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Sundown on the Prairie: The Extralegal Campaigns and Efforts from 1889 to 1967 to Exclude African Americans from Norman, Oklahoma

Article depicts how Norman used extralegal means to maintain its status as a "sundown town," a place where African Americans were not welcome after dark, well into the mid-twentieth century.

Date: Autumn 2018

Creator: Givel, Michael S.

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

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

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

For the Record, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 96, Number 3, Fall 2018

For the Record section for Volume 96, Number 3, Fall 2018. It includes the minutes of the OHS quarterly board meeting, annual meeting of the membership, special board meeting, and a list of new members and twenty year members from April to June 2018.

Date: Autumn 2018

Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

For the Record, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 96, Number 1, Spring 2018

For the Record section for Volume 96, Number 1, Spring 2018. It includes the minutes of the quarterly board meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on October 25, 2017 as well as the following lists: "New Members, October-November-December 2017" and "Twenty-Year-Members, October-November-December 2017."

Date: Spring 2018

Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 96, Number 1, Spring 2018

Notes and Documents section for Volume 96, Number 1, Spring 2018. It includes "Oklahoma Through the Lens of Z. P. Meyers," a short article recounting the life and career of Zenas Phillip Meyers, professional photographer who owned and operated Meyers Photo Shop in Oklahoma City from 1928-1962. Today his surviving prints and negatives are archived at the Oklahoma Historical Society as part of the Z. P. Meyers/Barney Hillerman Photographic Collection.

Date: Spring 2018

Creator: Cornelius, Jerry L. & Sutton, Phil

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 96, Number 4, Winter 2018-19

Notes and Documents section for Volume 96, Number 4, Winter 2018-19. It includes a document by written by Michael Bell about Oklahoma congressman James V. McClintic and the items he obtained and donated to the Oklahoma History Center from his travels in Europe after World War I.

Date: Winter 2018

Creator: Bell, Michael

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 96, Number 3, Fall 2018

Notes and Documents section for Volume 96, Number 3, Fall 2018. It includes a document honoring Sandra Stratton and Nudie Williams, who were inducted into the Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame in 2018.

Date: Autumn 2018

Creator: O'Dell, Larry

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 96, Number 2, Summer 2018

Notes and Documents section for Volume 96, Number 2, Summer 2018. It includes a short article honoring Henrietta Mann and Bill Moore, two of the inductees into the Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame in 2018.

Date: Summer 2018

Creator: O'Dell, Larry

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

For the Record, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 96, Number 2, Summer 2018

For the Record section for Volume 96, Number 2, Summer 2018. It includes the minutes of the quarterly board meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on January 24, 2018 as well as the following lists: "New Members, January-February-March 2018" and "Twenty-Year-Members, January-February-March 2018."

Date: Summer 2018

Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

For the Record, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 96, Number 4, Winter 2018-19

For the Record section for Volume 96, Number 4, Winter 2018-19. 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 25, 2018 and lists of new members and twenty-year members from July to September 2018.

Date: Winter 2018

Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

German-American Immigrants Encounter World War I: A Cautionary Tale

Article reveals the story of one family of German-American immigrants who were conscientious objectors during World War I, and how their story reflects the larger narrative of immigrant religious expression in wartime.

Date: Autumn 2018

Creator: Reimer, Dalton

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Politics of Cherokee Removal

Article explores the political context of removal of the Cherokee tribe from their native lands by examining not only relations between the US government and the Cherokee Nation, but also the internal conflict within the US government that contributed to the process.

Date: Autumn 2018

Creator: Byas, Steve

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Cherokee National Female Seminary Principal Teacher Etta Jane Rider and Her Assistant Teachers, 1901-04

Article provides a biographical tribute to Etta Jane Rider, principal teacher of the Cherokee National Female Seminary from 1901-1904, and to the assistant teachers who joined her in educating young Cherokee women.

Date: Winter 2018

Creator: McCullagh, James G. & Davis, James S.

