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
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Dr. Anna Lewis: Historian at the Oklahoma College for Women (open access)

Dr. Anna Lewis: Historian at the Oklahoma College for Women

Article presents a biographical sketch of Dr. Anna Lewis, who enjoyed a long and stellar career at Oklahoma College for Women but whose accomplishments have often been overlooked. This article gives an account of Lewis' life as she struggled to obtain the terminal degree in history, build a sound academic program at the college, and teach and write about Oklahoma history.
Date: Winter 2004
Creator: Reese, Linda Williams
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"An Indian Shall Not spill an Indian's Blood": The Confederate-Indian Conference at Camp Napoleon, 1865 (open access)

"An Indian Shall Not spill an Indian's Blood": The Confederate-Indian Conference at Camp Napoleon, 1865

Article provides a thorough discussion of the conference at Camp Napoleon, one of the largest intertribal gatherings in Indian Territory. In 1865, the Five Civilized Tribes, allies of the Confederacy, undertook efforts to negotiate and make peace with the Plains tribes at the close of the Civil War.
Date: Spring 2005
Creator: Clampitt, Brad R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Building the Grady County Courthouse: The Public Works Administration Amidst Local Politics (open access)

Building the Grady County Courthouse: The Public Works Administration Amidst Local Politics

Article details the process of building the Grady County Courthouse. Designed by the prestigious architectural firm of Layton, Hicks and Forsyth and completed in 1935 using funding provided by the Public Works Administration, the Grady County Courthouse stands as a classic example of 1930s Art Deco architecture.
Date: Spring 2006
Creator: Savage, Cynthia
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Winter 2008-09 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Winter 2008-09

Notes and Documents column including "The Meta Chestnutt Sager Collection," which highlights the Meta Chestnutt Collection held by the Oklahoma Historical Society Research Division that contains documents and items from the life of Meta Chestnutt Sager, who participated in the 1889 land run and then established El Meta Bond College in Silver City. It also includes "Lincoln's Legacy in Oklahoma" which celebrates the legacy of Abraham Lincoln as it relates to Oklahoma and details the programs launched by the Oklahoma Lincoln Bicentennial Committee to celebrate the former president during the bicentennial of his birth.
Date: Winter 2008
Creator: Wilson, Linda D.; Sias, Richard & Blackburn, Bob L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History