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Money Matters: The Stamp Scrip Movement in Depression-Era Oklahoma
Article expanding on the previous 2004 article on Oklahoma's reaction to the depression era banking crisis of early 1933. In this article, Gatch ties the origin of the scrip movement to the writings of Yale University's professor Irving Fisher and traces the implementation of scrip schemes in nearly three dozen Oklahoma towns and explains the reasons for scrip's early success and rapid demise.
Date:
Autumn 2006
Creator:
Gatch, Loren C.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Judge John Martin: His Origins, His Paternity
Article examines the origins and paternity of John Martin, first chief justice of the first supreme court ever instituted in the Cherokee Nation. Patricia Lockwood, a descendant of John Martin, highlights the need for the recovery of historical records relating to the Cherokee Nation and acknowledgement of their distortion.
Date:
Summer 2002
Creator:
Lockwood, Patricia W.
Object Type:
Article
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.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Mehan Memories: A Croquet Diamond was the Social Center
Article describes the history of the town of Mehan, Oklahoma, its founding families and businesses, and the town's unique social center--a croquet field. Founded near the turn of the twentieth century, Mehan remained a small, quiet village until an oil boom brought an influx of people to Payne County in the 1920s. Prosperity lasted only until the 1950s, however, when population loss, a devastating flood, and the loss of the railroad initiated Mehan's decline.
Date:
Winter 2003
Creator:
Newsom, D. Earl
Object Type:
Article
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
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Main Street, Stillwater OK, Growing Up with Hollywood CA: An Oklahoma Town's Movie Theaters
Article describes the development of movie theaters in Stillwater, Oklahoma from opera houses, to locally-owned movie houses, to chain takeovers. Deborah Carmichael equates this growth to the development of the film industry in Hollywood and the importance of moving pictures in the history of the U.S.
Date:
Spring 2002
Creator:
Carmichael, Deborah
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
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 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
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Where Angels Belong: The Oklahoma Antisuffrage Movement
Article covers the history of the antisuffrage movement in Oklahoma and describes key figures and organizations against women's suffrage from the founding of the Oklahoma state constitution to the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment, which gave women the right to vote on a national level.
Date:
Summer 2004
Creator:
Fugate, Tally D.
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
"This is Not United States Currency": Oklahoma's Emergency Scrip Issues during the Banking Crisis of 1933
Article describes the process and results of creating local currency to meet the demands of the Oklahoma community during the banking crisis of 1933. Loren Gatch provides details about the issuance of the emergency scrip, including the response of public officials and struggling citizens.
Date:
Summer 2004
Creator:
Gatch, Loren C.
Object Type:
Article
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.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Trials of Will Johnson: Race-blind Justice in the First Year of Oklahoma Statehood
Article describes the state of race relations in Oklahoma during the early 1900s through the examination of the trials, appeals, and execution of Will Johnson, a black man charged with the murder of an elderly white woman. Though African Americans held nearly equal status in the territorial period, the case's proceedings indicate the trial as a "benchmark" that indicated the switch to the rigidity of the Jim Crow era.
Date:
Autumn 2003
Creator:
Hedglen, Thomas
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Tulsa (1949) as an Oil Field Film: A Study in Ecological Ambivalence
Article uses the 1949 oil field film, Tulsa, as an example to reveal attitudes toward American industrial progress.
Date:
Autumn 2004
Creator:
Rollins, Peter C.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
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
"Unite With Us to Rescue the Kiowas": The Five Civilized Tribes and Warfare on the Southern Plains
Article describes the Indian Peace Commission, an effort in the early 1870s by members of the Five Civilized Tribes to act as intermediaries between the United States and the Southern Plains tribes in an attempt to ease longstanding tensions.
Date:
Winter 2003
Creator:
Denson, Andrew
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"We Bind Ourselves Together": A History of the Oklahoma Student Librarians Association
Article covers the history of state student library associations from the 1940s to 1980s with a particular emphasis on the Oklahoma Student Librarians Association. In addition to details like the organization of these associations and the newsletters/handbooks they put out, Jeffrey M. Wilhite elaborates on the benefits they brought to students and libraries.
Date:
Autumn 2005
Creator:
Wilhite, Jeffrey M.
Object Type:
Article
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.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
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
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
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
From Menagerie to Modern Zoo: Nature, Society, and the Beginning of the Oklahoma City Zoo
Article explores the history of Oklahoma City Zoo in its first decades, from landscaping and construction in Wheeler Park, to difficulties like the disastrous flooding in 1923, to its growth and success as one of the city's "trendiest" spots.
Date:
Autumn 2005
Creator:
Despain, S. Matthew
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
From Petroleum to Pigs: The Oklahoma Panhandle in the Last Half of the Twentieth Century
Article discusses the history of the Oklahoma Panhandle, focusing on its return to prosperity beginning in the wake of World War II. Despite the earlier difficulties of the 1930s, the panhandle made inroads in the agriculture and ranching industry, oil and gas, and pork production.
Date:
Autumn 2002
Creator:
Lowitt, Richard, 1922-2018
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History