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Geography of Oklahoma

Description: Historical book discussing the geography of Oklahoma, including the climate, physical environment, minerals composition, and the evolving cities and transportation system; the book also contain maps to illustrate the temperature ranges, population, etc. Index starts on page 175.
Date: 2017
Creator: Morris, John W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Libraries

Farm Crisis in Oklahoma, Part 1

Description: This article is the first part of a two-part article that examines the effect that economic distress and political policies had on Oklahoma farmers and ranchers during the 1970s and 1980s.
Date: Autumn 2011
Creator: Lowitt, Richard, 1922-2018
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Forty Feet Under: Kaw City and the Kaw Project on the Arkansas River, 1957-1976

Description: Article describing the process of the construction of the Kaw Dam and Reservoir. From the mid-1950s the inhabitants of Kaw City, founded in 1902 in Kay County, anticipated the construction of Kaw Dam and Reservoir on the Arkansas River. As the bureaucratic process dragged on for decades, the project divided the community. Ultimately, the residents rebuilt on a new site, and by 1977 "Old" Kaw City lay forty feet under Kaw Lake.
Date: Winter 2006
Creator: Lowitt, Richard, 1922-2018
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Black Slavery in Indian Territory: The Ex-Slave Narratives

Description: Article examines the contents of ex-slave narratives from the collection assembled under the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration. Monroe Billington points out that little attention was given to black slavery among the Indians of Indian Territory and focuses on related narratives.
Date: Spring 1982
Creator: Billington, Monroe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

For the Record, Spring 1978

Description: For the Record section including the minutes of the quarterly board meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on October 27, 1977. It also includes a gift list for the third quarter of 1977 and lists of new annual and new life members of the OHS.
Date: Spring 1978
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0158.0564]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Police have requested members of the Oklahoma County District Attorney's office to be present to prevent law violations at future Iranian demonstrations like this which took place Saturday."
Date: December 31, 1977
Creator: Albright, Bob
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0053.0408]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Driver Roger D. Clawson, 27, Mount Pleasant, Texas, escaped with minor injuries, but his flatbed tractor rig was a mess after overturning about 5 AM today and strewing 800-pound lengths of oil field drill casing across the northbound lanes of I-35 at the Lindsey overpass in Norman."
Date: December 30, 1977
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0248.0634]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Enrolling her son for the pre-school session at Southern Oaks Recreation Center, SW 67 and Walker, Martha McDown, right, gets a preview of activities scheduled for the 3-year to kindergarten age group from instructor Nancy Harelton."
Date: December 30, 1977
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0254.0387]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Paul Heath, District 7 - " The school board should respond to the idea that some schools do not have appropriate books and other supplies."
Date: December 30, 1977
Creator: Miller, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0312B.0493]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Bruce Bethers, Y program director, in a series of plays, blocks a blow from Hunter and gives him a jab of his own, upper left; deflects another punch while delivering his own sock to the jaw, upper right."
Date: December 30, 1977
Creator: Klock, Roger
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0412B.0545]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "James O. Morrissey, District 6 " We should look into having standardized tests which all students would have to pass before they could go on to the next level."
Date: December 30, 1977
Creator: Albright, Bob
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0073.0313]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Oral Roberts' Jeff Holtgrewe dark jersey dives in front of OCU's Dave Sykora to steal the ball away in Thursday's afternoon consolation game"
Date: December 29, 1977
Creator: Hoke, Doug
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0106.0688]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Sturdy concrete spans are replacing a former wooden bridge west of Lawton's Goodyear Tire Plant site to accommodate heavier traffic expected on a rerouted section of SH 7."
Date: December 29, 1977
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0135.0757]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Police parking enforces Karen Clark, left, and Ken Buettner prepare to start the day's rounds in one of the Oklahoma City department's new three-wheeled cycles."
Date: December 29, 1977
Creator: Tullous, Don
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0260B.0627]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "(Moor Needed) Surrounded in a sea of hats, Oklahoma Theater Center costume designer Vicki Holden catalogues some of the nearly 1,000 donated to the center during the past year."
Date: December 29, 1977
Creator: Klock, Roger
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0304B.0064]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Ada coach Bill Johnson gives instructions to guards Dawn Carole Harris, right, and Diana Duffer, left, during the Cougars 57-53 win over Konawa in the semifinals of the second annual Mid-America girls high school basketball tournament in Ada."
Date: December 29, 1977
Creator: Vahlberg, Bob
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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