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Judge Royce H. Savage

Description: Article asserts that despite the controversy surrounding Judge Royce Savage's retirement from the Northern District Court, the judge's reputation for case management and dedication to pretrial conferences remains intact.
Date: Spring 2011
Creator: Kellough, William C.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Tubbee and His Nieces: Choctaw-White Intermarriage and "Indianness" in the Choctaw Intelligencer

Description: Article reconstructs widespread views of Choctaw-White Intermarriage in 1851 through a small-scale investigation of a series of letters to the editor published in the Choctaw Intelligencer that relayed the contrasting messages of one older Choctaw "Tubbee" and his nieces.
Date: Summer 2011
Creator: Mize, Richard
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Doctor Forrest Pitt Baker and the History of the Eastern Oklahoma Tuberculosis Sanatorium

Description: Article details the first publicly run institution for tuberculosis in the state: the Eastern Oklahoma Tuberculosis Sanatorium in Talihina, Oklahoma. Under the direction of Dr. Forrest Pitt Baker advances were made that improved the lives of Oklahomans who were afflicted with tuberculosis.
Date: Spring 2011
Creator: Roberson, Glen R.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Farm Crisis in Oklahoma, Part 1

Description: This article is the first part of a two-part article that examines the effect that economic distress and political policies had on Oklahoma farmers and ranchers during the 1970s and 1980s.
Date: Autumn 2011
Creator: Lowitt, Richard, 1922-2018
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Farm Crisis in Oklahoma, Part 2

Description: The second part of a two-part article, this article continues the examination of the effect that economic distress and political policies had on Oklahoma's farmers and ranchers in the 1970s and 1980s.
Date: Winter 2011
Creator: Lowitt, Richard, 1922-2018
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Oklahoma's African American Rodeo Performers

Description: Article describes the history of African American rodeo performers beginning with the growth of the cattle industry in Oklahoma and Indian Territory, from cowboys and ranch hands to eventual rodeo champions. Roger D. Hardaway highlights the lives and careers of several key performers.
Date: Summer 2011
Creator: Hardaway, Roger D.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Class, Race, and Jack Walton's Mayoralty of Oklahoma City

Description: Article discusses the mayoral campaign and tenure of John C. "Jack" Walton as the mayor of Oklahoma City. Quincy R. Lehr explores the way Walton navigated a politically tumultuous time and gained the support of labor leaders and African American citizens in Oklahoma City before his controversial governorship.
Date: Summer 2011
Creator: Lehr, Quincy R.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Early Cinema and Oklahoma

Description: Article illuminates the early history of cinema in Oklahoma. Oklahoma's most sustained period of high-profile filmmaking occurred during the early cinema period, those years before 1915, and had an emphasis on authenticity which meant shooting on location in the Sooner State, often with legendary outlaws recreating their old crimes.
Date: Winter 2011
Creator: Rhodes, Gary D.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Jesse "Cab" Renick: In Search of an Indian Identity

Description: This article argues that Jesse "Cab" Renick's Indian identity and his contribution to sports should be reexamined. Only three American Indian athletes have earned gold medals at Olympic Games between 1896 and 2010. One of those athletes was Jesse "Cab" Renick, a basketball player with the 1948 U.S. Olympic team. Although he was Choctaw and Chickasaw, he did not grow up with a prominent American Indian identity and did not identify himself as such.
Date: Spring 2011
Creator: Putz, Paul
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Riverboat Frontier: Early-Day Commerce in the Arkansas and Red River Valleys

Description: Article outlines the history of riverboats and their passengers on the Arkansas and Red River Valleys, from early French fur traders who bartered with neighboring Native American tribes to the merchants and travelers that traversed the rivers on steamboats. Michael J. Hightower touches on the marks left on the land by those seeking its resources, as well as the natural disasters that befell riverboat pioneers.
Date: Summer 2011
Creator: Hightower, Michael J.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Spring 2011

Description: Notes and Documents column including biographical information about Jim Argo, Sandie Olson, Juanita Keel Tate, and Alvin O. Turner, the inductees into the Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame in 2011, and provides a chronological list of the past inductees into the hall of fame. The section also includes "The Ragland Collection" which presents a selection of maps from the efforts of Reverend Hobart Ragland to document historic sites within Oklahoma.
Date: Spring 2011
Creator: Bass, Elizabeth M. B. & Welge, William D.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

For the Record, Summer 2011

Description: For the Record section including the minutes of the regular quarterly board meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on January 26, 2011.
Date: Summer 2011
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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