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Alex Howat versus John Wilkinson: Power, Personality, and Ideological Battles in the United Mine Workers
Article examines the factional in-fighting that tore apart the United Mine Workers solidarity as they prepared to strike in 1922. The ideological battle starred John Wilkinson, "renegade radical" Alex Howat, and Oscar Ameringer.
Date:
Spring 2005
Creator:
Sewell, Steven 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
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
Amazing Grace: The Influence of Christianity in Nineteenth-Century Oklahoma Ozark Music and Society
Article analyzes the effect of religious culture on the development of music in Southeastern Oklahoma, as expressed in hymn singing, temperance songs, instruments, and play-parties.
Date:
Winter 2008
Creator:
Castro, J. Justin
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
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
"An American Tragedy": Oklahomans React to Martin Luther King's Assassination
This article uses newspaper interviews to analyze the reactions of black and white Oklahoman citizens to the death of the noted civil rights leader, Martin Luther King Jr., in 1968.
Date:
Summer 2008
Creator:
Shadid, Kerri A.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
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
"And The Skies Are Not Cloudy All Day": Drought and the Cherokee Outlet Land Run
This article details the difficulties that settlers of the Cherokee Outlet faced and how they coped with adverse conditions. Many environmental and economic factors contributed to their success or failure, including a major drought on the Southern Plains that coincided with the opening of the Cherokee Outlet in 1893.
Date:
Winter 2003
Creator:
Sweeney, Kevin Z.
Object Type:
Article
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.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"Any Woman That Could Ride a Horse Could Fly": Dorothy K. Pressler Morgan, 1930s Oklahoma Aviatrix
Article describes the role of Dorothy Pressler Morgan in aviation history. In 1930 Dorothy Pressler Morgan became the second female pilot licensed in Oklahoma by the U.S. Department of Commerce. She was also known as Oklahoma City's best stunt pilot, an altitude-record setter, and the nation's first female airport manager.
Date:
Spring 2006
Creator:
Fugate, Tally D.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Bad Water and Epidemics: The Wages of Neglect at the Seneca Indian School
Article analyzes the issues of poor federal management and general neglect of health and sanitation that put Indian students' lives in jeopardy at Seneca Indian School and at the nation's other Indian schools in the early twentieth century.
Date:
Spring 2009
Creator:
Bieloh, Christina
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"The Best Our Country Has To Offer": Peace Corps Training at the University of Oklahoma
Article describes the Peace Corps training program in the 1960s-80s at the University of Oklahoma, which included language, technical, and cultural training. Experienced international trainer Richard H. Hancock relates stories from his own travels as well as those gained while working with the recruits at OU.
Date:
Autumn 2002
Creator:
Hancock, Richard H.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
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
Black, White, and Read: The Muskogee Daily Phoenix's Coverage of the Sequoyah Statehood Convention of 1905
Article provides a portrayal of the Sequoyah Statehood Convention, a gathering of the leaders of the "Five Civilized Tribes" in Oklahoma to propose the creation of a state separate from Oklahoma Territory, Sequoyah. Richard Mize's account relies on the newspaper coverage by the Muskogee Daily Phoenix, and highlights the voice and opinions of the paper's editor, Clarence B. Douglas.
Date:
Summer 2004
Creator:
Mize, Richard
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Broken Thread: The Choctaw Spinning Association, 1937-1943
This article details the process of reinstituting the art of spinning wool among the Choctaw as part of a project led by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board of the Bureau of Indian Affairs to increase the income of Choctaw women through traditional native craft and analyzes the program's unfortunate demise.
Date:
Winter 2008
Creator:
Petty, Christina
Object Type:
Article
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.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Building a New Life: The Polish Settlers of Harrah, Oklahoma
Article details the history of Polish settlers in Oklahoma, from the mass migration that occurred between 1825 and the beginning of World War I, to the founding of Harrah, Oklahoma, to their attempts to preserve Polish culture, heritage, and traditions for future generations. Agnieszka Kemerley explores the reasons for their migration as well as the growth of Harrah itself.
Date:
Summer 2003
Creator:
Kemerley, Agnieszka
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
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
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Businessman's Frontier: C. C. Hightower, Commerce, and Old Greer County, 1891-1903
This article delineates C. C. Hightower's role in a changing economy and chronicles his rise to prominence in business and civic affairs in prestatehood Oklahoma.
Date:
Spring 2008
Creator:
Hightower, Michael J.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Bygone Spas: The Rise and Decay of Oklahoma's Radium Water
Article describes the development of the radium water industry in northeastern Oklahoma. Marjorie Malley details the origins of the water's popularity and the growth of the industry through bathhouses and bottled water, as well as the twists and turns the myth behind it underwent throughout the early 20th century.
Date:
Winter 2002
Creator:
Malley, Marjorie
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Canvas and Caissons: Early Aviation at Fort Sill, 1914-1939
Article describes the history of training, field testing, and development orchestrated by the United States Aeronautics Corps at Henry Post Field in Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Stacy Webb Reaves provides a more detailed look into the operations of the Corps, including their involvement in World War I.
Date:
Autumn 2002
Creator:
Reaves, Stacy Webb
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Capital Punishment and the United States Court for the Indian Territory
Article describes the history of capital punishment in the section of Indian Territory that was attached to Arkansas Territory for judicial purposes. After calling for the creation of a "resident court," a local court was finally established to give inhabitants of Indian Territory jurisdiction over crime in their area, and Von Russell Creel discusses the resulting cases in detail.
Date:
Summer 2003
Creator:
Creel, Von Russell
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Capital Versus Labor in Tulsa: The Mid-Continent Refinery Strike of 1938-40
Article details the Mid-Continent Refinery Strike of 1938-40. On December 22, 1938, members of the Oil Worker's International Union, representing labor in the petroleum industry at Tulsa's Mid-Continent Refinery, shut down the plant and walked off the job. The bitter, protracted, and occasionally violent fight involved two years of investigations and negotiations.
Date:
Spring 2006
Creator:
Rubey, Diane M.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
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
Change the Stars: The Story of the Youngblood Hotel of Enid, Oklahoma
Article covers the construction and history of the Youngblood Hotel, an eminent establishment of Enid, Oklahoma in the early and mid-nineteenth century. Jennifer Jones details the plans and management of Lawrence S. Youngblood and his partners, design of the hotel itself, the dark side to its history, and its eventual conversion into an office building.
Date:
Summer 2005
Creator:
Jones, Jennifer
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History