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James Mooney and the Peyote Controversy

Description: Article describes the controversy ethnologist James Mooney became embroiled in after his documentation and defense of the Peyote religion and traditions within the American Indian tribes he studied.
Date: Summer 1978
Creator: Moses, L. G.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Indian Pioneer Legacy: A Guide to Oklahoma Literature

Description: Article provides a review of Oklahoma literature, including and describing major sources that relate the history of pioneer and frontier life, tribes of early Oklahoma, and politics in the region.
Date: Spring 1978
Creator: Gibson, Arrell M.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Ten-Barrel "Whodunit" at Red Fork

Description: Article describes the oil boom that began at Red Fork, Oklahoma, and the controversy over who discovered and had rights to the oil well there.
Date: Winter 1978
Creator: Roberts, Joe Donald
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

What is the Future for Railroad Branch Lines in Rural Areas?

Description: Article discusses the abandonment of branch rail lines in rural areas of nineteenth and early twentieth century Oklahoma by major railroad companies and the resulting impact on its rural population.
Date: Winter 1978
Creator: Hofsommer, Donovan L.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Black Slavery in the Creek Nation

Description: Article examines the practice of slaveholding among the Creek people, exploring details of its beginnings as well as the results of emancipation of those enslaved to become freed persons within Indian Territory.
Date: Autumn 1978
Creator: Halliburton, Janet
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Tuttle Trail

Description: Article describes the history of Tuttle Trail, its use as a cattle trail, recollections of pioneers living near the trail who observed the cattle drives, and its geological landmarks.
Date: Autumn 1978
Creator: Blau, Max & Jackson, Berenice Lloyd
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Cherokee Acculturation and Changing Land Use Practices

Description: Article describes the history of the Cherokee Nation beginning in the eighteenth century, exploring the ways Cherokees adapted to the westward expansion of white settlers. Douglas C. Wilms examines their interactions with the federal government and the concept of "civilization."
Date: Autumn 1978
Creator: Wilms, Douglas C.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Horsethief Canyon: Landmark on the Cimarron River

Description: Article explores the history and local folklore of Horsethief Canyon, an Oklahoma landmark on the Cimarron River with its own legends.
Date: Spring 1978
Creator: Fischer, LeRoy H. & Isern, Thomas D.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The United States Army as the Early Patron of Naturalists in the Trans-Mississippi West, 1803-1820

Description: Article explores the participation of the United States Army in Naturalist expeditions of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. Early explorers who documented the flora and fauna of the western world were Captain Meriwether Lewis and Second Lieutenant William Clark, General Zebulon Pike, and General Randolph B. Marcy.
Date: Summer 1978
Creator: Thomas, Phillip Drennen
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The E. W. Marland Mansion and Estate

Description: Article describes the architecture and layout of Ernest Whitworth Marland's mansion, a luxurious testament to the financial empire the oil baron had built in early twentieth century Oklahoma. Denise Browning explains his rise to power as an oil company owner and businessman.
Date: Spring 1978
Creator: Browning, Denise
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Special Collections Department at Northeastern Oklahoma State University

Description: Article explores the special collections at Northeastern Oklahoma State University and provides a review of the contents of these collections, which mainly cover the history of the Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, and Eastern Oklahoma.
Date: Spring 1978
Creator: Wheat, Helen & Agnew, Brad
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Life and Labor on the Panama Canal: An Oklahoman's Personal Account

Description: Article examines the experience of life and labor on the Panama Canal in the years of its construction through the recollections of one worker from Oklahoma, David Theodore Sherrard. William D. Pennington includes photographs from the Panama Canal construction process.
Date: Autumn 1978
Creator: Pennington, William D.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Board of Indian Commissioners and the Delegates of the Five Tribes

Description: Article describes the efforts of the Board of Indian Commissioners to promote the consolidation of tribe lands under one territorial government, and the delegates from the tribes of Indian Territory who met with them.
Date: Autumn 1978
Creator: Prucha, Francis Paul
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Creek Nativism since 1865

Description: Article explores the history of the Creek people and the influence of Muscogee Creek orator Opothleyaholo. Mark K. Megehee discusses the political environment the Creeks became embroiled in, wars, and the successful preservation of Creek culture despite pressures to assimilate.
Date: Autumn 1978
Creator: Megehee, Mark K.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Botanical Itineraries of A. H. Van Vleet

Description: Article describes the life and career of pioneer botanist, collector, and curator Dr. Albert Heald Van Fleet and his contributions to his fields. George J. Goodman and Cheryl A. Lawson explore his legacy through the collecting trips he took as a part of the University of Oklahoma faculty.
Date: Autumn 1978
Creator: Goodman, George J. & Lawson, Cheryl A.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Oklahoma Pioneers in Mexico: The Chamal Colony

Description: Article describes the history of the Chamal Colony, located in the southwest corner of Tamaulipas, Mexico. John J. Winberry highlights the initial optimism of the settlers from Oklahoma who journeyed to begin the colony, and the hardships they eventually faced.
Date: Summer 1978
Creator: Winberry, John J.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Socioeconomic Reconstruction in the Cherokee Nation, 1865-1870

Description: Article describes the process of socioeconomic reconstruction in the Cherokee Nation following the disastrous destruction of the Civil War and factionalism within the Cherokee Nation. Sue Hammond describes the treaties that were made, and the schools and industries that fostered growth.
Date: Summer 1978
Creator: Hammond, Sue
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Opening of Oklahoma: A Businessman's Frontier

Description: Article examines the stake business leaders had in the Oklahoma land openings and the way business and industries were slowly established in frontier areas. Norman L. Crockett elaborates on the lack of materials related to business history of Oklahoma Territory.
Date: Spring 1978
Creator: Crockett, Norman L.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Woman Suffrage Issue in the Oklahoma Constitutional Convention

Description: Article discusses the debate over women's suffrage that filtered throughout Oklahoma politics on the eve of its statehood, and the stands of political supporters and opponents of suffrage at the Oklahoma Constitutional Convention.
Date: Winter 1978
Creator: James, Louise Boyd
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Exile of the Nez Percé in Indian Territory, 1878-1885

Description: Article describes the lifestyles and coping methods of the Nez Perce tribe after their forced removal to Indian Territory, which included participating in law enforcement, adapting to the change in climate and lack of food and supplies, and preventing white ranchers from letting cattle loose to graze on their lands.
Date: Winter 1978
Creator: Osborne, Alan
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

For the Record, Spring 1978

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 27, 1977. It also includes a gift list for the third quarter of 1977 and lists of new annual and new life members of the OHS.
Date: Spring 1978
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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