Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 57, Number 3, Fall 1979
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Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 57, Number 3, Fall 1979, periodical, Autumn 1979; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1752287/: accessed September 16, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.