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The Oklahoma Eagle (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 7, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 1, 1905

Monthly newspaper from Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory that includes local, territorial, and United States national news along with advertising of interest to the Fraternal Order of Eagles.

Date: March 1, 1905

Item Type: Newspaper

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Early Day Courts and Lawyers

Article details how courts were established when Oklahoma was first being settled. Also included are descriptions of how the first lawyers started practicing in the territory.

Date: Spring 1930

Creator: Bieber, A. G. C.

Item Type: Article

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Edward P. McCabe and the Langston Experiment

Article chronicles the activism done by Edward P. McCabe, the first African-American person elected to a public office outside of the South, as he encouraged more African-American people to settle within Oklahoma Territory. The article tells his story through newspaper articles published at the time.

Date: Autumn 1973

Creator: Roberson, Jere W.

Item Type: Article

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Oklahoma University at Guthrie

Article discusses the short history of Oklahoma University at Guthrie and its president and founder, William Albert Buxton. Frank A. Balyeat discusses the process of Buxton securing funds for the building, his arrest, and the curriculum and memories of those enrolled at Oklahoma University during this time.

Date: Autumn 1959

Creator: Balyeat, Frank A.

Item Type: Article

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Removal of the State Capital

Article describes the process of the removal of the state capital of Oklahoma from Guthrie to Oklahoma City. Fred P. Branson explores the discourse that occurred in the Oklahoma legislature and the reason behind the Supreme Court's final decision.

Date: Spring 1953

Creator: Branson, Fred P.

Item Type: Article

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Letter from Rev. Humphreys Requesting Langston Church of the Holy Family Episcopal Church

March 7, 1963, letter from Rev. Robert A Laud Humpreys to Rt. Rev. Chilton Powell requesting a campus ministry and community church be established on the campus of Langston University.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Episcopal Diocese of Oklahoma

Moral Reform for the "Magic City": Temperance in Guthrie, Oklahoma, 1889-1907

Article traces the influence of prohibition and temperance during the territorial period of Oklahoma's history in Guthrie, Oklahoma. Although saloons and breweries represented much of the town's industry, anti-liquor groups argued for reform.

Date: Winter 1999

Creator: Dew, Jay R.

Item Type: Article

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Gleanings from the Coulter School Memoirs: Recollections of Pioneering in Logan County

Article explores the pioneering experience through the recollections of those who contributed to the Coulter School Memoirs, which explore life in a small rural community in Logan County, Oklahoma Territory.

Date: Summer 1999

Creator: Hewes, Leslie

Item Type: Article

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

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

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.

Item Type: Article

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Roxana: The Last of the Wild Boom Towns

Article explores the boom and bust of the town of Roxana, Oklahoma. D. Earl Newsom discusses the history of Roxana, from the success of the oil industry there to the crime that ran rampant, to the eventual collapse of the boom town.

Date: Spring 1991

Creator: Newsom, D. Earl

Item Type: Article

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Capitol Townsite Historic District: Guthrie, Oklahoma

Article describes the period of historic preservation in the 1980s in Guthrie, Oklahoma to restore the downtown area. Charles L. W. Leider discusses resource surveys of the area and recommendations for preservation of the Victorian-style architecture.

Date: Winter 1990

Creator: Leider, Charles L. W.

Item Type: Article

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

"He Was Into Everything": Joseph W. McNeal, Territorial Innovator

Article describes the life and diverse careers of Joseph W. McNeal, an Oklahoma pioneer who was a leading figure in banking, politics, business, and philanthropy in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Helen Freudenberger Holmes explores the full life of this founder of the Oklahoma Historical Society.

Date: Winter 1983

Creator: Holmes, Helen Freudenberger

Item Type: Article

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

"No Wild Venture": The State Capital Publishing Building

Article delineates the construction of the Oklahoma State Capital Building, led by the Oklahoma State Capital newspaper editor Frank Hilton Greer, and the history behind it. Lloyd C. Lentz, II, also explores the legacy Greer left through the conversion of the building to the State Capital Publishing Museum.

