Official Seals of the Five Civilized Tribes (open access)

Official Seals of the Five Civilized Tribes

Article documents the planning and creation of seals for nations within the Five Civilized Tribes that were presented to the Alabama Department of Archives and History.
Date: Winter 1940
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Wartime Duties of Historical Society Museums (open access)

Wartime Duties of Historical Society Museums

Article is a speech given by L. Hubbard Shattuck, Director of the Chicago Historical Society, at a meeting of the American Association of Museums concerning the role of historical archives during times of war.
Date: Autumn 1942
Creator: Shattuck, L. Hubbard
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Perkins Townsite: An Archival Case Study (open access)

Perkins Townsite: An Archival Case Study

Article chronicles the establishment of Perkins, Oklahoma: a townsite created shortly after the Land Run of 1889, using archival documents.
Date: Summer 1947
Creator: Chapman, Berlin B.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, June 1941 (open access)

Notes and Documents, June 1941

Notes and Documents column including notes regarding the annual meetings of several historical societies and the minutes for the annual meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society held from May 12 to May 13, 1941.
Date: Summer 1941
Creator: Moffitt, James W.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Israel G. Vore and Levering Manual Labor School (open access)

Israel G. Vore and Levering Manual Labor School

Article chronicles the life of Israel G. Vore and his family. Vore was a cattle farmer, Confederate soldier, missionary, and county clerk.
Date: Autumn 1947
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, June 1942 (open access)

Notes and Documents, June 1942

Notes and Documents column including notes regarding a list of relevant articles for the society's readers, descriptions of inventory materials acquired by multiple historical associations, an announcement of the presentation of a book by the state's historical society, and the minutes for the annual meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society held on April 20, 1942.
Date: Summer 1942
Creator: Moffitt, James W.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The State Historical Society of Oklahoma and its Possessions (open access)

The State Historical Society of Oklahoma and its Possessions

Article consists of a speech given by the president of the State Teachers' College of Oklahoma regarding the history of the state's higher education institutions and descriptions of the Oklahoma Historical Society's important buildings and departments.
Date: Autumn 1946
Creator: Evans, Charles
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Oklahoma Historical Society, Its Needs and Expansions (open access)

The Oklahoma Historical Society, Its Needs and Expansions

Article breaks down the material components that make up the Oklahoma Historical Society. These components include the division of labor, costs, and possessions. Included is a list of similar descriptions from historical societies in most of the continental United States.
Date: Winter 1948
Creator: Evans, Charles
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
New Hope Seminary: 1844-1897 (open access)

New Hope Seminary: 1844-1897

Article details the establishment and impact of the New Hope Seminary, a girls' missionary school within the Choctaw Nation.
Date: Autumn 1944
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
History of the Osage Blanket Lease (open access)

History of the Osage Blanket Lease

Article chronicles the development of an oil company within the Osage Reservation under a contract known as the Foster Lease, a blanket lease for the resources.
Date: Spring 1941
Creator: Forbes, Gerald
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
General Benjamin Henry Grierson (open access)

General Benjamin Henry Grierson

Article chronicles the life and career of General Benjamin Henry Grierson, a commander at many military forts within the Oklahoma and Indian Territories.
Date: Summer 1946
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Home for the Insane, Deaf, Dumb, and Blind of the Cherokee Nation (open access)

The Home for the Insane, Deaf, Dumb, and Blind of the Cherokee Nation

Article chronicles the establishment of the first orphanage and asylum within the Cherokee Nation.
Date: Winter 1943
Creator: Steen, Carl T.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chapter II: Establishment of "Old" Miller County, Arkansas Territory (open access)

Chapter II: Establishment of "Old" Miller County, Arkansas Territory

Article continues to chronicle the history of Miller county within southeastern Oklahoma and the Miller county located within the Republic of Texas before they were both renamed.
Date: Summer 1940
Creator: Strickland, Rex W.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 27, Number 2, Summer 1949 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 27, Number 2, Summer 1949

Notes and Documents section for Volume 27, Number 2, Summer 1949. It includes the minutes for the annual meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society held on May 26, 1949.
Date: Summer 1949
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, June 1940 (open access)

Notes and Documents, June 1940

Notes and Documents column including the minutes for the annual meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society held on May 9 and 10, 1940.
Date: Summer 1940
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 24, Number 4, Winter 1946-47 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 24, Number 4, Winter 1946-47

Notes and Documents section for Volume 24, Number 4, Winter 1946-47. It includes an announcement for the annual meeting of the society, a report from the founding of the first Chouteau trading post, a list of objects discovered by the Maryland archeological exhibit, a list of historical society publications received by the OHS library, an announcement of the collection of data for the Hillside Mission, a note of reprints received by the editorial department, a book review, and the minutes for the quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society held on October 24, 1946.
Date: Winter 1946
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, September 1942 (open access)

Notes and Documents, September 1942

Notes and Documents column including notes on upcoming articles that will be published within The Chronicles, announcements on acquisitions made by historical societies, an announcement on actions taken by the National Resources Planning Board, lists of members for various historical societies, the minutes of the quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society held on July 23, 1942, and a list of contributors for this volume.
Date: Autumn 1942
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Good Homes and Newer Uses for Old Records (open access)

Good Homes and Newer Uses for Old Records

Article explains the importance of keeping local records to document the changing cultures within communities.
Date: Autumn 1949
Creator: Litton, Gaston L.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, September 1940 (open access)

Notes and Documents, September 1940

Notes and Documents column including dairy excerpts from the assistant surgeon Leonard McPhail as he traveled throughout the American frontier, a biographical sketch of Chief Kias of the Cheyenne tribe, and the minutes of the quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society held on July 25, 1940.
Date: Autumn 1940
Creator: Jones, Harold W. & Ediger, Theodore A.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 27, Number 1, Spring 1949 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 27, Number 1, Spring 1949

Notes and Documents section for Volume 27, Number 1, Spring 1949. It includes an announcement for the publication of The Chronicle's Index, a note on the exhibit of the French Merci gifted to the society, an announcement for the first OHS newsletter, a resolution for appropriating funds for historical markers, a list of recent accessions to the OHS library, and the minutes for the quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society held on February 24, 1949.
Date: Spring 1949
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 20, Number 2, June 1942 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 20, Number 2, June 1942

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Summer 1942
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Colonel Pinkney Lugenbeel (open access)

Colonel Pinkney Lugenbeel

Article chronicles the career of Colonel Pinkney Lugenbeel, a commander at several military forts within the Indian Territory.
Date: Winter 1946
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Robe Family - Missionaries (open access)

The Robe Family - Missionaries

Article chronicles how the Robe family established missionaries throughout the Indian Territory and their impact on the region.
Date: Autumn 1948
Creator: Reed, Ora Eddleman
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 19, Number 2, June 1941 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 19, Number 2, June 1941

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: June 1941
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History