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["Uncovered Papers Show Past Government Efforts to Drive Gays From Jobs" article, May 21, 2014] (open access)

["Uncovered Papers Show Past Government Efforts to Drive Gays From Jobs" article, May 21, 2014]

An article, written by Matt Apuzzo for The New York Times, about government attempts to fire gay and lesbian employees. It includes memos and documents found by Charles C. Francis that show the history of government agencies, including the FBI, and their leaders.
Date: March 20, 2014
Creator: Apuzzo, Matt
System: The UNT Digital Library
A determination of the spatial concordance between Lyme disease incidence and habitat probability of its primary vector Ixodes scapularis (black-legged tick) (open access)

A determination of the spatial concordance between Lyme disease incidence and habitat probability of its primary vector Ixodes scapularis (black-legged tick)

This article involves mapping the probability of occurrence that the disease vector exists in the environment, mapping the incidence of Lyme disease in the human population and examining the spatial concordance between the probability map and incidence map.
Date: November 1, 2014
Creator: Atkinson, Samuel F.; Sarkar, Sahotra; Avina, Aldo; Schuermann, Jim A. & Williamson, Phillip C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Synopsis: Beatriz Terrazas (open access)

Synopsis: Beatriz Terrazas

This article is a short biography of photojournalist, writer and video producer Beatriz Terrazas, based on an oral history discussing her education and career.
Date: October 19, 2014
Creator: Blanco, Fabianna; Boyett, Pennie; Schrader, Adam & Siegle, Jaimie
System: The UNT Digital Library
“The Golden Days”: Taylor and Mary Ealy, Citizenship, and the Freedmen of Chickasaw Indian Territory, 1874–77 (open access)

“The Golden Days”: Taylor and Mary Ealy, Citizenship, and the Freedmen of Chickasaw Indian Territory, 1874–77

Article explores the freedmen's struggle for identity in Indian Territory during Reconstruction through the impressions and observations of Presbyterian missionaries Taylor and Mary Ealy.
Date: Spring 2014
Creator: Cain, Ellen
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
From Journalist to Dallas Mayor to Clean Energy Consultant (open access)

From Journalist to Dallas Mayor to Clean Energy Consultant

This article is a short biography of Laura Miller, a consultant for the Texas Clean Energy project, based on an oral history discussing her education and career.
Date: October 30, 2014
Creator: Carter, Chase; Limon, Elvia & Laljer, Jessie
System: The UNT Digital Library
Building and Promoting Their Place: The Clegerns of ‘89 (open access)

Building and Promoting Their Place: The Clegerns of ‘89

Article discusses the Clegern family and sheds light on a crucial time in the growth of three different Oklahoma cities. William Clegern and his son, Harry, were entrepreneurs who found opportunity in the 1889 Land Run. In addition, they influenced the development of Oklahoma City, Edmond, and Henryetta.
Date: Spring 2014
Creator: Clegern, Wayne M.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Celeste Williams (open access)

Celeste Williams

This article is a short biography of Celeste Williams, the first female sports editor for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, based on an oral history discussing her education and career.
Date: November 13, 2014
Creator: Copeland, Alex; Gutierrez, Tony & O'Hanlon, Adrian
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Oral History Article: Dotty Griffith] (open access)

[Oral History Article: Dotty Griffith]

This article is a short biography of journalist and author Dotty Griffith, based on an oral history discussing her education and career.
Date: November 21, 2014
Creator: Cue, Ashleigh; Starnes, Aaron; Battaglia, Nathan & Yavari, Mehri
System: The UNT Digital Library
Our Place: The One-Hundred-Year-Old Family Farm (open access)

Our Place: The One-Hundred-Year-Old Family Farm

This article analyzes several oral history interviews with families who own Centennial Farms and Ranches in Oklahoma. The Centennial Farm and Ranch Program began in 1989 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Land Run of 1889. With an aim to record Oklahoma's agricultural history, librarians with the Oklahoma Oral History Research Program developed the Oklahoma Centennial Farm Families oral history project in collaboration with the Oklahoma Historical Society in 2008.
Date: Autumn 2014
Creator: Finchum, Tanya D. & Nykolaiszyn, Juliana
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Rodeo in Oklahoma Women's Business: How Lucille Mulhall's Fame Created an Opportunity in Rodeo (open access)

Rodeo in Oklahoma Women's Business: How Lucille Mulhall's Fame Created an Opportunity in Rodeo

Article describes the contributions of Lucille Mulhall, the "Cowpuncher Queen of Oklahoma Territory," to the business of rodeo in Oklahoma and beyond.
Date: Autumn 2014
Creator: Hanshew, Tracey
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Spring 2014 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Spring 2014

Notes and Documents column including Nicole Harvey's "From “Grand Excursion” to the “Fall of Babylon”: Oklahoma City’s First Fourth of July Celebration" which explores Oklahoma's first celebration of the Fourth of July in 1889. It also includes Paul Lambert's "The Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame: Kenny L. Brown and Loretta Y. Jackson" which honors two of the 2014 inductees into the Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame.
Date: Spring 2014
Creator: Harvey, Nicole & Lambert, Paul F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
“A Romantic Modernist”: William Wayne Caudill and the Work of Caudill Rowlett Scott in Oklahoma (open access)

