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"Standing Out for Their Rights": Industrial Strikes in Oklahoma in the 1930s

Description: Article discusses some of the labor movements and strikes that occurred in 1930s Oklahoma as organized labor filtered through Oklahoma's major industries. James Paul Bailey discusses the impact of organized labor on the economy and worker's rights.
Date: Autumn 1998
Creator: Bailey, James Paul
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Occupying the Middle Ground: African Creeks in the First Indian Home Guard, 1862-1865

Description: Article explores the participation of the first African Americans to join the federal army in the Civil War, the First Indian Home Guard. This regiment was a tri-racial unit in which free blacks and former slaves served many roles, including the role of translator for Creek and Seminole soldiers.
Date: Spring 1998
Creator: Zellar, Gary
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Learning from Oklahoma: Who We Are and Where We Are

Description: Article traverses the history of architecture in Oklahoma through a series of photographs and insights from Fred Wiemer, who provides a thoughtful study of Oklahoma's growth and future.
Date: Spring 1998
Creator: Wiemer, Fred
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

William Box Hancock: Trail Driver and Cattleman

Description: Article explores the life and work of William Box Hancock, a trail driver who moved cattle along the Great Western Trail in Indian Territory. Richard H. Hancock provides context to the personal accounts of his grandfather, which describe life on the trail.
Date: Winter 1998
Creator: Hancock, Richard H.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

An Experiment in Education: The Osage Manual Training School, Views from Letters

Description: Article describes life and schoolwork at the Osage Manual Training School and the problems faced when trying to provide instruction to Osage children. Barbara Speas Havira uses letters from the period to construct a portrait of the experience of educators and students there, as well as negative attitudes towards the Osage people.
Date: Winter 1998
Creator: Havira, Barbara Speas Havira
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Edward W. Sweeney, '89er: "A Legend in his Time"

Description: Article describes the life and career of Edward W. Sweeney, a justice of the peace, landowner, and public servant who came to Oklahoma Territory in 1889 and helped establish Oklahoma City and the town of Harrah.
Date: Autumn 1998
Creator: Jordan, Pamela G.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Best City in the Best Country: Enid's Golden Ear, 1916-1941

Description: Article explores the "golden era" of Enid, Oklahoma, exploring the factors that contributed to its rise as one of the most prosperous cities in the region, which included the construction of railroads and the impact of the oil industry.
Date: Summer 1998
Creator: Turner, Alvin O. & Gailey, Vicky L.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

In the Midst of Adversity: The City, the Governor, and the FERA, Part I

Description: Article describes the struggles citizens of Oklahoma faced during the Great Depression and the ways city officials attempted to provide relief. William H. Mullins explores how the strong individualistic approach of Governor William H. Murray and refusal of federal assistance caused some issues.
Date: Winter 1998
Creator: Mullins, William H.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

"I Should Have Been a Mule": Cotton Pickin' Blues in Southwestern Oklahoma

Description: Article describes the development of the cotton industry in Oklahoma's Jackson County, from its success to its decline. Leo Kelley takes a closer look at the attitudes and lives of cotton farmers in Oklahoma through excerpts from newspapers and personal journals.
Date: Summer 1998
Creator: Kelley, Leo
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Undesirable Oklahomans: Black Immigration to Western Canada

Description: Article discusses the migration of black Oklahomans to Canada, the factors that influenced this move, and the discrimination they faced both in the United States and in Canada.
Date: Autumn 1998
Creator: Mundende, Darlington Chongo
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

"We are Making History": The Execution of William Going

Description: Article attests that though the execution of Silon Lewis in 1894 is considered the last execution under Choctaw law, the actual last execution was that of William Going. Louis Coleman explores the details of the man's crimes and the reasons for his eventual fate.
Date: Spring 1998
Creator: Coleman, Louis
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Fred Tecumseh Waite: The Outlaw Statesman

Description: Article describes the life and career of Fred Tecumseh Waite, a Chickasaw politician with a colorful past who argued against the forced allotment of the Dawes Commission. Michael Tower discusses his journey from outlaw to statesman.
Date: Summer 1998
Creator: Tower, Michael
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Repeal of Prohibition: The End of Oklahoma's Noble Experiment

Description: Article describes the history and failure of Oklahoma's "Noble Experiment." After prohibition under the Oklahoma constitution could not end liquor traffic, the laws were eventually repealed by politicians in the mid 1900s.
Date: Winter 1998
Creator: Lyon, Vincent T.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

"Peculiarly Situated Between Rebellion and Loyalty": Civilized Tribes, Savagery, and the American Civil War

Description: Article discusses the concept of "savagism" in the context of participation of the "Five Civilized Tribes" in the Civil War. Tom L. Franzmann investigates details and accounts of brutal practices conducted by both white and American Indian soldiers during the war and deconstructs the ideas that perpetrated society during the time.
Date: Summer 1998
Creator: Franzmann, Tom L.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Remembering Stonewall, Pontotoc County, Chickasaw Nation

Description: Article reconstructs a portrait of the thriving town of Stonewall, one of the towns that cropped up in Chickasaw Nation in the wake of the Civil War and its destruction.
Date: Winter 1998
Creator: Tinsley, Bill
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

For the Record, Spring 1998

Description: 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 October 22, 1997.
Date: Spring 1998
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Spring 1998

Description: Notes and Documents column including a document honoring Stan Hoig, who was inducted into the annual Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame in 1997.
Date: Spring 1998
Creator: Blackburn, Bob L.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

For the Record, Summer 1998

Description: 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 January 28, 1998.
Date: Summer 1998
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Summer 1998

Description: Notes and Documents column including a document honoring T. L. Ballenger, who was inducted into the annual Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame in 1998.
Date: Summer 1998
Creator: Blackburn, Bob L.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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