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Sidebar: The Longest Run

OSU football boasts a roster of players who have carved their names into the archives of sporting history with remarkable achievements. Among them, Barry Sanders stands as the sole Heisman recipient…

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Sidebar: Aggies In The South Pacific

Sidebar is a video series inspired by articles written for STATE magazine, the official magazine for Oklahoma State University. Read "Aggies In The South Pacific" written by David Peters at…

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Sidebar: Journey of a Mascot

But wasn't Pistol Pete always the #okstate mascot? Nope! Sidebar is a companion video series for the STATE magazine articles written by David Peters, Archivist for the OSU Libraries. Purchase a…

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Sidebar: The OAMC Service Flags

Two services flags were made to honor Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College veterans of World War I. Where are they? The Sidebar series serves as a complimentary story to the STATE magazine…

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Flat, Cool & Acid-Free: Protests at OSU

Join Digital Storytelling Intern Libby Whitlow as she follows some of OSU's biggest organized movements and smaller acts of dissent to see potential threads between protests throughout the…

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Flat, Cool & Acid-free: The Infamous Elsie Hand

Elsie Denton Hand had served as head librarian at OAMC for 12 years when she was sacked by the Board of Regents over the purchase of a collection of rare books. Elsie continued working for another…

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Sidebar: It's A Vornado!

Ralph Odor, an OAMC student, became interested in airplanes during World War I. He went beyond tinkering with models to create his own plane called the Vornado. Learn more about Ralph Odor and his…

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Flat, Cool & Acid-free: Stillwater Sightseeing Tour of 1965 Part 2

In 1965, a group of Oklahoma A & M graduates from the class of 1915 gathered on campus to celebrate their 50th anniversary. On May 22, 1965 a bus carried the group though greater Stillwater and…

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Flat, Cool & Acid-free: Stillwater Sightseeing Tour of 1965 Part 1

In 1965, a group of Oklahoma A & M graduates from the class of 1915 gathered on campus to celebrate their 50th anniversary. On May 22, 1965 a bus carried the group though greater Stillwater and…

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Flat, Cool & Acid-free: Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 Collection

Lynn Wallace, director of Oklahoma State University - Tulsa Library and David Peters, Head of the OSU Archives talk with Olivia Turner about the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 Collection housed at the…

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Flat, Cool & Acid-Free: The Spanish Flu of 1918 at OAMC

More than 100 years before the COVID-19 would impact campus, Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College experienced a different pandemic. "In 1918, an unprepared nation and Oklahoma…

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Flying Farmers & Farm and Home Week at OAMC

In 1944, with strong support from President Henry G. Bennett, the Oklahoma Flying Farmers organization was born on the OAMC campus as an association for farmers, both men and women, who owned and…

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Flat, Cool & Acid-free: Henry Bellmon

A chat about the life and career of Henry Bellmon. Remembering Henry Bellmon is a subseries of the Spotlighting Oklahoma Oral History Project. View interviews with people who worked with him and for…

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Flat, Cool & Acid-free: Acquisition

Sometimes the process by which the OSU Archives gets materials is a bit of an adventure and sometimes it can be a bit messy. David Peters, head of the OSU Archives, and Ben Hedges, senior archive…

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Flat, Cool & Acid-free: Behind the door

In this episode of Flat, Cool & Acid-free, David talks about a dusty discovery in the Archives. Explore the Soil Erosion and Conservation on the Southern Plains collection…

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Flat, Cool & Acid-free: Jazz at OSU

Jazz it up on this episode of Flat, Cool & Acid-free with David Peters, Dr. Tommy Poole and Nina Thornton. Learn more about the Jazz Studies Program at OSU at jazz.okstate.edu/ …

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