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The Bacone School of Art
Article explores the history of Bacone College's School of Art, focusing on the students and instructors who fostered an environment of both ingenuity and tradition in the field of Indian art. This article includes images of illustrations created by the graduates of the school.
Date:
Spring 1980
Creator:
Meredith, Howard L.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 58, Number 1, Spring 1980
Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date:
Spring 1980
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Comanche Killer or Commentator? Captain Marcy the Ethnographer
Article examines the life and military career of Captain Randolph B. Marcy of the Fifth Infantry, who served as both a soldier and ethnographer in his observance of the Comanche people. Cliff Trafzer explores insights about the Comanches from the man himself, as well as societal attitudes surrounding Native American tribes and Anglo-American settlers in the 1850s.
Date:
Spring 1980
Creator:
Trafzer, Clifford
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Construction Strategies of Railroads in the Oklahoma Panhandle
Article describes the growth and planning related to the construction of railroads in the Oklahoma Panhandle and surrounding states in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, also touching on the collaboration that had to occur between various railroad companies.
Date:
Spring 1980
Creator:
Hofsommer, Donovan L.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Editor and the Magic City: Frank H. Greer and the Beginnings of Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory
Article provides a biographical study of the life of Frank H. Greer, a young newspaper editor who greatly contributed to the growth of Guthrie, Oklahoma, which became the temporary capital of Oklahoma Territory.
Date:
Spring 1980
Creator:
Grant, Valerie J.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record, Spring 1980
For the Record section including the minutes of the quarterly meeting of the board of directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society, a list acknowledging the donors of gifts to the OHS, and lists of new annual members and new life members.
Date:
Spring 1980
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Spring 1980
Notes and Documents column including a letter from 1905 edited by H. Roger Grant describing the state of Oklahoma and Indian Territory in the early 1900s, and a list of policies noting the reorganization of the Oklahoma Historical Society library by Vicki Sullivan.
Date:
Spring 1980
Creator:
Grant, H. Roger & Sullivan,Vicki
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Three Ring Circus: The Zack Miller-Tom Mix Lawsuits, 1929-1934
Article describes the proceedings of a lawsuit filed by Zack Miller, one of the three brothers who ran the 101 Ranch Real Wild West Show, against Tom Mix, a cowboy actor who Miller had announced would perform in their show. Despite the contract talks they had been having, Mix had signed with Sells-Floto Circus instead.
Date:
Spring 1980
Creator:
Gossard, Wayne H., Jr.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Three Sands: Experiences in an Early Oil Field
Article describes the oil industry boom of the 1920s in the small town of Three Sands, including the layout of Three Sands Oil Field and the surrounding town. B. F. Conaghan provides first-hand insights based off of his own experience working in the oil industry at this time.
Date:
Spring 1980
Creator:
Conaghan, B. F.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
William C. Canterbury and the First Year of the OEA
Article describes the life and educational impact of William Curtis Canterbury, the first executive secretary of the Oklahoma Education Association. During his year in the new role, his significant accomplishments involved increasing membership in the OEA, publishing ten issues of the The Oklahoma Teacher, and organizing a record-breaking convention.
Date:
Spring 1980
Creator:
Hubbell, Joe
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 58, Number 2, Summer 1980
Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date:
Summer 1980
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Desegregation of the Oklahoma City School System
Article describes the gradual process of desegregation of the Oklahoma City school system, including details from major related cases and their legal and social impact.
Date:
Summer 1980
Creator:
Boulton, Scot W.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record, \Summer 1980
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 January 24, 1980. It also includes descriptions of the newly elected president of the OHS, Jack T. Conn, as well as new board member Ralph McCalmont. It also includes a list of OHS donors, and lists of the new annual and life members of the OHS.
Date:
Summer 1980
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Jefferson's Salt Mountain: The Big Salt Plain of the Cimarron River
Article describes the history of the Big Salt Plain of the Cimarron River, from explorer tales publicized by Thomas Jefferson to the fascination it currently holds for visitors of the area.
Date:
Summer 1980
Creator:
Isern, Thomas D.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Men, Mud, and Mules: The Good Roads Movement in Oklahoma, 1900-1910
Article relates the history of the Good Roads Movement in territorial Oklahoma, discussing details such as the officials and associations involved in the construction of the new highways, obstacles that arose during the process, and the environmental factors that spurred the movement forward.
Date:
Summer 1980
Creator:
Corbett, William P.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
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
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Old Payne Trail and the Boomer Colony Sites
Article investigates the boomer settlements and trails created by Oklahoma boomer David L. Payne in the 1880s through the accounts of his guides, Harry Hill and H. E. Kirk.
Date:
Summer 1980
Creator:
Hoig, Stan
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Restoration of Old Fort Gibson
Article details the history of Old Fort Gibson Military Reservation, as well as the restoration process that occurred about a decade later to reconstruct the old fort as Fort Gibson Military Park. Q. B. Boydstun delivers information from firsthand experience as chairman of the reconstruction commission.
Date:
Summer 1980
Creator:
Boydstun, Q. B.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 58, Number 3, Fall 1980
Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date:
Autumn 1980
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Congressional Viewpoint Toward the Admission of Oklahoma as a State: 1902-1906
Article discusses the various perspectives and dilemmas faced in Congress over the passage of Oklahoma's statehood during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. One of the main debates centered around the idea of Oklahoma entering the Union as a single state, or as two due to the separation of Oklahoma and Indian Territories.
Date:
Autumn 1980
Creator:
Ellinger, Charles Wayne
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record, Fall 1980
For the Record section including the minutes of the annual meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society and the minutes of the regular quarterly board meeting of the Board of Directors of the OHS that both occurred on April 24, 1980. It also includes a list of OHS gift donors and lists of new annual and new life members of the OHS.
Date:
Autumn 1980
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Fall 1980
Notes and Documents column including an autobiographical account of a family homesteading Cheyenne-Arapaho country and an excerpt from an editorial from the Tulsa World about the Oklahoma Historical Society building and its dedication.
Date:
Autumn 1980
Creator:
Chapman, R. R.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Okmulgee Constitution: A Step Towards Indian Self-Determination
Article describes a series of meetings held in the 1870s by a general council comprised of delegates from twelve Indian tribes to draft a constitution setting up a territorial government, the Okmulgee Constitution. Although the constitution itself was never adopted, the council meetings still allowed the tribes to confront issues they were facing and provided an example of their self-determination to the national government.
Date:
Autumn 1980
Creator:
Nolen, Curtis L.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Peavine Railroad
Article describes the creation and development of the Kingfisher-Chandler branch of the Rock Island railroad line, known as the Peavine railroad, and its impact on the communities it connected.
Date:
Autumn 1980
Creator:
McIntyre, Glen
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History