THE WESTERN HISTORY
VIRTUAL REFERENCE DESK

Welcome to the virtual reference desk. As the editor of the OKLAHOMBRES Journal and the War Chief, I have come across articles dealing with a wide range of topics in Oklahoma and Western history. My collection of journals and indexes includes some of the following items:

Journals:

• The OKLAHOMBRES Journal
• The War Chief of the Indian Territory Posse of Oklahoma Westerners
• The NOLA Quarterly (National Outlaw and Lawman History Association)
• True West
• Wild West
• Frontier Times
• Old West
• The State Trooper (Oklahoma State Trooper's Association)
• Violent Kin
• The Goingsnake Messenger (Goingsnake District Heritage Association)
• Prohibition Era Times
• The Chronicles of Oklahoma (Oklahoma Historical Society)
• The Denver Posse of Westerners International
• WOLA Journal (Western Outlaw and Lawman Association)

Indexes:

• Cumulative Index to the Chronicles of Oklahoma, a two volume set covering issues of the Chronicles from Volume 1 in 1921 through Volume 57 in 1979.
• The Western Readers Guide, A Selected Bibliography of Non-fiction Magazines 1953-1991, lists most of the well-known persons who have been the subject of articles in magazines such as True West.
• Western Publications Index, covers issues of True West, Old West, and Frontier Times from the 1950's through 1979.
• Six-guns and Saddle Leather, A Bibliography of Books and Pamphlets on Western Outlaws and Gunmen
• Index to the War Chief, the official publication of the Indian Territory Posse of Oklahoma Westerners
  
  

To make inquiries or request a search (for a fee) of the Virtual Reference Desk, send e-mail to Dee Cordry at okhombre@ionet.net.