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"We Surely Gave Them an Uplift": Taylor F. Ealy and the Mission School for Freedmen

Description: Article describes the efforts of Taylor F. Ealy and his wife Mary Ealy to begin a school for African-American residents freed by the Chickasaws at the abandoned site of Fort Arbuckle. Norman J. Bender includes documentation from the Ealy family and correspondence from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Edward P. Smith, to create a more wholistic picture of the process.
Date: Summer 1983
Creator: Bender, Norman J.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Black Press in Oklahoma: The Formative Years, 1889-1907

Description: Article describes the history of black newspapers in Oklahoma, beginning with their roots in Oklahoma and Indian Territories in the late nineteenth century. Nudie Williams explores how the press was used to promote black communities as well as call for activism related to civil rights and fair treatment.
Date: Autumn 1983
Creator: Williams, Nudie E.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Across the Muddy Red

Description: Article illustrates the history of suspension bridges constructed on the Red River between Oklahoma and Texas. Environmental conditions threatened the stability of these bridges, but the industries in the area and transport needs led to continual attempts at creating a lasting structure.
Date: Winter 1983
Creator: Crockett, Bernice N.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

"No job for a woman"

Description: Article provides a biographical tribute to the life of Sallie Sturgeon, also known as Mrs. Thomas H. Sturgeon in her marriage, who was the first woman enforcement officer in the State Department of Health, editor of a woman's page and later a publication for women named The Oklahoma Lady, and also, ironically, President of Anti-suffragists in Oklahoma.
Date: Summer 1983
Creator: Crockett, Bernice N.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

For the Record, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 61, Number 4, Winter 1983-84

Description: For the Record section from Volume 61, Number 4, Winter 1983-84. It includes the minutes of the quarterly board meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on July 27, 1983. It also includes a list of donors who gave gifts to the OHS in the second quarter of 1983 and lists of new annual and life members from April 28 to July 27, 1983.
Date: Winter 1983
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

From Dust to Dust: Gibbon, an Oklahoma Town

Description: Article describes the rise and fall of the town of Gibbon, which began as a prosperous farming community built by homesteaders in the land run of 1893. Rita S. Pierce and Gordon Moore explore the town in its heyday, as well as the financial and environmental factors that led to its downfall.
Date: Summer 1983
Creator: Pierce, Rita S. & Moore, Gordon, 1955-
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 61, Number 2, Summer 1983

Description: Notes and Documents section from Volume 61, Number 2, Summer 1983. It includes a document about the State Register of Historic Places created by legislation. The documents includes information about how to nominate sites, when places are removed from the Register, and who manages the Register and registration process.
Date: Summer 1983
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

"To Preserve Local History": The WPA Historical Records Survey in Oklahoma, 1936-1942

Description: Article describes the history and process behind the Historic Records Survey instituted by the Works Progress Administration during the 1930s. At a time when the economy was suffering due to the Great Depression and the impact of the Oklahoma dust storms, the project provided employment, preservation of local records, and promoted the value of research and archives.
Date: Summer 1983
Creator: Clark, Blue
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

For the Record, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 61, Number 2, Summer 1983

Description: For the Record section from Volume 61, Number 2, Summer 1983. It includes the minutes of the quarterly board meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on January 26, 1983. It also includes a list honoring the donors who gave gifts to the OHS in the fourth quarter of 1982 and a list of new annual and new life members of the OHS from October 28 of 1982 to January 26 of 1983.
Date: Summer 1983
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Legacy of Caleb Starr

Description: Article discusses the history of the Starr family of the Cherokee Nation beginning with Caleb Starr, who had been a supporter of emigration during the removal period. Patricia W. Lockwood describes the legacy he and his descendants left that earned them a controversial reputation.
Date: Autumn 1983
Creator: Lockwood, Patricia W.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

For the Record, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 61, Number 3, Fall 1983

Description: For the Record section from Volume 61, Number 3, Fall 1983. It includes the minutes of the quarterly board meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on April 27, 1983. It also includes a list of donors who gave gifts to the OHS in the first quarter of 1983 and lists of new annual and life members from January 27 to April 27, 1983.
Date: Autumn 1983
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

"He Was Into Everything": Joseph W. McNeal, Territorial Innovator

Description: Article describes the life and diverse careers of Joseph W. McNeal, an Oklahoma pioneer who was a leading figure in banking, politics, business, and philanthropy in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Helen Freudenberger Holmes explores the full life of this founder of the Oklahoma Historical Society.
Date: Winter 1983
Creator: Holmes, Helen Freudenberger
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

"No Wild Venture": The State Capital Publishing Building

Description: Article delineates the construction of the Oklahoma State Capital Building, led by the Oklahoma State Capital newspaper editor Frank Hilton Greer, and the history behind it. Lloyd C. Lentz, II, also explores the legacy Greer left through the conversion of the building to the State Capital Publishing Museum.
Date: Autumn 1983
Creator: Lentz, Lloyd C., III
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Social Gospel of Nicholas Comfort

Description: Article provides a biographical portrait of the life and philosophy of Nick Comfort, Presbyterian minister and Dean of the Oklahoma School of Religion. Comfort gained a divided reputation in the early 1900s due to his viewpoints, which included his anti-militaristic stance, support for the civil liberties of minority groups, and concern for economic inequality.
Date: Winter 1983
Creator: Cottrell, Bob
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Keetoowahs and Their Dances

Description: Article analyzes the history of the Keetoowah Society, a group created to preserve the Cherokee Nation and its traditions during a time of unrest created by the Civil War. T. L. Ballenger includes his personal experiences observing their tradition of stomp dances and encourages the public not to undervalue the society or its traditions.
Date: Summer 1983
Creator: Ballenger, T. L.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

A Democratic School for Democratic Women

Description: Article explores the establishment of the first college for women in Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Industrial Institute and College for Girls. Dixie Belcher illustrates the history of the school, which later became Oklahoma College for Women, and the evolution of public attitudes towards women in higher education.
Date: Winter 1983
Creator: Belcher, Dixie
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 61, Number 4, Winter 1983-84

Description: Notes and Documents section from Volume 61, Number 4, Winter 1983-84. It includes a document describing the efforts of the Oklahoma Historical Society's Division of Museums and Sites to amass historical documents related to the construction of Fort Gibson for their Fort Gibson Research Project.
Date: Winter 1983
Creator: Rosenblum, Thom
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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