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Oklahoma's Rising Star: The Election of Mike Monroney to the United States Senate

Description: Article describes in detail the rise of Mike Monroney, a young and progressive democrat from the House of Representatives in his bid for a seat on the United States Senate in 1950. Philip A. Grant, Jr. describes the events of the election race, particularly his competition with Senator Elmer Thomas.
Date: Summer 2002
Creator: Grant, Philip A., Jr.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Northern Cheyenne Exodus and the 1878 Battle of Turkey Springs

Description: Article describes a major victory by the Northen Cheyennes in the Battle of Turkey Springs in 1878. After surrender and relocation to Indian Territory in Oklahoma, the Northern Cheyennes faced difficult conditions and fought U.S. troops in order to return to their homeland. Stan Hoig highlights their often-overlooked success.
Date: Spring 2002
Creator: Hoig, Stan
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

"Yakni Achukma, The School with a Soul": A History of the Goodland Indian Orphanage

Description: Article describes the founding and history of Goodland Indian Orphanage, one of the few mid-nineteenth century schools for Native American children that promoted inclusion of their culture and language along with assimilation initiatives. Ruby Wile includes personal recollections of the LaCroix family, four Choctaw children who lived at the Presbyterian institution.
Date: Winter 2002
Creator: Wile, Ruby
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Judge John Martin: His Origins, His Paternity

Description: Article examines the origins and paternity of John Martin, first chief justice of the first supreme court ever instituted in the Cherokee Nation. Patricia Lockwood, a descendant of John Martin, highlights the need for the recovery of historical records relating to the Cherokee Nation and acknowledgement of their distortion.
Date: Summer 2002
Creator: Lockwood, Patricia W.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Main Street, Stillwater OK, Growing Up with Hollywood CA: An Oklahoma Town's Movie Theaters

Description: Article describes the development of movie theaters in Stillwater, Oklahoma from opera houses, to locally-owned movie houses, to chain takeovers. Deborah Carmichael equates this growth to the development of the film industry in Hollywood and the importance of moving pictures in the history of the U.S.
Date: Spring 2002
Creator: Carmichael, Deborah
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Pepper Martin: The Wild Horse of the Osage

Description: Article describes the life and career of John Leonard Roosevelt "Pepper" Martin, the Oklahoman baseball player known as the Wild Horse of the Osage. Joe D. Haines, Jr. describes the player's successes as a member of the Hominy Indians Professional Football Club and the St. Louis Cardinals, also delving into his personality and antics on and off the field.
Date: Winter 2002
Creator: Haines, Joe D., Jr.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Protecting His Race: A. J. Smitherman and the Tulsa Star

Description: Article explores the life and career of A. J. Smitherman, publisher of the Tulsa Star, who protested the mistreatment of African American citizens during the Tulsa Race Massacre and encouraged development of black resistance to racial violence. Despite the destruction and death that occurred, Smitherman continued spreading uplifting messages through the papers he published.
Date: Autumn 2002
Creator: O'Dell, Larry
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Cherokee Emigration: Reconstructing Reality

Description: Article reconstructs the period of forced removal Cherokees experienced in the 1830s, including the bureaucratic process behind it, seizure of Cherokee property, embarkation camps, and the emigration itself. Due to the lack of consistency in historical record, Lathel F. Duffield examines a variety of sources, from the works of historians to the records of soldiers enacting the atrocities.
Date: Autumn 2002
Creator: Duffield, Lathel F.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 80, Number 2, Summer 2002

Description: Notes and Documents section for Volume 80, Number 2, Summer 2002. It includes a document honoring Annie Heloise Abel, who was inducted into the Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame in 2002. It also includes an article about Thomas P. Stafford, an astronaut from Oklahoma who participated in the space race of the 1960s.
Date: Summer 2002
Creator: Armstrong, Connie G. & Moore, Bill
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Canvas and Caissons: Early Aviation at Fort Sill, 1914-1939

Description: Article describes the history of training, field testing, and development orchestrated by the United States Aeronautics Corps at Henry Post Field in Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Stacy Webb Reaves provides a more detailed look into the operations of the Corps, including their involvement in World War I.
Date: Autumn 2002
Creator: Reaves, Stacy Webb
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

"The Best Our Country Has To Offer": Peace Corps Training at the University of Oklahoma

Description: Article describes the Peace Corps training program in the 1960s-80s at the University of Oklahoma, which included language, technical, and cultural training. Experienced international trainer Richard H. Hancock relates stories from his own travels as well as those gained while working with the recruits at OU.
Date: Autumn 2002
Creator: Hancock, Richard H.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

For the Record, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 80, Number 3, Fall 2002

Description: For the Record section for Volume 80, Number 3, Fall 2002. It includes the minutes of the regular quarterly board meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on April 25-26, 2002. It also includes the minutes of the annual meeting of the OHS membership held on April 26, 2002, as well as the minutes of the OHS special board meeting that took place on May 20, 2002.
Date: Autumn 2002
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Ensign L. L. Culver: "You can call me salty now"

Description: Article recounts the life and rigorous training experience of undertaker-turned-ensign L.L. Culver in the United States navy in the early years of World War II. Brad Agnew reconstructs the officer's experiences from letters sent home, and concludes the article with the beginning of a journey that is continued in the Spring 2003 issue of The Chronicles of Oklahoma.
Date: Winter 2002
Creator: Agnew, Brad
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

From Petroleum to Pigs: The Oklahoma Panhandle in the Last Half of the Twentieth Century

Description: Article discusses the history of the Oklahoma Panhandle, focusing on its return to prosperity beginning in the wake of World War II. Despite the earlier difficulties of the 1930s, the panhandle made inroads in the agriculture and ranching industry, oil and gas, and pork production.
Date: Autumn 2002
Creator: Lowitt, Richard, 1922-2018
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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