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Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 72, Number 3, Fall 1994 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 72, Number 3, Fall 1994

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Autumn 1994
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Struggle in the Choctaw Nation: The Coal Miners Strike of 1894 (open access)

Struggle in the Choctaw Nation: The Coal Miners Strike of 1894

Article discusses the coal miner's strike of 1894 in the Choctaw Nation and the ramifications of the movement. Don F. Badinelli explores the factors that motivated the strike, how the workers organized, and the results of their struggle.
Date: Autumn 1994
Creator: Badinelli, Don F.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 72, Number 1, Spring 1994 (open access)

For the Record, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 72, Number 1, Spring 1994

For the Record section from Volume 72, Number 1, Spring 1994. It includes the minutes of the quarterly board meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on October 27, 1993.
Date: Spring 1994
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 72, Number 2, Summer 1994 (open access)

For the Record, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 72, Number 2, Summer 1994

For the Record section from Volume 72, Number 2, Summer 1994. It includes the minutes of the quarterly board meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on January 26, 1994.
Date: Summer 1994
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 72, Number 3, Fall 1994 (open access)

For the Record, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 72, Number 3, Fall 1994

For the Record section from Volume 72, Number 3, Fall 1994. It includes the minutes of the annual meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society as well as the minutes of the quarterly board meeting of the OHS that were both held on April 15, 1994.
Date: Autumn 1994
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 72, Number 4, Winter 1994-95 (open access)

For the Record, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 72, Number 4, Winter 1994-95

For the Record section from Volume 72, Number 4, Winter 1994-95. It includes the minutes of the quarterly board meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on July 27, 1994.
Date: Winter 1994
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oklahoma City's First Mass Transit System: Who Brought the Streetcars for People to Ride? (open access)

Oklahoma City's First Mass Transit System: Who Brought the Streetcars for People to Ride?

Article describes the history and development of the electric railway system in Oklahoma City, including the involvement of major companies in the streetcar franchise. Kim K. Bender describes some of the successes as well as failures the system experienced as Oklahoma City continued to expand.
Date: Summer 1994
Creator: Bender, Kim K.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oklahoma Jazz: Deep Second to 52nd Street (open access)

Oklahoma Jazz: Deep Second to 52nd Street

Article examines statistical sources to trace the history of jazz music in Oklahoma and the careers of jazz artists born in Oklahoma, as well as the jazz bands and outlets that flourished there. George O. Carney also explores the expansion of these artists and bands into the wider sphere of the nation and the world.
Date: Spring 1994
Creator: Carney, George O.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
On Our Way to the Promised Land: Black Migration from Arkansas to Oklahoma, 1889-1893 (open access)

On Our Way to the Promised Land: Black Migration from Arkansas to Oklahoma, 1889-1893

Article examines the motivations behind the migration of black Americans from Arkansas to Oklahoma in the late nineteenth century, observing the political situation of the time and the results of the move. Lori Bogle also provides specific information about one homesteader, James A. Rouce, who settled near Hitchcock.
Date: Summer 1994
Creator: Bogle, Lori
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
A Lasting New Deal Legacy: The Civilian Conservation Corps, the National Park Service, and the Development of the Oklahoma State Park System (open access)

A Lasting New Deal Legacy: The Civilian Conservation Corps, the National Park Service, and the Development of the Oklahoma State Park System

Article discusses the establishment of the state park system of Oklahoma along with its roots in New Deal policies. Suzanne H. Schrems explores how the creation of the Civilian Conservation Corps provided employment opportunities to jobless young men in the 1930s and revitalized Oklahoma's land.
Date: Winter 1994
Creator: Schrems, Suzanne H.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Comanche Captives: People Between Two Worlds (open access)

Comanche Captives: People Between Two Worlds

Article illustrates the history of conflict between white and Hispanic settlers and the Comanche Indians, providing details about the Comanche practice of raiding forts and taking human captives to trade for goods. Michael Tate explores some of the literature written by survivors of captivity as well as some of the related conflicts that occured.
Date: Autumn 1994
Creator: Tate, Michael L.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Deadly Games: The Struggle for a Quarter-section of Land (open access)

Deadly Games: The Struggle for a Quarter-section of Land

Article discusses the series of disputes that occurred in the late nineteenth century over ownership of one quarter-section of land in what is now Oklahoma City. Carol H. Welsh highlights the court cases and more dangerous events surrounding these disputes and the results of the struggle at the original land office townsite.
Date: Spring 1994
Creator: Welsh, Carol Holderby
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Dusty Apocalypse and Socialist Salvation: A Study of Woody Guthrie's Dust Bowl Imagery (open access)

Dusty Apocalypse and Socialist Salvation: A Study of Woody Guthrie's Dust Bowl Imagery

Article describes the life of Woody Guthrie and its influence on the music he created during the Dust Bowl Era. Brad Lookingbill examines religious and political influences in his songs as he began to promote socialist beliefs in the face of the struggles faced by the citizens of Oklahoma in the 1930s.
Date: Winter 1994
Creator: Lookingbill, Brad
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Alice Lee Elliott Memorial Academy: A School for Choctaw Freedmen (open access)

