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Curious Links: Unorthodox Ideas from Antediluvian Speculation to New Thought and Utopian Hopes in Early Oklahoma Politics

Description: Article examines the lives, careers, and works of four founding political figures of the state of Oklahoma: newspaper editor-publisher and Populist Party organizer Samuel Crocker, Boomer and Populist member of the Oklahoma Territorial Legislature I. N. Terrill, displaced governor and key figure at Oklahoma Constitutional Convention Henry S. Johnston, and William H. "Alfalfa Bill" Murray, officer at the Oklahoma Constitutional Convention and later governor of Oklahoma.
Date: Autumn 2018
Creator: Turner, Alvin O.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Did Oklahoma African Americans Vote Between 1910 and 1943?

Description: Article analyzes election results during the years of 1910 and 1943 to determine if African Americans were voting in Oklahoma despite attempts to disenfranchise them by the Oklahoma Legislature. Although the US Supreme Court had rendered the "Grandfather Clause" unconstitutional, more obstacles were being created.
Date: Spring 2015
Creator: Darcy, R.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Corrections, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 92, Number 1, Spring 2014

Description: Corrections section from Volume 92, Number 1, Spring 2014. It includes corrections to photograph captions in Michael Molina's "Red Panic: The Drumright Telephone Operator's Strike of 1919," (Volume 91, Number 3, Fall 2013). It also includes a correction to an endnote in Jeff Spelman's "Governor Lee Cruce and the Creation of the Office of County Assessor: A Hundred Year Retrospective" (Volume 91, Number 4, Winter 2013-2014).
Date: Spring 2014
Creator: Molina, Michael; Spelman, Jeff & Bass, Elizabeth M. B.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Governor Lee Cruce and the Creation of the Office of County Assessor: A Hundred Year Retrospective

Description: Article provides a hundred year retrospective on the state of ad valorem taxation in Oklahoma, focusing on the creation of the county assessor position to resolve the debates surrounding property tax in the Oklahoma legislature. Jeff Spelman examines Governor Lee Cruce's role in the proceedings through preserved documentation.
Date: Winter 2013
Creator: Spelman, Jeff
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Water and Power: Developing the Grand River Dam Authority, Part 1, 1935-1944

Description: Article describes the eight year project that led to the creation of the Grand River Dam Authority. Part 1 of Richard Lowitt's two-part article describes how the GRDA was campaigned for by Representative Wesley Disney and Senator Elmer Thomas of the Oklahoma Legislature. The resulting construction of the Pensacola Dam became a remedy for both flood control and creation of electric power.
Date: Summer 2009
Creator: Lowitt, Richard, 1922-2018
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 85, Number 3, Fall 2007

Description: Notes and Document section from Volume 85, Number 3, Fall 2007. This article includes excerpts from the unfinished manuscript entitled "Cushion of Confidence," by Theresa Galloway Holman, wife of Oklahoma Senator H. H. Holman, who served in the first Oklahoma Senate from 1907-1909. In her manuscript, Mrs. Holman speaks about the early politics of Oklahoma including the adoption of a constitution, celebrating statehood in 1907, and general comments as a wife of the first legislature.
Date: Autumn 2007
Creator: Turner, Alvin O.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

"Klanspiracy" or Despotism?: The Rise and fall of Governor Jack Walton, featuring W. D. McBee

Description: Article details the life and political career of Oklahoma governor John C. "Jack" Walton. Brad L. Duren discusses the factors that led to his impeachment, including his frequent clashes with the Ku Klux Klan, despotic political actions, and conflict with his biggest critic on the Oklahoma state legislature, W. D. McBee.
Date: Winter 2002
Creator: Duren, Brad L.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Oklahoma Republican: Dennis Thomas Flynn and His Letters to William Howard Taft

Description: Article describes the life and career of Oklahoma's first Republican national committeeman, Dennis T. Flynn, through examination of his friendship and correspondence with President William Howard Taft. Leonard C. Schlup offers recognition of the Oklahoma City lawyer, congressman, and company director as a person as well as a politician.
Date: Spring 2001
Creator: Schlup, Leonard C.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Inside the School Yard Gate: "Alfalfa Bill" Murray and Education in Oklahoma

Description: Article describes the life and political career of William "Alfalfa Bill" Murray and his efforts to promote free access to education and textbooks in the Oklahoma public school system. Karen McKellips illuminates the contrast between his progressive political and economic views on reform and his support of racial segregation.
Date: Winter 2000
Creator: McKellips, Karen
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Oklahoma's First Comprehensive University: Langston University, The Early Years

Description: Article discusses the history of Oklahoma's first comprehensive university, Langston University. Originally known as the Colored Agricultural and Normal University at Langston, the university flourished and provided an education to black citizens of Oklahoma amidst early obstacles of segregation and poor funding.
Date: Spring 1996
Creator: Brown, Willis L. & McNeal-Brown, Janie M.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.10894]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The Oklahoma state Senate plans to restore its chambers as they appeared early in this century. A comparison photo appears on Page 10-A."
Date: 1993
Creator: Meyer Architects
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0354.0355]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "State legislators take the oath of office in the House chambers at the State capitol on Tuesday after election earlier this month."
Date: November 17, 1992
Creator: Gooch, Steve
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1175.0431]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "James Crowder, left, of Del City and Ruth Craig of Lawton review legislation Wednesday during the Silver Haired Legislature at the state Capitol."
Date: October 21, 1992
Creator: Klock, Roger
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Socialists in the House: The Oklahoma Experience, Part II

Description: Article illustrates the impact of the election of five Socialist politicians to the Oklahoma 5th Legislature in 1914 and what it meant for politics in Oklahoma. In the second part of a two part article, Von Russell Creel discusses the Socialists' reelection campaigns and activities after leaving the legislature.
Date: Autumn 1992
Creator: Creel, Von Russell
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0354.0200]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "State Supreme Court Chief Justice John Doolin administers the oath to newly elected and re-elected members of the House of Representatives Tuesday in the House chamber."
Date: November 22, 1988
Creator: Southerland, Paul
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Progressive Spirit: The Oklahoma and Indian Territory Federation of Women's Clubs

Description: Article describes the influence and accomplishments of the Oklahoma and Indian Territory Federation of Women's Clubs in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. These included forming public libraries, fundraising for civic improvements, and advocating for legislation that would improve access to public education and the welfare of children.
Date: Spring 1988
Creator: Allen, Susan L. (Susan Lea), 1958-
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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