Article describes the history and process behind the Historic Records Survey instituted by the Works Progress Administration during the 1930s. At a time when the economy was suffering due to the Great Depression and the impact of the Oklahoma dust storms, the project provided employment, preservation of local records, and promoted the value of research and archives.

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.

Article describes the implications behind a stipulation in the Treaty of Mount Dexter between the United States and the Choctaw Nation in 1805. The treaty included a payment to the Choctaw interpreter John Pitchlynn, due to losses suffered in the Choctaw Nation. Samuel J. Wells examines documentation from this time to determine a possible cause for this inclusion.

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 26, 1983. It also includes a list honoring the donors who gave gifts to the OHS in the fourth quarter of 1982 and a list of new annual and new life members of the OHS from October 28 of 1982 to January 26 of 1983.

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation. Index to volume 61 starts on page 445.

Notes and Documents column including a document describing the efforts of the Oklahoma Historical Society's Division of Museums and Sites to amass historical documents related to the construction of Fort Gibson for their Fort Gibson Research Project.

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.

Article illustrates the life and entrepreneurship of Kate E. May, a single woman who brought eight children with her when she homesteaded her section of the Cherokee Strip during the land run, and the struggles she and her family faced.

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 April 27, 1983. It also includes a list of donors who gave gifts to the OHS in the first quarter of 1983 and lists of new annual and life members from January 27 to April 27, 1983.

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.

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 27, 1983. It also includes a list of donors who gave gifts to the OHS in the second quarter of 1983 and lists of new annual and life members from April 28 to July 27, 1983.

Article describes the efforts of Taylor F. Ealy and his wife Mary Ealy to begin a school for African-American residents freed by the Chickasaws at the abandoned site of Fort Arbuckle. Norman J. Bender includes documentation from the Ealy family and correspondence from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Edward P. Smith, to create a more wholistic picture of the process.

Article delineates the construction of the Oklahoma State Capital Building, led by the Oklahoma State Capital newspaper editor Frank Hilton Greer, and the history behind it. Lloyd C. Lentz, II, also explores the legacy Greer left through the conversion of the building to the State Capital Publishing Museum.

Article discusses the history of the Starr family of the Cherokee Nation beginning with Caleb Starr, who had been a supporter of emigration during the removal period. Patricia W. Lockwood describes the legacy he and his descendants left that earned them a controversial reputation.