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Bradstreet, Anne Dudley (1612-1672)

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Encyclopedia article on American poet Anne Dudley Bradstreet.
Date: 2006
Creator: Martin, John
System: The UNT Digital Library

Smith, Elizabeth Oakes Prince (1806-1893)

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Encyclopedia article on American poet Elizabeth Oakes Smith.
Date: 2006
Creator: Martin, John
System: The UNT Digital Library

Osgood, Frances Sargent Locke (1811-1850)

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Encyclopedia article on American poet Frances Sargent Osgood.
Date: 2006
Creator: Martin, John
System: The UNT Digital Library

Whitman, Sarah Helen Power (1803-1878)

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Encyclopedia article on American poet Sarah Helen Whitman.
Date: 2006
Creator: Martin, John
System: The UNT Digital Library
Notes and Documents, Summer 2009 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Summer 2009

Notes and Documents column including a document honoring Michael Wallis and Quintus and Mary Herron, who were inducted into the Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame in 2009. It also includes a document celebrating the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth and lists a selection of articles exploring the history of Black Oklahomans in the journey from slavery to empowerment.
Date: Summer 2009
Creator: Wilson, Linda D.; Sias, Richard & Blackburn, Bob L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record, Summer 2009 (open access)

For the Record, Summer 2009

For the Record section including the minutes of the Oklahoma Historical Society Executive Committee Meeting that was held on December 17, 2008.
Date: Summer 2009
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Eliza Jane Ross: A Pioneer Cherokee Educator (open access)

Eliza Jane Ross: A Pioneer Cherokee Educator

Article provides a biography of Eliza Jane Ross, niece of Cherokee Chief John Ross and prominent pioneer teacher within the Cherokee Nation, paying tribute to her dedication as an educator and impact on the communities she taught.
Date: Summer 2009
Creator: McCullagh, James G.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Latinos in Oklahoma: A History of Four and a Half Centuries (open access)

Latinos in Oklahoma: A History of Four and a Half Centuries

Article covers the history of Latinos in Oklahoma, providing details about the roots of Spanish colonialism, the various factors that led people to migrate to the United States, and the organizations, media, and celebrations that promoted the growth and preservation of Latino culture in Oklahoma.
Date: Summer 2009
Creator: Smith, Michael M.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Writ Large and Small: State and Local Race Relations and the Meridian "Race Riot" of 1926 (open access)

Writ Large and Small: State and Local Race Relations and the Meridian "Race Riot" of 1926

Article describes the history of racial violence and segregation among the white and black communities of Oklahoma, highlighting two investigations in Meridian, Oklahoma as a demonstration of what local authorities were willing to label a "race riot."
Date: Summer 2009
Creator: Klein, James E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water and Power: Developing the Grand River Dam Authority, Part 1, 1935-1944 (open access)

Water and Power: Developing the Grand River Dam Authority, Part 1, 1935-1944

Article describes the eight year project that led to the creation of the Grand River Dam Authority. Part 1 of Richard Lowitt's two-part article describes how the GRDA was campaigned for by Representative Wesley Disney and Senator Elmer Thomas of the Oklahoma Legislature. The resulting construction of the Pensacola Dam became a remedy for both flood control and creation of electric power.
Date: Summer 2009
Creator: Lowitt, Richard, 1922-2018
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Spring 2009 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Spring 2009

Notes and Documents column including "Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame" which honors two of the 2009 inductees of the Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame, Donald E. Green and Marvin E. Kroeker. It also includes "Lincoln's Legacy in Oklahoma" which provides a list of publications to celebrate the legacy of Abraham Lincoln in relation to Oklahoma as part of the Oklahoma Historical Society's celebration of the bicentennial of his birth.
Date: Spring 2009
Creator: Wilson, Linda D.; Sias, Richard & Blackburn, Bob L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record, Spring 2009 (open access)

For the Record, Spring 2009

For the Record section including the Minutes of the Quarterly Board Meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on October 22, 2008.
Date: Spring 2009
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Frontier Freedom: Seeking the Underground Railroad in Indian Territory (open access)

Frontier Freedom: Seeking the Underground Railroad in Indian Territory

Article summarizes the ways in which the nations of Indian Territory offered safe harbor for runaway slaves and other African Americans seeking freedom.
Date: Spring 2009
Creator: Miller, Diane
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Bad Water and Epidemics: The Wages of Neglect at the Seneca Indian School (open access)

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
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Ragtown: Wirt, Oklahoma, and the Healdton Boom (open access)

Ragtown: Wirt, Oklahoma, and the Healdton Boom

Article describes the growth and subsequent problems of the Oklahoma oil-boom town of Wirt in Carter County, also known as Ragtown. Emerging overnight as the center of the Healdton Field, Ragtown provided shelter and work for hundreds of assorted oil-field characters.
Date: Spring 2009
Creator: Freeman, Elizabeth F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"An' the west jes' smiled": Oklahoma Banking and the Panic of 1907 (open access)

"An' the west jes' smiled": Oklahoma Banking and the Panic of 1907

Article relates the ways in which the Oklahoma Bankers Association and each community's banks responded to the 1907 Bankers' Panic. They calmed public fears of bank insolvency and developed ingenious was to make currency flow in the economy. As a result, Oklahoma created the nation's first bank deposit guaranty law.
Date: Spring 2009
Creator: Gatch, Loren C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Spring 2006 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Spring 2006

Notes and Documents column including a short document describing the history and contents of the Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce Collection that was donated to the Oklahoma Historical Society in 1994. It also includes a short description of the Henry and Cunningham Mercantile Company Collection manuscripts located in the Research Division of the Oklahoma Historical Society.
Date: Spring 2006
Creator: Anderson, Clayton; Everett, Dianna & O'Dell, Larry
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record, Spring 2006 (open access)

For the Record, Spring 2006

For the Record section including the Minutes of the Quarterly Board Meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on October 26, 2005.
Date: Spring 2006
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Heaven to Hell: Samuel Robert Cassius and Black Life in Oklahoma, 1891-1923 (open access)

Heaven to Hell: Samuel Robert Cassius and Black Life in Oklahoma, 1891-1923

Article describes the experience of preacher and teacher, Samuel Robert Cassius, in Oklahoma. He came to Oklahoma Territory, believing it to be a haven of freedom and opportunity for African-Americans, but ultimately left in 1923 due to religious hostility and racial discrimination.
Date: Spring 2006
Creator: Robinson, Edward J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Looking for Adventure: Ponca Warriors of the Forty-fifth Infantry Division in the Korean War (open access)

Looking for Adventure: Ponca Warriors of the Forty-fifth Infantry Division in the Korean War

Article describes the military service of the Ponca men who served in the 279th Infantry Regiment of the Forty-fifth Infantry Division in the Korean War.
Date: Spring 2006
Creator: van de Logt, Mark
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Capital Versus Labor in Tulsa: The Mid-Continent Refinery Strike of 1938-40 (open access)

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.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"Any Woman That Could Ride a Horse Could Fly": Dorothy K. Pressler Morgan, 1930s Oklahoma Aviatrix (open access)

"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.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Building the Grady County Courthouse: The Public Works Administration Amidst Local Politics (open access)

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
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Fall 2005 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Fall 2005

Notes and Documents column including a document honoring Reba Neighbors Collins, who was inducted into the Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame in 2005. It also includes a document about the first boy scout troop founded in America in Pawhuska, Oklahoma.
Date: Autumn 2005
Creator: Blochowiak, Mary Ann & Haines, Joe D., Jr.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History