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A History of the Modoc Indians: An Acculturation Study

Description: Article illustrates the history of the Modoc Indians: an Indigenous people who can trace their ancestry to the Oregon area and whose history dates back over 10,000 years. After the Modoc War, the tribe was split between those who wished to go back to Oregon and those who wished to remain in Oklahoma Territory.
Date: Winter 1969
Creator: Martin, Lucille J.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

A Study of Public Opinion on Desegregation in Oklahoma Higher Education

Description: Article chronicles the public's opinions and reactions to desegregation throughout Oklahoma by analyzing editorials and newspapers published during three major Supreme Court Cases: Sipuel v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma, McLaurin V. Oklahoma Stage Regents, and Brown v. Board of Education.
Date: Autumn 1969
Creator: Celarier, Michelle
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Necrology, Summer 1958

Description: Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died; this issue discusses educator and former Secretary of the State Board of Education George Clair Wells.
Date: Summer 1958
Creator: Balyeat, Frank A.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Some Personal Rememberances about Lynn Riggs

Description: Article discusses the life and work of poet, author, and playwright Lynn Riggs from the perspective of the narrator Joseph Benton, who knew and befriended him. Benton describes his impression of Riggs from their time together at the University of Oklahoma, and his progress as a poet and a writer of dramatic plays.
Date: Autumn 1956
Creator: Benton, Joseph
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Necrology, Summer 1955

Description: Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died; this issue discusses pioneer teacher Ethel Brewer McMillan, who came to Indian Territory and left an impact on the educational community.
Date: Summer 1955
Creator: Campbell, Floy
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Thomas T. Montgomery

Description: Article provides a biographical tribute to Dr. Thomas T. Montgomery, president emeritus of Southeastern State College and member of many educational community organizations. Charles Evans puts the man's contributions in context and describes the progress of education in Oklahoma from 1889 to the present day.
Date: Spring 1955
Creator: Evans, Charles
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

American Airlines Along the Butterfield Mail Route

Description: Article discusses the work of the author, an American Airlines pilot on the Butterfield Overland Mail Route. Vernon H. Brown describes the history of the route and its founder, its layout in Oklahoma, and plans for the Oklahoma Semi-Centennial Celebration that included a marking of the route.
Date: Spring 1955
Creator: Brown, Vernon H.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Lewis Jefferson Moorman, M. D.

Description: Article provides a biographical tribute to physician, author, journal editor, and member of the Oklahoma Historical Society, Lewis Jefferson Moorman, M. D. Gaston Litton describes the lasting impact Moorman left on Oklahoma medical history through his contributions.
Date: Winter 1954
Creator: Litton, Gaston
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Necrology, Summer 1954

Description: Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including leading surgeon Virgil Berry and pastor John Henry Byers.
Date: Summer 1954
Creator: Hand, Margaret Berry & Pierce, Herbert Miner
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Placing Historical Markers in Oklahoma

Description: Article discusses the early efforts of the Oklahoma Historical Society to gain authorization for the placing of historical markers through a legislative bill, the process of gaining funding for these markers, and the list of sites selected for markers.
Date: Summer 1954
Creator: Evans, Charles
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Dr. Charles Evans, Secretary of the Oklahoma Historical Society, Lays Down his Work

Description: Article discusses the resignation of Dr. Charles Evans from his post as secretary of the Oklahoma Historical Society and pays tribute to the editor by describing his life and duties. President William S. Key also includes remarks about Evans by members of the Board of Directors of the OHS.
Date: Summer 1954
Creator: Key, William S.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Necrology, Spring 1954

Description: Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died; this issue discusses pioneer and county official Omar Ellsworth Null.
Date: Spring 1954
Creator: Richards, O. H.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Thurgood Marshall's "Broom Closet": The Structure of Segregation in McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents

Description: Article examines the circumstances that led up to the court case McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents and how lawyers Thurgood Marshall and Amos T. Hall fought for equal treatment of George McLaurin, an African-American student who was admitted to the University of Oklahoma College of Education in 1948, but physically separated from his classmates and made to enter his classroom through a separate door.
Date: Spring 2019
Creator: Lomazoff, Eric & Gregory, Bailie
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Aerial Photo of Site No. 17 Sandstone Creek

Description: Photograph of an aerial shot of Site No. 17 Sandstone Creek and the surrounding area. “Photo taken at the same time there was approximately 6.6’ of water over the drawdown structure. Note water lacked several feet of being up to the emergency spillway elevation which is on the right side of the lake. Also note Sandstone Creek 17-A in the left side of the photograph and the stream discharge down by the ranch headquarters below the reservoir site.”
Date: April 30, 1954
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Flooded Washita River near Stafford

Description: Photograph of an aerial shot of a flooded Washita River. Note the house, road, and a few building affected by the rising and falling waters. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Washita River, north of Stafford, Okla., at 6:00 p. m. on April 30, 1954. Note barn in background surrounded by water.”
Date: April 30, 1954
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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