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Birthday of the Klan: The Tulsa Outrage of 1917

Description: Article describes the events that led to the Tulsa Outrage of 1917, including the emergence of the "Knights of Liberty" a vigilante group grown from the Tulsa Council of Defense which persecuted members of labor organizations and whose actions foreshadowed later violence committed by the Ku Klux Klan.
Date: Winter 2019
Creator: Hopkins, Randy
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

German-American Immigrants Encounter World War I: A Cautionary Tale

Description: Article reveals the story of one family of German-American immigrants who were conscientious objectors during World War I, and how their story reflects the larger narrative of immigrant religious expression in wartime.
Date: Autumn 2018
Creator: Reimer, Dalton
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Rex Brinlee: The Man and His Escape

Description: This article tells the story of notorious criminal Rex Brinlee, who is best known for his multiple escapes from the Oklahoma State Penitentiary. The article interweaves the details of his crimes with larger state events, including the McAlester Prison Riot.
Date: Summer 2013
Creator: Reavis, Jack Anthony
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

A. J. Smitherman: Pen Warrior

Description: Article traces A. J. Smitherman's tumultuous career in the Oklahoma press defending African American causes.
Date: Autumn 2011
Creator: Seals Nevergold, Barbara A.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Judge Royce H. Savage

Description: Article asserts that despite the controversy surrounding Judge Royce Savage's retirement from the Northern District Court, the judge's reputation for case management and dedication to pretrial conferences remains intact.
Date: Spring 2011
Creator: Kellough, William C.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Antisuffragist. Antifeminist! Pro-women? The Anomalous Alice Mary Robertson

Description: Article examining Oklahoma's first woman representative in the United States Congress, Alice Mary Robertson. In this article Robertson's attitudes toward suffrage, feminism, and women at home and in politics, are explored.
Date: Spring 2010
Creator: Caldwell, Deah
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Power for the People: Developing the Grand River Dam Authority, Part 2, 1945-1964

Description: This article is the second part of a two-part article on the Grand River Dam Authority. In this part, the author analyzes the state agency's history after World War II. Only one-third complete in 1945, the GRDA operated only Pensacola Dam. Over the next three decades Senators Elmer Thomas and Robert S. Kerr guided the federal legislation that would allow the Authority to complete its flood control dams and power generation/distribution facilities in the watershed of the Grand River.
Date: Autumn 2009
Creator: Lowitt, Richard, 1922-2018
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

From Termination to Self-Determination: Indian Health in Oklahoma, 1954-1980, Part 2

Description: The second part of this two-part article continues the evaluation of the problems in Indian healthcare and the campaign led by Senators Fred Harris and Dewey Bartlett to correct a record of neglect. The healthcare problem after 1970 was linked to a new federal policy of tribal self-determination.
Date: Spring 2008
Creator: Lowitt, Richard, 1922-2018
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

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

A Reading Room of Their Own: Library Services for African Americans in Oklahoma, 1907-1946

Description: Article discussing the struggles African American Oklahomans faced for access to public library services. The first forty years of statehood brought a few successes, and by mid-century only eleven communities provided a public library facility for the state's black citizens.
Date: Autumn 2006
Creator: Cassity, R. O. Joe, Jr.
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

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
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

There is No Place like The Home: A Brief History of the Tulsa Boys' Home

Description: Article provides historical context for the creation of the Tulsa Boys' Home in 1918 for troubled and orphaned boys. Michael Lail describes the institutions that founded the home, namely the Tulsa Rotary Club and the First Presbyterian Church, and the growth and movement of The Home itself over the years.
Date: Summer 2001
Creator: Lail, Michael
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

"Almost Hopeless in the Wake of the Storm": The 1918 Spanish Flu Epidemic in Oklahoma

Description: Article examines the impact of the Spanish flu epidemic on Oklahomans during 1918-1919. Nigel Anthony Sellars discusses the spread of the epidemic on a detailed level, identifying the medical institutions and professionals who sought to combat the epidemic as it spread from one Oklahoma city to another.
Date: Spring 2001
Creator: Sellars, Nigel Anthony
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Heyday in the Texas League: Oklahoma City-Tulsa Baseball, 1933-1957

Description: Article explores the history of baseball in Oklahoma City and Tulsa through the victories and training regime of two major teams: the Oklahoma City Indians and the Tulsa Oilers. Max J. Nichols traces their plays and connection with the Texas League in a golden era of baseball.
Date: Summer 1996
Creator: Nichols, Max J.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Spring 1991

Description: Notes and Documents column including a document tracing the historical origins of the place name "Broken Arrow." Donald A. Wise examines the literature surrounding it and the Creek community that created the name.
Date: Spring 1991
Creator: Wise, Donald A.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Note and Documents, Spring 1981

Description: Notes and Documents column including a personal narrative written by Nettie DeMoss about her experiences growing up in Indian Territory. Norman Crowe, editor of the document, provides an introduction to the piece.
Date: Spring 1981
Creator: DeMoss, Nettie & Crowe, Norman
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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