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Simon Ralph "S.R." Walkingstick: A Cherokee Leader

Description: Article traces the life and genealogy of S. R. Walkingstick to show the ways in which one Cherokee family contributed to the tribal and state community.
Date: Summer 2018
Creator: McCullagh, James G.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

A Will of Iron: Dr. M. L. Peter and the Oklahoma City-County Health Department

Description: Article explores M. L. Peter's career in public health and contributions to the Oklahoma City community. Peter served for fifteen years as director of the Oklahoma City-County Health Department, bringing polio vaccination clinics and improved sanitation practices to the Oklahoma City Area.
Date: Winter 2016
Creator: Peter, Stephen B.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Building and Promoting Their Place: The Clegerns of ‘89

Description: Article discusses the Clegern family and sheds light on a crucial time in the growth of three different Oklahoma cities. William Clegern and his son, Harry, were entrepreneurs who found opportunity in the 1889 Land Run. In addition, they influenced the development of Oklahoma City, Edmond, and Henryetta.
Date: Spring 2014
Creator: Clegern, Wayne M.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Rex Brinlee: The Man and His Escape

Description: This article tells the story of notorious criminal Rex Brinlee, who is best known for his multiple escapes from the Oklahoma State Penitentiary. The article interweaves the details of his crimes with larger state events, including the McAlester Prison Riot.
Date: Summer 2013
Creator: Reavis, Jack Anthony
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Winter 2011-12

Description: Notes and Documents column including "An Analysis of the Variants of the Okmulgee Constitution," a short article detailing the creation of the Okmulgee Constitution.
Date: Winter 2011
Creator: Bernholz, Charles D.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Chitto Harjo and the Snake Rebellion

Description: This article compares newspapers in Oklahoma to newspapers nationwide to discover the impact of the Snake Rebellion, led by Chitto Harjo.
Date: Summer 2010
Creator: Jones, Leslie
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Money Matters: The Stamp Scrip Movement in Depression-Era Oklahoma

Description: Article expanding on the previous 2004 article on Oklahoma's reaction to the depression era banking crisis of early 1933. In this article, Gatch ties the origin of the scrip movement to the writings of Yale University's professor Irving Fisher and traces the implementation of scrip schemes in nearly three dozen Oklahoma towns and explains the reasons for scrip's early success and rapid demise.
Date: Autumn 2006
Creator: Gatch, Loren C.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

A Reading Room of Their Own: Library Services for African Americans in Oklahoma, 1907-1946

Description: Article discussing the struggles African American Oklahomans faced for access to public library services. The first forty years of statehood brought a few successes, and by mid-century only eleven communities provided a public library facility for the state's black citizens.
Date: Autumn 2006
Creator: Cassity, R. O. Joe, Jr.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Creek Draft Rebellion of 1918: Wartime Hysteria and Indian-Baiting in WWI Oklahoma

Description: Article depicts the events following the "Creek Draft Rebellion of 1918" and subsequent long and costly investigation into the leader of the demonstration, Ellen Perryman. Thomas A. Britten demonstrates the public hysteria perpetrated by the press and stereotypical negative image of Native Americans that was present in WWI Oklahoma.
Date: Summer 2001
Creator: Britten, Thomas A.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Okmulgee Constitution: A Step Towards Indian Self-Determination

Description: Article describes a series of meetings held in the 1870s by a general council comprised of delegates from twelve Indian tribes to draft a constitution setting up a territorial government, the Okmulgee Constitution. Although the constitution itself was never adopted, the council meetings still allowed the tribes to confront issues they were facing and provided an example of their self-determination to the national government.
Date: Autumn 1980
Creator: Nolen, Curtis L.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Chitto Harjo

Description: Article is a historical sketch on Chitto Harjo (Crazy Snake) that was written by a student in high school and chosen for publication by the Oklahoma Historical Society.
Date: Summer 1935
Creator: Davis, Mace
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Old Council House

Description: Article explains the significance of the Old Council House of the Creek Nation as a historical landmark within the history of the Indian Territory. This building is where the annual meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society was held in 1935. Included is a poem paying tribute to the old building.
Date: Summer 1935
Creator: Hall, George Riley
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Annual Meeting

Description: Article is an announcement of a date change for the annual meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society.
Date: Spring 1935
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

A Trial and Execution Among the Creeks

Description: Article details the due process given to Timmie Jack during his trial for the murder of James Brown on New Years Day in 1896. Included is a letter asking for an appeal of the decision.
Date: Summer 1934
Creator: Williams, Robert L.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Creek Indian Council in Session

Description: Article details the author's journey to Okmulgee, the capitol of the Creek Nation, to see the Creek Indian Council in session.
Date: Autumn 1933
Creator: Robertson, Alice M.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Historical Sketch of Col. Samuel Checote, Once Chief of the Creek Nation

Description: Article details the life of Colonel Samuel Checote, the colonel of the first Creek regiment that served with the Confederacy during the Civil War. Before the Civil War, Checote was a Methodist preacher within the Indian Territory.
Date: Autumn 1926
Creator: Lambert, O. A.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Okmulgee Constitution

Description: Article chronicles the events that took place at the first session of the General Council of the Indian Territory that was held in Okmulgee. This session discussed the terms set forth by the United States' House of Representatives that specified the federal government as the highest authority within Indian Territory.
Date: Autumn 1925
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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