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For the Record, Spring 1999 (open access)

For the Record, Spring 1999

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 28, 1998. It also includes the minutes of two special board meetings of the OHS, one held on November 12, 1998 and the other on January 6 and 7, 1999.
Date: Spring 1999
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
In the Midst of Adversity: The City, the Governor, and the FERA, Part II (open access)

In the Midst of Adversity: The City, the Governor, and the FERA, Part II

Article describes the struggles citizens of Oklahoma faced during the Great Depression. In the second part of a two-part article, William H. Mullins explores how the Oklahoma administration attempted to provide relief to the citizens of Oklahoma.
Date: Spring 1999
Creator: Mullins, William H.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
John G. Chapin and the Struggle for Dover (open access)

John G. Chapin and the Struggle for Dover

Article describes the journey of John C. Chapman, the earliest resident of the town of Dover, Oklahoma, to build a community there in the late nineteenth century.
Date: Spring 1999
Creator: Lillibridge, John L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Julius Rosenwald Fund: Northern Philanthropy in Oklahoma's Separate Schools (open access)

The Julius Rosenwald Fund: Northern Philanthropy in Oklahoma's Separate Schools

Article explores the impact of the Julius Rosenwald fund on expanding the possibilities of education for African American children during the period of segregation in Oklahoma's history.
Date: Spring 1999
Creator: Savage, Cynthia
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Spring 1999 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Spring 1999

Notes and Documents column including a document honoring Norman L. Crockett, who was inducted into the annual Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame in 1998.
Date: Spring 1999
Creator: Blackburn, Bob L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Parallels Between Near-Death Experience Prophetic Visions and Prophecies from the Bible and Mormon Holy Writ (open access)

Parallels Between Near-Death Experience Prophetic Visions and Prophecies from the Bible and Mormon Holy Writ

Article discussing a phenomenon identified by Kenneth Ring where some near-death experiencers (NDErs) were permitted to see a picture of the Earth's future as a "prophetic vision" (PV). A comparison of the events of NDE PVs of the Earth's future and prophecies from the Bible and the Mormons' "Doctrine and Covenants" shows nearly complete agreement.
Date: Spring 1999
Creator: Lundahl, Craig R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Projective Geometry for Separation Experiences (open access)

A Projective Geometry for Separation Experiences

Article presenting a projective geometry for out-of-body "separation experiences," built up out of a series of higher space analogies and resulting diagrams.
Date: Spring 1999
Creator: Greene, F. Gordon
System: The UNT Digital Library
William Penn Adair: Cherokee Slaveholder and Indian Freedom Advocate (open access)

William Penn Adair: Cherokee Slaveholder and Indian Freedom Advocate

Article explores the seemingly paradoxical life of William Penn Adair, a mixed-blood Cherokee who was both a slaveholder at one point and an advocate for the rights of American Indians. Paul Kelton draws connections between these two aspects of his life and investigates the meaning behind his beliefs.
Date: Spring 1999
Creator: Kelton, Paul
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
A Graben in the Eagle Ford Shale, Lewisville, Texas (open access)

A Graben in the Eagle Ford Shale, Lewisville, Texas

This article describes a graben bounded by normal faults in an outcrop of the Eagle Ford formation within Denton County.
Date: April 1999
Creator: Hudak, Paul F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
[New York Times National Report, April 9, 1999] (open access)

[New York Times National Report, April 9, 1999]

An article in The New York Times National Report written by Richard L. Berke about the conversation around gay issues in Texas. Featured are Governor George Bush's views on gay issues and Charles C. Francis' approval of Bush as well as others in the Republican Party who have spoken on the issue.
Date: April 9, 1999
Creator: Berke, Richard L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
["A friend indeed?" article, June 8, 1999] (open access)

["A friend indeed?" article, June 8, 1999]

An article, written by Chris Bull for The Advocate, about hopes for George W. Bush's future actions and policies on gay and lesbian rights. It highlights Bush's friendship with Charles C. Francis and includes the words of other activists and people interested in the topic.
Date: June 8, 1999
Creator: Bull, Chris
System: The UNT Digital Library
"For our sake do all you can": The Indian Captivity and Death of Clara and willie Blinn (open access)

"For our sake do all you can": The Indian Captivity and Death of Clara and willie Blinn

Article investigates the deaths of Clara Blinn and her two-year-old son Willie, during the attack by the U.S. Seventh Cavalry on Cheyenne Chief Black Kettle's village on the Washita River. Joe D. Haines, Jr. provides details about Blinn and her captivity among the Cheyennes.
Date: Summer 1999
Creator: Haines, Joe D., Jr.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record, Summer 1999 (open access)

