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48 Hours in Atoka (open access)

48 Hours in Atoka

Article describes the 48 Hours in Atoka concert that took place in 1975 and the impact this concert had on the local Atoka community.
Date: Spring 2013
Creator: Donovan-Wallis, Cindy
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"Bold Adventures, Fraught with Many Interesting Incidents": The Scouting Career of Black Beaver (open access)

"Bold Adventures, Fraught with Many Interesting Incidents": The Scouting Career of Black Beaver

Article describes the life of Black Beaver, a Delaware scout who acted as an interpreter and guide for white explorers, also improving relations with various tribes as an Indian agent and representative.
Date: Winter 2013
Creator: Tower, Mike
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
A Brief History of the Oklahoma Poets Laureate (open access)

A Brief History of the Oklahoma Poets Laureate

Article explains the importance of the position of poet laureate and evaluates the contributions of the individuals who held that post in Oklahoma.
Date: Summer 2013
Creator: Holliday, Shawn
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Building 3001: Home of the "Gooney Bird" (open access)

Building 3001: Home of the "Gooney Bird"

Article describes the history of Building 3001 at Tinker Air Force Base, where Oklahoman workers produced thousands of C-47 military aircraft during World War II. The building was nicknamed the "Gooney Bird" after the Albatross, clumsy on the ground but beautiful in flight.
Date: Autumn 2013
Creator: Allin, Lawrence Carroll
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 91, Number 1, Spring 2013 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 91, Number 1, Spring 2013

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Spring 2013
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 91, Number 2, Summer 2013 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 91, Number 2, Summer 2013

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Summer 2013
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 91, Number 3, Fall 2013 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 91, Number 3, Fall 2013

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Autumn 2013
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 91, Number 4, Winter 2013-14 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 91, Number 4, Winter 2013-14

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation. Index to volume 91 starts on page 508.
Date: Winter 2013
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Corrections, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 91, Number 2, Summer 2013 (open access)

Corrections, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 91, Number 2, Summer 2013

Corrections section from Volume 91, Number 2, Summer 2013. It includes a correction to the map on page 412 of the article "A Separate People: A History of the Oklahoma Amish" from Volume 90 Number 4, Winter 2012-13. It also includes a correction to a photograph label on page 33 in the article "The Enigma of Mike Monroney" from Volume 91, Number 1, Spring 2013.
Date: Summer 2013
Creator: Kroeker, Marvin E., 1928-; Lowitt, Richard, 1922-2018 & Bass, Elizabeth M. B.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Enigma of Mike Monroney (open access)

The Enigma of Mike Monroney

Article provides an overview of the political career of Almer Stillwell "Mike" Monroney, who served the people of Oklahoma in the US House of Representatives and US Senate from 1939 until 1966. The author characterizes Monroney as a level-headed moderate attempting to continue his tenure in office amidst a shift to the conservative right in Oklahoma politics.
Date: Spring 2013
Creator: Lowitt, Richard, 1922-2018
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record, Fall 2013 (open access)

For the Record, Fall 2013

For the Record section including the Minutes of the Quarterly Board Meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on April 17, 2013, and the Minutes of the Meeting of the Membership that was held April 18, 2013. It also includes the Minutes of the Special Board Meeting that was held on April 18, 2013.
Date: Autumn 2013
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record, Spring 2013 (open access)

For the Record, Spring 2013

For the Record section including the minutes of the quarterly board meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on October 24, 2012.
Date: Spring 2013
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record, Summer 2013 (open access)

For the Record, Summer 2013

For the Record section including the Minutes of the Quarterly Board Meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on January 23, 2013.
Date: Summer 2013
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record, Winter 2013-14 (open access)

For the Record, Winter 2013-14

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 24, 2013.
Date: Winter 2013
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Governor Lee Cruce and the Creation of the Office of County Assessor: A Hundred Year Retrospective (open access)

Governor Lee Cruce and the Creation of the Office of County Assessor: A Hundred Year Retrospective

