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
Emperor Haile Selassie in Stillwater: The First Visit to Oklahoma by a Reigning Foreign Head of State (open access)

Emperor Haile Selassie in Stillwater: The First Visit to Oklahoma by a Reigning Foreign Head of State

Article discusses Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia's visit to Oklahoma A&M College in 1954. This event followed the collaborative efforts between the country's leadership and Oklahoma A&M to found the Jimma Agricultural Technical School and the Imperial Ethiopian College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts in Ethiopia. Theodore M. Vestal describes the visit, the life of the Ethiopian emperor, and the history of Ethiopia in the following years.
Date: Summer 2001
Creator: Vestal, Theodore M.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Cultural Conservation and Revival: The Caddo and Hasinai Post-Removal Era, 1860-1902 (open access)

Cultural Conservation and Revival: The Caddo and Hasinai Post-Removal Era, 1860-1902

Article discusses the post-removal period of 1860-1902 for the Caddo and Hasinai people of the Southern Plains: the difficulties they faced, prominent leaders of the tribes, cultural traditions, and the ways they found to keep their communities intact.
Date: Autumn 2001
Creator: Meredith, Howard L.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"Almost Hopeless in the Wake of the Storm": The 1918 Spanish Flu Epidemic in Oklahoma (open access)

"Almost Hopeless in the Wake of the Storm": The 1918 Spanish Flu Epidemic in Oklahoma

Article examines the impact of the Spanish flu epidemic on Oklahomans during 1918-1919. Nigel Anthony Sellars discusses the spread of the epidemic on a detailed level, identifying the medical institutions and professionals who sought to combat the epidemic as it spread from one Oklahoma city to another.
Date: Spring 2001
Creator: Sellars, Nigel Anthony
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"America, Love It or Leave It": Some Native American Initiatives to Move to Mexico, 1890-1940 (open access)

"America, Love It or Leave It": Some Native American Initiatives to Move to Mexico, 1890-1940

Article describes the emigration to Mexico initiative some Native American tribes in Oklahoma considered between 1890 and 1940. Steven Crum also describes the national government's response to these efforts and references the similarity of the 1960s phrase coined in the article's title.
Date: Winter 2001
Creator: Crum, Steven J.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Anatomy of an Oklahoma Lynching: Bryan County, August 12-13, 1911 (open access)

Anatomy of an Oklahoma Lynching: Bryan County, August 12-13, 1911

Article provides details surrounding the lynching of John Lee, a black man who attacked and killed a woman alone with her children near Durant, Oklahoma in 1911. Lowell Blaisdell describes the history of racial violence in the area, including other lynching incidents, and the circulation of rumors and paranoia that went hand-in-hand with the attitudes of the era.
Date: Autumn 2001
Creator: Blaisdell, Lowell L.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Bisque Dolls in the Archaeological Record: A Collection from the Town of Ingersoll (open access)

Bisque Dolls in the Archaeological Record: A Collection from the Town of Ingersoll

Article examines a collection of bisque dolls from the abandoned town of Ingersoll, Oklahoma and discusses the history of doll production, the town itself, and the recreational use of the dolls.
Date: Autumn 2001
Creator: Brooks, Robert L.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Humanitarian Rhetoric and Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal Policy (open access)

Humanitarian Rhetoric and Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal Policy

Article discusses the rhetoric used by Andrew Jackson during his time as United States president in his support of the removal of the Five Tribes from the southeastern United States. Henry E. Fritz argues that Jackson's rhetoric reveals he was an ethnocentric nationalist who also felt he had a moral obligation to the Tribes, despite the fact that their well-being was not his foremost concern.
Date: Spring 2001
Creator: Fritz, Henry E.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"She Has Surely Done Her Share": Miss Bessie Huff and the Muskogee Junior College (open access)

"She Has Surely Done Her Share": Miss Bessie Huff and the Muskogee Junior College

Article details the life and career of Bessie Huff, English and journalism instructor and dean at Muskogee Junior College, and pays tribute to her dedication to the people she taught and their education through stories told by former students.
Date: Winter 2001
Creator: Eversole, Dana
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Major Andrew Drumm: Cowman, Businessman, and Visionary (open access)

Major Andrew Drumm: Cowman, Businessman, and Visionary

Article describes the upbringing, travels, and successes of Andrew Drumm, the founder and owner of the U Ranch in the Cherokee Outlet. He pursued various interests in the mining, cattle, and banking industries, while also practicing philanthropy in his creation of the Drumm Institute for orphaned youths and donating to World War I emergency and medical funds.
Date: Spring 2001
Creator: Haas, Bonnie & Bender, Joyce J.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Ultimate Patriots?: Oklahoma Women of the Ku Klux Klan (open access)