For the Record, Summer 1999

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 January 27, 1999.
Date: Summer 1999
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Gleanings from the Coulter School Memoirs: Recollections of Pioneering in Logan County (open access)

Gleanings from the Coulter School Memoirs: Recollections of Pioneering in Logan County

Article explores the pioneering experience through the recollections of those who contributed to the Coulter School Memoirs, which explore life in a small rural community in Logan County, Oklahoma Territory.
Date: Summer 1999
Creator: Hewes, Leslie
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
God, Tragedy, and the Near-Death Experience: Evaluating Kushner's Perspectives on Theodicy (open access)

God, Tragedy, and the Near-Death Experience: Evaluating Kushner's Perspectives on Theodicy

Article evaluating Harold Kushner's original and reconstructed perspectives on God and the theodicic problem on the basis of research on the near-death experience (NDE) and related phenomena.
Date: Summer 1999
Creator: Gibbs, John C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mrs. Oliver O. (Mamie) Hammonds: The "She-svengali" of Oklahoma (open access)

Mrs. Oliver O. (Mamie) Hammonds: The "She-svengali" of Oklahoma

Article describes the controversial political career of Mrs. Oliver O. "Mamie" Hammonds, the confidential secretary of Governor Henry S. Johnston, and the results of the reputation Hammonds gained after she became embroiled in Oklahoma politics.
Date: Summer 1999
Creator: Mattingly, Janel A.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Summer 1999 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Summer 1999

Notes and Documents column including a document honoring Rella Watts Looney, who was inducted into the annual Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame in 1999. It also describes the journey of the Kilgen Theater Organ being moved from WKY Radio to the Civic Center Auditorium, and eventually to the State Museum of History.
Date: Summer 1999
Creator: Blackburn, Bob L. & Harris, Rodger
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Recounting the Removal: Recent Native American Literary Reconstructions of the Trail of Tears (open access)

Recounting the Removal: Recent Native American Literary Reconstructions of the Trail of Tears

Article provides a literary analysis of four novels written by native writers about the Trail of Tears. Frederick Hale explores the ways these reconstructions elaborate on a period of time and a perspective often marginalized in U.S. historical narrative.
Date: Summer 1999
Creator: Hale, Frederick
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
With Folded Arms? Or with Squirrel Guns? The IWW and the Green Corn Rebellion (open access)

With Folded Arms? Or with Squirrel Guns? The IWW and the Green Corn Rebellion

Article discusses the uprising that became known as the Green Corn Rebellion, an organization of tenant farmers in the Working Class Union to protest draft laws. Nigel Sellars examines its lack of connection with the Industrial Workers of the World despite public anti-radicalist assumptions.
Date: Summer 1999
Creator: Sellars, Nigel Anthony
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
A Contribution of Tipler's Omega Point Theory to Near-Death Studies (open access)

A Contribution of Tipler's Omega Point Theory to Near-Death Studies

Article presenting Frank Tipler's concepts and arguments, and highlighting the value of his orientation for near-death studies. Tipler's work takes the steam out of scientific rejection of religious, spiritual, or noetic phenomena, and makes it possible to accept these phenomena while maintaining a strictly scientific posture.
Date: Autumn 1999
Creator: Crumbaugh, James C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Daughter of Dawn: An Original Silent Film with an Oklahoma Indian Cast (open access)

The Daughter of Dawn: An Original Silent Film with an Oklahoma Indian Cast

Article explores the story and creation process of The Daughter of Dawn, one of the earliest silent motion pictures filmed in Oklahoma. Despite being produced by whites, its cast was entirely comprised of Oklahoma Indians.
Date: Autumn 1999
Creator: Kelley, Leo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record, Fall 1999 (open access)

For the Record, Fall 1999

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 April 22 and 23, 1999. It also includes the minutes of the annual meeting of the membership of the OHS that was held on April 23, 1999.
Date: Autumn 1999
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Gender and Trauma in the Near-Death Experience: An Epidemiological and Theoretical Analysis (open access)

Gender and Trauma in the Near-Death Experience: An Epidemiological and Theoretical Analysis

Article exploring the nature of the "fear-death experience" (FDE) by way of an epidemiological analysis, and discussing the FDE as one of several causal theories of the near-death experience (NDE).
Date: Autumn 1999
Creator: Audain, Linz
System: The UNT Digital Library
Laying Groundwork for the Future: The Oklahoma Territorial Superintendency and Superintendents of Public Instruction (open access)

Laying Groundwork for the Future: The Oklahoma Territorial Superintendency and Superintendents of Public Instruction

Article describes the careers and impact of the seven men who served as territorial superintendents of public instruction in Oklahoma during its territorial period.
Date: Autumn 1999
Creator: Stern, A. Kenneth
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History