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The Enigma of Mike Monroney

Description: Article provides an overview of the political career of Almer Stillwell "Mike" Monroney, who served the people of Oklahoma in the US House of Representatives and US Senate from 1939 until 1966. The author characterizes Monroney as a level-headed moderate attempting to continue his tenure in office amidst a shift to the conservative right in Oklahoma politics.
Date: Spring 2013
Creator: Lowitt, Richard, 1922-2018
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Horse Racing in Early Oklahoma

Description: Article describes the establishment of horse racing and horse racing tracks in Oklahoma, as well as the eventual ban on pari-mutuel betting that occurred in 1913. As betting on horse races was legalized again in 1982, Diane B. Haser-Harris commemorates the history of the sport with this article.
Date: Spring 1986
Creator: Haser-Harris, Diane B.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

"No Wild Venture": The State Capital Publishing Building

Description: Article delineates the construction of the Oklahoma State Capital Building, led by the Oklahoma State Capital newspaper editor Frank Hilton Greer, and the history behind it. Lloyd C. Lentz, II, also explores the legacy Greer left through the conversion of the building to the State Capital Publishing Museum.
Date: Autumn 1983
Creator: Lentz, Lloyd C., III
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0153.0378]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "The weatherman didn't come through for Christmas, but Mandy Darnell, 6, left, and brother Terry, 10, demonstrate a White New Year's is almost as neat, as they romp through fresh snow in El Reno's Frank Knight Park."
Date: December 31, 1982
Creator: Klock, Roger
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0153.0379]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Soft, cold snow leaves plenty of room for deep footprints as Mandy Darnell, 6, left, and her brother Terry, 10, blaze fresh tracks in El Reno's Frank Knight Park early Friday."
Date: December 31, 1982
Creator: Klock, Roger
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0259.0569]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "I-35 in northwest Oklahoma City is a maze of roads as workmen near completion of the Memorial Road interchange, right."
Date: December 31, 1982
Creator: Klock, Roger
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1213.1096]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Peggy Stover, Tulsa; Peter shaft, New Orleans, and Tom Schroedter, Tulsa, visit Friday night following the wedding of friends Roxanna Harper and Jeffery M. Hurst."
Date: December 31, 1982
Creator: Wilson, George R.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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