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Banking in Oklahoma's Smallest Certified City: Alva State Bank and Trust Company, Freedom Branch

Article examines the history of community banking in Freedom, Oklahoma through interviews conducted by the author in support of the Oklahoma History Center's Crossroads of Commerce: A History of Free Enterprise in Oklahoma exhibit. Michael J. Hightower explores the growth of industry and banking in Oklahoma's smallest city.

Date: Spring 2018

Creator: Hightower, Michael J.

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Curious Links: Unorthodox Ideas from Antediluvian Speculation to New Thought and Utopian Hopes in Early Oklahoma Politics

Article examines the lives, careers, and works of four founding political figures of the state of Oklahoma: newspaper editor-publisher and Populist Party organizer Samuel Crocker, Boomer and Populist member of the Oklahoma Territorial Legislature I. N. Terrill, displaced governor and key figure at Oklahoma Constitutional Convention Henry S. Johnston, and William H. "Alfalfa Bill" Murray, officer at the Oklahoma Constitutional Convention and later governor of Oklahoma.

Date: Autumn 2018

Creator: Turner, Alvin O.

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Battle Cry for History: The First 125 Years of the Oklahoma Historical Society

Article commemorates the anniversary of the founding of the Oklahoma Historical Society by relating its growth and accomplishments over its 125 years of existence. Bob L. Blackburn returns to update his article from the Winter 1992-93 issue of the Chronicles of Oklahoma and include the events of the past twenty-five years.

Date: Spring 2018

Creator: Blackburn, Bob L.

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Colorblind Proletarian Brotherhood: African Americans, American Indians, and Racial Inclusivity in the Oklahoma Socialist Party

Article explores the ways the Oklahoma Socialist Party promoted racial inclusion as well as missed opportunities in the early twentieth century. Matthew F. Simmons provides historical background for marginalized groups in Oklahoma, specifically African Americans and American Indians.

Date: Winter 2018

Creator: Simmons, Matthew F.

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

How W.K. Maxfield and the Doughboys from Southwest Oklahoma Helped Bring an End to the First World War

Article uses the story of W. K. Maxfield to share the exploits of the 36th Infantry Division at the Battle of Saint-Étienne during World War I.

Date: Summer 2018

Creator: Neighbors, Phil

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Better Royalties: Federal Policy, the Quapaw Tribe, and Self-Determination, 1900-70

Article covers the struggle the Quapaw Tribe faced to obtain fair mining leases in the rich mining region they had been relocated to in northeastern Oklahoma, as well as to attain rights to self-determination despite suppression by federal policy.

Date: Winter 2018

Creator: Nolan, Raymond Anthony

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Fitting in and Sitting In: Phillip Henry Porter and Memories of Integration Efforts in Enid, 1955-58

Article recounts the struggle for civil rights in Enid and how students stood on the front lines of the battle both inside and outside of the classroom. A core group of young African Americans led these efforts in Enid, one of whom was Phillip Porter.

Date: Spring 2018

Creator: Preston, Aaron

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Washita River Flood of 1934

Article describes the events surrounding the Washita River Flood of 1934. Rhonda Shephard explores the history of the Washita River Basin, including the communities living there, the destruction that occurred, and stories and poems shared by the victims of the flood.

Date: Spring 2018

Creator: Shephard, Rhonda

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Maurice Halperin: From Sooner Subversive to Soviet Spy

Article chronicles the investigation into Maurice Halperin and other suspected Communist spies, and the eventual release of information proving Halperin's guilt.

Date: Summer 2018

Creator: Brewer, Landry

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Evans and Clark Families: Borderlands Legacies in Western Oklahoma, 1875-1950

Article uses the lives of the Evans and Clark families to demonstrate evolving systems of racial discrimination in the emerging state of Oklahoma.

Date: Summer 2018

Creator: Truden, John

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Bad Men and Good Bad Men: Outlaws in the Twin Territories and Their Influence on the Hollywood Outlaw

Article contrasts the romanticized Hollywood image of the outlaw popular in Western films and fiction with the brutal reality of several gangs of outlaws as well as a handful of notable individuals active in Oklahoma and Indian Territories in the late nineteenth centuries.

Date: Winter 2018

Creator: Girkin, Clinton

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

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