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Comanche Killer or Commentator? Captain Marcy the Ethnographer

Description: Article examines the life and military career of Captain Randolph B. Marcy of the Fifth Infantry, who served as both a soldier and ethnographer in his observance of the Comanche people. Cliff Trafzer explores insights about the Comanches from the man himself, as well as societal attitudes surrounding Native American tribes and Anglo-American settlers in the 1850s.
Date: Spring 1980
Creator: Trafzer, Clifford
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

"To Preserve and Perpetuate the History of Oklahoma"

Description: Article provides historical context and a series of process photos for the construction of the Oklahoma Historical Society building, remembering its landmark dedication ceremony fifty years earlier in a historical homage.
Date: Autumn 1980
Creator: Jordan, H. Glenn & Blackburn, Bob L.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Men, Mud, and Mules: The Good Roads Movement in Oklahoma, 1900-1910

Description: Article relates the history of the Good Roads Movement in territorial Oklahoma, discussing details such as the officials and associations involved in the construction of the new highways, obstacles that arose during the process, and the environmental factors that spurred the movement forward.
Date: Summer 1980
Creator: Corbett, William P.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Jefferson's Salt Mountain: The Big Salt Plain of the Cimarron River

Description: Article describes the history of the Big Salt Plain of the Cimarron River, from explorer tales publicized by Thomas Jefferson to the fascination it currently holds for visitors of the area.
Date: Summer 1980
Creator: Isern, Thomas D.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Methodist Beginnings Among Southwest Oklahoma Indians

Description: Article discusses the history of the Methodist faith in Southwestern Oklahoma, from the tribes migrating in that brought their own Methodist churches to the individual preachers who created churches and schools in Indian Territory with the support of Methodist organizations. Walter Vernon examines the difficulties one missionary faced as he struggled to understand the traditional cultural practices of the tribes.
Date: Winter 1980
Creator: Vernon, Walter N.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

On the Banks of the Arkansas: Blackburn, an Oklahoma Town

Description: Article describes the founding and growth of the town of Blackburn on the banks of the Arkansas River. Jean Hager relates the celebratory events as well as conflicts in early Blackburn through excerpts of documentation from the early 1900s.
Date: Winter 1980
Creator: Hager, Jean
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Mirror to the World: Twenty-Five Years of Oklahoma Today

Description: Article illustrates the negative reactions Oklahomans had to John Steinbeck's novel, The Grapes of Wrath, worried it would create a poor image of Oklahoma, and how staff at the magazine Oklahoma Today sought to portray a more comprehensive view of the state through scenic color photography.
Date: Winter 1980
Creator: Davis, Junetta
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

This I Remember From My Early Life: A Kiowa County Pioneer

Description: Article provides an autobiographical narrative account of the life of a Kiowa pioneer family as they participated in a drawing for land in Oklahoma, traveled to the land, and began farming there. Anna Thurston provides personal stories that paint a detailed picture of the experience.
Date: Autumn 1980
Creator: Thurston, Anna
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Okmulgee Constitution: A Step Towards Indian Self-Determination

Description: Article describes a series of meetings held in the 1870s by a general council comprised of delegates from twelve Indian tribes to draft a constitution setting up a territorial government, the Okmulgee Constitution. Although the constitution itself was never adopted, the council meetings still allowed the tribes to confront issues they were facing and provided an example of their self-determination to the national government.
Date: Autumn 1980
Creator: Nolen, Curtis L.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Desegregation of the Oklahoma City School System

Description: Article describes the gradual process of desegregation of the Oklahoma City school system, including details from major related cases and their legal and social impact.
Date: Summer 1980
Creator: Boulton, Scot W.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

"Dust to Eat" A Document from the Dust Bowl

Description: Article describes the difficulties farmers faced during the Dust Bowl era in their daily lives through the personal narrative of Caroline A. Henderson. Virginia C. Purdy edited the piece and provides an introduction for historical context.
Date: Winter 1980
Creator: Purdy, Virgina C. & Henderson, Caroline Agnes
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Congressional Viewpoint Toward the Admission of Oklahoma as a State: 1902-1906

Description: Article discusses the various perspectives and dilemmas faced in Congress over the passage of Oklahoma's statehood during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. One of the main debates centered around the idea of Oklahoma entering the Union as a single state, or as two due to the separation of Oklahoma and Indian Territories.
Date: Autumn 1980
Creator: Ellinger, Charles Wayne
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Three Ring Circus: The Zack Miller-Tom Mix Lawsuits, 1929-1934

Description: Article describes the proceedings of a lawsuit filed by Zack Miller, one of the three brothers who ran the 101 Ranch Real Wild West Show, against Tom Mix, a cowboy actor who Miller had announced would perform in their show. Despite the contract talks they had been having, Mix had signed with Sells-Floto Circus instead.
Date: Spring 1980
Creator: Gossard, Wayne H., Jr.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Federal Law Comes to Indian Territory

Description: Article articulates the establishment of United States District Courts in Oklahoma, providing details on how these courts ran and some of the landmark cases that took place there.
Date: Winter 1980
Creator: Ford, Jeanette W.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

William J. McClure and the McClure Ranch

Description: Article explores the life and success of rancher William J. McClure, the establishment of the McClure Ranch, the difficulties he faced, the legacy he left, and the lives of his family members.
Date: Autumn 1980
Creator: Lester, Patricia
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Alice Brown Davis: A Leader of Her People

Description: Article pays a biographical tribute to Alice Brown Davis, school superintendent, court interpreter, and later chief of her tribe, in her dedication and contributions to the Seminole Nation after their relocation to Oklahoma.
Date: Winter 1980
Creator: Waldowski, Paula
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents [Summer 1980]

Description: Notes and Documents column for Summer 1980, including a notice about the Edna May Armold Archives Room at the El Reno Carnegie Library, as well as a record of the mining disaster that occurred at Krebs Mine No. 11 in the form of a poem and a list of names of those killed.
Date: Summer 1980
Creator: Armold, Edna May & Snodgrass, Martha
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Construction Strategies of Railroads in the Oklahoma Panhandle

Description: Article describes the growth and planning related to the construction of railroads in the Oklahoma Panhandle and surrounding states in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, also touching on the collaboration that had to occur between various railroad companies.
Date: Spring 1980
Creator: Hofsommer, Donovan L.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Peavine Railroad

Description: Article describes the creation and development of the Kingfisher-Chandler branch of the Rock Island railroad line, known as the Peavine railroad, and its impact on the communities it connected.
Date: Autumn 1980
Creator: McIntyre, Glen
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Three Sands: Experiences in an Early Oil Field

Description: Article describes the oil industry boom of the 1920s in the small town of Three Sands, including the layout of Three Sands Oil Field and the surrounding town. B. F. Conaghan provides first-hand insights based off of his own experience working in the oil industry at this time.
Date: Spring 1980
Creator: Conaghan, B. F.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

William C. Canterbury and the First Year of the OEA

Description: Article describes the life and educational impact of William Curtis Canterbury, the first executive secretary of the Oklahoma Education Association. During his year in the new role, his significant accomplishments involved increasing membership in the OEA, publishing ten issues of the The Oklahoma Teacher, and organizing a record-breaking convention.
Date: Spring 1980
Creator: Hubbell, Joe
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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