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Notes and Documents, Spring 2012

Description: Notes and Documents column including a document chronicling the digitization of the film and video archives of the Oklahoma Historical Society, as well as a document honoring two new inductees into the Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame in 2012, David Dary and Kenny A. Franks.
Date: Spring 2012
Creator: Ayers, Corey; Bass, Elizabeth M. B. & Lambert, Paul F.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Quanah Parker's Star House: A Comanche Home Along the White Man's Road

Description: Article describes the history of Star House and the influential Comanche leader, Quanah Parker, who established it. Larry C. Floyd provides background details of the difficult times Quanah Parker faced as a youth and his rise to become the shrewd businessman and political intermediary who entertained politicians, generals and wealthy cattlemen within his home.
Date: Summer 2012
Creator: Floyd, Larry C.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Penn Square: The Shopping Center Bank that Shook the World, Part 1 - Boom

Description: Article describes the history of Penn Square Bank, including the planning and strategies of its organizers and its booming success gained from the thriving growth of the oil and gas industries during the 1960s-1980s. Michael J. Hightower focuses on the rise of the Oklahoma City bank in Part 1 of a two-part article.
Date: Spring 2012
Creator: Hightower, Michael J.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Fall 2012

Description: Notes and Documents column including Hugh C. Keen's "Oklahoma Confederate Pensions—Expanded Index," which presents an expanded index of the Oklahoma Confederate veterans pension applications to include information about the state, unit of service, and county in which the applicant resided.
Date: Autumn 2012
Creator: Keen, Hugh C.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Summer 2012

Description: Notes and Documents column including a document honoring Richard Lowitt and Rennard Strickland, who were inducted into the Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame in 2012.
Date: Summer 2012
Creator: Lambert, Paul F. & Bass, Elizabeth M. B.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Winter 2012-13

Description: Notes and Documents column including James G. McCullagh's "Mayme Jane Starr (1879-1901): A "Cherokee Rose Bud" and Her Family Remembered," a short article that remembers the life of Mayme Jane Starr, a Cherokee woman and educator at Cherokee National Female Seminary.
Date: Winter 2012
Creator: McCullagh, James G.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Communists, Poetry, and Oklahoma History: The Life of Zoe Agnes Stratton Tilghman

Description: Article describes the life of writer and educator Zoe Agnes Stratton Tilghman. Mallory Newell examines the Oklahoma historian's legacy, from her contributions of books and articles and support of young writers to her work with the Federal Writers Project and the conflict she faced there.
Date: Summer 2012
Creator: Newell, Mallory
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

For the Record, Fall 2012

Description: For the Record section including the minutes of the quarterly board meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on April 18, 2012. It also includes minutes from the meeting of the membership and from the special board meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society Board of Directors that were held on April 19, 2012.
Date: Autumn 2012
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

For the Record, Spring 2012

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 October 26, 2011.
Date: Spring 2012
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

For the Record, Summer 2012

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 January 25, 2012.
Date: Summer 2012
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Vilona P. Cutler: Humanitarian, Activist, and Educator

Description: Article describes the life and career of Vilona P. Cutler, general secretary of the Young Women's Christian Association and director of the School of Social Work at the University of Oklahoma, who worked tirelessly to improve race relations and provide equal opportunities to women and minority groups in the early and mid-1900s.
Date: Spring 2012
Creator: Pierson, Gregory N.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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