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The Angie Debo Collection: Debo Interviews Subject Guide

Subject Index

Collection # 1985-013

Prepared by Mildred L. Jackson

Collection number 1985-013 holds the Valencia-Weber and Matthews interviews with Dr. Angie Debo (See attachment: 1985-013 interviews).

Between 1981 and 1985, Dr. Gloria Valencia-Weber and Dr. Glenna Matthews, both faculty members at Oklahoma State University at the time, conducted 17 interviews with Dr. Angie Debo. The interviewers developed questions that covered many aspects of Dr. Debo's life and philosophy. Included in the interviews are discussions of her writing and relationship with publishers, her family and hometown, her employment, her work on establishing Indian land and water rights, and on the history of Oklahoma. These interviews are an important source of information for Angie Debo's philosophies on several topics.

Angie Debo was born in Beattie, KS, in 1890, moved to Marshall, Oklahoma Territory, with her family in 1899, taught in rural schools at age 16, graduated from Marshall High School in 1913 and from the University of Oklahoma (OU) in 1918 with a degree in history. She taught history at Enid High School for four years, received a master's degree from the University of Chicago in 1924, taught at West Texas State Teachers College from 1924-1933, received a doctorate from OU in 1933, served as curator of the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, Canyon, TX, 1933-1934. In subse- quent years she was primarily a researcher and writer of books on the Five Civilized Tribes, Geronimo, and the history of Native Americans and of Oklahoma. She also was a teacher, pastor, and director of the Federal Writers Project in Oklahoma. From 1947-1955 she was curator of maps at Oklahoma A&M College. After retirement in 1955 she wrote, lectured, traveled, researched family histories, served on the boards of directors of the Oklahoma Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union and the Association on American Indian Affairs, made surveys for the Indian Rights Association, and lobbied for land rights for Indians in Alaska and for water rights for the Havasupai and Pima in Arizona. She authored nine books, edited three, co-authored another, wrote many chapters, articles, and forewords, and presented numerous papers on Native Americans and Oklahoma history.

Gloria Valencia-Weber was a faculty member in the Psychology Department at Oklahoma State University at the time the interviews were conducted. She received a master's degree from Oklahoma State University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. She met Angie Debo while both were working for the Oklahoma American Civil Liberties Union. Dr. Valencia-Weber served as Director of the Indian Law Certificate Program at the University of New Mexico School of Law from 1994 until Fall 2002. She remains at the University of New Mexico teaching as a full tenured professor.

Glenna Matthews possesses history degrees from San Jose State (B.A.) and an M.A. and Ph.D. from Stanford University. Her first academic position was in the History Department at Oklahoma State University. She continued her academic career at the University of California, Berkeley. Matthews is the author of "Just a Housewife" The Rise and Fall of Domesticity in America (Oxford UP, 1987), The Rise of Public Woman: Woman's Power and Woman's Place in the United States, 1630-1970 (Oxford UP, 1992), and co-author of Running as a Woman: Gender and Power in American Politics (The Free Press, 1994).

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Subject, Name and Title Guide to Angie Debo Interviews

The following list consists of Titles, Names and Library of Congress Subject Headings for the oral history interviews conducted with Dr. Debo. The subject headings are based on the transcripts of the interviews. They reflect the subjects, though not always the philosophies regarding life and writing, covered in the discussions.

A-C | D-F | G-J | K-M N-P | Q-S | T-Z

A-C

  • Alliances -- 1981, Nov. 20
  • American Civil Liberties Union -- 1983, June 3
  • American Heritage -- 1981, Dec. 16, passim.; 1984, Feb. 16, passim.
  • American Historical Association -- 1981, Nov. 20; 1981, Dec. 16, passim.
  • And Still the Waters Run -- 1981, Oct. 23; 1981, Dec. 12; 1981, Dec. 16; 1983, Apr. 8, passim.; 1983, May 4; 1984, June 8; 1984, Aug. 9; 1985, June 8
  • Anthropology--Research -- 1981, Dec. 12
  • Apache Indians--Interviews -- 1981, Dec. 16; 1984, Feb. 16; 1984, June 8
  • Association for State and Local History -- 1981, Dec. 16
  • Athletics--Oklahoma --1983, Apr. 8
  • Barnard, Kate -- 1981, Dec. 12; 1981, Dec. 16; 1984, Aug. 9
  • Bebee, George--Diaries -- 1981, Oct. 23
  • Bennett, Henry Garland, 1886-1951 -- 1981, Dec. 16, passim.
  • Betzinez, Jason -- 1984, June 8
  • Books--Reviews -- 1981, Nov. 20; 1981, Dec. 12; 1981, Dec. 16
  • Brandt, Joseph A. (Joseph August), 1899-- 1981, Nov. 20 passim.; 1981, Dec. 12; 1985, June 8
  • Camel, Walter -- 1981, Nov. 20 passim.
  • Catton, Bruce, 1899-- 1981, Dec. 16
  • Cherokee Strip (Okla. and Kan.) -- 1981, Oct. 23; 1982, Jan. 20
  • Chicago, Ill. -- 1981, Nov. 20
  • Chickasaw Nation -- 1981, Dec. 16
  • Choctaw Indians -- 1981, Dec. 12; 1981, Dec. 16
  • Choctaw Nation -- 1981, Dec. 12; 1981, Dec. 16
  • Chronicles of Oklahoma -- 1981, Dec. 16
  • Civil rights--United States -- 1983, June 3
  • Civilization of the American Indian Series -- 1981, Nov. 20; 1984, Feb. 16
  • Collier, John, 1884-1968 -- 1981, Dec. 12
  • Columbia University -- 1981, Nov. 20
  • Commager, Henry Steele, 1902-- 1981, Dec. 12
  • Conspiracy--United States -- 1981, Dec. 12
  • Cowboys--Songs and music -- 1981, Dec. 16
  • Creative writing -- 1981, Nov. 20; 1981, Dec. 12; 1981, Dec. 16 passim.
  • Creek Indians--History -- 1981, Dec. 16
  • Cushman, H. B. (Horatio Bardwell), b. 1822 -- 1981, Dec. 16