Date: Autumn 1983

Creator: Lentz, Lloyd C., III

Item Type: Article

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

"Everyone Got His Two Cents Worth": Leslie Gordon Niblack and the Guthrie Daily Leader

Article provides a historical portrait the last decade of Guthrie Daily Leader editor Leslie Gordon Niblack's career, as well as some of the headlines and contents of the newspaper itself. Niblack was a supporter of the Democratic Party and often featured political stories, but his newspaper also featured stories about natural disasters, local events, and advertisements.

Date: Winter 1982

Creator: Hall, Dennie

Item Type: Article

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Editor and the Magic City: Frank H. Greer and the Beginnings of Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory

Article provides a biographical study of the life of Frank H. Greer, a young newspaper editor who greatly contributed to the growth of Guthrie, Oklahoma, which became the temporary capital of Oklahoma Territory.

Date: Spring 1980

Creator: Grant, Valerie J.

Item Type: Article

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Photocopy of a photo from The Oklahoma Eagle

Photo of the new science building at Langston University

Date: June 15, 1940

Item Type: Clipping

Location: 35.945051 -97.255314

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Photocopy of an article from The Oklahoma Eagle

Article regarding F.D. Moon's refusal of the presidency for Langston University

Date: December 2, 1939

Creator: Moon, F.D.

Item Type: Clipping

Location: 35.945051 -97.255314

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Photocopy of an article from The Black Dispatch

Article regarding a recommendation for a white manager for Langston University

Date: April 1, 1939

Item Type: Clipping

Location: 35.945051 -97.255314

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Photocopy of an Article from The Black Dispatch

Article regarding a tour of Langston campus and the needs for updates and repairs to the university

Date: April 1, 1939

Creator: Dungee, John

Item Type: Clipping

Location: 35.945051 -97.255314

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Photocopy of an article from The Black Dispatch

Article regarding the campus tour by state legislators and an editorial on development of majority Black neighborhoods and the lack of Black workers employed with the city.

Date: April 1, 1939

Creator: Dungee, John

Item Type: Clipping

Location: 35.945051 -97.255314

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Photocopy of an article from The Call

Article regarding improvements to Langston University

Date: March 31, 1939

Item Type: Clipping

Location: 35.945051 -97.255314

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Photocopy of an article from an unknown newspaper

Article by F.D. Moon to the alumni of Langston University

Date: November 5, 1938

Creator: Moon, F.D.

Item Type: Clipping

Location: 35.945051 -97.255314

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Photocopy of a article from the Langston Alumni Bulletin

Article regarding alumni and friends of Langston University

Date: November 5, 1938

Item Type: Clipping

Location: 35.945051 -97.255314

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Photocopy of an article from The Oklahoma Eagle

Article regarding the re-election of the faculty at Langston University

Date: June 4, 1938

Item Type: Clipping

Location: 35.945923 -97.262921

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

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The Oklahoma Eagle (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 7, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 1, 1905

Early Day Courts and Lawyers

Edward P. McCabe and the Langston Experiment

Oklahoma University at Guthrie

The Removal of the State Capital

Letter from Rev. Humphreys Requesting Langston Church of the Holy Family Episcopal Church

Moral Reform for the "Magic City": Temperance in Guthrie, Oklahoma, 1889-1907

Gleanings from the Coulter School Memoirs: Recollections of Pioneering in Logan County

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

Roxana: The Last of the Wild Boom Towns

Capitol Townsite Historic District: Guthrie, Oklahoma

"He Was Into Everything": Joseph W. McNeal, Territorial Innovator

"No Wild Venture": The State Capital Publishing Building

"Everyone Got His Two Cents Worth": Leslie Gordon Niblack and the Guthrie Daily Leader

The Editor and the Magic City: Frank H. Greer and the Beginnings of Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory

Photocopy of a photo from The Oklahoma Eagle

Photocopy of an article from The Oklahoma Eagle

Photocopy of an article from The Black Dispatch

Photocopy of an Article from The Black Dispatch

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Photocopy of an article from an unknown newspaper

Photocopy of a article from the Langston Alumni Bulletin

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