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A Reading Room of Their Own: Library Services for African Americans in Oklahoma, 1907-1946

Description: Article discussing the struggles African American Oklahomans faced for access to public library services. The first forty years of statehood brought a few successes, and by mid-century only eleven communities provided a public library facility for the state's black citizens.
Date: Autumn 2006
Creator: Cassity, R. O. Joe, Jr.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

A Meeting of Conquerors: Art Goebel and Charles Lindbergh in Tulsa, 1927

Description: Article recounts the meeting of Art Gobel and Charles A. Lindbergh in Tulsa in September 1927. Both aviators, Goebel was known as "The Conqueror of the Pacific," while Lindbergh was "The Conqueror of the Atlantic." Their meeting and behavior toward Oklahomans revealed much about each man's character and personality and about the American practice of hero making.
Date: Spring 2007
Creator: Hedglen, Thomas
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Water and Power: Developing the Grand River Dam Authority, Part 1, 1935-1944

Description: Article describes the eight year project that led to the creation of the Grand River Dam Authority. Part 1 of Richard Lowitt's two-part article describes how the GRDA was campaigned for by Representative Wesley Disney and Senator Elmer Thomas of the Oklahoma Legislature. The resulting construction of the Pensacola Dam became a remedy for both flood control and creation of electric power.
Date: Summer 2009
Creator: Lowitt, Richard, 1922-2018
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

A Few Unreasonable Proposals: Some Rejected Ideas from the Cherokee Allotment Negotiations

Description: Article describes the Cherokee Nation's striving to preserve several important elements of their political culture when facing the allotment of their tribal land in severalty. Their proposals for land ownership, judicial administration, and representation in the United States Congress were summarily rejected by the members of the Dawes Commission during the 1898-1899 talks.
Date: Winter 2006
Creator: Denson, Andrew
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Heaven to Hell: Samuel Robert Cassius and Black Life in Oklahoma, 1891-1923

Description: Article describes the experience of preacher and teacher, Samuel Robert Cassius, in Oklahoma. He came to Oklahoma Territory, believing it to be a haven of freedom and opportunity for African-Americans, but ultimately left in 1923 due to religious hostility and racial discrimination.
Date: Spring 2006
Creator: Robinson, Edward J.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Strange Bedfellows: Progressivism, Radicalism, and the Oklahoma Constitution in Historical Perspective

Description: Article discusses the Oklahoma constitutional convention and the creation of the Oklahoma constitution. Aaron Bachhofer II delegitimizes claims about its radicalism or progressivism, attesting that it mainly reflected the status quo of the era's political environment.
Date: Autumn 1999
Creator: Bachhofer, Aaron, II
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

"Stand Fast": The Story of Surry Eaton "White Sut" Beck

Description: Article written by Pamela White, the great-granddaughter of White Sut Beck, examines Beck's life and place in history. White Sut Beck's place in history has been defined by what came to be known as the Going Snake Massacre, a shoot-out during the 1872 trial of Zeke Proctor for the murder of Beck's sister. In truth, White Sut lived a full life of adventure and service to his family, community, and the Cherokee Nation.
Date: Autumn 2004
Creator: White, Pamela
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Occupying the Middle Ground: African Creeks in the First Indian Home Guard, 1862-1865

Description: Article explores the participation of the first African Americans to join the federal army in the Civil War, the First Indian Home Guard. This regiment was a tri-racial unit in which free blacks and former slaves served many roles, including the role of translator for Creek and Seminole soldiers.
Date: Spring 1998
Creator: Zellar, Gary
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Of Cattle and Corporations: The Rise, Progress, and Termination of the Cherokee Strip Live Stock Association

Description: Article describes the history of the Cherokee Strip Live Stock Association and its roots in the early partnerships between Cherokee landowners and cattlemen. William W. Savage, Jr. illustrates some of the struggles faced during this cooperation, its success, and eventual collapse.
Date: Summer 1993
Creator: Savage, William W., Jr.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Socialists in the House: The Oklahoma Experience, Part II

Description: Article illustrates the impact of the election of five Socialist politicians to the Oklahoma 5th Legislature in 1914 and what it meant for politics in Oklahoma. In the second part of a two part article, Von Russell Creel discusses the Socialists' reelection campaigns and activities after leaving the legislature.
Date: Autumn 1992
Creator: Creel, Von Russell
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Oklahoma and the Medal of Honor

Description: Article provides a detailed history of the nineteen Medal of Honor recipients from Oklahoma, including their accomplishments in combat. John C. Powell also provides historical context about the award itself.
Date: Autumn 1996
Creator: Powell, John C.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Oklahoma City's First Mass Transit System: Who Brought the Streetcars for People to Ride?

Description: Article describes the history and development of the electric railway system in Oklahoma City, including the involvement of major companies in the streetcar franchise. Kim K. Bender describes some of the successes as well as failures the system experienced as Oklahoma City continued to expand.
Date: Summer 1994
Creator: Bender, Kim K.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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