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2012.201.B0236.0019

Photograph of two women, a man, two babies and a dog. Caption: "Captain and Mrs. Joe Paul Conner, of Durant, after 18 months in Germany, are home with their babies and a young German girl who came with them to become an American citizen."
Date: March 11, 1956
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Administration Building, Southeastern State College, Durant, OK

Postcard showing the Administration Building, Southeastern State College, Durant, OK.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Agnes Couch

Photograph of Agnes Couch, 7th Grade, Bennington School, Bennington, OK.
Date: 1939~/1940~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Anatomy of an Oklahoma Lynching: Bryan County, August 12-13, 1911 (open access)

Anatomy of an Oklahoma Lynching: Bryan County, August 12-13, 1911

Article provides details surrounding the lynching of John Lee, a black man who attacked and killed a woman alone with her children near Durant, Oklahoma in 1911. Lowell Blaisdell describes the history of racial violence in the area, including other lynching incidents, and the circulation of rumors and paranoia that went hand-in-hand with the attitudes of the era.
Date: Autumn 2001
Creator: Blaisdell, Lowell L.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Armstrong Academy

Photograph of students and visitors at Armstrong Academy, Bryan County, Indian Territory, c. 1900.
Date: 1900~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Armstrong Academy

Photograph of Armstrong Academy for Boys, Bokchito, OK.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Armstrong Fish Hatchery

Photograph of a pond with ducks at the Armstrong Fish Hatchery, Durant, OK.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Armstrong Fish Hatchery

Photograph of a pond at the Armstrong Fish Hatchery, Durant, OK.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Armstrong Fish Hatchery

Photograph of a pond at the Armstrong Fish Hatchery, Durant, OK.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Armstrong Fish Hatchery

Photograph of the Armstrong Fish Hatchery Headquarters, Durant, OK.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Armstrong Fish Hatchery

Photograph of the Armstrong Fish Hatchery Headquarters, Durant, OK.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0260]

Photograph is of a single story structure that has been gutted out by a fire. The flames are still visible and smoke is rising out of the top of the structure where a roof once was. The silhouette of a fireman is in front of the building.
Date: April 14, 1954
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

BASEMENT BOX 67.0261

Photograph taken during daylight of charred and smoldering wreckage after a structural fire. Caption: "Charred water buckets, used in the bathtub while a new well was being drilled, give mute testimony to the fury of a fire that destroyed Mrs. Frances Hodge's home and fatally burned her at Colbert Wednesday. The 63-year-old victim's mother, Mrs. Annie Bond, 92, was hurt while dragging Mrs. Hodge outdoors in a vain attempt to save her."
Date: December 23, 1960
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

BASEMENT BOX 67.0262

Photograph taken at night of a structure engulfed in flames and smoke. Silhouettes of people in a crowd are in the foreground.
Date: April 14, 1954
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0294]

Photograph is of a brick building with smoke rising from the roof. A fire truck is parked in front of the building with fire hoses on the ground leading away from the truck. Two unidentified firemen are directly in front of the building. one is walking towards a ladder leaned on the brick building while the other is spraying a fire hose in the front door of the building. The photograph was taken in the night time. Caption: "Bokchito School in Durant"
Date: December 6, 1966
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

BASEMENT BOX 67.0295

Photograph taken at night of smoke billowing from a building fire. Firemen with a fire truck and hoses work to extinguish the fire. Caption: "Bokchito School fire, John McCoy."
Date: December 6, 1966
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0562]

A daylight photograph showing students congregating near a fire engine outside a smoldering apartment building.
Date: October 24, 1967
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0599]

Photograph is of two firemen holding a hose aimed at a two story brick building. Smoke is coming out the roof and window of the building. Photograph appears to have been taken in the day time.. Caption: "Durant fireman worked through Sunday to snuff out remains of fire in old junior high school building."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0657]

Photograph was taken in the night time. Five men are present with two in firemen's uniform. One man is holding the fire hose on the fire flaming out of the window. Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Suspicions of arson arose after the blaze, above, which destroyed the Bokchito elementary school Saturday."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Benjamin Franklin Colbert's County Home

Photograph of the Riverside country home of Benjamin Franklin Colbert, on the Red River, Colbert, OK.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Benjamin Franklin Colbert's County Home

Photograph of the Riverside country home of Benjamin Franklin Colbert, on the Red River, Colbert, OK.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Benjamin Franklin Colbert's County Home

Photograph of the Riverside country home of Benjamin Franklin Colbert, Colbert, OK.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Bennington, 1903

Insurance map sheet showing an area of Bennington in Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: October 1903
Creator: Oklahoma Inspection Bureau
Object Type: Map
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Billie Jean Odom

Photograph of Billie Jean Odom, 7th Grade, Bennington School, Bennington, OK.
Date: 1939~/1940~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History