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Notes and Documents, Summer 2009

Description: Notes and Documents column including a document honoring Michael Wallis and Quintus and Mary Herron, who were inducted into the Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame in 2009. It also includes a document celebrating the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth and lists a selection of articles exploring the history of Black Oklahomans in the journey from slavery to empowerment.
Date: Summer 2009
Creator: Wilson, Linda D.; Sias, Richard & Blackburn, Bob L.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

For the Record, Summer 2009

Description: For the Record section including the minutes of the Oklahoma Historical Society Executive Committee Meeting that was held on December 17, 2008.
Date: Summer 2009
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Eliza Jane Ross: A Pioneer Cherokee Educator

Description: Article provides a biography of Eliza Jane Ross, niece of Cherokee Chief John Ross and prominent pioneer teacher within the Cherokee Nation, paying tribute to her dedication as an educator and impact on the communities she taught.
Date: Summer 2009
Creator: McCullagh, James G.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Latinos in Oklahoma: A History of Four and a Half Centuries

Description: Article covers the history of Latinos in Oklahoma, providing details about the roots of Spanish colonialism, the various factors that led people to migrate to the United States, and the organizations, media, and celebrations that promoted the growth and preservation of Latino culture in Oklahoma.
Date: Summer 2009
Creator: Smith, Michael M.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Water and Power: Developing the Grand River Dam Authority, Part 1, 1935-1944

Description: Article describes the eight year project that led to the creation of the Grand River Dam Authority. Part 1 of Richard Lowitt's two-part article describes how the GRDA was campaigned for by Representative Wesley Disney and Senator Elmer Thomas of the Oklahoma Legislature. The resulting construction of the Pensacola Dam became a remedy for both flood control and creation of electric power.
Date: Summer 2009
Creator: Lowitt, Richard, 1922-2018
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Spring 2009

Description: Notes and Documents column including "Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame" which honors two of the 2009 inductees of the Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame, Donald E. Green and Marvin E. Kroeker. It also includes "Lincoln's Legacy in Oklahoma" which provides a list of publications to celebrate the legacy of Abraham Lincoln in relation to Oklahoma as part of the Oklahoma Historical Society's celebration of the bicentennial of his birth.
Date: Spring 2009
Creator: Wilson, Linda D.; Sias, Richard & Blackburn, Bob L.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

For the Record, Spring 2009

Description: For the Record section including the Minutes of the Quarterly Board Meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on October 22, 2008.
Date: Spring 2009
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Bad Water and Epidemics: The Wages of Neglect at the Seneca Indian School

Description: Article analyzes the issues of poor federal management and general neglect of health and sanitation that put Indian students' lives in jeopardy at Seneca Indian School and at the nation's other Indian schools in the early twentieth century.
Date: Spring 2009
Creator: Bieloh, Christina
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Ragtown: Wirt, Oklahoma, and the Healdton Boom

Description: Article describes the growth and subsequent problems of the Oklahoma oil-boom town of Wirt in Carter County, also known as Ragtown. Emerging overnight as the center of the Healdton Field, Ragtown provided shelter and work for hundreds of assorted oil-field characters.
Date: Spring 2009
Creator: Freeman, Elizabeth F.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

"An' the west jes' smiled": Oklahoma Banking and the Panic of 1907

Description: Article relates the ways in which the Oklahoma Bankers Association and each community's banks responded to the 1907 Bankers' Panic. They calmed public fears of bank insolvency and developed ingenious was to make currency flow in the economy. As a result, Oklahoma created the nation's first bank deposit guaranty law.
Date: Spring 2009
Creator: Gatch, Loren C.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Spring 2006

Description: Notes and Documents column including a short document describing the history and contents of the Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce Collection that was donated to the Oklahoma Historical Society in 1994. It also includes a short description of the Henry and Cunningham Mercantile Company Collection manuscripts located in the Research Division of the Oklahoma Historical Society.
Date: Spring 2006
Creator: Anderson, Clayton; Everett, Dianna & O'Dell, Larry
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

