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"Getting Our Equipment Soon - I Hope So Anyway": Camp Doniphan, Fort Sill, and American Artillery in World War I

Description: Article describes how Camp Doniphan on the Fort Sill Reservation functioned as a training center for American troops in World War I. Due to the large influx of recruits and lack of supplies and equipment, the soldiers were underprepared for actual combat, and their difficulties are reflected in personal accounts.
Date: Spring 2017
Creator: Prince, Justin
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Missiles of Oklahoma: Southwest Oklahoma's Role in the American Cold Way Nuclear Arsenal, 1960-65

Description: Article describes Oklahoma's role in American nuclear development during the Cold War era. While also providing historical background, Landry Brewer focuses on the construction and development of twelve intercontinental ballistic missile sites in southwest Oklahoma along with the hub at Altus Air Force Base.
Date: Autumn 2017
Creator: Brewer, Landry
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Leon C. Phillips and the Drive to Balance Oklahoma's Budget

Description: Article describes the political campaign of Governor Leon C. Phillips to balance the state's budget with the passage of an amendment to the Oklahoma Constitution and the debate than ensued in the Oklahoma Legislature over the subject.
Date: Summer 2017
Creator: Beu, Eric E.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

When the Cherokee Nation was a Mormon Sanctuary

Description: Article outlines the migration of Mormons from Texas to Utah in the mid-1800s, focusing on the period they spent living in the Cherokee Nation before deciding whether to continue their trek or stay and settle in Indian Territory.
Date: Summer 2017
Creator: LeBaron, Allen
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Cyrus Avery, the Ozark Trail, and the Birth of Route 66

Description: Article describes the foundations of Route 66 and the national highway system in bicycling culture, the Good Roads Associations, and Tulsa county commissioner and Ozark Trails Association leader Cyrus Avery.
Date: Autumn 2017
Creator: Jones, Jen
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Thomas Wildcat Alford

Description: Article details the life of Thomas Wildcat Alford as a leader of his people, the Absentee Shawnee tribe, describing the difficulties he faced progressing the land allotment and assimilation process of his people while he also trying to preserve the traditional culture and ways of life he grew up with.
Date: Summer 2017
Creator: Kyes, Rebecca A.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Will Rogers in South Africa, 1902-03

Description: Article depicts the period of time Will Rogers, "Oklahoma's Favorite Son", spent performing in a Wild West Show in South Africa and how his experiences there impacted his future career.
Date: Winter 2017
Creator: Carter, Joseph H., Sr. & Lefebvre-Carter, Michelle
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Fort Blunt Civil War Fortifications

Description: Article provides historical context for the fortification of Fort Gibson, previously named Fort Blunt by Union soldiers, through examination of archaeological evidence from the Civil War era.
Date: Autumn 2017
Creator: Cole, Robert L.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Oscar B. Jacobson: Early Life of an Oklahoma Artist, 1882-1916

Description: Article provides a biographical tribute to Oscar B. Jacobson, director of University of Oklahoma School of Art from 1915 to 1954, University of Oklahoma professor, and working artist. Chelsea Herrod takes a closer look at the art and artists that influenced Jacobson's artistic preferences and teaching style.
Date: Summer 2017
Creator: Herrod, Chelsea
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

For the Record, Spring 2017

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, 2016. It also includes a list of new members of the Oklahoma Historical Society from October through December of 2016, and a list of the of those who have been members more than twenty years.
Date: Spring 2017
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Spring 2017

Description: Notes and Documents column including a document about artifacts from American Indian World War I soldiers at the Oklahoma Museum of History in the Oklahoma History Center, providing some key contextual details.
Date: Spring 2017
Creator: Reed, Matthew J.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

For the Record, Summer 2017

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, 2017. It also includes a list of new members of the Oklahoma Historical Society from January through March of 2017, and a list of the of those who have been members more than twenty years.
Date: Summer 2017
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Summer 2017

Description: Notes and Documents column including a document honoring John Carmichael, Clyde Ellis, John Erling, and Paul Lambert, who were inducted into the Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame in 2017.
Date: Summer 2017
Creator: O'Dell, Larry & Bass, Elizabeth M. B.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

For the Record, Fall 2017

Description: For the Record section including the minutes of the regular quarterly board meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society, minutes of the annual meeting of the membership, minutes of an OHS special board meeting, a list of new OHS members from April through June of 2017, and a list of the of those who have been members more than twenty years.
Date: Autumn 2017
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Fall 2017

Description: Notes and Documents column including a document about the final package opened from the Century Chest, a package donated by the Colcord Family, and its contents.
Date: Autumn 2017
Creator: Williams, Chad & Bass, Elizabeth M. B.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

For the Record, Winter 2017-18

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 July 26, 2017. It also includes a list of new members of the Oklahoma Historical Society from July through September of 2017, and a list of the of those who have been members more than twenty years.
Date: Winter 2017
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Winter 2017-18

Description: Notes and Documents column including a document translated by Levi Wilkins and annotated by John Truden written by Mennonite missionary S. S. Haury about the shooting of Running Buffalo, the conflict that precipitated it, and how the conflict was resolved.
Date: Winter 2017
Creator: Wilkins, Levi & Truden, John
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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