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Campaigning with Sheridan: A Farrier's Diary

Description: Article describes the military career of General Philip Henry Sheridan during the Washita campaign and includes excerpts from the journal of Winfeld Scott Harvey, who traveled with the 7th U. S. Cavalry on this campaign. This detailed account by the soldier provides a clearer portrait of this particular "war" in history.
Date: Spring 1959
Creator: Shirk, George H.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Amiel Weeks Whipple

Description: Article provides a biographical breakdown of the life and career of General Amiel Weeks Whipple, whose collection of journals, maps, drawings, and other materials were donated to the Oklahoma Historical Society. Francis R. Stoddard discusses the man's work on the Mexican Boundary Survey of 1851 and the Pacific Railroad Survey of 1853.
Date: Autumn 1950
Creator: Stoddard, Franci R.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Case of the Plagiarized Journal

Description: Article compares the famous account of the Washita campaign by General George A. Custer with a journal donated to the Oklahoma Historical Society originally belonging to Lieutenant P. N. Hardman of the 7th Cavalry who served in the same campaign. George H. Shirk questions which account came first, if one author plagiarized another, and what amount of information may have been fabricated.
Date: Winter 1958
Creator: Shirk, George H.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Captain Charles W. Whipple's Notebook: The Week of the Run into Oklahoma in 1889

Description: Article narrates the life of Captain Charles W. Whipple during his time as the Chief Ordnance Officer at a time of settlement within the Unassigned Lands of the Indian Territories. This area would later be called Oklahoma City. The journal entries are some of the few accounts of what life was like for commanders in the army and civilian leaders during Oklahoma City's creation.
Date: Summer 1970
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Charles Radziminski: Patriot, Exile, Pioneer

Description: Article discusses the life and military career of Charles Radziminski, a Polish Revolutionary who became a U.S. Dragoon, a surveyor for the United States-Mexican Boundary Commissions, and an officer in the pre-Civil War 2nd Cavalry in Texas.
Date: Winter 1960
Creator: Radzyminski, Stanley F.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The "Come-As-You-Are" War: Fort Sill and the Persian Gulf Crisis of 1990-1991

Description: Article illustrates the resilience and quick adaption to rapid change Fort Sill employed during the Persian Gulf Crisis, mobilizing large groups of soldiers during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Demands for personnel, training, and equipment were high during this time, and Boyd L. Dastrup describes the situation at the army post.
Date: Summer 2005
Creator: Dastrup, Boyd L.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

General Philip St. George Cooke

Description: Article describes the life and military career of General Douglas H. Cooper, who led several regiments of Dragoons throughout his lifetime. Carolyn Thomas Foreman examines accounts written by Cooke and correspondence from the time to paint a portrait of the man and his work.
Date: Summer 1954
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Lela L. Barnett: An Oklahoma WAC in World War II Italy

Description: Article describes the life of Lela Barnett, one of the first members of the Women's Army Corps during World War II, through letters sent home to her mother. From training and service in Italy, to her adventures as a civilian employee, to her eventual return to Oklahoma to work as a librarian at Fort Sill, Ralph Gregory Barnett records his aunt's eventful life.
Date: Autumn 2005
Creator: Beil, Raph Gregory
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

"Goodbye, Dear, I'll Be Back in a Year": The Mobilization of the Oklahoma National Guard For World War II

Description: Article explores the history of the Oklahoma National Guard, and particularly the Forty-fifth Infantry Division and their participation in World War II. Kenny A. Franks describes the intensive training soldiers went through and the events that led up to mobilization.
Date: Winter 1991
Creator: Franks, Kenny A. (Kenny Arthur), 1945-
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Itemized List of the Whipple Collection

Description: Article provides an itemized list of the General Amiel Weeks Whipple Collection, which includes journals, drawings, paintings, maps, manuscripts, pamphlets, books and pages, and lithographs related to the land surveys the man participated in.
Date: Autumn 1950
Creator: Evans, Charles
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Man in Uniform and Suit

Description: Two portraits of two separate men. The first is of a man in what appears to be a US Army Air Corps uniform with the stripes of a sergeant first class. He looks to the left of the camera with his body oriented to his right. The second portrait is of a man in a suit and tie with his dark hair slicked back. He smiles at the camera with his body oriented to his left.
Date: 1945~
Creator: Conwell Studio
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Allen Man 4

Description: Portrait of a man with very short light hair wearing what may be a US Army uniform. He is oriented slightly to his right looks at the camera, smiling.
Date: 1960~
Creator: Conwell Studio
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Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Allen Man 6

Description: Portrait of a man with dark military hat wearing what may be a US Army uniform. He is oriented his right looks slightly off to his right without smiling.
Date: 1960~
Creator: Conwell Studio
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Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Allen Man 5

Description: Portrait of a man with dark military hat wearing what may be a US Army uniform. He is oriented his right looks off to his right without smiling.
Date: 1960~
Creator: Conwell Studio
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Allen Man 7

Description: Portrait of a man with very short light hair wearing what may be a US Army uniform. He is oriented slightly to his right looks at the camera without smiling.
Date: 1960~
Creator: Conwell Studio
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie
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