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Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 76, Number 3, Fall 1998
Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date:
Autumn 1998
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 76, Number 1, Spring 1998
Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date:
Spring 1998
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"Standing Out for Their Rights": Industrial Strikes in Oklahoma in the 1930s
Article discusses some of the labor movements and strikes that occurred in 1930s Oklahoma as organized labor filtered through Oklahoma's major industries. James Paul Bailey discusses the impact of organized labor on the economy and worker's rights.
Date:
Autumn 1998
Creator:
Bailey, James Paul
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Occupying the Middle Ground: African Creeks in the First Indian Home Guard, 1862-1865
Article explores the participation of the first African Americans to join the federal army in the Civil War, the First Indian Home Guard. This regiment was a tri-racial unit in which free blacks and former slaves served many roles, including the role of translator for Creek and Seminole soldiers.
Date:
Spring 1998
Creator:
Zellar, Gary
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"Softened as into a Dream": The Letters of Robert B. Huston, Oklahoma Rough Rider
Article examines the experience of the Oklahoma Rough Rider through the life and correspondence of one such participant in the Spanish-American War, Robert Bell Huston.
Date:
Spring 1998
Creator:
Todd, Joe L.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Learning from Oklahoma: Who We Are and Where We Are
Article traverses the history of architecture in Oklahoma through a series of photographs and insights from Fred Wiemer, who provides a thoughtful study of Oklahoma's growth and future.
Date:
Spring 1998
Creator:
Wiemer, Fred
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
William Box Hancock: Trail Driver and Cattleman
Article explores the life and work of William Box Hancock, a trail driver who moved cattle along the Great Western Trail in Indian Territory. Richard H. Hancock provides context to the personal accounts of his grandfather, which describe life on the trail.
Date:
Winter 1998
Creator:
Hancock, Richard H.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
An Experiment in Education: The Osage Manual Training School, Views from Letters
Article describes life and schoolwork at the Osage Manual Training School and the problems faced when trying to provide instruction to Osage children. Barbara Speas Havira uses letters from the period to construct a portrait of the experience of educators and students there, as well as negative attitudes towards the Osage people.
Date:
Winter 1998
Creator:
Havira, Barbara Speas Havira
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Edward W. Sweeney, '89er: "A Legend in his Time"
Article describes the life and career of Edward W. Sweeney, a justice of the peace, landowner, and public servant who came to Oklahoma Territory in 1889 and helped establish Oklahoma City and the town of Harrah.
Date:
Autumn 1998
Creator:
Jordan, Pamela G.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Architecture and Hospitality: Ceremonial Ground Camps and Foodways of the Yuchi Indians
Article discusses the history of the Yuchi tribe and their current practices through examination of their ceremonial ground camps. Jason Baird Jackson provides a detailed portrait of the people group and their daily lives.
Date:
Summer 1998
Creator:
Jackson, Jason Baird
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Best City in the Best Country: Enid's Golden Ear, 1916-1941
Article explores the "golden era" of Enid, Oklahoma, exploring the factors that contributed to its rise as one of the most prosperous cities in the region, which included the construction of railroads and the impact of the oil industry.
Date:
Summer 1998
Creator:
Turner, Alvin O. & Gailey, Vicky L.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
In the Midst of Adversity: The City, the Governor, and the FERA, Part I
Article describes the struggles citizens of Oklahoma faced during the Great Depression and the ways city officials attempted to provide relief. William H. Mullins explores how the strong individualistic approach of Governor William H. Murray and refusal of federal assistance caused some issues.
Date:
Winter 1998
Creator:
Mullins, William H.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"I Should Have Been a Mule": Cotton Pickin' Blues in Southwestern Oklahoma
Article describes the development of the cotton industry in Oklahoma's Jackson County, from its success to its decline. Leo Kelley takes a closer look at the attitudes and lives of cotton farmers in Oklahoma through excerpts from newspapers and personal journals.
Date:
Summer 1998
Creator:
Kelley, Leo
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"Wholly Occupied with my Special Work": Reverend William Graham's Stay at Fort Coffee and New Hope, 1845-1847
Article introduces and annotates an excerpt from the autobiography of Reverend William Graham, a Methodist missionary who worked with Choctaws at the Fort Coffee and New Hope schools in the mid-nineteenth century.
Date:
Autumn 1998
Creator:
Parman, Donald L.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Undesirable Oklahomans: Black Immigration to Western Canada
Article discusses the migration of black Oklahomans to Canada, the factors that influenced this move, and the discrimination they faced both in the United States and in Canada.
Date:
Autumn 1998
Creator:
Mundende, Darlington Chongo
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Washita Trail: The Seventh U.S. Cavalry's Route of March to and from the Battle of Washita
Article traces the route of the Seventh U.S. Cavalry during their campaign against the tribes of the Southern Plains. Bob Rea highlights the attack on Black Kettle's Cheyenne village, attempting to pinpoint the location that has been disputed.
Date:
Autumn 1998
Creator:
Rea, Bob
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"We are Making History": The Execution of William Going
Article attests that though the execution of Silon Lewis in 1894 is considered the last execution under Choctaw law, the actual last execution was that of William Going. Louis Coleman explores the details of the man's crimes and the reasons for his eventual fate.
Date:
Spring 1998
Creator:
Coleman, Louis
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Fred Tecumseh Waite: The Outlaw Statesman
Article describes the life and career of Fred Tecumseh Waite, a Chickasaw politician with a colorful past who argued against the forced allotment of the Dawes Commission. Michael Tower discusses his journey from outlaw to statesman.
Date:
Summer 1998
Creator:
Tower, Michael
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Repeal of Prohibition: The End of Oklahoma's Noble Experiment
Article describes the history and failure of Oklahoma's "Noble Experiment." After prohibition under the Oklahoma constitution could not end liquor traffic, the laws were eventually repealed by politicians in the mid 1900s.
Date:
Winter 1998
Creator:
Lyon, Vincent T.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"Peculiarly Situated Between Rebellion and Loyalty": Civilized Tribes, Savagery, and the American Civil War
Article discusses the concept of "savagism" in the context of participation of the "Five Civilized Tribes" in the Civil War. Tom L. Franzmann investigates details and accounts of brutal practices conducted by both white and American Indian soldiers during the war and deconstructs the ideas that perpetrated society during the time.
Date:
Summer 1998
Creator:
Franzmann, Tom L.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Remembering Stonewall, Pontotoc County, Chickasaw Nation
Article reconstructs a portrait of the thriving town of Stonewall, one of the towns that cropped up in Chickasaw Nation in the wake of the Civil War and its destruction.
Date:
Winter 1998
Creator:
Tinsley, Bill
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Closing of Cordell Christian College: A Microcosm of American Intolerance during World War I
Article investigates the closing of Cordell Christian College due to its perceived antiwar sentiments during World War I. Michael W. Casey explores the attitudes in Oklahoma at the time and the vigilantism that occurred in the name of patriotism.
Date:
Spring 1998
Creator:
Casey, Michael W.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 76, Number 4, Winter 1998-99
Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation. Index to volume 76 starts on page 469.
Date:
Winter 1998
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 76, Number 2, Summer 1998
Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date:
Summer 1998
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History