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Oklahoma in James Bryce's The American Commonwealth

Description: Article presents an analysis of James Bryce's discussion of the Oklahoma Constitution and provides a new perspective on the political climate of the statehood era.
Date: Summer 2014
Creator: Taylor, Quentin
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Dean A. McGee: Genius with Guts

Description: Article examines the philanthropic contributions of Dean A. McGee, geologist and partner in the Kerr-McGee Corporation, to Oklahoma City and Oklahoma in general.
Date: Summer 2014
Creator: Pryse, JA
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 92, Number 2, Summer 2014

Description: Notes and Documents section from Volume 92, Number 2, Summer 2014. It includes a short article honoring Linda Williams Reese and Mary Jane Warde, two of the inductees into the Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame in 2013. It also includes "The Story of the Location of the Capital" that was written by Thomas F. Mechan in 1913 and provides an account of Oklahoma politics during the state's early days.
Date: Summer 2014
Creator: Lambert, Paul F.; Bass, Elizabeth M. B.; McMechan, Thomas F. & Williams, Chad
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Our Place: The One-Hundred-Year-Old Family Farm

Description: This article analyzes several oral history interviews with families who own Centennial Farms and Ranches in Oklahoma. The Centennial Farm and Ranch Program began in 1989 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Land Run of 1889. With an aim to record Oklahoma's agricultural history, librarians with the Oklahoma Oral History Research Program developed the Oklahoma Centennial Farm Families oral history project in collaboration with the Oklahoma Historical Society in 2008.
Date: Autumn 2014
Creator: Finchum, Tanya & Nykolaiszyn, Juliana
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Gridiron Pioneers at the Cherokee National Male Seminary, 1896-1909

Description: Article tells the story of Cherokee National Male Seminary's football team and its players who shaped the legacy of the team and the future of the Cherokee Nation.
Date: Autumn 2014
Creator: McCullagh, James G. & Schmidt, Stephanie
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 92, Number 3, Fall 2014

Description: Notes and Documents section from Volume 92, Number 3, Fall 2014. It includes the previously unknown manuscript titled "The First Week in Oklahoma City" by Angelo C. Scott with an introduction by Chad Williams. The manuscript provides a firsthand account of the creation of Oklahoma City in the days immediately following the Land Run of 1889.
Date: Autumn 2014
Creator: Williams, Chad & Scott, Angelo C.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

For the Record, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 92, Number 3, Fall 2014

Description: For the Record section from Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 92, Number 3, Fall 2014. It includes the Minutes of the Quarterly Board Meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on April 23, 2014. It also includes the Minutes of the Meeting of the Membership that was held on April 24, 2014.
Date: Autumn 2014
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Mummers Theatre: Oklahoma City's Tinker Toy Building

Description: In this article adapted from her Historic American Buildings Survey documentation, Cynthia Savage chronicles the life of the Mummers Theatre building in Oklahoma City.
Date: Winter 2014
Creator: Savage, Cynthia
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Corrections, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 92, Number 1, Spring 2014

Description: Corrections section from Volume 92, Number 1, Spring 2014. It includes corrections to photograph captions in Michael Molina's "Red Panic: The Drumright Telephone Operator's Strike of 1919," (Volume 91, Number 3, Fall 2013). It also includes a correction to an endnote in Jeff Spelman's "Governor Lee Cruce and the Creation of the Office of County Assessor: A Hundred Year Retrospective" (Volume 91, Number 4, Winter 2013-2014).
Date: Spring 2014
Creator: Molina, Michael; Spelman, Jeff & Bass, Elizabeth M. B.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Corrections, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 92, Number 3, Fall 2014

Description: Correction section from Volume 92, Number 3, Fall 2014. It includes two corrections to Volume 92, Number 2, Summer 2014. The spine of Volume 92 Number 2 erroneously lists the issue as the winter issue. In "Oklahoma in James Bryce's The American Commonwealth," the editor should be listed as Davis Joyce in endnote 68.
Date: Autumn 2014
Creator: Taylor, Quentin & Bass, Elizabeth M. B.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

For the Record, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 92, Number 4, Winter 2014-15

Description: For the Record section from Volume 92, Number 4, Winter 2014-15. It includes the minutes of the regular quarterly board meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on July 23, 2014.
Date: Winter 2014
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Dust Bowl: The Blame Game, the Facts, the Problem that Remains

Description: Article investigates film and literature that provides coverage of the Dust Bowl, including the debate over factors that contributed to the creation of the disaster. Alvin O. Turner disagrees with those who argue it was caused by farming practices, stating that there is no evidence to support the connection.
Date: Spring 2014
Creator: Turner, Alvin O.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 92, Number 4, Winter 2014-15

Description: Notes and Documents section from Volume 92, Number 4, Winter 2014-15. It includes prophecies from the Oklahoma Century Chest, hundred-year predictions written in 1913 about the fields of religion, journalism, medicine, law, and education, as well as letters addressed to the leaders of banking and court leaders in 2013.
Date: Winter 2014
Creator: Williams, Chad
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Harnessing Nature: Flood Control in Oklahoma

Description: Article describes the development of flood control structures in Oklahoma. It presents a brief overview of the history, importance, and benefits of small watershed dams; highlights three small watershed dams in Logan County; and demonstrates how the watershed dams have benefited Oklahoma.
Date: Summer 2014
Creator: Mundende, Darlington Chongo
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 92, Number 1, Spring 2014

Description: Notes and Documents section from Volume 92, Number 1, Spring 2014. It includes Nicole Harvey's "From “Grand Excursion” to the “Fall of Babylon”: Oklahoma City’s First Fourth of July Celebration" which explores Oklahoma's first celebration of the Fourth of July in 1889. It also includes Paul Lambert's "The Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame: Kenny L. Brown and Loretta Y. Jackson" which honors two of the 2014 inductees into the Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame.
Date: Spring 2014
Creator: Harvey, Nicole & Lambert, Paul F.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

"One Who Was Trusted": E. L. Mitchell of Western Oklahoma, Part Two

Description: Article describes the life and career of E. L. Mitchell, well-known newspaper editor, publisher, politician, and public speaker. In the second part of a two-part article, Paul F. Lambert provides details about the man's own views, particularly his Democratic political campaigns, and his impact on the community.
Date: Winter 2014
Creator: Lambert, Paul F.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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