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"Almost Hopeless in the Wake of the Storm": The 1918 Spanish Flu Epidemic in Oklahoma (open access)

"Almost Hopeless in the Wake of the Storm": The 1918 Spanish Flu Epidemic in Oklahoma

Article examines the impact of the Spanish flu epidemic on Oklahomans during 1918-1919. Nigel Anthony Sellars discusses the spread of the epidemic on a detailed level, identifying the medical institutions and professionals who sought to combat the epidemic as it spread from one Oklahoma city to another.
Date: Spring 2001
Creator: Sellars, Nigel Anthony
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"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
Anatomy of an Oklahoma Lynching: Bryan County, August 12-13, 1911 (open access)

Anatomy of an Oklahoma Lynching: Bryan County, August 12-13, 1911

Article provides details surrounding the lynching of John Lee, a black man who attacked and killed a woman alone with her children near Durant, Oklahoma in 1911. Lowell Blaisdell describes the history of racial violence in the area, including other lynching incidents, and the circulation of rumors and paranoia that went hand-in-hand with the attitudes of the era.
Date: Autumn 2001
Creator: Blaisdell, Lowell L.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Bisque Dolls in the Archaeological Record: A Collection from the Town of Ingersoll (open access)

Bisque Dolls in the Archaeological Record: A Collection from the Town of Ingersoll

Article examines a collection of bisque dolls from the abandoned town of Ingersoll, Oklahoma and discusses the history of doll production, the town itself, and the recreational use of the dolls.
Date: Autumn 2001
Creator: Brooks, Robert L.
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
Cherokee Treaty Party Moves West: The Bell-Deas Overland Journey, 1838-1839 (open access)

Cherokee Treaty Party Moves West: The Bell-Deas Overland Journey, 1838-1839

Article discusses Cherokee response to the removal treaties in the form of the main anti-treaty faction led by John Ross and a minority party lead by John Adair Bell in support of the treaty. Wayne Dell Gibson reconstructs the westward journey of the latter group using records created by their accompanying military officer, Lt. Edward Deas.
Date: Autumn 2001
Creator: Gibson, Wayne Dell
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 79, Number 1, Spring 2001 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 79, Number 1, Spring 2001

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Spring 2001
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 79, Number 2, Summer 2001 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 79, Number 2, Summer 2001

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Summer 2001
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 79, Number 3, Fall 2001 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 79, Number 3, Fall 2001

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Autumn 2001
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
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
The Creek Draft Rebellion of 198: Wartime Hysteria and Indian-Baiting in WWI Oklahoma (open access)

The Creek Draft Rebellion of 198: Wartime Hysteria and Indian-Baiting in WWI Oklahoma

Article depicts the events following the "Creek Draft Rebellion of 1918" and subsequent long and costly investigation into the leader of the demonstration, Ellen Perryman. Thomas A. Britten demonstrates the public hysteria perpetrated by the press and stereotypical negative image of Native Americans that was present in WWI Oklahoma.
Date: Summer 2001
Creator: Britten, Thomas A.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Cultural Conservation and Revival: The Caddo and Hasinai Post-Removal Era, 1860-1902 (open access)

Cultural Conservation and Revival: The Caddo and Hasinai Post-Removal Era, 1860-1902

Article discusses the post-removal period of 1860-1902 for the Caddo and Hasinai people of the Southern Plains: the difficulties they faced, prominent leaders of the tribes, cultural traditions, and the ways they found to keep their communities intact.
Date: Autumn 2001
Creator: Meredith, Howard L.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Emperor Haile Selassie in Stillwater: The First Visit to Oklahoma by a Reigning Foreign Head of State (open access)

Emperor Haile Selassie in Stillwater: The First Visit to Oklahoma by a Reigning Foreign Head of State

Article discusses Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia's visit to Oklahoma A&M College in 1954. This event followed the collaborative efforts between the country's leadership and Oklahoma A&M to found the Jimma Agricultural Technical School and the Imperial Ethiopian College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts in Ethiopia. Theodore M. Vestal describes the visit, the life of the Ethiopian emperor, and the history of Ethiopia in the following years.
Date: Summer 2001
Creator: Vestal, Theodore M.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 79, Number 1, Spring 2001 (open access)