“A Romantic Modernist”: William Wayne Caudill and the Work of Caudill Rowlett Scott in Oklahoma

Article describes Oklahoma-born architect William Wayne Caudill's career and his contributions to architecture in Oklahoma.
Date: Spring 2014
Creator: Kline, Susan Allen & Savage, Cynthia
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"One Who Was Trusted": E. L. Mitchell of Western Oklahoma, Part One (open access)

"One Who Was Trusted": E. L. Mitchell of Western Oklahoma, Part One

This article is the first part of a two-part work. It begins a thorough biography of Elza Leon "E. L." Mitchell and relates his significance in western Oklahoma politics and journalism.
Date: Autumn 2014
Creator: Lambert, Paul F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"One Who Was Trusted": E. L. Mitchell of Western Oklahoma, Part Two (open access)

"One Who Was Trusted": E. L. Mitchell of Western Oklahoma, Part Two

Article describes the life and career of E. L. Mitchell, well-known newspaper editor, publisher, politician, and public speaker. In the second part of a two-part article, Paul F. Lambert provides details about the man's own views, particularly his Democratic political campaigns, and his impact on the community.
Date: Winter 2014
Creator: Lambert, Paul F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Summer 2014 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Summer 2014

Notes and Documents column including a short article honoring Linda Williams Reese and Mary Jane Warde, two of the inductees into the Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame in 2013. It also includes "The Story of the Location of the Capital" that was written by Thomas F. Mechan in 1913 and provides an account of Oklahoma politics during the state's early days.
Date: Summer 2014
Creator: Lambert, Paul F.; Bass, Elizabeth M. B.; McMechan, Thomas F. & Williams, Chad
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Environmental Awareness: A Survey of UNT Students’ Knowledge and Opinions (open access)

Environmental Awareness: A Survey of UNT Students’ Knowledge and Opinions

Paper discusses study examining awareness and opinions of environmental issues among students at the University of North Texas.
Date: 2014
Creator: McClinchie, Elizabeth
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gridiron Pioneers at the Cherokee National Male Seminary, 1896-1909 (open access)

Gridiron Pioneers at the Cherokee National Male Seminary, 1896-1909

Article tells the story of Cherokee National Male Seminary's football team and its players who shaped the legacy of the team and the future of the Cherokee Nation.
Date: Autumn 2014
Creator: McCullagh, James G. & Schmidt, Stephanie
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Leona Allen: Woman behind the Pulitzer Prize (open access)

Leona Allen: Woman behind the Pulitzer Prize

This article is a short biography of Leona Allen, deputy managing editor for the Dallas Morning News, based on an oral history discussing her education and career.
Date: 2014
Creator: Mitchell, Jessica; Parker, Chynerra & Thomas, DeAnn
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corrections, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 92, Number 1, Spring 2014 (open access)

Corrections, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 92, Number 1, Spring 2014

Corrections section from Volume 92, Number 1, Spring 2014. It includes corrections to photograph captions in Michael Molina's "Red Panic: The Drumright Telephone Operator's Strike of 1919," (Volume 91, Number 3, Fall 2013). It also includes a correction to an endnote in Jeff Spelman's "Governor Lee Cruce and the Creation of the Office of County Assessor: A Hundred Year Retrospective" (Volume 91, Number 4, Winter 2013-2014).
Date: Spring 2014
Creator: Molina, Michael; Spelman, Jeff & Bass, Elizabeth M. B.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Harnessing Nature: Flood Control in Oklahoma (open access)

Harnessing Nature: Flood Control in Oklahoma

Article describes the development of flood control structures in Oklahoma. It presents a brief overview of the history, importance, and benefits of small watershed dams; highlights three small watershed dams in Logan County; and demonstrates how the watershed dams have benefited Oklahoma.
Date: Summer 2014
Creator: Mundende, Darlington Chongo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Camp Fire Girls versus Boy Scouts: A Friendly Game of Urban Forest-Building (open access)

Camp Fire Girls versus Boy Scouts: A Friendly Game of Urban Forest-Building

Article explains the friendly rivalry between the Camp Fire Girls and the Boy Scouts as the groups worked to improve the urban landscape in Oklahoma City.
Date: Summer 2014
Creator: Nelson, Darin
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oral History - Janice Tomlin (open access)

Oral History - Janice Tomlin

This article is a short biography of Janice Tomlin, a network television documentary producer, based on an oral history discussing her education and career.
Date: December 1, 2014
Creator: Ogle, Amanda; Levine, Lauren; Sigman, Ashlea & Vela, Brianna
System: The UNT Digital Library
For the Record, Fall 2014 (open access)

For the Record, Fall 2014

For the Record section including the Minutes of the Quarterly Board Meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on April 23, 2014. It also includes the Minutes of the Meeting of the Membership that was held on April 24, 2014.
Date: Autumn 2014
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record, Spring 2014 (open access)

For the Record, Spring 2014

For the Record section including the Minutes of the Quarterly Board Meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on October 23, 2013.
Date: Spring 2014
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History