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"America, Love It or Leave It": Some Native American Initiatives to Move to Mexico, 1890-1940 (open access)

"America, Love It or Leave It": Some Native American Initiatives to Move to Mexico, 1890-1940

Article describes the emigration to Mexico initiative some Native American tribes in Oklahoma considered between 1890 and 1940. Steven Crum also describes the national government's response to these efforts and references the similarity of the 1960s phrase coined in the article's title.
Date: Winter 2001
Creator: Crum, Steven J.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Celebrating the Library Spirit: A Look Back at the Carnegie Libraries in Oklahoma (open access)

Celebrating the Library Spirit: A Look Back at the Carnegie Libraries in Oklahoma

Article describes the construction of twenty-four libraries in Oklahoma funded by Andrew Carnegie in the early 1900s. Tanya D. Finchum and G. Allen Finchum provide a detailed look at these libraries and their continuing contribution.
Date: Winter 2001
Creator: Finchum, Tanya D. & Finchum, G. Allen
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 79, Number 4, Winter 2001-02 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 79, Number 4, Winter 2001-02

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation. Index to volume 79 starts on page 513.
Date: Winter 2001
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record, Winter 2001-02 (open access)

For the Record, Winter 2001-02

For the Record section including the minutes of the regular quarterly board meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on July 25, 2001.
Date: Winter 2001
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Life of Littleton Horace Davis: Pistol Packin' Preacher and Railroad Man (open access)

The Life of Littleton Horace Davis: Pistol Packin' Preacher and Railroad Man

Article covers the life of minister, farmer, rail car inspector, and community leader L. H. Davis. Frank W. Davis relates the contributions his grandfather made, including building the first two-story house in Francis, Oklahoma, the founding of the Francis Methodist Episcopal Church, and acquiring a reputation as a fearless man even during the dangerous railroad strikes of 1922.
Date: Winter 2001
Creator: Davis, Frank W.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Winter 2001-02 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Winter 2001-02

Notes and Documents column including a document honoring Daniel F. Littlefield, Jr., who was inducted into the Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame in 2001. It also includes a document about a letter Woodie Guthrie wrote to his first niece, Mary Ann Guthrie, which was donated and included.
Date: Winter 2001
Creator: Armstrong, Connie G. & Blochowiak, Mary Ann
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Reminiscences of a Redleg: An Oklahoma Artilleryman in the Korean War (open access)

Reminiscences of a Redleg: An Oklahoma Artilleryman in the Korean War

Article describes the experiences of the author, Denzil D. Garrison, during his service in the Forty-fifth Infantry Division during the Korean War. Garrison provides historical context and also recounts personal stories, which vary from humorous to death-defying.
Date: Winter 2001
Creator: Garrison, Denzil D.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"She Has Surely Done Her Share": Miss Bessie Huff and the Muskogee Junior College (open access)

"She Has Surely Done Her Share": Miss Bessie Huff and the Muskogee Junior College

Article details the life and career of Bessie Huff, English and journalism instructor and dean at Muskogee Junior College, and pays tribute to her dedication to the people she taught and their education through stories told by former students.
Date: Winter 2001
Creator: Eversole, Dana
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History