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The Brave Major Moniac and the Creek Volunteers (open access)

The Brave Major Moniac and the Creek Volunteers

Article chronicles how the Moniac family contributed to the efforts of many wars as interpreters from the Creek tribe.
Date: Summer 1945
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Spring 1945 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Spring 1945

Notes and Documents column including notes regarding the index of this volume, a reprint of an issue of The Chronicles, excerpts from newspapers during the opening of Oklahoma, a note on the first publication by the OHS, a note on the U.S.S. Oklahoma, a list of members who have died so far this year, a note on the Oklahoma War Memorial, and the minutes for the quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society held on January 25, 1945.
Date: Spring 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Alice Ross Howard (open access)

Alice Ross Howard

Article chronicles the life of Alice Ross Howard, a distant relative of Chief John Ross of the Eastern Cherokee Nation. The article follows Howard and her family as they escape from the Civil War to the North and return to rebuild their lives within the Cherokee Nation.
Date: Autumn 1945
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Edward Palmer's Collection in the Indian Territory, 1868 (open access)

Edward Palmer's Collection in the Indian Territory, 1868

Article describes Edward Palmer's collection of botanical, zoological, and ethnological specimens he collection while living in Indian Territory.
Date: Spring 1945
Creator: McVaugh, Rogers
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Pioneer Preacher (open access)

Pioneer Preacher

Article chronicles the life and accomplishments of Elias Daniel Jeter, a physician, preacher, missionary, and educator within the Indian Territory.
Date: Winter 1945
Creator: Jeter, Jerry B.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 23, Number 4, Winter 1945-46 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 23, Number 4, Winter 1945-46

Notes and Documents section for Volume 23, Number 4, Winter 1945-46. It includes a memorial to Victor Murdock, a correction to a previous article within The Chronicles, a note on Chief Rabbit Run, a note on recent acquisitions to the society's library, and the minutes for the quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society held on October 22, 1945.
Date: Winter 1945
Creator: Evans, Charles & Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Necrology, Spring 1945 (open access)

Necrology, Spring 1945

Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including Hugh McCain Johnson, John Henry Miley, Reverend James Allen Parks, Will Linn, Julius Valentine Connell, and Nathaniel Bert Smith.
Date: Spring 1945
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975 & Williams, Robert L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 23, Number 3, Autumn 1945 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 23, Number 3, Autumn 1945

Notes and Documents section for Volume 23, Number 3, Autumn 1945. It includes notes regarding the early days of Fort Gibson, the opening of the Comanche-Kiowa territories, a pioneer's experience within the region known as "No-Man's Land," a correction on a necrology entry for John Emery Sater, the organization of Kay County's historical society, a recent acquisition to the society's library, the presentation of a silver medal, the genealogy of Narcissa Chisholm, and the minutes for the quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society held on June 25, 1945.
Date: Autumn 1945
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Provincial Indian Society in Eastern Oklahoma (open access)

Provincial Indian Society in Eastern Oklahoma

Article details the customs and culture of Indigenous tribes living within Indian Territory prior to the settlement of the region.
Date: Winter 1945
Creator: Graebner, Norman Arthur
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"Oklahoma," The Land of Promise: Part 2 (open access)

"Oklahoma," The Land of Promise: Part 2

Article chronicles the beginning of settlements within the Oklahoma Territory after legislation passed making the area ready for them.
Date: Spring 1945
Creator: Rister, Carl Coke
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chickasaw Manual Labor Academy (open access)

Chickasaw Manual Labor Academy

Article chronicles the establishment of the Chickasaw Manual Labor Academy within Indian Territory.
Date: Winter 1945
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History