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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
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 72, Number 1, Spring 1994 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 72, Number 1, Spring 1994

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Spring 1994
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
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
For the Record, Spring 1994 (open access)

For the Record, Spring 1994

For the Record section including 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
Notes and Documents, Spring 1994 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Spring 1994

Notes and Documents column including a document honoring Berlin B. Chapman, a professor and historian who was inducted into the annual Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame in 1994. It also includes a document about the Pitchlynn family of the Choctaw tribe, and examines the accomplishments of Thomas Jefferson Pitchlynn through excerpts of correspondence.
Date: Spring 1994
Creator: Blackburn, Bob L. & Curry, Bobby R.
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
Printing Ink and Flyingwires: Oklahoma Journalism and the Promotion of Aviation (open access)

Printing Ink and Flyingwires: Oklahoma Journalism and the Promotion of Aviation

Article describes the promotional activities of Oklahoma journalists in the early twentieth century in support of the fledgling aviation industry. Keith Tolman explores early attitudes towards aviation and the impact the journalists made when they took to the skies with their papers.
Date: Spring 1994
Creator: Tolman, Keith
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History