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Oklahoma State Editorial Association at the El Reno Public Library

Photograph of group of men and women of the Oklahoma State Editorial Association taken in front of the public library building in El Reno, Oklahoma

Date: May 16, 1908

Creator: White, H. Arnold

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Oklahoma State Editorial Association at the El Reno Public Library.

Photograph of group of men and women of the Oklahoma State Editorial Association with a copy of the State Laws of Oklahoma, 1910. An open copy of Volume II of the book is set spine out at the feet of a man in the front center of the group.

Date: 1910

Creator: Webb, Ran

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Twenty-Seven Years a State

Article commemorates the 27th anniversary of Oklahoma being admitted as the 46th state within the United States thorough the reprint of news reports that were published that day.

Date: Winter 1934

Creator: Peery, Dan W.

Item Type: Article

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Oklahoma Rural News: Roots of an Electric Cooperative Newspaper

Article describes the plight of Oklahoma farmers when high electricity costs sparked a nationwide movement towards affordable rural electricity in the 1930s and 40s. Stephen F. Lalli focuses on the history and impact of the Oklahoma Rural News in its political advocacy of affordable electricity.

Date: Winter 1993

Creator: Lalli, Stephen F.

Item Type: Article

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Black, White, and Read: The Muskogee Daily Phoenix's Coverage of the Sequoyah Statehood Convention of 1905

Article provides a portrayal of the Sequoyah Statehood Convention, a gathering of the leaders of the "Five Civilized Tribes" in Oklahoma to propose the creation of a state separate from Oklahoma Territory, Sequoyah. Richard Mize's account relies on the newspaper coverage by the Muskogee Daily Phoenix, and highlights the voice and opinions of the paper's editor, Clarence B. Douglas.

Date: Summer 2004

Creator: Mize, Richard

Item Type: Article

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Cherokee Sovereignty in the Gilded Age: The Outlet Question

Article illustrates the history of the Cherokee tribe in the Cherokee Outlet, and the conflicts and disputes that led to the leasing of land in the area. H. Craig Miner investigates the stake white settlers and businessmen wanted in the area, and how the issue was perceived by the Cherokee public.

Date: Summer 1993

Creator: Miner, H. Craig

Item Type: Article

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Oklahoma Ghost Town Journalism, 1893-1907

Article chronicles the history of The Day County Tribune, a local newspaper that was operational during the late 19th century within Day county.

Date: Winter 1968

Creator: McKinney, Gary

Item Type: Article

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Keeping the Record Straight

Article chronicles the 36th anniversary of the opening of Oklahoma to settlement that was documented within the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. The article focuses on the incorrect statements made within the newspaper article.

Date: Summer 1925

Creator: Nesbitt, Paul

Item Type: Article

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Reading Prestatehood Muskogee: Racial-Political Discourse in American Indian, African American, and White Newspapers, 1905-07

Article discusses prestatehood Muskogee, Oklahoma and the establishment of four newspapers catering to different demographics of the racially diverse population, as well as the implications of the issues these papers debated.

Date: Autumn 2019

Creator: Person, Angela M.

Item Type: Article

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

"A Slumbering Band of Heroes:" Hunting in the Panhandle

Article explores the lives of frontier hunters in the Oklahoma Panhandle through historical context and the inclusion of personal narratives printed in newspapers of the time. C. Robert Haywood explores the romantic notions that motivated the hunters and how hunting was perceived in media.

Date: Autumn 1990

Creator: Haywood, C. Robert

Item Type: Article

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Political Career of Patrick S. Nagle "Champion of the Underdog"

Article describes the life and career of Patrick S. Nagle, a candidate for U.S. Senator who switched party affiliations and transformed from a Democrat to an active Socialist. R. O. Joe Cassity, Jr. explores the impact of Nagle's efforts as well as the ideology that drove Nagle.

Date: Winter 1986

Creator: Cassity, R. O. Joe, Jr.

Item Type: Article

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Torn Asunder: Divorce in Early Oklahoma Territory

Article explores how Oklahoma was cast as a divorce mill in the late nineteenth century, a public image created by media sensationalism based on a muddle of divorce legislation created by the first territorial government. Glenda Riley examines the historical significance of this as well as individual divorce cases throughout Oklahoma history.

Date: Winter 1989

Creator: Riley, Glenda

Item Type: Article

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Politics & Art: The Controversial Birth of the Oklahoma Writers' Project

Article describes the details of the Oklahoma Writers' Project created by Federal One, a program created by the New Deal to provide employment to struggling artists and writers. Mary Ann Slater provides commentary on the challenges and pitfalls faced and created by the leader of the project, William Cunningham.

Date: Spring 1990

Creator: Slater, Mary Ann

Item Type: Article

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Necrology, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 44, Number 3, Fall 1966

Necrology section for Volume 44, Number 3, Fall 1966. It includes documents honoring Marion Donehew, the first student to enroll at the University of Oklahoma and a teacher and reporter on the frontier.

Date: Autumn 1966

Creator: Donehew, Marion Lorene

Item Type: Article

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Necrology, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 47, Number 2, Summer 1969

Necrology section for Volume 47, Number 2, Summer 1969. It includes documents honoring Claude Eugene Hensley, a seasoned reporter who collected documents and photographs of the past to share with others.

Date: Summer 1969

Creator: Woods, H. Merle

Item Type: Article

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Necrology, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 50, Number 2, Summer 1972

Necrology section for Volume 50, Number 2, Summer 1972. It includes documents honoring Joe White McBride Sr., the own of several newspaper agencies, and Gertrude Jean Bracht, a map maker for the state of Oklahoma.

