Article by Rogers Redding, explaining the importance behind the creation of the Texas Academy for Mathematics and Science, as well as their plan to implement it.

Article from the February 1988 featuring a story about a demonstration raising awareness for people who have died from AIDS.

Article from the May 1988 edition of Dialog about the class action lawsuit of the Dallas Gay Alliance against Parkland Hospital for their treatment of patients with AIDS.

Article from the Hastings Center Report about the legal difficulties facing AIDS patients in getting medical care.

An article in volume 84 of the Texas Medicine Journal from June 1988, discussing Dr. May Owen's life, career, and legacy. The article discusses the other medical professionals she influenced, including Dr. Charles Rush, Dr. David Pillow, and Dr. Bruce Jacobson. There is an advertisement for Valium on the back of one of the pages.

Article explaining a questionnaire used to study nurses' knowledge of and attitudes toward near-death phenomena and patients who have experienced them, as well as the development of a revised questionnaire that is more valid and reliable.

Study attempting to ascertain the most appropriate content and placement of visual stimuli in a hospital-based study of the veridicality of out-of-body perception in the near-death experience (NDE), and the likelihood that a subject in such a study would notice, clearly perceive, and accurately recall a visual stimulus.

Article describes the history and context of African-Americans migrating from Oklahoma to the Canadian Plains in the early 1900s. R. Bruce Shepard explores their motivations, which included political inequities in Oklahoma and the promise of farmland, as well as their reception by Canadian authorities.

Article describes the life of Congressmen Carl Albert and the environment and motivations that led him to seek political office in an autobiographical recollection. Albert provides a rich portrait of his family and upbringing in Bug Tussle, a rural school district in Oklahoma.

Article describes the influence and accomplishments of the Oklahoma and Indian Territory Federation of Women's Clubs in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. These included forming public libraries, fundraising for civic improvements, and advocating for legislation that would improve access to public education and the welfare of children.

Article examining three successive near-death experiences (NDEs) in one individual, which suggests that such alterations of consciousness weaken ego control and foster transcendence of the ego, promoting transformation and regeneration.

Article presenting a case history of a 70 year old man treated with psychedelic psychotherapy for depression, anxiety, and pain associated with terminal cancer. Interpersonal and intrapersonal aspects of treatment following a single 90 mg dose of dipropyltryptamine (DPT) are described. Comparisons are made between transpersonal, mystical, and religious elements in psychedelic drug experiences and near-death experiences.

Paper reviewing the research into a specific aspect of near-death experiences (NDEs): the prophetic vision (PV). PVs are subjectively compelling flashforwards of planetary-wide cataclysms and eventual regeneration that sometimes occur during or in the immediate aftermath of an NDE.

Article addressing the relationship between science and the study of near-death experiences.

Article discussing the relationship between psychedelic drugs, mystical experience, and the near-death experience.

Study exploring out-of-body experiences (OBEs), cultural differences in reporting those OBEs, and associations between OBEs and frequency of dream recall in 100 white and 100 black adults hospitalized in a university medical center.

Study examining relationships between three near-death experiencers' (NDErs) levels of moral, ego, and faith development, as measured by standardized instruments, and extensive qualitative data describing their NDEs and personal attributes. The results suggest that currently available instruments, designed to measure the lower self, may not reflect the awakening to a transpersonal plane of functioning that follows an NDE.

Newspaper article from The Galveston Daily News detailing history and information about Harvey Houses as well as Harvey girls, including an interview with Madge Saenz.

Article describes the life and ideology of William "Alfalfa Bill" Murray, lawyer, politician and former governor of Oklahoma. Robert L. Dorman highlights the leader's agrarian agenda and political vision, detailing the motivations that drove Murray and the experiences that impacted him.

Article describes the age of aviation advancement in Oklahoma from 1927 to 1935. Keith Tolman investigates the reasons behind the sponsoring and promotion of air races and air tours by oil companies during this period and their impact on the history of aviation.

Article describes the life and career of Robert M. Jones, a successful Choctaw businessman, and his impact on the Choctaw Nation during a period of negotiation with the federal government over land allotments.

Article relates the journey of one particular man, Lewis Warren Neatherlin, in his journey herding cattle along the Great Western Cattle Trail in 1876, through an excerpt from a previously undiscovered journal donated by his granddaughter. Leo Kelley provides historical context through annotation and a detailed introduction.

Article chronicles the Osage struggle for freedom of religion after President Ulysses S. Grant's Peace Policy put Quaker agents in authoritative positions on Indian reservations. Ray Miles uncovers how Osage treaty stipulations were disregarded and the efforts the Osage made to continue their Catholic traditions.

Article provides a guide to navigating the Fort Worth Branch of the National Archives to conduct genealogical research on Indian ancestry. Kent Carter provides additional social commentary about the "Wantabes" conducting research and urges critical assessment of primary sources.