Oklahoma: A Foreordained Commonwealth (open access)

Oklahoma: A Foreordained Commonwealth

Article chronicles the treaties and negotiations made between the United States and other foreign parties that shaped the state of Oklahoma.
Date: Spring 1936
Creator: Peery, Dan W.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 8, Number 1, March 1930 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 8, Number 1, March 1930

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: March 1930
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Slavery in the Cherokee Nation (open access)

Slavery in the Cherokee Nation

Article explains how slavery was practiced within the Choctaw Nation by describing the differences between the adoption of a captured person into the tribe and making them into a servant.
Date: Winter 1933
Creator: Davis, J. B.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 8, Number 4, December 1930 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 8, Number 4, December 1930

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation. Index to volume 8 starts after page 463.
Date: December 1930
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Necrology, March 1934 (open access)

Necrology, March 1934

Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including John Wintrode Flenner, a newspaper reporter; and Clifton R. Breckinridge, the last member of the Dawes Commission.
Date: Spring 1934
Creator: Foreman, Grant & H. F.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chitto Harjo (open access)

Chitto Harjo

Article is a historical sketch on Chitto Harjo (Crazy Snake) that was written by a student in high school and chosen for publication by the Oklahoma Historical Society.
Date: Summer 1935
Creator: Davis, Mace
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Cynthia Ann Parker (open access)

Cynthia Ann Parker

Article recounts the story of Cynthia Ann Parker, a white woman taken as a captive by the Comanches at the age of nine who was later adopted into the tribe. The article attempts to correct misinformation regarding her story through a retelling by her grandson.
Date: Summer 1934
Creator: Wellman, Paul I.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Autobiography of Governor A. J. Seay (open access)

Autobiography of Governor A. J. Seay

Article is an excerpt from the autobiography of Governor A. J. Seay, the second governor of Oklahoma.
Date: Spring 1939
Creator: Peery, Dan W. & Seay, A. J.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Governor Benjamin Franklin Overton and Governor Benjamin Crooks Burney (open access)

Governor Benjamin Franklin Overton and Governor Benjamin Crooks Burney

Article chronicles the relationships formed between governors Benjamin Overton and Benjamin Burney, and the Chickasaw Nation.
Date: Summer 1938
Creator: Meserve, John Bartlett, 1869-1943
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chief Pleasant Porter (open access)

Chief Pleasant Porter

Article details the life of the Principal Chief of the Creek Nation, Pleasant Porter, and his father, John Snodgrass Porter, as the family was adopted into the tribe and worked for the community.
Date: Autumn 1931
Creator: Meserve, John Bartlett, 1869-1943
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Principal Chiefs of the Cherokee Nation (open access)

The Principal Chiefs of the Cherokee Nation

Article explains the differences in governmental practices and customs of the six different factions of the Cherokee tribe. These tribes were combined into one when the Cherokees were removed to the Indian Territory.
Date: Autumn 1937
Creator: Litton, Gaston L.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Necrology, June 1931 (open access)

Necrology, June 1931

Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including Edward Overholser, the president of the Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce; Revered Calvin James Ralston of the Presbyterian Church; Curtis J. Phillips, a business man; Philip G. Phelps, a member of the Presbyterian Church; Philip Bernard Hopkins, a unaffiliated constitutional delegate; Wilbert Lee Poole, a school principal; William Grimes, a newspaper printer; and John Graves Leeper, a businessman.
Date: Summer 1931
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Hon. Milton W. Reynolds (Kicking Bird) (open access)

Hon. Milton W. Reynolds (Kicking Bird)

Article details the significant contributions Milton W. Reynolds made to documenting the history of the Oklahoma and Indian Territories through his work as a newspaper reporter. Reynolds was elected as one of the first state representatives before his death.
Date: Spring 1935
Creator: Peery, Dan W.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
A History of the Cherokee Indians (open access)

A History of the Cherokee Indians

Article details the first mention of the Cherokee tribe within accounts made by Europeans. Included is poetry written by the explorers describing their encounters with the tribesmen and their first impressions.
Date: Autumn 1930
Creator: Cunningham, Hugh T.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Colonel Crocker and the Boomer Movement (open access)

Colonel Crocker and the Boomer Movement

Article documents Colonel Samuel Crocker's efforts to secure legislation that would open the Oklahoma and Indian Territories to settlement.
Date: Autumn 1935
Creator: Peery, Dan W.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Government of the Creek Indians (open access)

Government of the Creek Indians

Article details the legislative events that transpired during the opening of the Oklahoma Territory. Included are notes regarding how the territorial government handled the Snake Revolution, a reprint of the Constitution of the Muskogee Nation, an outline of some politicians' platforms, and an explanation of treaties and agreements made with the Creek Indians.
Date: Summer 1930
Creator: Morton, Ohland
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 11, Number 4, December 1933 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 11, Number 4, December 1933

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation. Index to volume 11 starts after page 1133.
Date: Winter 1933
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 12, Number 1, March 1934 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 12, Number 1, March 1934

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: March 1934
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 17, Number 2, June 1939 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 17, Number 2, June 1939

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: June 1939
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 8, Number 3, September 1930 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 8, Number 3, September 1930

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: September 1930
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 13, Number 3, September 1935 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 13, Number 3, September 1935

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: September 1935
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 15, Number 3, September 1937 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 15, Number 3, September 1937

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Autumn 1937
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 9, Number 2, June 1931 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 9, Number 2, June 1931

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: June 1931
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 13, Number 1, March 1935 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 13, Number 1, March 1935

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: March 1935
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History