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Rooted in the Plains: Oklahoma Women, Community, and the Dust Bowl (open access)

Rooted in the Plains: Oklahoma Women, Community, and the Dust Bowl

Article illustrates the difficult lives of Oklahoma women during the Dust Bowl and coping methods that brought communities together through a series of interviews conducted as part of the Dust Bowl Oral History Project at Oklahoma State University.
Date: Spring 2015
Creator: Lemons, Shelly & Kite, Steven Knoche
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Short Tenures on the Supreme Court of Oklahoma (open access)

Short Tenures on the Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Article provides details about the lives and careers of justices who served unusually short tenures on the Supreme Court of Oklahoma and their contributions to the history of law in Oklahoma.
Date: Spring 2015
Creator: Creel, Von Russell
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"This Faithfulness Destroyed Them": The Failure of Grant's Peace Policy Among the Kiowas and Comanches (open access)

"This Faithfulness Destroyed Them": The Failure of Grant's Peace Policy Among the Kiowas and Comanches

Article describes the execution of American Indian policy under President Ulysses S. Grant. In his attempts to remove corruption from the Office of Indian Affairs, President Ulysses S. Grant involved Christian denominations, including the Society of Friends, in the execution of American Indian policy. The author argues that the Quaker's Peace Policy not only failed, but never had a chance of success among the Kiowas and Comanches.
Date: Summer 2015
Creator: White, Wayne A.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Turning to the Right: More Oil Patch Songs from Oklahoma (open access)

Turning to the Right: More Oil Patch Songs from Oklahoma

Article analyzes the music of the oil patch and its impact on the oil industry and society as a whole. This is a continuation of "Boomers and Boomtowns: Oil Patch Songs from Oklahoma," published in Volume 90, Number 3, Fall 2012.
Date: Winter 2015
Creator: Specht, Joe W.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Twilight of Route 66: Transitioning from Highway to Freeway, 1956-84 (open access)

The Twilight of Route 66: Transitioning from Highway to Freeway, 1956-84

Article takes a closer look at the impact the construction of the interstate highway system had on Route 66, which, like many other historical roads in the area, suffered some negative impacts from the loss of traffic and tourists.
Date: Autumn 2015
Creator: Norris, Frank
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History