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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

Battle Cry for History: The First Century of the Oklahoma Historical Society

Description: Article describes the history of the Oklahoma Historical Society, from its collection activities, funding, preservation projects and ownership of historic sites, to the development of The Chronicles of Oklahoma and the Oklahoma History Center.
Date: Winter 1992
Creator: Blackburn, Bob L.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Culture Mixing: Everyday Life on Missions among the Choctaws

Description: Article presents the experiences of daily life at Choctaw missions in a positive light and illustrates some of the ways whites and Choctaws experienced acculturation there.
Date: Winter 1992
Creator: Huggard, Christopher J.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

For the Record, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 70, Number 4, Winter 1992-93

Description: For the Record section from Volume 70, Number 4, Winter 1992-93. It includes the minutes of the quarterly board meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on July 22, 1992.
Date: Winter 1992
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Searching for the Hearth: Culture Areas of Oklahoma

Description: Article examines the historical identity of the Oklahoman through examination of the 1900 federal census and several other federal and state reports. Michael Roark explores the cultural, religious, and political makeup of the earlier generations of Oklahoma's citizens.
Date: Winter 1992
Creator: Roark, Michael
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Alice's Restaurant: Expanding a Woman's Sphere

Description: Article describes the life and career of Alice Mary Robertson, the second woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, and the first congresswoman of Oklahoma. Maitreyi Mazumdar discusses Roberts own ideology and beliefs, which included the idea of women belonging in the home, and how it impacted her political stance.
Date: Autumn 1992
Creator: Mazumdar, Maitreyi
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

For the Record, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 70, Number 3, Fall 1992

Description: For the Record section from Volume 70, Number 3, Fall 1992. It includes the minutes of the quarterly board meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on April 17, 1992.
Date: Autumn 1992
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

"More Valuable than Oil" The Establishment and Development of Tinker Air Force Base, 1940-1949

Description: Article describes the efforts of the Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce to obtain an air depot and the eventual construction of Tinker Air Force Base. James L. Crowder, Jr. focuses on the details behind the developments and the way the air base prepared U.S. army recruits for the war effort.
Date: Autumn 1992
Creator: Crowder, James L., Jr.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 70, Number 3, Fall 1992

Description: Notes and Documents section from Volume 70, Number 3, Fall 1992. It includes a document by the author of a previous article in The Chronicles Spring 1991 issue about lost findings from the Braden Site of the collection being returned to the Oklahoma Museum of Natural History.
Date: Autumn 1992
Creator: Brooks, Robert L.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

"Our Rights, Our Country, Our Race" W. P. Ross and the Cherokee Advocate, 1844-1848

Description: Article describes the efforts of William Potter Ross, nephew of Chief John Ross, to spread awareness about the government-mandated Cherokee removal and internal problems within the Cherokee Nation through publication of a newspaper, the Cherokee Advocate.
Date: Autumn 1992
Creator: Tattershall, Doug
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

The Braden Site: WPA Excavations at a Plains Village

Description: Article describes the results of the 1937 and 1941 Works Progress Administration excavations of the Braden Site on the Washita River. Robert L. Brooks explains the evidence related to the Southern Plains villagers who had settled there between 800 and 1500 A.D.
Date: Summer 1992
Creator: Brooks, Robert L.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

For the Record, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 70, Number 2, Summer 1992

Description: For the Record section from Volume 70, Number 2, Summer 1992. It includes the minutes of the quarterly board meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on January 22, 1992.
Date: Summer 1992
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Journey to Sainthood: David Pendleton Oakerhater's Better Way

Description: Article describes the life and ideology of David Pendleton Oakerhater, Cheyenne warrior, artist, and Protestant Episcopal minister. Alvin O. Turner explores his journey and his promotion of cultural assimilation.
Date: Summer 1992
Creator: Turner, Alvin O.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Oklahoma's Art in the 1930s: A Remembrance

Description: Article explores the art scene in Oklahoma in the 1930s, focusing on the contributions of key artists and institutions, as well as the impact made by the Works Progress Administration programs of the Great Depression.
Date: Summer 1992
Creator: Good, Leonard
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Socialists in the House: The Oklahoma Experience, Part I

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. Von Russell Creel examines the roots of the socialist movement in a snapshot of its political manifestation.
Date: Summer 1992
Creator: Creel, Von Russell
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Amongst the Damp: The Dangerous Profession of Coal Mining in Oklahoma, 1870-1935

Description: Article explores the dangerous coal mining profession in Oklahoma from the late nineteenth to early twentieth century. Steve Sewell provides details about major mining accidents, as well as the terminology miners used to describe the "damps," or noxious gases that threatened their safety.
Date: Spring 1992
Creator: Sewell, Steven L.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Cathedrals of the Plains: The Grain Elevators of Western Oklahoma

Description: Article explores the history of the development of commercial agriculture in Oklahoma through discussion of its grain elevators. W. David Baird identifies the structures as more than just industrial landmarks: the also represent the history and culture of the Plains.
Date: Spring 1992
Creator: Baird, W. David
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

For the Record, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 70, Number 1, Spring 1992

Description: For the Record section from Volume 70, Number 1, Spring 1992. It includes the minutes of the quarterly board meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on October 12, 1991.
Date: Spring 1992
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Minor Leagues, Major Dreams: Professional Baseball in Oklahoma

Description: Article discusses the history of minor league baseball teams in Oklahoma during the territorial period as well as after statehood. Leo Kelley appreciates some of the most well-known players and teams of this era and includes a list of teams at the end of the article.
Date: Spring 1992
Creator: Kelley, Leo
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 70, Number 1, Spring 1992

Description: Notes and Documents section from Volume 70, Number 1, Spring 1992. It includes an introduction to the Oscar Jacobson house, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places due to the efforts of a historical committee, the Oklahoma Historical Society, and Dr. Arrell Morgan Gibson, who wrote the letter included.
Date: Spring 1992
Creator: Gibson, Arrell M. & Whitney, Carol
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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