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Oklahoma City's Indian Scare
Article narrates the night Oklahoma City anticipated an attack by the Cheyenne's that never came.
Date:
Winter 1924
Creator:
McNabb, Charles A.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Resolution by Board of Directors of Federal Reserve Bank
Article is a resolution made by the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma City Branch of the Federal Reserve bank of Kansas City to address the passing of one of its members, Senator Murphy.
Date:
Autumn 1929
Creator:
Daniel, C. E.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, September 1935
Notes and Documents column including the minutes for the quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society held on July 25, 1935.
Date:
Autumn 1935
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oklahoma History Quilt
Article explains the significance of the creation of the Oklahoma History Quilt by Camille Nixdorf Phelan. Included is an explanation of how each block correlates to a historical event within the state.
Date:
Winter 1935
Creator:
Peery, Dan W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes on Archaeology
Article narrates the author's explorations into archeology during his childhood.
Date:
Spring 1937
Creator:
Thoburn, Joseph B.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, June 1938
Notes and Documents column including the minutes for the annual meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society held from May 5-6, 1938 and the minutes for the special meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society held on April 26, 1938.
Date:
Summer 1938
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Missouri and the Southwest
Article recounts the principal address made by Floyd C. Shoemaker during a meeting of the Missouri Club of the State of Oklahoma in which many references are made regarding Oklahoma history. Shoemaker was the secretary of Missouri's Historical Society.
Date:
Winter 1945
Creator:
Shoemaker, Floyd C.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Forty-Third Annual Meeting of the Mississippi Valley Historical Association
Article discusses the proceedings of the forty-third annual meeting of the Mississippi Valley Historical Association. Charles Evans, Secretary-Manager of the Oklahoma Historical Society, discusses how the OHS ended up hosting the convention in Oklahoma City, and the collaboration between the two groups.
Date:
Summer 1950
Creator:
Evans, Charles
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
A High Point in America's Thinking
Article describes the Union Memorial Room and the Confederate Memorial Room instituting in the Oklahoma Historical Society to commemorate the history of the Civil War and leaders of both the Federal and Confederate army.
Date:
Winter 1952
Creator:
Evans, Charles
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Removal of the State Capital
Article describes the process of the removal of the state capital of Oklahoma from Guthrie to Oklahoma City. Fred P. Branson explores the discourse that occurred in the Oklahoma legislature and the reason behind the Supreme Court's final decision.
Date:
Spring 1953
Creator:
Branson, Fred P.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Memoirs of Oklahoma
Article includes the memoires of Kittie M. Harvey, a pioneer woman who moved to Oklahoma Territory with her family and became a music teacher and helped run the small post office in Chandler. Harvey discusses life there and in Oklahoma City, and the people she and her husband Will Harvey interacted with.
Date:
Spring 1957
Creator:
Harvey, Kittie M.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The 'Y' Chapel of Song
Article describes the history and creation process of the "Y" Chapel of Song at Central State College, now the University of Central Oklahoma. Jessie Newby Ray describes the architecture of the chapel, its purpose, the fundraising process behind building it, and the contributors to its construction.
Date:
Winter 1957
Creator:
Ray, Jessie Newby
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oklahoma City, from Public Land to Private Property, Part One
Article discusses the establishment and growth of Oklahoma City from public lands to private property. Berlin B. Chapman relates the history of railroad companies feuding over the townsite, the initial city planning that occurred, and the early leadership of Oklahoma City.
Date:
Summer 1959
Creator:
Chapman, Berlin B.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oklahoma City, from Public Land to Private Property, Part Two
Article discusses the establishment and growth of Oklahoma City from public lands to private property. Berlin B. Chapman continues the history of Oklahoma City in this second part of a two-part article, constructing a picture of early city planning through correspondence and telegrams between government officials.
Date:
Autumn 1959
Creator:
Chapman, Berlin B.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oklahoma City Junior Symphony Orchestra, 1950-1959
Article studies the growth and development of the music scene in Oklahoma, focusing on the establishment and history of the Oklahoma City Junior Symphony Orchestra from 1950 to 1959. Aileen Stroud Libke discusses how the group was formed and brought cultural recognition to the state.
Date:
Autumn 1959
Creator:
Libke, Aileen Stroud
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
A History of Council Grove in Oklahoma
Article describes the history of Council Grove, from its roots as a meeting place for Plains tribes, to a center of trade for Jesse Chisholm, to its name change as Council and the growth of towns in the area.
Date:
Winter 1967
Creator:
Asplin, Ray
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oklahoma and the Parking Meter
Article narrates the history of the parking meter's creation and introduction into Oklahoma City.
Date:
Summer 1969
Creator:
Fischer, LeRoy H. & Smith, Robert E.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Medical Practices and Health in the Choctaw Nation, 1831-1885
Article illustrates how the Choctaw people combined traditional medical practices with those created by Europeans during a time where diseases spread rapidly and killed indiscriminately.
Date:
Spring 1970
Creator:
Allen, Virgina R.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Spirit of Heritage Hills
Article chronicles how Henry Overholser created Heritage Hills, an area in Oklahoma steeped in history and community.
Date:
Spring 1970
Creator:
Peterson, Susanne Wilson
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Captain Charles W. Whipple's Notebook: The Week of the Run into Oklahoma in 1889
Article narrates the life of Captain Charles W. Whipple during his time as the Chief Ordnance Officer at a time of settlement within the Unassigned Lands of the Indian Territories. This area would later be called Oklahoma City. The journal entries are some of the few accounts of what life was like for commanders in the army and civilian leaders during Oklahoma City's creation.
Date:
Summer 1970
Creator:
Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Indian in Transition: The Neosho Agency 1850-1861
Article illustrates the significance of Indian agents at the Neosho Agency who were charged with maintaining control over the Indigenous people on their reservations. The article focuses on the life of one agent: Major Andrew J. Dorn.
Date:
Summer 1970
Creator:
Tracy, Valerie
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Necrology, Summer 1970
Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died; this issue discusses Robert Milligan Mountcastle who served as a lawyer and judge in various courts while dedicating his life to upholding the law.
Date:
Summer 1970
Creator:
Pierce, Earl Boyd
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Gerald A. Hale: Parking Meter Reminiscences
Article narrates the history of how two men, Carl C. Magee and Gerald A. Hale, created the parking meter to help Oklahoma City solve the problem with overcrowded parking lots. The article also details the impact their creation had on the world.
Date:
Autumn 1970
Creator:
Fischer, LeRoy H.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
St. Agnes Academy for the Choctaws
Article chronicles the history of St. Agnes Academy for the Choctaws, a mission school located in Choctaw Nation. The school was destroyed by a tornado in 1945.
Date:
Autumn 1970
Creator:
Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History