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We Had Everything But Money (open access)

We Had Everything But Money

Article describes the life of Congressmen Carl Albert and the environment and motivations that led him to seek political office in an autobiographical recollection. Albert provides a rich portrait of his family and upbringing in Bug Tussle, a rural school district in Oklahoma.
Date: Summer 1988
Creator: Albert, Carl Bert & Goble, Danney
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Road to Russian Hill: A Story of Immigration and Coal Mining (open access)

The Road to Russian Hill: A Story of Immigration and Coal Mining

Article describes the history of the Carpatho-Russsian community that took root in the area of Hartshorne, Oklahoma known as Russian Hill after immigrating from Galicia. Michael J. Hightower includes recollections from descendants of community members to recall what daily life was like there.
Date: Autumn 1985
Creator: Hightower, Michael J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents [Summer 1980] (open access)

Notes and Documents [Summer 1980]

Notes and Documents column for Summer 1980, including a notice about the Edna May Armold Archives Room at the El Reno Carnegie Library, as well as a record of the mining disaster that occurred at Krebs Mine No. 11 in the form of a poem and a list of names of those killed.
Date: Summer 1980
Creator: Armold, Edna May & Snodgrass, Martha
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History