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Amongst the Damp: The Dangerous Profession of Coal Mining in Oklahoma, 1870-1935

Description: Article explores the dangerous coal mining profession in Oklahoma from the late nineteenth to early twentieth century. Steve Sewell provides details about major mining accidents, as well as the terminology miners used to describe the "damps," or noxious gases that threatened their safety.
Date: Spring 1992
Creator: Sewell, Steven L.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Crisis of Command: The Hindman/Pike Controversy over the Defense of the Trans-Mississippi District

Description: Article describes the conflict that occurred between two Confederate officers, General Thomas C. Hindman and General Albert Pike, over the defense of Indian Territory. Thomas W. Kremm and Diane Neal discuss how this conflict impacted the military situation in the area.
Date: Spring 1992
Creator: Kremm, Thomas W. & Neal, Diane
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

For the Record, Spring 1992

Description: For the Record section including the minutes of the quarterly board meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on October 12, 1991.
Date: Spring 1992
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Spring 1992

Description: Notes and Documents column including an introduction to the Oscar Jacobson house, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places due to the efforts of a historical committee, the Oklahoma Historical Society, and Dr. Arrell Morgan Gibson, who wrote the letter included.
Date: Spring 1992
Creator: Gibson, Arrell M. & Whitney, Carol
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Braden Site: WPA Excavations at a Plains Village

Description: Article describes the results of the 1937 and 1941 Works Progress Administration excavations of the Braden Site on the Washita River. Robert L. Brooks explains the evidence related to the Southern Plains villagers who had settled there between 800 and 1500 A.D.
Date: Summer 1992
Creator: Brooks, Robert L.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

For the Record, Summer 1992

Description: For the Record section including the minutes of the quarterly board meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on January 22, 1992.
Date: Summer 1992
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Alice's Restaurant: Expanding a Woman's Sphere

Description: Article describes the life and career of Alice Mary Robertson, the second woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, and the first congresswoman of Oklahoma. Maitreyi Mazumdar discusses Roberts own ideology and beliefs, which included the idea of women belonging in the home, and how it impacted her political stance.
Date: Autumn 1992
Creator: Mazumdar, Maitreyi
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

For the Record, Fall 1992

Description: For the Record section including the minutes of the quarterly board meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on April 17, 1992.
Date: Autumn 1992
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

"More Valuable than Oil" The Establishment and Development of Tinker Air Force Base, 1940-1949

Description: Article describes the efforts of the Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce to obtain an air depot and the eventual construction of Tinker Air Force Base. James L. Crowder, Jr. focuses on the details behind the developments and the way the air base prepared U.S. army recruits for the war effort.
Date: Autumn 1992
Creator: Crowder, James L., Jr.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Fall 1992

Description: Notes and Documents column including a document by the author of a previous article in The Chronicles Spring 1991 issue about lost findings from the Braden Site of the collection being returned to the Oklahoma Museum of Natural History.
Date: Autumn 1992
Creator: Brooks, Robert L.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Socialists in the House: The Oklahoma Experience, Part II

Description: Article illustrates the impact of the election of five Socialist politicians to the Oklahoma 5th Legislature in 1914 and what it meant for politics in Oklahoma. In the second part of a two part article, Von Russell Creel discusses the Socialists' reelection campaigns and activities after leaving the legislature.
Date: Autumn 1992
Creator: Creel, Von Russell
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The African Lion: George Napier Perkins, Lawyer, Politician, Editor

Description: Article describes the life and career of George Napier Perkins, a lawyer, politician, and newspaper editor who advocated black quality in early territorial Oklahoma. Nudie E. Williams elaborates on his beliefs that Oklahoma held potential for a better future for black citizens of the U.S.
Date: Winter 1992
Creator: Williams, Nudie E.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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