Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 80, Number 3, Fall 2002
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"The Best Our Country Has To Offer": Peace Corps Training at the University of Oklahoma (Article)
Article describes the Peace Corps training program in the 1960s-80s at the University of Oklahoma, which included language, technical, and cultural training. Experienced international trainer Richard H. Hancock relates stories from his own travels as well as those gained while working with the recruits at OU.
"The Best Our Country Has To Offer": Peace Corps Training at the University of Oklahoma - ark:/67531/metadc2016869
From Petroleum to Pigs: The Oklahoma Panhandle in the Last Half of the Twentieth Century (Article)
Article discusses the history of the Oklahoma Panhandle, focusing on its return to prosperity beginning in the wake of World War II. Despite the earlier difficulties of the 1930s, the panhandle made inroads in the agriculture and ranching industry, oil and gas, and pork production.
From Petroleum to Pigs: The Oklahoma Panhandle in the Last Half of the Twentieth Century - ark:/67531/metadc2016865
For the Record [Fall 2002] (Article)
For the Record section for Fall 2002 including the minutes of the regular quarterly board meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on April 25-26, 2002. It also includes the minutes of the annual meeting of the OHS membership held on April 26, 2002, as well as the minutes of the OHS special board meeting that took place on May 20, 2002.
For the Record [Fall 2002] - ark:/67531/metadc2016870
Protecting His Race: A. J. Smitherman and the Tulsa Star (Article)
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.
Protecting His Race: A. J. Smitherman and the Tulsa Star - ark:/67531/metadc2016867
Canvas and Caissons: Early Aviation at Fort Sill, 1914-1939 (Article)
Article describes the history of training, field testing, and development orchestrated by the United States Aeronautics Corps at Henry Post Field in Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Stacy Webb Reaves provides a more detailed look into the operations of the Corps, including their involvement in World War I.
Canvas and Caissons: Early Aviation at Fort Sill, 1914-1939 - ark:/67531/metadc2016866
Cherokee Emigration: Reconstructing Reality (Article)
Article reconstructs the period of forced removal Cherokees experienced in the 1830s, including the bureaucratic process behind it, seizure of Cherokee property, embarkation camps, and the emigration itself. Due to the lack of consistency in historical record, Lathel F. Duffield examines a variety of sources, from the works of historians to the records of soldiers enacting the atrocities.
Cherokee Emigration: Reconstructing Reality - ark:/67531/metadc2016868
Notes and Documents, Fall 2002 (Article)
Notes and Documents column including a document honoring George H. Shirk, who was inducted into the Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame in 2002.
Notes and Documents, Fall 2002 - ark:/67531/metadc2016871
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Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 80, Number 3, Fall 2002, periodical, Autumn 2002; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1872497/: accessed June 8, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.