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Recollections of Tulsa, Indian Territory, From Sister Mary Agnes Newchurch, O. Carm

Description: Article recounts Sister Mary Agnes Newchurch's time at a mission schools in Tulsa and Vinita during a year of financial difficulties and misunderstandings with the communities. She was the last surviving member who taught at these communities at the time of her testimony.
Date: Spring 1971
Creator: Nolan, Charles E. & Newchurch, Sister Mary Agnes
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Grandma Berry's Ninety Years in Oklahoma

Description: Article includes the reminiscences of the author's grandmother living on the frontier of the Choctaw Nation in Indian Territory, as well as the author's own memories of her grandmother. Becky Berry's grandmother, Mrs. H. H. Berry, describes growing up and traveling around, early education, and family memories.
Date: Spring 1967
Creator: Berry, Becky & Berry, Mrs. H. H.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Civil War Sites in Oklahoma

Description: Article provides a detailed description of 86 historic sites in Oklahoma related to the Civil War in honor of its centennial, supported by extensive field research and consultation of sources. The list is arranged alphabetically by county.
Date: Summer 1966
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975 & Fischer, LeRoy H.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

In Memory of Anna Brosius Korn

Description: Article pays tribute to the life of Anna Lee Brosius Korn, writer, poet, organizer and leader of several women's clubs, and member of the Oklahoma Historical Society Board of Directors.
Date: Summer 1966
Creator: Everett, Mark R.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Paul Atlee Walker

Description: Article provides a biographical tribute to the life and career of Paul Atlee Walker, lawyer, justice of the peace, Oklahoma National Guard veteran, and Chairman of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission.
Date: Summer 1966
Creator: Montgomery, Ed
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The History of Hammon and the Red Moon School

Description: Article discusses the establishment of the Red Moon Boarding School at the Red Moon Agency for the Cheyenne and Arapaho groups living on the reservation there. Patt Hodge describes the work of James H. Hammon and the success of the school.
Date: Summer 1966
Creator: Hodge, Patt
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Necrology, Fall 1965

Description: Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including former OHS Board of Directors member Orel Busby and politician Elmer Thomas.
Date: Autumn 1965
Creator: Knickmeyer, W. L. & Corwin, Hugh D.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Hoxie and Acord: "Reel" Oklahoma Cowboys

Description: Article describes the lives and careers of two Oklahoma-born cowboys, Jack Hoxie and Art Acord. Leo Kelley traces their work from Wild West shows and rodeos to starring roles on the silver screen, providing context about the history of the motion picture industry.
Date: Spring 1996
Creator: Kelley, Leo
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Alice Lee Elliott Memorial Academy: A School for Choctaw Freedmen

Description: Article explores the history of Oak Hill Industrial Academy (also known as Alice Lee Elliott Memorial Academy) one of the only schools that provided education to Choctaw freedmen and other black citizens in the area of Valliant, Oklahoma. Joy McDougal Smith traces the history of the school, from its establishment to closing, and includes details about the people who taught and studied there.
Date: Autumn 1994
Creator: Smith, McDougal Joy
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Myrtle Archer McDougal: Leader of Oklahoma's "Timid Sisters"

Description: Article describes the life and career of Myrtle Archer McDougal, a suffragette and leader of over forty organizations supporting women's rights, democratic party politics, health reform, and world peace initiatives. McDougal was a community leader of Sapulpa, Oklahoma, and a passionate speaker who acted as a representative for the "timid sisters" of Oklahoma.
Date: Autumn 1982
Creator: Hoder-Salmon, Marilyn
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Missiles of Oklahoma: Southwest Oklahoma's Role in the American Cold Way Nuclear Arsenal, 1960-65

Description: Article describes Oklahoma's role in American nuclear development during the Cold War era. While also providing historical background, Landry Brewer focuses on the construction and development of twelve intercontinental ballistic missile sites in southwest Oklahoma along with the hub at Altus Air Force Base.
Date: Autumn 2017
Creator: Brewer, Landry
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Communists, Poetry, and Oklahoma History: The Life of Zoe Agnes Stratton Tilghman

Description: Article describes the life of writer and educator Zoe Agnes Stratton Tilghman. Mallory Newell examines the Oklahoma historian's legacy, from her contributions of books and articles and support of young writers to her work with the Federal Writers Project and the conflict she faced there.
Date: Summer 2012
Creator: Newell, Mallory
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Pepper Martin: The Wild Horse of the Osage

Description: Article describes the life and career of John Leonard Roosevelt "Pepper" Martin, the Oklahoman baseball player known as the Wild Horse of the Osage. Joe D. Haines, Jr. describes the player's successes as a member of the Hominy Indians Professional Football Club and the St. Louis Cardinals, also delving into his personality and antics on and off the field.
Date: Winter 2002
Creator: Haines, Joe D., Jr.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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