in rural areas of nineteenth and early twentieth century Oklahoma by major railroad companies and the resulting impact on its rural population.
Date:
Winter 1978
Creator:
Hofsommer, Donovan L.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Black Slavery in the Creek Nation
Article examines the practice of slaveholding among the Creek people, exploring details of its beginnings as well as the results of emancipation of those enslaved to become freed persons within Indian Territory.
Date:
Autumn 1978
Creator:
Halliburton, Janet
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Tuttle Trail
Article describes the history of Tuttle Trail, its use as a cattle trail, recollections of pioneers living near the trail who observed the cattle drives, and its geological landmarks.
Date:
Autumn 1978
Creator:
Blau, Max & Jackson, Berenice Lloyd
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Cherokee Acculturation and Changing Land Use Practices
Article describes the history of the Cherokee Nation beginning in the eighteenth century, exploring the ways Cherokees adapted to the westward expansion of white settlers. Douglas C. Wilms examines their interactions with the federal government and the concept of "civilization."
Date:
Autumn 1978
Creator:
Wilms, Douglas C.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Horsethief Canyon: Landmark on the Cimarron River
Article explores the history and local folklore of Horsethief Canyon, an Oklahoma landmark on the Cimarron River with its own legends.
Date:
Spring 1978
Creator:
Fischer, LeRoy H. & Isern, Thomas D.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The United States Army as the Early Patron of Naturalists in the Trans-Mississippi West, 1803-1820
Article explores the participation of the United States Army in Naturalist expeditions of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. Early explorers who documented the flora and fauna of the western world were Captain Meriwether Lewis and Second Lieutenant William Clark, General Zebulon Pike, and General Randolph B. Marcy.
Date:
Summer 1978
Creator:
Thomas, Phillip Drennen
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The E. W. Marland Mansion and Estate
Article describes the architecture and layout of Ernest Whitworth Marland's mansion, a luxurious testament to the financial empire the oil baron had built in early twentieth century Oklahoma. Denise Browning explains his rise to power as an oil company owner and businessman.
Date:
Spring 1978
Creator:
Browning, Denise
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Special Collections Department at Northeastern Oklahoma State University
Article explores the special collections at Northeastern Oklahoma State University and provides a review of the contents of these collections, which mainly cover the history of the Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, and Eastern Oklahoma.
Date:
Spring 1978
Creator:
Wheat, Helen & Agnew, Brad
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Law Enforcement in Transition: From Decentralized County Sheriffs to the Highway Patrol
Article explores how urbanization transformed the law enforcement system in early Oklahoma. With the development of the highway system and crime on the rise, a highway patrol replaced the rural county sheriff system.
Date:
Summer 1978
Creator:
Blackburn, Bob L.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Life and Labor on the Panama Canal: An Oklahoman's Personal Account
Article examines the experience of life and labor on the Panama Canal in the years of its construction through the recollections of one worker from Oklahoma, David Theodore Sherrard. William D. Pennington includes photographs from the Panama Canal construction process.
Date:
Autumn 1978
Creator:
Pennington, William D.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Board of Indian Commissioners and the Delegates of the Five Tribes
Article describes the efforts of the Board of Indian Commissioners to promote the consolidation of tribe lands under one territorial government, and the delegates from the tribes of Indian Territory who met with them.
Date:
Autumn 1978
Creator:
Prucha, Francis Paul
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Creek Nativism since 1865
Article explores the history of the Creek people and the influence of Muscogee Creek orator Opothleyaholo. Mark K. Megehee discusses the political environment the Creeks became embroiled in, wars, and the successful preservation of Creek culture despite pressures to assimilate.
Date:
Autumn 1978
Creator:
Megehee, Mark K.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Botanical Itineraries of A. H. Van Vleet
Article describes the life and career of pioneer botanist, collector, and curator Dr. Albert Heald Van Fleet and his contributions to his fields. George J. Goodman and Cheryl A. Lawson explore his legacy through the collecting trips he took as a part of the University of Oklahoma faculty.
Date:
Autumn 1978
Creator:
Goodman, George J. & Lawson, Cheryl A.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 56, Number 2, Summer 1978
Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date:
Summer 1978
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 56, Number 1, Spring 1978
Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date:
Spring 1978
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 56, Number 3, Fall 1978
Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date:
Autumn 1978
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Tar and Feather Patriotism: The Suppression of Dissent in Oklahoma during World War I
Article describes the atmosphere of wartime Oklahoma in the early 1900s, the way those who resisted the draft were treated, and the abuse German-Americans suffered during this time in the name of patriotism.
Date:
Winter 1978
Creator:
Fowler, James H., II
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oklahoma Pioneers in Mexico: The Chamal Colony
Article describes the history of the Chamal Colony, located in the southwest corner of Tamaulipas, Mexico. John J. Winberry highlights the initial optimism of the settlers from Oklahoma who journeyed to begin the colony, and the hardships they eventually faced.
Date:
Summer 1978
Creator:
Winberry, John J.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Socioeconomic Reconstruction in the Cherokee Nation, 1865-1870
Article describes the process of socioeconomic reconstruction in the Cherokee Nation following the disastrous destruction of the Civil War and factionalism within the Cherokee Nation. Sue Hammond describes the treaties that were made, and the schools and industries that fostered growth.
Date:
Summer 1978
Creator:
Hammond, Sue
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History