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Education for Successful Living: University School at the University of Oklahoma, 1917-1973

Description: Article discusses the University School at the University of Oklahoma as a model of progressive education. Ellsworth Collings founded University School in 1917, a junior high and later high school. For fifty-six years it was to be a nexus of experimentation, observation, and practice exemplifying the ideals of Progressive education.
Date: Spring 2007
Creator: Mackie, Steven Wade
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

A Meeting of Conquerors: Art Goebel and Charles Lindbergh in Tulsa, 1927

Description: Article recounts the meeting of Art Gobel and Charles A. Lindbergh in Tulsa in September 1927. Both aviators, Goebel was known as "The Conqueror of the Pacific," while Lindbergh was "The Conqueror of the Atlantic." Their meeting and behavior toward Oklahomans revealed much about each man's character and personality and about the American practice of hero making.
Date: Spring 2007
Creator: Hedglen, Thomas
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Spring 2007

Description: Notes and Documents column including an article honoring the individuals who were inducted into the annual Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame in 2007. The Oklahoma Historical Society selects recipients based on their contributions to the preservation, collection, interpretation, and dissemination of Oklahoma history. The honorees in 2007 were W. David Baird and Guy W. Logsdon.
Date: Spring 2007
Creator: Wilson, Linda D.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

For the Record, Spring 2007

Description: For the Record section including the minutes from the regular quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was called to order by the president, Leonard Logan, at 1:30pm., on Wednesday October 25, 2006.
Date: Spring 2007
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

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

Description: 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.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

"Little Buzz Buggies": Midget Auto Racing in Oklahoma City, 1946-1964

Description: Article details the phenomenon of midget auto racing in Oklahoma, which gained popularity after World War II. Midget auto racing, held in Oklahoma City's Taft Stadium drew huge crowds and gave several race-car drivers the experiences that took them onward to the Indianapolis 500 and other major races.
Date: Summer 2007
Creator: Kurth, Galen
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Summer 2007

Description: Notes and Documents column including the "Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame: Pendleton Woods and Martin A. Hagerstrand" which honors Pendleton Woods and Martin A. Hagerstrand's inductions into the Oklahoma Historian Hall of Fame in April 2007. It also includes Dianna Everett's "1950s Oklahoma in the Hillerman Photographs" which details the Barney Hillerman Collection of photographs that is held by the Oklahoma Historical Society and includes a selection of the digitized photographs that capture … more
Date: Summer 2007
Creator: Wilson, Linda D. & Everett, Dianna
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

For the Record, Summer 2007

Description: For the Record section including the minutes from the regular quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was called to order by the president, Leonard Logan, at 1:30pm on Wednesday, January 24, 2007.
Date: Summer 2007
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

A Reluctant Heir: Carl Albert, Watergate, and the American Presidency

Description: Article details Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Carl Bert Albert's decision to eschew the ultimate leadership role and recommend Rep. Gerald R. Ford as Vice President Spiro T. Agnew's successor after Agnew resigned in disgrace in 1973.
Date: Autumn 2007
Creator: Anderson, Heath
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Setbacks and Successes: Cameron University's Library, 1909-2000

Description: Article examines the Cameron library's policies for collections development, materials access, and constant improvement of buildings that helped this important regional institution reach full university status.
Date: Autumn 2007
Creator: Young, Sheridan Eleanor
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Fall 2007

Description: Notes and Documents column including excerpts from the unfinished manuscript entitled "Cushion of Confidence," by Theresa Galloway Holman, wife of Oklahoma Senator H. H. Holman, who served in the first Oklahoma Senate from 1907-1909. In her manuscript, Mrs. Holman speaks about the early politics of Oklahoma including the adoption of a constitution, celebrating statehood in 1907, and general comments as a wife of the first legislature.
Date: Autumn 2007
Creator: Turner, Alvin O.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

For the Record, Fall 2007

Description: For the Record section including quarterly board meeting minutes from the regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that took place on April 12, 2007, and the minutes of the annual meeting of the membership that took place on April 13, 2007.
Date: Autumn 2007
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

"Civilization May be a Hoax": Oklahomans in the Old World, 1907-1939

Description: This article describes the views of middle-class Oklahomans who toured Europe between the two world wars and whose travel accounts concluded that the New World--America and Oklahoma--were superior in all aspects of "civilization."
Date: Winter 2007
Creator: Voss, K. Dirk
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Winter 2007-08

Description: Notes and Documents column including a short biographical sketch remembering Anton "Tony" Goetz, director of Muskogee Central High School Marching Band.
Date: Winter 2007
Creator: Mullins, Jonita
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

For the Record, Winter 2007-08

Description: For the Record section including the Oklahoma Historical Society quarterly board meeting minutes for the meeting that took place on July 25, 2007.
Date: Winter 2007
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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