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Gerald A. Hale: Parking Meter Reminiscences

Description: Article narrates the history of how two men, Carl C. Magee and Gerald A. Hale, created the parking meter to help Oklahoma City solve the problem with overcrowded parking lots. The article also details the impact their creation had on the world.
Date: Autumn 1970
Creator: Fischer, LeRoy H.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Tobucksy County Courthouse

Description: Article narrates the many court cases tried inside of the Tobucksy County Courthouse, a building that was once the home to pioneer physician Dr. Daniel Morris Hailey. The building is now called the old Choctaw Indian Courthouse.
Date: Spring 1970
Creator: Hefley, A. D.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Clement Vann Rogers, 1839-1911

Description: Article narrates the life and career of Clement Vann Rogers, a rancher, farmers, stockman, politician, and benefactor. Rogers served on the Cherokee Senate and on the Board of Directors at Worcester Academy.
Date: Winter 1970
Creator: Love, Paula McSpadden
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Minutes

Description: This section includes the minutes for the meeting of the Board of Director's of the Oklahoma Historical Society. Included within the minutes is a resolution honoring William J. Holloway, a list of gifts received by the organization and a list of new annual members.
Date: Spring 1970
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Life in Oklahoma's Civilian Conservation Corps

Description: Article chronicles the creation and history of the Civilian Conservation Corps in Oklahoma. The program was created during the first hundred days of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal as a means to protect the conservation of parks and camps.
Date: Summer 1970
Creator: Holland, Reid A.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Ancestry of Captain Nathaniel Pryor

Description: Article attempts to chronicle the ancestry of Nathaniel Pryor through documents surrounding his relatives and friends. Pryor took part in the Louis and Clark expedition to map the continental United States.
Date: Autumn 1970
Creator: Middlebrooks, Glenna Parker & Harper, Elizabeth Pryor
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Report on the Five Civilized Tribes, 1897

Description: Article narrates a reporter's visit to the Five Civilized Tribes as he visits the Cherokee and Creek nations after the enactment of the Curtis Act, which divided American Indian lands for settlement. The article shows the conditions of the tribes as they navigate this time period.
Date: Winter 1970
Creator: The Kansas City Star
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Captain Charles W. Whipple's Notebook: The Week of the Run into Oklahoma in 1889

Description: Article narrates the life of Captain Charles W. Whipple during his time as the Chief Ordnance Officer at a time of settlement within the Unassigned Lands of the Indian Territories. This area would later be called Oklahoma City. The journal entries are some of the few accounts of what life was like for commanders in the army and civilian leaders during Oklahoma City's creation.
Date: Summer 1970
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Creek Treaty of 1866

Description: Article narrates the events that transpired at the signing of The Creek Treaty in 1866. Outlined within the treaty were provisions for land allotment within the Creek Nation and establishing federal courts within the territory. The treaty was signed shortly after the end of the Civil War.
Date: Summer 1970
Creator: Balman, Gail
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Intruders or Injustice?

Description: Article chronicles how four men and their families traded with the Cherokees shortly after the Civil War, at a time where most Cherokees in the Indian Territories were still rebuilding their homes and livelihood. The article shows the hardships faced by both the Native Indians and the settlers.
Date: Winter 1970
Creator: McFadden, Marguerite
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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