Author: LeRoy Henry FischerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Oklahoma's Governors, 1929-1955
Author: LeRoy Henry FischerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Oklahoma's Governors, 1907-1929
Author: LeRoy Henry FischerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
This volume in a multi-volume series on biographical studies of Oklahoma's governors chronicles the period from statehood to the threshold of the Great Depression.
Subject
Author: Oklahoma. Governor (1951-1955 : Murray)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Governors
Languages : en
Pages : 4
Book Description
Brief summary of the life of Gov. Johnston Murray of Oklahoma in typescript, probably released during his term of office, 1951-1955.
Oklahoma's Governors, 1955-1979
Author: LeRoy Henry FischerPublisher:
ISBN: 9780941498463
Category : Governors
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Located in the Oklahoma Collection.
Message of the Honorable Raymond Gary, Governor of Oklahoma, to the Twenty-fifth Legislature in Joint Session, January 11, 1955
Author: Oklahoma. Governor (1955-1959 : Gary)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Governors
Languages : en
Pages : 15
Book Description
Oklahoma's Governors, 1955-1979
Author: LeRoy Henry FischerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Governors
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Located in the Oklahoma Collection.
The Papers of Will Rogers: The final years, August 1928-August 1935
Author: Will RogersPublisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806137681
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 724
Book Description
This fifth and final volume of The Papers of Will Rogers traces the career of Oklahoma’s beloved entertainer during his most popular years and extends beyond his death in 1935. By 1928, the Oklahoma humorist and commentator had reached national prominence through his newspaper columns, silent films, sound recordings, books, philanthropic endeavors, and lecture tours. His fame, fortune, and influence, however, had yet to crest. This volume showcases a wide variety of documents, including correspondence with some of the most significant figures of the day, revealing Rogers’s rise to fame as the nation’s leading social and political commentator and as a hugely popular star of radio, stage, and film. Rogers’s multifaceted career ended abruptly when he and the famous aviator Wylie Post died in an airplane crash in northernmost Alaska. This documentary history of his final years includes transcripts of radio broadcasts, contracts, and business documents, as well as nearly two hundred telegrams and letters to family, friends, and notable public figures—the majority of which have never before been published. It also covers the aftermath of his fatal airplane accident: the certificate of death, a first-person account of his funeral, settlement of his estate, efforts to pay tribute to his memory, and unauthorized attempts to capitalize on his fame.
Oklahoma
Author: W. David BairdPublisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806182954
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
The product of two of Oklahoma’s foremost authorities on the history of the 46th state, Oklahoma: A History is the first comprehensive narrative to bring the story of the Sooner State to the threshold of its centennial. From the tectonic formation of Oklahoma’s varied landscape to the recovery and renewal following the Oklahoma City bombing, this readable book includes both the well-known and the not-so-familiar of the state’s people, events, and places. W. David Baird and Danney Goble offer fresh perspectives on such widely recognized history makers as Sequoyah, the 1889 Land Run, and the Glenn Pool oil strike. But they also give due attention to Black Seminole John Horse, Tulsa’s Greenwood District, Coach Bertha Frank Teague’s 40-year winning streak with the Byng Lady Pirates, and other lesser-known but equally important milestones. The result is a rousing, often surprising, and ever-fascinating story. Oklahoma history is an intricate tapestry of themes, stories, and perspectives, including those of the state’s diverse population of American Indians, the land’s original human occupants. An appendix provides suggestions for trips to Oklahoma’s historic places and for further reading. Enhanced by more than 40 illustrations, including 11 maps, this definitive history of the state ensures that experiences shared by Oklahomans of the past will be passed on to future generations.
Oklahoma, a History
Author: W. David BairdPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
"From the tectonic formation of Oklahoma's varied landscape to the recovery and renewal following the Oklahoma City bombing, this readable book includes both the well-known and the not-so-familiar of the state's people, events, and places. W. David Baird and Danney Goble offer fresh perspectives on such widely recognized history makers as Sequoyah, the 1889 Land Run, and the Glenn Pool oil strike. But they also give due attention to Black Seminole John Horse, Tulsa's Greenwood District, Coach Bertha Frank Teague's 40-year winning streak with the Byng Lady Pirates, and other lesser-known but equally important milestones. The result is a rousing, often surprising, and ever-fascinating story."--BOOK JACKET.
Heroism and the Black Intellectual
Author: Jerry Gafio WattsPublisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807866237
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 171
Book Description
Before and after writing Invisible Man, novelist and essayist Ralph Ellison fought to secure a place as a black intellectual in a white-dominated society. In this sophisticated analysis of Ellison's cultural politics, Jerry Watts examines the ways in which black artists and thinkers attempt to establish creative intellectual spaces for themselves. Using Ellison as a case study, Watts makes important observations about the role of black intellectuals in America today. Watts argues that black intellectuals have had to navigate their way through a society that both denied them the resources, status, and encouragement available to their white peers and alienated them from the rest of their ethnic group. For Ellison to pursue meaningful intellectual activities in the face of this marginalization demanded creative heroism, a new social and artistic stance that challenges cultural stereotypes. For example, Ellison first created an artistic space for himself by associating with Communist party literary circles, which recognized the value of his writing long before the rest of society was open to his work. In addition, to avoid prescriptive white intellectual norms, Ellison developed his own ideology, which Watts terms the 'blues aesthetic.' Watts's ambitious study reveals a side of Ellison rarely acknowledged, blending careful criticism of art with a wholesale engagement with society.