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Funder's Credits:

Major funding for this program was provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

Additional funding was provided by Native American Public Telecommunications and the Independent Television Service.


Web Production Credits:

Dan Bigbee
Producer

Lily Shangreaux
Writer

GraphX Creative, Georgetown, TX

Valerie Shangreaux
Curriculum Development

Lily Sierra
Additional Web Research

GraphX Creative
Researcher and Writer of Route 66 piece


Photo Credits:

IL-009 Andy Payne seated in running togs

Vivian Payne
IL-026 Runners in Calumet, OK Carnegie Library, El Reno, OK
IL-031 Checkpoint Bus in El Reno, OK Carnegie Library, El Reno, OK
IL-062 Runners exercising on Ascot track Los Angeles Public Library Security Pacific National Bank Photograph Collection
IL-069 Red Grange rubbing down Nick Quamawahu Los Angeles Public Library Security Pacific National Bank Photograph Collection
IL-079 Red Grange leaning out window of the “America” Los Angeles Public Library Security Pacific National Bank Photograph Collection

IL-086 Bunioneers on Weehawken Ferry

Corbis Images
IL-095 Andy Payne running in faded togs Corbis Images
IL-106 C. C. Pyle, full length, hands in pockets Corbis Images
IL-109 Switchback road btwn. Kingman & Oatman, AZ Conoco/Phillips
Interior shots: The America – Official Program Canadian County Historical Society
Cafeteria shot – Official Program Canadian County Historical Society
IL-195 Maxwell House Coffee truck* Kraft Foods
Runner bio photos – Official Program Canadian County Historical Society


*MAXWELL HOUSE® Coffee is a registered trademark of KF Holdings.
Used with permission.

Resources:

BOOKS

Berry, Harry. "From LA to New York, From New York to LA". England: Self-published, 1990.

Curtis, C.H. (Skip). "The Missouri US 66 Tour Book". St. Louis: Curtis Enterprises, 1994.

Debo, Angie. "And Still the Waters Run: The Betrayal of the Five Civilized Tribes". Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1940.

Scott, Quinta and Susan Croce Kelly. "Route 66: The Highway and its People". Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1988.

Snyder, Tom. "Route 66 Traveler's Guide and Roadside Companion". 2nd Edition. New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 1995.

Steinbeck, John. "The Grapes of Wrath". New York: Penguin Books, 1980.

Thomas, James H. "The Bunion Derby: Andy Payne and the Great Transcontinental Foot Race". Oklahoma City: Southwestern Heritage Books, Inc., 1980.

Wallis, Michael. "Route 66: The Mother Road". New York: St. Martin's Press, 1996.

VIDEO

"U.S. 66: Bones of the Old Road". Jim Ross and Jerry McClanahan. Arcadia, Oklahoma: Ghost Town Press, 1998.

"Route 66: A Road to Remember". Boulder, CO: Charles Hartman Films, 1998.

ARTICLES AND PUBLICATIONS

Crawford, Bill. "The Bunion Derby". Oklahoma Today, May/June 1998, pp. 38-45.

Rockett, Jack. "The Great 'Bunion Derby'". Running Times, August 1990, pp. 18-24.

Rogers, Will. "The Hoofing Kid from Claremore". The American Magazine, April 1929.

Schuessler, Raymond. "They Ran Across America". NRTA Journal, May-June 1980, pp.61-64

MAPS AND GUIDES

"Here it is! The Route 66 Map Series". Jim Ross and Jerry McClanahan. Arcadia, Oklahoma: Ghost Town Press, 1998.

"Map of Historic Missouri Route 66". Federation Map Company, Springfield, MO. 1992.

"Official Oklahoma Route 66 Association Trip Guide". Oklahoma City: Oklahoma Department of Transportation. 1997.

"Route 66 West: Travel Guide and Directory". Orange, CA: Dan Harlow, 1998.

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