For the Record, Spring 2006

Description: For the Record section including the Minutes of the Quarterly Board Meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on October 26, 2005.
Date: Spring 2006
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Heaven to Hell: Samuel Robert Cassius and Black Life in Oklahoma, 1891-1923

Description: Article describes the experience of preacher and teacher, Samuel Robert Cassius, in Oklahoma. He came to Oklahoma Territory, believing it to be a haven of freedom and opportunity for African-Americans, but ultimately left in 1923 due to religious hostility and racial discrimination.
Date: Spring 2006
Creator: Robinson, Edward J.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Capital Versus Labor in Tulsa: The Mid-Continent Refinery Strike of 1938-40

Description: Article details the Mid-Continent Refinery Strike of 1938-40. On December 22, 1938, members of the Oil Worker's International Union, representing labor in the petroleum industry at Tulsa's Mid-Continent Refinery, shut down the plant and walked off the job. The bitter, protracted, and occasionally violent fight involved two years of investigations and negotiations.
Date: Spring 2006
Creator: Rubey, Diane M.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

"Any Woman That Could Ride a Horse Could Fly": Dorothy K. Pressler Morgan, 1930s Oklahoma Aviatrix

Description: Article describes the role of Dorothy Pressler Morgan in aviation history. In 1930 Dorothy Pressler Morgan became the second female pilot licensed in Oklahoma by the U.S. Department of Commerce. She was also known as Oklahoma City's best stunt pilot, an altitude-record setter, and the nation's first female airport manager.
Date: Spring 2006
Creator: Fugate, Tally D.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Building the Grady County Courthouse: The Public Works Administration Amidst Local Politics

Description: Article details the process of building the Grady County Courthouse. Designed by the prestigious architectural firm of Layton, Hicks and Forsyth and completed in 1935 using funding provided by the Public Works Administration, the Grady County Courthouse stands as a classic example of 1930s Art Deco architecture.
Date: Spring 2006
Creator: Savage, Cynthia
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Fall 2005

Description: Notes and Documents column including a document honoring Reba Neighbors Collins, who was inducted into the Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame in 2005. It also includes a document about the first boy scout troop founded in America in Pawhuska, Oklahoma.
Date: Autumn 2005
Creator: Blochowiak, Mary Ann & Haines, Joe D., Jr.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

For the Record, Fall 2005

Description: For the Record section including the minutes of the regular quarterly board meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on April 28, 2005. It also includes the minutes of the annual meeting of the membership of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on April 29, 2005.
Date: Autumn 2005
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Lela L. Barnett: An Oklahoma WAC in World War II Italy

Description: Article describes the life of Lela Barnett, one of the first members of the Women's Army Corps during World War II, through letters sent home to her mother. From training and service in Italy, to her adventures as a civilian employee, to her eventual return to Oklahoma to work as a librarian at Fort Sill, Ralph Gregory Barnett records his aunt's eventful life.
Date: Autumn 2005
Creator: Beil, Raph Gregory
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

"The Land Is Always With Us": Removal, Allotment, and Industrial Development and Their Effects on Ponca Tribalism

Description: Article describes how developments like removal, land allotment, and the development of the oil and gas industry undermined the relationship the Ponca tribe had with their lands, and the way the Poncas coped with the broken treaties, divisions within the tribes over land-related decisions, and damage done by neighboring towns that cropped up with the increase in industrial growth.
Date: Autumn 2005
Creator: van de Logt, Mark
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

"We Bind Ourselves Together": A History of the Oklahoma Student Librarians Association

Description: Article covers the history of state student library associations from the 1940s to 1980s with a particular emphasis on the Oklahoma Student Librarians Association. In addition to details like the organization of these associations and the newsletters/handbooks they put out, Jeffrey M. Wilhite elaborates on the benefits they brought to students and libraries.
Date: Autumn 2005
Creator: Wilhite, Jeffrey M.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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