"We believe by blood only," said a Cherokee resident of Oklahoma, speaking to reporters in 2007 after voting in favor of the Cherokee Nation constitutional amendment limiting its membership. In an election that made headlines around the world, a majority of Cherokee voters chose…
'Growing Up with the Country' documents the migration of freedom's first generation out of the South and into the West after the Civil War. A narrative history, the text traces three of the author's ancestors and theirsuccessive migrations in the half-century after emancipation.
The masterful and poignant story of three African-American families who journeyed west after emancipation, by an award-winning scholar and descendant of the migrants Following the lead of her own ancestors, Kendra Field's epic family history chronicles the westward migration of …
The masterful and poignant story of three African-American families who journeyed west after emancipation, by an award-winning scholar and descendant of the migrants. Following the lead of her own ancestors, Kendra Field's epic family history chronicles the westward migration of…
'Growing Up with the Country' documents the migration of freedom's first generation out of the South and into the West after the Civil War. A narrative history, the text traces three of the author's ancestors and their successive migrations in the half-century after emancipation.
Oklahoma historian Angie Debo once observed that all the forces of United States history have come to bear in the development of the Sooner State. This collection of essays provides a series of snapshots reflecting both the singularity of the Oklahoma experience and the state's …
It is well known that by the turn of the century, male photographers, such as Edward S. Curtis were taking documentary photography of what they considered a vanishing race. However, this is only part of the story of Indigenous photography. White women also participated in photog…
Zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) are native to Europe and were first reported in North America in the late 1980s at Lake St. Clair in Michigan. They negatively impact ecosystems, recreation, and facilities that use surface water such as public water supply plants, power gene…
The purpose of this project is to compile a brief history of Oklahoma art museums, while specifically honoring individual contributors that have made the existence of these museums possible. The emphasis on individual contributors is a result of my employment at the Oklahoma Hal…
Dust Never Settles is a poetry collection that includes and challenges forms, such as the sonnet, pantoum, toilet, and villanelle, as well as, prose, free verse, and concrete poetry, among others. It explores the realities and subjectivities of time, place, class, sexuality, rel…
Each state in our union has a unique history and story as it plays into the formation of the United States; one of the unique and historically relevant narratives to United States is that of Oklahoma. The state of Oklahoma has gone through a multitude of changes over the last se…
Despite a long history of oil and gas exploration and production, the northeast Butterly area, Pauls Valley Anticlinorium, Garvin County, Oklahoma is understudied with respect to Pennsylvanian depositional processes. The study area is centered in T.1N., R.1E., and includes parts…
Why is it so difficult to get reparations for Greenwood? The United States has struggled with giving reparations for certain groups although they are an international standard for human rights outlined by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Howev…
Using the 1957 Oklahoma Semi-Centennial statehood celebrations and the rhetorical practices used in the ephemera created for visitors to the state as a focus, this archivally-informed dissertation is about stories told by the artifacts, and stories that are left out. It is about…
"Explores the dissolution of Picher, Oklahoma, a historic mining town that is now abandoned. Declared part of the Tar Creek Superfund Site in 1984 and then described as the country's most toxic site, Picher was hit by a tornado in 2008 and sustained widespread destruction, forci…
"Explores the dissolution of Picher, Oklahoma, a historic mining town that is now abandoned. Declared part of the Tar Creek Superfund Site in 1984 and then described as the country's most toxic site, Picher was hit by a tornado in 2008 and sustained widespread destruction, forci…
An engaging study of the intense battle over liquor in the early years of the Sooner state. In a careful and sophisticated analysis Klein shows that tensions over prohibition arose from class and cultural distinctions between workers and a middle class that saw prohibition as a …