Article provides a hundred year retrospective on the state of ad valorem taxation in Oklahoma, focusing on the creation of the county assessor position to resolve the debates surrounding property tax in the Oklahoma legislature. Jeff Spelman examines Governor Lee Cruce's role in the proceedings through preserved documentation.
Date: Winter 2013
Creator: Spelman, Jeff
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
“The Indian Character”: Cross-cultural Relations in Indian Territory after the Civil War (open access)

“The Indian Character”: Cross-cultural Relations in Indian Territory after the Civil War

Article uses the Indian-Pioneer papers to show a more congenial relationship between white settlers and American Indian residents in Indian Territory.
Date: Autumn 2013
Creator: Motes, K. D.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Legacy of US Army Flight Training in Oklahoma, 1941-1945 (open access)

The Legacy of US Army Flight Training in Oklahoma, 1941-1945

Article describes the rapid growth of pilot training programs and related air field development in Oklahoma following President Roosevelt's wartime plans to increase air force training in the 1940s. Thomas A. Wikle provides details about significant locations within Oklahoma and the impact of military facilities on the area.
Date: Winter 2013
Creator: Wikle, Thomas A.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Life and Times of the First Applicants to Platt National Park, 1906-10 (open access)

The Life and Times of the First Applicants to Platt National Park, 1906-10

Article explores the applications for employment at Platt National Park in order to paint a picture of the first years of Platt National Park and show how politics and personality affected federal hiring processes.
Date: Summer 2013
Creator: Castro, J. Justin & Compton, Lindsay
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Fall 2013 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Fall 2013

Notes and Documents column including Tara Damron's "In the Shadows of the Century Chest: Message to Future Generations," which describes the history and contents of the Century Chest, a time capsule that was buried on April 22, 1913, through the unique partnership of the First Lutheran Church and the Oklahoma Historical Society. The Century Chest was opened on April 22, 2013 and will be preserved by the Oklahoma Historical Society.
Date: Autumn 2013
Creator: Damron, Tara
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Spring 2013 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Spring 2013

Notes and Documents column including a short article honoring Bill Anoatubby and Bill Corbett, two of the four inductees into the Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame in 2013. The other inductees are featured in the next issue of the Chronicles.
Date: Spring 2013
Creator: Lambert, Paul F.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Summer 2013 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Summer 2013

Notes and Documents column including an article honoring Eddie Faye Gates and Max Nichols, who were inducted into the Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame in 2013. It also includes a short article titled "The Oklahoma Century Chest" that describes the Oklahoma Historical Society's temporary exhibit featuring items recovered from the one-hundred-year-old Century Chest time capsule.
Date: Summer 2013
Creator: Lambert, Paul F.; Bass, Elizabeth M. B. & Williams, Chad
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Winter 2013-14 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Winter 2013-14

Notes and Documents column including a document about new resources made available by the Oklahoma Historical Society's John and Eleanor Kirkpatrick Research Center, which include prestatehood newspapers, the WKY, KTVY, KFOR film collection, and a searchable index of Hastain's Township Plats of the Creek Nation.
Date: Winter 2013
Creator: Williams, Chad & Toney, Tabatha
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
One Succeeded, One Did Not: Bacone College and the Oklahoma Presbyterian College, 1910-80 (open access)

One Succeeded, One Did Not: Bacone College and the Oklahoma Presbyterian College, 1910-80

Article explores the success and failure of two American Indian institutions of higher education; Bacone College and Oklahoma Presbyterian College. While Bacone still serves students in the twenty-first century, Oklahoma Presbyterian closed in the 1960s. This article identifies the reasons why Bacone survived, and Oklahoma Presbyterian College did not.
Date: Spring 2013
Creator: Crum, Steven J.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Park Hill's Ross Cemetery (open access)

Park Hill's Ross Cemetery

Article relates the results of the survey that took place in Fall 2000 and Spring 2001 by Lois E. Wilson Albert and members of the Oklahoma Anthropological Society to thoroughly document the Ross Cemetery at Park Hill for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places. The Ross Cemetery contains the remains of members of one of the most prominent Cherokee families of the nineteenth century.
Date: Spring 2013
Creator: Wilson Albert, Lois E.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History