Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 64, Number 1, Spring 1986
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They Fought for Votes: The White Politician and the Black Editor (Article)
Article explores the struggle for black representation in politics in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries through the conflict between white Republican congressional delegate Bird Segle McGuire and black newspaper editor Stephen Douglass Russell, Sr.
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Their Work Was Never Done: Women Missionaries on the Kiowa-Comanche Reservation (Article)
Article describes the lives of women missionaries on the Kiowa-Comanche Reservation, exploring the attitudes and motivations that drove them to the mission schools where they promoted Christianity, education, and assimilation. Rebecca Herring explores personal narratives of specific women and the struggles they faced, as well as the disregard some held for Native American traditions.
Their Work Was Never Done: Women Missionaries on the Kiowa-Comanche Reservation - ark:/67531/metadc2031524
Horse Racing in Early Oklahoma (Article)
Article describes the establishment of horse racing and horse racing tracks in Oklahoma, as well as the eventual ban on pari-mutuel betting that occurred in 1913. As betting on horse races was legalized again in 1982, Diane B. Haser-Harris commemorates the history of the sport with this article.
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Oklahoma History: In Texas? The Fort Worth Branch of the National Archives (Article)
Article describes the Fort Worth Branch of the National Archives and explains how to navigate the collection, which contains many materials related to Oklahoma history despite being in Texas. Branch Director Kent Carter urges Oklahoma historians and researchers not to overlook this plethora of information despite the institution being out of state.
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Barbed Wire and Nazilagers: PW Camps in Oklahoma (Article)
Article describes the history of "alien internment" and Prisoner of War camps in Oklahoma during World War II, beginning with historical context and a glimpse of life in the camps to providing specific details about each camp.
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For the Record, Spring 1986 (Article)
For the Record section including the minutes of the quarterly board meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on October 23, 1985.
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Notes and Documents, Spring 1986 (Article)
Notes and Documents column including a translated copy of a letter written in French from Thomas Jefferson to the tribes of Indian Territory. This document is a follow-up to Robert L. Dorman's article in the Winter 1985/86 issue of the Chronicles, which was about a different letter that was nonetheless similar.
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Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 64, Number 1, Spring 1986, periodical, Spring 1986; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1872486/: accessed May 29, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.