Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 60, Number 4, Winter 1982-83
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Electricity for a Region: The Southwest Power Administration (Article)
Article describes the impact of the Southwest Power Administration's efforts to provide electric power to the citizens of Southwestern states. Jeanette Ford explores three main projects the organization began as well as its presence in Oklahoma.
Electricity for a Region: The Southwest Power Administration - ark:/67531/metadc2031448
Oklahoma Territory and the National Archives: A Historian's Paradise (Article)
Article provides an auto-biographical exploration of the research conducted by Berlin Basil Chapman, an Oklahoma historian and an Assistant Professor of History at Oklahoma A&M. Chapman's works include articles, theses, and a bibliography centered around resources related to Oklahoma Territory in the National Archives.
Oklahoma Territory and the National Archives: A Historian's Paradise - ark:/67531/metadc2031445
Portrait of a Wichita Village, 1808 (Article)
Article provides a portrait of a Wichita Village on the Red River through the records of Anthony Glass, a representative of Indian Agent John Sibley, after an invitation was issued by the Wichitan Chief Awakahea in 1808.
Portrait of a Wichita Village, 1808 - ark:/67531/metadc2031446
Without Purse or Scrip: A Missionary in the Territory (Article)
Article explores the life and purpose of Mormon missionary Albert Kirby, who traveled into Oklahoma Territory "without purse or scrip." Albert Kirby's grandson, Dale Z. Kirby, illustrates the daily life of the man of faith and his interactions with a diverse population through entries from his journal.
Without Purse or Scrip: A Missionary in the Territory - ark:/67531/metadc2031444
"Everyone Got His Two Cents Worth": Leslie Gordon Niblack and the Guthrie Daily Leader (Article)
Article provides a historical portrait the last decade of Guthrie Daily Leader editor Leslie Gordon Niblack's career, as well as some of the headlines and contents of the newspaper itself. Niblack was a supporter of the Democratic Party and often featured political stories, but his newspaper also featured stories about natural disasters, local events, and advertisements.
"Everyone Got His Two Cents Worth": Leslie Gordon Niblack and the Guthrie Daily Leader - ark:/67531/metadc2031449
A Tradition of Political Power: Congressional Committee Chairmen from Oklahoma, 1945-1972 (Article)
Article pays biographical tribute to the impact of eight Oklahoma chairmen of committees or subcommittees of the Senate and the House of Representatives who were active from 1945 to 1972. Phillip A. Grant points out that this period of time was one of the most eventful periods of U.S. history, making the committees and their chairman especially impactful in their decisions regarding legislative proposals.
A Tradition of Political Power: Congressional Committee Chairmen from Oklahoma, 1945-1972 - ark:/67531/metadc2031447
For the Record, Winter 1982-83 (Article)
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 July 28, 1982. It also includes a list honoring the donors who gave gifts to the OHS in the second quarter of 1982 and a list of new annual and new life members of the OHS from April 29 to July 28 of 1982.
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Notes and Documents, Winter 1982-83 (Article)
Notes and Documents column including a continuation of the catalogue of microfilmed publications of the Archives and Manuscripts Division of the Oklahoma Historical Society from previous issues.
Notes and Documents, Winter 1982-83 - ark:/67531/metadc2031451
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Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 60, Number 4, Winter 1982-83, periodical, Winter 1982; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1752023/: accessed June 1, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.