The Ultimate Patriots?: Oklahoma Women of the Ku Klux Klan

Article describes the activities and formation of the all-female branch of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s, the Women of the Ku Klux Klan. Suzzane H. Schrems describes the ritualistic appeal of the organization to ultraconservative women of this time period and the eventual decline of the Oklahoma WKKK by 1928.
Date: Summer 2001
Creator: Schrems, Suzanne H.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
There is No Place like The Home: A Brief History of the Tulsa Boys' Home (open access)

There is No Place like The Home: A Brief History of the Tulsa Boys' Home

Article provides historical context for the creation of the Tulsa Boys' Home in 1918 for troubled and orphaned boys. Michael Lail describes the institutions that founded the home, namely the Tulsa Rotary Club and the First Presbyterian Church, and the growth and movement of The Home itself over the years.
Date: Summer 2001
Creator: Lail, Michael
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Will Rogers Field: The Life and Death of a World War II Airbase (open access)

Will Rogers Field: The Life and Death of a World War II Airbase

Article tells the story of the transformation of the Oklahoma City municipal airport into the airbase that would become the largest light bomber training base in the country, Will Rogers Field. Keith Tolman discusses the decline of the base with the end of World War II and what remains of its impact.
Date: Spring 2001
Creator: Tolman, Keith
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
From Lee to Reba and Beyond: Oklahoma Women in American Popular Music (open access)

From Lee to Reba and Beyond: Oklahoma Women in American Popular Music

Article covers Oklahoma's musical heritage, highlighting prominent Oklahoma women in the field of music and creating a profile of their backgrounds and contributions. These women display a diversity in musical skills as well as birthplace.
Date: Autumn 2001
Creator: Carney, George O.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Reminiscences of a Redleg: An Oklahoma Artilleryman in the Korean War (open access)

Reminiscences of a Redleg: An Oklahoma Artilleryman in the Korean War

Article describes the experiences of the author, Denzil D. Garrison, during his service in the Forty-fifth Infantry Division during the Korean War. Garrison provides historical context and also recounts personal stories, which vary from humorous to death-defying.
Date: Winter 2001
Creator: Garrison, Denzil D.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Celebrating the Library Spirit: A Look Back at the Carnegie Libraries in Oklahoma (open access)

Celebrating the Library Spirit: A Look Back at the Carnegie Libraries in Oklahoma

Article describes the construction of twenty-four libraries in Oklahoma funded by Andrew Carnegie in the early 1900s. Tanya D. Finchum and G. Allen Finchum provide a detailed look at these libraries and their continuing contribution.
Date: Winter 2001
Creator: Finchum, Tanya D. & Finchum, G. Allen
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Cherokee Treaty Party Moves West: The Bell-Deas Overland Journey, 1838-1839 (open access)

Cherokee Treaty Party Moves West: The Bell-Deas Overland Journey, 1838-1839

Article discusses Cherokee response to the removal treaties in the form of the main anti-treaty faction led by John Ross and a minority party lead by John Adair Bell in support of the treaty. Wayne Dell Gibson reconstructs the westward journey of the latter group using records created by their accompanying military officer, Lt. Edward Deas.
Date: Autumn 2001
Creator: Gibson, Wayne Dell
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
History Underfoot: The Search for Physical Evidence of the 1868 Attack on Black Kettle's Village (open access)

History Underfoot: The Search for Physical Evidence of the 1868 Attack on Black Kettle's Village

Article chronicles the four-pronged attack on Cheyenne Peace Chief Black Kettle's village on the Washita River in 1868 that would later become the Washita Battlefield National Historic Site. William B. Lees, Douglas D. Scott, and C. Vance Haynes provide further evidence from surveys conducted at the scene to interpret the event in the form of archaeological/geological findings and recovered artifacts.
Date: Summer 2001
Creator: Lees, William B.; Scott, Douglas D. & Haynes, C. Vance
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Life of Littleton Horace Davis: Pistol Packin' Preacher and Railroad Man (open access)

The Life of Littleton Horace Davis: Pistol Packin' Preacher and Railroad Man

Article covers the life of minister, farmer, rail car inspector, and community leader L. H. Davis. Frank W. Davis relates the contributions his grandfather made, including building the first two-story house in Francis, Oklahoma, the founding of the Francis Methodist Episcopal Church, and acquiring a reputation as a fearless man even during the dangerous railroad strikes of 1922.
Date: Winter 2001
Creator: Davis, Frank W.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 79, Number 1, Spring 2001 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 79, Number 1, Spring 2001

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Spring 2001
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 79, Number 4, Winter 2001-02 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 79, Number 4, Winter 2001-02

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation. Index to volume 79 starts on page 513.
Date: Winter 2001
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 79, Number 2, Summer 2001 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 79, Number 2, Summer 2001

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Summer 2001
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 79, Number 3, Fall 2001 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 79, Number 3, Fall 2001

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Autumn 2001
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record, Spring 2001 (open access)

For the Record, Spring 2001

For the Record section including minutes of the regular quarterly board meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on October 25, 2000.
Date: Spring 2001
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History