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A Reading Room of Their Own: Library Services for African Americans in Oklahoma, 1907-1946 (open access)

A Reading Room of Their Own: Library Services for African Americans in Oklahoma, 1907-1946

Article discussing the struggles African American Oklahomans faced for access to public library services. The first forty years of statehood brought a few successes, and by mid-century only eleven communities provided a public library facility for the state's black citizens.
Date: Autumn 2006
Creator: Cassity, R. O. Joe, Jr.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
A Meeting of Conquerors: Art Goebel and Charles Lindbergh in Tulsa, 1927 (open access)

A Meeting of Conquerors: Art Goebel and Charles Lindbergh in Tulsa, 1927

Article recounts the meeting of Art Gobel and Charles A. Lindbergh in Tulsa in September 1927. Both aviators, Goebel was known as "The Conqueror of the Pacific," while Lindbergh was "The Conqueror of the Atlantic." Their meeting and behavior toward Oklahomans revealed much about each man's character and personality and about the American practice of hero making.
Date: Spring 2007
Creator: Hedglen, Thomas
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Dark Spot on the Sunbelt: Economic Stagnation and Political Corruption in 1950s Oklahoma (open access)

Dark Spot on the Sunbelt: Economic Stagnation and Political Corruption in 1950s Oklahoma

Article examines the roles of negative self-image and political corruption on the stagnation of Oklahoma's economic health in the 1950s.
Date: Summer 2007
Creator: McGoy, Matthew G.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Thrice Purchased: Acquisition and Allotment of the Citizen Potawatomi Reservation (open access)

Thrice Purchased: Acquisition and Allotment of the Citizen Potawatomi Reservation

Article explores the arrival of the Potawatomi in central Oklahoma after being pushed out of their communally held Kansas reserve and into the Indian Territory, the acquisition of a new reservation, and the means used to force them to own land as individuals.
Date: Spring 2008
Creator: Kraft, Lisa
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water and Power: Developing the Grand River Dam Authority, Part 1, 1935-1944 (open access)

Water and Power: Developing the Grand River Dam Authority, Part 1, 1935-1944

Article describes the eight year project that led to the creation of the Grand River Dam Authority. Part 1 of Richard Lowitt's two-part article describes how the GRDA was campaigned for by Representative Wesley Disney and Senator Elmer Thomas of the Oklahoma Legislature. The resulting construction of the Pensacola Dam became a remedy for both flood control and creation of electric power.
Date: Summer 2009
Creator: Lowitt, Richard, 1922-2018
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
A Few Unreasonable Proposals: Some Rejected Ideas from the Cherokee Allotment Negotiations (open access)

A Few Unreasonable Proposals: Some Rejected Ideas from the Cherokee Allotment Negotiations

Article describes the Cherokee Nation's striving to preserve several important elements of their political culture when facing the allotment of their tribal land in severalty. Their proposals for land ownership, judicial administration, and representation in the United States Congress were summarily rejected by the members of the Dawes Commission during the 1898-1899 talks.
Date: Winter 2006
Creator: Denson, Andrew
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Heaven to Hell: Samuel Robert Cassius and Black Life in Oklahoma, 1891-1923 (open access)

Heaven to Hell: Samuel Robert Cassius and Black Life in Oklahoma, 1891-1923

Article describes the experience of preacher and teacher, Samuel Robert Cassius, in Oklahoma. He came to Oklahoma Territory, believing it to be a haven of freedom and opportunity for African-Americans, but ultimately left in 1923 due to religious hostility and racial discrimination.
Date: Spring 2006
Creator: Robinson, Edward J.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 85, Number 3, Fall 2007 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 85, Number 3, Fall 2007

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Autumn 2007
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 86, Number 3, Fall 2008 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 86, Number 3, Fall 2008

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Autumn 2008
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 87, Number 1, Spring 2009 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 87, Number 1, Spring 2009

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Spring 2009
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 78, Number 1, Spring 2000 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 78, Number 1, Spring 2000

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Spring 2000
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 81, Number 3, Fall 2003 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 81, Number 3, Fall 2003

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Autumn 2003
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
A Strong and Sturdy Vessel: A History of Bristow Junior College (open access)

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
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"Stand Fast": The Story of Surry Eaton "White Sut" Beck (open access)