For the Record, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 79, Number 1, Spring 2001

For the Record section from Volume 79, Number 1, Spring 2001. It includes minutes of the regular quarterly board meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on October 25, 2000.
Date: Spring 2001
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 79, Number 2, Summer 2001 (open access)

For the Record, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 79, Number 2, Summer 2001

For the Record section from Volume 79, Number 2, Summer 2001. It includes the minutes of the Quarterly Board Meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on January 24, 2001.
Date: Summer 2001
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 79, Number 3, Fall 2001 (open access)

For the Record, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 79, Number 3, Fall 2001

For the Record section from Volume 79, Number 3, Fall 2001. It includes the minutes of the Quarterly Board Meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on April 19-20, 2001, as well as the minutes of the Annual Meeting of the Membership held by the Oklahoma Historical Society on April 20, 2001.
Date: Autumn 2001
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 79, Number 4, Winter 2001-02 (open access)

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

For the Record section from Volume 79, Number 4, Winter 2001-02. It includes 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
From Lee to Reba and Beyond: Oklahoma Women in American Popular Music (open access)

From Lee to Reba and Beyond: Oklahoma Women in American Popular Music

Article covers Oklahoma's musical heritage, highlighting prominent Oklahoma women in the field of music and creating a profile of their backgrounds and contributions. These women display a diversity in musical skills as well as birthplace.
Date: Autumn 2001
Creator: Carney, George O.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
History Underfoot: The Search for Physical Evidence of the 1868 Attack on Black Kettle's Village (open access)

History Underfoot: The Search for Physical Evidence of the 1868 Attack on Black Kettle's Village

Article chronicles the four-pronged attack on Cheyenne Peace Chief Black Kettle's village on the Washita River in 1868 that would later become the Washita Battlefield National Historic Site. William B. Lees, Douglas D. Scott, and C. Vance Haynes provide further evidence from surveys conducted at the scene to interpret the event in the form of archaeological/geological findings and recovered artifacts.
Date: Summer 2001
Creator: Lees, William B.; Scott, Douglas D. & Haynes, C. Vance
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Humanitarian Rhetoric and Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal Policy (open access)

Humanitarian Rhetoric and Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal Policy

Article discusses the rhetoric used by Andrew Jackson during his time as United States president in his support of the removal of the Five Tribes from the southeastern United States. Henry E. Fritz argues that Jackson's rhetoric reveals he was an ethnocentric nationalist who also felt he had a moral obligation to the Tribes, despite the fact that their well-being was not his foremost concern.
Date: Spring 2001
Creator: Fritz, Henry E.
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
Major Andrew Drumm: Cowman, Businessman, and Visionary (open access)

Major Andrew Drumm: Cowman, Businessman, and Visionary

Article describes the upbringing, travels, and successes of Andrew Drumm, the founder and owner of the U Ranch in the Cherokee Outlet. He pursued various interests in the mining, cattle, and banking industries, while also practicing philanthropy in his creation of the Drumm Institute for orphaned youths and donating to World War I emergency and medical funds.
Date: Spring 2001
Creator: Haas, Bonnie & Bender, Joyce J.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 79, Number 1, Spring 2001 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 79, Number 1, Spring 2001

Notes and Documents section from Volume 79, Number 1, Spring 2001. It includes a document about the writer Glenn Shirley, who was inducted into the annual Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame in 2001, and a list of his books and articles. It also includes "Into the West: Oklahoma Remembered," an essay that situates Oklahoma in the author's view and experience of the American West and includes references to the titular book.
Date: Spring 2001
Creator: Blochowiak, Mary Ann & Nugent, Walter
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 79, Number 2, Summer 2001 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 79, Number 2, Summer 2001

Notes and Documents section from Volume 79, Number 2, Summer 2001. It includes a document honoring Carolyn Thomas Foreman, who was inducted into the annual Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame in 2001. The document lists the projects she created, such as the Indian-Pioneer History Project, as well as the books and articles she published.
Date: Summer 2001
Creator: Armstrong, Connie G.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History