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["Bush, gay Republican group make amends" article, April 12, 2000]
An article, written by Christopher Lee for The Dallas Morning News, about the a meeting between Presidential candidate George W. Bush and gay and lesbian Republican supporters. The piece includes remarks from advocates and past policies held by Bush.
Date:
April 12, 2000
Creator:
Lee, Christopher
System:
The UNT Digital Library
["Bush Says He Won't Hesitate to Appoint Gays to Jobs" article, April 14, 2000]
An article, written by Terry M. Neal for The Washington Post, that covers the then presidential candidate George W. Bush's opinion and policy surrounding gay and lesbian workers and applicants. The piece notes the work Bush's campaign group did in the lead-up to his meeting with the Log Cabin Republicans and cites Bush's previous interviews and stances on the topics.
Date:
April 14, 2000
Creator:
Neal, Terry M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
["Behind the Scenes at a Bush 'Sensitivity Session'" article, April 24, 2000]
An article, written by Steve Gunderson for Newsweek, about a meeting between Presidential candidate George W. Bush and gay and lesbian Republicans. The piece focuses on an exchange between Gunderson and Bush specifically and Bush's response to the event as a whole.
Date:
April 24, 2000
Creator:
Gunderson, Steve
System:
The UNT Digital Library
["Bush, GOP gays call visit positive" article, April 14, 2000]
An article, written by Judy Keen and Jill Lawrence for USA Today, about a campaign meeting between presidential candidate George W. Bush and gay and lesbian Republican supporters. The article includes a picture of Bush with two of these supporters.
Date:
April 14, 2000
Creator:
Keen, Judy & Lawrence, Jill
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"You Have the Land. I Have the Cattle": Intermarried Whites and the Chickasaw Range Lands
In this article Wendy St. Jean explores the methods by which cattlemen amassed large grazing pastures and describes how the Chickasaw government responded. These methods involved seeking marriage with Chickasaw women to obtain land in the Chickasaw nation.
Date:
Summer 2000
Creator:
St. Jean, Wendy
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Consorting with Blood and Violence: The Decline of the Oklahoma Ku Klux Klan
Article showing how excessive violence, external opposition, and internal factionalism led to the decline of the Ku Klux Klan in Oklahoma during the late 1920s.
Date:
Autumn 2000
Creator:
Jessup, Michael M.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Fear of "Negro Domination": The Rise of Segregation and Disfranchisement in Oklahoma
This article addresses the issue of the rise of segregation and disfranchisement in the frontier West. It looks closely at the sociopolitical climate in Oklahoma to answer important questions about the opportunities blacks found in the state and how white politicians became emboldened by the fear of "Negro domination."
Date:
Spring 2000
Creator:
Wickett, Murray R.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Brothers of Influence: Auguste and Pierre Chouteau and the Osages before 1804
This article explores the pivotal roles that Auguste and Pierre Chouteau played in the European influence on the Osage tribe in the late eighteenth century which radically altered Osage social structure.
Date:
Autumn 2000
Creator:
Hurt, Douglas A.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"An anxiety to do right": The Life of Judge John Hazelton Cotteral, 1864-1933
Article provides a portrait of John H. Cotteral, the first federal judge for the Western District of Oklahoma and the first Oklahoman to occupy the bench of the circuit court of appeals. The article explores both the man and the legal opinions he wrote throughout his forty-year career.
Date:
Autumn 2000
Creator:
Leitch, Kevin C.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Inside the School Yard Gate: "Alfalfa Bill" Murray and Education in Oklahoma
Article describes the life and political career of William "Alfalfa Bill" Murray and his efforts to promote free access to education and textbooks in the Oklahoma public school system. Karen McKellips illuminates the contrast between his progressive political and economic views on reform and his support of racial segregation.
Date:
Winter 2000
Creator:
McKellips, Karen
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
H. L. Mencken and the "Oklahoma Style" of Literature
Article delineates the fascination H. L. Mencken, influential social critic, journalist, and editor, had with Oklahoma-centered literature and poetry. Lawrence R. Rodgers discusses the works of several writers the critic openly supported. Many of these writers had an affiliation with the University of Oklahoma.
Date:
Winter 2000
Creator:
Rodgers, Lawrence R.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Love Gifts for the Bishop: James J. Stewart v. Bishop W. Angie Smith, Part 2
In the second part of a two-part study, this article discusses the procedures followed by the church investigating committee and analyzes each of the charges James J. Stewart filed against bishop W. Angie Smith.
