Serial/Series Title

Notes and Documents, Fall 1959 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Fall 1959

Notes and Documents column including an election notice, notes about historical sites and guides to navigating them, dedications, memorials, a report about the Heavener "Rune Stone", a document about the Annual Seminar of American Indian Culture, and a list of recent accessions to the OHS library.
Date: Autumn 1959
Creator: Fraker, Elmer L.; Shirk, George H.; Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975; Ragland, Hobert D. & Mitchell, Edith
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oklahoma City, from Public Land to Private Property, Part One (open access)

Oklahoma City, from Public Land to Private Property, Part One

Article discusses the establishment and growth of Oklahoma City from public lands to private property. Berlin B. Chapman relates the history of railroad companies feuding over the townsite, the initial city planning that occurred, and the early leadership of Oklahoma City.
Date: Summer 1959
Creator: Chapman, Berlin B.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Pushmataha's Travels (open access)

Pushmataha's Travels

Article describes the expeditions of Chief Pushmataha of the Choctaw Nation through records in documentation of the time. Ruth Tennison West constructs a portrait of the Choctaw leader and his knowledge of the land through a depiction of his debate with General Andrew Jackson.
Date: Summer 1959
Creator: West, Ruth Tennison
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 37, Number 3, Autumn 1959 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 37, Number 3, Autumn 1959

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Autumn 1959
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Summer Normals in Indian Territory After 1898 (open access)

Summer Normals in Indian Territory After 1898

Article describes the concept of "summer normals" among the five large Nations of Indian Territory. Joe C. Jackson describes the process of instituting the normals, which were educational sessions involving teacher training, and the success of the program in the Cherokee, Muscogee (Creek), Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Seminole Nations.
Date: Autumn 1959
Creator: Jackson, Joe C.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 37, Number 2, Summer 1959 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 37, Number 2, Summer 1959

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Summer 1959
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 37, Number 4, Winter 1959-60 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 37, Number 4, Winter 1959-60

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation. Index to volume 37 starts after page 530.
Date: Winter 1959
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Spring 1959 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Spring 1959

Notes and Documents column including documents about the burial of Alice Eliza Robertson, Mrs. Robertson's Notebook, and a list of works translated by Ann Eliza Robertson into the Creek language.
Date: Spring 1959
Creator: Ballenger, T. L. & Holway, Hope
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oklahoma City, from Public Land to Private Property, Part Two (open access)

Oklahoma City, from Public Land to Private Property, Part Two

Article discusses the establishment and growth of Oklahoma City from public lands to private property. Berlin B. Chapman continues the history of Oklahoma City in this second part of a two-part article, constructing a picture of early city planning through correspondence and telegrams between government officials.
Date: Autumn 1959
Creator: Chapman, Berlin B.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Lee F. Harkins, Choctaw (open access)

Lee F. Harkins, Choctaw

Article describes the life and work of newspaper editor, publisher, and writer Lee F. Harkins, whose American Indian history collection now resides in the library of the Oklahoma Historical Society. Muriel H. Wright discusses his Choctaw lineage and fascination with the legendary Chief Pushmataha.
Date: Autumn 1959
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
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 30, 1959 (open access)

Official Minutes of Quarterly Meeting, the Board of Directors, the Oklahoma Historical Society, Quarter Ending, July 30, 1959

This sections includes the minutes of quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on July 30, 1959.
Date: Autumn 1959
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Summer 1959 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Summer 1959

Notes and Documents column including documents about the first fossil discovered in Oklahoma, education in Indian Territory, the publication of the Arapaho Arrow, the founding of the post office at Geary, a memorial plaque for Dr. Emmett Starr, voting by the Osage in the first Oklahoma elections, the 1959 tour by the OHS, and the late publication of this issue of The Chronicles.
Date: Summer 1959
Creator: Branson, Carl C.; Evans, A. Grant; Filmore, Frank; Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975 & Fraker, Elmer L.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 37, Number 1, Spring 1959 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 37, Number 1, Spring 1959

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Spring 1959
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Campaigning with Sheridan: A Farrier's Diary (open access)

Campaigning with Sheridan: A Farrier's Diary

Article describes the military career of General Philip Henry Sheridan during the Washita campaign and includes excerpts from the journal of Winfeld Scott Harvey, who traveled with the 7th U. S. Cavalry on this campaign. This detailed account by the soldier provides a clearer portrait of this particular "war" in history.
Date: Spring 1959
Creator: Shirk, George H.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History