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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
Creating an Atmosphere of Suppression, 1914-1917
Article describes the atmosphere of suppression of civil liberties that occurred during World War I in the United States, during which political figures targeted those they believed would cause unpatriotic dissent. Two groups that were often targeted were those that were "German sympathizers" or "hyphenated Americans."
Date:
Summer 1981
Creator:
Fowler, James H., II
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Memories of the Indian Territory Mission Field
Article describes the author's personal experiences as a student and teacher in Indian Territory. Lilah Denton Lindsey explores her own experience in the mission field as well as those she worked with. Included is an excerpt of a story told to her by Dr. R. M. Loughridge about early mission work in the area.
Date:
Summer 1958
Creator:
Lindsey, Lilah Denton
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
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
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
A Few Unreasonable Proposals: Some Rejected Ideas from the Cherokee Allotment Negotiations
Article describes the Cherokee Nation's striving to preserve several important elements of their political culture when facing the allotment of their tribal land in severalty. Their proposals for land ownership, judicial administration, and representation in the United States Congress were summarily rejected by the members of the Dawes Commission during the 1898-1899 talks.
Date:
Winter 2006
Creator:
Denson, Andrew
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Pioneer Days in the Cherokee Strip
Article describes the 1893 opening of the Cherokee Strip as experienced by the author and her family. Clara Williamson Warren Bullard describes her family's settlement of their claim, water scarcity, growth of communities, and the cultivation of land.
Date:
Autumn 1958
Creator:
Bullard, Clara Williamson Warren
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Hook Nine Ranch in the Indian Territory
Article describes the establishment of the Hendrix and Royer Ranch, also known as the Hook Nine Ranch, in Indian Territory. Ellsworth Collings discusses the founders and the results of their cattle business, providing details about the ranch and its surroundings.
Date:
Winter 1955
Creator:
Collings, Ellsworth
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Perceptions of a Union: Labor Relations at OU Press
Article describes the establishment of the University of Oklahoma Press, their unionization efforts, and bargaining with university administrators for benefits. Cynthia J. Wolff provides historical context for the attitudes towards unions during the mid-twentieth century.
Date:
Autumn 1990
Creator:
Wolff, Cynthia J.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
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.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Will Rogers and His Magic Mirror
Article describes how Will Rogers reflected societal issues in his writings and criticism. William R. Brown focuses on the political aspects of Will Rogers' views and the political environment of Oklahoma in the early nineteenth century.
Date:
Autumn 1979
Creator:
Brown, William R.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"Getting Our Equipment Soon - I Hope So Anyway": Camp Doniphan, Fort Sill, and American Artillery in World War I
Article describes how Camp Doniphan on the Fort Sill Reservation functioned as a training center for American troops in World War I. Due to the large influx of recruits and lack of supplies and equipment, the soldiers were underprepared for actual combat, and their difficulties are reflected in personal accounts.
Date:
Spring 2017
Creator:
Prince, Justin
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Georgia's Land Lottery of 1832
Article describes the land lotteries held in Georgia in the 1830s and the "Indian Removal Bill" that occurred shortly beforehand. Douglas C. Wilms describes the state of the Cherokee Nation during this period and relations with the United States government.
Date:
Spring 1974
Creator:
Wilms, Douglas C.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Inland Prairie Town
Article describes life at inland prairie towns that were established before railroads, and how some became county seats in Oklahoma. Albert S. Giles, Sr., describes his own personal experience at towns like these, including the people who offered services there, circuit riders, and camp houses.
Date:
Autumn 1965
Creator:
Giles, Albert S., Sr.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Jim Thorpe Family: From Wisconsin to Indian Territory, Part I
Article describes the ancestors and roots of Jim Thorpe's family. Jim Thorpe's sister, Grace F. Thorpe, examines the history of the Thorpe family in Indian Territory and their connections to the Sac, Fox and Potawatomi tribes.
Date:
Spring 1981
Creator:
Thorpe, Grace F.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
James Mooney and the Peyote Controversy
Article describes the controversy ethnologist James Mooney became embroiled in after his documentation and defense of the Peyote religion and traditions within the American Indian tribes he studied.
Date:
Summer 1978
Creator:
Moses, L. G.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
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
"We Surely Gave Them an Uplift": Taylor F. Ealy and the Mission School for Freedmen
Article describes the efforts of Taylor F. Ealy and his wife Mary Ealy to begin a school for African-American residents freed by the Chickasaws at the abandoned site of Fort Arbuckle. Norman J. Bender includes documentation from the Ealy family and correspondence from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Edward P. Smith, to create a more wholistic picture of the process.
Date:
Summer 1983
Creator:
Bender, Norman J.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Right to be Served: Oklahoma City's Lunch Counter Sit-Ins, 1958-1964
Article describes the history of the campaign for equal treatment of African-Americans in Oklahoma City, beginning with the lunch counter sit-ins organized by the NAACP's Youth Council. Carl R. Graves catalogs the efforts of the NAACP and other organizations to end opposition to the desegregation laws passed years earlier.
Date:
Summer 1981
Creator:
Graves, Carl R.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Our Debt to the Iroquois
Article describes the history of the federation of the Six Iroquois Nations: the Mohawks, Onondagos, Senecas, Oneidas, Cayugas, and Tuscaroras. J. F. Page describes how this group formed a basis of organization that white settlers would imitate, and whose agricultural practices also enlightened early Americans.
Date:
Winter 1951
Creator:
Page, J. F.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
An Appreciation: Col. Joe C. Miller
Article chronicles the life of Colonel Joe C. Miller. He cofounded the 101 Ranch with his brothers while being an adopted chief of the Ponca tribe and helping to mediate disputes between farmers.
Date:
Autumn 1928
Creator:
Sarchet, Corb
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Early Post Offices of Oklahoma
Article is a list of post offices that were established within the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek and Seminole Nations and their first postmasters.
Date:
Autumn 1928
Creator:
Foreman, Grant
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Letters of the Two Boudinots
Article chronicles the life of Elias Boudinot through letters written between him and his family members. Boudinot was the editor of the Cherokee Phoenix newspaper and the subject of an interracial marriage scandal within a mission school.
Date:
Autumn 1928
Creator:
Dale, Edward Everett
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 4, Number 2, June 1926
Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date:
June 1926
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 14, Number 3, September 1936
Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date:
Autumn 1936
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History