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Notes and Documents, Fall 2010

Description: Notes and Documents column including J. Matthew Reed's "The Kiowa Tipi with Battle Pictures," which highlights the re-discovery of a traditional Kiowa tipi housed within the Oklahoma Museum of History that had been forgotten for years. The article gives the history of the tipi, known as Tipi with Battle Pictures, and provides images of the tipi's art.
Date: Autumn 2010
Creator: Reed, Matthew J.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

For the Record, Fall 2010

Description: For the Record section including the minutes of the regular quarterly board meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on April 28, 2010, as well as the minutes of the Annual Meeting of the Membership, which was held on April 29, 2010.
Date: Autumn 2010
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Brother Bankers: Frank P. and Hugh M. Johnson, Founders of the First National Bank and Trust Company of Oklahoma City

Description: Article explores the parallel paths in Oklahoma banking history of brothers F. P. and H. M. Johnson. The brothers came from Mississippi to Oklahoma and made names for themselves in their own banking ventures across the state before teaming up to create the First National Bank and Trust Company in Oklahoma City.
Date: Winter 2010
Creator: Hightower, Michael J.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The 1969 Oklahoma City Garbage Strike

Description: Article covers the Oklahoma City worker's strike in 1969 when sanitation workers, mostly African Americans, went on strike for higher wages and better working conditions. The article expounds on the reasons for the strike, the attention it received locally and nationally from African American politicians and organizations, and the results of the resolve of the strikers and their supporters.
Date: Winter 2010
Creator: Lowitt, Richard, 1922-2018
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Winter 2010-11

Description: Notes and Documents column including Rob Smith's "A New Approach to the Oklahoma Historical Society Oral History and Audio Archives," which details the restructuring of the Oklahoma Historical Society Oral History and Audio Archives in order to expand the audio digitization program and improve preservation.
Date: Winter 2010
Creator: Smith, Rob
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

For the Record, Winter 2010-11

Description: For the Record section including the minutes of the regular quarterly board meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on July 28, 2010.
Date: Winter 2010
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Doctor Forrest Pitt Baker and the History of the Eastern Oklahoma Tuberculosis Sanatorium

Description: Article details the first publicly run institution for tuberculosis in the state: the Eastern Oklahoma Tuberculosis Sanatorium in Talihina, Oklahoma. Under the direction of Dr. Forrest Pitt Baker advances were made that improved the lives of Oklahomans who were afflicted with tuberculosis.
Date: Spring 2011
Creator: Roberson, Glen R.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Latino Impress in Oklahoma City

Description: Article explores the history of Latino influence in Oklahoma City as well as the continuing growth of the vibrant Hispanic cultural landscape.
Date: Spring 2011
Creator: Widener, Jeffrey M.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Judge Royce H. Savage

Description: Article asserts that despite the controversy surrounding Judge Royce Savage's retirement from the Northern District Court, the judge's reputation for case management and dedication to pretrial conferences remains intact.
Date: Spring 2011
Creator: Kellough, William C.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Jesse "Cab" Renick: In Search of an Indian Identity

Description: This article argues that Jesse "Cab" Renick's Indian identity and his contribution to sports should be reexamined. Only three American Indian athletes have earned gold medals at Olympic Games between 1896 and 2010. One of those athletes was Jesse "Cab" Renick, a basketball player with the 1948 U.S. Olympic team. Although he was Choctaw and Chickasaw, he did not grow up with a prominent American Indian identity and did not identify himself as such.
Date: Spring 2011
Creator: Putz, Paul
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Love Gifts for the Bishop: James J. Stewart v. Bishop W. Angie Smith, Part 1

Description: Article discussing the events that led to a church investigating committee when, James J. Stewart, an Albuquerque minister, filed charges against Methodist bishop W. Angie Smith for what he considered abuse of episcopal power. It also discusses the proceedings of the meeting itself and the aftermath.
Date: Spring 2000
Creator: Martin, A. W., Jr.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Fear of "Negro Domination": The Rise of Segregation and Disfranchisement in Oklahoma

Description: This article addresses the issue of the rise of segregation and disfranchisement in the frontier West. It looks closely at the sociopolitical climate in Oklahoma to answer important questions about the opportunities blacks found in the state and how white politicians became emboldened by the fear of "Negro domination."
Date: Spring 2000
Creator: Wickett, Murray R.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Milton Co-Operative Colony: From Utopia to Ghost Town, 1913-1916

Description: Drawing from the writings of a former resident and the colony's promotional material, this article traces the rise and fall of the Milton Co-Operative Company, a socialist colony located in Milton, Oklahoma from 1913 to 1916.
Date: Spring 2000
Creator: Bumgarner, Norma Jane
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

"The Panther's Scream is Often Heard": Cherokee Women in Indian Territory during the Civil War

Description: The Civil War and intertribal factionalism in the Cherokee Nation left one-third of women as widows and one-fourth of the children as orphans by 1863. This article is a careful examination of the lives of many Cherokee women in which the author concludes that while the crisis may have empowered women, it also led to a crisis of identity for elite women.
Date: Spring 2000
Creator: Johnston, Carolyn Ross
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Fort Sill, the Chiricahua Apaches, and the Government's Promise of Permanent Residence

Description: The Chiricahua Apaches spent nineteen years (1894-1913) as prisoners of war at Fort Sill in southwestern Oklahoma believing they had been promised permanent residency. This article addresses the rationale behind the government's decision to remove the Apaches from Fort Sill and explores the record to show why the Apaches and others believed they had been promised permanent residency there.
Date: Spring 2000
Creator: Haes, Brenda L.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Kate Barnard: The Story of a Woman Politician

Description: Article provides a fascinating account of Kate Barnard, a skillful but little-known "woman politician" whose dedication to social causes has not been equaled.
Date: Summer 2000
Creator: Edmonds, Linda & Larason, Margaret
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

For the Record, Spring 2000

Description: For the Record section including the minutes of the Quarterly Board Meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on October 27, 1999.
Date: Spring 2000
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Spring 2000

Description: Notes and Documents column including an article honoring Donald J. Berthrong, who was inducted into the annual Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame in 1999. It also includes a short article describing the Oklahoma State Museum of History's acquisition of barrels of emergency supplies originally manufactured by the Civil Defense Agency of the Department of Defense due to fears of atomic attacks on America after WWII and during the Cold War.
Date: Spring 2000
Creator: Blackburn, Bob L. & Bell, Michael
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Western Oklahoma's Regiment: The 179th Infantry

Description: Article discusses the history and formation of Western Oklahoma's 179th Infantry, including details about the men who formed the regiment and their participation in the Korean War. Penn V. Rabb, Jr. also addresses some of the challenges the regiment faced: obtaining supplies to equip themselves, responding to both state and national emergencies, and organizational changes.
Date: Summer 2000
Creator: Rabb, Penn V., Jr.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Park Hill Mission: Letters from a Missionary Family

Description: Article describes the lives of Reverend Joseph Leiper, wife Fanny Leiper, and Joseph's aunt Margeret McCarrell in their lives as Presbyterian missionaries running the Park Hill Mission, which functioned as both a church and a school for Cherokee residents of the area. Krisitna L. Southwell also describes the founding of the McCarrell Institute, one of the only schools for African American children in the area at the time.
Date: Summer 2000
Creator: Southwell, Kristina L.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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