The Genealogy of Jesse Chisholm (open access)

The Genealogy of Jesse Chisholm

Article investigates the descendants of Jesse Chisholm to clear up some of the confusion about his family line. Stan Hoig uses careful documentation to trace Chisholm's genealogy in a follow-up article to the biographical tribute to the man in The Chronicles of Oklahoma 1988 Winter issue.
Date: Summer 1989
Creator: Hoig, Stan
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record, Winter 1989-90 (open access)

For the Record, Winter 1989-90

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 26, 1989.
Date: Winter 1989
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 67, Number 2, Summer 1989 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 67, Number 2, Summer 1989

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Summer 1989
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Registers, Receivers, and Entrymen: U.S. Land Office Administration in Oklahoma Territory, 1889-1907 (open access)

Registers, Receivers, and Entrymen: U.S. Land Office Administration in Oklahoma Territory, 1889-1907

Article explains the details behind the many land openings, land disputes, and attempts to obtain private land by Oklahoma settlers and the history of the agency that navigated the land business, the General Land Office of the United States.
Date: Spring 1989
Creator: Moore, Gordon, 1955-
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"He Has Builded His Own Monument": Will T. Little and the Legacy of '89 (open access)

"He Has Builded His Own Monument": Will T. Little and the Legacy of '89

Article provides a biographical tribute to Will T. Little, a pioneer of the Unassigned Lands who was the first to write and print a news publication there. Kenny L. Brown describes the life of the man and the impact he made, which included environmental advocacy and the planting of trees in Perry's courthouse square.
Date: Autumn 1989
Creator: Brown, Kenny L.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 67, Number 4, Winter 1989-90 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 67, Number 4, Winter 1989-90

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation. Index to volume 67 starts on page 453.
Date: Winter 1989
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 67, Number 1, Spring 1989 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 67, Number 1, Spring 1989

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Spring 1989
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 67, Number 3, Fall 1989 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 67, Number 3, Fall 1989

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Autumn 1989
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record, Spring 1989 (open access)

For the Record, Spring 1989

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 26, 1988.
Date: Spring 1989
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record, Fall 1989 (open access)

For the Record, Fall 1989

For the Record section including the minutes of the annual meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society and the minutes of the quarterly board meeting of the Board of Directors of the OHS that were both held on April 14, 1989.
Date: Autumn 1989
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Historic Choctaw Pottery in the State Museum of History (open access)

Historic Choctaw Pottery in the State Museum of History

Article illuminates the importance of the collection of Choctaw pottery at the State Museum of History at the Oklahoma Historical Society not only to archaeologists, but also to those who study art and ethnohistory. Marshall Gettys describes the form, technique, and pattern of the pots and draws connections to historical documentation.
Date: Winter 1989
Creator: Gettys, Marshall
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Bird's Eye Views of Oklahoma Towns (open access)

Bird's Eye Views of Oklahoma Towns

Article describes the process of depicting Oklahoma cities through perspective drawings, which eventually were reproduced and sold as lithographic prints. Donald A. Wise touches on the lives and work of some of the artists who created these, such as T. M. Fowler and J. P. Hathaway.
Date: Autumn 1989
Creator: Wise, Donald A.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Torn Asunder: Divorce in Early Oklahoma Territory (open access)

Torn Asunder: Divorce in Early Oklahoma Territory

Article explores how Oklahoma was cast as a divorce mill in the late nineteenth century, a public image created by media sensationalism based on a muddle of divorce legislation created by the first territorial government. Glenda Riley examines the historical significance of this as well as individual divorce cases throughout Oklahoma history.
Date: Winter 1989
Creator: Riley, Glenda
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 73, No. 109, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 9, 1989 (open access)

The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 73, No. 109, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 9, 1989

Student newspaper of the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma that includes national, local, and campus news along with advertising.
Date: February 9, 1989
Creator: Whitmire, Ron
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Oklahoma Land Run of 1889: A Centennial Re-Interpretation (open access)

The Oklahoma Land Run of 1889: A Centennial Re-Interpretation

Article reinterprets the 1889 land run, an event that was celebrated as a grand race but preceded many conflicts. Donald E. Green investigates documentation from the era to uncover some of the details behind the public portrayal of the event.
Date: Summer 1989
Creator: Green, Donald E.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Letter from Lucile Wise to  Mr. & Mrs. Frances, June 24, 1989] (open access)

[Letter from Lucile Wise to Mr. & Mrs. Frances, June 24, 1989]

Letter from Lucile Wise to Mr. and Mrs. Frances thanking them for the invitation to hold their 50th birthday reunion in Sweetwater, Texas in 1992 and potentially building a memorial wall for WASP. Included are other papers that give information about the history of WASP and specific members.
Date: June 24, 1989
Creator: Wise, Lucile
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 73, No. 142, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 5, 1989 (open access)

The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 73, No. 142, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 5, 1989

Student newspaper of the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma that includes national, local, and campus news along with advertising.
Date: April 5, 1989
Creator: Whitmire, Ron
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 74, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, October 13, 1989 (open access)

The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 74, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, October 13, 1989

Student newspaper of the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma that includes national, local, and campus news along with advertising.
Date: October 13, 1989
Creator: Simmons, Brook
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record, Summer 1989 (open access)

For the Record, Summer 1989

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 25, 1989.
Date: Summer 1989
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Ann Florence Wilson: Matriarch of the Cherokee Female Seminary (open access)

Ann Florence Wilson: Matriarch of the Cherokee Female Seminary

Article describes the life and career of Ann Florence Wilson, an educator who became Principal Teacher at the Cherokee National Female Seminary and had a profound impact on her students and community. Devon Abbott provides historical context to her life in a time of political change.
Date: Winter 1989
Creator: Abbott, Devon
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Vian Tenkiller News (Vian, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 52, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 9, 1989 (open access)

Vian Tenkiller News (Vian, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 52, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 9, 1989

Weekly newspaper from Vian, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 9, 1989
Creator: Johnson, Joe A. & Johnson, Martha
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chickasha Daily Express (Chickasha, Okla.), Vol. 98, No. 236, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 13, 1989 (open access)

Chickasha Daily Express (Chickasha, Okla.), Vol. 98, No. 236, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 13, 1989

Daily newspaper from Chickasha, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 13, 1989
Creator: Drew, Charles C.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 75, No. 151, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 9, 1989 (open access)

Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 75, No. 151, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 9, 1989

Daily newspaper from Sapulpa, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 9, 1989
Creator: Lake, Charles S.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 67, No. 182, Ed. 1 Monday, July 31, 1989 (open access)

Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 67, No. 182, Ed. 1 Monday, July 31, 1989

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 31, 1989
Creator: Lomenick, Rick
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History