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Lincoln's Message to Indian Territory
Article explores the devastation caused by the Civil War in Indian Territory and President Abraham Lincoln's attempts to reconcile with the tribes that had signed treaties with the Confederate state through his "Pardon and Amnesty Proclamation." Ernest F. Darling includes a copy of the proclamation, which was translated into Cherokee and distributed.
Date:
Summer 1985
Creator:
Darling, Ernest F.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
My Escape from the South in 1861
Article presents the account of the Revered John Edwards, a missionary to the Choctaws at the Wheelock Mission in Oklahoma, about his leaving the South at the beginning of the Civil War. Edwards explains various personal views, including his distaste for slavery, his faith, and reasons for leaving.
Date:
Spring 1965
Creator:
Edwards, John, 1828-1903 & Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
A History of the Cherokee Indians: Continued from September
Article chronicles the history of the Cherokee tribe from protests for their removal to Oklahoma through the aftereffects of the Civil War.
Date:
Winter 1930
Creator:
Cunningham, Hugh T.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
A Progressive from Oklahoma: Senator Robert Latham Owen, Jr.
Article describes the life and political career of Robert L. Owen, the first Senator of Oklahoma. Owen was a part-Cherokee attorney, businessman, and educator. Kenny L. Brown documents impact of the man's progressive views and the actions he took on the United States Senate.
Date:
Autumn 1984
Creator:
Brown, Kenny L.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
An Experiment in Education: The Osage Manual Training School, Views from Letters
Article describes life and schoolwork at the Osage Manual Training School and the problems faced when trying to provide instruction to Osage children. Barbara Speas Havira uses letters from the period to construct a portrait of the experience of educators and students there, as well as negative attitudes towards the Osage people.
Date:
Winter 1998
Creator:
Havira, Barbara Speas Havira
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
From the Brazos to the North Fork: The Autobiography of Otto Koeltzow, Part Two
Article continues the excerpt of the autobiography of Otto Koeltzow, a migrant from Germany who homesteaded Greer County, Oklahoma Territory, in this second part of A. M. Gibson's article. Koeltzow discusses life in a dugout, interactions with other homesteaders, farming, and the move to Kiowa County.
Date:
Autumn 1962
Creator:
Gibson, Arrell M.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
From the Brazos to the North Fork: The Autobiography of Otto Koeltzow, Part One
Article provides and introduction to and includes an excerpt of the autobiography of Otto Koeltzow, a migrant from Germany who homesteaded Greer County, Oklahoma Territory and weathered many difficulties to establish a community there.
Date:
Summer 1962
Creator:
Gibson, Arrell M.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Milton Co-Operative Colony: From Utopia to Ghost Town, 1913-1916
Drawing from the writings of a former resident and the colony's promotional material, this article traces the rise and fall of the Milton Co-Operative Company, a socialist colony located in Milton, Oklahoma from 1913 to 1916.
Date:
Spring 2000
Creator:
Bumgarner, Norma Jane
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
From Bard to Speculator: Alexander Lawrence Posey and the Muscogee Nation, 1902-08
Article explores Muscogee Indian Alexander Posey's role as a speculator and member of one of the Dawes Commission enrollment parties.
Date:
Spring 2012
Creator:
Widener, Jeffrey M.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
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
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 63, Number 2, Summer 1985
Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date:
Summer 1985
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 91, Number 3, Fall 2013
Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date:
Autumn 2013
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"This Faithfulness Destroyed Them": The Failure of Grant's Peace Policy Among the Kiowas and Comanches
Article describes the execution of American Indian policy under President Ulysses S. Grant. In his attempts to remove corruption from the Office of Indian Affairs, President Ulysses S. Grant involved Christian denominations, including the Society of Friends, in the execution of American Indian policy. The author argues that the Quaker's Peace Policy not only failed, but never had a chance of success among the Kiowas and Comanches.
Date:
Summer 2015
Creator:
White, Wayne A.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 35, Number 2, Summer 1957
Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date:
Summer 1957
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Summer 1960
Notes and Documents column including documents about Sugar Loaf Mountain Resort, the installation of air conditioning at the OHS, correspondence, a memorial scroll for Acee Blue Eagle, a list of Oklahoma historical markers, and notes about the 1960 annual OHS tour.
Date:
Summer 1960
Creator:
Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975; Keyes, Earl F. & MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Patrick J. Hurley and American Policy toward China, 1944-1945
Article provides an introduction to and includes a letter from Patrick J. Hurley to his friend, former President Herbert Hoover. An ambassador to China, he resigned believing in a pro-communist conspiracy within the United States State Department, and his political views are expressed here.
Date:
Winter 1967
Creator:
Buhite, Russell D.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Winter 1957-58
Notes and Documents column including documents about the two new departments of the Oklahoma Historical Society, the centennial of the Butterfield Overland Mail Route celebration, the dedication of the Sherman House at Fort Sill, dedication of bronze portraits in the Indian Hall of Fame, and notes about Charles Burkham of Old Miller County.
Date:
Winter 1957
Creator:
Fraker, Elmer L. & Wood, Mrs. Walter
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Fall 1958
Notes and Documents column including documents about the restoration of the Old Garland Plantation Cemetery by the OHS, Brig. Gen. Ranald Slidell Mackenzie, historic sties and history of the Ada region, additional notes about the Saddle Mountain Mission Church, seminars and dedications related to the American Indian Hall of Fame at Anadarko, the new constitution of the OHS, and a list of recent accessions to the OHS library.
Date:
Autumn 1958
Creator:
Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975; Wright, J. B.; Morris, Alton & Mitchell, Edith
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oklahoma Republican: Dennis Thomas Flynn and His Letters to William Howard Taft
Article describes the life and career of Oklahoma's first Republican national committeeman, Dennis T. Flynn, through examination of his friendship and correspondence with President William Howard Taft. Leonard C. Schlup offers recognition of the Oklahoma City lawyer, congressman, and company director as a person as well as a politician.
Date:
Spring 2001
Creator:
Schlup, Leonard C.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
An Early Day Railroad Agent in the Kiowa-Comanche Country
Article explores the reminiscences of the author, who was an agent for the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad in the Kiowa Nation. Milbern C. Harper provides a narrative about his friendships with Chief Lone Wolf and his son, Will Lone Wolf, the story of white destruction of American Indian land and resources he learned from an old warrior, and the history of land allotments in the area.
Date:
Autumn 1955
Creator:
Harper, Milburn C.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 6, Number 3, September 1928
Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date:
September 1928
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 81, Number 1, Spring 2003
Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date:
Spring 2003
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Music in Oklahoma by the Billy McGinty Cowboy Band
Article discusses the history of Billy McGinty's Cowboy Band and radio broadcasting in Ripley, Oklahoma. Leslie A. McRill includes excerpts of transcripts of broadcasts that included the band's music and provided information about Billy.
Date:
Spring 1960
Creator:
McRill, Leslie A.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Summer 1955
Notes and Documents column including documents about publications, dedications, correspondence, memorials, some additional history for articles in The Chronicles, and the history of the University of Oklahoma Medical Center.
Date:
Summer 1955
Creator:
Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975; Moore, Jessie Randolph; Moore, Melifsa; Oneal, Ben G.; Shirk, George H. & S., R. L.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History