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D-F

  • Dale, Edward Everett, 1879-1972 -- 1981, Oct. 23; 1981, Nov. 20; 1981, Dec. 12; 1981, Dec. 16; 1983, Apr. 8, passim.; 1983, August 15
  • Debo, Angie, 1890--Authorship -- 1981, Nov. 20; 1984, Feb. 16
  • Department of the Interior Building (Washington, D.C.) -- 1981, Nov. 20 passim.
  • Diet--Oklahoma -- 1981, Oct. 23; 1982, Jan. 20
  • Discrimination -- 1981, Nov. 20; 1981, Dec. 12
  • Dissertations, Academic -- 1981, Nov. 20; 1981, Dec. 12; 1984, Feb. 16
  • Dodd, William Edward, 1869-1940 -- 1981, Nov. 20
  • John H. Dunning Prize -- 1981, Nov. 20; 1981, Dec. 12
  • Dwellings--Oklahoma--Marshall -- 1984, July 25
  • Editing -- 1983, Aug. 17
  • Education, Elementary -- 1981, Oct. 23
  • Education, Higher -- 1981, Nov. 20
  • Education, Rural--Kansas -- 1981, Nov. 23
  • Education, Rural--Oklahoma -- 1981, Oct. 23
  • Education, Secondary -- 1981, Oct. 23
  • Ethnology--Methodology -- 1981, Dec. 12
  • Family farms -- 1981, Oct. 23
  • Fathers -- 1984, July 25
  • Federal Writers' Project. Oklahoma. -- 1981, Nov. 20; 1983, May 4
  • Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968 -- 1982, Jan. 20; 1983, Apr. 8
  • Five Civilized Tribes -- 1981, Nov. 20; 1981, Dec. 12; 1981, Dec. 16; 1983, Apr. 8; 1985, June 8
  • Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1875 -- 1981, Nov. 20; 1983, May 4; 1983, Aug. 17
  • Foreman, Grant, 1869-1953 -- 1981, Nov. 20; 1981, Dec.16; 1983, May 4; 1983, Aug. 17

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G-J

  • Geronimo -- 1981, Dec. 16; 1984, Feb. 16; 1984, June 8; 1984, July 25; 1984, Aug. 9
  • Geronimo : The Man, His Time, His Place -- 1981, Dec. 16; 1984, Feb. 16; 1984, June 8; 1984, July 25; 1984, Aug. 9
  • Gibson, Arrell Morgan -- 1981, Dec. 12, passim.
  • Grapes of Wrath -- 1982, Jan. 20; 1983, Apr. 8
  • Hair -- 1984, July 25
  • Hennessey, (Okla.) -- 1981, Oct. 23
  • The historical background of the American policy of isolation -- 1981, Nov. 20
  • History of the Choctaw, Chickasaw and Natchez Indians -- 1981, Dec. 16
  • History of the Indians of the United States -- 1981, Dec. 12, passim.; 1981, Dec. 16
  • Historical fiction -- 1981, Dec. 16; 1982, Jan. 20
  • History--Methodology -- 1983, Aug. 17
  • History--Research--Oklahoma -- 1981, Nov. 20; 1981, Dec. 12; 1983, Apr. 8; 1984, July 25
  • Homestead law--Alaska -- 1983, Aug. 15
  • Indian Rights Association. -- 1981, Dec. 16
  • Indians of North America--Government relations -- 1981, Dec. 12
  • Indians of North America--Oklahoma -- 1981, Nov. 20; 1981, Dec.12; 1981, Dec. 16
  • Indians of North America--History -- 1981, Nov. 20; 1981, Dec. 12; 1981, Dec. 16; 1984, Aug. 9
  • Indians of North America--Research -- 1983, Aug. 15; 1983, Aug. 17; 1984, Feb. 16

