Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 92, Number 2, Summer 2014 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 92, Number 2, Summer 2014

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Summer 2014
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 92, Number 4, Winter 2014-15 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 92, Number 4, Winter 2014-15

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation. Index to volume 92 starts on page 512.
Date: Winter 2014
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
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
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oklahoma in James Bryce's The American Commonwealth (open access)

Oklahoma in James Bryce's The American Commonwealth

Article presents an analysis of James Bryce's discussion of the Oklahoma Constitution and provides a new perspective on the political climate of the statehood era.
Date: Summer 2014
Creator: Taylor, Quentin
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Dean A. McGee: Genius with Guts (open access)

Dean A. McGee: Genius with Guts

Article examines the philanthropic contributions of Dean A. McGee, geologist and partner in the Kerr-McGee Corporation, to Oklahoma City and Oklahoma in general.
Date: Summer 2014
Creator: Pryse, JA
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 92, Number 2, Summer 2014 (open access)

For the Record, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 92, Number 2, Summer 2014

For the Record section from Volume 92, Number 2, Summer 2014. It includes the Minutes of the Quarterly Board Meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on January 22, 2014.
Date: Summer 2014
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 92, Number 2, Summer 2014 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 92, Number 2, Summer 2014

Notes and Documents section from Volume 92, Number 2, Summer 2014. It includes 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
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 92, Number 3, Fall 2014 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 92, Number 3, Fall 2014

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Autumn 2014
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
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
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
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
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 92, Number 3, Fall 2014 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 92, Number 3, Fall 2014

Notes and Documents section from Volume 92, Number 3, Fall 2014. It includes the previously unknown manuscript titled "The First Week in Oklahoma City" by Angelo C. Scott with an introduction by Chad Williams. The manuscript provides a firsthand account of the creation of Oklahoma City in the days immediately following the Land Run of 1889.
Date: Autumn 2014
Creator: Williams, Chad & Scott, Angelo C.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 92, Number 3, Fall 2014 (open access)

For the Record, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 92, Number 3, Fall 2014

For the Record section from Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 92, Number 3, Fall 2014. It includes 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
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Mummers Theatre: Oklahoma City's Tinker Toy Building (open access)

Mummers Theatre: Oklahoma City's Tinker Toy Building

In this article adapted from her Historic American Buildings Survey documentation, Cynthia Savage chronicles the life of the Mummers Theatre building in Oklahoma City.
Date: Winter 2014
Creator: Savage, Cynthia
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 92, Number 1, Spring 2014 (open access)

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

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Spring 2014
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 92, Number 1, Spring 2014 (open access)

For the Record, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 92, Number 1, Spring 2014

For the Record section from Volume 92, Number 1, Spring 2014. It includes 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
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Mary Alice Hearrell Murray: A Chickasaw Girl in Indian Territory (open access)

Mary Alice Hearrell Murray: A Chickasaw Girl in Indian Territory

Article examines the early life of Alice Hearell Murray and her impact on the beginning of the career of her husband, William "Alfalfa Bill" Murray.
Date: Winter 2014
Creator: Reese, Linda Williams
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
John Aaron: Oklahoma’s Legendary Steely-Eyed Missile Man (open access)

John Aaron: Oklahoma’s Legendary Steely-Eyed Missile Man

Article describes how John Aaron, a boy from southwestern Oklahoma, became a NASA legend.
Date: Winter 2014
Creator: Warren, Andrew L.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 92, Number 4, Winter 2014-15 (open access)

For the Record, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 92, Number 4, Winter 2014-15

For the Record section from Volume 92, Number 4, Winter 2014-15. It includes the minutes of the regular quarterly board meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on July 23, 2014.
Date: Winter 2014
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
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
Object Type: Article
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.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Dust Bowl: The Blame Game, the Facts, the Problem that Remains (open access)

The Dust Bowl: The Blame Game, the Facts, the Problem that Remains

Article investigates film and literature that provides coverage of the Dust Bowl, including the debate over factors that contributed to the creation of the disaster. Alvin O. Turner disagrees with those who argue it was caused by farming practices, stating that there is no evidence to support the connection.
Date: Spring 2014
Creator: Turner, Alvin O.
Object Type: Article
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
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Hamlin Garland’s Oklahoma, 1900–05 (open access)

Hamlin Garland’s Oklahoma, 1900–05

Article relates the ways in which Pulitzer Prize-winning author and social reformer Hamlin Garland's travels in Oklahoma Territory influenced his view of American Indians.
Date: Winter 2014
Creator: Underhill, Lonnie E.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 92, Number 1, Spring 2014 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 92, Number 1, Spring 2014

Notes and Documents section from Volume 92, Number 1, Spring 2014. It includes 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.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History