Date:
Summer 2000
Creator:
Martin, A. W., Jr.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Milton Co-Operative Colony: From Utopia to Ghost Town, 1913-1916
Drawing from the writings of a former resident and the colony's promotional material, this article traces the rise and fall of the Milton Co-Operative Company, a socialist colony located in Milton, Oklahoma from 1913 to 1916.
Date:
Spring 2000
Creator:
Bumgarner, Norma Jane
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"The Panther's Scream is Often Heard": Cherokee Women in Indian Territory during the Civil War
The Civil War and intertribal factionalism in the Cherokee Nation left one-third of women as widows and one-fourth of the children as orphans by 1863. This article is a careful examination of the lives of many Cherokee women in which the author concludes that while the crisis may have empowered women, it also led to a crisis of identity for elite women.
Date:
Spring 2000
Creator:
Johnston, Carolyn Ross
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Tinker's Twin Twisters of 1948 and the Birth of Tornado Forecasting
Article describes the destructive paths of the tornadoes that struck Tinker Air Force Base on March 20 and March 25, 1948, and pays tribute to Robert C. Miller and Ernest J. Fawbush, the two weathermen who predicted the second tornado and changed the field of weather forecasting forever.
Date:
Autumn 2000
Creator:
Crowder, James L.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Western Oklahoma's Regiment: The 179th Infantry
Article discusses the history and formation of Western Oklahoma's 179th Infantry, including details about the men who formed the regiment and their participation in the Korean War. Penn V. Rabb, Jr. also addresses some of the challenges the regiment faced: obtaining supplies to equip themselves, responding to both state and national emergencies, and organizational changes.
Date:
Summer 2000
Creator:
Rabb, Penn V., Jr.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Fort Sill, the Chiricahua Apaches, and the Government's Promise of Permanent Residence
The Chiricahua Apaches spent nineteen years (1894-1913) as prisoners of war at Fort Sill in southwestern Oklahoma believing they had been promised permanent residency. This article addresses the rationale behind the government's decision to remove the Apaches from Fort Sill and explores the record to show why the Apaches and others believed they had been promised permanent residency there.
Date:
Spring 2000
Creator:
Haes, Brenda L.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Kate Barnard: The Story of a Woman Politician
Article provides a fascinating account of Kate Barnard, a skillful but little-known "woman politician" whose dedication to social causes has not been equaled.
Date:
Summer 2000
Creator:
Edmonds, Linda & Larason, Margaret
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Tams Bixby: Doing Government Business in the Gilded Age
Article takes a close look at the troubled tenure of Tams Bixby, who had the job of distributing millions of dollars of tribal property as part of the Dawes Commission. The task of enrolling and allotting land to members of the Five Civilized Tribes was a process marked by controversy and charges of corruption.
Date:
Winter 2000
Creator:
Carter, Kent
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Park Hill Mission: Letters from a Missionary Family
Article describes the lives of Reverend Joseph Leiper, wife Fanny Leiper, and Joseph's aunt Margeret McCarrell in their lives as Presbyterian missionaries running the Park Hill Mission, which functioned as both a church and a school for Cherokee residents of the area. Krisitna L. Southwell also describes the founding of the McCarrell Institute, one of the only schools for African American children in the area at the time.
Date:
Summer 2000
Creator:
Southwell, Kristina L.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
A Place of Coming Together: The Historic Jacobson House
Article documents the life of Oscar Jacobson, an artist and world art historian who ran the School of Art at the University of Oklahoma. He was the first art authority to recognize Native American painting as fine art and introduced it to the international market. The article also details the efforts of the Jacobson House Committee in the 1980s to restore and preserve the house as a Native American Arts Center.
Date:
Winter 2000
Creator:
Whitney, Carol
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Removal of the Southeastern Indians: Historians Respond to the 1960s and the Trail of Tears
Article analyzes the work of several historians from the 1960s and 1970s. The politics and culture of the 1960s and 1970s played a role in reshaping popular conceptions of Indian America as scholars began to re-investigate Indian-white relations. This article analyzes how that time period affected the interpretations of the removal of the southeastern Indians.
Date:
Autumn 2000
Creator:
Kelleher, Michael
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For Society's Sake: The Wichita Mountains, Wildlife, and Identity in Oklahoma's Early Environmental History
Article provides an account of the American mindset in the early twentieth century and how human interests dictated the state's early environmental history and the creation of the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge in southwestern Oklahoma.
Date:
Winter 2000
Creator:
Despain, S. Matthew
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History