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[Capital Culture Hits the Airwaves]
Article about Lance Avery Morgan's television feature, "Capital Culture," on Fox 7/KTBC in Austin, Texas.
Date:
2005~
Creator:
Aechternacht, Stephen
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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
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
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
Notes and Documents, Spring 2005
Notes and Documents column including two short biographical sketches of the inductees into the Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame in 2004—Howard Meredith and William G. McLoughlin.
Date:
Spring 2005
Creator:
Blochowiak, Mary Ann
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Summer 2005
Notes and Documents column including a document paying tribute to Virgil Talbot, who was inducted into the Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame in 2005.
Date:
Summer 2005
Creator:
Blochowiak, Mary Ann
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Fall 2005
Notes and Documents column including a document honoring Reba Neighbors Collins, who was inducted into the Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame in 2005. It also includes a document about the first boy scout troop founded in America in Pawhuska, Oklahoma.
Date:
Autumn 2005
Creator:
Blochowiak, Mary Ann & Haines, Joe D., Jr.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
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
"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
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
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
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
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 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 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
"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
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
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
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
Content Analysis of a Predominately African-American Near-Death Experience Collection: Evaluation the Ritual Healing Theory
Study analyzing a sample of twenty-eight near-death experience (NDE) narratives from predominately African-American respondents in northeastern North Carolina, in order to test hypotheses regarding NDEs and the ritual healing theory.
Date:
Spring 2005
Creator:
McClenon, James
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Home for the Holidays, Austin-Style
Article published in Austin Monthly Magazine about a local family's Christmas decorations.
Date:
2005~
Creator:
Morgan, Lance Avery
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Nobody Gets Out of Here Alive: Up Close and Personal with Kinky Friedman
Article published in Austin Monthly Magazine about Kinky Friedman and his novel, "Meanwhile Back at the Ranch."
Date:
2005~
Creator:
Morgan, Lance Avery
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Ray Benson: Boogie Man
Article about musician and actor Ray Benson with a brief written interview.
Date:
2005~
Creator:
Morgan, Lance Avery
System:
The UNT Digital Library