Serial/Series Title

Wyandotte Mission: The Early Years, 1871-1900 (open access)

Wyandotte Mission: The Early Years, 1871-1900

Article discusses the history of the Wyandotte Mission from 1871 to 1900. A. M. Gibson describes the establishment of the mission school, the curriculum offered there, and the communities it served to educate and provide religious services to.
Date: Summer 1958
Creator: Gibson, Arrell M.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 36, Number 2, Summer 1958 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 36, Number 2, Summer 1958

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Summer 1958
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Captain David McNair and His Descendants (open access)

Captain David McNair and His Descendants

Article describes the life and career of Captain David McNair, a prominent figure in the Cherokee Nation and owner of a boat yard on the Conasauga River. Carolyn Thomas Foreman discusses the people he helped throughout his life and includes correspondence from the time to create a clearer portrait of the man.
Date: Autumn 1958
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Official Minutes of Quarterly Meeting, the Board of Directors, the Oklahoma Historical Society, Quarter Ending, October 23, 1958 (open access)

Official Minutes of Quarterly Meeting, the Board of Directors, the Oklahoma Historical Society, Quarter Ending, October 23, 1958

This section includes the minutes of the quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on October 23, 1958.
Date: Winter 1958
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The First Panhandle Land Grant (open access)

The First Panhandle Land Grant

Article describes the history of the first land grant in the Oklahoma Panhandle. Raymond Estep discusses how the Mexican state of Coahuila y Texas issued a large land grant to Stephen Julian Wilson under an empresario contract to settle 200 families there, and how the land changed hands over the years.
Date: Winter 1958
Creator: Estep, Raymond
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Official Minutes of Quarterly Meeting, the Board of Directors, the Oklahoma Historical Society, Quarter Ending, July 24, 1958 (open access)

Official Minutes of Quarterly Meeting, the Board of Directors, the Oklahoma Historical Society, Quarter Ending, July 24, 1958

This section includes the minutes of quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on July 24, 1958.
Date: Autumn 1958
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
A Walking Tour in the Indian Territory, 1874 (open access)

A Walking Tour in the Indian Territory, 1874

Article includes an account published in the Cherokee Advocate by Claiborne Addison Young of a walking tour of Indian Territory, which included descriptions of the prairie and the people living there, visits to the Wyandotte Mission, the Cherokee National Female Seminary at Park Hill, and the Cherokee Orphan Asylum.
Date: Summer 1958
Creator: Young, Claiborne Addison
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 36, Number 3, Autumn 1958 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 36, Number 3, Autumn 1958

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Autumn 1958
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Fall 1958 (open access)

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
A Military Burial at Lake Altus (open access)

A Military Burial at Lake Altus

Article provides a detailed account of the discovery and excavation of a military burial at Lake Altus. James B. Shaeffer explores the investigation of artifacts and remains that determined the skeleton to belong to a United States army soldier, and how that investigation is ongoning.
Date: Winter 1958
Creator: Shaeffer, James B.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Old Osage Customs Die with the Last Pah-hue-skah (open access)

Old Osage Customs Die with the Last Pah-hue-skah

Article discusses the history of the "White Hair" or Pah-hue-skah family lineage of the Osage from the Louisiana Purchase to the period of removal. Frank F. Finney explores the chiefs of this family and the ways they retained Osage traditions throughout history.
Date: Summer 1958
Creator: Finney, Frank F.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 36, Number 4, Winter 1958-59 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 36, Number 4, Winter 1958-59

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation. Index to volume 36 starts after page 500.
Date: Winter 1958
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Memories of the Indian Territory Mission Field (open access)

Memories of the Indian Territory Mission Field

Article describes the author's personal experiences as a student and teacher in Indian Territory. Lilah Denton Lindsey explores her own experience in the mission field as well as those she worked with. Included is an excerpt of a story told to her by Dr. R. M. Loughridge about early mission work in the area.
Date: Summer 1958
Creator: Lindsey, Lilah Denton
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 36, Number 1, Spring 1958 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 36, Number 1, Spring 1958

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Spring 1958
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History