"Stand Fast": The Story of Surry Eaton "White Sut" Beck

Article written by Pamela White, the great-granddaughter of White Sut Beck, examines Beck's life and place in history. White Sut Beck's place in history has been defined by what came to be known as the Going Snake Massacre, a shoot-out during the 1872 trial of Zeke Proctor for the murder of Beck's sister. In truth, White Sut lived a full life of adventure and service to his family, community, and the Cherokee Nation.
Date: Autumn 2004
Creator: White, Pamela
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oklahoma College for Women: Oklahoma's Only State-Supported Women's School (open access)

Oklahoma College for Women: Oklahoma's Only State-Supported Women's School

Article discusses the founding and funding of the Oklahoma College for Women in Chickasha, Oklahoma, as well as its growth and expansion over the years. The school was one of the few schools in the nation in the early 1900s that was founded as a state-supported women's college.
Date: Summer 2002
Creator: Savage, Cynthia
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Origins and Development of State Politics: The Oklahoma Territorial Legislature, 1890-1905 (open access)

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.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oklahoma Republican: Dennis Thomas Flynn and His Letters to William Howard Taft (open access)

Oklahoma Republican: Dennis Thomas Flynn and His Letters to William Howard Taft

Article describes the life and career of Oklahoma's first Republican national committeeman, Dennis T. Flynn, through examination of his friendship and correspondence with President William Howard Taft. Leonard C. Schlup offers recognition of the Oklahoma City lawyer, congressman, and company director as a person as well as a politician.
Date: Spring 2001
Creator: Schlup, Leonard C.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oklahoma's "Greatest" Hero?: A Review of the Military Record of Joseph Oklahombi (open access)

Oklahoma's "Greatest" Hero?: A Review of the Military Record of Joseph Oklahombi

Article examines the military career of "Oklahoma's Greatest Hero," Joseph Oklahombi, and contests the popular record with regards to his military awards and achievements.
Date: Summer 2002
Creator: Coleman, Louis
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oklahoma's Rising Star: The Election of Mike Monroney to the United States Senate (open access)

Oklahoma's Rising Star: The Election of Mike Monroney to the United States Senate

Article describes in detail the rise of Mike Monroney, a young and progressive democrat from the House of Representatives in his bid for a seat on the United States Senate in 1950. Philip A. Grant, Jr. describes the events of the election race, particularly his competition with Senator Elmer Thomas.
Date: Summer 2002
Creator: Grant, Philip A., Jr.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Frontier Freedom: Seeking the Underground Railroad in Indian Territory (open access)

Frontier Freedom: Seeking the Underground Railroad in Indian Territory

Article summarizes the ways in which the nations of Indian Territory offered safe harbor for runaway slaves and other African Americans seeking freedom.
Date: Spring 2009
Creator: Miller, Diane
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Lela L. Barnett: An Oklahoma WAC in World War II Italy (open access)

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
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
L. L. Culver: A Naked Warrior in the Second World War (open access)

L. L. Culver: A Naked Warrior in the Second World War

Article follows the continuation of Ensign L. L. Culver's journey from its first part in the Winter 2002-03 issue of The Chronicles of Oklahoma. Brad Agnew describes Culver's service in the Scouts and Raiders, a joint army-navy unit that participated in World War II amphibious assaults, his military successes, and his return home with the conclusion of the war.
Date: Spring 2003
Creator: Agnew, Brad
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"The Land Is Always With Us": Removal, Allotment, and Industrial Development and Their Effects on Ponca Tribalism (open access)

"The Land Is Always With Us": Removal, Allotment, and Industrial Development and Their Effects on Ponca Tribalism

Article describes how developments like removal, land allotment, and the development of the oil and gas industry undermined the relationship the Ponca tribe had with their lands, and the way the Poncas coped with the broken treaties, divisions within the tribes over land-related decisions, and damage done by neighboring towns that cropped up with the increase in industrial growth.
Date: Autumn 2005
Creator: van de Logt, Mark
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Love Gifts for the Bishop: James J. Stewart v. Bishop W. Angie Smith, Part 1 (open access)

Love Gifts for the Bishop: James J. Stewart v. Bishop W. Angie Smith, Part 1

Article discussing the events that led to a church investigating committee when, James J. Stewart, an Albuquerque minister, filed charges against Methodist bishop W. Angie Smith for what he considered abuse of episcopal power. It also discusses the proceedings of the meeting itself and the aftermath.
Date: Spring 2000
Creator: Martin, A. W., Jr.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History