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Government of the Creek Indians

Description: Article details the legislative events that transpired during the opening of the Oklahoma Territory. Included are notes regarding how the territorial government handled the Snake Revolution, a reprint of the Constitution of the Muskogee Nation, an outline of some politicians' platforms, and an explanation of treaties and agreements made with the Creek Indians.
Date: Summer 1930
Creator: Morton, Ohland
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Lela L. Barnett: An Oklahoma WAC in World War II Italy

Description: Article describes the life of Lela Barnett, one of the first members of the Women's Army Corps during World War II, through letters sent home to her mother. From training and service in Italy, to her adventures as a civilian employee, to her eventual return to Oklahoma to work as a librarian at Fort Sill, Ralph Gregory Barnett records his aunt's eventful life.
Date: Autumn 2005
Creator: Beil, Raph Gregory
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Sorey Hill and Sorey: Architects with a Civic Conscience

Description: Article describes the history of Sorey Hill and Sorey design firm and their impact on the architectural landscape of Oklahoma City, Stillwater, and Norman throughout the years. Tom Sorey, Jr. draws on his professional and personal associations with the firm to delve deeper into their contributions and the styles that influenced their work.
Date: Winter 1993
Creator: Sorey, Tom, Jr.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

"An' the west jes' smiled": Oklahoma Banking and the Panic of 1907

Description: Article relates the ways in which the Oklahoma Bankers Association and each community's banks responded to the 1907 Bankers' Panic. They calmed public fears of bank insolvency and developed ingenious was to make currency flow in the economy. As a result, Oklahoma created the nation's first bank deposit guaranty law.
Date: Spring 2009
Creator: Gatch, Loren C.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

"Dust to Eat" A Document from the Dust Bowl

Description: Article describes the difficulties farmers faced during the Dust Bowl era in their daily lives through the personal narrative of Caroline A. Henderson. Virginia C. Purdy edited the piece and provides an introduction for historical context.
Date: Winter 1980
Creator: Purdy, Virgina C. & Henderson, Caroline Agnes
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Carl Albert: Little Giant of Native America

Description: Article describes the life and career of Carl Albert, Oklahoma Congressman for Oklahoma's Third Congressional District and eventual Speaker of the US House of Representatives. David W. Clark explores the ways Carl Albert assisted the American Indian community through beneficial policies supporting self-determination and opposition to policies terminating tribes.
Date: Autumn 2015
Creator: Clark, David W.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Farm Life in Logan County in Oklahoma Territory

Description: Article discusses the life of the author and her family after homesteading in Logan County, Oklahoma Territory. Ina Robinson discusses the difficulties faced on the frontier, the people they encountered there, education available, and social life.
Date: Autumn 1959
Creator: Robinson, Ina Lee
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

"He Has Builded His Own Monument": Will T. Little and the Legacy of '89

Description: Article provides a biographical tribute to Will T. Little, a pioneer of the Unassigned Lands who was the first to write and print a news publication there. Kenny L. Brown describes the life of the man and the impact he made, which included environmental advocacy and the planting of trees in Perry's courthouse square.
Date: Autumn 1989
Creator: Brown, Kenny L.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Journal of Alexander Lawrence Posey, January 1 to September 4, 1897 with Introduction and Annotations

Description: Article provides an introduction to and includes an excerpt of the journal of Alexander Lawrence Posey, poet, a member of the Creek (Muscogee) legislature, and eventual superintendent of the Creek Orphanage near Okmulgee, Oklahoma. The journal provides a narrative of Posey's life from January to August of 1897.
Date: Winter 1967
Creator: Dale, Edward Everett & Posey, Alexander Lawrence
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Chief William Potter Ross

Description: Article chronicles the life and accomplishments of Chief William Potter Ross, the former editor of the Cherokee Advocate and eventual chief of the Cherokee tribe.
Date: Spring 1937
Creator: Meserve, John Bartlett, 1869-1943
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Swanson County

Description: Article details the legislative actions taken to create Swanson county, the 77th county created within Oklahoma, and the numerous politicians appointed and elected to its governing body.
Date: Winter 1931
Creator: Smith, Emily B.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph: OHPG0119]

Description: Picture of Mannford residents gathered to see the operation of the Flying Ginny which was an early way of getting across the Cimarron River. Seated in the Ginny are David Holler, Cleo taylor and Bill Taylor
Date: 1908
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Partner: Keystone Crossroads Historical Society

We Had Everything But Money

Description: Article describes the life of Congressmen Carl Albert and the environment and motivations that led him to seek political office in an autobiographical recollection. Albert provides a rich portrait of his family and upbringing in Bug Tussle, a rural school district in Oklahoma.
Date: Summer 1988
Creator: Albert, Carl Bert & Goble, Danney
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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