A Separate People: A History of the Oklahoma Amish (open access)

A Separate People: A History of the Oklahoma Amish

Article describes how the resilient people of the Oklahoma Amish have maintained their lifestyle through 120 years of environmental and technological change.
Date: Winter 2012
Creator: Kroeker, Marvin E., 1928-
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Okie Folkies: The Singer, the Song, and the Coffeehouse (open access)

Okie Folkies: The Singer, the Song, and the Coffeehouse

Article describes the continuation of the folk music tradition of Oklahoma during the coffeehouse movement of the 1950s and 1960s.
Date: Autumn 2012
Creator: Harris, Rodger & Taylor, Baxter, III
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 90, Number 3, Fall 2012 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 90, Number 3, Fall 2012

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Autumn 2012
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 90, Number 1, Spring 2012 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 90, Number 1, Spring 2012

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Spring 2012
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 90, Number 4, Winter 2012-13 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 90, Number 4, Winter 2012-13

Notes and Documents section from Volume 90, Number 4, Winter 2012-13. It includes James G. McCullagh's "Mayme Jane Starr (1879-1901): A "Cherokee Rose Bud" and Her Family Remembered," a short article that remembers the life of Mayme Jane Starr, a Cherokee woman and educator at Cherokee National Female Seminary.
Date: Winter 2012
Creator: McCullagh, James G.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 90, Number 4, Winter 2012-13 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 90, Number 4, Winter 2012-13

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Winter 2012
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 90, Number 4, Winter 2012-13 (open access)

For the Record, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 90, Number 4, Winter 2012-13

For the Record Section from Volume 90, Number 4, Winter 2012-13. It includes the Minutes of the Quarterly Board Meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on July 25, 2012.
Date: Winter 2012
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Unforgotten Trailblazer: Nancy O. Randolph Davis (open access)

Unforgotten Trailblazer: Nancy O. Randolph Davis

Article presents a biography of equal education and civil rights activist, Nancy O. Randolph Davis. In her roles as a student, a teacher, and a NAACP Youth Council Sponsor, Nancy O. Randolph Davis fought for equality for African American young people and made possible the advancement of Oklahoma's civil rights movement.
Date: Winter 2012
Creator: Pollard, Gloria J.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 90, Number 2, Summer 2012 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 90, Number 2, Summer 2012

Notes and Documents section from Volume 90, Number 2, Summer 2012. It includes a document honoring Richard Lowitt and Rennard Strickland, who were inducted into the Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame in 2012.
Date: Summer 2012
Creator: Lambert, Paul F. & Bass, Elizabeth M. B.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 90, Number 1, Spring 2012 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 90, Number 1, Spring 2012

Notes and Documents section from Volume 90, Number 1, Spring 2012. It includes a document chronicling the digitization of the film and video archives of the Oklahoma Historical Society, as well as a document honoring two new inductees into the Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame in 2012, David Dary and Kenny A. Franks.
Date: Spring 2012
Creator: Ayers, Corey; Bass, Elizabeth M. B. & Lambert, Paul F.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 90, Number 2, Summer 2012 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 90, Number 2, Summer 2012

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Summer 2012
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oklahoma City's McKinley Park: The Little Park that Raised a Ruckus (open access)

Oklahoma City's McKinley Park: The Little Park that Raised a Ruckus

Article recounts how the relationship between the public and private sectors led to the creation of McKinley Park to benefit the surrounding community in Oklahoma City.
Date: Winter 2012
Creator: Nelson, Darin
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
From Bard to Speculator: Alexander Lawrence Posey and the Muscogee Nation, 1902-08 (open access)

From Bard to Speculator: Alexander Lawrence Posey and the Muscogee Nation, 1902-08

Article explores Muscogee Indian Alexander Posey's role as a speculator and member of one of the Dawes Commission enrollment parties.
Date: Spring 2012
Creator: Widener, Jeffrey M.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 90, Number 1, Spring 2012 (open access)

For the Record, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 90, Number 1, Spring 2012

For the Record section from Volume 90, Number 1, Spring 2012. It includes the minutes of the regular quarterly board meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on October 26, 2011.
Date: Spring 2012
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 90, Number 2, Summer 2012 (open access)

