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The Field of Near-Death Studies Through 2001: An Analysis of the Periodical Literature
Article analyzing literature of the first quarter century of the field of near-death studies.
Date:
Autumn 2005
Creator:
Holden, Janice Miner & Christian, Rozan
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Phases of Disaster as a Relationship Between Structure and Meaning: A Narrative Analysis of the 1947 Texas City Explosion
This article examines phases of disaster response and recovery as a sociological problem.
Date:
November 2005
Creator:
Richardson, Brian K.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Understanding the Health Care Needs of the Medically Indigent of Grayson County
Paper examines the issues faced by residents of Grayson county who lack medical insurance.
Date:
2005
Creator:
Rahman, Rumana
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Rediscovery of the Elements: Joseph Priestley
Article describing the career and discoveries of Joseph Priestley. Tourist information regarding locations important to Priestley's life are visited and discussed.
Date:
Summer 2005
Creator:
Marshall, James L., 1940- & Marshall, Virginia R.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Strong and Sturdy Vessel: A History of Bristow Junior College
Article details the founding, faculty, students, and curriculum at Bristow Junior college from the years 1928-1951. As an important landmark in the Bristow Public Schools System, the school is remembered and appreciated.
Date:
Summer 2005
Creator:
Caudle, Letha
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Origins and Development of State Politics: The Oklahoma Territorial Legislature, 1890-1905
Article provides a detailed breakdown of the proceedings and members of the Oklahoma Territorial Legislature from 1890-1905. R. Darcy recognizes a lack of scholarly coverage of this political body, and includes documentation and accounts from this era.
Date:
Summer 2005
Creator:
Darcy, R.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Lela L. Barnett: An Oklahoma WAC in World War II Italy
Article describes the life of Lela Barnett, one of the first members of the Women's Army Corps during World War II, through letters sent home to her mother. From training and service in Italy, to her adventures as a civilian employee, to her eventual return to Oklahoma to work as a librarian at Fort Sill, Ralph Gregory Barnett records his aunt's eventful life.
Date:
Autumn 2005
Creator:
Beil, Raph Gregory
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"The Land Is Always With Us": Removal, Allotment, and Industrial Development and Their Effects on Ponca Tribalism
Article describes how developments like removal, land allotment, and the development of the oil and gas industry undermined the relationship the Ponca tribe had with their lands, and the way the Poncas coped with the broken treaties, divisions within the tribes over land-related decisions, and damage done by neighboring towns that cropped up with the increase in industrial growth.
Date:
Autumn 2005
Creator:
van de Logt, Mark
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The "Come-As-You-Are" War: Fort Sill and the Persian Gulf Crisis of 1990-1991
Article illustrates the resilience and quick adaption to rapid change Fort Sill employed during the Persian Gulf Crisis, mobilizing large groups of soldiers during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Demands for personnel, training, and equipment were high during this time, and Boyd L. Dastrup describes the situation at the army post.
Date:
Summer 2005
Creator:
Dastrup, Boyd L.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Alex Howat versus John Wilkinson: Power, Personality, and Ideological Battles in the United Mine Workers
Article examines the factional in-fighting that tore apart the United Mine Workers solidarity as they prepared to strike in 1922. The ideological battle starred John Wilkinson, "renegade radical" Alex Howat, and Oscar Ameringer.
Date:
Spring 2005
Creator:
Sewell, Steven L.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"The Indian Home is Undone": Anglo Intrusion, Colonization, and the Creek Nation, 1867-1907
Article describes the history of Anglo-American intrusion and colonization of Creek lands within Indian Territory in Oklahoma, as well as the response of the Creek Nation in the face of interference, forced relocation, and allotments. Douglas A. Hurt describes the way the Creeks strengthened their communities during a time of unrest.
Date:
Summer 2005
Creator:
Hurt, Douglas A.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"An Indian Shall Not spill an Indian's Blood": The Confederate-Indian Conference at Camp Napoleon, 1865
Article provides a thorough discussion of the conference at Camp Napoleon, one of the largest intertribal gatherings in Indian Territory. In 1865, the Five Civilized Tribes, allies of the Confederacy, undertook efforts to negotiate and make peace with the Plains tribes at the close of the Civil War.
