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[2012.201.B0423.0191]

Description: Photograph is of a man in a baseball jacket and baseball hat wearing ice skates on a frozen lake. Caption: "A veritable winter rosebud is this dimple-kneed darling, who was caught at play on a frozen city lake."
Date: January 11, 1940
Creator: Owen, A. Y.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Across the Muddy Red

Description: Article illustrates the history of suspension bridges constructed on the Red River between Oklahoma and Texas. Environmental conditions threatened the stability of these bridges, but the industries in the area and transport needs led to continual attempts at creating a lasting structure.
Date: Winter 1983
Creator: Crockett, Bernice N.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Archaeological Discoveries at the Morris Site, Cherokee County, Oklahoma

Description: Article explores the archeological findings of the Smithsonian Institution River Basin Survey at the Morris site in Cherokee County, Oklahoma. Robert e. Bell and Richard H. Fraser draw historical inferences about the artifacts found in the excavation of this site and the burials that occurred there.
Date: Summer 1952
Creator: Bell, Robert E. & Fraser, Richard H.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Balentines, Father and Son, in the Indian Territory

Description: Article discusses the lives of Reverend Hamilton Balentine and his son, William H. Balentine. Carolyn Thomas Foreman first explores the career of the missionary teacher father and his work with the Wapanucka Institute, and then that of his son, who taught and also worked within the Cherokee government.
Date: Winter 1956
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0076]

Description: Photograph is of a brick structure that the roof has collapsed into the interior and part of the brick walls have collapsed as well. The remaining walls are burnt black in areas. the trees surrounding the building are laden in ice from the water used to fight the fire. Caption: "Ice-laden trees provided a foreground of contrast as the old section of the Putnam City junior high school burned Monday morning."
Date: December 16, 1940
Creator: Kaho, C. J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0077]

Description: Photograph is of a group of men in suits and coats surveying a brick structure that was destroyed by fire. There is brick rubble and metal strewn across the ground behind the men. Caption: "Twisted steel and fire-crumbled brick are all that remain of the First Baptist church of Cordell."
Date: January 14, 1940
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0078]

Description: Photograph is of a destroyed multiple story brick structure. the roof has collapsed in tot he interior as well as major portions of the exterior brick walls. A few men are walking around the structure surveying the damage. Caption: "This is what was left of the old section of Putnam City junior high school after a fire which broke out in the early hours of Monday morning had done its work."
Date: December 16, 1940
Creator: Kaho, C. J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

BASEMENT BOX 67.0079

Description: Photograph taken during daylight of grain elevators in a blaze of fire and black smoke. Caption: "Fire Thursday did $100,000 damage to the elevator of the Blackwell Mill and Elevator Co. in Blackwell."
Date: January 26, 1940
Creator: Teter, Cloyd
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Boundaries of Oklahoma

Description: Book discussing the history of Oklahoma's borders and boundaries, including the borders of the Indian nations within the territory and those of the individual counties. Index starts on page 137.
Date: 2017
Creator: Morris, John W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Libraries

Boundaries of Oklahoma

Description: Book discussing the history of Oklahoma's borders and boundaries, including the borders of the Indian nations within the territory and those of the individual counties. Index starts on page 137.
Date: 1980
Creator: Morris, John W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Libraries

Building and Promoting Their Place: The Clegerns of ‘89

Description: Article discusses the Clegern family and sheds light on a crucial time in the growth of three different Oklahoma cities. William Clegern and his son, Harry, were entrepreneurs who found opportunity in the 1889 Land Run. In addition, they influenced the development of Oklahoma City, Edmond, and Henryetta.
Date: Spring 2014
Creator: Clegern, Wayne M.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Capital Versus Labor in Tulsa: The Mid-Continent Refinery Strike of 1938-40

Description: Article details the Mid-Continent Refinery Strike of 1938-40. On December 22, 1938, members of the Oil Worker's International Union, representing labor in the petroleum industry at Tulsa's Mid-Continent Refinery, shut down the plant and walked off the job. The bitter, protracted, and occasionally violent fight involved two years of investigations and negotiations.
Date: Spring 2006
Creator: Rubey, Diane M.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Charles Newton Gould: "Covered Wagon Geologist"

Description: Article describes the experiences and work of the "covered wagon geologist" Charles N. Gould. Mildred Armor Frizzell provides context to excerpts of the pioneer's autobiography, where he discussed his work conducting geological surveys and teaching at the University of Oklahoma.
Date: Summer 1960
Creator: Frizzell, Mildred A.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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