"An anxiety to do right": The Life of Judge John Hazelton Cotteral, 1864-1933 (open access)

"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.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Letter from W. Hanes Lancaster, Jr. to Betty Jo Reed, Sept. 7, 2009] (open access)

[Letter from W. Hanes Lancaster, Jr. to Betty Jo Reed, Sept. 7, 2009]

Letter from W. Hanes Lancaster, Jr. to Betty Jo Reed discussing an enclosed donation and a story about his experience with WASP in the war.
Date: September 7, 2009
Creator: Lancaster, W. Hanes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History