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K-M

  • Kansas -- 1981, Oct. 23; 1981, Nov. 20
  • Knopf, Alfred A., 1892-1984 -- 1981, Dec. 16
  • Knopf fellowship -- 1981, Dec. 16; 1982, Jan. 20, passim.
  • Laboratory Schools -- 1981, Dec. 12
  • Libel and slander -- 1981, Dec. 16
  • Libraries -- 1983, June 3
  • Lobbying -- 1983, June 17
  • Loeb, Leopold -- 1981, Nov. 20
  • Marshall, (Okla.) -- 1981, Oct. 23; 1981, Nov. 20; 1981, Dec. 16; 1982, Jan. 20; 1984, Nov. 11; 1984, July 25
  • Mothers -- 1981, Oct. 23
  • Mothers and daughters -- 1981, Oct. 23
  • Muskogee, (Okla.) -- 1981, Nov. 20

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N-P

  • Nelson, Oliver, 1861-- 1981, Dec. 16
  • New York Times Book Review -- 1983, Aug. 17
  • Newton, Earle W. (Earle Williams) -- 1981, Dec. 16
  • Oklahoma--History -- 1981, Oct. 23; 1981, Dec. 16
  • Oklahoma--History--Land Rush 1889 -- 1981, Oct. 23; 1982, Jan. 20; 1984, Nov. 11
  • Oklahoma A & M College -- 1981, Dec. 16, passim.
  • Oklahoma Footloose and Fancy Free -- 1981, Nov. 20; 1981, Dec. 16, passim.; 1982, Jan. 20; 1983, Apr. 8
  • Oklahoma Historical Society--Library resources -- 1981, Nov. 20
  • Pioneers--Oklahoma -- 1981, Oct. 23; 1981, Dec. 16 passim.; 1982, Jan. 20; 1984, Nov. 11
  • Pioneers--Southwest, New--Biography -- 1981, Dec. 16
  • Pioneers--Texas -- 1981, Dec. 16
  • Pitchlynn, Peter Perkins, 1806-1881. -- 1981, Dec. 16
  • Prairie City -- 1981, Oct. 23; 1981, Dec. 16; 1982, Jan. 20; 1983, Apr. 8; 1983, May 4
  • Princeton University Press -- 1981, Dec. 12

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Q-S

  • Quilts -- 1981, Oct. 23
  • Reading -- 1981, Nov. 20; 1983, Aug. 15
  • Rippy, J Fred (James Fred) 1892 -- 1981, Nov. 20
  • The rise and fall of the Choctaw Republic -- 1981, Nov. 20; 1981, Dec. 12; 1985, June 8
  • The Road to Disappearance -- 1981, Dec. 16
  • Rockefeller Foundation -- 1983, Apr. 8
  • Round Mountain, Battle of, Okla., 1861. -- 1981, Dec. 16
  • Rural families -- 1981, Oct. 23
  • Russia -- 1981, Dec. 16, passim.; 1983, June 3
  • Sandlin, Martha -- 1983, Apr. 8
  • Stephen F. Austin State Teachers College -- 1981, Nov. 20, passim.
  • Suffrage -- 1984, June 8

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T-Z

  • Teaching -- 1981, Dec. 16
  • Teachers -- 1981, Oct. 23
  • Treaty of Alliance -- 1981, Nov. 20
  • Tulsa -- 1981, Dec. 16
  • Turner, Frederick Jackson,1861-1932 -- 1981, Nov. 20
  • United States. Dept. of the Interior. -- 1983, June 17
  • United States--Foreign Relations -- 1981, Nov. 20; 1981, Dec. 12
  • University of Chicago -- 1981, Nov. 20; 1981, Dec. 12; 1981, Dec. 16
  • University of Oklahoma -- 1981, Nov. 20; 1981, Dec.12; 1981, Dec. 16
  • University of Oklahoma Press -- 1981, Nov. 20; 1981, Dec. 12; 1981, Dec. 16, passim.; 1983, Apr. 8, passim.
  • Volcanoes--Photograph collections -- 1984, June 8
  • Wagons -- 1983, Apr. 8
  • Walking -- 1984, July 25
  • West Texas State Teachers College (West Texas State University) -- 1981, Nov. 20; 1981, Dec. 12; 1981, Dec. 16
  • White, William Allen, 1868-1944 -- 1982, Jan. 20; 1983, Apr. 8
  • Wright, Allen -- 1981, Dec. 16
  • Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975 -- 1981, Dec. 16

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