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"This is Not United States Currency": Oklahoma's Emergency Scrip Issues during the Banking Crisis of 1933

Description: Article describes the process and results of creating local currency to meet the demands of the Oklahoma community during the banking crisis of 1933. Loren Gatch provides details about the issuance of the emergency scrip, including the response of public officials and struggling citizens.
Date: Summer 2004
Creator: Gatch, Loren C.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

William Elbert Utterback

Description: Article provides a biographical tribute to lawyer and banker William Elbert Utterback. Charles Evans describes his upbringing and education in Mississippi, experience in the United States Army, and involvement in the community and business in the Durant region of Oklahoma.
Date: Winter 1953
Creator: Evans, Charles
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Herbert Hiram Champlin

Description: Article provides a biographical tribute to Herbert Hiram Champlin, pioneer, banker, and community figure. Henry B. Bass traces Champlin's upbringing, business successes, and explores how the banker aided his fellow citizens during the Great Depression.
Date: Spring 1955
Creator: Bass, Henry B.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Banking in Oklahoma's Smallest Certified City: Alva State Bank and Trust Company, Freedom Branch

Description: Article examines the history of community banking in Freedom, Oklahoma through interviews conducted by the author in support of the Oklahoma History Center's Crossroads of Commerce: A History of Free Enterprise in Oklahoma exhibit. Michael J. Hightower explores the growth of industry and banking in Oklahoma's smallest city.
Date: Spring 2018
Creator: Hightower, Michael J.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

"No Place to Park": L. E. Phillips' Blueprint for Success

Description: Article describes the "blueprint for success" Phillips Petroleum Company co-founder L. E. Phillips lived by, which he also instilled in his son, L. E., Jr. Connie Jennings illustrates how the blend of ethical business and hard work lent to a successful career during the instability of the "boom-and-bust" era of oil in Oklahoma.
Date: Autumn 1985
Creator: Jennings, Connie
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

"He Was Into Everything": Joseph W. McNeal, Territorial Innovator

Description: Article describes the life and diverse careers of Joseph W. McNeal, an Oklahoma pioneer who was a leading figure in banking, politics, business, and philanthropy in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Helen Freudenberger Holmes explores the full life of this founder of the Oklahoma Historical Society.
Date: Winter 1983
Creator: Holmes, Helen Freudenberger
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Winter 2014-15

Description: Notes and Documents column including prophecies from the Oklahoma Century Chest, hundred-year predictions written in 1913 about the fields of religion, journalism, medicine, law, and education, as well as letters addressed to the leaders of banking and court leaders in 2013.
Date: Winter 2014
Creator: Williams, Chad
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Necrology, Summer 1975

Description: Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died; this issue discusses Henry B. Bass, former member of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society.
Date: Summer 1975
Creator: Shirk, George H.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Necrology, Spring 1951

Description: Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including pioneer teacher Lena Ellen Peyton and outdoorsman Gideon Graham.
Date: Spring 1951
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975 & Cole, Redmond S.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Necrology, Fall 1964

Description: Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died; this issue discusses Robert Lee Simpson, former president of the State National Bank in Eufaula.
Date: Autumn 1964
Creator: Buford, Robert B.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Boss Neff

Description: Article chronicles the life and achievements of Boss Neff, a buffalo hunter, mustanger, trail hand, cattleman, farmer, grain dealer, owner of oil leases, and banker during Oklahoma's pioneering days.
Date: Summer 1948
Creator: Davis, Moita Dorsey
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Necrology, September 1935

Description: Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including Dr. J. W. McClendon, a medical practitioner within the Indian Territory; Frank Stapler Howard, a prominent banker and farmer; and Joseph Randolph Frazier, a member of the board of directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society.
Date: Autumn 1935
Creator: Morton, Ohland; Williams, Robert L. & Foreman, Grant
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Necrology, December 1939

Description: Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including Frank Pearson Johnson, a banker and business leader; James Haskins Sutherlin, a former state senator; Charles W. Raymond, a federal judge of the Indian Territory; and Thomas Lawrence Wade Jr., a delegate to the Democratic National Convention.
Date: Winter 1939
Creator: Brown, Cecil J.; Williams, Robert L. & Martin, Benjamin
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Brother Bankers: Frank P. and Hugh M. Johnson, Founders of the First National Bank and Trust Company of Oklahoma City

Description: Article explores the parallel paths in Oklahoma banking history of brothers F. P. and H. M. Johnson. The brothers came from Mississippi to Oklahoma and made names for themselves in their own banking ventures across the state before teaming up to create the First National Bank and Trust Company in Oklahoma City.
Date: Winter 2010
Creator: Hightower, Michael J.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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