For the Record, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 90, Number 2, Summer 2012

For the Record section from Volume 90, Number 2, Summer 2012. It includes the minutes of the regular quarterly board meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on January 25, 2012.
Date: Summer 2012
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Boomers and Boomtowns: Oil Patch Songs from Oklahoma (open access)

Boomers and Boomtowns: Oil Patch Songs from Oklahoma

Article gives an overview of the oilfield songs written and performed by Oklahoma songwriters and singers from the 1920s to the present.
Date: Autumn 2012
Creator: Specht, Joe W.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Vilona P. Cutler: Humanitarian, Activist, and Educator (open access)

Vilona P. Cutler: Humanitarian, Activist, and Educator

Article describes the life and career of Vilona P. Cutler, general secretary of the Young Women's Christian Association and director of the School of Social Work at the University of Oklahoma, who worked tirelessly to improve race relations and provide equal opportunities to women and minority groups in the early and mid-1900s.
Date: Spring 2012
Creator: Pierson, Gregory N.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Murder in Custer County: A Case Study and Legal Analysis of Herd Law versus Free Range in Oklahoma Territory (open access)

Murder in Custer County: A Case Study and Legal Analysis of Herd Law versus Free Range in Oklahoma Territory

Article examines the case of the 1900 murder of Julius Roesch to describe the attitudes of the time toward the debate over herd law versus free range in Oklahoma Territory.
Date: Autumn 2012
Creator: Rolison, W. Edward
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 90, Number 3, Fall 2012 (open access)

For the Record, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 90, Number 3, Fall 2012

For the Record section from Volume 90, Number 3, Fall 2012. It includes the Minutes of the Quarterly Board Meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on April 18, 2012. It also includes minutes from the Meeting of the Membership and from the Special Board Meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society Board of Directors that were held on April 19, 2012.
Date: Autumn 2012
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Quanah Parker's Star House: A Comanche Home Along the White Man's Road (open access)

Quanah Parker's Star House: A Comanche Home Along the White Man's Road

Article describes the history of Star House and the influential Comanche leader, Quanah Parker, who established it. Larry C. Floyd provides background details of the difficult times Quanah Parker faced as a youth and his rise to become the shrewd businessman and political intermediary who entertained politicians, generals and wealthy cattlemen within his home.
Date: Summer 2012
Creator: Floyd, Larry C.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Penn Square: The Shopping Center Bank that Shook the World, Part 1 - Boom (open access)

Penn Square: The Shopping Center Bank that Shook the World, Part 1 - Boom

Article describes the history of Penn Square Bank, including the planning and strategies of its organizers and its booming success gained from the thriving growth of the oil and gas industries during the 1960s-1980s. Michael J. Hightower focuses on the rise of the Oklahoma City bank in Part 1 of a two-part article.
Date: Spring 2012
Creator: Hightower, Michael J.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Penn Square: The Shopping Center Bank that Shook the World, Part 2 - Bust (open access)

Penn Square: The Shopping Center Bank that Shook the World, Part 2 - Bust

Article continues the history of the Penn Square Bank from Part 1, introducing the problems and practices that led to the bank's financial downfall. Michael J. Hightower examines the impact the bank's "bust" had on the oil industry and the financial community.
Date: Summer 2012
Creator: Hightower, Michael J.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Corrections, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 90, Number 2, Summer 2012 (open access)

Corrections, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 90, Number 2, Summer 2012

Corrections section from Volume 90, Number 2, Summer 2012. It includes two corrections for Jeffrey Widener's article, "From Bard to Speculator: Alexander Lawrence Posey and the Muscogee Nation, 1902-08." from Volume 90, Number 1, Spring 2012.
Date: Summer 2012
Creator: Bass, Elizabeth M. B. & Widener, Jeffrey M.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"It Would Break Our Hearts Not to Have Our Kiowas": War Dancing, Tourism, and the Rise of Powwows in the Early Twentieth Century (open access)

"It Would Break Our Hearts Not to Have Our Kiowas": War Dancing, Tourism, and the Rise of Powwows in the Early Twentieth Century

Article discusses the evolution of American Indian rituals and dances from prohibited practices to tourist attractions.
Date: Autumn 2012
Creator: Kracht, Benjamin R.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History