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Why Educate the Indians?

Description: Article is a speech from the Secretary of War regarding why Indigenous Americans should receive an education. This speech was given at the Commencement Exercises of Bacone College.
Date: Autumn 1931
Creator: Hurley, Patrick J.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Two Oklahomans Honored

Description: Article discusses the honoring of two Oklahomans by the Oklahoma Historical Society, General Patrick J. Hurley and Charles H. Thompkins. Charles Evans provides biographical background of their lives as well as excerpts of their speeches at the meeting of the OHS Board of Directors.
Date: Spring 1951
Creator: Evans, Charles
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Necrology, Summer 1963

Description: Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including architect Guy Clifford Reid and Floyd E. Maytubby, former Governor of the Chickasaw Nation.
Date: Summer 1963
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975 & Johnson, N. B.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

"The Hour of Remembrance," Oklahoma Memorial Association, 1963

Description: Article provides a memorial address given by H. Milt Phillips honoring the contributions of U. S. Senator Robert S. Kerr, General Patrick Hurley, John Porter, and Mrs. Virgil Browne. Phillips also discusses the state of the world in 1963 and stresses the importance of studying the Humanities and preserving culture and history.
Date: Winter 1963
Creator: Phillips, H. Milt
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Cyrus Stevens Avery

Description: Article provides a tribute to the life and career of Cyrus Stevens Avery, who served as State Highway Commissioner of Oklahoma, Director of the Tulsa National Bank, and a member of the Board of Directors of the Tulsa Chamber of Commerce.
Date: Spring 1967
Creator: Avery, Ruth Sigler
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

"Your Enemies May Attract Unwanted Friends": Gerald L. K. Smith, Patrick Hurley, and the 1948 New Mexico Senate Race

Description: Article explores Gerald L. K. Smith's intrusion into the 1948 United States Senate race in New Mexico, in which native Oklahoman Patrick J. Hurley was the Republican candidate. In the mid-twentieth century, Gerald L. K. Smith became well-known for the viciousness of his views, his bigotry, and his extremism.
Date: Autumn 2004
Creator: Buhite, Russell D.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

A New Frontier in Science: Robert S. Kerr, James E. Webb, and Oklahoma in the Spage Age

Description: Article discussing Oklahoma's involvement in the space race through the collaboration of Senator Robert S. Kerr and Frontiers of Science Foundation Director James E. Webb to bring the space age to Oklahoma in the 1950s and 1960s. In concert with other state leaders they promoted a National Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Space, encouraged science education in public schools, and brought nationally prominent space-race advocates to Oklahoma.
Date: Summer 2006
Creator: Moore, Bill
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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
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Power for the People: Developing the Grand River Dam Authority, Part 2, 1945-1964

Description: This article is the second part of a two-part article on the Grand River Dam Authority. In this part, the author analyzes the state agency's history after World War II. Only one-third complete in 1945, the GRDA operated only Pensacola Dam. Over the next three decades Senators Elmer Thomas and Robert S. Kerr guided the federal legislation that would allow the Authority to complete its flood control dams and power generation/distribution facilities in the watershed of the Grand River.
Date: Autumn 2009
Creator: Lowitt, Richard, 1922-2018
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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