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The Civilian Conservation Corps in the City: Tulsa and Oklahoma City in the 1930s

Article explores the history of the Civilian Conservation Corps in Tulsa and Oklahoma City. The Corps, formed as a part of New Deal relief labor programs, developed three urban parks in the area.

Date: Autumn 1975

Creator: Holland, Reid A.

Item Type: Article

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Heyday in the Texas League: Oklahoma City-Tulsa Baseball, 1933-1957

Article explores the history of baseball in Oklahoma City and Tulsa through the victories and training regime of two major teams: the Oklahoma City Indians and the Tulsa Oilers. Max J. Nichols traces their plays and connection with the Texas League in a golden era of baseball.

Date: Summer 1996

Creator: Nichols, Max J.

Item Type: Article

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

"Almost Hopeless in the Wake of the Storm": The 1918 Spanish Flu Epidemic in Oklahoma

Article examines the impact of the Spanish flu epidemic on Oklahomans during 1918-1919. Nigel Anthony Sellars discusses the spread of the epidemic on a detailed level, identifying the medical institutions and professionals who sought to combat the epidemic as it spread from one Oklahoma city to another.

Date: Spring 2001

Creator: Sellars, Nigel Anthony

Item Type: Article

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

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

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.

Item Type: Article

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Dark Spot on the Sunbelt: Economic Stagnation and Political Corruption in 1950s Oklahoma

Article examines the roles of negative self-image and political corruption on the stagnation of Oklahoma's economic health in the 1950s.

Date: Summer 2007

Creator: McGoy, Matthew G.

Item Type: Article

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

An Exercise in Pride: Celebrating the Oklahoma Semi-centennial

This article takes a look back at the semi-centennial celebration of 1957 as Oklahoma prepares to celebrate the centennial of 1907 statehood in 2007.

Date: Summer 2007

Creator: Mullins, Bill

Item Type: Article

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

"Hoorah for Integration!": The Adoption of the 1955 Better Schools Amendment

This article examines the campaign led by Governor Raymond D. Gary to adopt a constitutional amendment ending the time-honored special tax for separate schools and begin the process of integration after the Supreme Court Decision in Brown v. Board of Education (1954).

Date: Summer 2007

Creator: Lough, Keith D.

Item Type: Article

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

From Termination to Self-Determination: Indian Health in Oklahoma, 1954-1980, Part 1

Article evaluates the problems of Indian health care and the campaign led by Senator Fred Harris and others to correct a record of neglect.

Date: Winter 2007

Creator: Lowitt, Richard, 1922-2018

Item Type: Article

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

From Termination to Self-Determination: Indian Health in Oklahoma, 1954-1980, Part 2

The second part of this two-part article continues the evaluation of the problems in Indian healthcare and the campaign led by Senators Fred Harris and Dewey Bartlett to correct a record of neglect. The healthcare problem after 1970 was linked to a new federal policy of tribal self-determination.

Date: Spring 2008

Creator: Lowitt, Richard, 1922-2018

Item Type: Article

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Judge Royce H. Savage

Article asserts that despite the controversy surrounding Judge Royce Savage's retirement from the Northern District Court, the judge's reputation for case management and dedication to pretrial conferences remains intact.

Date: Spring 2011

Creator: Kellough, William C.

Item Type: Article

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

World War II and the Story of Douglas Aircraft Plants in Tulsa and Midwest City

Article describes the history of military aircraft construction in Oklahoma during World War II, focusing on two Douglas Aircraft plants in Tulsa and Midwest City and the communities surrounding them.

Date: Winter 2017

Creator: Wikle, Thomas A.

Item Type: Article

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Victory Loan Flying Circus in Oklahoma City and Tulsa, May 2-3, 1919

Article chronicles the two days that the Flying Circus spent in Oklahoma City and Tulsa in 1919 and emphasizes the impact of its exhibitions on the future of aviation in the state.

Date: Summer 2019

Creator: Roesler, Alan L.

Item Type: Article

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

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The Civilian Conservation Corps in the City: Tulsa and Oklahoma City in the 1930s

Heyday in the Texas League: Oklahoma City-Tulsa Baseball, 1933-1957

"Almost Hopeless in the Wake of the Storm": The 1918 Spanish Flu Epidemic in Oklahoma

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

Dark Spot on the Sunbelt: Economic Stagnation and Political Corruption in 1950s Oklahoma

An Exercise in Pride: Celebrating the Oklahoma Semi-centennial

"Hoorah for Integration!": The Adoption of the 1955 Better Schools Amendment

From Termination to Self-Determination: Indian Health in Oklahoma, 1954-1980, Part 1

From Termination to Self-Determination: Indian Health in Oklahoma, 1954-1980, Part 2

Judge Royce H. Savage

World War II and the Story of Douglas Aircraft Plants in Tulsa and Midwest City

The Victory Loan Flying Circus in Oklahoma City and Tulsa, May 2-3, 1919