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Nede Wade "Ned" Christie and the Outlaw Mystique

Description: Article examines the life of Ned Christie, Cherokee advisor to Chief Dennis Bushyhead, whose final years on the run after being accused of killing US Deputy Marshall Dan Maples have been sensationalized in newspapers and literature painting him as either a notorious outlaw or a noble patriot.
Date: Autumn 2015
Creator: Mihesuah, Devon A.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Trials of Will Johnson: Race-blind Justice in the First Year of Oklahoma Statehood

Description: Article describes the state of race relations in Oklahoma during the early 1900s through the examination of the trials, appeals, and execution of Will Johnson, a black man charged with the murder of an elderly white woman. Though African Americans held nearly equal status in the territorial period, the case's proceedings indicate the trial as a "benchmark" that indicated the switch to the rigidity of the Jim Crow era.
Date: Autumn 2003
Creator: Hedglen, Thomas
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Milton W. Reynolds (Kicking Bird): The Man Who Named Oklahoma "Land of the Fair God"

Description: Article illustrates the life and career of Milton W. Reynolds, a politician and newspaper editor who advocated early allotment of land to Indian Territory tribe members and the remaining land being made available to settlers. D. Earl Newsom describes some of the impact he had in mass media as well as his connections with American Indian tribes.
Date: Summer 1996
Creator: Newsom, D. Earl
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Printing Ink and Flyingwires: Oklahoma Journalism and the Promotion of Aviation

Description: Article describes the promotional activities of Oklahoma journalists in the early twentieth century in support of the fledgling aviation industry. Keith Tolman explores early attitudes towards aviation and the impact the journalists made when they took to the skies with their papers.
Date: Spring 1994
Creator: Tolman, Keith
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Oklahoma Rural News: Roots of an Electric Cooperative Newspaper

Description: Article describes the plight of Oklahoma farmers when high electricity costs sparked a nationwide movement towards affordable rural electricity in the 1930s and 40s. Stephen F. Lalli focuses on the history and impact of the Oklahoma Rural News in its political advocacy of affordable electricity.
Date: Winter 1993
Creator: Lalli, Stephen F.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

All that Glitters, Assaying S. H. Logan's "Trip to the Gold Fields"

Description: Article provides a thorough examination of S.H. Logan's "Trip to the Gold Fields," an account allegedly compiled from the writings of an emigrant who had joined Captain Randolph B. Marcy on a gold-seeking expedition to California, which was published in the Arkansas Gazette in 1941. Since it has been cited as a primary source, Stephen H. Dew exposes certain areas of the account that may be fabricated in comparison to more factual and evidentiary sources.
Date: Autumn 1993
Creator: Dew, Stephen H.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1188.0005]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Roderick Lynn Smith, accompanied by sheririff's deputies, walks through the Oklahoma County Courthouse, where a judge ruled Friday that he was competent to stand trial for the slayings of his wife and her four children."
Date: September 3, 1993
Creator: Sisney, Steve
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The African Lion: George Napier Perkins, Lawyer, Politician, Editor

Description: Article describes the life and career of George Napier Perkins, a lawyer, politician, and newspaper editor who advocated black quality in early territorial Oklahoma. Nudie E. Williams elaborates on his beliefs that Oklahoma held potential for a better future for black citizens of the U.S.
Date: Winter 1992
Creator: Williams, Nudie E.
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
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