Date: Summer 1972

Creator: Blackstock, Ben & Beals, Irene Bracht

Item Type: Article

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 4, Number 1, March 1926

Notes and Documents section for Volume 4, Number 1, March 1926. It includes the annual report of Czarina C. Conlan regarding the community members he has met on his travels throughout Oklahoma, the meeting minutes of the annual meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society, the meeting minutes of the Board of Directors of the OHS, a report on the finances of the OHS, and a list of the daily and weekly newspapers published in Oklahoma.

Date: Spring 1926

Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society

Item Type: Article

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 44, Number 1, Spring 1966

Notes and Documents section for Volume 44, Number 1, Spring 1966. It includes a document about major projects completed by the National Society of the Colonel Dames of the XVII Century, a report by The Wichita Eagle about a call for support of the Oklahoma Historical Society, and a list of publications.

Date: Summer 1966

Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society

Item Type: Article

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 51, Number 2, Summer 1973

Notes and Documents section for Volume 51, Number 2, Summer 1973. It includes an announcement of the distribution of the annual index, a note on the 80th anniversary celebration of the founding of the Oklahoma Historical Society, a note on the society processing rare photographs from Alice Robertson, an announcement of the destruction of Chimney Rock, memorials for deceased society members, a note on the history of The Payne County Democrat and the press in Oklahoma, a note on the historical ma… more

Date: Summer 1973

Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society

Item Type: Article

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 54, Number 2, Summer 1976

Notes and Documents section for Volume 54, Number 2, Summer 1976. It includes a document from the Laws of the Choctaw Nation, an announcement of a convention meeting, an announcement of a new board member election, an excerpt from the El Reno News about the invention of a "tornado destroyer," an excerpt from the McAlester News Capital about the selling of Mexican wagons by Zack Miller, and an account of shooting matches held in the Tahlequah district in Indian Territory times.

Date: Summer 1976

Creator: Laws of the Choctaw Nation

Item Type: Article

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 91, Number 4, Winter 2013-14

Notes and Documents section for Volume 91, Number 4, Winter 2013-14. It includes a document about new resources made available by the Oklahoma Historical Society's John and Eleanor Kirkpatrick Research Center, which include prestatehood newspapers, the WKY, KTVY, KFOR film collection, and a searchable index of Hastain's Township Plats of the Creek Nation.

Date: Winter 2013

Creator: Williams, Chad & Toney, Tabatha

Item Type: Article

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 88, Number 2, Summer 2010

Notes and Documents section for Volume 88, Number 2, Summer 2010. It includes "Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame," an article honoring the individuals who were inducted into the annual Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame in 2010. The honorees included Currie Ballard, Bob Burke, General Thomas P. Stafford, and Dr. Lewis Stiles. It also includes "Alva, Oklahoma: What's in a Name?" an article examining the naming of the town of Alva, Oklahoma, to determine whether it was named for the railroad attorne… more

Date: Summer 2010

Creator: Baxter, Elizabeth M.; Reichenberger, Donovan & Jerome, Angela

Item Type: Article

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Milk and Honey and a Few Bad Apples: The Image of Oklahoma in Popular Magazine

Article explores the public perception of Oklahoma throughout history by examining its representation in various forms of media such as film, magazines, newspapers, and novels. Tommy R. Thompson discusses the changes in Oklahoma's public image as it went through periods of recession as well as periods of economic progress.

Date: Autumn 1990

Creator: Thompson, Tommy R.

Item Type: Article

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Nede Wade "Ned" Christie and the Outlaw Mystique

Article examines the life of Ned Christie, Cherokee advisor to Chief Dennis Bushyhead, whose final years on the run after being accused of killing US Deputy Marshall Dan Maples have been sensationalized in newspapers and literature painting him as either a notorious outlaw or a noble patriot.

Date: Autumn 2015

Creator: Mihesuah, Devon A.

Item Type: Article

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

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Oklahoma State Editorial Association at the El Reno Public Library

Oklahoma State Editorial Association at the El Reno Public Library.

Twenty-Seven Years a State

The Oklahoma Rural News: Roots of an Electric Cooperative Newspaper

Black, White, and Read: The Muskogee Daily Phoenix's Coverage of the Sequoyah Statehood Convention of 1905

Cherokee Sovereignty in the Gilded Age: The Outlet Question

Oklahoma Ghost Town Journalism, 1893-1907

Keeping the Record Straight

Reading Prestatehood Muskogee: Racial-Political Discourse in American Indian, African American, and White Newspapers, 1905-07

"A Slumbering Band of Heroes:" Hunting in the Panhandle

The Political Career of Patrick S. Nagle "Champion of the Underdog"

Torn Asunder: Divorce in Early Oklahoma Territory

Politics & Art: The Controversial Birth of the Oklahoma Writers' Project

Necrology, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 44, Number 3, Fall 1966

Necrology, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 47, Number 2, Summer 1969

Necrology, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 50, Number 2, Summer 1972

Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 4, Number 1, March 1926

Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 44, Number 1, Spring 1966

Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 51, Number 2, Summer 1973

Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 54, Number 2, Summer 1976

Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 91, Number 4, Winter 2013-14

Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 88, Number 2, Summer 2010

Milk and Honey and a Few Bad Apples: The Image of Oklahoma in Popular Magazine

Nede Wade "Ned" Christie and the Outlaw Mystique