Alice Lee Elliott Memorial Academy: A School for Choctaw Freedmen

Article explores the history of Oak Hill Industrial Academy (also known as Alice Lee Elliott Memorial Academy) one of the only schools that provided education to Choctaw freedmen and other black citizens in the area of Valliant, Oklahoma. Joy McDougal Smith traces the history of the school, from its establishment to closing, and includes details about the people who taught and studied there.
Date: Autumn 1994
Creator: Smith, McDougal Joy
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Agriculture in the Oklahoma Panhandle 1898-1942 (open access)

Agriculture in the Oklahoma Panhandle 1898-1942

Article describes the history of agricultural activity in the Oklahoma Panhandle and some of the people groups that settled there. W David Baird includes details about historic buildings that contributed to agricultural development, such as granaries, barns, and ranches.
Date: Summer 1994
Creator: Baird, W. David
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Black Brush of Hatred: The KKK on Trial in Altus (open access)

Black Brush of Hatred: The KKK on Trial in Altus

Article describes the growth of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s in response to the changes in society after World War I. Leo Kelley focuses on the violence in Altus, Oklahoma, and how citizens deemed "immoral" or who refused to cooperate with the organization were "painted black with the brush of hatred".
Date: Spring 1994
Creator: Kelley, Leo
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
First Sooner Senator: Ernest W. McFarland's Oklahoma Years, 1894-1919 (open access)

First Sooner Senator: Ernest W. McFarland's Oklahoma Years, 1894-1919

Article explores the life and political career of Senator Earnest W. McFarland, the first native-born Sooner senator. James E. McMillan explores the early life of the senator in Oklahoma and its impact on his later accomplishments.
Date: Summer 1994
Creator: McMillan, James E.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Hanging Judge Parker and the Gunfight at Alexander's Store: Opportunities for Research in the Records of the U.S. Court at Fort Smith (open access)

Hanging Judge Parker and the Gunfight at Alexander's Store: Opportunities for Research in the Records of the U.S. Court at Fort Smith

Article explores materials related to the career of territorial judge Isaac Parker, a man who dealt with cases in Indian Territory in the late nineteenth century. Kent Carter provides details about the contents of the "official records" located at the Fort Worth branch of the National Archives, as well as the index and database created to organize them.
Date: Winter 1994
Creator: Carter, Kent
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Goin' West: Kate May's Trip to Old Greer County (open access)

Goin' West: Kate May's Trip to Old Greer County

Article tells the story of Kate May and her journey west with her family. Henry Kilian Goetz provides a biographical tribute to the pioneer woman, who made the land run into the Cherokee Outlet after the death of her husband and had to find a way to provide for her eight children.
Date: Autumn 1994
Creator: Goetz, Henry Kilian
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Lu tsa ka Le Ah ke ho "Can't Go Beyond": Alloting the Osage Reservation, 1906-1909 (open access)

Lu tsa ka Le Ah ke ho "Can't Go Beyond": Alloting the Osage Reservation, 1906-1909

Article describes the efforts of the Osage Nation in the early 1900s to create their own system of allotment through the drafting of the Osage Allotment Act and subsequently carrying out its provisions. Louis F. Burns describes the way the tribe protected their territory, as well as the dangers they faced from those seeking the resources on their land.
Date: Summer 1994
Creator: Burns, Louis F.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
There Are So Many Things Needed: Establishing the Rainy Mountain Boarding School, 1891-1900 (open access)

There Are So Many Things Needed: Establishing the Rainy Mountain Boarding School, 1891-1900

Article discusses the establishment of the Rainy Mountain Boarding School for Kiowa children on the Kiowa-Comanche Reservation and the many struggles it faced until its closing. Clyde Ellis discusses the administrative motivations behind its creation as well as some of the key figures, such as principal Cora Dunn, who kept the school running throughout hard times.
Date: Winter 1994
Creator: Ellis, Clyde
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
From Corn Field to Corporation: A Short History of St. Anthony Hospital (open access)

From Corn Field to Corporation: A Short History of St. Anthony Hospital

Article describes the history of St. Anthony Hospital, from its humble beginnings to its rise as one of the most prominent health care institutions in Oklahoma City. Leslie Tucker examines the details behind its founding by the Sisters of St. Francis and its subsequent growth and expansion.
Date: Autumn 1994
Creator: Tucker, Leslie R.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 72, Number 2, Summer 1994 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 72, Number 2, Summer 1994

Notes and Documents section from Volume 72, Number 2, Summer 1994. It includes a document honoring William Parker Campbell, a founder of the Oklahoma Historical Society who was inducted into the annual Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame in 1994.
Date: Summer 1994
Creator: Blackburn, Bob L.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 72, Number 3, Fall 1994 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 72, Number 3, Fall 1994

Notes and Documents section from Volume 72, Number 3, Fall 1994. It includes a document honoring Edward Everett Dale, a historian who was inducted into the annual Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame in 1994. It also includes a letter to the editor from George O. Carney in response to a failure to cite a source in an article apologizing for the oversight.
Date: Autumn 1994
Creator: Blackburn, Bob L. & Carney, George O.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History