Date:
Spring 2005
Creator:
Clampitt, Brad R.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"We Bind Ourselves Together": A History of the Oklahoma Student Librarians Association
Article covers the history of state student library associations from the 1940s to 1980s with a particular emphasis on the Oklahoma Student Librarians Association. In addition to details like the organization of these associations and the newsletters/handbooks they put out, Jeffrey M. Wilhite elaborates on the benefits they brought to students and libraries.
Date:
Autumn 2005
Creator:
Wilhite, Jeffrey M.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
From Menagerie to Modern Zoo: Nature, Society, and the Beginning of the Oklahoma City Zoo
Article explores the history of Oklahoma City Zoo in its first decades, from landscaping and construction in Wheeler Park, to difficulties like the disastrous flooding in 1923, to its growth and success as one of the city's "trendiest" spots.
Date:
Autumn 2005
Creator:
Despain, S. Matthew
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
National Liberal, Hometown Radical, and New Populist Politician: The Life of Fred Harris
Article explores the life of Fred Harris and the personal and professional journey that transformed him from a liberal into a New Populist politician.
Date:
Spring 2005
Creator:
Scott. Amy L.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Researching Tom Joad: John Steinbeck, Journalist, 1936
Article examines John Steinbeck's brief career as a depression-era journalist and his nonfiction work on the working conditions of migrant laborers in California that inspired his greatest literary achievement, The Grapes of Wrath.
Date:
Spring 2005
Creator:
Bailey, Paul
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Remembering an Exceptional Team: Jerome Tiger and Nettie Wheeler
This article, written by Peggy Tiger, recounts the unique relationship between her late husband, Creek artist Jerome Tiger, and art collector Nettie Wheeler.
Date:
Autumn 2005
Creator:
Tiger, Peggy
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Change the Stars: The Story of the Youngblood Hotel of Enid, Oklahoma
Article covers the construction and history of the Youngblood Hotel, an eminent establishment of Enid, Oklahoma in the early and mid-nineteenth century. Jennifer Jones details the plans and management of Lawrence S. Youngblood and his partners, design of the hotel itself, the dark side to its history, and its eventual conversion into an office building.
Date:
Summer 2005
Creator:
Jones, Jennifer
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Ernesto Bozzano and the Phenomena of Bilocation
Italian psychical researcher Ernesto Bozzano was a well-known student of parapsychological phenomena and a strong defender of the concept of survival of bodily death. This paper includes an excerpt of what Bozzano referred to as the phenomena of bilocation.
Date:
Summer 2005
Creator:
Alvarado, Carlos S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Teaching Near Death Experiences to Medical Students
Article discussing the inclusion of near-death experiences in medical school curriculum.
Date:
Summer 2005
Creator:
Sheeler, Robert D.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Universal, Multiple, and Exclusive Experiences of After-Death Communication
Study on grief reaction and religious or spiritual coping methods in bereavement, in which the researcher asked bereft people to report if they have experienced specific types of after-death communication (ADC), as it related to their most recent death of a loved one.
Date:
Winter 2005
Creator:
Houck, James A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Reply to Michael Sabom's Commentary
Article responding to Michael Sabom's commentary, suggesting that the near-death experience's (NDE's) ontological and spiritual significance extends to religious issues and raises questions relevant to whether near-death experiencers and Jesus have spirituality in common.
Date:
Winter 2005
Creator:
Gibbs, John C.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
What Do Near-Death Experiencers and Jesus Have in Common? The Near-Death Experience and Spong's New Christianity
Article relating near-death phenomena to John Shelby Spong's argument for a more "authentic" view of Jesus, a more spiritual understanding of humanity, and a new, evolving Christianity. Near-death research and Spong's envisioned new Christianty share in principle the ideal of progress through challenge and open dialogue.
Date:
Winter 2005
Creator:
Gibbs, John C.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Nature and Therapeutic Implications of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Bereaved
Article highlighting the types of contacts from a deceased loved on or a divine being reported, messages claimants believe are received, changes in death perceptions, and the therapeutic potential of the experience for coping with the death of a loved one. Much of the material is based on a workshop given by the author throughout the United States.
Date:
Autumn 2005
Creator:
LaGrand, Louis E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library