Oklahoma Newspaper
United States Newspaper Program
The USNP has supported projects in each of the fifty states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Each project is conducted by a single organization within a state or territory, usually the state's largest newspaper repository. A project's staff inventories holdings in public libraries, county courthouses, newspaper offices, historical museums, college and university libraries, archives, and historical societies. Catalog records are entered into a national database maintained by the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) and accessible through more than 43,500 dedicated computer terminals worldwide. Microfilm copies of newspapers are generally available to researchers anywhere in the country through inter-library loan. ... [Read More]
National Press Club Speech (16 November 2004)
The new National Digital Newspaper Program is a cornerstone of this effort. Newspapers are a singular source for understanding the fabric of the towns and regions of our country. 1846. The Californian : the first newspaper in the state. Printed in both English and Spanish. Or The Cherokee Advocate : 1844. The first newspaper in the Oklahoma territory; two pages in English and two in Cherokee, carrying missionary and farming news. Or Chicago in 1900. Newspapers printed in German, Greek, Polish, French, Bohemian, Italian, Yiddish, Slovenian, Hebrew, Lithuanian, Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish. Plus English. ... [Read More]
OKLAHOMA--What's Holding You Back, Oklahoma? Campaign
All elements of the media campaign were kicked off with Oklahoma's Governor participating in a media event during Buckle Up America Week, in May 2000. The campaign included paid television advertisements, a public service announcement (PSA) campaign featuring an Oklahoma Highway Patrol officer; print newspaper and magazine features, outdoor posters on major roadways and theater screen spots. All messages combined the familiar image of the dashboard buckle-up icon with the What's Holding You Back, Oklahoma? campaign theme. ... [Read More]
OKLAHOMA
Continental breakfast, coffee, local phone calls, notelephone access charges, newspaper in lobby, parking, localfax. ... Transportation to/from Will Rogers Airport, coffee,iron/ironboard, in-room coffee maker, business center, hair dryer, local phone calls, notelephone access charges, health club/fitness center, newspaper in lobby, parking, localfax. ... Transportation to/from airport and local offices (pre-arranged),continentalbreakfast, Wednesday evening Manager's reception, business center, In-room coffee maker,refrigerator & microwave, iron/board, hair dryer, newspaper, fitness center, parking. ... [Read More]
U.S. Newspaper Indexes at the Library of Congress
The researcher using this list is cautioned that not all newspapertitles held by the Library of Congress are indexed; however, earlyU.S. newspapers often covered areas much larger than just thetowns where they were published. The user is further cautioned that few indexes are complete, and many errors and omissions can beexpected. ... U.S. Newspaper Indexes at the Library of Congress Home Page ... The format of the entry follows that of the Library's printed catalogcard including the classification number and an indication of the holdingsin the Newspaper and Current Periodical Room. ... [Read More]
National Resource Directory - Oklahoma
As available, funds are publicized via mail-outs, newspaper, radio, and television. The funding process is open/competitive and the funding cycle/project period is 12 months. Technical assistance is available on request. ... [Read More]
A forty-five page scrapbook compiled by Charles Todd contains newspaper clippingsdocumenting the following: labor issues of the day; migration, assimilation, and repatriation ofthe Dust Bowl refugees; the Todd/Sonkin recording expedition; migratory camps; rural mountainlife in North Carolina; Eleanor Roosevelt; Mother Sanders; John Steinbeck and The Grapes ofWrath; and Leadbelly. The scrapbook also contains a telegram and a flyer recruiting cottonpickers for work in Arizona. ... [Read More]
NWS Norman, Oklahoma - The Blackwell Tornado of 25 May 1955
To make matters worse, heavy rain that continued after the tornado hampered rescue work that evening and caused the Chickaskia River to flow out of its banks into some low sections of towns the following day. And four other tornadoes were reported in Kay and Grant Counties on the evening of May 27, just two days after the Blackwell disaster. Fortunately, this time these weak tornadoes stayed to the north of Blackwell and caused no injuries. When the warnings were sounded about this storm, “it was not necessary to tell people twice to get to a cellar” according to the newspaper account. [1] ... [Read More]
NCDC: Climate-Watch, May 1999
Devastating tornadoes hit portions of Oklahoma and Kansas on Monday evening May 3rd, 1999. The estimated death toll stands at 49 people, 44 of the fatalities in Oklahoma and five in the Wichita, Kansas area. Additionally, the same storm system resulted in one death in Texas and four deaths in Tennessee, bringing its total to 54. The largest tornado (F-5) on the Fujita-Pearson Tornado Scale formed about 45 miles southwest of Oklahoma City and cut a path at least a half-mile wide as it moved north and east across the Oklahoma City area, staying on the ground for about 4 hours. This photo from the newspaper, "Daily Oklahoman" shows detailed Aerial Tornado Damage . Preliminary estimates show that 76 tornadoes occurred during the event across the southern plains states. Oklahoma officials now estimate that 8093 homes or businesses were damaged or destroyed; while Kansas estimates 1109 homes or businesses were destroyed. A track map courtesy of the NWS Disaster Survey team ... [Read More]
OKC Media Verification
Television forecasts were tape-recorded and the newspaper forecasts taken from the daily paper. We wrote letters to each of the media sources asking questions about their procedures and forecast descriptors, but received only one reply. Therefore, we have had to make interpretations of some aspect of the forecasts, particularly the meaning of Probability of Precipitation (PoP) in the media forecasts. When no answer was received, we assumed they used the same definition as the National Weather Service (NWS). Based on the characteristics of the forecast PoP, we do not believe this decision has a significant impact on the interpretation of the forecasts. Nevertheless, the use of undefined terms represents a dilemma for forecast users. ... [Read More]
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