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Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 64, Number 4, Winter 1986/87
Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation. Index to volume 64 starts on page 115.
Date:
Winter 1986
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 87, Number 3, Fall 2009
Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date:
Autumn 2009
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 69, Number 2, Summer 1991
Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date:
Summer 1991
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Location of the Battle of Round Mountains
Article provides a summary of the information collected by the author from various sources about the location of the Battle of Round Mountain. Angie Debo discusses the debate over its precise location and the work of the Payne County Historical Society.
Date:
Spring 1963
Creator:
Debo, Angie
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Fort Sill, the Chiricahua Apaches, and the Government's Promise of Permanent Residence
The Chiricahua Apaches spent nineteen years (1894-1913) as prisoners of war at Fort Sill in southwestern Oklahoma believing they had been promised permanent residency. This article addresses the rationale behind the government's decision to remove the Apaches from Fort Sill and explores the record to show why the Apaches and others believed they had been promised permanent residency there.
Date:
Spring 2000
Creator:
Haes, Brenda L.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Santos Flores: A Case of Mistaken Identity
Article narrates how an emissary of the Mexican government, Santos Flores, was mistaken for Manuel Flores, a man trying to turn the American Indians of Oklahoma against the young Republic of Texas, within the newspapers. Manuel was believed to be dead due an altercation with Texas Rangers at the time of Santos' arrest and escape.
Date:
Winter 1970
Creator:
Patten, Roderick B.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 58, Number 4, Winter 1980-81
Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation. Index to volume 58 starts on page 494.
Date:
Winter 1980
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
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
Girl Scouting in Stillwater, Oklahoma: A Case Study in Local History
Article describes the history of Girl Scouting in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Lynda M. Sturdevant discusses the formation of the Girl Scout Council and the many volunteer projects carried out under their leadership, which included tree and flower planting, drives and projects, and making cookies for the troops during World War II.
Date:
Spring 1979
Creator:
Sturdevant, Lynda M.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 66, Number 1, Spring 1988
Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date:
Spring 1988
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
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
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
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
"A Corps of Clerks": The Bureaucracy of Industrialization in Indian Territory 1866-1907
Article discusses the history of government relations in Indian Territory and the "corps of clerks" that were part of the bureaucracy that regulated the area.
Date:
Autumn 1975
Creator:
Miner, H. Craig
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record, Winter 1982-83
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, 1982. It also includes a list honoring the donors who gave gifts to the OHS in the second quarter of 1982 and a list of new annual and new life members of the OHS from April 29 to July 28 of 1982.
Date:
Winter 1982
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Seminole in Mexico, 1850-1861
Article discusses the commanders and chiefs of the group of Seminoles that traveled from Indian Territory and settled in Coahuila, Mexico in 1849 and 1850. Kenneth W. Porter discusses the American Indian and black Seminoles and their leaders individually, remarking on their family, upbringing, and participation in the new settlement.
Date:
Summer 1951
Creator:
Porter, Kenneth W.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 54, Number 3, Fall 1976
Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date:
Autumn 1976
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Spring 1994
Notes and Documents column including a document honoring Berlin B. Chapman, a professor and historian who was inducted into the annual Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame in 1994. It also includes a document about the Pitchlynn family of the Choctaw tribe, and examines the accomplishments of Thomas Jefferson Pitchlynn through excerpts of correspondence.
Date:
Spring 1994
Creator:
Blackburn, Bob L. & Curry, Bobby R.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Official Reception of the Whipple Papers
Article discusses the reception of the papers donated by General Amiel Weeks Whipple to the Oklahoma Historical Society, the guests that visited, and the speeches that were given at the event. Charles Evans includes transcriptions of speeches by President Key of the OHS, Colonel George Shirk, Governor Roy J. Turner, Professor William Whipple, and himself.
Date:
Winter 1950
Creator:
Evans, Charles
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Minutes of the Quarterly Meeting of the Board of Directors, Oklahoma Historical Society, January 23, 1964
This section includes the minutes of the quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on January 23, 1964.
Date:
Spring 1964
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Railroads, Oil and Dutchmen: Investing in the Oklahoma Frontier
Article records the process of investing in the Oklahoma Central Railway and two figures whose names eventually inspired the names of towns on the railroad: Dutch banker Salomon Frederick Van Oss and railroad inspector Gerrit A. A. Middelburg. Augustus J. Veenendaal, Jr. includes primary source material in the form of reports and correspondence from the Dutch investors.
Date:
Spring 1985
Creator:
Veenendaal, Augustus J., Jr.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Report of Grant Foreman, A Director of the Oklahoma Historical Society, to the Board
Article is a speech made by a director of the Oklahoma Historical Society regarding materials he recently acquired for the society.
Date:
Spring 1936
Creator:
Foreman, Grant
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record, Summer 1985
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 23, 1985. It also includes lists of new annual and life members from October 25, 1984 to January 23, 1985 and a list of donors who gave gifts to the OHS in the fourth quarter of 1984.
Date:
Summer 1985
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Sources of Oklahoma History
Article details the books, articles, and other written resources that feature Oklahoma's history from the time France and Spain occupied the territory until its admittance into the Union.
Date:
Spring 1927
Creator:
Foreman, Grant
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History