Article explores the establishment of another post office location in Indian Territory, Seymour Post Office, as a part of the investigation into the location of these offices.

Article describes the contents of the Worcester-Robertson Family Papers held at the University of Tulsa and their historical significance in providing primary source material related to the history of American Indian tribes.

There has been much interest recently in coherent multiphoton transitions in many-level systems. The present work considers the effect of relaxation in the response of a three-level system to a smoothly varying, near-resonant, two-photon field. The relaxation-dependent contributions to the nonlinear refractive index are calculated. It is shown that the coherent interaction of two smoothly varying, near-resonant, two-photon pulses with a three-level system can be described by ''two-photon damped Bloch equations'' which are analogous to those for a one-photon transition in a two-level system except for the presence of a two-photon coupling and a frequency shift. 1 figure. (RWR)

For the Record section including the minutes of the quarterly board meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on July 28, 1977. It also includes a gift list for the second quarter of 1977 and lists of new annual and new life members of the OHS.

Article describes the founding of Boley, Oklahoma, one of the largest all-black towns in Oklahoma, and the townsite speculation process that occurred beforehand.

Article describes the history of the Seminoles during their journey to Indian Territory from their homeland in Florida. L. Edward Carter discusses how the Nation experienced physical division during forced relocation, as well as factionalism during the Civil War.

Article describes the collaboration between the Quapaw National Council and the Roman Catholic Church to establish churches, schools, and convents in Indian Territory, and the impact of the partnership on the Quapaw Nation.

Article describes the history and establishment of Fairchild Winery by Edward B. Fairchild and his family. LeRoy H. Fischer describes some of the equipment used during the territorial period of Oklahoma's history, as well as the way the Fairchilds dealt with the Prohibition era.

Article relates the events surrounding the Wyandot exploring expedition of 1839 and provides historical context to their journey into Indian Territory. Robert E. Smith investigates the pressures that led the Wyandots to leave their homeland, and the struggles they faced.

Article describes the establishment and construction of the Oklahoma Confederate Veterans Home, as well as the association that founded it and the events that were held there after its opening.

Combustion is the predominant end-process by which fossil fuels are converted to energy. Combustion, particularly when inefficient, is also the primary technological source of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) released into the environment. The need for liquid fuels to supply the transportation industry and for nonpolluting fuels for heat and power generation provide the incentive to commercialize processes to convert coal to substitute natural gas and oil. These processes represent a potentially massive new source of environmental PAHs. Insuring an adequate supply of energy with minimum impact on the environment and on health is one of the most important, urgent, and challenging goals currently facing science and technology. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon related carcinogenesis is among the most important of possible occupational- and environmental-health impacts of much of the current and projected national energy base. An understanding of the relationship of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) to human cancer and a continued surveillance of energy sources for PAH content are necessary to minimize this impact.

For the Record section including the minutes of the quarterly board meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on January 27, 1977. It also includes a gift list for the fourth quarter of 1976 and lists of new annual and new life members of the OHS.

For the Record section including the minutes of the annual and the quarterly board meetings of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that were both held on April 28, 1977. It also includes a gift list for the fourth quarter of 1976 and lists of new annual and new life members of the OHS.

The Brookhaven National Laboratory Archive and Dissemination System (BNLADS) is designed to deal with the record keeping associated with archiving and disseminating sequential files through a computer network. This data base management system (DBMS) is implemented in a host language that is a subset of PL/I. The stored sequential files that can be dealt with by the BNLADS must be in character mode (ASCII, BCD, EBCDIC). The accessing of fields is specified by a format description which allows for forward processing of fields only. The structure of a case type statement allows for a data field determining a format sequence from a set of format sequences. A data description language (DDL) was devised to describe the accessing sequence of stored sequential files. A data model definition gives the user a view of the content of each stored sequential file. The DDL requires all field type references to contain the field name, so that the BNLADS can access all stored sequential files by logical field name and can write stored sequential files by stating the logical field name without the necessity of referring to formats. The BNLADS is architected in a stratified form in which the application programs are built on …

Benzo(a)pyrene continues to be the most widely accepted indicator of PAH content and biological significance. The concentrations of BaP in synfuels related materials are summarized. Petroleum crude is estimated to contain approximately 1 ppM of BaP. Both shale- and coal-derived crudes contain approximately three times as much BaP. Depending on the source (coal, process, process conditions), coal-derived crude oils contain BaP ranging from the same amount as petroleum crudes to ten times as much. High boiling distillates and distillate residues are generally enriched in BaP content as should be expected. While enriched in BaP relative to petroleum crudes, coal-derived crude oils contain two to three times less BaP than do coal tar, coal tar pitch, and petroleum pitch. Mutagenic activity is observed in the PAH fractions containing three-ring PAHs to those containing PAHs greater than five rings in size. The specific activity tends to ''peak'' for the 4-ring and 5-ring fractions, i.e., those containing the most common (benzo(a)pyrene, benzo(c)phenanthrene, 3-methylcholanthrene, etc.) known carcinogens. Of particular interest is the observation that fractions corresponding to PAHs of 4-rings and larger contain constituents which do not require metabolic activation to express histidine reversion. It is also important to note that mutagenicity of the …

Notes and Documents column including documents containing announcements of new members elected to the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society, a historical report from 1924, and an announcement about an autographing party for the Oklahoma Heritage Association Horizons series.

For the Record section including the minutes of the quarterly board meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on October 28, 1976. It also includes a gift list for the third quarter of 1976 and lists of new annual and new life members of the OHS.

Article describes the life and accomplishments of Alice Mary Robertson, the second woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and the first from Oklahoma. Louise B. James explores her activities before election, the connections she made with other political leaders, and her seemingly contrary personal beliefs.

Article describes the impact of the Ku Klux Klan on the Oklahoma Gubernatorial Election of 1926. David C. Boles explores the supporters and opponents to Klan ideals and the demographics of the voting base of the election.

Article explores the journeys of French explorers in early Oklahoma, relaying their interactions with the tribes in the area, the trading posts they established, and the national scale of their expeditions.

Article describes the founding, history, and growth of Oklahoma City in its first few decades. Howard L. Meredith and George H. Shirk highlight its industrial and residential development, and how the town recovered from early setbacks like floods and lack of transportation.

Radon counting chambers which utilize the alpha-scintillation properties of silver activated zinc sulfide are simple to construct, have a high efficiency, and, with proper design, may be relatively insensitive to variations in the pressure or purity of the counter filling. Chambers which were constructed from glass, metal, or plastic in a wide variety of shapes and sizes were evaluated for the accuracy and the precision of the radon counting. The principles affecting the alpha-scintillation radon counting chamber design and an analytic system suitable for a large scale study of the /sup 222/Rn and /sup 226/Ra content of either air or other environmental samples are described. Particular note is taken of those factors which affect the accuracy and the precision of the method for monitoring radioactivity around uranium mines. (32 references)

The 15 papers presented are indexed separately for the data base. Also included are three panel reports. (WHK)

Twelve papers are included. Eight were abstracted previously. Abstracts were prepared for three papers and one was title listed. (MHR)